20 Idiotic Decisions Made By Characters In The Dark Knight Saga

15. Ra's Al Ghul Couldn't Have Come Up With A More Convoluted Plan Even If He Tried

It's clear from what we've explored here already that Ra's al Ghul isn't quite as smart as he probably thinks he is; first of all, let's consider the fact that his plan to annihilate Gotham is the work of a genuine mad man. Not a "mad man" because he's crazy and wants to destroy a city, but because the way in which he goes about trying to do so is so overly complicated and insane that it's a wonder he even got as far as he did. Using a microwave emitter, Gotham's water supply and a whole bunch of luck to unleash your master scheme, Ra's? Why so convoluted? Think about it; if the League of Shadows wanted to destroy Gotham, they might have found a less fiddly way to go about it. The microwave emitter (which sucks the water out of anything it happens to be near to), after all, is a tricky piece of kit, but it's not a necessary component of getting the job done. If Ra's can steal something as dangerous as the microwave emitter, though, then he might as well have just stolen a nuclear bomb - relying on Gotham's transport system to spread fear throughout the city... so much that could go wrong. And so it does.