They can't all be evil geniuses! For this list, we’ll be looking at villains who have the most ridiculous plans or are just all around dumb.
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00:00 Why not use your knowledge of the future to play the stock market?
00:03 We could make trillions.
00:05 Why make trillions when we could make...
00:08 ...billions?
00:11 Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the Top 10 Dumbest Movie Villains.
00:16 So I say, "What's the catch?"
00:17 He says, "No catch. Just keep it a secret."
00:21 For this list, we'll be looking at villains who have the most ridiculous plans or are just all around dumb.
00:26 Who do you think is the dumbest movie villain?
00:28 Sound off in the comments.
00:30 Home Alone's Kevin is definitely of above-average intelligence when it comes to trickery and tomfoolery.
00:39 But that doesn't change the fact that burglars Marv and Harry still got outsmarted by an 8-year-old.
00:43 "Be a good little fella now and open the door!"
00:47 All it really took to defeat these very dumb robbers were some cleverly placed traps and Christmas toys.
00:54 At a certain point, they knew that Kevin had booby-trapped the house, and still, they fell for every single trick.
01:00 "You guys give up, or you're thirsty for more?"
01:06 And let's not forget that by flooding all the houses they hit, Marv led the police right to all of their crimes. Genius.
01:11 And since they don't learn, Kevin even manages to get the best of them in the sequel as well.
01:15 In New York City, we should note.
01:17 [Splash]
01:19 [Splash]
01:21 [Screaming]
01:23 He may read the dictionary, but this guy has never broken a mental sweat in his life.
01:32 This is the guy who thought that firing a woman and possibly ruining her career would be a good way to get her to date him.
01:38 "You fired me so I'd date you?"
01:40 "Yeah."
01:41 And remember his comment about certain cultures only eating vomit? That makes no sense.
01:45 It's that all they ate, they would have nothing of substance to vomit up.
01:48 "Yeah, you know, in some cultures, they only eat vomit."
01:51 "I've never been there, but I read about it. In a book!"
01:55 [Laughs]
01:56 And then there's just the general stupidity that dribbles out every time he opens his mouth.
02:00 Just listen to that ridiculous back and forth he had with Peter at the bar for an example.
02:04 "That's what I just said."
02:05 "That's what I'm saying to you."
02:07 "Alright."
02:08 "Touché."
02:10 Number 8. Ed Rooney. Ferris Bueller's Day Off.
02:14 The lengths this guy goes to to catch Ferris faking sick prove what an idiot he is.
02:19 First, he sees with his own eyes when Ferris rewrites his number of absences on the computer.
02:23 "I've got it right here in front of me. He has missed nine days."
02:28 Second, entering and sneaking around the Bueller's house could get him in trouble with the law.
02:39 Lastly, he falls for one of Ferris' schemes in the infamous phone call scene.
02:43 "Ferris Bueller's online too."
02:45 Rather than engage, he could easily have hung up and called the boy's parents using the emergency contact numbers that would have been on file.
02:56 And if he had done that, it would have kept him from spending the day chasing Ferris around the city and stalking his house.
03:09 Number 7. Deacon Frost. Blade.
03:11 In the Blade universe, vampires have a truce with humans so they can both coexist.
03:16 But if it were up to Deacon Frost, vampires would rule the world.
03:19 "We should be ruling the humans, not running around making back-alley treaties with them."
03:24 He plans to be a vessel for the vampire god, La Magra, and turn all humans into vampires.
03:28 Great plan for world domination, except if there are only vampires, who will the vampires eat?
03:33 "Look at 'em. They're cattle. Pieces of meat."
03:38 Unlike many pop culture versions of vampires, the ones in Blade can't feed on animal blood.
03:42 They need human blood to live. So how will the vampire super race survive without humans?
03:47 Yeah, Deacon, you really didn't think this through, did you, buddy?
03:51 "Deacon? Not anymore."
03:53 Number 6. Gaston. Beauty and the Beast.
03:56 Gaston is something of a dumb jock. All brawn and no brain.
04:00 For one thing, this vain egotist sets up his wedding to Belle before even asking her to marry him.
04:05 "Thank you all for coming to my wedding. First I better go in there and propose to the girl."
04:11 And he just can't comprehend that she is not interested.
04:14 Rather than even trying to feign interest in something that Belle finds important,
04:17 he thinks the way to woo her is by trashing the things that she thinks are important, like books and reading.
04:22 "Picture this."
