Bond Villain Stupidity: Difference between revisions

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** Averted by the Master:
** Averted by the Master:
{{quote|"Anyway. Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I ''don't'' think!"}}
{{quote|"Anyway. Why don't we stop and have a nice little chat while I tell you all my plans and you can work out a way to stop me, I ''don't'' think!"}}
:** Although he makes just this mistake later on with Rassilon, who has near-omnipotent technology at his disposal. Goodbye Master's masterplan!
::** Although he makes just this mistake later on with Rassilon, who has near-omnipotent technology at his disposal. Goodbye Master's masterplan!
* In the ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Arrival", two evil Kryptonians confront Clark Kent. They open a portal to the [[Phantom Zone]] and shove Clark into it. At the last second, Clark grabs a piece of rebar and tries desperately to hold on as the portal sucks him in. Instead of doing something like cutting the bar with their heat vision, the villains just smirk and start walking away, only for Clark to [[Flash Step]] up to them, and [[Hoist by His Own Petard|shove them into the portal]].
* In the ''[[Smallville]]'' episode "Arrival", two evil Kryptonians confront Clark Kent. They open a portal to the [[Phantom Zone]] and shove Clark into it. At the last second, Clark grabs a piece of rebar and tries desperately to hold on as the portal sucks him in. Instead of doing something like cutting the bar with their heat vision, the villains just smirk and start walking away, only for Clark to [[Flash Step]] up to them, and [[Hoist by His Own Petard|shove them into the portal]].
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' villains aren't renowned for their intelligence, but were most guilty of Bond Villain stupidity during [[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]], where a constant stream of new villainous overlords continued to defeat the Power Rangers then walk away, only to complain later about not being able to defeat the Rangers. By about the 20th time this happened in a 32 episode show, it was very hard to keep caring.
* ''[[Power Rangers]]'' villains aren't renowned for their intelligence, but were most guilty of Bond Villain stupidity during [[Power Rangers Jungle Fury]], where a constant stream of new villainous overlords continued to defeat the Power Rangers then walk away, only to complain later about not being able to defeat the Rangers. By about the 20th time this happened in a 32 episode show, it was very hard to keep caring.