Create Your Own Villain: Difference between revisions

** It is heavily implied (and outright stated in the prequel comics) that Captain Hammer's belief that anyone who is nerdy or uncool is a potential supervillain is why Dr. Horrible got to be the way he is. And because you read the above, you know what happens next. And then our hero (Not Captain Hammer, who would barely register as a Type V on the [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]]!) loses his humanity and everything we loved about him.

* The villainous speedster Slipstream blames the [[Global Guardians PBEM Universe|Global Guardians]] for the death of his father, the superhero Dogfight (a former member of the Guardians himself) in the 9/11 attacks. Slipstream has sworn vengeance.

 

 

* Inverted by ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'': Plastic Man was a henchman and thief until he was [[Cursed with Awesome]] as a result of Batman's actions. Batman personally sees to Plas' reform and rehabilitation; now, larceny-related issues aside, Plastic Man is a genuine superhero thanks to Batman's influence.

** Another inversion (a villain creates a hero) is from "Chill of the Night!" Batman confronts Joe Chill (the man who murdered his parents) during a weapons auction, where many of his Rogues Gallery are in attendance. In the fight, Batman reveals to Chill that he's Bruce Wayne. Chill realizes that by killing Thomas and Martha Wayne, he inspired Bruce to fight crime. He's the reason Batman exists. In a panic, Chill admits this to the Rogues. They, of course, aren't amused (except for Joker; he thinks it's hilarious).

** Crimson Chin is speaking from experience: His archenemy, the Bronze Kneecap ("and his big BRONZE KNEECAP!!!"), turns evil when, in a parody of supervillain origins, the Chin accidentally breaks his leg during a ''jai alai'' tournament, causing him to get <s>second</s> third place once again, and then doesn't apologize. And so Ron Hambone melted down all his third-place bronze trophies...

** The third crossover with ''[[Jimmy Neutron]]'' had Timmy and Jimmy purposly making a new villain after they discovered [[Victory Is Boring|how easily their combined skills trumpted all their regular enemies]].

** The battery of a Stinger lasts only about 5 years or so IIRC, so if they are using stingers they're not the US-made ones. Still doesn't change the training they received though.

* Obviously "villain" isn't the right way to put it, but the [[PlayStation]] was directly spawned from the remains of [[SNESCDROM|a deal]] which [[Nintendo]] backed out of when they realised it didn't work in their favour. [[Sony]] used their work on the deal to form the basis for their own console. [[Final Fantasy|A few years later]], the [[PlayStation]] resoundingly gave Nintendo its first loss in the [[Console Wars]].

** On a similar note, the ''[[Warcraft]]'' universe wouldn't exist if the deal between Blizzard and Gaming Workshop to create a ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]''-themed game didn't fall through. On the other hand, it's possible ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' would be ''World of Warhammer'' and still just as popular.

 

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