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Old 17th April 2012, 12:46 PM
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Works Of Narrative Fiction Named For The Villain
The idea for this thread popped into my brain while I was listening to Pavarotti sing "La Donna e Mobile" from Rigoletto. This can encompass novels, opera, movies, tv shows, short stories...any work of narrative fiction (so no Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (sorry, Mr. Shirer)) the title of which is a direct reference to the villain of the piece. We begin thus...

Lord of the Rings
Rigoletto
The Merchant of Venice
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Old 17th April 2012, 12:54 PM
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Old 17th April 2012, 01:09 PM
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oh geeze. Just before I opened the thread I thought "Why, Blahblah, of course!" . . . and now I can't remember. I'll get it at 4 AM and be sure to sleep through it
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Old 17th April 2012, 01:27 PM
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Old 17th April 2012, 01:30 PM
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Well then how about Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus? Frankenstein is the real, albeit sympathetic, villain of the piece.
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Old 17th April 2012, 02:46 PM
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Dr No?
The Last Man on Earth?
Godzilla?
Kill Bill?
The Phantom of the Opera?

This is harder than I thought it'd be.
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Godzilla was a hero! except, you know, in the first movie. In the later movies tiny replicas of Tokyo were smashed by accident.

Oh - Goldfinger!
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Godzilla was a hero! except, you know, in the first movie.
That reminds me: The Terminator.
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The Monk, by Matthew Gregory Lewis. Probably one of the first fantasy/horror epics, precursor to horror genre and sub-genres that would follow.
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Old 17th April 2012, 07:22 PM
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I guess the Phantom of the Opera would be in this category, too.

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Dr No?
The Last Man on Earth?
Godzilla?
Kill Bill?
The Phantom of the Opera?

This is harder than I thought it'd be.
I only thought of "The Man with the Golden Gun" because you said "Mr. No", Maegel.

**racks brains**

The Puppet Masters, by Heinlein, perhaps?
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I only thought of "The Man with the Golden Gun" because you said "Mr. No", Maegel.
They took away his doctorate?

And "Moby Dick."
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Is Moby Dick a villain? I could never read that damn book. But I am going to check out "The Monk".
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Is Moby Dick a villain? I could never read that damn book. But I am going to check out "The Monk".
I don't think so. I think Moby Dick is more of a force of nature, a la The Perfect Storm.
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Old 18th April 2012, 02:01 AM
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Is Moby Dick a villain?
Certainly the antagonist. Of course, the hero, Captain Ahab, is more than a little evil himself, but Moby Dick is a malevolent, willful antagonist, and not simply a force of nature. He's unknowable, but in a God-like way.
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Revenge of the Sith

How about works where the character who inspires the title doesn't start out as a villain, but later becomes one, even if its after the period covered by the work? If we allow those, then I'd like to submit Young George Lucas in Love.
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I disagree. Shylock is hardly the villain, he's the downtrodden puppy that everybody kicks.
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I disagree. Shylock is hardly the villain, he's the downtrodden puppy that everybody kicks.
Actually, I withdraw that one by virtue of the fact that it's NOT Shylock that's referenced in the title, but Antonio. I let the prevalent pop culture view of the play convince me that I didn't know what I knew.
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Eye of the Needle is all I can think of right now.
Come on man, The Big Lebowski.
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wait, what? I thought the dude was the big Lebowski, because of his dudelyness. Your saying it's the Other Lebowski?
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Yeah, at one point Dude refers to him as The Big Lebowski.
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I struggle with the ones where the protagonists are criminals. Ocean's Eleven is clear on who the "good guys" and "bad guys" are: the bad guy is running a legitimate casino operation and the good ones are trying to rob him. wait.

Are the Usual Suspects the bad guys? I had a few more but now my mind is stuck in an endless loop...
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