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Every once in a while, you see an animated film or TV show where the hero is totally outclassed by the villain, either in size, power, or both. You know there is no way the hero is gonna defeat this villain, but usually, somehow, he does. Sometimes the hero has help from other characters, sometimes it's a deux ex machina sort of thing, and sometimes it's pure accident.Or, more rarely (but it does happen), the villain is totally outclassed by the hero, and you wonder why the hero even bothers swatting him/her down. Sometimes the villain has lots of evil henchmen, or a magic tool, or something else to help him/her, and when he/she loses it, he/she is easy for the hero to defeat.
Here are some comments on shows with hopelessly mismatched antagonists.
Warning! - There is negative criticism here, so if you are sensitive about your favorite movies, don't read any further.
Aladdin. Whoa, was that boy outclassed!! To give the movie credit, it never looked easy for Aladdin, but remember Evil Overlords' Rule #6 ~ "I will not gloat over my enemies' predicament before killing them." The eventual downfall of Jafar was nicely done, though. ~ KatAladdin. Okay, while this is my favorite movie, I must say, Jafar REALLY outclassed Aladdin. As Kat put it so well, if Mr. Snakie hadn't broken Rule #6, Aladdin wouldn't have had time to trick Jafar. Good thing all antagonists are a little dumb, huh? ~ Princess Jasmine
Aladdin (TV Series). Abis Mal is a hilarious villain, but as far as being an actual threat to Aladdin, there's no contest. He has nothing on Al, and there's only one episode where he seemed seriously malicious. For a villain used so much, you'd think that he'd be a bit more of a challenge. I still like him on account of the fact that he's hilarious. ~ Anon
Aladdin (TV Series). Oh, please. Mozenrath outclasses Aladdin in every sense of the word. They're probably about the same age, yet Mozenrath is already ruler of his very own freaky spooky kingdom. If Aladdin didn't have Genie, it would just be sad. I'd cry for him. Well, no, I'd laugh, but it would still be really pathetic. ~ Travesty
Anastasia. Whoa is she outclassed. Rasputin has a talking bat as a sidekick and a green glowing thing he can use to call up green bat thingys as well as a brain. Anastasia (Anya) can't even think for herself she needs a dog to decide which way to go. she can't even decide weither or not to go to the coronation ball (I feel she should have gone to it) ~ Brad
Anastasia. I've seen this movie about 14 times, and every single time I always laugh about how dorky Rasputin is. I mean, sure, he's got magical capabilities and a flying squeeze toy, but what's under that ratty robe? Absolutely nothing. Without his magic, Anastasia could've beat him down easily. I mean, c'mon--Rasputin's the kind of guy I would steal lunch money from. ~ Kelly
Atlantis: The Lost Empire. When you stop and think about it, Milo's just a skinny little guy who probably isn't all that strong. And Rourke is a huge, muscled man who really could have killed Milo if he'd wanted - and probably with his bare hands. During their little battle at the end, I was a little surprised Milo came through so well and defeated Rourke. ~ Sherrié
Balto. Boy, did Steele ever kick grass over Balto! I was rooting for him the whole time! Sure, he may be an egoistic macho guy who cares about no-one's feelings and won't admit his mistakes......But at least he's not so damn perfect in everything! ~ JessKat
Beauty and the Beast. OK, when the Beast stands up and starts to fight Gaston, you immediately see how outclassed the villain is. Heck, check out the look on Gaston's face; he even knows he's outclassed! ~ Emma
Beauty and the Beast's Enchanted Christmas. When Beast crawls to tear Forte's keybord, the organ had lots of chances of stopping him and tossing him away. Forte pratically let the Beast kill him. ~ Silver Lady
Beetlejuice. Let's see. Beetlejuice may be a very powerful um-ghost. But whenever he comes face to face with a sandworm, he ends up scared out of his wits (He even faints). The only reason why he's never been eaten (again), is because he now has Lydia on his side. ~ adamspva
A Bug's Life. Umm ok I am probably gonna get flamed but I would like to express my opinion.Flik was really outclassed by Hopper.I mean come on! the only thing that was standing between his foot and that ant was Atta and even he could have done away with her! good grief.... ~ Rabid Locust
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. Buzz Lightyear. A basically perfect hero. Zurg. A villain that depends almost entirely on cheap robots that blow up the instant you poke them. Who's going to win? ~ Love Kronk
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. I think Zurg is pretty stupid because he can easily destroy Star Command if he just kills buzz first, but noooo, he wants to destroy star command first. I just wanted to say that. ~ Paul
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. I think Warp Darkmatter doesnt get enough time on the show. he is one of the better villians, maybe the smarter one. if you ask me he shouldnt be working for Zurg, Zurg should be working for him. ~ Lightyearsgirl
The Castle Of Cagliostro. Lupin really, really outclassed that evil count. The writers did a great job making me hate Count Cagliostro. I loved cheering for the charming, brilliant, romantic, silly theif, Lupin III! ~ Chibi Hime
Cowboy Bebop. Ok right off the bat I'mm telling you that VICIOUS was outclassed not Spike. I mean come on. Spike has a Hand gun and what does vicious have??!! I freekin sword! I mean come on! In the episode "Balled of Fallen Angels" Spike shot him, and threw a gernade at him. All Vicious did was graze Spike schoulder with his stupid sword, ( well he did throw him out the window but that was just luck that a window was near...) Spike has got to be one bad *ss Bounty Hunter if I ever saw one!! This is one time out off all these that the hero actually outclassed the villian!!! ~ FireKat
