[Other] No Bad Guys Named Dave.

[Dave]

Someone pointed out to me today that there are no bad guys in movie, TV, or literature named Dave. How about you? You have a name that is or can be used as a villain?

 

[Ravenpoe]

Someone pointed out to me today that there are no bad guys in movie, TV, or literature named Dave. How about you? You have a name that is or can be used as a villain?

That someone was wrong.

 

[Chad Sexington]

What about David Xanatos?[DOUBLEPOST=1414086446,1414086411][/DOUBLEPOST]Goddammit Poe[DOUBLEPOST=1414086508][/DOUBLEPOST]I don't know any villains named Leigh (or Chad, but I would not be able to take a villain named Chad seriously, which may explain itself).

 

[WasabiPoptart]

I can't think of any villain named Lisa in a movie. Of course, there's this:

 

[Dave]

A Gargoyles bad guy? Seriously, I had to look him up. He hardly counts.

 

[fade]

Well. I guess if you don't count one of the most popular American action cartoons of all time, and a villain so popular people still won't shut up about him. One of the biggest tropes on TVtropes is named after his signature "I knew this was going to happen all along" bit.

 

[Dave]

Gargoyles was that popular?

 

[Ravenpoe]

Gargoyles was that popular?

Yes. And it was really, really, really good.

 

[Dave]

Huh. I guess my age shows when it comes to that show then. I had no idea it was popular.

 

[Adam]

Davy Jones?

 

[Ravenpoe]

 

[GasBandit]

http://batman.wikia.com/wiki/D.A.V.E.[DOUBLEPOST=1414088657,1414088556][/DOUBLEPOST]Also you might count Davey Jones from POTC.

 

[PatrThom]

I didn't see enough Gargoyles cartoons as a kid. They came around about the sunset of my ability to watch cartoons.
Also, I'm not so sure about villain, exactly.

--Patrick

 

[Fun Size]

Davy Jones?

 

[Bowielee]

Huh. I guess my age shows when it comes to that show then. I had no idea it was popular.

Whelp, that's it. Dave officially has to turn in his geek card.

 

[Dave]

It came out in 1994. I was married, had 2 kids, was going to school, and working two jobs. Forgive me if I didn't watch a cartoon.

 

[figmentPez]

The head vampire in The Lost Boys was named David (played by Kiefer Sutherland)[DOUBLEPOST=1414090018,1414089844][/DOUBLEPOST]

You have a name that is or can be used as a villain?

Not many bad guys named Bruce. Most guys named Bruce are pretty awesome.

 

[mikerc]

David Banner from the 2003 Hulk film. Which also ties into awesome Bruce's for @figmentPez

 

[Dave]

He wasn't a bad guy! He was the hero!

 

[AshburnerX]

Huh. I guess my age shows when it comes to that show then. I had no idea it was popular.

It's also supposedly getting a film reboot from Disney some time in the next few years, now that they know it can pay to be risky.

 

[Celt Z]

What about David Lo Pan?

 

[Dave]

Wow! Now there's a reference!

 

[filmfanatic]

Well...if you want to nitpick, the statement was about villains named Dave, not David. I know it is a nitpick, but there is something to be said for the meaning given between naming someone the more casual Dave or the more formal David.

 

[Celt Z]

Well...if you want to nitpick, the statement was about villains named Dave, not David. I know it is a nitpick, but there is something to be said for the meaning given between naming someone the more casual Dave or the more formal David.

Actually, Jack Burton does call Lo Pan "Dave" at one point, so

(EDIT: I double-checked: Jack calls him Dave a couple of times, so my point still stands! )

 

[evilmike]

Actually, Jack Burton does call Lo Pan "Dave" at one point, so

Well, we knew it was only a matter of time, Celt Z has won the internet.

 

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You know what old Jack Burton says at a time like this?

 

[Celt Z]

"Are you crazy? Is that your problem?"[DOUBLEPOST=1414093182,1414092979][/DOUBLEPOST]

Well, we knew it was only a matter of time, Celt Z has won the internet.

I want that on my tombstone.

 

[Chad Sexington]

I didn't even watch Gargoyles and it took me less than a second for the name to come to mind.

 

[GasBandit]

I can't believe I forgot David Lo Pan. I watched that movie less than a month ago.

 

[CynicismKills]

I'm trying to think of a badguy named Chris. Coming up blank.

 

[Celt Z]

I'm trying to think of a badguy named Chris. Coming up blank.

I needed a little help with this, but here you go.

Incidentally, I couldn't find any villains with my name (well, one came close, but it's spelled differently and short for Evelyn), but I did find out there's a game called Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective where one of the main characters is a redhead with the less-common, shared spelling of my name. Weird.

 

[CynicismKills]

Ew.

 

[Terrik]

What about a Steve?

 

[GasBandit]

Do we count wrestler "heels" as villains?

 

[Celt Z]

You know, you guys could just Google these things yourselves.