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    Image of Chip Skylark of Space Chip Skylark of Space
    11/09/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz [Evil Incorporated!]

    This guy is definitely a genius, and definitely Stooo-pid, as Dexter said more then once about his sister. This show is the Rocky and Bullwinkle of my daughter's generation.
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    Edited by Chip Skylark of Space at 11/09/09 10:54 AM Chip Skylark of Space was starred Chip Skylark of Space was unstarred
    Image of drdoombot drdoombot
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Doom does NOT belong on this list!

    Not many super-geniuses can claim to have had as many victories as Dr. Doom. He succeeded in taking over the world in Emperor Doom, he conquered Franklin Richards' alt-Earth on the other side of the Sun (starting with no tech, either!), he tricked the Devil (Mephisto) into releasing his mother's soul in Triumph and Torment, he single-handedly ended the Secret Wars by stealing Galactus' power, and then using them to steal the Beyonder's power!

    Most stunning of all, he recently (a few months ago, actually) turned an ignominious defeat into total victory. The reality-manipulating Marquis of Death turned Doom's heart to stone, his blood into acid and then dropped him off into the Pliocene era to be eaten by prehistoric sharks. However, Doom's hate kept him alive. He studied the black arts for millions of years, then transformed his body down to the molecular level to fool the Marquis of Death into accepting him as a pupil. He even killed a Watcher to protect his secret. It's not clear how powerful he is now, but he's definitely been upgraded. And he seems to be over his Fantastic Four hate as well.

    Unlike most other supervillians, Dr. Doom has won too many times to be included on this loser list.

    #drdoom #supervillains
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    Image of thufir_hawat thufir_hawat
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Mojo Jojo? Anyone? "I was not born a super villain chimp with an oversized brain you know. Evil geniuses are made not born."

    Also, wait, Penny dies in Dr. Horrible? Noooooooooo! #supervillains
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    Image of cihx cihx
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    another dumbass villain was nero from the star trek movie. "oh woe is me, my fargin' sun went supernova and i'm going to blame spock. so i'm going to blow up his entire planet, and every planet in the federation!"
    frakkin' idiot. #supervillains
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    BlueBeard promoted this comment cihx was starred cihx was unstarred
    Image of BlueBeard BlueBeard
    11/06/09

    @cihx: I felt the same way about Nero- one of the lamest ST villains in the history of ST, and that's saying something. #supervillains
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    Image of collex collex
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    You dare to insult Doom? Doom is not pleased. You will pay for your insolence against Doom. Immediately after Doom is finished with Julian McMahon. #supervillains
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    i'd like to counterpoint cartman's inclusion on this list if i may.

    exhibit A: "Scott Tenorman Must Die" Cartman is hoodwinked out of $16.12 by local teen scott tenorman through a series of cons and pitards played on Cartman. Scott then redicules him over his inabilty to recover his money and eventually this make Cartman so angry he trains a pony to bite off his wiener and tries to convine radiohead to appear and inform scott he's uncool, but only as a diversion from his true plan, to feed him chili made from Mr. and Mrs. Tenorman. Cartman suceeds and Stan and Kyle rightly point out that they should never piss off Cartman again, not ever.

    so Cartman is an evil genious, perhaps the evil genious from which all others are measured, he just has to be really really mad first. #supervillains
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    Image of daveNYC daveNYC
    11/06/09

    @tetracycloide: And he manages to get Radiohead to show up and make fun of Scott as he's mourning his parents. #supervillains
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    Image of mulderj mulderj
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    As a parent with young children, I need to point out that Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirz from Phineas and Ferb definitely belongs on this list. #supervillains
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    Image of Logan5 Logan5
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    No Dark Helmet??? #supervillains
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    LittleDragon promoted this comment Logan5 was starred Logan5 was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/06/09

    @Logan5: Dark Helmet isn't really an evil genius. He is a dark lord. The President of space ball planet or his scientists might be eligible. #supervillains
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    Image of Davio Davio
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Good shout out on Luthor. His costume really is awful. #supervillains
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    Image of BadUncle BadUncle
    11/06/09

    @Davio: those are complimentary colors, though. I mean, sure, they're kind of locked into Marriott Corporation's 80's-era interior design. But still. The guy looks buff, and retro-fashion-forward. #supervillains
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    Image of StormtrooprDave StormtrooprDave
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Did anyone else just google Squirrel Girl to see if she wasn't made up on the spot? #supervillains
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    Image of drukus drukus
    11/06/09

    @StormtrooprDave: No. #supervillains
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    Image of tetracycloide tetracycloide
    11/06/09

    @drukus: yeah, me either. and i certainly didn't image search it just to see what the costume looked like... #supervillains
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    Image of MargaretMoony MargaretMoony
    11/06/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Heh, Squirrel Girl. I wish I knew about her before Halloween.
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    Edited by MargaretMoony at 11/06/09 12:35 AM MargaretMoony was starred MargaretMoony was unstarred
    Image of lukeoneil47 lukeoneil47
    11/05/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    I would like to politely register my continued disapproval of stories formatted in this way. I know it helps with page views to have us click through each image, but for me it has the exact opposite effect and I often end up skipping the entire thing instead. Something about the layout is just very unwieldy and does not flow.

    The content is good, however. Although you forgot Dr. Impossible
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    Image of VisibleHand VisibleHand
    11/06/09

    @lukeoneil47: Deleting "/gallery" and anything after it from the url puts them all on one page. #supervillains
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    11/06/09

    @VisibleHand: It does but it's annoying to have to do that with every gallery post. And I have to agree with @lukeoneil47: gallery posts are irritating. #supervillains
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    Image of TickMan TickMan
    11/05/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Doom must be crazy if he wants the protection of Alpha Flight. Let me guess? All he got was Puck and the Owl chick, and then Jean Paul mocked his armor and cloak get up.

    BTW, where is Stewie?
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    tande04 promoted this comment Edited by TickMan at 11/05/09 10:12 PM TickMan was starred TickMan was unstarred
    Image of LittleDragon LittleDragon
    11/05/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Who are all of us to be passing judgment on these some times great leaders. When was the last time any of us came close to ruling the world? Don't count last week. That was an accident. The team of commandos they sent to stop us had bad burritos before trying to take down the hypnowave machine. And even there we failed. These great visionaries may have their weakness. Before you past judgment, go out and try and control 10 people for a day. Not the world, not a country, just 10 people. There is a reason we have the Academy of Mad Sciences and the University of Evil Geniuses and the College of Supervillainy and Dictatorship. And it is because this sort of thing is not as simple as most people believe it to be. And yes many obsess about their nemeses. But that is because, you reach a point in your life and realize that you could have it all and you could destroy all who stand before you, but what then? You live for as long as your science holds out, shaping the world into what you want? But will you learn and grow as a Evil Genius that way. No. You would stagnate and consume your self and the world you hope to create. If these Geniuses have failed, it is that they have failed to find the correct balance and have not hired enough graduates from the Academy of Mad Sciences.
    And with that I have a paper due for Roklimber. And Mr. Glass does not belong on this list. He was brilliant and his plan worked. He found his balance, his nemesis. #supervillains
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    Image of Hamslicer Hamslicer
    11/05/09

    In reply to Top 10 Dumbest Evil Geniuses Of All Time
    Missing: Ernst Stravo Blofeld.
    Some advice Ernie? Don't give him his cigarettes and just shoot him already. #supervillains
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