hello again nerd squad welcome back to another list many supervillains believe
they are in the right when it comes to their intentions some even seek world
domination simply to make the earth a better place or to destroy the world to
give birth to a new beginning create a clean slate for the planet and the end
some supervillains are labeled as villains as a result of the way they go
about achieving their goals despite the fact that often these goals could be
perceived as being noble today we are going to take a look at some of these
villains the ones with plans we can maybe almost get behind as we count down
the top 10 super villains with the best intentions which supervillain would you
be most comfortable with coming to your rescue
what super villains do you predict we'll make our cuts plug your thoughts and
guesses in the comments below quick before we all right let's get
counting number 10 mr. freeze Victor freeze only became the criminal
dr. freeze after an experiment went wrong causing his body temperatures to
be lowered meaning that he always needs to be kept at a colder temperature as a
young man he was also fascinated by cryogenics and some stories even getting
sent off to boarding school because he froze a cat as a kid to study it after
finding love his wife Nora is diagnosed with an incurable terminal illness in an
attempt to save her he aims to cryogenically freeze her until a cure
can be found for her illness there are a few different versions of the way this
ends up going for fries he either works to avenge her after she dies in a lab
accident or works to raise money to cure her with his life of crime and his
freeze right granted there's also a storyline where Nora is just a subject
that mr. freeze becomes creepily obsessed with but we're not going to
focus on that one for the purpose of this list just think of mr. freeze as
someone who does bad things because of true love he doesn't necessarily want to
do them but he has to number 9 lizard I actually feel really bad for lizard Curt
Connors never intended to become a villain he was simply working to create
a cure for lost limbs by creating a formula that would help them to
regenerate or grow back unfortunately the serum he created
transformed him into a monster many storylines actually paint Connors as a
victim more than a villain a brilliant mind trapped behind the animalistic
instincts of a giant lizard Connors consistently works hard to control his
transformations and gain control over his mind while in the
for well continuing to work towards the cure he originally sought while in his
human form Connors intentions always remain heroic
even when the lizards are very much not heroic you can't help but feel bad for
this man an villain struggle at one point his lizard form and mentality even
caused him to eat his own son tragic number 8 Doctor Octopus Doc Ock may not
always have the best intentions at heart but as another brilliant mind on the
list he has aimed to do the best he can for
others at times though will admit that he also often has something to gain from
his ear oeq actions take for example his time as superior spider-man his goals of
spider-man were noble but he also took up the mantle so he could escape his
failing body transferring Peter Parker's consciousness into his dying body and
leaving him there until it just fully shut down granted he also relinquished
Peters body to a shadow of Peters former self which was actually still in his own
body after having some success in his role as spider-man ultimately deciding
that Peter was the hero that was truly needed after being defeated by the Green
Goblin still his intentions were obviously to be a hero in parker stead
and aims to be an even better one at that but Doc Ock just couldn't cut it
number 7 Lex Luthor Lex Luthor's hatred of Superman may often taint his noble
efforts but there are many times when Luthor has made sacrifices for the
greater good he has teamed up with Superman on multiple occasions to help
fight against various enemies including doomsday he even joined the Justice
League in the animated series momentarily and helped them defeat the
Justice Lords an alternate version of the Justice League who ruled with an
iron fist on the world they've come from where they also killed their version of
Lex Luthor the Justice Lords have come to invade earth so that they can
transform it to mirror their own reality when the Justice League go to stop them
they appear to be evenly matched against the Justice Lords and Superman turns to
Lex to help him Lex agrees to do so he uses an energy
disruptor device to take away the lords powers and defeat them and doesn't even
turn the device on the league say what you want about his hatred of Superman
but Lex often knows when to put the benefits of innocence above his petty
feuds say what you want about his hatred of Superman but Lex often knows when to
put the benefits of innocence above his own petty feuds and he's a man of his
word because he promised he wouldn't betray the Justice League and so he
didn't number 6 May you know sure magneto is sort of an
tying normal humans activist and founder of the Brotherhood of mutants but
everything he does he does for the greater good of mutant kind in fact he
and the heroic Professor axe are out to do pretty much the same thing it's just
the way magneto goes about fighting for immune rights that makes him a villain
he feels that the only way to get humans to respect mutants rights is through
oppression and fear and the new x-men relaunch House of Acts he even works
with Xavier to grant mutants freedom through establishing their own nation
may their own world krikawa and you should see what as part of their
plan together in house of X issue 5 I don't want to spoil this all I'll leave
it for you to just read but I will say the one Professor X and Magneto decide
to work together it already makes me see Magneto's intentions as being more noble
more good if Charles is willing to work with him then it can't be all bad right
number 5 kill monger the comics paint another story fruit engine dhaka known
as erik kill monger who was resentful and felt unwanted after turning to
Wakanda he appears grateful to jacala but also expresses fear at opening the
borders of Wakanda as his King has done he later seeks to overthrow King
T'Challa and rule the world this last part is similar to Eric's intentions in
