10 Movie Idiots Who Basically Created Their Own Villains

Frankenstein wasn't alone in making his own monster.
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[@Juggtacula]

Mr. Incredible put up with Buddy for a looong time, even after his fandom turned into full on obsession. And his screwups not only let Bomb Voyage get away, but he nearly got himself and others killed on that bridge. And even after all that, Incredible just told him to leave. You cant blame him for Syndrome having issues.

[@4plus20isHappy]

I always wondered why he never just said to Buddy, “I have special powers. You don’t.”

[@nicolanewton1084]

I couldn’t agree more. I hate it when lists put this one in. If every kid who got told harshly no after ignoring the first, second etc nos then everyone would grow up a villain. It’s dumb and I wish they would think before saying this dumb shit

[@Juggtacula]

@@nicolanewton1084 Yeah. It's like they completely ignored that Buddy was exhibiting psycho behavior and that his actions were not only directly interfering in official hero business, but if Bob let him keep showing up, he would've gotten someone killed.

[@erikhopkins9548]

Buddy was a Stan and we all know how they are.

[@kareningram6093]

For real. Like, where are Buddy's parents during his entire childhood? Why didn't they get him some therapy or find him a new hobby? Why is the onus of Buddy's transformation into Syndrome on Mr. Incredible?

[@scottwestleysmith3196]

You should do a top ten list of villain characters who set themselves to fail from the start.

[@kjoc70]

Don't forget Master Shifu in King Fu Panda. He didn't create Tai Lung, but, despite Master Oogway's warning, sending Zeng to Chohr-Gohm Prison is what allowed him to escape

[@Thrythlind]

The vampire that turned Sadie Blake (Lucy Liu) in Rise: Blood Hunter. This is an example of a villain creating their own hero, admittedly, but they turned a lady and then just let this new vampire out wild into the world and were somehow surprised she'd come back to kill them all.

[@milescoburn1845]

Left out a big one. Tony Stark created Ultron, who trashed Sokovia. Which created the Sokovia Accords which splintered The Avengers, resulting in a lack of a unified front when Thanos finally arrived on Earth. Hell, Iron Man and Dr. Strange weren't even on the same planet as the rest of the Avengers. And then Stark has the gall to deride Captain America in Endgame by noting they didn't fight Thanos together, as Cap had said they would. It was Stark who gave Thanos the opening for the snap.

[@SusanAverello]

Ou said better than I could. Tony can't seem to help himself😊

[@deeser346]

Thank you for succinct review of Stark’s stupidity and arrogance.

[@mrn7356]

Doctor Strange kept it to himself and saw millions of futures and there was only one victory!

[@matrtj]

You want an evil toaster - Talkie Toaster from Red Dwarf!

[@darthlazurus4382]

With Killain and Syndrom, you give motive but motive isn't justification. They had their own issues and being shunned by their idols is their own problem.

[@asifkhan4822]

I guess you could say a Pre-Bond Pierce Brosnan created his own Villain when he took the Local idiot Lawnmower Man played by Jeff Fahey and expanded his brain 🧠 by use of early on-screen VR in the movie of the same name.

[@vipeschick316]

Ooo this would've been great to see in the list!

[@TheAncardia]

If his superiors hadn't interfered by swapping out the chemicals he was using in the treatment, without his knowledge, that situation would have ended differently.

[@nixeleth]

I'm not entirely sure if Tony turned down Killian solely because of his appearance, though: Killian was incredibly offputting and showed a lack of regard for safety protocols even before that point--it struck me as very similar to the "creation" of the Riddler in Batman Forever: Bruce didn't turn down Nigma's proposal because he looked weird, he turned it down because the proposal itself was potentially dangerous. Now, the difference in this instance is that instead of just turning him down, Tony pulled a prank on him and sent him up to wait on the roof like Killian was Happy Gilmore waiting on the Nine at 9:00.

[@tobiasmyers3505]

The villain's name IS the title. Yeah. Like many horror movies.

[@Loch1210]

But Mr. Smith was different because he was self-aware that he hated the real world version of the matrix

[@marcning918]

Don't think they understood that Smith was different before Neo killed him. Which was why he could copy some of Neo's code he already didn't follow the rules for programs.

[@Loch1210]

@@marcning918 exactly

[@user-jj4pm2wr6o]

Thought that myself, smith’s speech to Morthius proves that. Also he shows emotion while the other agents do not again setting him apart. In the fourth movie smith was put in his own prison same as Neo so that really shows he was different from the beginning.