Darkwing Duck. Darkwing only manages to defeat the villains by "accident". F.O.W.L has the best agents around and should they seriously want to destroy Darkwing, they would do so in hurry. The Liquidator is just about indestructable as he is made up entirely of water. What good is a gas gun to defeat the Liquidator who could drown Darkwing? ~ Roaming Tigress
Darkwing Duck. I agree with those people who say Darkwing just gets lucky most of the time. Sure his smart wit and spunk usually save his neck, but he can be just as easily taken out by one like NEgaduck. If Negaduck is just the opposite of Darkwing, then he should know his identity and where he lives (watch Life, The Negaverse, and Everything). So unless DW sleeps with a gun in his hand, he betetr watch himself. ~ Rachel
Digimon Season 1. Geez, with 6 ultimate class digimon-they couldn't beat one measly ultimate digimon. Myotismon had too much power and wadda know, Angewomon defeats him single handly!! What's up with that?!?! Is Toei animation empolying that an angelic/holy digimon can only take care of every villan? ~ Seiyaryu
Digimon Tamers (Digimon 03). That time, when the Tamers had to face teh Digimon Soverign, Zhuquimon, and Ruki, Takato, and jenrya were the only ones there, he had them way outsized and outpowered. But Jne-kun and Terimaon pulled off a SWEET Fusion to SaintGalgomon, and whooped him pretty bad. We all knew it. ~ Anon
Digimon. Well ok, there's this big devil myotismon whos absolutely huge and all the digidestined who are all roughly aged between 9 and 14 (joes possibly 15 not sure), are stuck with these little puny birds, angels, wolves, walruses, insects and that anoying dinosaur type thingymajigger. Now, don't you think that's a little out classed! But, then of course they use their special crest powers which have incredibly cheesy names courage, frendship and bla de bla bla. Well there are some good points to the show, i like the anime style and matts really kawaii ^_^ issy and mimi are kina cool, i guess. i dont get why they made tai the main character though, but then its almost always the most anoying character's the main one. ~ Yamatosgirl
Dragonball Z. 8,000 PL vs. 18,000 PL. Then Vegeta goes Oozaru and turns 18,000 into 180,000. NOTHING the heros do EVER has the desired effect (excpet for Yajirobe's sword slice). Each time you think Vegeta's going to die, he somehow lives. Ecah time you think things can't get worse, they do. The Heros were WAY outclassed. ~ Fong Chih
Dragonball Z. Babadi is totally outclassed by the Z-Team. He set loose a supreme being who could destroy the entire universe but he couldn't stop Piccolo from slapping him to death. This was one of the lamest villains I have seen in a long time. ~ DannyKanno
Dragonball Z. Until Goku healed the DB Boys had no chance against Freeza. Why didn't he go to full power right away, kill the heroes there, blow up the ship Goku is in, and kill Piccolo when he arrived. Without Goku (and the fight could easily have ended before he got into the action) the boys stood no chance. ~ Lemur
The Duel. Okay, so Snow saved Dragon 9 when he was in a tight spot in the beginning. But then he disappeared for almost the rest of the movie. When he DOES fight, we see every single one of his moves in standard time or slo-mo; Yip, on the other hand, is moving at next-to light speed, turning his sword into a projectile energy weapon, and flying away with his retainers, when he isn't taking down small armies. Ouch. The actual duel was pretty close though-where did Snow get the speed? Training for 'Iron Chef'? ~ Jorge Gonzales
El Hazard. Ifurita - need I say more? WHen Ifurita first wakes she whips Shayla's *ss. Two episodes later she goes up against all three priestesses. Having watched anime before you think "this is where she gets hers". She then proceeds to annihilate all three of them! Go Ifurita! ~ rorschach
The Emperor's New Groove. Eezma (and Kronk) were by far the best characters in this movie, but, like always, the "bad Guys" always end up in the bad by the end (although I must say Eezma did make a pretty cute kitten). ~ Cream Puff
Famous Studios' Theatrical Shorts. Bluto (and the other guys in the Famous Studios' cartoons) almost always outclassed Popeye. They were usually more romantic, better looking, craftier, and more polished and focused than the Sailorman. They were at least as strong as he was, sometimes stronger, too. This added to the suspense of the toons for me - Popeye might lose!! And to the appeal of them - the little guy underdog triumphs at the end. ~ Budman
Fatal Fury. Okay guys, as much as I LOVE this movie - the god of Mars is the god of war, if it wasn't for the entire theme of good always winning over evil (phew!) then poor, adorable old Terry would have had NO chance at all of survival! ~ ashley
The Flight of Dragons. Unless you were born in the 80's you're not going to know this movie. Set in the realm of magic, Peter is snatched from the 20th century and throw into a land he doesn't know anything about. Seriously, the guy had no knowledge about being a dragon, but all of a sudden, he's ready to fly. Ommadon was way better, plus he had James Earl Jones' ultra cool voice. No contest, Ommadon so outclassed Peter. ~ Kalika
The Flight of Dragons. This is my favorite movie and I felt compelled to comment. I believe that Sir Peter outclassed Ommadon by just a smidgeon. Because both are very powerful in their own ways. Ommadon-big evil wizard man the controls a veritable Hell. Peter-20th century smartie that has the power of fact on his side. I'm still impressed by the way Peter beat his nemesis in the end by using brains rather than Ommadon's approach of brawn. ~ WinkyBells
The Flight of Dragons. In a lot of ways, Peter was ridiculously outclassed by Ommodan. BUT, keep in mind the reason he was chosen: he is a man of magic and of science, and so he wins in the end. Ommodan's knowledge is limited to magic, and the realm of magic can be pretty frail when faced with scienctific reasoning. Still, if he'd been more adaptable to the outside world's changes, he definitely would've won. Heck, he could've won by just having Peter eaten before he had a chance to face him. But there is apparently a rule that villains must be slack-jawed yokels at times. "Duurrr... I'm gonna fight and see what happens!" Pah. ~ Travesty
