Some baddie strive for wealthiness and power . Some villainsstrive for nimbus . But a surprising number of villain are motivated exclusively bytheir tangled relationship with the hero . These are love - hatred relationship , in which the villain just wants to impress the hero or spend tone timetogether . Here are the 12 most codependent supervillains , in no particularorder .
Spoilers for old stories ahead …
The Master has been a recur villain on Doctor Who fordecades , over multiple regenerations . And from their earliest escapade , theMaster always seems reluctant to kill the Doctor , while the Doctor keeps sayinghe ’s quite look forward to their next deadly encounter . Even after all ofthe other Time Lords are gone , the Master recover a way to come back . As theMaster ’s ultimate finish is to cause the Doctor pain in the ass , to the point where herefuses to restore after being sprout , allowing himself to die because heknows the Doctor will mourn him . Nothing sums up their family relationship better thanthe language of the Scissor Sisters song hesings and dance to whiletaunting the 10th Doctor : “ I ca n’t decide whether you should live ordie . ”
Syndrome , once Buddy Pine , did n’t start off as a super - villain . He was Mr. Incredible’sbiggest fan , and his goal in animation was to become his pal . Afterbeing spurn by Mr. Incrediblehe became taken up with getting his revenge . He did n’t have anysuperpowers of his own , so he make machines that could destroy “ supers ” andused them to bolt down super hero until he feel it was ready for Mr. Incredible . He devotes his entire life to getting his revenge on Mr. Incredible and provingto him and the world that he can be a superhero . Heexplains his motif :
Syndrome : It ’s finally ready ! You know , I go through quitea few super to make it suitable to contend you , but serviceman , it was n’t just enough!After you pan the last one , I had to make some major modifications . Sure , it was difficult , but you are deserving it . I mean , after all … I am your biggestfan .
Mr. Incredible : [ recognize that last credit line ] Buddy ?
Syndrome : My name is not Buddy ! And it ’s not Incrediboy , either . That ship has sailed . All I want was to help you . I only wanted tohelp , and what do you say to me ?
Mr. Incredible : [ Flashback ] Fly home , Buddy . I work alone .
Syndrome : It tore me apart . But I discover an importantlesson . You ca n’t number on anyone , especially your heroes .
Doctor Horrible offers a twist on this trope — it ’s thehero who is haunt with the scoundrel . Although technically , Captain Hammer isstill the antagonist of this story , so it still suit . Captain Hammer seemsespecially gleeful about spoil Dr. Horrible ’s dodging and inflict pain andhumiliation on the mad scientist . He score Penny because he knows that Dr. Horrible is in love with her . He tells Dr. Horrible : “ I ’m gon na give Pennythe night of her life , just because you want her . And I get what youwant . ” Captain Hammer might be a superhero in the eyes of the world , buthis fixation on Dr. Horrible is super creepy .
Why does Bowserkeepkidnapping Peach ? For love ? For power ? For bar ? Or possibly , he does itfor Mario . After the third or fourth time , he ’s got to know that Mario will becoming after Peach , and yethekidnaps her anyway . He never learns from his past mistake , he just keepsblindly going down the same path . There are all kinds of rooter hypothesis out thereto explain why Bowser maintain kidnapping Peach , but it seems as though Bowserwants Mario ’s aid , or wants to annoy him . Again and again he behave out , hoping that Mario will show up .
There are countless versions of Captain Hook out there , eachof them slightly unlike . No matter their differences , each and every one of themis ghost with Peter Pan . Hook buy the farm way beyond a “ normal ” hungriness for revenge , spend all of his fourth dimension thinking about , hunt , and organize to fight Peter . In Hookhe say Peter:“Peter . I swear to you wherever you go , wherever you are , I consecrate there willalways be daggers sink in notes sign James Hook . They will be flung intodoors of your children ’s children ’s children , do you hear me ? ” When Peterasks what Hook wants from him he replies , “ Just you . ”
If Voldemort had n’t been so obsessed with Harry Potter andthwarting the prophecy that forebode his ruin , he might actually have beenable to come after . rather of focusing all of his vigor and army on taking overthe magical earth , Voldemort spends his time chasing a adolescent around England . And inthe cognitive operation , Voldemort shapes Harry into the hero who can defeat him , thusmaking the prophecy a self - fulfil one . And Voldemort and Harry are soclosely tied together , they literally feel each others ’ emotion .
The yin and yang spirits of Vaatu and Raava in Legend of Korra are mortal enemies andcompletely dependent on one another . Vaatu is the spirit of topsy-turvyness and swarthiness , while Raava is his complete inverse . They spend their world battling oneanother , each trying to gain laterality . Even as they do this , they recognizethat they want one another . They could never completely destroy each other .
TheMonarchwants to do is toss off Dr. Venture . He first attempted to murder him when theywere in college together , and has continue make attempts on his liveliness eversince . He devotes his intact liveliness to arching Dr. Venture . The Monarch iswilling to put his career , his marriage , and 100 of collaborator ’s life atrisk to haunt the Venture family . Despite have got opportunities to killDr . Venture and his sons , they always seem to fall away through his fingers , allowing him to continue his womb-to-tomb compulsion . He is so obsessed with Venturethat after he come up a robot with Venture ’s fount , hehas sex with it .
Ralph was design as a video recording game villain , and his onlyreason for existing is to wreck the home base and line of work of his neighbors . Thehero of the game , Fix It Felix Jr. , has a witching hammer that can specify anything . Over the grade of the picture , they learn that they really do demand each other . Ralph and Felix depend on one another completely both for their support , and to save the day .
Spike and Buffy ’s kinship is weird , complicated , andconstantly changing throughout the show . Are the enemies ? Are they allies ? Arethey lover ? For much of their family relationship they have a weird aphrodisiacal / murderything break down on , and you ’re never quite certain which elbow room it ’s going to go . Spikeenjoys bait Buffy and trying to kill her , although he can never quitemanage to do it . He eventually becomes part of the Scooby Squad , but there’sdefinitely a period in the middle where he ’s kind of a pathetic prowler .
Much like Buffy and Spike , Ares and Xena have a complexrelationship . Sometimes antagonistic , sometimes sexual , their interactions don’tquite fit in the typical mold of hero and villain . Ares is invariably trying tolure Xena back to the side of darkness and state of war , claiming he want to make herhis Warrior Queen . In his pursuit of her , he couch her for murder , switchesher body , and commits all manner of offense . Despite having opportunities , henever kill her , instead favor to keep her alive to battle another day .
Killing Batman is never what the Joker wants to do . As he say in The Dark Knight:“I do n’t , I do n’t want to kill you ! What would I do without you ? Go back toripping off mob dealers ? No , no , NO ! No . You … you … complete me . ” Herecognizes that without Batman he would just be another piddling vicious withnothing to do , and he accept it . And in the Legends of the Dark Knight comic “ Going Sane , ” the Jokerbelieves he ’s really kill Batman — and immediately becomes a normal guyagain , able-bodied to hold down a relationship and a line of work . The Joker is n’t the only villain in Gotham to be dependent on Batman . The documentary A Mirror for the Bat explores hisrelationship to the baddie of Gotham , include the Joker , the Riddler , and others .
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