Turns out these supervillains are actually super-sweet! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the Top 10 Times Superhero Villains Actually Did Something Nice.
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00:00Welcome to WatchMojo and today we're counting down our picks for the top 10 times superhero
00:18villains actually did something nice.
00:21For this list, we'll be looking at the most notable instances when iconic bad guys from
00:25superhero movies and shows surprised the audiences with an act of kindness or heroism.
00:31We're excluding anti-heroes and characters from animated works since they deserve a list
00:36of their own.
00:37There will be many spoilers ahead, so turn back now if you don't want to know about
00:42any surprises.
00:45Which of these moments left you shocked?
00:47Let us know in the comments down below.
00:50Number 10.
00:51Sabretooth saves Wolverine's life X-Men Origins Wolverine
01:01When Logan has a showdown with Weapon 11, it looks like he's met his match, but after
01:06being a genuinely awful person for most of the movie, Sabretooth aka Victor surprises
01:12everyone.
01:16He shows up at the last possible moment to give his brother much needed backup.
01:20After Sabretooth stops Logan from falling to his doom, the villain speaks the line that
01:24could not fit the tone of this movie more.
01:30Thanks to the antagonist's help, Wolverine is able to take down Weapon 11 with a devastating
01:34and head-rolling blow.
01:36It may not erase all the bad blood between the duo, but Victor came through here.
01:51Number 9.
01:52Zemo joins forces with Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
02:04Between the Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Avengers Sam and Bucky decide to turn to an
02:08old foe for help tracking down where a group of villains got Super Soldier serum.
02:12They just have to break the antagonist out of jail first.
02:21It's an interesting team-up when you consider that Baron Zemo helped break the Avengers
02:25apart in Captain America Civil War, but the villain is actually extremely helpful.
02:33He shows that even though he's responsible for some terrible and murderous things, he
02:37is interested in keeping the world safe.
02:39If Zemo had just turned down his violent tendencies a little, Sam and Bucky may have extended
02:44their partnership.
02:51Number 8.
02:52Ozymandias saves the world.
02:54Watch me.
03:04When villainous mastermind Ozymandias meets his daughter Lady True, we soon learn that
03:08she's even more trouble than he is.
03:11She reveals to her horrible father that she plans to use Dr. Manhattan's power to turn
03:15the world into whatever she wants it to be.
03:27Dr. Manhattan naturally realizes this will be terrible.
03:30The Blue Hero decides to send Ozymandias to his old squid-creating lair.
03:35Once there, the megalomaniac decides to use cephalopods to his advantage to dash his daughter's
03:40plan.
03:53He triggers a hellstorm of the frozen creatures that kill Lady True before she can finish
03:58her evil plan.
03:59Although Ozymandias deserves credit for saving the world, he is understandably arrested for
04:04his crimes immediately.
04:15Number 7.
04:16Ultron warns Wanda to leave Sokovia, Avengers Age of Ultron.
04:30Ultron's ultimate goal throughout the film was to wipe out a large portion of humanity.
04:34Originally, he teamed up with Wanda and Pietro to execute his plans.
04:45But they eventually turned on him when they realized how many innocent people he's trying
04:49to kill.
04:50After a major battle, Wanda finds a damaged Ultron.
04:54He's surprisingly tender when he warns her that she could die if she doesn't leave
04:58the crumbling remains of her homeland.
05:07It's hard to say why Ultron seemed to have such a caring impulse towards her.
05:11Perhaps he understands her darkness?
05:13Ultimately, he didn't get a chance to find out because Wanda ripped his robot heart out
05:18for slaying her brother.
05:23Number 6.
05:24Wenwu saves Shang-Chi, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
05:35Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is a superhero martial arts film that deeply
05:40explores family trauma.
05:41After spending thousands of years accruing power with his Ten Rings, Wenwu starts a family.
05:52When his wife is slain by his old enemies, he treats his children harshly and isolates
05:56them.
05:57Wenwu and his children clash again when an evil other dimensional being called the Dweller
06:01in Darkness tricks the man behind the Ten Rings into breaking the monster out.
06:15Upon seeing this Dweller in Darkness, Wenwu realized he's been duped and protects his
06:19son.
06:20His son even gives up the power of the Rings to Shang-Chi.
