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Who (or What) is the Most Iconic Villain of All Time?
Metzger Meister
It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
It Gets Worsebefore it gets any better.Registered User regular
So. My older brother, our friend Justin and myself have been engaged in a lively debate over the past few weeks. It all stemmed from some article my older brother was reading about the history of The Joker as a character, and towards the end of the article it named the Clown Prince of Crime as the most iconic villain of all time. This got us thinking, and provoked immediate discussion on the topic, and we're fairly sure we've reached a consensus, but I'd be interested to hear other opinions.
The one basic rule of the discussion, we decided, must be that religious texts and figures must be excluded, if not simply for the fact that if they were not, one could simply say "The Devil" and the conversation would be about ten seconds long and that's no fun at all, is it? We have also limited the discussion to strictly "fictional" characters, as debating which tyrannical dictator/conqueror/historical butthole is the worst wouldn't exactly fit with the theme of the topic and would also likely be a big ol' bummer. Another thing we decided on was that it's kind of a cop-out to just go "oh the fear of death" or "man's hubris" or whatever. Villains representing these conflicts are all well and good, but the concepts themselves are a bit broad.
So, what say you, SE++? Who is the most iconic villain of all time? The characters I've included in the poll were merely those that were brought up during the course of our discussion.
The one basic rule of the discussion, we decided, must be that religious texts and figures must be excluded, if not simply for the fact that if they were not, one could simply say "The Devil" and the conversation would be about ten seconds long and that's no fun at all, is it? We have also limited the discussion to strictly "fictional" characters, as debating which tyrannical dictator/conqueror/historical butthole is the worst wouldn't exactly fit with the theme of the topic and would also likely be a big ol' bummer. Another thing we decided on was that it's kind of a cop-out to just go "oh the fear of death" or "man's hubris" or whatever. Villains representing these conflicts are all well and good, but the concepts themselves are a bit broad.
So, what say you, SE++? Who is the most iconic villain of all time? The characters I've included in the poll were merely those that were brought up during the course of our discussion.
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Who (or What) is the Most Iconic Villain of All Time? 116 votes
Darth Vader
37%
44 votes
Frankenstein's Monster (Adam)
0%
1 vote
The Wicked Witch (The Wizard of Oz)
0%
1 vote
Grendel (Beowulf)
0%
Dracula
32%
38 votes
Freddy Kreuger
0%
Jason Voorhees
0%
Professor Moriarty
3%
4 votes
The Joker
6%
8 votes
Other (please specify)
17%
20 votes
0
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There are so many different versions and the name is synonymous with vampires themselves
I'm a rebel
And a traitor
Take him away
We've tried. He keeps coming back.
also satan isn't the bad guy of the bible, check the scoreboard plebs
anyway, note also that i have not myself voted, because like i said, me and my compatriots reached a consensus on who we think is the most iconic villain and i don't wanna influence the discussion too much.
Deep Space Nine.
He's the best Trek Villain of all time.
Yes better than Khan.
I think it's in The Silmarillion.
Oh that's not bad.
you're good people, uriel
unlike the cardassians.
actually yeah, I'm gonna go with vader
the bespin fight is one of my favorite scenes in any movie, and it's really because of how much menace vader brings into it
If he's not bad then he doesn't deserve a spot on the poll, Snick
...
dammit where's the witness me button
Okay to be fair he's iconic of the best Trek has to offer as far as villains but that's only Trek, of All Time I'd probably go something else? I'm just not sure who.
I really ought to read Dracula and Beowulf and some Sherlock.
Because it might actually be the Joker then
Nah
If there's someone everyone knows, Dracula definitely beats Joker
hmm, you think joker over vader for most recognized?
also dracula in his many incarnations might be up there, but that's more the name dracula that the varying visual interpretations of the character
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That's as many as four tens and that is terrible.
Yeah, a surprising number of people haven't seen old star wars
I feel like damn near everyone has seen at least one piece of batman media
There are varying visual interpretations of Joker, too.
Nolan Joker is distinctly different from Bruce Timm Joker.
I don't know why you think people need to have watched Star Wars to know who Vader is. That's one of the reasons he's such a good villain, everyone knows who he is on the most basic level--he's so iconic he transcends the media he was created for.
You should check out Star Wars Rebels and tell me he isn't the scariest person in the galaxy.
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Well I didn't say scariest?
Like that really old movie, "The Empire Strikes Back"?
Yeah, I mostly meant to point out there is Star Wars media aimed at kids today introducing them to Vader.
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