Motion to pull. I don't see how this is demonstrative of the trope at all.
Seconding the pull.
Thirding pull.
Support pull.
Fight smart, not fair.Also suppoting the pull. Snidely Whiplash would make for the most obvious replacement, except it's alredy in use elsewhere.
"We are not a stuffy encyclopedic wiki. We're a buttload more informal".Looking over the examples, it seems that we'd need a pic of one of the villains showing the quality that they most represent...not sure how easy or hard that's gonna be.
Just put up the stock picture of the guy in black with a curly moustache and a top hat laughing sinisterly. That picture immediately says "villain."
J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!How about this Luthor cover, which at least spells out his villainy pretty clearly?
Jet-a-Reeno!Maaaaaaaybe...
Clock is set.
Illustrating all the listed characteristics would be hard, but at least an example: Jafar◊ from Aladdin. Perhaps an image◊ with other characters for contrast? He looks villainous.
edited 7th Feb '12 1:49:43 AM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.Interesting - where'd that latter image come from? I can't think of any moment in the film where all of those characters are in the same scene - the closest I can think of is the very ending, but Jafar's not present for that (or rather, he is, but he's incapacitated inside his own lamp).
edited 7th Feb '12 11:54:44 AM by ShadowHog
Moon◊I think it is from marketing materials; it is not in the movie, but exactly the same art style, seems official. GIS tho.
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.I kinda like both of the Jafar pics.
That second Jafar picture is pretty nice. All the good guys are in cool blue and purple colors, and he's in front with evil-colors.
edited 7th Feb '12 10:17:51 PM by abk0100
Yeah I think that might be the only one of the listed six characteristics of a Classic Villain that is definitely depicted: "Visually different from the rest of the characters." He fits all of them but they would be difficult to show. And I think he looks more villainous in a frame with non-villains, than by himself.
edited 7th Feb '12 11:49:05 PM by rodneyAnonymous
Becky: Who are you? The Mysterious Stranger: An angel. Huck: What's your name? The Mysterious Stranger: Satan.We need to wrap this. Can someone upload the 2nd Jafar pic, put it up, and PM me to close the thread? Thanks!
rodney put the 2nd Jafar pic on the page; I added a caption. Locking up
The current image is just a bald guy surrounded by ice, holding something with a core that glows. It seems to be Lex Luthor in the Fortress of Solitude with some sort of Kryptonite thingie, but even figuring that out I don't see how it's supposed to illustrate the trope.
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