This trying to take over the world business isn't as easy as it seems. Even with legions of henchmen and all kinds of super toys available to you, there's always some superhero out there to thwart your plans just when you're on the verge of success.
If world domination is your goal, here's a list of the top six essentials you'll need for a career as a supervillain.
Persian Cat (or equally sinister animal adornment)
Why It's Necessary: A supervillain needs to be holding the cat when he makes his grand entrance. The Persian breed says you're wealthy and that mankind's most aloof creature is no match for your icy resolve.
Who Did It Best: Ernst Stavro Blofeld, possibly James Bond's greatest enemy, was the trendsetter for many supervillain staples.
Bald Head
Why It's Necessary: Any supervillain worthy of the name has a spectacular chrome dome holding his genius brain.
Who Did It Best: Lex Luthor immediately leaps to mind.
Minions
Why It's Essential: The truth about supervillains can be summed up as why have dogs around you if you're going to end up doing your own barking. The true supervillain is too busy creating super plots to take over the world to have time for the minor interruptions such as kidnapping enemies and making Starbucks runs.
Who Did It Best: Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader had an army of Stormtroopers to send after the Rebel Alliance. Of course, that didn't help them win in the end.
Inventive Death Traps
Why It's Essential: A supervillain can't simply kill his adversary, he has to come up with an ingenious method of doing away with him that offers maximum dramatic impact. Of course, the downside of this is that it gives the hero ample opportunity to escape.
Who Did It Best: From Blofeld's piranha pool to all the torturous devices Indiana Jones encountered, there are just too many to try to pick only one.
Secret Hideaway
Why It's Essential: In order to have a dramatic showdown you need to have a suitably impressive backdrop and a secret hideaway is just the place.
Who Did It Best: Austin Powers' nemesis, Dr. Evil may have been inept in many areas, but he definitely had an eye for impressive lairs.
Evil Plan
Why It's Essential: Anyone with a genius IQ can built a super weapon and rain havoc on the population. However, a true supervillain has to do more than just destroy stuff. He needs an evil plan to justify all the destruction and there needs to be something for the hero to thwart.
Who Did It Best: The history of villainy give us a wealth of truly moronic evil plans. But for a scheme we can all believe in, we need to look at Magneto, the metal-molding mutant from X-Men. He can show us how an evil plan is done.
Who are your favorite supervillains?
4 comments:
Does Pinky and the Brain count? lol!
Pinky- What are we going to do tonight boss?
Brain- What we do every night. Try to take over the world.
Great post, btw. And it proves something essential. Even Villains need goals, motive, and conflict for the story to be believable. And you're right. A secret lair is a must. lol!
LOL. Love your post!
Lilly: Pinky And The Brain!! Drat...I definitely should have mentioned them. I have all the episodes of Pinky And The Brain on DVD as well as all the episodes of Animaniacs. Marvelously funny and clever stuff. If ever there was someone obsessed with taking over the world, it was Brain.
Hi, Penny. Good to see you. Thanks.
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