Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan: There appears to be a class of Machinemen who serve as scientists for Black Magma and are indicated by the white labcoats they wear.Most of Shocker's derivatives also had a similar class of minions to handle Monster of the Week creation and other scientific endeavors. Kamen Rider: The Shocker Scientists, who wore white versions of the regular combatant uniforms and were in charge of performing the remodeling surgery to create kaijin.Her romantic feelings for John got her upgraded to Mauve Shirt, and later she did a Mook–Face Turn out of that love. Gilina on Farscape was an Evil Minion to the Peacekeepers, serving as a technician in her debut episode "Peace Keeper Tech Girl".Ofthen times they would look the same as the regular Mooks except they would wear white labcoats to distinguish themselves. It was common for a Nebulous Evil Organization in an early Toku show to have a class of minions who serve as scientists and technicians.Weak Boss, Strong Underlings: When the evil minions are actually more physically powerful than their boss. Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: The minions are nowhere as serious as their boss.Underling with an F in PR: Minions who have trouble with the whole "working in secret" thing.Sycophantic Servant: Minions who are all too eager to throw their dignity away just to please their boss.Vampire Vannabe: Someone helps out the vampires in hopes that the vampires will repay them by making them one of their own.The Renfield: The loyal human servant of a vampire.Punch-Clock Villain: Those minions only work for a paycheck, so don't expect much competency or enthusiasm from their part.Professional Butt-Kisser: An evil assistant that's loyal to whoever is at the top.Personal Mook: Mooks that take care of the Big Bad's everyday routine.Perky Female Minion: Every Big Bad out there seems to have that one girl servant that's oddly lively considering the side she's in.Overzealous Underling: Minions acting on their own initiative screws up the bad guy's plans.Minion with an F in Evil: The worst guys you can have around, and we're not talking in a good way.Middle-Management Mook: Not quite part of the minion elite, but also above the servile imbeciles at the bottom of the Mook hierarchy.The Igor: The mad scientist's short, deformed assistant.Mad Scientist: Chances are good that at least one of the villain's underlings is an insane, evil scientist using their research and technology to advance their boss's goals.naïve or otherwise unaware that they are evil. Ignorant Minion: Flunkeys who are too dumb, stupid, unintelligent.Faceless Goons: The henchmen all have their faces obscured by their helmets.Enigmatic Minion: A servant with a mysterious agenda.Elite Mooks: It's very common (not to mention logical) for Big Bads to leave their empire's operations to the best soldiers around, leaving the regular, expendable ones solely for combat purposes.Black Shirt: Someone on the hero's side secretly wants the villain to win so he can join his side.May also be Mooks depending on threat level. Adorable Evil Minions: The villain's underlings are cute.If they have lines, expect them to complain about work conditions, desperate need for better insurance, their pay and their bosses' idea of "incentives". On the bright side they're rarely completely faceless like other Security Guard Mooks, affording them at least some protection from heroic rampages, though they're still "evil" Innocent Bystanders to the heroes' wrath. This is so the audience can easily pick them out as nameless and expendable. Usually drawn (if animated) or dressed (if live action) alike in overalls, Space Clothes, or other utilitarian "science" or "engineer" garb depending on their job. They tend to the villain's science labs, clean up the corpses from the shark pools ( or become shark fodder), give The Dragon stress relief via being choked or other dog kickery, and generally run around like headless chickens when the hero pushes the Big Red Button. Evil cousins to the Red Shirt and yet " Technical Pacifist" brothers to normal Mooks.Įvil Minions are the non-combat version of Mooks. A class of Stock Character that allows a Big Bad to operate on a large scale.
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