10 Movie Villains Killed By Characters Nobody Expected

[@GroundhogJay]

I rewatched Lost Boys a few weeks ago, and that final line from Grandpa really is one of the best in cinema history.

[@chefbreccia2642]

Great character throughout, honestly. Wouldn't have been as good without him.

[@kevinstull8552]

That last shot of the mom and two sons holding on to each other with stunned looks on their faces is also one of the best too 😂.

[@dinomonzon7493]

Le Chiffre getting killed by Mr. White was a nod to the original Casino Royale where he was killed by a SMERSH assassin sent to kill him for embezzlement of funds.

[@brendannahor1460]

Except it isn't a knotted rope in the book, but a carpet beater which were quite common in Britain at the time! But the rest of the Planet wouldn't have a clue as to What-the-hell it was! 🤔

[@devinflint5554]

And in the book that was the plan in the first place. The British weren't going to openly assassinate Le Chiffre, they were going to get him killed by his own people.

[@Irish381]

True enough, 007 became very popular in America after JFK was interviewed and photographed reading the novels by Ian Fleming and then appearing in playboy magazine as a runner up to the release of Dr. No in 1962.

[@HariSeldon913]

I'd say Brigitte Nielsen in Beverly Hills Cop II. You expect Axel to pull off his own last second save only to see Taggert casually blow her away.

[@GroundhogJay]

I'm convinced, to this day, that Randy Quaid didn't realise he was in a film.

[@davidhowell1415]

Why?

[@batmanwins5701]

*documentary*

[@sparky4878]

@@davidhowell1415he went off the rails doing all kinds of mad things and pretty much a full on tinfoil hat wearing conspiracy theorist type.

[@davidhowell1415]

@@sparky4878 so like Dave Chappell

[@deadon4847]

@@sparky4878 Shitter was full.

[@DarrenEden-ub4vj]

In Deadpool if the headmaster had been killed by a mutant his hatred of them would have been justified. The fact he was killed by another normal person proves he was wrong.

[@Supperdude9]

That was the point. Though in a way, he could have been justified. Said human was essentially heavily influenced by a mutant.

[@michaelnadler596]

No one watched The Lost Boys and thought 'I bet the Frog Brothers kill off the head vampire.' No one thought to would be Grandpa either, but still.

[@kellysciammarella3019]

This doesn't just happen in action films. Sipsey being the one to kill Frank Bennett in Fried Green Tomatoes was a big surprise after making Idgie a red herring the whole time.

[@hakontvedt1405]

As a male I am not supposed to like movies like that, did see it again not that long ago not a bad movie.

[@aldiqiyo7615]

In Hancock, Red Parker Jr. Didn't die, he was just knocked out as in the end of the film he has 2 prostetic hands

[@AlexandarHullRichter]

Independence Day was completely predictable. The cropduster came into the story repeatedly and persistently through the entire movie, showing his dedication to fighting the aliens and refusal to give up at every step. Not only was him hitting the alien weapon completely predictable, but the amount of build up his character had would have been deeply disappointing if he hadn't been the one to do it.

[@Talki200]

Still one of my favorite movies ever!

[@anthonymarconi761]

Being an avid fan of Tsui-Hark/John Woo era Hong Kong cinema, I was indeed super suprised by the twist in the Departed. I love how it came out of nowhere and how satisfying it was.

[@alisonn7200]

The first time I watched The Lost Boys, I thought that ending was absolutely epic in its staging. I knew the grandpa was going to have a larger role to play. If you ever do a video on awesome movie grandparents, he should be up there.

[@jidf32]

*Can you do a video on top 10 Movies where a successful heroic plan/quest resulted in the most deaths to innocents/'heroes' *

[@GroundhogJay]

Karl's surviving isn't that inexplicable, since he was clearly holding the chain from his neck. That plus the roof explosion likely freeing him made it quite likely.

[@sharondornhoff7563]

Also, it was never stated that the kid whom Powell mistakenly shot had died from the incident.

[@Morten_Storvik]

@@sharondornhoff7563 It was very clearly indicated that`s what happened.

