Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Difference between revisions

*** Mad Mike the Pizza Chef from "Trouble By the Slice". Okay, most fans have a non-verbal agreement never to speak of this guy again, but a brief exception has to be made here. [[Mook Maker| Porto]] was “inspired” to create this monster from the mascot of a pizza parlor, but even in a show known for being campy and cheesy, someone who [[Edible Ammunition| used thrown pizzas as weapons]] who tried to bake the heroes into a pizza went a little overboard. Plus his costume was [[Unfortunate Implications| a dumb recreation of the flag of Italy and he spoke with a horrid parody of an Italian accent]]; thankfully he was never seen again.

** [[Power Rangers Wild Force]] had Barbed Wire Org from "Darkness Awakening", again, the [[Warmup Boss]] for the Wild Force team, As his name suggested, [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin| he was an org made of barbed wire]], and looked pretty dangerous. Looks were deceptive. The most hilarious part of the Megazord battle was how he ended up in a [[Punch-Punch-Punch Uh-Oh]] situation right before the Megazord decked him.

* Nojoke from ''[[Power Rangers Mega Force]]'' ("Last Laugh") was a [[Yokai| tengu-like monster]] who had absolutely [[No Sense Of Humor]] and hated the sound of laughter, his goal being to eradicate humor entirely. While that sounds like an… odd motive, he was very much a [[Combat Pragmatist]]. His primary weapon was a Laughter Gourd, a device that could absorb anyone who laughed (a victim trapped this way would eventually be liquified and consumed later); should anyone have enough willpower to keep themselves from laughing, he could also control winds in a way to ''tickle'' potential prey, and should that fail, he had a… [[Fartillery| sound-based gaseous attack]] that could compel people to laugh. While this all seems oxymoronic, he was a pretty effective warrior, but fits this Trope due to his weakness… He was ''not immune to his own powers!'' When Robo Knight (an android who was physically unable to laugh) and Noah (who also had no sense of humor) manage to find a way to make ''him'' laugh, he is snared by his own Gourd, causing it to break and free every victim. Naturally, his final words before being slain by the Megazord are, [[Dramatic Irony| "This isn't funny!"]]

** ''[[Power Rangers Dino Charge]]'' completes the cycle with a triad of examples:

*** Smokescreen. If you can imagine a Samurai warrior with armor that had a Kabuki design, you might be able to picture this one. What made him dangerous (the term should be used loosely) was the pipe-vent-mechanism on his back that could [[Fartillery| spew a foul-smelling vapor with a rude smell.]] To top it off, [[Small Name, Big Ego| he was very proud of his ability]] to use his Fart Fog so efficiently. Gross.

*** Loafer and Leisure. This was a brother-sister team [https://powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Loafer?so=search of really nutty looking monsters] with a summer vacation theme. Their main gimmick is, they use some sort of euphoria gas that makes victims think they’re on a permanent vacation. It truly seemed the writers were trying a little too hard to make this odd theme work.

*** Cavity was both an Evil Chef and a Depraved Dentist, a pastry chef whose wares caused agonizing toothaches to whoever ate them, something he could also cause using his energy projection powers. The Monster of an Aesop plot has been used a lot in this franchise, so this might have had potential if there was an aesop in the plot, which there wasn’t - nothing about the benefits of dental hygiene or how you should avoid too many sweets. In fact, Cavity’s powers could decay things other than teeth; it would work on things as big as trees, making him a case of wasted potential.