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** Not quite, Captain Carnage was Rorshach'd down an elevator shaft. Which could happen to anyone really. |
** Not quite, Captain Carnage was Rorshach'd down an elevator shaft. Which could happen to anyone really. |
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* The All-New Orb from ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' is a man with a giant eyeball for a head and a repulsor ray gun. Captain America describes the problem as "nobody takes him seriously enough to put him in an actual cell." He's not quite [[Not So Harmless]] since he's yet to prove a proper threat to any superhero thus far, but he's more dangerous than he looks. |
* The All-New Orb from ''[[Ghost Rider]]'' is a man with a giant eyeball for a head and a repulsor ray gun. Captain America describes the problem as "nobody takes him seriously enough to put him in an actual cell." He's not quite [[Not So Harmless]] since he's yet to prove a proper threat to any superhero thus far, but he's more dangerous than he looks. |
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* [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Fail O'Suckyname|Paste-Pot Pete had one of the more unfortunate villainous monikers in supervillainy |
* [[Marvel Comics]]' [[Fail O'Suckyname|Paste-Pot Pete had one of the more unfortunate villainous monikers in supervillainy]], and his [[Villainous Harlequin]] costume didn't help, although ''that'' was the first thing he changed. Even after changing his name to "The Trapster" and becoming more effective in his use of specialized glues and pastes, he ''still'' [[Never Live It Down/Comic Books|gets ragged on mercilessly]] about his old name by the likes of Spider-Man and the Human Torch. |
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** Oddly, in one recent story (''[[The Unbelievable Gwenpool]] #21'') He tried using his original alias and costume again, hoping the underestimation of his reputation could be used to his advantage. (After all, he did indeed once defeat [[Spider-Man]] himself because the hero was laughing at him too much.) Possibly an admirable move, the story showing how [[An Aesop|one can succeed via self-acceptance and using your own flaws to your advantage.]] |
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* ''[[Astro City]]'' has Glue-Gun, an obvious [[Expy]] of Paste-Pot Pete. His only major appearance to date showed him invading a superheroes' dinner club, only to be taken out by the ''busboy'' he was holding hostage. |
* ''[[Astro City]]'' has Glue-Gun, an obvious [[Expy]] of Paste-Pot Pete. His only major appearance to date showed him invading a superheroes' dinner club, only to be taken out by the ''busboy'' he was holding hostage. |
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* The pirates and Romans in the ''[[Asterix]]'' books. |
* The pirates and Romans in the ''[[Asterix]]'' books. |
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* Rainbow Raider in ''[[The Flash]]'' became this, once going so far as to attend a villainy motivational seminar in a futile effort to stop losing all the time. Neron once sent him an invitation to his [[Not So Harmless|upgrades-for-souls meeting]] just so the Trickster could steal it from him. |
* Rainbow Raider in ''[[The Flash]]'' became this, once going so far as to attend a villainy motivational seminar in a futile effort to stop losing all the time. Neron once sent him an invitation to his [[Not So Harmless|upgrades-for-souls meeting]] just so the Trickster could steal it from him. |
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* Asbestos Lady is a villain who fits this Trope in hindsight. This gal was a thief who thought it was a good idea to fight the Human Torch (not Johnny Storm, the original one) with an asbestos costume. This made perfect sense back in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] before anyone knew that asbestos was a dangerous carcinogen. Later in the modern era, it was confirmed she had died of cancer, done in by her own costume, and that she had been secretly funded by the U.S. government to combat the perceived threat superhumans posed, sort of a precursor to the Superhuman Registration Act during the ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''. In effect, poor Asbestos Lady had become [[Aesop Collateral Damage]] in a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|precautionary tale]] of how a corrupt government could ruin the lives of its own employees for selfish personal agendas. |
* Asbestos Lady is a villain who fits this Trope in hindsight. This gal was a thief who thought it was a good idea to fight the Human Torch (not Johnny Storm, the original one) with an asbestos costume. This made perfect sense back in [[The Golden Age of Comic Books]] before anyone knew that asbestos was a dangerous carcinogen. Later in the modern era, it was confirmed she had died of cancer, done in by her own costume, and that she had been secretly funded by the U.S. government to combat the perceived threat superhumans posed, sort of a precursor to the Superhuman Registration Act during the ''[[Civil War (Comic Book)|Civil War]]''. In effect, poor Asbestos Lady had become [[Aesop Collateral Damage]] in a [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|precautionary tale]] of how a corrupt government could ruin the lives of its own employees for selfish personal agendas. |
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** There was also Asbestos Man, another foe of the Torch. When he appeared a second time - quite a bit later, in ''[[The Fantastic Four|The Fantastic Four Vol. 5 #1]]'' - he also suffers from cancer and has to carry an oxygen tank around with him even as he commits crimes. This ironically makes him more successful, as everyone he tries to rob is terrified at the thought of getting the disease. Despite this, he is miserable, as he now has no purpose (he came out of retirement seeking revenge on the Torch, only to find out he was dead) and thinking that if anyone remembers him at all, it will be as a lame fool. Fortunately, the Great Lakes Avengers (the heroes who oppose him in this story) are no strangers to being regarded as lame, and promise they will remember him and spread the word about how notorious a villain he is, if he simply turns himself in. He agrees, and passes away soon after. |
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== Film == |
== Film == |
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