Any villian who was defeated by tossing Hostess© Fruit Pies at them.
Where Walks The Walrus?
What about Turner D. Century? Or maybe The Prankster?
The Animated Series Toyman was just damn creepy, though.
Indeed. Sometimes you just have to shake you head and shrug.
Is it me or does that guy in front look remarkably like James T. Kirk?
Ten thousand quatloos on the newcomers!
BTW, have the Ferengi’s been mentioned yet? Certainly they are the lamest ‘Star Trek’ baddies.
Ya know, Turner D. Century’s been mentioned a few times here, and there’s no denying that he deserves a place of honor in the Villainy Hall of Shame. But it’s a new century now! So where’s the new, updated Turner D. Century? The guy with an endless supply of Clinton jokes and Y2K-themed crimes, who tells everyone that he’s “here to party like it’s 1999?” Maybe he’d dress like Eminem and style himself Turna-D Cent! How about it, DC Comics?
According to Wikipedia, Turner D. Century first appeared in 1980, making him about 75 years behind the times. So his modern counterpart would be a guy with a 1930’s Depression-era schtick going on.
Rooty Zoot Suit!
I must protest! Turner D. Century’s sublime lameness stems is not merely a direct function of how old-fashioned he is! Even old-fashioned things can come back into style, after all. No, Turner D. Century’s crime is not that he is old-fashioned, but rather that he attempts to embody the irretrieveably volatile popular culture of a highly specific time frame.
I submit that a Turner D. Century for the year 2000- a “Turner D. Millenium,” if you will-- could be just as lame as the original. Imagine a character who, instead of riding a bicycle built for two, commits his crimes with a relentlessly self-congratulatory ‘X-treme!’ motif, using skateboard moves cribbed directly from Mountain Dew ads and Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater. A character who causes confusion at the animal shelter by literally “letting the dogs out,” or who commands an army of androids that Macarena at his whim!
I can’t believe I’m the first one to nominate Turner D. Century!
Can I mention The Guy in the Jack Chick comics? Whomever The Guy is who tells the Sinning Person that they are Going to Hell if they don’t change Their Evil Ways?
Lame.
For a good laugh, read the “biography” of Swiper on the Dora The Explorer page at Wikipedia. It’s hilariously deadpan.
I dunno if he counts as a “villain” for the purposes of the comic, though. After all, he is trying to save the Sinner’s soul from an eternity of fiery torment. It’s not his fault that the Judeo-Christian deity in Chick’s universe is a jealous, wrathful demon with Munchausen’s-by-proxy Syndrome.
The traditional villains of Chick narratives are a fairly sorry lot as well, truth be told. But that’s what you get when your religion’s eschatological debates are played out in Bazooka Joe format.
Boy, that Babe Ruth can really play, huh?
Turner D Century was a Marvel character.
Dr. Loveless from the Will Smith movie version of Wild West, fits both definitions of the thread title. Dude didn’t have no legs at all. Also, he totally sucked. Lame, and lame.
Mr Kil from Die Another DaY. Most Bond henchmen rack up a nice bodycount before their own demise. Mr Kil scored a duck. And he had a stupid name, too, the dumbest in the whole franchise.
Let us not forget Professor Chaos.