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35 Fresh Perspectives on Iconic Fictional Villains

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35 Fresh Perspectives on Iconic Fictional Villains

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VILLAIN: Caledon Hockley MOVIE: Titanic VILLAINY: Tries to stop Jack and Rose from fulfilling their destiny or whatever. BUT WAIT! Hello, Jack is some grifter who sleeps with Rose, Cal's fiancee, and convinces her to dump him. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Benjamin Oliver MOVIE: Wayne's World VILLAINY: Fires Wayne and tries to get Cassandra to like him. BUT WAIT! Не fired Wayne for calling his sponsor a sphincter boy on-air. But he also gave Wayne a TV contract and tried to make Cassandra a star. CRACKED COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Carl Anheuser MOVIE: 2012 VILLAINV Anheuser closes the arks, leaving the people on the dock to drown. BUT WAIT! There's a cataclysmic tsunami coming, and if the doors are open, the people on the arks die, and the human race dies out. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: The Wicked Witch MOVIE: The Wizard of Oz VILLAINY: Taunts the girl who killed her sister, telling her she wants her shoes. BUT WAIT! The shoes belonged to her dead sister, and are now rightfully hers. Dorothy kills her, too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Man of Steel

VILLAIN: General Zod MOVIE: Man of Steel VILLAINY: Wants to save his people from extinction by taking over Earth. BUT WAIT! Superman says Krypton had its chance, even though he himself escaped by going to Earth. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ghostbusters

VILLAIN: Walter Peck MOVIE: Ghostbusters VILLAINY: Tries to investigate the heroes who are catching and storing ghosts. BUT WAIT! Не works for the EPA and is right to be concerned about unlicensed nuclear devices and environmental damage. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Syndrome MOVIE: The Incredibles VILLAINY: Trying to eliminate all superheroes and sell regular people his invention. BUT WAIT! His invention would enable regular people to become heroes, instead of relying on an elite super-class. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Hans of the 7 Isles MOVIE: Frozen VILLAINY: Tries to worm his way into ruling Arendelle, by romancing Anna. BUT WAIT! Не kept Elsa from turning into a villain by telling her, don't be the monster they fear you are! CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Shere Khan MOVIE: The Jungle Book VILLAINY: Wants Mowgli killed, because humans are dangerous. BUT WAIT! Humans are dangerous to animals. Mowgli himself almost burned down half the jungle. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Sheriff of Nottingham MOVIE: Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves Collects taxes for Prince John VILLAINY: and tries to capture Robin Hood. BUT WAIT! It's the Sheriff's job to do the king's bidding - even the acting king - and to punish those who break the law. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Grindlewald MOVIE: Fantastic Beasts, etc. VILLAINY: Wants to throw out magical secrecy laws, claiming they cause suffering. BUT WAIT! Harry Potter suffered greatly at the hands of those who didn't realize magic was a thing. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: The Feds MOVIE: Е.Т. The Extra-Terrestrial VILLAINY: Constantly tried to capture E.T. and take him to a lab to be studied. BUT WAIT! E.T. formed a life-threatening psychic bond with a human, and is a f*cking alien. Не should at least be quarantined. CRACKED.COM — Source

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220 H 8 8 The Robots 1 VILLAIN: S e t 2 H MOVIE: The Matrix a X T E tr-to - : 8 WIA VILLAINY: Keeps human beings in pods to EC 4 EV 8 MOON act as living batteries. 7 2 ct se 82ckg 3 BUT - WAIT! The robots won the war, yet L81 E 81 8 K3 f en keep the humans happy in an XI er = 8 > elaborate artificial life that's wm I 3 F indistinguishable from reality. CRACKED.COM R — Source

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VILLAIN: Gaston MOVIE: Beauty and the Beast VILLAINY: Will do anything to marry Belle, including hunt and kill the Beast. BUT WAIT! The Beast is holding Belle hostage in an attempt to make her fall in love with him. They're pretty much both creeps. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Lt. Harris MOVIE: Police Academy VILLAINY: Bullies the cadets by making them adhere to strict rules and standards. BUT WAIT! It's his job to train police officers, who are in the business of knowing and enforcing rules. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Hela, Ruler of Hel MOVIE: Thor: Ragnarok VILLAINY: Smashed Thor's hammer, tried to kill Thor, and conquered Asgard. BUT WAIT! Hela was trained by Odin to be a conqueror. Then he changed his mind and imprisoned her. Odin's the true villain. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Ed Rooney MOVIE: Ferris Bueller's Day off VILLAINY: Ruthlessly hunts Ferris and his friends in order to punish them hard. BUT WAIT! Ferris lies, hacks, cheats, steals, and destroys property. This is his 9th unexcused absence. Rooney is the Dean of Students. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Raoul Silva MOVIE: Skyfall VILLAINY: Part of a shadowy organization that controls and kills people. BUT WAIT! So he and James Bond have pretty much the same agenda, but Silva's the bad guy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Gollum MOVIE: Lord of the Rings VILLAINY: Wants the ring back, eats fish raw. BUT WAIT! Bilbo took the ring from Gollum, knowing he was looking for it. And Gollum had kept it safe from Sauron for 400 years. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: The Hyenas MOVIE: The Lion King VILLAINY: Henchmen to Scar, the king's brother, who stages a bloody coup. BUT WAIT! The king banished the hyenas to live in a graveyard. All Scar had to do to win their loyalty was offer them food. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Aladdin

