Toth, however, was unavailable to continue working on the show, so most of the wizards and other villains and secondary characters that appear on the show were designed by Kirby.

Like most villains in the series he desires the titular bird for its immortality granting blood, due to his desire to continue to lead and protect the Taira clan and lack of confidence in his successors, but winds up being tricked into buying an imported peacock instead.

Meanwhile, the villains, two unlikely confidants, Gyokumen Koushou ( Gyumaoh's concubine, a demon ) and a mad scientist, Dr. Nii Jianyi ( a human ), continue their attempts to restore the long-dead king.

Savage returns in the first story arc of the new Justice Society of America, the mastermind behind a group of Neonazi superpowered villains called the Fourth Reich targeting the heirs of several Golden Age superhero bloodlines, in the belief that eliminating the bloodlines will eliminate the heroes ' legacies and allow him to continue his goal of reshaping the world according to his own desires.

Spender in the show's sixth season, fans continue to refer to him as the Smoking Man because he is almost always seen chain-smoking Morley cigarettes and because he, like other series villains, has multiple aliases.

The original planned result of this was for Grenier to continue playing in favor of villains long enough so that numerous fan favorites to be cheated and confront him.

On Earth, the Ducks and Dragaunus continue their fight, although there are other villains that also challenge the six Ducks.

A direct sequel to Tokkei Winspector, the former base captain of Winspector opens an additional police branch, this time with two humans ( a male and a female ) and a construction-vehicle styled transforming robot to continue the fight against everyday villains, gangsters with high-tech weapons of destruction, and the occasional robot gone mad.

Sudden earns the respect of the townspeople, fights against all odds, defeats the villains, protects the wronged, and then rides out into the sunset to continue his search.

Stanton decided to retire from acting and continue down the path of a crime-fighter and bring other villains to justice, inspired by his first success, adopting the alter-ego Madame Fatal.

They know from their researches into television and the movies that knights in the middle ages had beautiful flowing haircuts like Little Lord Fauntleroy, and only the villains had beards.

This gives the Trinity enough time to escape from their restraints and promptly defeat the villains.

Even where there can be no doubt as to whose side the author is on, the antagonists are usually not depicted as villains but as honourable on their own terms.

Irem has used R-Type and its Bydo villains for more than a few of their trademark elaborate April Fool's Day pranks.

The terror of the villains against their defenseless victims became just as ruthless as in A Fistful of Dollars, or more, and their brutalization of the hero when his treachery is disclosed became just as merciless, or more – just like the cunning used to secure the latter's retribution.

More often than not, he is seen as a threat to the plans of the various villains he and Wallace have encountered in their adventures.

In docusoap programming, which follows people in their daily life, producers may be highly deliberate in their editing strategies, able to portray certain participants as heroes or villains, and may guide the drama through altered chronology and selective presentation of events.

While action films have traditionally been a reliable source of revenue for movie studios, relatively few action films garner critical praise, mainly because of their two-dimensional heroes or villains.

The narrative itself revolves around the mobile suits and their pilots fighting in a war, in which destruction and dehumanization are inherent, through multiple sides ; each faction having their own heroes and villains, all of which have their own unique motives, failings, and virtues.

The plot of a typical episode is some humorous variation of standard superhero and tokusatsu fare, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from villains and giant monsters.

Some may have benevolent or good spirited intentions, even if their actions are dangerous or questionable, which can make them accidental villains.

There are no real villains ; everybody's just doing their job, trying to maximize income in a capitalist system.

" Red Western " or " Ostern " films usually portrayed the American Indians sympathetically, as oppressed people fighting for their rights, in contrast to American Westerns of the time, which frequently portrayed the Indians as villains.

The original format of four teenagers and their dog ( s ) solving supernatural mysteries for a half-hour was eschewed for simpler, more comedic adventures which involved real supernatural villains ( the villains in previous Scooby episodes were almost always regular humans in disguise ).

Sometimes they team up with other villains such as Magica De Spell, Black Pete, Mad Madam Mim, or hire out their services to Flintheart Glomgold or John D. Rockerduck.

Expected to come to air in 2013, the characters of Phineas & Ferb and Marvel Universe characters, including Spider-Man and The Avengers, would be paired in a crossover special called Phineas & Ferb: Mission Marvel, which would use the plot device of a " inator " device of Dr. Doofenshmitz removing the powers of the superheroes, and the characters of Phineas & Ferb helping them get their powers back while fighting against Marvel villains.

GameSpot listed him at # 9 in their " Top 10 Video Game Villains " article, stating " Of all the villains to make an appearance on this list, Bowser ... has got to be the most interesting ," later adding " While some people say Bowser's life may have gotten into a rut, the man has simply refined his game down to an everyday thing.

" Bowser ranked in the first slot on Game Daily's top 10 Nintendo characters that deserve their own games list, explaining if Yoshi and Wario get their own games, Bowser should too due to his being one of gaming's most nefarious villains.

Superman finds the Blue Kryptonite and is aged back to normal, then goes on his quest to rescue the other Super Friends and ultimately send the three villains back into the Phantom Zone.

