Great Villain Showdown: 2nd Round [Results Posted]

[Cthulhudrew]

Yes, but in terms of villainous scope, Sauron's all over the place, even if he isn't physically present.

So is Keyser Soze, though.

(Which is why it's an interesting match-up).

What I don't get is why Bhaal is still doing as well as he is. Was he really that memorable a villain? Outside of the Darkwalker Trilogy (which, along with The Crystal Shard, mark the high point in D&D novels), what did he do? He gets wasted by a mere mortal (albeit a mortal with a sword retconned into a god). He didn't even plot the whole "steal the shards of fate and screw with the cosmos" idea, nor did he pull a Bane and return from certain death- twice, no less.

 

[demiurge1138]

What I don't get is why Bhaal is still doing as well as he is. Was he really that memorable a villain? Outside of the Darkwalker Trilogy (which, along with The Crystal Shard, mark the high point in D&D novels), what did he do? He gets wasted by a mere mortal (albeit a mortal with a sword retconned into a god). He didn't even plot the whole "steal the shards of fate and screw with the cosmos" idea, nor did he pull a Bane and return from certain death- twice, no less.

Bhaal's all over the place in the Baldur's Gate games, which probably has something to do with it. Plus, there's the historical allusion (Baal was a god of the Caananites).

Demiurge out.

 

[Hand of Evil]

1. Ming the Merciless vs Agent Smith (The Matrix)
2. Dr. Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show) vs Great Cthulhu
3. Dr. Doom vs Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Joker vs Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
5. Thanos vs Galactus
6. Napoleon the Pig (Animal Farm) vs Six (Battlestar Galatica)
7. Lady Deathstrike (X-men) vs John Doe (Se7en)
8. Lord Soth vs Wile E. Coyote
9. Lord Voldemort vs Kingpin
10. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond) vs Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11.
12. Dr. Fu Manchu vs Skeletor (He-Man)
13. Bhaal (Forgotten Realms) vs Pinhead (Hellraiser)
14. The Master (Dr. Who) vs Venom (Spider-man comics)
15. Satan (The Exorcist) vs Lex Luthor
16. Prince John (Disney's Robin Hood) vs Gollum
17. Hal 9000 vs Tony Montana (Scarface)
18. Godzilla vs Dracula
19. Khan Noonian Singh vs David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories) vs Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th movies)
21. Megatron vs T1000
22.
23. Mr. Burns vs Pennywise the Dancing Clown (It)
24. Dorian Gray vs Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Mr. Edward Hyde vs Bob (Twin Peaks)
26. Emperor Palpatine vs Magneto
27. Anubis (Stargate SG-1) vs Jack Torrence (The Shining)
28. Destro (GI Joe) vs Graf Orlock (Nosferatu)
29. Cigarette Smoking Man (X-Files) vs Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. Docter Octopus vs The Kurgan (Highlander)
31. Darth Vader vs The Borg Queen
32. Thulsa Doom vs Hannibal Lector

 

[Dougal DeKree]

A pity, my all-favourite villain isn't present. Does anyone remember christopher lee as the villain "Mr. Midnight" in "The return of captain invincible"? THIS is a villain!

1. Agent Smith (The Matrix)
2. Dr. Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show)
3. Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Joker
5. Thanos
6. Napoleon the Pig
7. John Doe (Se7en)
8. Wile E. Coyote
9. Kingpin
10. Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12. Skeletor (He-Man)
13. Pinhead (Hellraiser)
14. Venom (Spider-man comics)
15. Lex Luthor
16. Gollum
17. Hal 9000
18. Godzilla
19. David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
20. Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th movies)
21. Megatron
22. Randall Flagg (The Stand)
23. Mr. Burns
24. Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Mr. Edward Hyde
26. Magneto
27. Jack Torrence (The Shining)
28. Graf Orlock (Nosferatu)
29. Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. The Kurgan (Highlander)
31. Darth Vader
32. Thulsa Doom

 

[Dakkareth]

1. Agent Smith (The Matrix)
2. Great Cthulhu
3. Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Joker
5.
6. Napoleon the Pig (Animal Farm)
7. John Doe (Se7en)
8. Lord Soth
9. Lord Voldemort
10. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond)
11. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12.
13. Bhaal (Forgotten Realms)
14.
15. Satan (The Exorcist)
16. Gollum
17. Hal 9000
18. Dracula
19.
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories)
21. T1000
22.
23.
24. Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Mr. Edward Hyde
26. Magneto
27. Anubis (Stargate SG-1)
28.
29. Cigarette Smoking Man (X-Files)
30. Docter Octopus
31. Darth Vader
32. Hannibal Lector


Ouch! Papaltine vs Magneto, so hard ... and to have to kick the Borg Queen out ...

