7 Awesome Movie Heroes Who Totally Belong In Jail
4. Doc Emmet L. Brown - The Back To The Future Trilogy
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The Hero: All things considered, Doctor Emmet L. Brown is the greatest genius to have lived. After all, here's the eccentric scientist who somehow invented a working time machine, which puts him heads and tails above all the other brainy types who have existed, including Einstein. Alongside best friend Marty McFly, this guy successful travelled to a whole bunch of different time zones, including the future and the old west, occasionally screwing up the past and altering the future, but still managing to make things right in the end. Jail? You Can't Be Serious? There are a few reasons why this maniac needs to be put in jail, because - when you lay it out flat - he's like a supervillain masquerading as a goofy old dude with a love for '80s cars. Ever heard the phrase "with great power comes great responsibility?" Doc Brown clearly hasn't, going by what we witness in the first Back to the Future movie. I mean, in an attempt to secure the means to power his time machine, this guy negotiates with established terrorists and steals their plutonium under the guise that he's going to build them a nuclear bomb. This is often overlooked, because the time travel aspect of the movie is far more interesting than worry about bad stuff that Doc Brown has done, but whatever way you look at it, this man made a deal with a terrorist organisation and stole an incredibly dangerous chemical capable of destroying Hill Valley entirely. In the second movie, Doc - despite knowing how dangerous it is to change the future using time travel- enlists Marty and his girlfriend Jennifer into a harebrained scheme that involves travelling to 2015 and messing around with their future selves. Doc does this despite the fact that he believes Marty meeting his future self could result in a time paradox that could bring about the end of the universe as we know it. That doesn't happen, of course, but as far as Doc knew, it could have, because that's what he says. Which means that this Doc character, aside from being the greatest genius known to mankind, is totally, balls to the walls insane. He simply can't be allowed to roam free, going by the events in these movies. He's a terrifying supervillain in the making. Recommended Sentence: 25 years (no parole)