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Top Five Characters Who Talk Like Morons
- by Brian Cronin
- in Top Five
Sunday, July 13th, 2008 at 10:35 PM EST
Updated: Monday, July 14th, 2008 at 12:37 AM EST
Top Five Month continues with a look at the top five comic characters who talk like absolute morons.
Enjoy!
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Ajax

5. Caliban

Caliban was not actually a moron, he just sounded like one.
4. Big Sir

Big Sir, however, WAS a moron - a moron outfitted with a supersuit.
He was hilarious as a member of the Injustice League.
3. Drax the Destroyer

Currently (and originally) Drax the Destroyer was an able-minded hunter of Thanos.
For a time in the early 90s, though, Drax was a addled-brained and used as comic relief.
He WAS pretty funny.
2. The Hulk

The Hulk?? How could one of the world’s most famous dummies end up only at #2?
Well, my theory is that the Hulk, over the years, has really been many different things - and not always dumb, unlike..
1. Bizarro

Like Caliban, Bizarro is not actually a moron, his backwards talk just makes it sound like he is one.
Still, his silly mode of speech is so notable it even ended up on a famous episode of Seinfeld!!
That’s the list!
Agree? Disagree? Let me know!






36 Comments
Colossus 2000
July 14, 2008 at 3:37 am
I love Ajax…. and I prefer stupid Drax over sensible no-nonsense Drax…..
Now what does that say about me?
Ralph
July 14, 2008 at 4:13 am
Me hated that list!
Anonymous
July 14, 2008 at 4:59 am
What about Bibbo?
Jeff Ryan
July 14, 2008 at 6:01 am
Or Solomon Grundy?
Or Bill Jemas?
Brad Curran
July 14, 2008 at 7:13 am
Ha! I never thought I’d miss Jemas, but here we are. At least he was… entertaining? Interesting? Didn’t have his name on Spider-Man’s satanic divorce? I know there’s a reason I miss his run. Also, I’ll say “What about every character Bendis writes” just to get that snark out of the way.
Michael
July 14, 2008 at 7:43 am
I think Ultimate Captain America deserves at least an Honorable Mention.
avengers63
July 14, 2008 at 7:43 am
Warlock. Not Adam, but the techno one from the New Mutants.
Yoda. He appeared in comcs, so he counts.
Recorders. I think the Rigellians sent them out, but I don’t remember.
OK, maybe they don’t sound like morons. They are annoying to listen to (read).
Hey, if Yoda counts, Jar Jar does too. He IS a moron, AND he talks like one.
rlsims
July 14, 2008 at 9:33 am
Superbaby really belongs on the list. He doesn’t talk or think like a toddler, just … wrong.
The Mutt
July 14, 2008 at 10:01 am
Nuklo nem-sis skill!
Alonso
July 14, 2008 at 10:03 am
Though not comic book, per se, I’d give an honorable mention to Cousin Ned and Venturestein, from Venture Bros. Amazingly moronic.
What about All-Star Batman? He’s gotta be on the list somewhere….
…the GODDAMN list…
Stephen
July 14, 2008 at 10:17 am
As little as me hate Bizarro-speak, Loeb not using it as little as he did did not make my head hurt.
Ryan
July 14, 2008 at 10:17 am
How about “The 616 Avengers as written by Brian Michael Bendis.”
Eliot Johnson
July 14, 2008 at 11:02 am
Much as I love Big Sir, I think you’ve gotta have Java on that list.
Zundian
July 14, 2008 at 11:09 am
“Solomon Grundy want pants too!”
Bryan Levy
July 14, 2008 at 11:27 am
Where did Ben Grimm fall on the list? If he doesn’t talk like a moron, his speech is at least “rough”.
Matt Bird
July 14, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Teuton! Starlin was infamous for creating cross-company-copies of his favorite characters so he could use them again, and dumb-Drax was just his way of porting over Teuton from Dreadstar. The original is still the best!
Spiffy
July 14, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Dude… where’s Solomon Grundy? I know it varies by writer and “revival”, but then again so does Hulk!
E. Bonix
July 14, 2008 at 2:34 pm
SWEET CHRISTMAS! No Jive-talkin’ 70’s Luke Cage?! I’ma call Jesse on yo @$$!
Vince
July 14, 2008 at 3:47 pm
So, what you’re saying is — anyone with a speech impediment or happens to have an individual way of speaking talks like a moron??
Apodaca
July 14, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Bizarro number 1 totally not number 1!
Nick Lockhead
July 14, 2008 at 5:31 pm
I totally agree with Colossus 2000. Man was Drax better when he was a super-strong dumbass instead of the Riddickesque modern revamp.
Mike
July 14, 2008 at 7:09 pm
No We3 mention? You only have the dog staring down on you every time you visit here.
Apodaca
July 14, 2008 at 7:40 pm
Well, he actually talks like a genius, for a dog.
Mike
July 14, 2008 at 8:30 pm
Genius for a dog is peeing really high.
Ryan Dunlavey
July 14, 2008 at 9:00 pm
All those X-Men characters with faux accents and over-used regional colloquialisms sound pretty damn stupid: Gambit, Rogue, Nightcrawler, Banshee, etc. etc.
Every time I’ve had the misfortune to read a Gambit comic I hear the voice of that stupid candlestick from Beauty & the Beast in my head.
Apodaca
July 14, 2008 at 9:08 pm
So, that would make 1 a super-genius.
stephen cade
July 14, 2008 at 9:44 pm
G’NORT!
Or was he just a moron, who didn’t talk like one?
red-Ricky
July 15, 2008 at 12:04 am
Wait… No Beavis & Butt-Head? What’s the catch? Don’t tell me you can’t be a real Moron.
Rrrralph
July 15, 2008 at 11:23 am
Wanted’s Fuckwit!
Vince
July 15, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I say again, anyone with a speech impediment or an individual way of speaking — and that’, to you, is a bad thing???
buttler
July 15, 2008 at 3:20 pm
Sorry, Vince, we couldn’t understand you because of your unconventional syntax.
buttler
July 15, 2008 at 3:35 pm
Snark aside, I’m not sure what Vince is referring to here. .
It’s not like the characters in the list have lisps or something. At best they’re adults who talk like toddlers — andI feel like I’m being kind of uncharitable to babies when I say that, because they can be kind of articulate sometimes.
But I guess you bring to it whatever baggage you happen to be carrying.
Alvin
July 15, 2008 at 3:35 pm
What about Guy Gardner there’s freakin a moron for you, how about T-T-T-Tin from the Metal Men or maybe that’s just bad taste on my part, Sorry. ( Scar face, Ass Face)
Alvin
July 15, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Wait “The Russian”
Jono11
July 16, 2008 at 1:28 pm
You forgot Wolverine, Gambit, Rogue, and anyone written by Stan Lee.
GQ
July 24, 2008 at 12:06 pm
Christ, I hate Bizarro…
But I’d have to agree that Gambit deserved to be on that list. Also any silver-age DC infant.