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what are you keep your friends close and
your enemies closer
coffee dad welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten
treacherous advisors and mentors in
movies now the real pain begins Danny
Boy for this list we’re looking at some
of the worst mentors and advisors ever
to grace the silver screen but these
characters can’t just be bad at their
job in order to be considered for this
list the advisor in question needs to
intentionally manipulate deceive or
outright betray the person they’re
supposed to be mentoring I took you in
nobody doors for you I showed you how
the system works the value of
information how to get it a big-time
spoiler alert is now in effect you’re
gonna get a Medal of Valor finis I
didn’t shoot a room full of cops did you
did number 10 detective Alonzo Harris
training day to protect the Sheep you
got to catch the wolf and it takes a
wolf to catch a wolf you understand
it’s a classic dynamic the veteran cop
unafraid of bending the rules is paired
with the by-the-book rookie but in the
end the newbie comes to respect the
bigger picture their pursuit of justice
alright listen it’s not what you know is
what you can prove well there’s nothing
just about Alonzo Harris he claims to be
teaching rookie Jake Hoyt how to survive
police work in South Central LA but
every lesson from smoking marijuana to
stealing drug money serves one crooked
purpose to see that Alonso’s debt to the
Russian mob is paid they gave Alonzo
cook tonight to pay him but his name
still unnoticed and nobody thought he
could get cash that’d be when Jake
refuses to play along Alonzo arranges to
have him killed talk about setting a bad
example I’m gonna blast in the world
number nine John Milton the devil’s
advocate who in their right mind Kevin
could possibly deny the 20th century was
entirely mine who can deny Al Pacino
when he turns on the charm in this flick
Pacino takes on the role of the most
compelling smooth talker there is Satan
himself underestimated from day one
you never think I was a master of the
universe now Keanu Reeves plays Kevin
Lomax a lawyer who catches the devil’s
eye following his successful defense of
a child molester better to reign in Hell
than serve in heaven is that it why not
his boss John Milton is everything you
could hope for in a mentor charming
witty smart supportive and inspiring
don’t ever let him see you coming that’s
the gaff my friend you got to keep
yourself small if only he weren’t
literally the devil slowly corrupting
Kevin using his classic recipe of
temptation and free will Satan’s end
goal getting his new protege to conceive
the Antichrist with his own half-sister
long hours is one thing but that’s
asking too much of any employee we’re
negotiating always yeah
number eight Sloane wanted it’s always
nice to be able to measure things on the
Morgan Freeman spectrum on the mentor
scale Freeman’s detective Somerset is
about as perfectly balanced a mentor as
you could ask for on the bottom end of
that scale is Sloane this gun you’re
holding is an emanation 17 it belonged
to your father he could conduct a
symphony orchestra with it and you’re
going to use it to kill the man who shot
him down in cold blood if there’s one
person you’d think you could trust it
would be the head of an organization of
assassins that uses a magic loom of fate
to dictate who they kill for the
betterment of the world after today
we’ll never set foot in here again why
not Shekhar lacked an apostle yogscast
is not to interpret what we deliver
you’d expect the organization to really
vet a person before making them the
leader but nothing corrupts quite like
self-preservation and when the Loom
instructs Sloane to have fraternity
members killed himself included he
starts faking results for profit not a
question of how it’s a question of what
number seven Palpatine
the Star Wars prequel trilogy the power
you give me I will lay down when this
crisis has abated it hurts to think what
that galaxy far far away might have
looked like had Anakin never been
assigned to protect Palpatine no
patience is paid on while fans can
certainly find flaws with the prequel
trilogy senator then Chancellor
Palpatine makes for a convincingly
duplicitous and masterful Sith Lord
pretending to have the best interest of
the Republic in mind and feigning
concern for the well-being of those
around him emotional manipulation is
truly his greatest strength thank God
it gives you focus makes you stronger
his ultimate prize is anakin and the
manner in which he pulled him over to
the dark side by exploiting those close
to him is definitely worthy of high
praise you’re fulfilling your destiny
Anakin become my apprentice learn to use
the dark side of the force
number six Obadiah Stane iron man I
never had a taste for this sort of thing
well I must admit I’m deeply enjoying
