100th Post! 10 Top 10 Countdowns.

Just to start off, this will be a hell of a long post. Due to this, I will attempt to be brief in each countdown and will most likely go into further detail as we meet each character, episode or moment in future reviews and character profiles.


Top 10 Batman Villains:

Going into this list, I thought of a few things that would influence my choices. What they've done, their visual appearance and their one biggest "victory" or accomplishment. All this is based off the Batman The Animated series and not other incarnations.

10) Bane

9) Mad Hatter

8) The Riddler

7) Two-Face

6) Mr. Freeze

5) Catwoman

4) Harley Quinn

3) Poison Ivy

2) Scarecrow

1) The Joker


Top 10 Looney Tunes Characters:

A very common factor for characters you will find, is that visual appearance can play a role in my choices. For these characters it's not a major deciding factor, but what is one is the overall character, what they do in their shorts and just how funny I find them.

10) Sam Sheepdog

9) Gossamer

8) Count Blood Count

7) Tweety Bird

6) Witch Hazel

5) Sylvester

4) Bugs Bunny

3) Pepe Le Pew

2) Wile. E Coyote

1) Marvin Martian


Top 10 Animated Movies (Non-Disney, in my collection):

Alrighty. First off, nothing from Disney appears here. Secondly there are at least three movies that should be on this list but aren't, simply because I am going by what I own. If I didn't limit it that way I could sit here all night trying to whittle my list to just 10. Perhaps in time I will be able to separate the anime entries into their own list and update this one.

10) Happily Ever After

9) All Dogs Go To Heaven

8) Fern Gully

7) G.I Joe: The Movie

6) Digimon the Movie

5) Batman Mask of the Phantasm

4) Anastasia

3) Cardcaptors the Movie

2) Secret of NIMH

1) Spirited Away


Top 10 Ghostbusters Ghosts:

The Real Ghostbusters ghosts only. Ones from the movies, while deserving of spots here will perhaps make appearances on future countdowns. Visual appearance, the ghosts powers and just how much of a match they are for the Ghostbusters are all factors in my choices.

10) Stay Puft Marshmellow Man

9) The Dark Entity

8) Marduk

7) Captain Jack Higgins

6) Sandman

5) Boogieman

4) Lord Kildarby and the Bird of Kildarby

3) Big Boo

2) Rall

1) Samhain


Top 10 Darkwing Duck Villains:

Let's get dangerous! Darkwing Duck's villains are rather fun in the way that they quite often are based off of comic book villains, whether it's the obvious Bushroot/Poison Ivy or the perhaps more obscure Moliarty/Mole Man reference these villains are just a lot of fun. Most of these villains though, are a bit hard to take too seriously, though that looks like it's changing with the Darkwing Duck comic series.

10) Moliarty

9) Tauras Bulba

8) Liquidator

7) Tuskernini

6) Bushroot

5) Megavolt

4) Splatter Phoenix

3) Steelbeak

2) Negaduck

1) Quackerjack and Mr. Banana Brain


Top 10 Scooby-Doo Villains: Seasons 1 and 2 of Scooby-Doo Where Are You?

Yes, yes even though the series was a bit laughable and fairly corny, Scooby-Doo still had some rather unique villains. There are though, a few clunker villains who were nothing more than a cliche ghost. But these villains are, in my opinion, among the more visually unique ones even if it turned out to be someone in a mask each time.

10) Werewolf Ghost

9) Black Knight

8) Miner 49er

7) Elias Kingston

6) Creeper

5) Redbeard

4) Mr. Hyde

3) Snow Ghost

2) Zen Tuo

1) Ghost Clown


Top 10 Movie Monsters Non-Human:

Movie monsters! Who doesn't love a good movie monster? Now, in the title what I mean by human is that there won't be Vampires, Werewolves or Zombies found here. Humanoid ones though can be found here and there in the list.

10) Creature from the Black Lagoon

9) Graboids

8) The Thing

7) King Kong

6) Godzilla

5) Jaws

4) Critters

3) Gremlins

2) Predator

1) Aliens


Top 10 Scary Movie Animals:

The majority of the animals found here are living, breathing animals even if most aren't ones we are likely to encounter on a daily basis. Since dinosaurs do technically classify as animals they have been included in this list, but ones such as dragons with purple spots will obviously not be present. One day though a "Fantasy" oriented list may appear.

10) Grizzly: Grizzly

9) The Birds: Birds

8) Piranhas - Piranha

7) Lake Placid: Crocodile

6) Anaconda - Anaconda

5) Jurassic Park: Velociraptors

4) Jurassic Park: Dilophosauras

3) Arachnophobia: Spiders

2) Jaws: Great White Shark

1) Cujo: Saint Bernard


Disney Villain Songs:

Disney! The main rule of thumb for me when it came to this list was if it's one that was memorable enough to me. Some things that factored into this was the scene itself where this takes place, was it visually interesting? Did it help the story along?

