Diabolical! 15 Great Geek Villains from Movies and TV
Diabolical! 15 Great Geek Villains from Movies and TV
Posted 08/12/2011 at 12:05pm
| by Seamus Bellamy
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Adventure. Excitement. A geek craves not these things...most of the time. While most of us are content to walk in the light, a number of our most craven geek brethern have chosen to follow a darker path, seeking power, fame and glory through any means neccesary. Plying their geeky wiles towards bending the world to their will, these nerdy neerdowells will stop at nothing to survive and thrive. To make sure you know to steer clear of such villianous vermin, we've put together a gallery of some of the worst offenders. After all, knowing is half the battle.
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h_s_westy
November 14, 2011 at 3:56pm
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turbogamer1000
August 17, 2011 at 9:51am
i won!!! , and the funny thing is i didnt know it was a contest
mclendenen
August 17, 2011 at 4:21am
Come on now. You have to include Thomas Gabriel from Die Hard 4. He out geeked all the other super geeks by trying to kill them all AND take all the USA's money at the same time!
sparker781
August 15, 2011 at 4:42pm
Your all forgetting about Skeletor from the original He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe. Not that drivel that the Cartoon Network or whatever channel the remake came out on!!
sparker781
August 16, 2011 at 7:50am
he was he had geeky henchmen that couldn't defeat he-man. nor could he defeat he-man. not even using a ghost he-man either.
TechLarry
August 15, 2011 at 11:02am
No, no, no. NO one can out-scare Danny Trejo, and he doesn't even have to be in makeup.
That guy really spooks me!
Shalbatana
August 15, 2011 at 9:43am
cigarett smoking man from the x-files. Sure he wasn't a "geek" but come on, all geeks admired him behind their loathing.
turbogamer1000
August 15, 2011 at 9:38am
doctor doofenshmirtz from phineas and ferb - he even has his own nemesis
MaximumMike
August 15, 2011 at 7:19am
Also, Captain Nemo. That dude played the pipe organ on a submarine when there were no submarines, definitely a geek.
TerribleToaster
August 15, 2011 at 6:22am
HAL 9000 from 2001 a Space Odyssey.
Why is he a geek?
He's an AI (created by IBM :D ) who is good at chess.
Why is he a villain?
He decided the best way to keep the monolith secret while remaining truthful was to kill everyone.
cgamer
August 14, 2011 at 5:05pm
Hands down, it is Brain. He is trying to TAKE OVER THE WORLD and he has his hapless compadre Pinky to assist.
the hapless gamer
August 14, 2011 at 1:00pm
Grand Moff Tarkin is the real villain (Star Wars). It was Tarkin, not Vader who ordered the destruction of Alderaan in EP 4
iheartpcs
August 14, 2011 at 10:36am
Agent Smith!
You can't get geekier than BEING a computer program!
Keith E. Whisman
August 14, 2011 at 7:52am
Well I know I'm not allowed to win, but here goes. Lucy from Peanuts cartoons and Sybok, Spock's worldly half brother. I also liked Khan, the Big Red evil robot from the Black Hole, and my most favorite is both Dark Helmut from Space Balls and Darth Vadar from the Star Wars Saga.
jasonk1229
August 13, 2011 at 4:09pm
Gaius Baltar - he was a good and bad villian he nuked half the human population when they were down to 50k lol.
jasonk1229
August 13, 2011 at 4:13pm
hard to make a list but I agree as a fan of alot of tv and movies that it does blow
Wingzero_x
August 13, 2011 at 9:38am
Darth Dildo isn't bad ass!! Seriously what did he do, that was bad ass? Those "jedi" he killed weren't even Jedi yet, they were a bunch of kids, and not even older teenage kids, but grade schoolers! And one of them nearly got away! The only lightsabre duels he ever won was against old men, and one of those took a dive. Then there's no count on the number times Luke and Han owned him.
Matter of fact that whole Vader thing was an on-going joke by Palpatine and the Imperial Navy!
Palpatine: "You will be Daath bayder"
Annie: "Will I be a master?"
Palpatine: (sniggering)"yeah".
Sorry, but Vader was a tool plain and simple! Well he did have a cool suit.
ElvisClone777
August 13, 2011 at 9:30am
Guess y'all forgot about ol' Scorpy/Harvey from FarScape, eh?
Evil and scary when he's just being himself: "I condemn you, John Crichton, to live so that your thirst for unfulfilled revenge will consume you."
Even worse when he's trying to be friendly or look out for you: " HELLO JOHN, SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU AGAIN!"
. . .not to mention able to implant a neural biotracer chip to extract any info, while creating a neural clone of himself and being able to take over John's brain and body. And need I bring up his "comfy chair"?
Even as Harvey, he still carries the same menace as Scorpius.
Anyone with me?
Oh, and perhaps the Daleks . . . "EXTERMINATE!"
Number Six
August 14, 2011 at 9:35am
I agree with you 100% on Scorpius. In fact, he's one of the greatest villans ever, and, honestly, his character was the only reason Farscape was worth a dime. The rest of the plot & characters just were blah.
-Six
tjstanle
August 13, 2011 at 9:23am
What about
KHAN!!!!!!
From Star Trek II? he created an army of genetically engineered troops. That's pretty geeky.
savage4naves
August 13, 2011 at 8:34am
Sylar from Heroes (my favorite TV show until NBC got crazy with the ban hammer).
mls067
August 13, 2011 at 10:00am
that dude still freaks me out when I see him in other movies/tv shows!
Mealymouthed
August 13, 2011 at 7:32am
Umm... Is everyone forgetting the most obvious?
The intelligent and down-right scary Hannibal Lecter. For shame all of you.
Scatmanbrandt
August 13, 2011 at 1:11am
Greatest geek villian ever? That is a tough one but I have to nominate Magneto from the x-men series. Wanting to destroy the human race and leave only mutants by using a device of his own creation and almost succeeding. I believe that earns a mention at least.
goku_dsv
August 13, 2011 at 12:13am
I can't believe you guys forgot about two of the most uber d-bag geek villians of all time. First one is Boris Grishenko from GoldenEye and second is Eugene 'The Plague' Belford from Hackers. SHAME ON YOU MAXPC lol ...and hell if you want to add more to this list our evil little techno geek genius Plankton from Spongebob, H.G. Wells from Warehouse 13, Nikola Tesla from Sanctuary, Stewie Griffin from Family Guy, Mr. Crocker from Fairly Oddparents, Dr. Octopus from Spiderman, Dr. Robotnik from Sonic the Hedgehog, Dogbert from Dilbert, Zane from Under Siege 2, and Dr. Hathaway and Kent from Real Genius and although he isn't "evil" an honorable mention goes to trouble-maker Zane from Eureka
theblur05
August 12, 2011 at 10:47pm
Dr horrible because i'm totally in the middle of watching it right now!!!!
Wily_One
August 12, 2011 at 10:43pm
M5. Give my regards to Captain Dunsel. (TOS)
Nomad. Sterilize! 'nuff said. (TOS)
V'Ger - A bigger, badder Nomad! (ST 1)
Space Whale cylinder spaceship with blue ball of death. (ST IV) You do not want that blue ball hanging over your head.
tornato7
August 12, 2011 at 10:39pm
The Borg (it counts as one villain since they are all one). The borg is very evil, and you can't get geekier than being part of a giant collective botnet of supercomputers.
r.mashburn
August 12, 2011 at 9:27pm
Eugene Belford AKA 'The Plague' from Hackers (Played by Fisher Stevens)
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