The Great Villain Showdown [1st Round Closed]

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114. Prince John - Disney's Robin Hood

There's nothing Prince John loves more than power, unless perhaps it's gold. He'll do anything to get either, even steal from his own subjects. It's not so difficult -- he stole his brother's crown, after all. He may be a cowardly, scheming, thumb-sucking, royal crybaby, but he's the closest thing England's got to a king while Richard is away on crusade. Meanwhile, "Rob the poor to feed the rich" is Prince John's motto. True to his pledge he travels the countryside with his sycophant sidekick Sir Hiss in tow, spreading taxes and misery wherever he goes. If only his beloved "mummy" could see him now! It all seems so easy -- until Nottingham and that wily bandit Robin Hood. Vain and pretentious, Prince John falls for the outlaw's flattery and tricks, getting his gold and jewels stolen right out from under his very nose. Now he wants Robin Hood dead and will use every evil trick in his book to see that foxy bandit captured and tax-collecting resumed.

 

[Gomez]

115. Lloth

Lloth, The Spider Queen. Many drow worship her above all else. She is as deadly as she is beautiful. A black spider with the head of a drow female, she ensues chaos, darkness, evil, and destruction whereever she goes. She is known for her trickery. As well as bringing about some of the best assassins. Spiders are sacred to her and a quick painful death comes to any who kill a spider.

 

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116. The Clown - Spawn

"Send in the clowns..." Yeah, right. And die laughing. The fact is, this clown is a demon. He just doesn't walk around looking like one. Maybe "cause I don't want to, that's why."

"See, it's like this. There was once this demon, devoted to beloved boss. And this demon's job was making his master's lay about Hellspawns into razor-sharp fighting machines. The problem is, they're humans, or were, and humans are pathetic. They're not fit to wear the uniform, but I gotta go along with it, orders are orders."

"So, anyway, what did I, err… this demon do, was nothing else but force these saps into using their powers, expending energy. Most of 'em don't need to be pushed, but some, well, you can lead a horse to water but you can't always drown 'em. Some Hellspawn need learning and that's where this demon comes in big time." "Well, let me tell you, the job stinks. After thousands of years and dozens of Hellspawns, a demon can only take so much. They always manage to wriggle off the hook, or get konked by some angel bitch, or just plain refuse to budge. A miserable gig."

"Nah, they've never kicked his butt. I mean, this demon's bad. So, along comes the Master's new favorite and by now, well, the demon's about had it 'cause he knows he can do a better job. But no, the Master says make this guy into some kind of evil fearless leader. No prob. The demon figures he'll push him here, shove him there and the guy'll fall into line. Does he? No way! So, the demon rips his heart out, but the Spawn is still kicking, so the demon gets real pissed and lays into him. And then, the Master says "Bad doggy!" and whips the demon's butt just for doing his job. So, now the demon's stuck being a clown, "cause he can't change back."

"But this demon's smart. There's more than one way to disembowel a kitty, right? So he decides to screw up everything the Hellspawn cares about. He goes after the guy's ex-family; "ex" cause he's dead, right? And figures the guy'll cave. That or the Master'll figure out that he should use demons, not these worthless humans, for his officers. So, the demon clown goes to it, ruining the new Spawn's old life so he'll finally get on with it and do some evil, or die trying. And it's worked 'til this very day."

"Okay, so the tale has to have a moral, right? Hah! How about humans are stupid? No? How about in the end, everybody gets what they deserve? Works for me. Now hand over those fries."

 

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117. Bhaal - Forgotten Realms

One of the Dead Three, Bhaal was originally a mortal, who along with Bane and Myrkul took the portfolios of the ancient deity Jergal. Bhaal was god of death, especially violent or ritual death.

Patron of Assassins, Bhaal was feared throughout Faerûn - especially in the island realm of the Moonshaes. A wholly evil, debased and sadistic god, Bhaal was served by the goddesses Talona and Loviatar and in turn served Bane (Myrkul, to a lesser extent, was also his master).

He was a Lawful Evil Intermediate Power, and his symbol was a skull encircled by a counterclockwise orbit of drops of blood. His divine Realm was the Throne of Blood (in Third Edition D&D, part of the Barrens of Doom and Despair).

 

[DonTadow]

On the cartoon, that was true. But in the comics, a lot of them died. And not just after they were picked up by Dark Horse. When they were still with Marvel, I remember a bunch of Joes, including Quick Kick, were actually executed by Cobra. Pretty heady stuff when you're 12.

Wow, sounds awesome. I"ll have to actually pick up the books next time I'm in a comic store. I just always pegged that the comics translated the cartoons.

