How To Be a Cartoonish Supervillain

""And when [Mr. Burns] planned to steal our sunlight, he crossed that line between everyday villainy and cartoonish super-villany.""

- Smithers, The Simpsons.

So you want to become a Super Villain. Here's a handy guide to accomplishing this, in several easy steps!


 * Plot to, and make an attempt to, deprive a population of a basic necessity, such as the sun, or the world.
 * Have your plans foiled at least once by one or more of the following:
 * A rag tag group of freedom fighters.
 * a Do-Anything Robot
 * A bunch of teenagers with attitude.
 * A Farm Boy.
 * Meddling Kids.
 * A Talking Animal
 * Anything remotely succeeding.
 * Have a new plot every week for the aforementioned group(s) to foil.
 * Have a theme or a gimmick; something as broad as "Mad Scientist who wants to Take Over the World/city/Tri-State Area" works if pursued with style and variety, but you really want to have a theme - ice and coldness, or riddles, for instance.
 * Hate Goodness.
 * Note: If the reason you hate good is because it is your weakness, you are already a cartoonish Supervillain, and need go no further on this list.
 * Join the Republican party.
 * Join the Democratic party.
 * Join the Libertarian party.
 * Join PETA.

There is one thing you must never, ever do to be a true Cartoonish Supervillain:
 * Succeed.
 * This by no means you will fail at every step of your plan, because it's a well known fact that You Can't Thwart Stage One. You'll probably get rob the bank or build the Doomsday Device, and you usually get to escape when it goes pear-shaped. But beyond that, you're pretty much screwed. Don't forget to shake your fist, swear you'll be back and never re-use any of your old plans. It's all part of the Super Villain flair.