Fushigi Yuugi. Would someone please tell me why Nakago can kill everyone and all of the Suzaku seven put together can barely touch him?!?!?! Isn't that just a little insanely imbalanced?!?!!? ~ Nuriko
G. I. Joe. Cobra had better weapons, better soldiers, and better R&D. They also had Cobra Commander, and that was their downfall. If not for his incompetent leadership, G.I. Joe would have been wiped out. ~ Anon
The Great Mouse Detective. I'm not complaining, mind you, but it is strange...why was Ratigan made into such a big rat (he was a *mouse* in Eve Titus' books)? That showdown at Big Ben was far out, but Basil's still dealing with a guy just as smart, and WAY bigger than he is---not to mention someone with razor claws who's kicking his butt all over the place! It's only the fact that Basil keeps his wits, while Ratigan lets his rage get out of control, that Basil survives and wins (thank God). ~ Ethel
The Great Mouse Detective. I love the GMD and all but one thing that I still can`t understand how Basil haven`t got a scratch after the fight with Ratigan at the end of the moive.After all those cuts from those claws he should at least wear a bandage around his injured arm,right? ~ Kasaly
Gundam Wing. Alright, I know the Gundam guys are amazingly superhuman (especially Heero Yuy), but come on! They should all be technically dead! Heero=self-detonation. Duo=public execution on some colony/the blue mobile suit which should have exploded on him. Trowa=the Vayeate explosion. Quatre=(d*mn it, can't think of a defintie die situation for this guy... He's a God-Moder!) Wufei=Treize Kushrenada. Point made. ~ Val Kyrie
Gundam Wing. Poor boys. They really don't stand a chance you know. Treize is ten steps ahead of them at every turn of the way. The man is a tactical genius, and he seems to have more information on the current sitution then anyone else. Plus, his plans usauly go just the way he wants them to. When you get right down to it the pilots are lucky that Treize turned out to want much the same thing they did. ~ Nanni
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. This one is backwards - instead of a hero overshadowed by a huge villian, it's the other way around! Come on - I love the Gundam boys, but we're talking about Zero's Buster Rifle aimed at a "shielded" shelter! Of COURSE he's going to win that battle! Even with mobile suits firing at him, Heero has his Gundam, and he doesn't give up easily. Mariemaia and the Barton's just can't win that fight! ~ Sherrié
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. The boys and thier suits totally outclassed a huge organization like Oz. Then they whipped White Fang. After that they beat up Barton in EW. These 5 boys kicked the butts of all these solders. What's up with that? ~ S & M
Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. the greatest mismatch in anime history. heero yuy was a brave hero, (pun intended.) marimeia was a whiney, incompetent, preteen who thought she could rule the world. heero's gundam walked through her armies like paper. once her fortress was penetrated, she and her army fell over like a pack of cards. if I were heero I'd relieve marimeia of her pain with real bullets. The fact that she had the voice of madison from cardcaptors didn't help either. ~ matt
Hercules. It's a little tough to have not only all the world's monsters but also a god for enemies. Of course, Herc did have divine help on occasion. ~ Kat
Hercules. A boring, muscular guy blinded by love against the Lord of the Underworld? Gee, which one to choose? ~ JessKat
Hercules. Oh please! Jerkules had nothing on Hades! (Ba da bing!) Lousy Meg getting hurt and giving Herc his strength back and lousy Zeus... *mutter mutter* ~ 'Phi
Hercules. Hey, it's true, Hades had: a hero with godlike strength, all of acient Greece, and a whole mountain of gods, cornered. The whole thing was screwed just because Meg got hit by a pillar. Hades would have won if Meg wasn't so loyal. ~ Shepherdess
Hercules. Why couldn't Hades have just paid his dear little nephew a visit and strangled him to death! And why did Hercules go thru Hades the first time he tried to attack him in the stadium, but in the Underworld he was able to punch his entire face in? Ugh. It should have been so easy to bump off Hercules, the kid was so naive. Stupid, really. Cute, but stupid. And Meg! She could have easily poked herself in the palm with a needle or something, you know? If she gets hurt Herc gets his strength back, that whole deal, remember? Yikes! The mortals were so outclassed! *but, as everyone (hopefully) knows, those greek gods weren't real, no matter how developed they were in the movie!* ~ Greek Geek
Hercules. Hades outclasses Hercules by a country mile! Although he is kind-hearted, Herc is naive, bumbling, stubborn at time, and totally uninteresting. Whereas Hades is hilarious! He gets the best lines, he has a cool look, the audience love him, AND he still manages to be conniving and super-evil. Hades could've annilated Herc in a second if he hadn't made some bad choices. Hades is my fave Dinsey villain, and far more entertaining to watch than poor Herc! (I also think Megara is one of the most interesting Disney heroines we've had in a while...) ~ Melpomene
Hercules. Hercules - little dude with his strength turned off, not to mention blinded by love. Hades - god of the underworld, has like what... 9 titans on his side, immortality, and flaming hair (just had to add that ;D) Gee...I wonder who will win. If not for the unspoken "hero must always win no matter what" rule Disney has going on, Hades would have kicked Herc's arse. Nuff said. ~ Melanie
Hercules. Ok, hades totally outclassed hercules. i mean, he was so much more funnier, and hercules was just a dumb blonde looking for a date. or someone to save. nevermind. hades had all the pick up lines, talk backs, hercules just had muscles and a pegasus. which i thought was a cool flying horse. but i have to admit, falling for the pink pony was really stupid. ~ Naej