10) The Mob Song: Beauty and the Beast

9) Heffalumps and Woozles: Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8) World's Greatest Criminal Mastermind: Great Mouse Detective

7) Mother Knows Best: Tangled

6) Be Prepared: Lion King

5) Kidnap the Sandy Claws: Nightmare Before Christmas

4) Gaston: Beauty and the Beast

3) I've Got Friends on the Other Side: Princess and the Frog

2) Hellfire: Hunchback Of Notre Dame

1) Poor Unfortunate Souls: The Little Mermaid


Top 10 Saddest Moments in Disney and Pixar:

Disney is, despite being family friendly, quite good at providing the audience with scenes that are just downright depressing. So of course I had to compile a list of the ten saddest moments in the animated canon and Pixar! Get your kleenex ready or just skip over this list if you'd prefer to stay happy :)

10) Toy Story 2: When She Loved Me (song)

9) UP: Married Life Montage

8) Mickey's Christmas Carol: Bob Crachit in the graveyard

7) Brother Bear: Kenai telling Koda the truth.

6) Tarzan: Kala losing her baby in the opening.

5) Dumbo: Baby of Mine (song)

4) The Lion King: Mufasa's Death

3) Toy Story 3: The ending.

2) Bambi: Bambi's mom getting shot.

1) Snow White: Snow White's funeral/the Dwarf's vigil.


This concludes our 100th post and our 10 Top 10's. I hope you enjoyed scanning through the list, please feel free to drop a comment on what you liked (or didn't like) about each list or even supply a list of your own! See something I missed? Let me know and I'll be happy to point out why I may not have added it to a list.

Scooby-Doo and the Monster of Mexico

Continuing with the short Scooby-Doo kick, we now go south to Mexico! Though...I think the gang has been here before at some point in their wide number of episodes. However, this is the first feature length movie to step foot here.

On this outing a large purple monster is terrorizing, looking much like the Cookie's monster cousin gone wild. While they are in town, Fred's pen-pal, Alejo and his family lend a hand with providing them a place to stay and showing them around the town. We are provided with many suspects on this trip include a Medicine Man, Louis the cowardly brother, his wife Charlene and Senor Fuente who wishes to buy the hotel from Alejo and Louis.

One slightly interesting thing to me is that Alejo's pet dog is unable to speak. I just find it so odd that Scooby, Scooby-Dum, Scooby-Dee and Scrappy are all able to speak English (to varying degrees) and are understood by their human companions but all other dogs are largely silent. Not so much an annoyance, just a small oddity that's never really given an explanation to my knowledge.

So. Back to the movie. The gang starts out by interviewing the townspeople about the Chupacabra (who is actually Puerto Rican inspired) before heading out to the woods where a chase occurs. Alejo nearly falls off a cliff, with his brother nowhere to be seen until after the monster disappears. Meanwhile Fred, Daphne and Velma encounter the Medicine Man who gives some cryptic words and advice. Shaggy and Scooby sit this one out and sleep in the van, though discover the brake lines were cut leading to a slight scare.

Moving along, the gang proceeds to check out a history museum, following up on the advice they gained. Daphne, as per usual goes missing and what results is an overly long chase to a Latin song. The gang returns in time for the Day of the Dead and meet up with Alejo's wife and his mother Dolores who inform them that Charlene has been taken by the Chupacabra. After rehashing all the clues and events, the ghost of Senor Otero appears and urges the brothers to sell their land and hotel. Realizing something is up, Scooby uncovers a skeleton dressed man and a brief chase ensues ending with the unmasking of the skeleton and the chupacabra.

Monster of Mexico is...rather in the middle ground for the direct to video releases. It's not all that amazing, but not overly bad. Given the still constant releases of these films it's doubtful Scooby-Doo will be going anywhere, anytime soon.

Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase

Alright! So! Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase, one of eleventy billion different Scooby-Doo movies/shows. This one however focuses on a mystery in a computer.

The plot is quite simple. Find out who created the Phantom Virus. Let's start off by rounding up the suspects. We have a security guard who right off the bat is a tad antagonistic towards the gang, the college professor who helped create a special laser and his two students, one of which is friends with the gang.

Even to the most casual viewer, the answer is repeatedly shoved at us with constant hints delivered by the Virus himself, as well as a couple of visual clues. Like most Scooby outings, many Scooby-Snacks are consumed when food is in short supply and Jinkies abound!

Certainly not one of the best Scooby films, though one thing that does work in it's favor is the complete lack of Scrappy-Doo. However the gang does poke a bit of fun at their own running gags from time to time, as well as question their fashion sense when they meet virtual versions of themselves (though wearing their old outfits we know best).

Probably worth a view if you're a die-hard Scooby fan, or for the curious with an hour and half to spare.