Thread:AustinDR/@comment-1762629-20141119225320

Xmike has finally left an opinion about Vicious (or the Iron Masked Marauder) the villain of the fourth Pokemon movie and a rather hotly debated example. Now, I don't actually believe the thread concluded any talk on him, as all my searchings have yielded nothing but unconcluded discussion about him, but he's often compared to J and Kodai. So, I researched the villain, and here's what I found:

The Iron-Masked Marauder is one of Team Rocket's elite agents. He uses "Dark Balls" (Pokeballs with corruptive qualities, causing any captured Pokemon to devolve into mindless violence and evil against their will) to help him on his quest to try to capture Celebi. He demonstrates this by using a Tyranitar to burn down the camp of a hunter in a rather violent interrogation method. He attacks the heroes at numerous points, and when he finally gets a chance to get at Celebi, he electrocuted it into submission. When Ash intervened, the Iron-Masked Marauder crushed his hands until he passed out. He corrupts Celebi and uses it as a tool to wreak wanton violence on the forest and the wild Pokemon within. He transforms the debris into a kind-of monster, intending it to use it to usurp the head of Team Rocket and conquer the world. When the heroes intervene, the Iron Masked Marauder uses the corrupted Celebi to try and kill them, and when Suicune appears (don't question it), he uses Celebi to instead torture it with electricity. When Celebi finally breaks out of its control, it nearly dies from its injuries, unable to heal itself due to the destruction the Iron-Masked Marauder laid upon the forest. The Marauder tries one last time to capture Celebi before being blown sky-high by Pikachu's Thunderbolt. Like J and Kodai, he's taken seriously and has no redeeming qualities. He seems to fit all the qualifications Kodai and J were accepted for, but the question is if he's heinous enough.

Thoughts? 