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It's sad but Frollo really stole the show. He had every other character in chains (or wishing they were) and outclassed everyone (with the possible exception of a gypsy vagrant who only had six speaking line) while working his evil ways. If it hadn't been for Quasi preforming some physical and technical impossiblities (where did the bungee rope come from?) he would've been the only character left standing by the end of that day. ~ Delilah
The Hunchback of Notre Dame. I'm sorry, but Frollo totally outclassed anyone in this movie. Being my favorite movie, of course I love Quasi, Esmeralda & Clopin, but he had all of them in chains. Also, his death was just so fake. He was cruel enough to keep Quasi locked up for 20 years, determined enough to find one gypsy in the entire town of Paris, tricky enough to trick Quasi into leading him to the Court of Miracles, and clever enough to swing by a cape onto a gargoyle when he's dangling from the tower... think about it: He wouldn't be stupid enough to think he could balance on a little gargoyle thousands of feet over a river of molten lead. He would have at least stepped up on the railing! Oh, well. I guess they had to kill him SOMEHOW. At least there was cool music and it was reeeally dramatic! ~ Flying_tiger
Inspector Gadget. ok, this guy is always totally clueless(the cartoon show btw)...anyway, Penny and Brain always have to help...Inspector Gaget just gets the credit but Dr. Claw has all kinds of weapons and such...Inspector Gaget has stuff but he makes so many mistake...well, you get the point ~ Copycat
Invader Zim. I love this show, but it makes me wonder why Zim never actually did away with Dib in the first place. Yeah, hes kinda messed up but after looking at the technology in the show, youd think Zim would just kill Dib flat off. Leavin me to say "what the bloody 'ell?!" ~ Nakoma
The Iron Giant. Poor Hogarth, just one kid against a representative of the entire US government, including the Army. (It could have been worse - Mansley could have been with the IRS...) And Hogarth had a weak spot, his mom. Good thing he also had a good friend to help out who also happened to be a giant intergalactic weapon. ~ Kat
The Jungle Book. Shere Khan is graceful and cunning carnivore with a "simply delightful" voice! Mowgli is a little brat. Call me crazy, but I can sympathize with Shere Khan. Mankind does terrible things to animals who are pitted against their guns, brutal traps, etc. Who can blame the tiger for not wanting Mowgli to become another hunter with a gun? ~ Anon.
The Last Unicorn. Quiet simply, one of the most perfect fantasy animations ever created. One small problem. HOW on Earth does the unicorn take on and drive back a being whose single purpose is to hunt unicorns? Ok, if she had just defeated it, I could believe that. But she drives a fire elemental creature into the SEA! Oh well, it is the realm of magic after all. ~ Danime
The Little Mermaid.Um, gee, let me think. Flighty, airheaded mermaid thinks she can cut a deal with a *rather* powerful sea witch and come out on top. If not for her daddy's trident and Eric's heroics, Ariel would've been toast. ~ Emma
The Little Mermaid. A Headstrung-lovestruck, teenage mermaid fighting for her father, and her boyfriend, and practially, the entire sea, against some blubber-butt that is scarier beyond all reason with 8 legs, No contest! Ariel rules! ~ Christina
The Little Mermaid. The little mermaid was the greatest movie but I still don't understand while when ursula was human she was much prettier than ariel. Why are the villians always prettier, oh well.~ Anon
The Little Mermaid II: Return to The Sea. C'mon, didn't you read my last entry? Ariel's DAUGHTER, fighting to save ARIEL this time, (and everyone else)Plus, she's my age, 12! Melody and Ariel are a great team!Melody showed that hag! She's uglier than Ursula! She has green skin! She looks sick or something, But Melody killed her! ~ Christina
Monsters, Inc. "Wow, who we going to cheer for, the lizard or the 800 pound, 8 feet tall grizzly bear?" Look, Randall may have a piece of mechanical junk on his side, but what's that gotta do when Sulley rips it in half in less than 3 seconds? Sulley was taking his time, when he could have ripped off Randall's head in the middle of the movie. But it's rated G, so leave it to the producers to make you say, "Did you get that?" ~ Kaggiko
Mulan. As fun as it is to see the plucky Mulan win at the end, it's a bit ridiculous to think that a group of funky recruits, no matter how well trained, could defeat an equal number of Huns, battle-hardened men who have fought from their childhood. And the idea that a slip of a girl could toss around a "mountain of meat" like Shan Yu is equally silly. ~ Kat
Mulan. Well, it's kind of hard to believe that a girl could go so long in the army without being found out, but I do give her credit for keeping her wits about her with a bunch of burly, thick headed dudes on her side. She had to defeat a really tough army and I really do wonder how she managed it. But then again, that's the magic of Disney films... the good guy (or in this case girl) always wins! ~ Kellerz
Mulan. The ending of this movie is just wrong, to me. Here we are, Shan Yu and Mulan on the roof. Shan Yu's packing a huge sword, Mulan has... a fan. Shan Yu could have taken her head off! But, somehow, Mulan managed to deflect his sword and throw Shan Yu, who is at least three times as big and strong as she is, around. Unbelievable. This just shows how utterly depressing hero-villain combos can get in Disney movies. The villain can always kill the "hero", at any moment, but the "hero" still manages to live and take out the villain. It's sad. It just is. ~ GreyWolf
Mulan. Yeah, I know Mulan and Shen-yu are totally uneven, but you must realize. This is a disney-fied true story. That's right, TRUE STORY. It's a fact that, 1000 years ago, Mulan won. But, of course, Disney puts in the obligatory 'Hero(ine)-wins-even-though-villain-could-whup-them-in-this-situation' dramatic ending. But really, what else can you expect from Disney? ~ Phoenix of the Dawn