VILLAIN: Jafar MOVIE: Aladdin VILLAINY: Tries to trick the sultan and seduce the princess with his magic staff. BUT WAIT! Aladdin does the same thing with a magic lamp. Aside from Jafar being older and having a job, they're the same guy. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Senator Kelly MOVIE: X-Men VILLAINY: Wants all mutants to register with the government. BUT WAIT! The mutants are vigilantes with powers like telepathy, super healing, and eyes that shoot f*cking laser beams. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Magneto MOVIE: X-Men series VILLAINY: Не wanted to protect mutants and didn't trust the rest of humanity. BUT WAIT! Everything Magneto predicted, happened. In the future, mutants have no rights and live in fear. CRACKED.COM — Source

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VILLAIN: Stan Gable MOVIE: Revenge of the Nerds VILLAINY: Doesn't want the nerds to form a fraternity, or live a wedgie-free life. BUT WAIT! Those same nerds break into his girlfriend's sorority to take nude photos of her, and trick her into having sex. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man 2 Alfred Molina named each of his Doc Ock tentacle puppets. The upper tentacles were named Flo and Мое, and the lower tentacles were Larry and Harry. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains The Vulture was supposed to appear in Spider-Man 4. John Malkovich was set to bring the winged villain to life in the sequel to 2007's Spider-Man 3, but the project was scuttled in favor of a full-on franchise reboot with The Amazing Spider-Man. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man 2 Alfred Molina was rehearsing for Fiddler on the Roof while filming. A clip of the actor performing If I Were a Rich Man with the help of his tentacle puppeteers can be seen on the film's blooper reel. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man: No Way Home

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man: No Way Home That clip of Sandman is reused footage from Spider-Man 3. The character is entirely CGI until the very end of the film, when the real Thomas Hayden Church makes a brief appearance in a piece of footage from Spider- Man 3. With non actual performance from Church, the character may as well be called sans-man. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man 3

Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man 3 Sam Raimi didn't want Venom. Raimi disliked the character, feeling that he had a lack of humanity. The studios felt otherwise, and forced Raimi to include the villain. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Electro's design was based on the one in Ultimate Spider-Man. The electric blue meanie swapped the traditional green and yellow tights for a more Dr. Manhattan- adjacent design inspired by the character's appearance in the Ultimate Spider-Man comics. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Amazing Spider-Man 2

Spider-Man Movie Villains The Amazing Spider-Man 2 abank Paul Giamatti was happy to not play Rhino again. Plans for a follow-up film were scuttled due to a poor reception, leaving the future of Giamatti's villain uncertain. This didn't faze the actor, who was happy to focus on other things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains Spider-Man The Green Goblin's original mask was more flesh-like. Test footage and concept art show a much more fleshy mask for Willem Dafoe's Goblin. Thankfully, the production went with the metal version. CRACKED.COM — Source

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The Lizard in Spider-Man Movies

Spider-Man Movie Villains = O l'ez ONLY THE Dylan Baker was all set to play the Lizard, but didn't. Despite appearing as the one-armed Dr. Curt Connors in both Spider-Man 2 & 3, with a mountain of hints to his future transformation, Baker never got to play the Lizard. Rhys Ifans played the scaly villain when he finally appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Spider-Man Movie Villains Sam Raimi's Trilogy Fans thought Bruce Campbell was Mysterio. Some fans believed that Campbell was playing the same person, illusionist villain Quentin Beck, in each of his cameos throughout the trilogy. Campbell debunked the rumors in 2019. NC QUIET PLEASE WHILE CRACKED.COM — Source

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Michael Keaton

Spider-Man Movie Villains Michael Keaton isn't sure which Spider-Man universe he's in. Keaton starred in 2017's Spiderman: Homecoming as the Vulture, who also appears in 2022's Morbius... which is in a separate universe? When producers attempted to explain the two timelines, Keaton said he had no idea what you're talking about. CRACKED.COM — Source

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