Why Are Comic Book Villains So Dumb?

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• RI

  @richardcheese4680 · 3 years ago

  „I don’t want to cure cancer, I want to turn people into dinosaurs.“ has to be the greatest line in fiction.

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• DI

  @Dinggis_Khaan · 3 years ago (edited)

  I like what Batman: the Animated Series did with their version of the Clock King, Temple Fugate. Instead of just doing clock-themed crimes, his gimmick is based on extremely precise timing. His getaways all hinged on things like the train always running five minutes late, he could go toe-to-toe with the Caped Crusader because he learned the precise rhythm of Batman&apos;s attacks.<br><br>Hell, his entire motivation is because he lost everything over running late for a court meeting to defend his business. He lost everything because he took the advice of his opposition&apos;s attorney to try and relax by deviating from his extremely strict schedule for once, a decision that led to his documents getting ruined in the park fountain and his business going under because of it. <br><br>Convinced that the attorney - who is now Gotham&apos;s mayor, Hamilton Hill - deliberately sabotaged him, he seeks to ruin Hill&apos;s life just like Fugate believes Hill ruined his.

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• TH

  @thisisasupersayin376 · 3 years ago

  Imagine Sauron and Asbestos Lady teaming up. One causes cancer, the other refuses to cure it, that&apos;s a dream team

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• TH

  @themug406 · 3 years ago

  &quot;I dont want to cure cancer, I want to turn people into dinosaurs&quot; is an incredible line, one of the best single sentences Ive ever read or heard

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• TB

  @tbartycak · 3 years ago

  &gt;puts on bat mask <br>&gt;kills people with bricks <br>&gt;refuses to elaborate <br>&gt;dies

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• SI

  @silverseer573 · 3 years ago

  And sometimes, those goofy villains get reimagined into something truly special as well. Mister Freeze and Clock King were amazing additions to BTAS.

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• VA

  @Vanreis · 3 years ago

  I could totally see Asbestos Lady/Man used fully seriously nowadays as a sort of &quot;Lex Luthor got cancer from kryptonite exposure&quot; parallel - they know their suits are killing them but they are so obsessed with revenge they put them on anyway.

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• BA

  @Babbleplay · 3 years ago

  Asbestos Lady is a great example of my personal favorite trope. &nbsp;Zeerust. &nbsp;Sci-Fi tech that used to be sound, cool supertechnology, but now, it&apos;s been eclipsed by modern tech. &nbsp;In the 60s, Maxwell Smart&apos;s secret shoe phone was impossible spy tech. &nbsp;Now, it&apos;s the most inconvenient cellphone ever, with a rotary dial. &nbsp; The huge, monochrome pixel computer monitors in the original Alien movie. &nbsp; I adore the trope.

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• SA

  @samwill7259 · 3 years ago

  There&apos;s no such thing as a stupid character, there are SILLY characters, but every character has some ability to be used in good stories.<br>It just takes the right writer and the right idea.

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• WI

  @Wingman-69 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjI7JB3duPI&amp;t=384">6:24</a> <br>„Watch out for Calendar Man, every time a game‘s release is delayed, it’s his doing“<br> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; ~Zanny, Batman Arkham City

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• BA

  @badatmathhh · 3 years ago

  You forgot to mention the best part of dog welder: the title serves as a mantle passed on from a possessed blow torch, and he canonically has the power to weld stars together, which the second dog welder did to save the universe

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• JO

  @johnmacintyre3051 · 3 years ago (edited)

  If I ran a major movie studio and had millions and millions of dollars at my disposal, the very first project I would greenlight is a completely played straight psychological drama film starring Nicolas Cage as Brick Bat.

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