06:24Wenwu's final act as a father was ensuring that his son might defeat this evil.
06:36Number 5.
06:37The Vulture keeps Peter's secret.
06:39Spider-Man Homecoming
06:48In this 2017 movie, Peter Parker realizes that his homecoming date Liz is Adrian Tomes,
06:54aka the Vulture's daughter.
06:56The villain soon realizes who's underneath the webhead's mask too.
07:03Since Spider-Man saved Liz earlier in the film, the Vulture agrees to leave the hero
07:07alone as long as the kid doesn't interfere with any future schemes.
07:23But Peter still ditches the dance to thwart the villain.
07:26After Vulture's arrested, Matt Gargan approaches Tomes and asks if he knows who Spider-Man
07:31is.
07:32Knowing that he could expose Peter, Vulture keeps the secret to himself.
07:41The aerial villain probably did the webhead a solid because Peter saved him from a fire.
07:46No matter what the Vulture's motivations were, it was nice of him to keep Spidey's
07:50identity safe.
07:56Number 4.
07:58Reverse Flash Helps Barry Defeat Godspeed.
08:00The Flash
08:13In the Flash TV series, the Reverse Flash, otherwise known as Eobard Thawne, is that
08:18nemesis who's never gone forever.
08:20And at least in this one instance, that's a good thing.
08:24When Hero Barry seems to be at the end of his rope with Godspeed, the Reverse Flash
08:28speeds into the fray.
08:40The two team up against this common enemy together and race into an epic battle.
08:44In the end, Thawne takes Godspeed out.
08:47Unfortunately, the goodwill between the rivals doesn't last for long.
09:01Thawne does make a decent attempt to take out the Flash before giving up.
09:05While it wasn't a great way for him to end the battle, there would likely be no Flash
09:09left to fight, were it not for the villain's actions.
09:22Number 3.
09:23Loki Saves Jane's Life – Thor The Dark World
09:36While Thor The Dark World isn't necessarily everyone's favorite Marvel film, it marks
09:41the beginning of Loki's path to redemption.
09:43Sort of.
09:44The trickster starts the movie imprisoned on Asgard and estranged from his brother Thor.
09:49But everything changes when their mother Frigga is murdered.
09:52Her death leads to the siblings and Jane Foster teaming up against the dark elf Malekith,
09:57who killed her.
10:05During the climactic battle, Loki personally saves Jane's life not once, but twice.
10:10He's also instrumental in stopping the villain Curse.
10:17Naturally, the antagonist keeps up his mischievous streak and fakes his death before assuming
10:25Odin's identity.
10:26But despite the outcome, the heroic deeds he performed for Jane and his brother can't
10:30be ignored.
10:31Number 2.
10:41Magneto Partners With The Mutants – X2 X-Men United
10:54Although Charles Xavier and Magneto both want to protect mutantkind, their vastly different
10:59approaches to helping their brethren often make it impossible for them to work together.
11:07But the master of magnetism seems to turn over a new leaf in X2.
11:11After Charles gets captured by the Sinister Striker, Magneto teams up with the heroic
11:15mutants to help save their leader.
11:18During their partnership, the villain gives advice, saves lives, and opens up about his
11:22motivations.
11:36We were almost convinced that he was a fully-fledged hero until he tried to strike a blow against
11:41humanity.
11:42Magneto's temporary alliance with the X-Men does serve as a nice break from his struggle
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12:07Number 1.
12:08Doc Ock Saves Peter – Spider-Man 2
12:19Doctor Otto Octavius gives directionless, confused Peter Parker some much-needed guidance
12:24in supporting Spider-Man 2.
12:25But thanks to a failed experiment, the scientist starts to be controlled by his evil tentacle
12:29arms.
12:39It seems like the good man who befriended Peter is gone forever once Otto turns on a
12:43dangerous machine.
12:44Just when all hope seems lost, Spider-Man takes off his mask and gets through to his
12:49old mentor.
13:02Doc Ock suddenly is able to gain control of his evil arms and decides to undo the damage
13:07he caused.
13:08He ultimately sacrifices himself to stop his invention from wrecking the city and taking
13:12lives.
13:13Doc Ock's final act of kindness completed arguably the best villain redemption arc of
13:18any superhero film.
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