Mulan. Okay, Mulan was traditionally a Chinese story about a girl in the army that saved China. Geez people, understand that please! What Disney did was add Shan Yu (who, btw, was drawn way too wrong) in a way that made him the main part of the story. Now, obviously he outclasses her in the beginning with knowledge and brute strength, but also obvious is that you either didn't pay attention to the movie or don't know a damn thing about the training she went through. She was taught how to fight people! Fan or sword, in the end SHE outclasses Shan Yu by a country mile --;;; It wasn't Disney pulling off another "hey look, the hero passed again, horrah" it was showing her growth and eventual overcoming of the last obstacle in her way. Although I AM pissed that in the real story she revealed herself, and Disney changed that, I still believe that in questions of who outclassed whom, Disney, for once, showed that the heroine grew to outclass the Villian. ~ Kira Douji
The Nightmare Before Christmas. The idea of a big burlap bag full of bugs as the baddie in this film is great! There's only one problem: Oogie Boogie is dumb as a skunk. He's so single minded with his gambling and his selfishness that he didn't even see Jack coming to pull his string! Good old Jack, comin' with the quickness, the agility, and the intellegence... let alone the class!!! :) ~ Steph*
Osmosis Jones. If you've seen the movie, you know that my Thrax had Jones outclassed by a long shot. He had that claw, and a whole slew of recruits behind him. This is the classic "battle in a far off place then the bad guy makes a mistake gets stuck and gets killed" thing. I mean, come on, Thrax had Jones way way way outclassed in coolness, because of those shades and that cool straight black stuff. Even more so, thrax was so agile, and he had the most awesome ways of traveling. Gliding off to escape, and that 'Blistermobile.' A villian with great looks, a cool car, then compared with a cop who is extremely..scrawny and drives a dinky old cop car. Hmm, who to pick? You have two guesses, and the first one doesn't count. ~ Trunksluvr
Outlaw Star. harry is alway trying to get Melphina but he never does. herry beats the cr*p out of gene. but harry always out does gene by far. ~ Dous Hottie girl
The Phantom of the Opera: Animated Adaptation Video. To this day, I can't make up my mind about Erik as sympathetic/glamorous villain or criminal hero. Perhaps both? But I digress. He's the talented one who granted the heroine everything she ever wanted in life, but fails to get the girl in the end because of an irritating, selfish, whiney, self-centered, tax-payer-supported dork for no other reason than he has the family name (graced only because of his wonderful older brother Phillippe) and the nice head of hair. VOMIT! ~ Phorum Ghost
Pokemon. Let's look at this. Whiney, retarded kid with whiney grudge bearing girl, and annoying horny guy, in comparisin with egotistical teenage punk mobster villians. Dumb luck vs. never say die mentality. Stupid kids vs. people willing to crossdress to make a point. There's no contest people, the Rockets rule. ~ Kipper
Pokemon. I noticed that no body was talking about him, and you even got his piccy on the main page . . .Anyway, In PKMN 1, Ash is TOTALLY outclassed (by power) by MewTwo. The only way he wins is that he goes between **Mew** (I love Mew almost as much as Ash) and MewTwo's attacks, and turns to stone. Then Mewtwo realizes all this junk about how power is really in the heart, and the Pokemon bring Ash back to life. Blah blah blah. Anyway, if Ash hadn't killed himself, he totally would have lost. Thanks for reading. ~ moonymonster
Pokemon. The creep is a whiney little freak not to mention a brat. The rockets could beat him flat if it wasn't for the crummy little generator he takes with him (i mean Pikachu) ~ Kif
Pokemon. Seeesh!!!Of all the villians I've seen get their butts kicked by the heros, Team Rocket is the worst.They obviusly have no idea what they are doing.Ash is a way better fighter than those 3 yahoos. As much a I have to admit. ~ BlueFox
Pokemon. Oh Geez, COME ON! The kid is a whimp, team rocket could ust kill him and take the stupid mouse, and the only win because they mess up! Plus, the red haired egotistical brat he walks around with stole my name!!!...nuff said ~ Misty
Pokemon. I like the team rocket and all the pokemon movies, but team rocket are a bit slow, it would jst be better to take pikachu and not say the motto, but then it would not be interesting, ( i luv team rocket, and pokemon) ~ Charlotte
Pokemon. Ok, people always seem to confuse incompetent with bad. Musashi (Jessie) and Kojiro (James) are *not bad trainers*, they just aren't very smart some of the the time. Note most of the times Satoshi (Ash) and co. beat them, they're usually protecting some stupid trainers that were unable to overpower Rocket Dan. Try THAT on for size! (Mew rocks!!) ~ Serenity Winner
Pokemon. Ok is it just me or does every time team rocket gets away in thier ballon the heros are like "oh no how are we going to get the pokemon back now?" at least one of them always has a flying pokemon (crobat,noctowl, pidgeot ect.) but they always let the new kid that they meet ineach episode struggle against team rocket when ash/brock could just send out one of thier pokemon and end it. If they really cared about thier stolen pokemon they would let someone who stands a chance win. I mean ask/brock/mistys pokemon are much better than team rockets, yet the new kid always has some 2 ft nothing pokemon who actually manages to beat all of team rocket's 5 pokemon. It is totally unrealistic. ~ Avalon
Pokemon. Ash has six Pokemon with him that generally always have cuteness and nothing more. Come on, a pure-Grass Chikorita could NEVER defeat a pure-Poison Arbok! Sometimes Ash just beats them up for being in a public place doing something totally legal that Ash doesn't like... such as capturing all those Pikachu. If Officer Jenny were there, she would say that Team Rocket could KEEP the Pikachu, so long as they give back Ash's. And yet Ash always has his way. ~ Avalon