[@BossReo]

1. Like Neo knew what was gonna fucking happen after doing that to Smith? He had literally JUST come back from the dead and was all juiced up for the very first time. 2. Smith made it personal from the very start. He was also the one with a distinct personality and a goal. The other two agents were merely doing their programming and never tried to break away from it. Smith had developed his own ambition.

[@YeAuldGrump]

Hank Pym created an entire super villain society - whose only reaal motive is that they HATE Hank Pym....

[@LIL15868]

Should we also talk about megamind and titan

[@scarletttyson4622]

I was thinking that since Megamind gave him the powers and ticked him off by dating Roxanne but Hal was also responsible for making himself the villain so it a two way thing 😈

[@JP91979]

I got the Impression that Hammond Hated his grand kids in the Jurassic park Books, not sure why, just felt like it as i read.

[@miotch8225]

I haven't read it, but I've heard others say the same as you have. So you may be on to something

[@smilinmadman]

Micheal's books are way better than his movies. Jurassic Park and Timeline are far more darker and deeper than the films

[@cheetahfurry9107]

@@smilinmadman going to have to read timeline now. Loved the Jurassic park book and a lot of his others but I forgot timeline the movie was based on his book.

[@smilinmadman]

@cheetahfurry9107 The opening of the book alone is better than the entire movie. Don't get me wrong,much like Jurassic Park, Timeline is a straight classic of a film. But the opening to the book is something else.

[@cheetahfurry9107]

@@smilinmadman can’t wait to check it it still :)

[@zwordsman]

I still wish they'd revealed Dooku was a double agent like they implied so much up to the point of the start of the 3rd movie. They had so many hints and implications and would've been a fantastic thing.

[@jazzphotos9303]

Carlito's Way. Benny Blanco from the Bronx killed him at the end because of disrespect.

[@OldSkullSoldier]

In Venom 2, both Brock and Venom acting like idiots - ecpecially Venom (by not keeping his nerves) - literally created Carnage.

[@srstriker6420]

Don’t forget Spider-Man in the Raimi trilogy because he never listened to Norman then Harry wouldn’t have gone after him

[@dthomas4566]

Why does Everyone keep misunderstanding Neo's role as the One? This may blow your mind, but he's Not the " One " as in ' The Chosen One's. He's the One as in the ONE in Binary Code and Smith is the Zero's in that Binary Code, which is why they must always fight.

[@Mohegan13]

I have issues with #10 - since we're talking about the movies not the books. It's heavily implied that Nedry made some big mistake and that is why Hammond refused him a raise. It had nothing to do with his job or what he brought to the park. Has Hammond said "I don't blame people for their mistakes, but I do ask that they pay for them". Sure it might seem harsh, but whatever Nedry did doesn't sound like it was Park business. He wasn't being stiffed by Hammond. Now what happened in the books I have no idea, never read them. But based on the movies alone, I can't say Hammond was in the wrong here. Sure, maybe if he had helped Nedry wouldn't have gone rouge. But at the same time, that could have made things far worse had the park actually opened and the really poor security measures lead to thousands of deaths.

[@tokyodeathghoul2313]

If it weren't for Syndrome then superheroes would've remained outlawed possibly forever so it seems like crushing a child's dreams should be encouraged!

[@jps6071]

Batman didn´t check if Napier was dead because the factory was swarmed by cops, who had just seen him and were about to arrest him. That´s why he had to get away.

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your videos guys😊😊😊❤❤❤❤

[@StephenLeGresley]

Kirk created Khan as his arch-nemesis by stranding them on a planet and never once bothering to check up on them. Spock created Nero by making a promise he could never fully keep in saving Romulus. Harry Potter's father created Snape as a death eater by relentlessly bullying him. In the Last Jedi Luke absolutely seals his own fate by fleetingly considering killing Ben Solo instead of trying to save him like he did Darth Vader through love and understanding. In Interview with the Vampire, Louis could've just left with Claudia but instead made a full out attempt to murder Lestat, therefore breaking the one rule of Vampires in that world, they do not harm their own kind. In Gremlins, the kind mannered Billy through carelessness allows the villainous Stripe to be born and lead to events that allow him to become a Gremlin and terrorize the town. In Silence of the Lambs, Clarice Starling's desperate attempt to secure her own advancement and respect from her peers puts Hannibal Lecter in a postion to maneuver his way to escape. In Casino, Gambling expert Ace Rothstein manipulates an unstable, free wheeling woman into becoming his wife despite her warnings that it would never work and destrory them both which it eventually does. In Friday the 13th, Alice decapitates Pamela Voorhees unleashing the rage in her though to be dead son Jason on the world for decades to come. And most famously, Obi-Wan Kenobi ignoring all evidence of Anakin's instability and emotional issues and training him, then trying to kill him and not making sure he was dead.

