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My name is Amanda McKnight and I will be your host for this top 10 nerd list where we countdown
the top 10 super villains with weird power restrictions.
I mean you have to cap villains somewhere, right?
Especially the ones on god level mode.
Those ones need some restrictions.
I actually love when I have an amazing villain who seems like they can do it all but then
you find out about something that is holding them back.
This is what makes supervillains and really any character feel realistic their weaknesses.
Though in this list were going to be taking a look at less of the ones that are poetic
or relatable and more of the ones that are just plain odd.
And if you love supervillains as much I do, make sure to give this video a thumbs up.
Alright, here we go.
10 Brainiac
One of Superman's greatest villains, brilliant, advanced with supreme technology, able to
shrink any city, occasionally hinted as being the destroyer of Superman's homeworld, Krypton--but
he can never leave his ship.
In his own comic series, titled Brainiac, Superman knocks Brainiac out of his ship during
a fight and defeats him simply by exposing him to bacteria which apparently his immune
system is not built to handle.
In fact it is made clear that Brainiac is only safe when on his skull ship.
So yes, in this storyline, Brainiac is still super powerful as long as he can stay on his
ship.
9 Serpent
Also known as Cul Borson, brother to Odin and uncle to Thor.
This is a supervillian who actually killed Thor in the Fear Itself series.
He is strong, has magic, can heal and is able to gain power from fear.
That is to say those who fear him feed his power.
However this works both ways.
In other words, if his opponent does not fear him or if he feels fear, it weakens him to
the point that he appears frail, aged and becomes weak.
All I can think of is the fear demon from Buffy when I see Serpent.
Not sure if you remember the episode with Gachnar but now all I can imagine is a tiny
weak Serpent who could easily be squashed when no one believes in him.
Fortunately for Serpent people often fear him and so he is only in his weak state very
rarely.
Which is good for him because he looks pretty useless when he is not feeling that fear.
8 Venom
So Venom, aka Eddie Brock, has a lot of interesting weaknesses.
Fire, loud noises bother them, the symbiote can't survive without a host...
But let's talk a little bit more around the restriction of needing a host, this is explained
in the comics by Venom's constant need to feed... on phenethylamine!!!
(FEN ETHYL A MEEN) What does this mean?
That Eddie Brock is forced to constantly snack on chocolate to keep himself bonded to the
symbiote.
That's right chocolate!
Okay so phenethylamine is actually found in the brain, hence why Venom originally threatened
and attempted to eat brains and actually drains this chemical from his host, meaning that
in order to keep the symbiote happy and fed, Eddie needs to build up his stores.
And phenethylamine is also found in chocolate!
While this has not been mentioned for awhile in comics, the newest Venom film staring Tom
Hardy still made a nod at this backstory.
7 Reverse Flash
Also known as Eobard Thawne, Reverse-Flash is known as one of the fastest characters
in the DC universe.
He is a constant rival to The Flash and has been a known supervillain in comics since
the 1960s.
As terrifying a villain he is however, Thawne has his own strange limitations.
If you are familiar with the villain you can probably guess where these come from.
Yup, time travel.
In the Flashpoint storyline, it is made clear that because his history is connected to Bary
Allen's he cannot actually kill his nemesis.
After all it was Allen's suit that he found in the future so without Allen, Thawne would
not be Reverse-Flash.
Instead Reverse-Flash just tries to make Barry's life miserable.
Timey wimey, time paradox stuff.
6 Thanos
As OP as Thanos may have appeared in the Marvel cinematic universe, he definitely has had
his setbacks in the comics.
Namely that he is a fool for love.
More specifically, a fool for loving Mistress Death or Lady Death or just plain old Death
as she is known in the comics.
I also love that Death is a woman in Marvel.
On more than one occasion, Thanos has sacrificed power for Death and he would probably be ruling
over the entire Marvel multi-verse right now if not for his obsessive love for her.
Not only has he sacrificed but he also been tortured by his lover, even literally driven
mad by her.
Although it seems Thanos may be over his love affair as of the end of Thanos vol 2.
And so a lifelong love affair, ends like that?
5 Mister Mxyzptlk
Miks-yez-pittle-ik
Okay so first I want to apologize for potentially butchering Mister Mixy's name.
Mister Mxyzptlk.
It's a tongue twister for sure.
Beyond that confusion we have the astounding confusion that is Mister Mixy's powers.
That is to say he is practically omnipotent and has the potential to be one of the strongest
DC villains.
Practically and potential being explained within his own odd limitations.
Mister Mixy likes to set rules for himself.
A trickster in his own right, often if others can trick him into doing certain things like
spelling his name backwards, he will have to retreat or surrender.
Odd and yet, I gotta give it to him, he's probably one of the most fun characters despite
this.
4 The Void
The Void has a pretty weird one.
Because he is not just the Void.
If you are a fan of the Sentry comics, you would know that the Void is also the Sentry.
They are two sides of Robert Reynolds, the greatest hero that the world forgot.
And they forgot him for good reason, his alter ego is the Void a crazy powerful super villain
who no hero could possibly stop, save for himself.
Because the Void is actually contained within Robert, who is also the Sentry.
In other words the Void's limitations are that he is confined to Robert Reynold's broken
mind and is confined to a body that also contains his greatest weakness cause the Sentry is
in there too.
Moral of the story, mental illness can definitely make you feel like you are being held back.
This comic series is like an artistic representation that.
3 Red Lanterns
The anti-thesis to Green Lanterns, the Red Lanterns were created through the use of blood
magic and are granted powers through channelling rage.
Red Lanterns are usually quite violent as a result of this.
One's rage becomes unleashed, free and unhinged when joining the Red Lanterns, turning it's
members into more animalistic versions of themselves.
The more rage one feels, the less intelligent they also become, sacrificing intelligence
for raw feral power.
In fact Red Lanterns prefer to attack people with their own hands, rarely ever using their
rings.
Which is somewhat odd.
I mean they may as well use that ring cause they can never take it off.
Yupp, that's right.
What limits a Red Lantern?
Their own power source.
When you accept a Red Lantern ring and put one on your own blood spoils from within and
leaves you barfing it up in an acidic form.
So you actually can't take your ring off or you would die.
As you have no blood.
In other words, you can join the Red Lanterns but you can never leave!
2 Galactus
Galactus power meter is off the charts.
Too bad he can never really use it though because this sometime supervillain has other
priorities.
He hungry!
In fact if it wasn't for his hunger would we even call him a super villain?
Probably not.
Galactus is just a being with too much power and to feed this power, he's gotta keep eating
worlds!
Which keeps up from really doing much else with his power.
And his powers are pretty much limitless.
Thanos has said before that Galactus is on the God level of powers.
He's basically undefeatable.
He's also telepathic, can create life and transmute matter.
In fact his hunger problem has now been fixed and he actually works more as a creator of
planets and life, known as the Lifebringer.
However before this problem was solved he destroyed many worlds as a result of his hunger.
You know what they say, with great power comes great appetite.
1 Mephisto
Basically Mephisto is the devil of the Marvel universe.
He comes from a hellish dimension and gets people to submit to him, help him complete
dastardly plots in exchange for power or favours.
Often he does not uphold his part of the bargain by finding loopholes within his pacts or contracts.
However, he also has his own limitations.
One thing that restricts him from being fully unstoppable is his powers are tied to his
dimension so he often has to find others to do his bidding as he can't be away from his
dimension for too long.
And he can't even get just anyone.
He has to find someone who is willing to submit, hence his tricksy pacts he makes with people.
If he could just go wherever and do whatever, the Marvel universe would certainly be a more
hellish place.
Thanks for watching, nerd squad.
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