The Powerpuff Girls. The PowerPuff Girls outclass Mojo Jojo because there are three of the girls and one Mojo, this isn't fair because how can one defeat three at the same time without powers ~ D.B Vixen
Prince of Egypt. Moses had God, 'nuff sed ~ CharlieBob
Princess Mononoke. Prince Ashitaka's enemy wasn't human or god, but uncompromising bigotry. Not even an ideal hero can conquer that! It's a tribute to the writer/director that there was no real victory. ~ Kat
Quick Draw McGraw.Quick Draw always seems to be underestimated by his villains. No one really fears Quick Draw, because he is not to smart and he can also be very ditzy, but his faithful sidekick Baba Looey is always there to keep Quick Draw out of trouble. Most of the times Quick Draw achieves his goals of taking villians to jail (with a lot of help from Baba Looey), but not like most cartoons Quick Draw does not always win. That doesn't bother Quick Draw that much, he stills stays his same old happy self! ~ Anon
Record of Lodoss War (OAV). Funny to see how Parn managed to survive battling with the Grey Witch, Shooting Star (biiiig dragon), and Ashram, leader of the Marmo forces. And he couldn't swordfight worth slug-slime. ~ Dendraica
The Road to El Dorado. Ok... up til now the film was ok (cept of course for the music but let's not go there) but then the evil high priest cooked up a little something and a rock monster from Hades showed up. The whole time I thought no two pair of cheapskates with no weapons other than Tulio's wits and mouth, well there was NO way they could have beat him. Actually, those two guys didn't have much chance against a witch doctor anyway, with those magic spells and evil demons. And their downfall was poorly done. ~ Holmesian
Robotech. Really, now. There should have been no way that a fleet of 5 million ships could be defeated by one ship. The SDF-1 was way smaller, not to mention the fact that the Zentraedi fleet destroyed 70 percent of the Earth, but couldn't hit the SDF-1. Oh, yeah, the SDF-1 had Minmei. Super. ~ Chris
Robotech. something about robotech bugs me to no end. how, with all the deaths in the war, did wimpy max sterling survive? brave guys like ben dixon die and a dork who wears glasses for heaven's sake, survives. go figure. additionally, max was short and not very heavy. i guess his survival was just there to put in a sense of irony. the only good that came out of his survival was his voluptuous daughter dana, hubba, hubba. so long. ~ matt
Sailor Moon. Queen Beryl is a huge evil queen with a kazillion evil minions and SUV-loads of power. The Sailor Scouts are girls with magic powers in ribbons and girly outfits. I mean, I really like this show, but I just don't think they would have stood a chance against Beryl! And what's with the Doom & Gloom Girls? The heroines are supposed to fight the boss guy at the end, DUH!!! But why oh why couldn't Serena have the Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss back then? It's just dumb. *sigh* ~ Dark Boshi
Sailor Moon. The Doom and Gloom girls would have defeated Sailor Moon had Beryl not made classic villian mistake of A) Wanting to gloat and see heroine beg for mercy before death B) Wanting to defeat her personally. In any class Queen Beryl could have still defeated Sailor Moon easily but nope Serena has to pull a godmodeing and say she was unhurt by the ice attack just because she is in princess stare you down I am no longer afraid mood. ~ James Birdsong
Sailor Moon. This is interesting. In the Anime, when Seeraa Moon is up against Gyarakushia ( Galaxia ), how is it Moon wins? Gyarakushia, by the end, gets a sword, wings, and a killer outfit ( though technically it's Kaosu.. ). In the manga, Gyarakushia simply.. dies. Never even really fought Usagi, she just.. died. Happy little school girl vs. star seed-stealing villain, and the school girl wins? At least she got to kill that Mamoru first. -.- ~ Ashuri
Sailor Moon S. Okay, yush, I know that Uranus and Neptune are really good. But remember when they challenged our Usagi-chan to a battle, saying that if she could not beat them then she was not fit to lead the senshi? Well, Neptune holds down Moon while Uranus proceeds to administer a whopping kick-*ss. Well, almost. Sailor Moon was so outclassed in this one -- the only reason she got away (through the skin of her teeth I might add) was because of her 'moon power', causing her to teleport -- yes, TELEPORT! so that Uranus slammed her fist into Neptune's stomach. Now what kind of a shocking cock-up was that? I really wanted Uranus to lay it on the Princess... ^-^ But then again, the show is titled Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, not Bishoujo Senshi Sailors Uranus and Neptune. Ah well. ~ Goldmoon-chan
Sailor Moon .Let's face it, most of the villains on this show outclass Sailor Moon by about a million degrees. (Not to mention most of them are nicer looking, too...) The only reason they never win is they never attack while she's making all those "in the name of the moon" speeches. (Have you noticed that?). ~ Writin'Chica2K
Scooby Doo. The villians oulclss Scooby totally! All he does is eat and have pure luck when it comes to winning. ~ Bella
Scooby Doo and the Werewolf.. Shaggy was the werewolf but the other Real monster's way out classed them. The only way they defeted any one was because of blunders. ~ kitty kat
Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf. Scooby and the rest of the group were way outclassed by the monsters - they only won because of dumb luck. ~ DaphFlamm
The Secret of NIMH. As much as I loved SON, i noticed one thing: Jenner could have easily killed Mrs. Brisby. I mean, she's a tiny mouse with an amulet and he's a strong rat with a wicked-lookin' sword. I'll only say this: she was lucky Justin stepped in for her. ~ Anon
Sheep in the Big City. General Spicific is totaly out classed by sheep. Three wors He is Stupid ~ Jerri M