the MCU though the cinematic universe paints a nobler version of Erik as a
child whose father two challahs uncle was killed by the former king two
challahs father two Chaka seeking to get vengeance he returns to Wakanda who
keeps his wealth and resources as a secret from the world Eric's goal is to
take over Wakanda and rule so that he can wage war on the earth in an effort
to remove the oppression imposed on African descendants around the world I
mean war is never a great thing to do but his goal isn't a bad one he wants to
help other people filling the Wakanda is wrong not to have done so in the first
place I was wrong to have abandoned him in fact his intentions are considered so
great that jacala actually learns from this fight over the throne and from his
cousin in the end he decides it would be best to try and reach out open the
borders of Wakanda and make an effort to help the rest of the world with their
resources which is also what his girlfriend Nokia was urging him to do in
the film he was actually nothing really like her comic book version number 4
poison ivy my favorite eco-terrorist I've always seen poison ivy as having
the best intentions at heart what she wants more than anything is to protect
her plants and for the way she sees things humans and
plants just don't get along and she's not really wrong about that especially
in the modern age humans are actually one of the worse things for nature we
cut it down we choke it with fumes we tear it up and build condos and a
parking lot in the mall to poison ivy our very existence threatens that of her
and her babies her little plants like any good mother she just wants to
protect them sure if poison ivy has it her way we won't be around to enjoy the
planet but it will also be kind of happier without us I mean at least in
her mind number-three vanos we are not talking about comic books Anna's here
but instead are turning to look at the MCU Thanos who does appear to have good
intentions at heart if he has a heart I don't know comic book Thanos wreaks
havoc and kills in an attempt to woo mistress death who is death incarnate
but whom Thanos is infatuated with or he was he recently turned her down after
she finally decided the pair could be together weird in the Marvel Cinematic
Universe Thanos declares he kills to restore
balance to the world even is that cute and sadistic scene
with little Gamora where he explains all this remember the one the one with the
blade where they're balancing it you know time out ultimately his homeworld
Titan became overpopulated and Danna saw this is the beginning of the end for his
people the planet is now desolate as the civilization seems to have long ago
collapsed in an effort to protect other planets from suffering from the same
tragedy he eliminates half of the population of every planet he comes
across wanting to make this easier on himself because you know killing that
many people is a lot of work he works to assemble the Infinity Gauntlet allowing
for easier genocidal destruction with a mere snap of his fingers as much as the
heroes protests that this is not the way to go about this and I do agree this
does seem like a simple solution to kind of a huge problem even real-world earth
suffers from overpopulation after all number two Ozymandias a victim of his
own ego Ozymandias worked hard to create a plot that he believed would result in
world peace his plan was brilliant and elaborate making it look like there was
a greater alien threat in coming to ban the world together and create peace the
part that makes him villainous is that he kind of put himself at the center of
the plan making it all revolve around him seeing himself in his plot is the
only slash best way to save the planet Adrian Veidt sees superheroes is a huge
problem with the world and works to a dr. Manhattan who he thinks perfectly
symbolizes everything that is potentially wrong with heroes he also
eliminates anyone that gets in his way killing the comedian and later framing
Rorschach in a murder case his plan even works killing millions but to save
billions and end the war I mean it works at least for a while number one Doctor
Doom Victor Von Doom is a genius and insane magic-user who rules over
Latveria beyond that he has also ruled the earth before and even saved it a few
times as a villain he doesn't seem to be interested in destroying anyone except
his foes the Fantastic Four and even then he can finds that desire to usually
just trying to destroy Reed Richards he even helps to storm give birth and truth
his ego is what makes him villainous and sometimes unsuccessful in his plots he
wants to be adored and just feel that he is better than other people but often he
doesn't show great interest in harming other people in fact he wants to prove
that he is better often by being a great leader as much as he despises the
Fantastic Four he even led their team at a time and the crazy thing about Doctor
Doom is he actually is a great leader when he managed to rule the world for a
while it was peaceful food was plentiful and the economy was booming so while he
might not always be the nicest guy in terms of you know sacrificing
individuals personal freedoms he sure knows how to make the world a pretty
great place for everyone to live in you just have to be willing to admit that he
is the best bow down to him and possibly give in to some slight mind-control NBD
thank you so much for watching your squad I hope this list shows you just
how good some bad deeds can actually be at least the intention behind those bad
deeds anyways I personally feel like most
well-designed super villains just have one major flaw that holds them back from
being seen as a good guy but also this flaw makes them more relatable more
human as most superheroes don't really have big flaws that's why I love
villains and believe that each one is entitled to a few heroic moments in
their life what are some of your favorite heroic moments when it comes to
villains or who are your favorite villains who you think are really just
trying to do good stuff let us know your thoughts in the comments below and while
you're on the way down there remember to Like share subscribe and ring our Bell
forever more nerdy notifications this has been top 10 nerd and I'm your host
Amanda McKnight reminding you as always to stay nerdy YouTube