Thursday, June 26, 2008

Common Villain Characteristics

So, yesterday I saw the movie "Get Smart" (good movie by the way, though there is a man-on-man kiss and another scene that made me and my friends lose our appetites for a little while....................). When watching it, I started noticing some of the characteristics of the main villain. I then started thinking about common traits of many cheesy (and sometimes not cheesy) villains. Here is a list of some of them(of course, you can have some of these traits and be a very good person. Of course if you have all of these traits you can't be anything more than a decent person(just kidding)):
  • They have gray hair (this doesn't necessarily mean they are old, they just have gray hair).
  • If they don't have gray hair they are bald.
  • Or they would actually be bald, but would have a gray wig.
  • They will have a cat (usually the white fluffy kind).
  • They play an instrument (usually a piano, organ, or violin).
  • They like Ode to Joy and/or the song is played in the background when they do something evil and/or awesome.
  • They are billionaires for no adequately explored reason.
  • They wear a business suit.
  • If not a business suit, then a cool-looking cape.
  • They are very lazy.
  • They have a signature laugh.
  • They will swear vengeance if you scratch their face.
  • They are often said to be very brilliant, yet don't seem to understand that the easiest way to defeat the hero is to shoot them yourself, instead of sending a minion to do it, or standing there while they give a long speech about friendship.