Shrek. (for more Shrek bashing, read my movie review of this movie) Now hold on. Are we supposed to be scared of a guy that is 3 feet tall??? The ending was just sorry. After a lot of padding, the good guys,(one ogre, one magical donkey, one princess who is under a magical spell, and one *female* dragon) join together and whip on the villian with ease. I mean, come on, give the guy at least a snowball's chance in hell of winning. Jeez, was i the only one who felt ripped off by the ending?? ~ KillerX
Shrek. Big dragon. Big ogre. The chick. The comic relief donkey. All up against The two foot tall concieted dude with nothing on his mind but the chick and being 'king.' the guy has to be lifted onto a pony! I think there JUST might be a little uneven-ness with these odds. ~ Vega
Slayers Next. Phibrizo could've either blown Lina into ashes or annihilated her soul at any point he wanted to... unfortunately, the same didn't apply to LON... <sniff> ~ Andrew
Slayers Next. Okay lets face it, Lina demonstrated how much butt she can kick in the first season right? She Giga-Slaved Shabrinigdos' sorry posterior! So Phibi-chan, why on earth did you go kill her friends? (although I *loved* Zel's reaction to Amelia's death *snicker*)You already know that she's gonna get p.o.d! Lina totally wipes the florr with every villian! A little, whiny kid with a freaky laugh versus a powerful, short-tempered sorceress? You tell me who's gonna win. ~ Destructive Sorceress
Slayers Next / Slayers Try. Ok, Lina's a great heroine and everything but when it comes down to it, Xellos totally outclasses her in just about everything. Even though some people argue saying he helps her out, don't forget he is on the bad side. And if he ever had an order to kill Lina, I don't doubt that he could do it with out any trouble from her at all. ~ Koneko
Slayers: The Motion Picture. Haha! This has bugged me for a while. Okay, an ugly, disgusting, insane froggy dude against Lina Inverse. (and I'm assuming you all know who Lina Inverse is) So this froggy dude decides to go and 'play with humans' in front of Lina, causing her to freak out and cast Dragon Slave and so on. But honestly, this guy is a Mazoku after all. He looks pretty hard to kill. I mean, Lina has beaten high level monsters and stuff but not when she was like thirteen ya know? I can't really decide which is more pathetic, the fact that they say you cannot kill a monster and yet Lina manages to all the time in Next, or the fact that in the OAV, she manages to get rid of Joyrock with a mere Dragon Slave concentrated into the sword of light. So it leaves you wondering, are Mazoku really as hard to kill as they say? ~ Destructive Sorceress
Sleeping Beauty. That witch made such an entrance! While the Beauty was asleepin', Magnificent M wasted no time. And though Aurora was beautiful, the villain just had a *look* going for herself, upstaging the fair and wishy-washy princess. ~ Ashley
Sleeping Beauty. The almighty villian outclassed the handsome hero by at least twenty times yet he defeated the dragon anyhow by a little luck. ~ James Birdsong
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Let's see witch with amazing metamorphic powers, and poison vs. goody-goody squeaky princess who spends a third of the movie in a coma. Which way would you go? ~ Auburn Red
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Snow white was totally outclassed by the evil queen, heck the dwarves had more class. Along with being an annoying little 12 year old she had a voice that made you cringe and wish you were listening to nails on a chalk board instead. The queen was cool and I wish that she did cap the brat and her annoying little 'pretty boy' prince. ~ Suzi
Tenchi Muyo. Kagato is a lot stronger, faster, and more experienced than Tenchi, yet Tenchi still wins. Kagato could fly, shoot energy blasts, and do that instant transmission thing, none of which Tenchi can do. In one confront, Tenchi wins by a mile and totally unharmed... okkkkkaaaay... ~ 3x Deke H.
Tenchi Muyo ( OVA). Let's look at the facts... Kagato is on the top of the Eternally Wanted List, while Tenchi is a highschool kid. Kags has energy swords, telekinesis, telepathy, levitation, matter manipulation, brains, energy blasts, and a VERY powerful ship. Tenchi has a key. If it wasn't for Tsunami and the other girls, Tenchi would be the new linoleum for the Soja. Yet Kagato is defeated. The word shame is an understatement. Then, they manage to get off the exploding ship in like, what, less than 2 seconds. That is just wrong. ~ Anon
Tenchi Muyo OAV/OVA. Kagato loses because of his ego. Before Tenchi becomes capable of using the Light Hawk Wings, he was helpless, at least compared to Kagato. Once Tenchi HAD, however, Kagato was the one outclassed. (By the way, Souja couldn't help Kagato in the fight, but it blocked Tsunami from helping Tenchi directly.) ~ Ryoko-Fan
Tenchi Muyo!/Tenchi Universe. Okay, see...WHY is it that there are shows like these where the main character is some guy and he's the title character of the show, but he's got all these pals who totally bury him in exciting character originality and power?! If it wasn't for the fact that she was stuck on the reverse side of the ship, Washu-san could have totally fragged Kagato! But no, Mr. Big-Shot-I'm-The-Star-Of-The-Show HAD to be the one to finish Kagato off. Not only did Kagato completely overshadow Tenchi, he was even better at coming up with an original "Last Line Before Death" than most villians! In most shows, the bad guy says one last thing before dying, and it's eiether "No! It can't be! I'm invincible!" or "Curse you!" What does Kagato say? "You've won, boy." But wait....how did they get off of Soja? They never explain that!! Also, in Tenchi Universe, was it COMPLETELY necessary for them to do one of those stupid "villian/bad guy run-past with swords" type thing? That has got to be the biggest ending cliche for a movie involving swordfights I've ever seen! Villian and hero rush at each other with their swords, jump past each other, and stand there. One of them is cut, but you're not sure who. A second later, the loser crashes to the floor. And nine times out of ten, it's the bad guy. It's gotten to the point where when I see this sort of ending, I don't even hold my breath. It's the hero, duh. All of this, and Tenchi is my all-time anime absolute fav too! If I can say all this about my favorite show, you KNOW I've got a point! ~ DemonQueen666