[@samkresil6011]

Bane in The Dark Knight Rises - killed by Catwoman, King Laufey in Thor - killed by Loki, Alderich Killian in Iron Man 3 - killed by Pepper Potts, The raptors in Jurassic Park - killed by the T-Rex, The Indominus Rex in Jurassic World - killed by the Mosasaurus, Russel Cargill in The Simpsons Movie - killed by Maggie Simpson, Lord Faquaad in Shrek - killed by the dragon Grigori Rasputin in The King's Man - killed by Polly Watkins

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

Unverified trivia, but I recall that Pepper kills the villain because it was originally Maya Hansen, who was willing partners with Killian, rather than a remorseful one. But supposedly someone in the studio didn't want a woman to be the main antagonist.

[@bepisman8852]

After 6 movies of inactivity I definitely didn't expect for Hoffman to get killed by Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw 7 (3D). Even less for Gordon to have been working with Jigsaw the entire time.

[@richardb4665]

So... Eddie Marsan has a bit of a trend going for his villains?

[@daniellewis2133]

Yup.

[@simonhadley8829]

Watch Tyrannosaur sometime.

[@daniellewis2133]

I saw it.@@simonhadley8829

[@williamr1088]

i really enjoyed his Hero character on Sherlock Holmes movies with RDJ.

[@PapaBPoppin]

Maaaaan. Marsan is a gorram legend. A stellar character actor that’s gotten to do incredible parts I can’t think of a time he hasn’t popped on screen, I go ‘oh! That guy!’ and am not entirely absorbed by his performance (eyes SOLIDLY transfixed on him) It takes me a minute to remember names, but when they finally click and I see their name attached to a project, I’m it goes on my list, no questions asked Eddie Marsan is (hopefully) now on that list (Ngl… two decades for Bill Fichtner to finally click. Same if not longer for Dourif xD **snake shake** “Outcome unlikely”)

[@demontorch]

Not a movie villain but Adam from Hazbinhotel. Nobody expects the maid

[@Bowcaster26]

The sad thing about DotM is that the comic version actually does have Prime and Megatron truce, with a remorseful Megatron saying he just wants his home back. Would have liked to see that ending

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

It is probably on other lists, but Butch killing Vincent was unexpected (Vincent is a villain protagonist, but is just a villain in Butch's story). After Vincent accidentally causes the overdose of Mia Wallace, but manages to save her, avoiding the wrath of Marsellus Wallace, makes it seem like Vincent is scot-free. But then, the boxer picks up a submachine gun, wasting the toilet-frequent flyer.

[@KoolaySmoov]

So no New Jack City. Old man killing Nino Brown on the stairs after the trial.

[@johnbrittaustin355]

Love your lists, Garth! Keep ‘em coming. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@davisriddle4482]

Sgt. Al Powell didn't kill the kid. He said "I shot a kid." and then points out "They never teach you how to live with a mistake." As a result, we never know if the kid dies - though since he didn't say "I killed a kid" it's just as likely the kid survived.

[@GerhardGrobbelaar-y1n]

Please do one on tv series. I do believe that the death of a certain mad tyrant by non other than the attache in Babylon 5 may just be one of the most unexpected in any tv series

[@bheast86]

in the CASINO ROYALE novel, LeChiffre was also killed in this fashion, albeit by a Soviet agent, which was done in a different manner in the sixties spoof. It can't have been so unexpected that Dignam would kill Sullivan because he hadn't actually done anything in the movie besides mouth off, and still got billed above the title.

[@timgoward9407]

Funny thing, the same actor played the villian in Hancock and Deadpool 2

[@missheard101]

Edward Norton's wife shoots the tooth fairy before he gets back up in Red Dragon

[@samkresil6011]

Russ Cargill in The Simpsons Movie - killed by Maggie

[@devinflint5554]

Any real fans of the Bond franchise absolutely knew Le Chiffre would be killed by his own people because that was what happened in the book.

[@tomh.2405]

How about Largo in "Thunderball"? As he's preparing to kill James Bond, the heroine takes him out with a speargun shot from behind.

[@rmgibsontx]

One of my favorites is Beverly Hills Cop 2, when Brigitte Nielsen's Karla Fry is about to execute Axel Foley, and is unexpectedly wasted by Sergeant Taggart!

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

A comedy example, plus an undead villain, so might not count as dead dead. Leslie Nielson opens the basement door, unknowingly knocking the evil Ring girl into the well.

[@Martial-Mat]

That Deadpool ending was hilarious!

[@naturalgazdooley]

Karl being shot by AL was not a shock. We were waiting to see who he would shoot.

[@marcomlott9099]

Infernal Affairs is so dope!