the food following the death of Tony
Stark’s parents Obadiah Stane Howard
Starks partner helps Tony transition
into adulthood and his new role at Stark
Industries ironic Tony trying to rid the
world of weapons you guys best one ever
pepper
I’m gonna kill you with it it’s always
painful to see a mentor become an enemy
even more so when that person is a
father figure so when Tony discovers
that his company has secretly been
selling weapons on the black market to
terrorist groups he never suspects the
man he’s come to love like family your
father he helped give us the atomic bomb
normal kind of world would it be today
if he was his soul mate but stain is
revealed to have done a lot more than
sell illegal weapons
he’s also arranged to have Tony killed
and when that failed he attempted to
kill Tony himself in order to steal the
Iron Man tech
number five Saruman
the Lord of the Rings franchise save
your pity and your mercy I have no use
fight as the white wizard sour man
should have known better than to mess
with dark magical artifacts for the very
same reason that Gandalf refuses to
wield the ring sour man succumbs to
sauron’s offering we must join with him
we must join with so as the leader of
the Council of wizards he’s considered
to be one of the wisest most respected
and most trusted figures in all of
middle-earth so we can forgive Gandalf
for not seeing through his deception
together we shall rule this middle-earth
thankfully Saruman doesn’t finish the
job of killing Gandalf and the gray
wizard has a chance to learn from his
mistakes on the other hand
Grimer Wormtongue advisor to King
Theoden is about the slimiest most
no-good advisor you could ask for but at
least he wears his treachery on his
sleeve you are banished forthwith from
the kingdom of Rohan under pain of dead
number four Elijah price unbreakable and
one of us has made a gross error and
wasted the other person’s valuable time
purpose it’s something everyone is
searching for in life including Elijah
price comic book curator and type-1
osteogenesis imperfecta sufferer it’s a
genetic disorder I don’t make a
particular protein very well and makes
my bones very low in density very easy
to break
Elijah’s physical limitations make him
identify with the villains and comic
books and this leads him to find his
purpose he was born to be a villain we
know who you are
I Know Who I am
I’m not a mistake
it all makes sense but what is a super
villain without a super hero enter David
Dunn a man impervious to harm elijah
encourages david to become the hero he’s
meant to be and despite some initial
trepidation David eventually follows his
new friends advice Elijah hasn’t just
met his match he’s actively created him
crafting a foe out of a friend what
David understands as encouragement is
actually Elijah’s attempt to turn him
into his personal nemesis you know what
the scariest thing is to not know your
place in this world to not know why
you’re here
number three Jafar Aladdin how many
times do I have to kill you boy who’s
more trusting of others than children
for kids in the 90s at least it seems
safe to assume that Jafar probably
taught them their first lesson in
betrayal are you quite quite nice oaken
Cowardly snake
that you’d like to see how he is so
transparently evil but only someone so
blissfully unaware and naive as the
Sultan could have not seen it coming
come to think of it the Sultan kind of
acts like a child
so maybe Jafar was his first lesson in
deception – dude absolutely Baba Brutus
Jafar is the definition of conniving
evil and slimy all wrapped in one he’ll
stop at nothing to wrestle control of
Agrabah from the poor Sultan who sadly
never sees the betrayal coming not your
show oh the princess will number two
Gordon Gekko Wall Street greed for lack
of a better word is good power is rarely
held by those who prioritize the
well-being of others it’s a simple truth
that bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen
probably wishes he’d known before he got
involved with legendary Wall Street
figure Gordon Gekko buddy learn it
blinded by ambition and in Ava’s
business idle fox will do anything Gekko
asks regardless of legality I wanna make
you rich bud Fox rich enough you can
avoid elect area this is your wake-up
call man
go to work too late Foxy’s Gekko
for what he is a ruthless corporate
raider why do you need to wreck this
come because it’s Rekha but all right I
took another look at it I changed my
mind
Gekko intends to manipulate a deal
brought to him by Fox ultimately leaving
Fox’s own father and every employee at
his company out of a job it’s all about
bucks kid rest is conversation before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable more in this case dishonorable
mentions your talents lie elsewhere when
it’s a muscle job you’ll do as I say
and ask no questions to follow my drift
give me the mask Hiro he went in there