The Thief and the Cobbler. Who knew that Tack a simple cobbler would beat Zig-zag the grand viser of the palace? If you notice Tack's features and animation seems to be the simpleist of all the characters in the movie. Besides would you really think that a animated kids movie would let the main character lose? This is one movie a worth looking at. ~ Chibichan
Titan A.E.. As much as I love Titan AE and Cale's intelligence, he was really up against some tough enemies! The Drej and their pure energy selves could have easily wiped Cale, Akima, and the entire crew out had they not made a couple of mistakes - it almost seemed by sheer fluke that Cale figured out just HOW to defeat such a suprior race at all! ~ Sherrié
Titan A.E.. Cale was up again such an adversary. Interesting fact: Blue is usually the color of the good guy. Not so in this film. I think they just should'a kilt Cale and gotten it over with. Boing! Bingo! ~ Tappytippit
Titan A.E.. Was it just me, or did everyone else find every single human in this movie annoying? Sure, Preed was slime, but at least he had a little homocidal rage/classy accent thing going. He should've shot Cale and had done with it. ~ Mel
Titan A.E.. Great movie and everything but I think that they over did the lovey thing. I liked everything else to OK. Oh and the Energy creatures- they so outpowered the others but yet they still lost. What's up with that? ~ Me^_^
Transformers. how did the autobots survive with only three gestalts? the decepticons had six. also, except for superion they were wimps. the decepticons had better weapons and looked cooler. ~ matt
Tranzor Z. Not only was Aphrodite-A too creepy-looking to cheer for, it would have lost a fight against something the average 11-year-old could build with a Capsella set. Or even Lincoln Logs. So it was pretty much an uneven match between her and most of the Doom Machines until Tranzor showed up, tipping the ballance of power and insuring that the rest of the show would be as interesting as watching someone shoot tin cans with a bazooka. ~ Kaji
The Vision of Escaflowne. there was no chance in hell that allen could have stopped dilandau's claw. that thing tore through him like tissue paper.why did he even try?!if milerna hadn't been on that ship,his *ss would have died in a sec! ~ Neko-chan
The Vision of Escaflowne. Ok. A few people with mechs and a pychic girl, aganst a HUGE empire that leveled a country in less than 20 minutes. Does any one see any thing strange about that? ~ Kevin
The Vision of Escaflowne. Well, the whole thing I don't understand about this is why Van won. Dilandau could have killed him easily if Folken hadn't stopped him. You remember in episode 5, Dilandau could have just beaten Van to death, but Folken stopped him. While Van was in prison, Dilandau could have just gone in there with his sword and stabbed him through the head. If Hitomi hadn't warned him, Dilandau would have killed Van in episode 6. Except for when Van went on his killing spree, Dilandau could have killed him at any point in the story, if Folken hadn't stopped him or if Hitomi hadn't warned Van. Dilandau should have won. ~ Kendo Bunny
Voltron. voltron totally outclassed the robeasts. i just gotta add one thing. i know robeasts are stupid robots and all, but how come they just sit there and let voltron form his blazing sword? are they rock stupid or are they just accepting the inevitable? just a thought. ~ matt
Weiss Kreuz. Schwartz is so much cooler than weiss, i mean come on, they're so much more mysterious, hot, not working in a flower shop for momoe-san, and they have farfie. you go my eye patch wearing scarred up beautiful god hater!!! ~ PunkGirGir
Yu-Gi-Oh! Well to be frank, this is simply a case of "ofcourse the hero has to win!" I mean, kaiba has the strongest cards that exist in the show, yet evrytime they duel, yugi wins. Ofcourse if kaiba did win then it would break the most inportant rule of stories (the hero always wins), but is it to much to ask for them to put some sense into the story? I mean as many times as they duel, yugi would have to loose at least once simply out of pure bad luck. ~ Silverfox
Yu-Gi-Oh! SilverFox is right. Seto is the whatever whatever champion, yet somehow a little midget in spandex from nowhere shows up and beats him. I have to say, Exodia worked. ONCE. He no longer has Exodia, but he manages to defeat my beloved Seto. Okay, and Joey? He is so outclassed by all his opponents. The only reason he wins is because Yugi helps him. They should try to be a little more realistic and have the hero lose for once. ~ Tira
Yu-Gi-Oh! OK. I really LOVE this show but there are way to many plot holes in it. And, no offense to Yugi and his "dark side" but they're all benifiting him (or should I say them). I mean I know they're supposed to be the heroes but really. Kaiba had to threaten to jump off a castle just to "win". I love these guys but if you beat a gigantic three-headed dragon with a stuffed animal well you gotta start thinking about who you're cheering for. Seo Kaiba really did out- class Yugi if you look at it again. ~ Talia the Gray
General comments:
Anytime, a hero goes against a magical being they just barely make it by sheer luck or muscle(especially when the hero has no magic in them whatsoever.) ~ Auburn Red
I can't think of more than 3 animated films in which the villain does not overshadow the hero. Maybe children see it in a different light, but it seems that the villain usually gets more character development. There's always a method to their madness, and that's what makes them so interesting. ~ Anon.
When it comes to "magical girl" series ((Sailor moon,Pretty Sammy etc etc.))...any evil person with an army outnumbering the "magical girl(s)" by like..a thousand... will always lose. Simple as that... ~ Amber