[@videoplusdvd]

Eddie Marian is killed twice in this list - as “red” Parker, Jr., and as the Headmaster.

[@samkresil6011]

I also just thought of the Indominus Rex who was pulled to bottom by the Mosasaurus near the end of Jurassic World

[@JoshSweetvale]

The Headmaster from Deadpool and Red the Bankrobber from Hancock are played by the same actor. I guess he's good at playing fundamentally pathetic people, like Peter from World's End.

[@randomfeller]

Just watched to make sure Grandpa from Lost Boys was listed on here. This list would be invalid without him!!!

[@mrdude88]

I’m almost 100% sure that this second video was created because for the first video, they thought, “What can we do with the clip of Doc Holliday shooting Johnny Ringo?”

[@alm2187]

Independence Day isn't that surprising in that it's an ensemble cast.

[@lastofthetimelords09]

Thor Ragnarok was kind of right there in the title though, and with them introducing Surtur in the first few minutes...if I remember correctly, he brings about Ragnarok so if the viewer has a little Norse Mythology up there sleeve they probably guessed it within the first few minutes.

[@YouLousyKids]

Actually, Mr. White in Quantum of Solace qualifies for this list because he's killed by M's assistant. And frankly, that's the best part of that whole movie. As M says, "Everybody says, 'We have people everywhere!' but they don't always have somebody in your room." Her frustration that Bond doesn't leave him alive so that she can find out why one of her most trusted people betrayed her is palpable. From there the movie goes downhill, but M's being so hurt that a guy on her Christmas list works for the enemy was well done. Eh, it's Dame Judi Dench, I shouldn't be surprised...but it's well-written and well-played and seems like a good start to a good movie. (Actually, the ending of the movie, where Bond kills the "boyfriend" who betrayed the woman he loved, is pretty good, too. How much did the bulk of that movie have to suck to drag down a lot of good parts?)

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

I don't even think the "bad" parts of that movie are as bad as people think. It is just that it is a familiar Bond movie, with fine but previously explored territory, which seems like nobody wanted since Casino Royale shook up the formula.

[@Xone9]

So just glossing over the fact that Eddie Marsan (Hancock, Deadpool 2) made this list twice?

[@earlchatterton9133]

In Clear And Present Danger, villain Joaquim de Almeida isn't killed by Harrison Ford, or even military squad leaders Willem Dafoe or Benjamin Bratt. It's squad member Raymond (Tuco!) Cruz who guns down the bad guy. Ford doesn't kill anyone in that film. Awesome movie with bonkers good cast.

[@trevormillar1576]

I thought he was killed by a long distances shot from Sargeant Chavez.

[@ignaciocortez7028]

Bane being killed by Catwoman

[@iainkilcar7463]

Yeah the Michael bay transformer films straight up made optimums a villain

[@LadyKattrina84]

Only Megatron can kill Optimus Prime, no one else gets to do it. XD

[@kevinmurry8803]

In White House Down, Channing Tatum's character was about to be killed by one of the main terrorists. That terrorist was hit, then bludgeoned by the tour guide using a mantle clock. The guide was angry because they destroyed the antiques in the White House.

[@jeffreyelya9996]

You could even say this is similar to the top satisfying deaths, considering the hero doesn't do the villain in. I just watched Speed and Howard was in a clear position to loose more than just his head.....

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

It happens so often it might not be unexpected anymore, but still - barring one example, and obviously the ones that survive, every live-action Spider-Man villain kills themselves: - A half 'n' half with the Burglar, who fled into a construction site, failing to notice the danger, thus trips from a high floor, falling to his death. - Green Goblin was so incensed to kill Spider-Man, he fails to realise he was in the path of his glider, thus impales himself. - Doc Ock in a redemption, drags his unstable energy generator he made into the river, but his arms drag him down, drowning him. - Eddie Brock was unable to live without the Venom symbiote, so jumped into it, despite the Goblin bomb about to destroy it. - Mysterio is killed by stray bullets from the drones he controlled.

[@kevinstull8552]

It literally was Car-ma that killed off the Headmaster at the end of Deadpool 2 😂🤣.

[@OldDemonTooth]

No BulletTrain? Miss.

