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He drives away with a quiet cackle with the slogan "A more responsible use of power". The ad closes with a normal looking man driving a Volkswagen Golf GTE and pressing a button that switches the engine from electric to electric and petrol. Each character delivers a maniacal laugh. Frankenstein from, well, Frankenstein and Rotwang from Metropolis creating a monster, a Blaxploitation villain who drops a man through a trap door, and finally an Indiana Jones-type villain sealing someone in a cave. Volkswagen released an advertisement called " Button " which features a variety of Stock Character Classic Villains, such as a character resembling Emperor Palpatine from Return of the Jedi blowing up a planet, a character who appears to be an amalgamation of Rosa Klebb and Goldfinger using a laser to torture a James Bond Expy, a stock Buddy Cop Show villain who ties the heroes to a Time Bomb, a Mad Scientist resembling Dr.The Mr Yuk PSA about household hazards(mainly poison) begins and ends with this.The character "Mayhem" for Allstate Insurance actually has one, the best being in slow-motion during the "I'm Your Blind Spot" commercial.On the other hand, a Giggling Villain can be menacing without doing a proper laugh. Similarly, a common parody is to have the laughing villain start coughing or sputtering if they laugh long enough or hard enough. A common subversion is to have a villain have an Un Evil Laugh, with snorting, chuckling, and squeaking, especially if they are a villain in a comedy series. In any case, it has since devolved to the occasional evil chuckle (which may or may not be a bit scarier) or so every once in a while, except in certain cases, and the trope of laughing while your victim is helpless is definitely dead, as modern villains usually laugh while they work (to much better effect). Anti-heroes or certain types of Guile Hero may also do this if they out gambit the villain they may do it because they are unconcerned with what society thinks of them or because it is such a well-known classic villainous maneuver.And those who succeeded their plans will also do this, because they're in delighted mood.Would The Joker be as scary as he is today if he were only a mime? For a Wicked Witch this is something she may do, a good, hysterical cackle is practically the leitmotif of any evil witch worth her brew.A Card-Carrying Villain who does it because it's a classic villain maneuver,.A bona fide psycho, in which case you'd better do some pretty impressive cackling,.A very old wizard-type fellow or Mad Scientist for whom this just comes naturally,.