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

1. Ming the Merciless
2. Great Cthulhu
3. Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Joker
5. Thanos
6. Napoleon the Pig (Animal Farm)
7. Lady Deathstrike (X-men)
8. Wile E. Coyote
9. Lord Voldemort
10. Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12. Dr. Fu Manchu
13. Pinhead (Hellraiser)
14. Venom (Spider-man comics)
15. Satan (The Exorcist)
16. Gollum
17. Hal 9000
18. Dracula
19. Khan Noonian Singh
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories)
21. Megatron
22. Randall Flagg (The Stand)
23. Mr. Burns
24. Dorian Gray
25. Mr. Edward Hyde
26. Emperor Palpatine
27. Jack Torrence (The Shining)
28. Graf Orlock (Nosferatu)
29. Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. Docter Octopus
31. Darth Vader
32. Hannibal Lector

 

[Lobo Lurker]

My votes:

1. Ming the Merciless vs Agent Smith (The Matrix)
2. Dr. Frank N. Furter (Rocky Horror Picture Show) vs Great Cthulhu
3. Dr. Doom vs Professor James Moriarty (Sherlock Holmes)
4. The Joker vs Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz)
5. Thanos vs Galactus
6. Napoleon the Pig (Animal Farm) vs Six (Battlestar Galatica)
7. Lady Deathstrike (X-men) vs John Doe (Se7en)
8. Lord Soth vs Wile E. Coyote
9. Lord Voldemort vs Kingpin
10. Ernst Stavro Blofeld (James Bond) vs Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Keyser Soze vs Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12. Dr. Fu Manchu vs Skeletor (He-Man)
13. Bhaal (Forgotten Realms) vs Pinhead (Hellraiser) No Contest!
14. The Master (Dr. Who) vs Venom (Spider-man comics)
15. Satan (The Exorcist) vs Lex Luthor
16. Prince John (Disney's Robin Hood) vs Gollum
17. Hal 9000 vs Tony Montana (Scarface)
18. Godzilla vs Dracula (this is a hard one...)
19. Khan Noonian Singh vs David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories) vs Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th movies) No opinion
21. Megatron vs T1000
22. Randall Flagg (The Stand) vs John Powell (Night of the Hunter)
23. Mr. Burns vs Pennywise the Dancing Clown (It) Ain't nothin scarier than the clown...
24. Dorian Gray vs Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Mr. Edward Hyde vs Bob (Twin Peaks)
26. Emperor Palpatine vs Magneto
27. Anubis (Stargate SG-1) vs Jack Torrence (The Shining)
28. Destro (GI Joe) vs Graf Orlock (Nosferatu) No Opinion
29. Cigarette Smoking Man (X-Files) vs Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. Docter Octopus vs The Kurgan (Highlander)
31. Darth Vader vs The Borg Queen
32. Thulsa Doom vs Hannibal Lector

Some of these are pretty tough match-ups... Godzilla vs. Dracula in particular... but in the end, I voted for Great Cthulu above, and that's enough of the large beasties for me.
EDIT: Hmm, looks like I voted for the large creepies on both of those. Oh well.

 

[The Grumpy Celt]

1. Agent Smith
2. Dr. Frank N. Furter
3. Dr. Doom
4. Wicked Witch of the West
5. Galactus
6. Napoleon the Pig
7. John Doe (Se7en)
8. Lord Soth
9. Lord Voldemort
10. Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Keyser Soze
12. Dr. Fu Manchu
13. Bhaal
14. The Master
15. Lex Luthor
16. Prince John
17. Hal 9000
18. Dracula
19. Khan Noonian Singh
20. Jason Voorhees
21. Megatron
22. Randall Flagg
23. Mr. Burns
24. Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Mr. Edward Hyde
26. Emperor Palpatine
27. Jack Torrence
28. Graf Orlock
29. Cigarette Smoking Man
30. Docter Octopus
31. Darth Vader
32. Hannibal Lector

 

[Draken]

1. Agent Smith (The Matrix)
2. Great Cthulhu
3. Dr. Doom
4. The Joker
5. Galactus
6. Six (Battlestar Galatica)
7. John Doe (Se7en)
8. Lord Soth
9. Lord Voldemort
10. Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12. Skeletor (He-Man)
13. Bhaal (Forgotten Realms)
14. The Master (Dr. Who)
15. Lex Luthor
16. Gollum
17. Hal 9000
18. Dracula
19. David Xanatos (Gargoyles)
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories)
21. Megatron
22. Randall Flagg (The Stand)
23. Pennywise the Dancing Clown (It)
24. Strahd Von Zarovich (Ravenloft)
25. Bob (Twin Peaks)
26. Emperor Palpatine
27. Jack Torrence (The Shining)
28. Graf Orlock (Nosferatu)
29. Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. The Kurgan (Highlander)
31. Darth Vader
32. Hannibal Lector

 

[ShadowDenizen]

1. Ming the Merciless- No contest.
2. Great Cthulhu
3. Dr. Doom- Toughie, but no-one defeatrs DOOM.
4. Wicked Witch of the West (Wizard of Oz) - Two words: Flying. Monkeys.
5. Galactus
6. Napoleon the Pig
7. Lady Deathstrike
8. Lord Soth vs Wile E. Coyote - Break my heart, why don't ya? My love has to go to the Coyote.
9. Lord Voldemort
10. Boba Fett ( Star Wars)
11. Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
12. Skeletor (He-Man) - Though I appreciate the classics.
13. Bhaal (Forgotten Realms)
14. The Master (Dr. Who)
15. Satan (The Exorcist)
16. Prince John (Disney's Robin Hood)
17. Hal 9000
18. Dracula
19. Khan Noonian Singh
20. Thoth-Amon (Conan Stories)
21. Megatron
22. Randall Flagg (The Stand
23. Mr. Burns
24. Dorian Gray
25. Bob (Twin Peaks)
26. Emperor Palpatine
27. Anubis (Stargate SG-1)
28. Graf Orlock (Nosferatu)
29. Mr. Glass (Unbreakable)
30. Docter Octopus
31. Darth Vader
32. Hannibal Lector