04:24 Speaking of reading, he can't even read a book without pictures,
04:27 and he has, let's say, antiquated thoughts on women being able to read.
04:31 "It's not right for a woman to read. Soon she starts getting ideas and thinking."
04:36 Number 5. Shooter McGavin. Happy Gilmore.
04:39 The lengths this guy goes to just to win a golden jacket are unbelievable.
04:43 His plans to take down Happy are all super ridiculous and futile.
04:46 "It's Shooter's turn. And Shooter's not about to let his reign at the top be spoiled by some freak sideshow clown."
04:52 Happy, who is not too bright himself, frequently outwits him conversationally.
04:56 That remark about eating pieces of crap for breakfast was an unforgettable burn.
05:01 "No."
05:02 And with how angry and aggressive he gets on the golf course in general,
05:08 he just makes himself look like an idiot over and over again.
05:11 Shooter freaks out and loses his cool, damaging his own reputation way more than Happy ever could.
05:16 "No! No! It's impossible! That's my... my jacket! My..."
05:22 Number 4. Doctor Evil. Austin Powers franchise.
05:26 Should we talk first about his plan to punch a hole in the ozone layer?
05:29 Um, sorry to tell you, somebody already beat you to the punch. See what we did there?
05:33 And then there's his plan to hold the world hostage for $1 million.
05:36 "And we hold the world ransom for... $1 million."
05:43 Of course, there's that whole "not negotiating with terrorists" thing,
05:46 but even so, we think a million dollars would be a small price to pay.
05:50 His Number 2 guy, literally named Number 2, had to tell him that that wasn't that much anymore.
05:55 "One hundred billion dollars."
06:01 Clearly, freezing himself for the previous 30 years left him kind of behind the times,
06:05 and his later plans don't get any better.
06:07 "If you have a time machine, why not just go back and kill Austin Powers when he's sitting on the crapper or something?"
06:13 "How about... no?"
06:15 Number 3. Vic Hoskins. Jurassic World.
06:18 First of all, it's bad enough that the park is even open after what happened in previous installments in this series.
06:23 Do these people never learn from their mistakes?
06:25 But this genius, Hoskins, thinks it's a good idea to try to train velociraptors to be used in war.
06:30 "Come on. We're the same. We're dogs of war."
06:33 "We know that the military needs to reduce casualties."
06:36 He refuses to listen to Owen, the expert that he hired.
06:39 Owen tells him that while the raptors can obey commands, they will never be tamed enough for what he wants.
06:44 They are ancient, natural predators.
06:46 "Hey, yeah, it's me. We might have an opportunity here."
06:50 Why do these government types always think they can harness these kinds of powers for their own needs?
06:55 "Easy, boy. Easy. Hey, hey."
07:00 It never works. It's only fitting he gets eaten by the same raptors he tried to control.
07:05 Number 2. Mare Vaughan. Jaws.
07:13 You might think that the villain in this movie is the shark, but you'd be wrong.
07:16 "Amity is a summer town. We need summer dollars."
07:20 After all, the shark was just doing what sharks do, right?
07:23 The real villain is the mayor of Amity Island.
07:25 This guy was more worried about the town's tourist economy than the townspeople's safety.
07:30 "Tomorrow's the 4th of July, and we will be open for business."
07:33 He strong-arms the coroner to keep the fact that there was a killer shark loose on the beach under wraps.
07:37 He goes so far to even swear to the public that the beach is safe when he knows it's not.
07:42 Worst. Mayor. Ever.
07:44 "I'm sorry. I'm truly sorry."
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08:00 Number 1. Biff Tannen. Back to the Future.
08:05 Just by his signature catchphrase alone, you can tell that this guy is not the brightest bulb around.
08:10 "Make like a tree and get out of here" isn't quite right, Biff.
08:13 "So why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?"
08:17 He's kind of like Gaston in the way that he thinks he's God's gift to women.
08:21 And he also tries to woo Lorraine by harassing her. Great idea, guy.
08:24 Not to mention the fact that he's outmaneuvered by a kid on a makeshift skateboard and tossed headfirst into a pile of horse manure.
08:31 "I'm gonna get that son of a bitch."
08:33 He wasn't looking so smart then, and future Biff didn't get any smarter as he got older.
08:37 "Now why don't you make like a tree and get out of here?"
08:42 "It's leave, you idiot. Make like a tree and leave. You sound like a damn fool when you say it wrong."
08:48 "Alright then!"
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