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He's got a costume and a cape, and an insanely dark backstory. He makes trouble for the magical protagonist, and yet he seems to always get away and come back to fuck things up in the future. Is he considered a super villain?
 
Oct 25, 2017
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no super powers = not a super villian

edit: if someone gonna talk about "normal" human supervillians like lex luthor his exceptional brainpower, money and influence counts as super "power"
 
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So the joker isn't a supervillain?
I don't mean power as in ability to fly, I mean power as in ability to influence, act or control upon the world. the joker doesn't have super strength, but he absolutely has a super ability to wreak havoc across gotham and against the batman.

the hamburgler by contrast is completely ineffectual against Ronald Mc D
 
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Deleted member 12790

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I don't mean power as in ability to fly, I mean power as in ability to influence, act or control upon the world. the joker doesn't have super strength, but he absolutely has a super ability to wreak havoc across gotham and against the batman.

the hamburgler by contrast is completely ineffectual against Ronald Mc D

The Hamburgler wreaks havoc across McDonald-Land. he's their number 1 most wanted criminal, because he ruins meals. In a land where eating hamburgers is literally the center of life, being known as the dude who robs people of hamburgers is a huge fucking deal.
 

jroc74

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How come I kept picturing Wimpy from Popeye....

I used to think this was Ronald McDonald with a mask on
 

Manmademan

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no super powers = not a super villian

edit: if someone gonna talk about "normal" human supervillians like lex luthor his exceptional brainpower, money and influence counts as super "power"

Eh...the bodega bandit is technically a supervillain.

The club isnt really all that exclusive

Edit: actually the bodega bandit is a supervillain EXPLICITLY based on the Hamburglar. He's a blantant ripoff/homage to him.

So theres your answer.
 

HStallion

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The Grimace still cries itself to sleep every night after what the Hamburgler did to him.
 

Border

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What has he ever done besides steal a plate full of hamburgers?

"Always seems to come back" is a weak justification for super villain status. Just because Mayor McCheese is soft on crime that doesn't mean repeat offenders are super villains.
 

HStallion

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How bad was the jail the Hamburgler broke out of? Maybe he's just a product of the Prison McDonalds Complex
 

Chojin

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Oct 26, 2017
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He constantly foils Ronald. I mean he gets caught sometimes but the commercials are just propaganda for McDonaldland tourism promoting burger safety.
 

ElBoxy

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In The Wacky Adventures of Ronald McDonald he's a friend of Ronald but is also a backstabbing asshole. He also has self-esteem issues.
 

cheese toast

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Ronald - 2019
Grimace - 2020
Mayor McCheese - 2021
Birdie + Officer Big Mac - 2022
...leading to the team-up movie of McDonald's - 2023

The McCU.
 

L Thammy

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Actually, speaking of the villains in McDonald's canon. Grimace used to be a villain, and when he was, he had four arms. Now he's good and he has two. Were the arms controlling him like they were possessed by Liquid Snake or something? Did Ronald McDonald befriend Grimace by ripping his extra arms off?
 

CoolestSpot

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He's more an anime villain. Ronald Mcdonald beat him in a fight, then he joined up to take on larger threats.
 

CoolestSpot

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I remember in one of the games Hambuglar and Ronald were chums and even had a hyper move of some sort together.