After being freed, Doctor Octopus joins Spider-Man on his quest because like the vast amount of other villains in the game he is after revenge for being put under mind control.

But when Philip's pet monkey breaks a birthday present, all the children are plunged into an exciting quest to find the lost treasure of the ' Andra ' with some ruthless villains hot on their trail.

Donning costumes including " radioactive rashguards ", " power belts ", and " anti-negativity helmets ", The Aquabats decided to channel their powers through music in order to " take over the world " by attracting legions of fans to aide them in combating Space Monster " M " and reclaiming their homeland, fighting the numerous villains and monsters who'd attempt to thwart their musical quest along the way.

This musical stage production features Hades on a quest to get more evil in the Underworld by summoning up Disney's most powerful villains so he can keep his job.

Fallacious ad hominem arguments which attack villains holding the opposing view are often confused with appeals to spite.

The story suggests that the other villains are looking to the Key to facilitate their escape from JLA holding cells when they see fit to do so, but the League has prepared for this and ensured that the power dampeners in the cells prevent his enhanced intelligence from working as well as the more physical abilities of the other villains.

Nemesis was seen again One Year Later after the events of Infinite Crisis, aiding government agent Diana Prince, Wonder Woman in disguise, in the rescue of Donna Troy from several of the Amazon's villains.

Superman is given a piece of manufactured Kryptonite, but instead of weakening or killing him it drives him crazy, depressed, angry, and casually destructive, committing crimes which range from petty acts of vandalism to environmental disasters, like causing an oil spillage in order to bed a lusty woman by the name of Loreli in league with the villains.

The show within the show, Silverstone, is about a spy who works for Mission Omega Matrix ( the acronym being a pun on the word " Mom ") in order to save the world from villains like Dr. Hypnoto and the Rat.

The Incredible Hulk comic book series further complicates this theme, as Bruce Banner loses control to the Hyde-like Hulk whenever he becomes angry, yet also depends upon the Hulk's super powers in order to combat villains.

Using Shadowcat as the catalyst, the two shows appear similar: a teenage girl with superpowers fights powerful villains in order to save her high school.

However, he did not create CGI villains in order to complete the " villains rule the world scene " which was in the original script, but was never shot by Donner.

Along with fellow British writers such as Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean, Bagley established the basic conventions of the genre: a tough, resourceful, but essentially ordinary hero pitted against villains determined to sow destruction and chaos in order to advance their agenda.

" In both Rave Master and his other manga Fairy Tail, Mashima wants to make justice prevail but also make readers understand the villains ' reasons to fight the main character in order to make them more complex characters.

Although Zatanna is prepared to erase Light's memories of the incident ( as she had done to other villains with dangerous knowledge to the League ), tampering with Light's mind sparks a debate among the League members: should the villain's personality be transformed in order to prevent him from repeating his crime?

Oracle made the questionable decision to rehabilitate him, mainly in order to keep his data files on hundreds of real villains.

In a reality where villains have won and divided up America amongst themselves, Emma Frost marries Doctor Doom in order to ensure the survival of her species.

The two villains fall to their supposed doom and Geo-Force finally realizes that Veritas used Geode to tempt Geo-Force into unleashing his untapped abilities in order to destroy Markovia.

He is still considered a villain, though he allies himself with other heroes and villains in order to stop the Beyonder / Goblin Queen entity.

In the game, X-O Manowar and Iron Man fight together against villains from both heroes ' stories in order to stop them from obtaining all fragments of the Cosmic Cube.

Film versions of novels where SMERSH appears substituted either SPECTRE or independent villains in order to avoid fomenting hatred of the Soviets, and so contributing to unstable relations with the USSR.

the previous major villains of the series in reverse order.

When Deadman activates the White Power Battery, the Entity speaks to the twelve heroes and villains resurrected at the climax of the " Blackest Night " and tells each of them of their mission that must be accomplished in order to restore ' life ' to the universe and prevent the Blackest Night from ever restarting.

Grodd is also seen in the Superman / Batman arc " Public Enemies " ( Superman / Batman # 1 – # 7 ) controlling numerous villains and heroes in order to take down Superman and Batman for the prize of 1 billion dollars offered by then U. S. President Lex Luthor.

The Monitor, along with his aide Harbinger, gathered a group of heroes and villains from various alternate universes in order to combat the threat of the Anti-Monitor.

After having the duct tape ripped from her mouth by Electro's daughter Aftershock, Anya cleverly divides the villains by informing them that Aftershock has lied about her parentage in order to get a spot on the Bastards.

He was one of the villains assembled by Agent Roboto to form the Legion of Duck Doom in order to defeat Duck Dodgers ( despite the fact he was the only villain in the episode who had never met him before and had no idea who he was ).

Kilobyte, an antagonist introduced in the second season, at first simple seeks out the Amulet in order to summon more villains, but he eventually plans to use it to conquer the world by swapping mankind with the creatures of the Sixth Dimension.

Most of the other costumed heroes and villains chose to part company as well, and Songbird agreed to stay with the Thunderbolts under Zemo's leadership, despite his claim that their mission was to attempt to rule the world in order to save it.