Top 10 Dumbest Movie Villains

“Home Alone” franchise (1990-)
“Home Alone’s” Kevin is definitely of above average intelligence when it comes to trickery and tomfoolery. But that doesn’t change the fact that burglars Marv and Harry still got outsmarted by an eight year old. All it really took to defeat these very dumb robbers were some cleverly placed traps and Christmas toys. At a certain point, they knew that Kevin had boobytrapped the house, and still they fell for every single trick. And let’s not forget that by flooding all the houses they hit, Marv led the police right to all of their crimes. Genius. And since they don’t learn, Kevin even manages to get the best of them in the sequel as well.

“Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” (2004)
He may read the dictionary, but this guy has never broken a mental sweat in his life. 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. And remember his comment about certain cultures only eating vomit? That makes no sense. If that’s all they ate, they would have nothing of substance to vomit up. And then there’s just the general stupidity that dribbles out every time he opens his mouth. Just listen to that ridiculous back and forth he had with Peter at the bar for an example.

“Ferris Bueller's Day Off” (1986)
The lengths this guy goes to to catch Ferris faking sick prove what an idiot he is. First, he sees with his own eyes when Ferris rewrites his number of absences on the computer. Second, entering and sneaking around the Buellers’ house could get him in trouble with the law. Lastly, he falls for one of Ferris’s schemes in the infamous phone call scene. 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. And if he had done that, it would have kept him from spending the day chasing Ferris around the city and stalking his house.

“Blade” (1998)
In the Blade universe, vampires have a truce with humans so that they can both coexist. But if it were up to Deacon Frost, vampires would rule the world. He plans to be a vessel for the vampire god La Magra and turn all humans into vampires. Great plan for world domination except, if there are only vampires, who will the vampires eat? Unlike many pop culture versions of vampires, the ones in “Blade” can’t feed on animal blood. They need human blood to live. So how will the vampire super race survive without humans?

“Beauty & the Beast” (1991)
Gaston is something of a dumb jock, all brawn and no brain. For one thing, this vain egotist sets up his wedding to Belle before even asking her to marry him. And he just can’t comprehend that she is not interested. Rather than even trying to feign interest in something that Belle finds important, he thinks the way to woo her is by trashing the things that she thinks are important, like books and reading. Speaking of reading, he can’t even read a book without pictures. And he has, let’s say, antiquated thoughts on women being able to read.

“Happy Gilmore” (1996)
The lengths this guy goes to just to win a golden jacket are unbelievable. His plans to take down Happy are all super ridiculous and futile. Happy, who is not too bright himself, frequently outwits him conversationally. That remark about eating pieces of crap for breakfast was an unforgettable burn. And with how angry and aggressive he gets on the golf course in general, he just makes himself look like an idiot over and over again. Shooter freaks out and loses his cool, damaging his own reputation way more than Happy ever could.

“Austin Powers” franchise (1997-2002)
Should we first talk about his plan to punch a hole in the Ozone layer? Umm, sorry to tell you, somebody already beat you to the punch. See what we did there? And then there’s his plan to hold the world hostage for one million dollars. Of course there’s that whole not negotiating with terrorists thing, but even so we think a million dollars would be a small price to pay. His number two guy, literally named Number Two, had to tell him that that wasn’t that much anymore. Clearly freezing himself for the previous thirty years left him kind of behind the times. And his later plans don’t get any better.

“Jurassic World” (2015)
First of all, it’s bad enough that the Park is even open after what happened in previous installments in this series. Do these people never learn from their mistakes? But this genius, Hoskins, thinks it’s a good idea to try to train velociraptors to be used in war. He refuses to listen to Owen, the expert that he hired. Owen tells him that while the raptors can obey commands, they will never be tamed enough for what he wants. They are ancient natural predators. Why do these government types always think they can harness these kinds of powers for their own needs? It never works. It’s only fitting he gets eaten by the same raptors he tried to control.

“Jaws” (1975)
You might think that the villain in this movie is the shark, but you’d be wrong. After all, the shark was just doing what sharks do, right? The real villain is the Mayor of Amity Island. This guy was more worried about the town's tourist economy than the townspeople's safety. He strongarms the coroner to keep the fact that there was a killer shark loose on the beach under wraps. He goes so far to even swear to the public that the beach is safe when he knows it’s not. Worst. Mayor. Ever.

“Back to the Future” (1985)
Just by his signature catchphrase alone, you can tell that this guy is not the brightest bulb around. “Make like a tree and get outta here” isn’t quite right, Biff. He’s kind of like Gaston in the way that he thinks he’s god’s gift to women. And he also tries to woo Lorraine by harassing her. Great idea, guy. Not to mention the fact that he got outmaneuvered by a kid on a makeshift skateboard and tossed headfirst into a pile of horse manure. He wasn’t looking so smart then. And future Biff didn’t get any smarter as he got older.