to save you that was his mistake
that the human race is out of gas
it’s circling the drain it’s finished
the only thing that matters is grabbing
what you can before somebody else Beach
it to it number one are we do card Ra’s
al Ghul Batman Begins you know how to
fight six metal man we can teach you how
to engage 600 do card took an angry
young Bruce Wayne and gave him the tools
to avenge the death of his parents
starting him on his journey to becoming
Batman but when put to the final test
Bruce refuses to adopt you cards harsh
version of Justice opting rather to
destroy the temple and return to Gotham
you fear your own power you fear your
anger the drive to do great terrible
things
Duke art is not simply the advisor to
Ra’s al Ghul he is and always had been
the true leader of the League of Shadows
the real Ra’s al Ghul no one can save
Gotham forest grows too wild purging
fires inevitable is natural the
assassins come to Gotham to complete
their cleansing mission pitting pupil
against mentor in the process and we’re
sure Bruce Wayne would tell you nothing
stings quite like finding out your
mentor wants to destroy you and the city
you vowed to protect your compassion is
a weakness your enemies will not share
that’s why it’s so important
it separates us from them do you agree
with our list
what treacherous mentor or advisor do
you most love to hate Oh seriously gonna
believe this man are you are you
he is your neighbor from down there for
more sneaky top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
it’s two minutes to close Gordon what do
you want to do decide dump it
[Music]
what are you keep your friends close and
your enemies closer
coffee dad welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten
treacherous advisors and mentors in
movies now the real pain begins Danny
Boy for this list we’re looking at some
of the worst mentors and advisors ever
to grace the silver screen but these
characters can’t just be bad at their
job in order to be considered for this
list the advisor in question needs to
intentionally manipulate deceive or
outright betray the person they’re
supposed to be mentoring I took you in
nobody doors for you I showed you how
the system works the value of
information how to get it a big-time
spoiler alert is now in effect you’re
gonna get a Medal of Valor finis I
didn’t shoot a room full of cops did you
did number 10 detective Alonzo Harris
training day to protect the Sheep you
got to catch the wolf and it takes a
wolf to catch a wolf you understand
it’s a classic dynamic the veteran cop
unafraid of bending the rules is paired
with the by-the-book rookie but in the
end the newbie comes to respect the
bigger picture their pursuit of justice
alright listen it’s not what you know is
what you can prove well there’s nothing
just about Alonzo Harris he claims to be
teaching rookie Jake Hoyt how to survive
police work in South Central LA but
every lesson from smoking marijuana to
stealing drug money serves one crooked
purpose to see that Alonso’s debt to the
Russian mob is paid they gave Alonzo
cook tonight to pay him but his name
still unnoticed and nobody thought he
could get cash that’d be when Jake
refuses to play along Alonzo arranges to
have him killed talk about setting a bad
example I’m gonna blast in the world
number nine John Milton the devil’s
advocate who in their right mind Kevin
could possibly deny the 20th century was
entirely mine who can deny Al Pacino
when he turns on the charm in this flick
Pacino takes on the role of the most
compelling smooth talker there is Satan
himself underestimated from day one
you never think I was a master of the
universe now Keanu Reeves plays Kevin
Lomax a lawyer who catches the devil’s
eye following his successful defense of
a child molester better to reign in Hell
than serve in heaven is that it why not
his boss John Milton is everything you
could hope for in a mentor charming
witty smart supportive and inspiring
don’t ever let him see you coming that’s
the gaff my friend you got to keep
yourself small if only he weren’t
literally the devil slowly corrupting
Kevin using his classic recipe of
temptation and free will Satan’s end
goal getting his new protege to conceive
the Antichrist with his own half-sister
long hours is one thing but that’s
asking too much of any employee we’re
negotiating always yeah
number eight Sloane wanted it’s always
nice to be able to measure things on the
Morgan Freeman spectrum on the mentor
scale Freeman’s detective Somerset is
about as perfectly balanced a mentor as
you could ask for on the bottom end of
that scale is Sloane this gun you’re
holding is an emanation 17 it belonged
to your father he could conduct a
symphony orchestra with it and you’re
going to use it to kill the man who shot
him down in cold blood if there’s one
person you’d think you could trust it
would be the head of an organization of
