Top 10 Bad Guys Who Were Way Too Easy to Defeat

Script written by Clayton Martino

Top10 Movie Villains Who Were Easily Defeated

What’s a hero gotta do to get a worthy adversary? Welcome to WatchMojo and today we’ll be counting down our picks for the Top 10 Movie Villains Who Were Defeated Too Easily.



For this list, we are looking at iconic movie villains - whether their roles were big or small - that went down without much of a fight. Obviously, a spoiler warning is now in effect!

#10: Goro

“Mortal Kombat” (1995)

Goro had the makings of one of the toughest villains of all-time. The undefeated Mortal Kombat champion, Goro hated humans, and mercilessly dispatched of any opponent in his way, including Johnny Cage’s friend and ally, the formidable Art Lean. None of this seems to matter when he faces Johnny Cage however. Cage gets the jump on Goro by punching him directly in the groin before running away to set up an ambush. Despite being a four-armed Shokan warrior, Goro obliviously walks into Cage’s trap and is knocked off the side of the cliff by a few swift kicks to the head in what has to be one of the shortest boss fights ever.

#9: The Volturi

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2” (2012)

The Volturi are an ancient and powerful coven of vampires who serve as a sort of police force in the vampire world, ensuring that their society remains hidden from the human world. Naturally, this brings them into conflict with Bella and the Cullen family. When things inevitably come to a head, we’re given an epic vampire vs vampire battle scene where nearly everyone is killed. Or, so we think. We soon find out that none of this happened - it was all a dream. Spooked by this vision of their impending destruction, the Volturi decide to leave. Essentially, they are defeated by a dream sequence.

#8: Aliens

“Signs” (2002)

Here’s a fun fact - nearly three quarters of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. This shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone or any species with eyes, as the oceans are clearly visible from space. It is slightly confusing, then, why an alien race whose main weakness is water would choose Earth as the planet to invade. Seriously, they spent all this time making crop circles but not one alien dipped their toe into a puddle? What was their plan if it started to rain? This is one of M. Night Shyamalan’s better films, but this is a pretty ridiculous way for an alien race to be defeated.

#7: Freddy Krueger

“A Nightmare on Elm Street” (1984)

Freddy is easily one of the most iconic horror movie villains of all-time. He wields a wicked bladed glove and murders people in their dreams. Perhaps there’s no satisfying way to kill a villain with such abilities, but we still feel like they could’ve done better than this. Nancy, our protagonist, realizes that Freddy is powered by his victim’s fear, and that all she needs to do is stop being afraid of him and he will disappear - which she does by turning her back on him. While Freddy would return in numerous sequels, this first defeat felt seriously anticlimactic. Surely a brutal horror movie monster deserves a more noteworthy end.

#6: Hades

“Hercules” (1997)

The brother of Zeus and Poseidon, Hades was one of the most powerful gods in Greek mythology. He helped overthrow the Titans with his brothers and claimed rulership over the underworld. In Disney’s adaptation, however, this isn’t good enough for Hades, who decides to use the Titans to overthrow Zeus in turn. He is confronted by Hercules, and is ultimately defeated by the hero with a simple uppercut to the face. Sure, we imagine that a punch from Hercules would be well above average in terms of force, but this is still a god we are talking about here. You’d think he’d know how to take a hit.

#5: Bane

“The Dark Knight Rises” (2012)

For the first time in Christopher Nolan’s “Batman” trilogy, Batman seems to have met his match from a physical standpoint. Bane brutally beats the Dark Knight in their first meeting, breaking his back and leaving him for dead. Batman eventually returns, and the two engage in another fierce hand-to-hand duel. Just as Bane is about to finish Batman for good, he is shot and killed by Catwoman. We suppose a simple cannon shot to the chest is the only way to truly defeat someone as physically imposing as Bane, but it’s disappointing that it wasn’t the Caped Crusader who handed him his defeat. So much for a feeling of catharsis.

#4: Martians

“Mars Attacks!” (1996)

Granted, this is a parody of 1950s alien films, and as such it shouldn’t be a surprise that the aliens are defeated in an extremely silly way. Still, an alien race defeated by Slim Whitman? There was simply no way that we could leave this off of our list. The martians seem set to overwhelm earth, its nations and their various forces, until our heroes discover that the heads of these alien invaders literally explode when exposed to Whitman’s song “Indian Love Call”. The song is eventually broadcast around the globe, killing nearly all of the invading martians. We hope Slim got paid plenty of royalties for saving the planet.

#3: Tripods

“War of the Worlds” (2005)

Surprise, surprise, more aliens. These aliens arrive on Earth with a clear purpose - to turn humans into mulch. This is something they had planned for a while, burying huge tripods underground, and using them to zap humans into dust. Things seem to be going extremely well for the aliens, until suddenly, they die. Earth’s savior? A common cold. Unlike humans, who can get over a little viral infection thanks our natural immune systems and a little help from cold & flu medicine, the aliens drop dead, and their invasion ends. Forget swine flu… apparently it’s the “human flu” that extraterrestrials need to worry about.

#2: Boba Fett

“Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi” (1983)

Boba Fett is one of the most popular characters from the original “Star Wars” trilogy, and yet in reality, he isn’t on-screen all that much. In hindsight, he was a character with a lot of potential with whom far too little was done. After earning himself some cred in “The Empire Strikes Back”, in “Return of the Jedi,” Boba Fett is easily defeated by Luke before being accidentally nudged by a blind Han Solo. This causes him to fall, somewhat hilariously, into the Great Pit of Carkoon, where he is eaten by the Sarlacc, who proceeds to burp. Not exactly a memorable exit for an iconic character.



Before we unveil our top pick, here are some honorable mentions.



The Shredder

“Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” (1991)







Arab Swordsman

“Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981)







Venom

“Spider-Man 3” (2007)





Dr. Kananga

“Live and Let Die” (1973)

#1: The Wicked Witch of the West

“The Wizard of Oz” (1939)

Why do characters who have a weakness to water leave themselves exposed to it? Similar to the aliens in “Signs”, the Wicked Witch of the West is susceptible to water, as it causes her to melt… for some reason. She is defeated by Dorothy, who tosses a nearby bucket of water onto the Witch, melting her. This is someone who can fly, perform magic, and commands an army of flying monkey-warriors, and yet she keeps a bucket of water, her only weakness, in her lair? You deserve to be melted for a brain cramp like that!