# Evil characters you can't take seriously because they're such losers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 2, 2005, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002 "2005-02-02T16:57:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/61 "2005-02-04T13:52:18Z")
> [@Thirty-Nine](#): > > I think this character from an old spiderman comic speaks for itself. The idea behind the story isn’t bad - a villan that morphs into signs of the Zodiac. Then you get to [this page](http://www.lileks.com/institute/biglittle/33.html)… Hey! Zodiac was a very effective villian… when I was eight. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/62 "2005-02-04T16:50:53Z")
> [@Bryan Ekers](#): > > The seventh one had a great rack, though. > > [sub](the joke so nice I used it twice)[/sub] Image link? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/63 "2005-02-07T01:42:31Z")
There’s Snidely Wiplash – his schemes never succeeded – but of course, we weren’t **supposed** to take him seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Murcielago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Murcielago](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Murcielago)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/64 "2005-02-07T02:29:49Z")
There was a recent Batman storyline where the usual group of suspects were thought of as possible instigators. One villain left unaccounted-for was the Riddler, basically because everyone considered him somewhat of a douchebag and not worth any regard. I had to agree with the writers in that sentiment. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/65 "2005-02-07T05:33:34Z")
The Riddler definitely stands out as particularly lame. A super villain whose only power is the ability to tell the heroes exactly what he and his aprtners are going to do? He had to be a spy from the Hall of Justice who managed to infiltrate the Legion of Doom. Although how he managed to convince the rest of the Legion to let him drop clues everywhere is beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 10:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/66 "2005-02-07T10:01:17Z")
> [@HPL](#): > > Actually, I would think that a US General in charge of an entire air wing of Nuclear Armed B-52 bombers, and who is completely insane, is quite disturbing. Not to mention that he stood up and fired a .50 cal machine gun from the hip! How easy can that be? He was also quite successful in his plot to destroy the commies (although not in the way he originally intended). ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/67 "2005-02-07T12:45:58Z")
> [@wevets](#): > > Not to mention that he stood up and fired a .50 cal machine gun from the hip! How easy can that be? He was also quite successful in his plot to destroy the commies (although not in the way he originally intended). Nitpick: It was a .30 caliber Browning machinegun, not a .50. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002/68 "2005-02-07T18:36:17Z")
> [@Sublight](#): > > The Riddler definitely stands out as particularly lame. A super villain whose only power is the ability to tell the heroes exactly what he and his aprtners are going to do? > > He had to be a spy from the Hall of Justice who managed to infiltrate the Legion of Doom. Although how he managed to convince the rest of the Legion to let him drop clues everywhere is beyond me. [Seanbaby's Super Friends Page - The Riddler](http://www.seanbaby.com/superfriends/riddler.htm) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evil-characters-you-cant-take-seriously-because-theyre-such-losers/288002.md?page=3)