Stupid Evil: Difference between revisions

** Second, he hires the Mangalores to steal the Stones needed to halt the destruction. The alien mercenaries have the [[Proud Warrior Race]] mentality of the Klingons (apparent because Zorg mocks such an honor code in an early scene), but [[Dumb Muscle| the mental capacity of a box of hammers]]. Their attempt to steal them results in them grabbing a box they ''think'' contains the Stones, but turns out to be empty. After chewing them out for not having the brains to open the box first (an action he did not instruct them to do), he seems to calm down and pay them anyway, giving them the crate of high-tech weapons he had promised. And then activates the self-destruct mechanism inside the crate. Seeing as he would have lost those weapons either way. he is, in effect, making enemies of the Mangalores [[Evil is Petty| to protect his pride]], which would come back to bite him later.

** Also, when his board of directors has “feelings” about budget concerns, he quickly decides to fire a million employees, including those in his taxi company. For one thing, this means Korben Dallas (the protagonist) is out of a job, leading to him reenlist in the Army, leading to him being the one to save humanity from the Great Evil. Granted, there is no way Zorg could have predicted this, but seriously, why axe the taxi company of all things? Transportation is an industry that, by design, will never lack demand, customers or profit, meaning getting rid of it will ensure Zorg losing profit in the long run. Even a [[Bad Boss]] with no concern for the welfare of his employees knows this is a boneheaded business decision, which he makes on a whim.

** Briefly moving away from Zorg as far as this Trope is concerned, his second in command, [[The Dragon| Right Arm]] (who is slightly smarter than Zorg, but not much) finds out the Stones are on a luxury cruise spaceship. Shouldn’t be hard for a multi-billionaire like his boss to get tickets, right? Wrong. Right Arm has to swipe them from a passenger. But rather than target a lower-key passenger for this, Right Arm tries to impersonate Ruby Rhod, a drag queen and celebrity host of a talent show with at least 50 billion viewers. Naturally, Right Arm blows it badly and does not get on board.

** So, after killing Right Arm by detonating a bomb in the public phone Right Arm uses to to report his failure (because, you know, [[You Have Failed Me| that’s what stupid villains do]]) Zorg decides [[If You Want Something Done Right, Do it Yourself| to finally get involved himself]]. He sneaks onto the ship - where by now, the Mangalores are causing chaos trying to steal the Stones themselves as part of a revenge plan against Zorg - and covertly grabs a box he thinks has them [[Hypocrite| (making the same idiotic mistake he lambasted the Mangalores for)]] and then sets a bomb to go off when he’s in the clear. In case it didn’t sink in yet, this guy loves blowing things up [[For the Evulz]], but in this case, the ship has bomb detectors (even Ruby Rhod knows this) and the crew and guests evacuate with ample time to spare. Certainly, should Zorg survive, this will not go unnoticed and his business will likely suffer tremendously.