[@benjaminbierley2074]

I'd like to present Batman the animated series episode "Trial" as exhibit A, where Batman is put on trial by his rogue's gallery for his culpability in causing them to become the supervillains they've are due to his costumed vigilantism. A trial in which the critic forced to defend him realizes his villains would have ended up becoming the deranged criminals they are with or without him...the gimmicks may have ended up different, but all of them were at their core on a path of lawlessness based on their own egos. I believe this holds true for all the comic book based supervillains listed here. All of them were possessed of an ego that was just waiting for a spark, "maybe" the hero nudged them unknowingly by mistake, but all of them had fundamental problems internally and were psychoses waiting to happen. As for Agent Smith, I personally believe it was the Oracle that brought him back. Neo possessing him "might" have played a part, but there is an undertone with the Oracle and a throwaway word between Smith and the Oracle that leads me to believe that she brought him back in order to introduce a chaotic variable to the cycle the machines were playing out with the humans, which was her programming in the chaos vs order dynamic, and it works...his reintroduction throws the cycle into chaos and creates an existential threat the machines have to take a different approach in dealing with up to and including not playing out the cycle of culling freed humans to completion.

[@RobertGreenwald]

I had thought number one would be Tony Stark and Bruce Banner literally created Ultron in Avengers: Age of Ultron

[@palious13]

How about the Russians in John Wick when they killed his dog?

[@mrn7356]

They killed his dog and in chapter 2 John Wick is forced to complete an "Blood oath" and he has to. And by end of JC 2 he is excommunicado for chapter 3

[@mikelmacrichard4772]

When you started talking about AI toaster gone rogue I thought you meant the one in Red Dwarf.😂😂😂😂

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Great videos

[@bisialonge]

Batman couldn’t save or follow up on Jack Napier - if you watched the scene as soon as Jack fell the police were on top of Batman - he had to find a way out which he did by cloud smoke and his grappling hook

[@mnsega]

The joker wanted batman. He not an idiot he's a lunatic who wants someone to go insane with....A TRUE LOVE

[@christianedavi5166]

It happens in real life too. Criminal factions are created by prisional system.

[@purplep6070]

Remember kids, it's not your fault you're evil.

[@screenwriterjohn]

Ned was going to be a corporate spy anyway. Spielberg really gave him extra motive.

[@jasonrhodes9726]

Ned was a contractor who undercut his competitors to get the contract. He seemed like he intended to nickel and dime Hammond to death.

[@jasondalton1980]

How did you not have images of Red Dwarf's toaster, in that humorous aside? :P

[@Neonsilver13]

To be fair in regards to Smith an Neo, the way it was told was that there would have been something like smith anyway, because the equation had to be balanced out. So if not Smith than something else would have been an equaly dangerous threat.

[@headslo]

The Neo is terrible. You're saying he should have known to go in and delete all the other agents, which didn't work on Smith anyway.

[@Polarke27]

Skynet basically created the Connors

[@CDWCAULDRON]

This needs to be addressed . Movie casino time stamp 7:27 Anthony Spilotro or Anthony "The Ant" Spilotro Was the Basis for Nicky Santoro Disappeared June 14, 1986 (aged 48) Died June 14, 1986 (aged 48) Bensenville, Illinois, U.S. Cause of death Blunt force trauma, Asphyxia Body discovered June 22, 1986 Enos, Indiana, U.S. Calabrese witnessed the brutal beating and murder of Anthony and Michael Spilotro in a basement. According to the informant, upon realizing that his fate was sealed, Anthony asked the men in the room, "Can I say a prayer?" It was July 14, 1986, and after the brothers' demise, their bodies were dumped in a cornfield in Enos, Indiana. its not fiction !

[@verbalkint5795]

That time stamp is for Goodfellas, not Casino. Two completely different incidents. Both movies include portrayals of real-life Mob members by Joe Pesci and Robert DeNiro but are not the same individuals.

[@CDWCAULDRON]

@@verbalkint5795 thought it was better then the other one that was stuffed in a bag after he was beaten and tossed into a open pit and buried alive. and July 14th is coming up thought Jim would Like a laugh from his cell!

[@CDWCAULDRON]

@@verbalkint5795 You Know we made a game out of How to fined things in Nevada..

[@ArawnDan]

There is a quote I recall; Man makes his own monsters. With some these villain are made from the hubris of the character in question. There are mistakes made by those very villains. Syndrome could have just become a hero and overshadowed Mr Incredible, but wanted to destroy all heroes.

[@mcleigh66]

Still waiting for the "No one expects the toaster" T-shirt.