[@dragonball3166]

Shredder in teenage mutant ninja turtles live action movies shredder was crushed by truck Casey jones did it, super shredder pier fell on him

[@andrewblanchard2398]

at least it wasn't a POLAR BEAR if you get that reference leave a comment & BE NICE

[@lukewright9031]

Only we don't actually see Hela die. Yes, we're told she draws he power from Asgard but if she could survive Odin's banishment where she had no access to Asgard, I'm sure she could have survived Suture.

[@rony41165]

Largo the villain from thunder all was not killed by Bond but by Domino Bonds love interest

[@carl_anderson9315]

Not a movie but I know a lot of people thought of Omar Little in The Wire.

[@davidjecmenek8943]

All these years later and Hancock still sucks. No super villains? No stakes. It’s like a multimillion dollar daytime soap with less death

[@elainecanby412]

The video is incorrectly titled the same as the previous video. It is missing the “more” in the title.

[@jacobdrolet4262]

Great video what culture.

[@prjndigo]

Powel was already drawing his weapon before John dropped.

[@kjpierson1152]

Universal Rule: No one kills Optimus but Megatron....in megatron's world.

[@civilwildman]

Glad to see a Transformers film on this list. :D

[@earlchatterton9133]

Eddie Marsan is completely wasted in those movies. He's such a fantastic actor.

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[@seniorguapo908]

Bellatrix Lestrange - Harry Potter Franchise Jafar - Aladdin The Return of Jafar. Jade Warlord - Forbidden Kingdom Unicron - Transformers The Movie. Starscream - Michael Bay's Transformer

[@andrewblanchard2398]

BATMAN 1989 JOKER shoots BOB his number 1 guy

[@Terastas]

For anyone who either can't or is too lazy to find WhatCulture's first video, here are their first top ten: 10. Snoke (Star Wars: The Last Jedi). Killer: Kylo Ren 9. Aldrich Killian (Iron Man 3). Killer: Pepper Potts 8. The raptors (Jurassic Park). Killer: the tyrannosaurus 7. Emilio Largo (Thunderball). Killer: Domino Derval 6. The Witch-King (The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King) Killer: Éowyn 5. Azrael (Dogma). Killer: Silent Bob 4. General Zod (Man of Steel). Killer: Superman 3. Rene Belloq & the Nazis (Raiders of the Lost Ark). Killer: The spirits of the Ark 2. Nagini (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Pt. 2). Killer: Neville Longbottom 1. Emil Antonowsky (Robocop). Killer: Clarence Boddicker And now, WhatCulture, here are some others that you can include if you ever make a third list (including one that I'll bet has been spammed to death at you by now): Emperor Palpatine (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi). Killer: Darth Vader Starro (The Suicide Squad). Killer: Ratcatcher 2 Lord Farquaad (Shrek). Killer: Dragon The Druun (Raya and the Last Dragon). Killer: Namaari Scar (The Lion King). Killers: Banzai, Shenzi and Ed. Jack Horner (Puss in Boots: The Last Wish). Killers: The Ethical Bug and the phoenix Frank N Furter (The Rocky Horror Picture Show). Killer: Riff Raff The Martian Invaders (Mars Attacks!). Killer: Slim Whitman

[@daniellewis2133]

Two Eddie Marsan movies.

[@rinwall4765]

ID4 was a crap movie that seemed like it was edited by an AI chimpanzee. The book was slightly more interesting, but Randy Quaid's character was given better motivation, so his kamikaze actions were better understood than his brief 3 shots in the film.

[@SaulOhio]

Professor Umbridge killed my Mrs. Weasley.

[@iconpoet]

Here's why Ragnarock was stupid: Thor EASILY defeated The Fire demon, then Hella EASILY defeated Thor, but it Fire demon defeats Hella. How does that work?

[@GoranXII]

Thor went for the head. Quite literally, he used Mjølnir to smash Surtur's crown off his head, which seemed to do the trick.

[@GabrielusPrime]

Surtur was weakened when Thor defeated him, Odin had attempted to stop Ragnarok from happening centuries ago by taking something called the "Eternal Flame", which seemed to be the source of his power, from him. Surtur beat Hela because Loki used the Eternal Flame to resurrect him, and _he had it back,_ making him stronger _and_ healing his crippled limbs. In short, Thunder God beat Fire Demon when Fire Demon weak, but not beat Death Goddess, not strong enough. So he make Lie God give Fire Demon back magic fire, and Fire Demon get strong and beat Death Goddess.

