8 Really Stupid Plans Comic Book Movie Villains Tried

by Danny Meegan

1. Mr. Freeze Causes An Ice Age When Robbing Banks Would Be Easier - Batman & Robin

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The Plan: Mr. Freeze's ultimate aim is to save his wife, Nora, who he's kept in stasis to stop her dying from a disease. He needs more money to complete his research, however, so plans to freeze Gotham City and hold it to ransom.

Why It's Stupid: So, Mr. Freeze wants to freeze Gotham, then ask for money. It's foolproof! But wait a second...

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Batman saves the day by rearranging satellites to bounce sunlight from the Congo, where it's currently daylight. This sunlight then thaws all the ice, instantly reversing the effects of Freeze's machine.

But if all it takes is sunlight, couldn't our heroes just wait until morning for the ice to melt?

All the authorities really have to do is sit tight until it's daylight, watch Gotham thaw out, then apprehend Freeze. Even if the chilly weather did last a bit longer, what's to stop a tactical unit simply entering the city and taking Freeze out, then using the satellites to thaw all the ice?

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Simply put, it would be far easier for the villain to just rob a couple of banks and get the money that way - and the fact that he can't see that is just insane.

Any other dumb villain plots we missed? Let us know in the comments below!

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Danny has been with WhatCulture for over ten years, and is currently Doctor Who Editor and WhoCulture Channel Manager, overseeing all of WhatCulture's Whoniverse coverage. In 2022, he took charge of WhoCulture and has grown it into the biggest Doctor Who channel on YouTube, and one of the biggest Doctor Who communities on the web full-stop. He has been writing and video editing since his early teens, and first got a taste for content creation after making his own Doctor Who trailers, off the back of a burning obsession with the Matt Smith era of the show. Like many his age, he first got into Doctor Who with the 2005 revival, but has since gone back and fallen in love with the classic years too. If you need someone to recite every Doctor Who episode in order, or to give you a random factoid about the making of Gridlock, Danny is the person to ask!