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I wouldn't call most of these villains "iconic", but they're probably my top ten outside of the comic books. In no particular order:
Hannibal Lecter
Mr Potter
Leonard Smalls
Jafar
Hans Gruber
Duchess (The cat from "Babe")
Clubber Lang
Noah Cross
Scar
Nurse Ratched
> Not in comic books, though; rather, in popular culture in general.
> On my short list, I'd include the modern horror trio - Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees and Michael Myers - the modern sci-fi trio - the Alien, the Predator and the Terminator - and one archvillain from each of those two categories - Hannibal Lecter and Darth Vader.
> Yes, I'm being inspired by an underused plot point from The Last Action Hero, but I think I can apply it to the Parodyverse in an interesting way, and I already know how to apply it to CrazySugarFreakBoy! in an interesting way.
> So, if your characters were to face off against famous non-superhero villains, which ones would you want to write about?
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And I never thought of it before, but Hannibal Lecter and Nurse Ratched would make a terrifying doctor-nurse psych-out combo.
The Lone Biker of the Apocalypse is getting included on my list, thanks to you, simply because he'd make a great pirate (this will make sense when you read it).
Mr. Potter and Noah Cross would be difficult to include, simply because they're manipulators rather than melee combatants, unless you can come up with another angle (again, after you see where I'm going with this), but I was already leaning toward having Hans pull a repeat of Die Hard.
I'm kind of willing to fudge on how "iconic" they have to be, simply because I'm also leaning toward including at least one Star Trek movie villain (hint: William Shatner has shouted his name), but I mainly just wanted the balance to tilt in favor of fictional bad guys that people other than nerds have heard of.
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