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<blockquote data-quote="Nuclear Platypus" data-source="post: 2930950" data-attributes="member: 17507"><p>Oh I like this answer. Yeeessss. Must have a rubber ducky for those bathtime soaks (several times in the series). He's got slight delusions too as he often talks with his t-rex (and later dragon) head.</p><p></p><p>Dinobot originally started off as a Predacon but joined the Maximals simply because "my enemy's enemy..." tho ended up picking up some of their traits, becoming an honorable villain / antihero as shown in the "Code of Hero" episode.</p><p></p><p>Also from Beast Wars was Rampage, the near unstoppable killing machine. Why'd he kill? For the sheer pleasure of it. In fact, he might've ate a few (or more) of his victims, especially after terrifying them to make them 'tastier'. But he's more of a Michael Myers (Halloween not Wayne's World) so a little 1 dimensional. However at the end, maybe he felt remorse or just wanted release. Then again he could've just been plain ol' psychotic.</p><p></p><p>Starscream (RIP Chris Latta) was always a favorite backstabbing schemer til the Minicon series version of him made him more like Dinobot from Beast Wars (also a good villain / antih hero). Sure he was the second in command of the Decepticons but he'd be just as willing to stab his own boss in the back as he would Optimus Prime. Heck, he even conspired with 'the devil' to gain power (dealt with Unicron to regain his body).</p><p></p><p>The Skeleton King from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! also had contigency plans for virtually anything. If those didn't work, he had a few loyal lackies willing to salvage his remains. So what if he loses a few pawns to manuever himself into a better position later on. Plus Mark Hamill sounds better as a villain. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" /> </p><p></p><p>I'm really tempted to go with a few of the villains from the Power Rangers shows. Each series had some sort of 'honorable villain'. Again nowhere near the character development of the title characters or even the arch villain.</p><p></p><p>David Xanatos from Gargoyles sounds suspiciously like Jonathan Frakes tho several other regulars sound like ST:tNG cast members. I suppose someone will inform me that Demona is Marina Sirtis or whatever. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> He's got it all: money, power, magic, robotic gargoyles, supertechnology but just when you think he'll only be a bad guy, he'll help out Goliath and the others out of the 'kindness of his heart', only to plot against them a few episodes down the line. Demona has a hatred for humanity for destroying her clan even tho she's doubly cursed - turning human in the daytime and being married to MacBeth. She even hates her former love and those who associate with Goliath, even her own daughter. Either Xanatos or Demona would make good dragon personalities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nuclear Platypus, post: 2930950, member: 17507"] Oh I like this answer. Yeeessss. Must have a rubber ducky for those bathtime soaks (several times in the series). He's got slight delusions too as he often talks with his t-rex (and later dragon) head. Dinobot originally started off as a Predacon but joined the Maximals simply because "my enemy's enemy..." tho ended up picking up some of their traits, becoming an honorable villain / antihero as shown in the "Code of Hero" episode. Also from Beast Wars was Rampage, the near unstoppable killing machine. Why'd he kill? For the sheer pleasure of it. In fact, he might've ate a few (or more) of his victims, especially after terrifying them to make them 'tastier'. But he's more of a Michael Myers (Halloween not Wayne's World) so a little 1 dimensional. However at the end, maybe he felt remorse or just wanted release. Then again he could've just been plain ol' psychotic. Starscream (RIP Chris Latta) was always a favorite backstabbing schemer til the Minicon series version of him made him more like Dinobot from Beast Wars (also a good villain / antih hero). Sure he was the second in command of the Decepticons but he'd be just as willing to stab his own boss in the back as he would Optimus Prime. Heck, he even conspired with 'the devil' to gain power (dealt with Unicron to regain his body). The Skeleton King from Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! also had contigency plans for virtually anything. If those didn't work, he had a few loyal lackies willing to salvage his remains. So what if he loses a few pawns to manuever himself into a better position later on. Plus Mark Hamill sounds better as a villain. :p I'm really tempted to go with a few of the villains from the Power Rangers shows. Each series had some sort of 'honorable villain'. Again nowhere near the character development of the title characters or even the arch villain. David Xanatos from Gargoyles sounds suspiciously like Jonathan Frakes tho several other regulars sound like ST:tNG cast members. I suppose someone will inform me that Demona is Marina Sirtis or whatever. ;) He's got it all: money, power, magic, robotic gargoyles, supertechnology but just when you think he'll only be a bad guy, he'll help out Goliath and the others out of the 'kindness of his heart', only to plot against them a few episodes down the line. Demona has a hatred for humanity for destroying her clan even tho she's doubly cursed - turning human in the daytime and being married to MacBeth. She even hates her former love and those who associate with Goliath, even her own daughter. Either Xanatos or Demona would make good dragon personalities. [/QUOTE]
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