[@TheBubbaclaw]

You left out Megamind and Tighten!

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

In Jurassic Park, Hammond "spared no expense," except, apparently, when it came to Dennis Nedry.

[@nightimegame]

If you're talking about the books maybe but in the movie Dennis said he bid for the job which means he actually asked for his pay. He literally went and said I'll do this job for this amount of money. So technically it was Dennis's fault in the movie

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

@@nightimegame By his own accord he didn't bid enough. Therefore, my point stands.

[@nightimegame]

@@zqxzqxzqx1 I mean Dennis was so upset about his pay but he asked for it lol. Yes Hammond should have hired someone asking for more over Dennis but I meant Dennis gets so upset but it was literally his fault that he's having money problems for asking for too little. He calls Hammond cheap but he could have asked for more, sure he might not have gotten the job had he asked for more but him getting mad about it and blaming Hammond and going to someone else was his own problems not Hammond. Hammond is not innocent but we also don't know why he chose Dennis. Obviously Dennis is very capable of the job so if Hammond hired him for his skill then no matter what its Dennis's fault he's being underpaid. If Hammond hired him because he asked for lower pay then other quality hires then that's Hammond cheaping on expenses. Since we don't know why Hammond hired Dennis I'm gonna say it was Dennis in the wrong for bidding low on the job not Hammond sparing expenses.

[@zqxzqxzqx1]

@@nightimegame Fault has nothing to do with my point. Hammond "spared no expense," except when it came to Nedry, regardless of how the sum was decided. My point still stands.

[@bigstopowens]

can we count blade? deacon frost turned blades mother in turn creating blade, which is a villain to vampires, but he's kinda on the anti-hero side

[@RJay207]

I'm just wondering why Kevin Bacon was holding towel clips in the thumbnail.

[@zwordsman]

I dont' think Shaw coounts. His mutant power in effect, meant magneto probably could not do much to him himself. Its really literally only Charles' power that made that happen. If not for something like that, there would have been no issue with him taking magneto Joker too. Napier wasn't hired to kill the kid, just the parents. So he gave his line-because it would end up in the police report and solidfy his notarity and get him more jobs Pretty sure Incredible was dealijng with that kid for months and months.before

[@b_rad5651]

And Tony Stark literally created his own villain Ultron.

[@Gerilyn2003]

Fans do NOT "deserve" the objects of their fandom.

[@henrykujawa4427]

That thing in IRON MAN 3 looks like a blatent swipe from BATMAN FOREVER... and it was a terrible idea in that movie!

[@user-xt2zf4in4b]

Do you mean his dismissal of Riddler?

[@AgentOfShield]

Before I press play, how many times is it Tony frking Stark gonna be in this list? because man he almost created the whole MCU catalog.

[@danieltaveras9166]

Lol this video reminds me of the 48 Laes of Power. " if you do not have enemies, make one."

[@CashelOConnolly]

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH,EWAN 🏳️‍🌈❤️💛🧡💚🩵💙💜

[@kimberlyborowiak9779]

Meet the Robinsons was a good example. The hero does not even release what a jerk he is being as he thoughtlessly ruins another kid's life. We are given to believe in the orignial timeline he went own to fame, fortune and riches without even looking back at the one he destroyed. Until he comes back

[@yeeloongong]

The starks created ALL their villians. Iron Monger? Howard stark being successful and making Obediah Stane jealous. Whiplash? Howard Stark exiled his father. Then theres Killia , Ultron. Mysterio . Vulture. Hank Pym. The Starks were asses to everyone

[@JohngeeDoyle]

Tony Stark made more than one villain…

[@beckystratton8248]

Megamind!

[@jakedechaine7632]

What about Leonidas and the 300?

[@viking5965]

You have Tony stark creating killian there was also ironmonger, ultron, mysterio (OK not HIS villan) and helmet zemo. Dude made a lot of villans.

[@srstriker6420]

It’s Ironmonger and Spider-Man all 3 of them

[@darkprince3794]

Buddy was going to turn out bad either way. That kid was a little $h!t, there was no saving him.

[@MeatBicycle8678]

Nutty Professor / Buddy Love

[@daniellewis2133]

Ace Venture: Pet Detective. Dan Marino caused Ray Finkle to go crazy and become Lois Einhorn.

[@verbalkint5795]

Not true, Finkel blamed Marino for not having the laces out, when in reality, Marino had the laces out and Finkel could not deal with his own failure and went insane.

[@daniellewis2133]

@@verbalkint5795 I'm still counting it.

[@hunterrousseau3770]

No 1️⃣ & 4️⃣ you realize the premise of when Tony hurts Killian's feelings is actually the same as when Mr. Incredible hurted Buddy's too, right?

