# If I were to face off against an arch supervillain

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**Created:** [July 6, 2002, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-to-face-off-against-an-arch-supervillain/117572 "2002-07-06T01:51:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-to-face-off-against-an-arch-supervillain/117572/21 "2002-07-16T13:48:37Z")

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> \*Originally posted by robertliguori \*  
> \*\*Challenge him to pistols at dawn, and show up at midnight with a large block of high explosive rigged to blow in six hours.  
> Then leave. Quickly. \*\*

Surround the field with radio contolled Claymore mines in a circle pattern. Boom- shredded by thousands off ball bearings from all directions. Of course a .50 sniper rifle solves lots of problems too. As would a laser guided 2000 pound cluster bomb- or hey, one of those nifty Fuel-Air bombs. Of course then I would need a F-18 Super Hornet too- but one can dream I guess… 😃

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**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\
**Post date:** [July 16, 2002, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-i-were-to-face-off-against-an-arch-supervillain/117572/22 "2002-07-16T18:24:37Z")

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Sigh :rolleyes:

It’s obvious you people have never fought an evil arch super villain before.

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> \*Originally posted by elf6c \*  
> Surround the field with radio contolled Claymore mines in a circle pattern. Boom- shredded by thousands off ball bearings from all directions.

That’s great. When you’re walking smugly away, thinking he must have been vaporized by the Claymores, don’t be surprised when he stabs you from behind.

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> \*Originally posted by elf6c \*  
> Of course a .50 sniper rifle solves lots of problems too.

Yes, right up until the point where he suddenly puts a gun to your head as you are trying to acquire him with the scope.

People pleese! Sniper rifles are for goons, thugs, and MAYBE trusted lieutenants.

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> \*Originally posted by elf6c \*  
> As would a laser guided 2000 pound cluster bomb- or hey, one of those nifty Fuel-Air bombs.

:smack:

Once again…Large bombs and explosives are fine for taking out his evil army and disrupting his plans. Sometimes to save the Nakatomi Tower, you have to blow up the top 20 floors. But evil arch supervillains can only be permenantly defeated by tossing off a high structure (and onto something sharp for good measure), crushing, stabbing, or shooting multiple times at close range. You can’t use your own bombs. You must turn his own bombs against him. Pull the pin out of one of the grenades on his bandolear or restart his doomsday device after everyone has escaped.

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\*Originally posted by elf6c \*  
Of course then I would need a F-18 Super Hornet too- but one can dream I guess… 😃 \*\*[/QUOTE

Only if you plan to fight him mano y mano in his Mig-28.  
People! These are arch supervillains we are dealing with. Be the guys who walks stoicly into the sunset after hes been defeated! Don’t be the guy who gets stabbed in the back, caught in the explosion or cut in half with the death beam because hes too busy high fiving and partying after he THINKS the EASV has been defeated.

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