Everyone has probably heard of or has seen the Lego Movie but there are always people trying to ruin the fun; this time it's Fox News (Surprise Surprise) saying the Lego Movie is Anti-Capitalist for using a corporate executive as it's main villain and that got me thinking.
Exactly how often is the Corrupt Executive used in animation?
Well lets go through the top ten Corrupt Corporate Executives.
Rules are that all animation is allowed and were looking at just the individuals rather than a whole company; for example it's clear that the whole of GENOM in Bubblegum Crisis is corrupt but cannot go on this list.
Without further delay lets begin.
10. Norman Osborn/Green Goblin from Spectacular Spiderman
Is not only a major villain but in this version of Spiderman he's heavily involved with other villains as well as creating half of them with his own experiments and betraying them should they go on a rampage.
9. Plutarkian Lawrence Lactavius Limburger from Biker Mice From Mars
Is disguised as a corporate executive but is really an alien from a race of Planet Looters.
8. Stavros Garkos from The Hurricanes
It's not enough that Stavros wants to increase his already high wealth but is also seeking ways to cheat so his soccer team can win the world tournament.
7. Gozaburo Kaiba from Yu-Gi-Oh
Had his own corrupt team of executives who all play card games, sadly for him he didn't foresee his own adoptive son betray him and turn his company into a Card Game amusement park complete with academy.
6. Looten Plunder from Captain Planet
This guy is the template for all Corrupt Corporate Executives and is the only villain in the show to have a plausible motive for pillaging the Earth.
5. MOM from Futurama
The only female on this list. She masks herself as a kind old lady in public but easily comes off as a gender swap Mr Burns when concocting evil plans.
4. Cyril Sneer from The Raccoons
As the picture shows, it's clear that Cyril is a greedy businessman who wants to destroy the forest for easy money and even has the Cigar to make the image work.
3. Albert Maverick from Tiger & Bunny
Although it's not so clear at the beginning when you essentially turn capturing villains into a tv show sponsored by major corporations but Using NEXT powers to cover up a murder he committed in front of the man he turned into a Superhero for the sake of continuing his TV show and then turning everyone against Kotetsu to keep it covered up and then gets away with it by wiping his memories before being killed off by Lunatic
2. Lex Luthor from Superman
One of the more famous examples in which the businessman (Or at least since the 80s) is having an inferiority complex when it comes to Superman and seeks to take down the powerhouse using anything and everything at his disposal which includes, kryptonite and powered mecha suits.
1. Mr Burns from The Simpsons
It's the height of hypocrisy when Fox makes comments about the Lego Movie being Anti-Capitalist when the Simpsons' (Fox's biggest money maker) most reoccurring villain is Mr Burns, whose history of crimes would make many of the other people on this list into petty thugs in comparison.
Extra: Funny how they don't bring up Robocop (Which has come out the same time as the Lego Film) when the main villain in that film is also a corrupt executive but nooooooooo they had to pick on a harmless yet awesome kids film about Danish building blocks. You must feel really big now Fox.
