# Best Villain Names

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 18, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658 "2008-12-18T00:13:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/61 "2008-12-19T02:53:21Z")

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For years I didn’t know Darkseid was pronounced (därk’sīd). That works on just so many levels.

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**Author:** ![The\_Batman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/22d042/32.png) [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/62 "2008-12-19T03:11:40Z")

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**False Maria** , although I guess she’s not actually referred to that way in the movie.

This one, I think, is the perfect name for a rich despot: **Mr. Burns**

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**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/63 "2008-12-19T03:51:53Z")

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Miquelito Loveless

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**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\
**Post date:** [December 19, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-villain-names/477658/64 "2008-12-19T04:27:14Z")

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> [@Greg\_Charles](#):
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> Don’t forget the Evil League of Evil:
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> Professor Normal  
> Fake Thomas Jefferson  
> Tie-die  
> Dead Bowie  
> Furry Leika  
> Snake Bite  
> and the Thoroughbred of Sin himself, Bad Horse
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> and of course Dr. Horrible!

There’s also the throwaway reference to a double date with Bait and Switch.  
In other works:  
Croup and Vandemar (Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman)  
Phantom Limb (The Venture Bros.)  
& Dr. Girlfriend (the same).

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