Since Ozymandias and Hoba (Patlabor the Movie) were mentioned I'll throw in Treize Khushrenada from Gundam Wing.
Are we talking superhero films, any films, or any medium whatsoever?
Anyway,
Paimon succeeds at the end of Hereditary, so I guess there's that.
There is an X-men novel where Doom makes a cosmic cube, reshapes reality so that he rules the world, is loved by everyone, married to storm with twins, but to spice it up he makes it so Gambit is leading a few mutants in a cute little rebellion.Yup he gets bored, like that time he has the entire world under his control and freed Magneto just so he'd have something to do
Sauron jobbed miserably. He couldn't take Helm's Deep, he couldn't take Minas Tirith, he couldn't even get his hands on two Hobbits in his own turf. He never came close to defeating men until they literally threw themselves at his gates and surrendered their lives in an obvious bid to distract him. Eru was so unmoved by the whole affair that he never bothered to intervene, save for sticking his ankle out behind Gollum.Arguably Sauron. He was absolutely correct in his intention that no being, no matter elf, man, dwarf, hobbit, or even Maiar (essentially angels) could resist the Rings power. And he knew the Valar (essentially gods with a small g) wouldn't intervene like they did at the end of the First Age. Not to mention he corrupted the other Rings of Power during their creation, except for the Elven three, but it didn't matter; the power he imbued the Ring with ensured they would all answer to him. They would succumb, and even if they "overthrew" him, his life force was bound to the Ring, and as long as it exists he still wins.
Shame about that whole hand of Eru/Gollum/pit of fire thing that got in the way.
Great film. Wonder if we wil get a sequel?
Sauron jobbed miserably. He couldn't take Helm's Deep, he couldn't take Minas Tirith, he couldn't even get his hands on two Hobbits in his own turf. He never came close to defeating men until they literally threw themselves at his gates and surrendered their lives in an obvious bid to distract him. Eru was so unmoved by the whole affair that he never bothered to intervene, save for sticking his ankle out behind Gollum.
Morgoth is a real winner, and he may yet get his.
Sauron jobbed miserably. He couldn't take Helm's Deep, he couldn't take Minas Tirith, he couldn't even get his hands on two Hobbits in his own turf. He never came close to defeating men until they literally threw themselves at his gates and surrendered their lives in an obvious bid to distract him. Eru was so unmoved by the whole affair that he never bothered to intervene, save for sticking his ankle out behind Gollum.
Morgoth is a real winner, and he may yet get his.
Not in Infinity War he doesn't. GOAT comic movie villian.
The story doesn't end at infinity war. He loses in the story. By that definition all villains succeed because hero stories generally follow the same path: hero does good, loses to bad guy, has a moment of growth, defeats bad guy in second round.
Thanos. There's a timeline where he sucessfully kills everything but himself, and gets foiled from doing that BY himself. And in the MCU he succeeds for 5 years, and if he'd just stashed the gauntlet in a locker or something instead of blowing it up they never would've found him.
Robotnik/Eggman succeeds in certain areas. In Forces he straight up defeats Sonic and takes over the world. In Sonic SatAM it starts with him having already taken over 90% of the planet
Kessler in InFamous.As the future version of Cole his goal was to force Cole to grind for levels early on so he'd be strong enough to defeat the beast when it inevitably showed up.
Xanatos in Gargoyles. His schemes are convoluted he got his own trope on how he planned everything all along
Ozymandius in Watchmen. Totally got world peace.
In The Powerpuff Girls, Mojo Jojo eventually wins, and under his reign he ushers in world peace, ends world hunger, etc. Then he eventually gets bored and undoes it so he has something to do again.
Boy does he
I see so he's gotten into identity theft when will his wave of crime end!That dude has been more people than the guy who shot Peter Parker's uncle.
Except something went wrong to have him where he starts in the film.
Are we talking superhero films, any films, or any medium whatsoever?
Anyway,
Paimon succeeds at the end of Hereditary, so I guess there's that.
Horror films are kind of cheating since the villain wins in like 50% of them. In some cases, they win at ending the world.
Thanos was pretty damn successful, and the Avengers had to pull time travel out of their ass to defeat him.
Every villain's plan is stupid. Otherwise they wouldn't be villains.I feel like Thanos should be disqualified since while he does succeed, his plan is immensely stupid, both in the intention and the execution.
If anything, he would have been better off not forging the One Ring. In doing so, he created an Achilles' heel for himself, whereas without it, he would have remained completely immune to any harm to his great spirit. Enduring while the Elves departed Middle-earth and outliving Aragorn and his potential heirs, and the eventual decline of that particular bloodline would have served him better. He could still be around now in Tolkien's imagined history of this world as a politician or dictator.Arguably Sauron. He was absolutely correct in his intention that no being, no matter elf, man, dwarf, hobbit, or even Maiar (essentially angels) could resist the Rings power. And he knew the Valar (essentially gods with a small g) wouldn't intervene like they did at the end of the First Age. Not to mention he corrupted the other Rings of Power during their creation, except for the Elven three, but it didn't matter; the power he imbued the Ring with ensured they would all answer to him. They would succumb, and even if they "overthrew" him, his life force was bound to the Ring, and as long as it exists he still wins.
Shame about that whole hand of Eru/Gollum/pit of fire thing that got in the way.