[@nestorsifuentesaguirre2722]

That said was it necessary to eventually have Trevor Slattery being horribly tortured by the real Mandarin for a decade??

[@kharma7755]

Jemma in "Host" (2020)

[@ethanahonen9041]

Spider man from Spider-Man no way home needs to be here.

[@TheClawJew]

He tried to save him

[@mercuryman1250]

Marvel villains aren't that smart except thanos.

[@rishidharan6294]

There's a shortage of resources. Thanos: No problem, Let's destroy half of the resources. Great plan there, Genius

[@markzuckergecko621]

Scarlet Witch in Multiverse of Madness cracks me up the most, she destroys multiple universes trying to find that perfect universe for her in particular, then in the end they just show her kids being scared of her, and she has a change of heart🤣🤣🤣 "Damn guys, sorry about destroying multiple universes and all that. That's my fault, totally my fault. Hope you're not too mad."🤣

[@sheridanroad2001]

Thanos is the "Mad Titan" because his plan was never going to work 😂 So all MCU Villains are lacking in the brains department.

[@KyloStimpy]

@@rishidharan6294 well, it was destroy half of the living things using the resources, but whatever

[@Dushku]

12 Monkeys and Looper

[@tanaka7341]

Iron man is the most obvious lmao he made like 5

[@davidchism6081]

Ultron, Killian, Beck, Toomes. Howard Stark indirectly created Whiplash.

[@sheridanroad2001]

​@@davidchism6081Obadiah Staine was created by Tony too because he gave him to much control of Stark's business while being the "Merchant of Death".

[@jamespope7669]

@@davidchism6081 Stark didn't make any of them. Ultron was caused by Wanda's manipulation. Killian was rejected. Beck's tech rebranded as barf was enough to tip him over the edge. Toomes was struck off. Staine was jealous.

[@satellite92804]

Hey Captain Obvious...no shit. Ironic plot points are older than movies.

[@Midsomnyx]

Eddie Brock in Spider man 3. He was kinda already an insufferable jerk, and it was his own fault for forging that pic, but you could argue what set him on that path was Spider man kissing Gwen

[@diplomatsking]

So we're reposting videos Ewan...

[@firstname4337]

wow, you didn't understand these movies at all

[@RLplusabunchofdumbnumbers]

WhatCulture's insistence on mispronouncing words has now jumped from people's names to one of the most recognized pop culture terms in history. The "J'dai"? Really? Y'all doing that just to drive hate commenting, right? You don't actually think you're pronouncing it right, right?

[@curiousgemini]

This is also called "blowback."

[@Barot8]

Nicholson's Joker had the best makeup and was closer to the early versions of the Joker in the comics. Tron Legacy is great. Also Clu thinks of himself as Flynn's son who was pushed aside.

[@nareanmano]

The matrix shudnt be on tis list Tony stark created alot of supervillians

[@davidchism6081]

Syndrome was too over eager, plus was too naive about superhero fighting. And too young. Mr. Incredible wasn't looking for a sidekick. Even if he was, Buddy was too young, too in your face, etc.

[@alfredjones4925]

I need suicide squad to be on this list

[@ryanmiller8273]

Quit re-uploading videos

[@mrgraham5521]

I don't know how anyone can reach the conclusion that John Hammond created his own enemy. He was right. An employee who signs a contract has no right to complain about being underpaid. He has a contract, he should honor said contract.

[@sheridanroad2001]

Nedrey (or however you spell it) signed a contract to be an IT worker at Hammond's park. He didn't sign on to be THE only computer guy. By "sparing much expense" in understaffing his park; and overworking the employees he had, Hammond created the mutinous situation he found himself in.

[@user-xt2zf4in4b]

@@sheridanroad2001 Samuel L. Jackson was also an IT guy. And don't forget, most of the staff got sent home due to the storm, so we don't really know how much staff there normally is.

[@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t]

@@user-xt2zf4in4b Most of Nedry's dev team never went near the island; they worked remotely on the east coast of the US. Sam Jackson's character was hired seperately to run Nedry's system when it got working.

[@stocktonjoans]

In all 3 of his solo movies Iron man creates the BBEG

[@Nightwing1978]

For the first time in a long time I find myself disagreeing with you from nice folks, Jack Napier aka the soon-to-be Joker was going to kill young Bruce Wayne. His henchmen Bob screen for him to go, that they had to go. Jack turned around look at his friend and took off instead of shooting the Wayne boy. What are you at every intention of shooting that child

[@DontRespectTheUS]

Who would’ve thought Jesse James famous ONLY for murder and robbery wasn’t a good guy?