[@shackilleuhdeal7462]

Paper Rock Scissors

[@MatthewRose-k1n]

Surtr became far more powerful due to ragnarok. I mean seriously. Just look how massive he gets.

[@joshuaingram571]

Al kills a guy named Carl . . . and is traumatized because he shot a kid. There's a meme out there about him being Carl Winslow and that the kid he accidentally killed was Steve Urkel. 😂 We know it wasn't an accident. 😅

[@johnglielmi6428]

Actually Jason Bateman was saving Charlize Theron not Hancock. Remember if the two immortals remain close they turn mortal. And when Hancock was being shot it was killing Bateman movie wife. So he was really manning up and saving his wife by saving hancock.

[@sodorflubbs5000]

There was nothing wrong with quantum of solace thank you.

[@AnvilMAn603]

surtr isnt a demon, hes a giant

[@davidrbenoit]

Had no idea the departed was a remake. Is ANYTHING original anymore???

[@5crew]

The Hong Kong original is vastly superior and is actually a trilogy. Not going spoil anything but what the narrator said wasn't entirely accurate. One of the two main is Tony Leung, most Westerners probably know him from portraying WenWu from Marvel's Shang Chi. EDIT: I love Scorsese and The Departed is an excellent film. But the overall story is wildly different if compared to the trilogy entirety.

[@grimmwicked313]

But it wasn't Ragnarok was it? The war of Valhalla and hel on earth is yet to begin.

[@PrototypeSpaceMonkey]

Let us never forget that it was Jar Jar Binks who killed the Night Mother.

[@mieco1236]

What about Bellatrix Lestrange killed by Molly Weasley?

[@Oh_ReaLLyyy]

No idea where you get your info from but the departed was based on whitey bulger not some old movie 😂

[@Slazlo-Brovnik]

Whats it with the "…ah" appended to every third or so word-ah? Is that a slang-ah or some personal style of pronunciation-ah? Or does one speak-ah like that in a certain part of the country-ah? (actually the question is kinda serious)

[@jidf32]

@jidf32 0 seconds ago *Can you do a video on top 10 Movies where a successful heroic plan/quest resulted in the most deaths to innocents/'heroes'* Reply

[@henrykujawa4427]

I read Ian Fleming's novel "Casino Royale" in 1970. The surprise in the Daniel Craig movie, was that the 2nd half of the film ACTUALLY FOLLOWED THE BOOK. If the idiots in charge of the 007 movies had any sense, would would have ADAPTED Fleming's work more often, not less. After CR updated the 1st novel, I was actually hoping they'd find a way to adapt and update the 2nd novel-- my FAVORITE-- "Live And Let Die". Instead, they did an entirely-new film that pretty much EVERYBODY agreed was a piece of crap.

[@andrewblanchard2398]

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[@djeeno]

Hel, not Hela. Same for the person as for the place. Hel from Hel, never Hela, never Hell. Marvel gets it wrong but you don't have to.

[@LordBaktor]

Funny because in Swedish "hel" just means "complete".

[@djeeno]

@@LordBaktor I know, I am Swedish. most of the edda was written in old norwegian and icelandic though. I grew up reading all the norse mythology I could though and Marvel gets between fifty and sixty percent of it bass ackwards

[@LordBaktor]

@@djeeno I would've bet the wrong percentage was higher. The very first Thor comics by Marvel were a little closer to the mythology and were basically a not as bloody Conan the Barbarian style. The Sci-fi aesthetic came later.

[@djeeno]

@@LordBaktorI was feeling generous 😏

[@batmanwins5701]

Is hela really dead? I feel like we may see her return. Maybe just wishful thinking.

[@davidhill2020]

The headmaster might be a bad guy, but I wouldn't call him the antagonist. Since that's the person trying to prevent the protagonist from reaching their goals, that would actually be Cable.

[@jakenkid]

Le Chiifre didn't die. He later is the one responsible to killing Vesper. Clearly none of your staff actually watched the film. Kind of pathetic.

[@LeeTAZ-sl7de]

Le Chiifre was killed early in film by Mr White and has no part in the death of Vespar later on.

[@TheGary108]

Le Chiffre didn’t kill Vesper, it was the Quantum group that sent the secret agent to seduce Vesper before Casino Royale. At the end of the Casino Royale movie, Bond catches the agent seducing another woman from a different intelligence agency. Apparently it was a scheme to make agents fall in love with the Quantum agent and stage an kidnapping to force cooperation.