 

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118. Bane - Batman

Born to serve the life sentence of his father, Bane's childhood and early adult life were spent behind the walls of Pena Duro, an infamous prison located in Santa Prisca. There, he read as many books as he could grab his hands on, and built up his body in the prison's gymnasium. He became a test subject for a mysterious drug known as Venom, which had killed its other subjects. It nearly killed him at first, but he survived and found its effects enhanced his physical strength.

Years later Bane escaped Pena Duro, along with several accomplices (his friends Trogg, Zombie and Bird). His ambitions turned to destroying Batman, whom he had heard tales of while serving his sentence. Bane was convinced that the demonic bat that haunted his dreams since childhood was a representation of the Batman.

Bane destroyed the walls of Arkham Asylum, allowing its deranged inmates to escape into Gotham City, where Batman spent three months rounding them up, running himself to exhaustion, and then returned to Wayne Manor, where Bane awaited him. He fought Batman, defeated him, and delivered the coup de grace: he broke Batman's back and threw him to the streets of Gotham.

 

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119. Bill Sikes - Oliver Twist

He is a career criminal associated with Fagin. He owns a bull terrier named Bullseye, whom he beats until he is in stitches. He is almost psychotic - very violent and aggressive, prone to sudden bursts of extreme behaviour.

A brutal professional burglar brought up in Fagin’s gang. Sikes and Nancy are lovers, and he treats both her and his dog Bull’s-eye with an odd combination of cruelty and grudging familiarity. His murder of Nancy is the most heinous of the many crimes that occur in the novel.

 

[Gomez]

120. Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Ernst Stavro Blofeld is the archenemy of MI6 secret service agent James Bond and head of the evil terrorist organization, S.P.E.C.T.R.E. Blofeld usually appears accompanied by a white Angora cat. Despite the fact that he is perfectly willing to murder millions to further his goals, Blofeld has a few professional scruples. For instance, in Thunderball he learned that during a standard fundraising kidnapping mission of a young girl, the responsible agent sexually molested her. In response, Blofeld had the agent killed as punishment and returned the girl and half the ransom to her father as compensation. His reasons had nothing to do with morality, but rather with the importance of S.P.E.C.T.R.E. being known for keeping their word to those they did their "business" with.

 

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121 - Lady Deathstrike - X-men

Yuriko Oyama's father was Lord Dark Wind (Kenji Oyama), a Japanese crime lord and criminal scientist who created the adamantium-to-bone bonding process. She teamed up with Daredevil to free her lover, Kiro, from her father's servitude; when Darkwind was slain the devoted Kiro chose suicide to honor his master. Distraught, Yuriko belatedly embraced her father's ideals and sought to track down whoever dishonored him. Her trail led to Wolverine, whose skeleton had been bonded with adamantium. Deathstrike sought to kill him to right the wrong of the theft and thus restore her family's honor, but she was defeated by Vindicator of Alpha Flight. Yuriko then went to the Mojoverse and Spiral's "body shoppe" where she received extensive cybernetic enhancements including adamantium bones and talons.

Lady Deathstrike was once a member of the team of criminal cyborgs called the Reavers, led by Donald Pierce, who once managed to successfully defeat the X-Men. The Reavers have since been annihilated by the Sentinels, and Yuriko has been operating independently.

At times she has resigned her quest to kill Logan and has even worked with them cooperatively toward a common goal as she did in X-Men Annual 2000. (In this case the goal was to defeat Stryfe). However she still remains a mercenary and assassin. Despite all this, Yuriko is set apart from many of the X-Men's foes in that she adheres to an honor code. Yuriko is emotionally disturbed.

Recently, it was revealed that Deathstrike retains little of her physical humanity. As Rogue was unable to absorb her memories through touch as she could a normal human, Rogue concluded that Yuriko is currently more machine than human.

 

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122 - Napoleon the Pig - Animal Farm

Napoleon struggled with Snowball, a fellow pig, for power after the animals took control of Manor Farm. To secure his power, Napoleon ordered his attack dogs to chase Snowball away from the farm. After this, he executed any animal who he believed was affiliated with Snowball. To prevent the animals from accusing him from breaking the Seven Commandments, Squealer altered them, giving Napoleon even greater power. At the end of the book, Napoleon and the other pigs act just like humans, wearing clothes, smoking, and even walk upright.

Instead of acting for the good of the animals, Napoleon the pig only acted for himself and eventually acted just like humans. The true side of Napoleon becomes evident after he slaughters so many animals for plotting against him. He even hires a pig to sample his food for him to make certain that no one is trying to poison him.