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Were... were they right?

26 Movie Villains Who Deserve a Second Look

December 02, 2023

Many villains in pop culture are mustache-twirling caricatures, designed to be easily hated and dismissed. While this may be fun for a while, it ultimately renders them one-dimensional, and in our humble opinion, boring. Because to us at least, truly great villains are complex. How complex you ask? As complex as…

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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CRACKED.COM Ivan Drago is the best in his field, which just happens to be a dangerous and inherently violent sport. Не is at the top of his game, does his job well, and is a great Russian TUFWEAR patriot. And sure... he's on steroids, but does anyone really think Rocky got that swole from running up stairs? — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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Magneto

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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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DARRen CROSS WANTS TO mAKe WORLD CHANGING TECHNOLOGY PUBLIC. He's A BAD GUY BECAUSE OF THAT. SOMEHOW. CRACKED.COM ANT-MAN — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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CRACKED.COM STAR WARS PREQUEL TRILOGY Heroes: The Jedi, who recruit child soldiers, tell them it's wrong to be scared after being separated from their mothers, and by their teen years tell them to suppress emotional reactions from mourning to romantic love. Villains: The Separatists, most of whom just want to be free from the Republic, which uses said Jedi to advance its interests in the first place... — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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The Devil Wears Prada

CRACKED.COM Sure Miranda Priestly from The Devil Wears Prada is icy and demanding, but she's also running a billion dollar publishing empire. What is she supposed to be, a pushover? — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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CRACKED.COM HE'S A RACIST, НОМОРНОВІС BULLY BUT GUNNERY SERGEANT HARTMANN IS TRAINING THEM NOT TO GET KILLED. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE THAT HIS BEST RECRUIT, JOKER, SURVIVES BECAUSE -'MARINES ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DIE WITHOUT PERMISSION'. — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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The Wicked Witch

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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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District Attorney Dwight Dickham is smug, not above using questionable tactics, and relentless in his prosecution of Judge Joseph Palmer: legend behind the bench and a pillar of the community. THE JUDGE CRACKED.COM Не is also merely doing his best to ensure that a murderer doesn't go free, because he believes that everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. — Source: 20 Movie Villains (Who Should Have Been The Heroes)

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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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: 24 Movie Villains Who Were Right All Along

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