assassins that uses a magic loom of fate
to dictate who they kill for the
betterment of the world after today
we’ll never set foot in here again why
not Shekhar lacked an apostle yogscast
is not to interpret what we deliver
you’d expect the organization to really
vet a person before making them the
leader but nothing corrupts quite like
self-preservation and when the Loom
instructs Sloane to have fraternity
members killed himself included he
starts faking results for profit not a
question of how it’s a question of what
number seven Palpatine
the Star Wars prequel trilogy the power
you give me I will lay down when this
crisis has abated it hurts to think what
that galaxy far far away might have
looked like had Anakin never been
assigned to protect Palpatine no
patience is paid on while fans can
certainly find flaws with the prequel
trilogy senator then Chancellor
Palpatine makes for a convincingly
duplicitous and masterful Sith Lord
pretending to have the best interest of
the Republic in mind and feigning
concern for the well-being of those
around him emotional manipulation is
truly his greatest strength thank God
it gives you focus makes you stronger
his ultimate prize is anakin and the
manner in which he pulled him over to
the dark side by exploiting those close
to him is definitely worthy of high
praise you’re fulfilling your destiny
Anakin become my apprentice learn to use
the dark side of the force
number six Obadiah Stane iron man I
never had a taste for this sort of thing
well I must admit I’m deeply enjoying
the food following the death of Tony
Stark’s parents Obadiah Stane Howard
Starks partner helps Tony transition
into adulthood and his new role at Stark
Industries ironic Tony trying to rid the
world of weapons you guys best one ever
pepper
I’m gonna kill you with it it’s always
painful to see a mentor become an enemy
even more so when that person is a
father figure so when Tony discovers
that his company has secretly been
selling weapons on the black market to
terrorist groups he never suspects the
man he’s come to love like family your
father he helped give us the atomic bomb
normal kind of world would it be today
if he was his soul mate but stain is
revealed to have done a lot more than
sell illegal weapons
he’s also arranged to have Tony killed
and when that failed he attempted to
kill Tony himself in order to steal the
Iron Man tech
number five Saruman
the Lord of the Rings franchise save
your pity and your mercy I have no use
fight as the white wizard sour man
should have known better than to mess
with dark magical artifacts for the very
same reason that Gandalf refuses to
wield the ring sour man succumbs to
sauron’s offering we must join with him
we must join with so as the leader of
the Council of wizards he’s considered
to be one of the wisest most respected
and most trusted figures in all of
middle-earth so we can forgive Gandalf
for not seeing through his deception
together we shall rule this middle-earth
thankfully Saruman doesn’t finish the
job of killing Gandalf and the gray
wizard has a chance to learn from his
mistakes on the other hand
Grimer Wormtongue advisor to King
Theoden is about the slimiest most
no-good advisor you could ask for but at
least he wears his treachery on his
sleeve you are banished forthwith from
the kingdom of Rohan under pain of dead
number four Elijah price unbreakable and
one of us has made a gross error and
wasted the other person’s valuable time
purpose it’s something everyone is
searching for in life including Elijah
price comic book curator and type-1
osteogenesis imperfecta sufferer it’s a
genetic disorder I don’t make a
particular protein very well and makes
my bones very low in density very easy
to break
Elijah’s physical limitations make him
identify with the villains and comic
books and this leads him to find his
purpose he was born to be a villain we
know who you are
I Know Who I am
I’m not a mistake
it all makes sense but what is a super
villain without a super hero enter David
Dunn a man impervious to harm elijah
encourages david to become the hero he’s
meant to be and despite some initial
trepidation David eventually follows his
new friends advice Elijah hasn’t just
met his match he’s actively created him
crafting a foe out of a friend what
David understands as encouragement is
actually Elijah’s attempt to turn him
into his personal nemesis you know what
the scariest thing is to not know your
place in this world to not know why
you’re here
number three Jafar Aladdin how many
times do I have to kill you boy who’s
more trusting of others than children
for kids in the 90s at least it seems
safe to assume that Jafar probably
taught them their first lesson in
betrayal are you quite quite nice oaken
Cowardly snake
that you’d like to see how he is so
transparently evil but only someone so
blissfully unaware and naive as the
Sultan could have not seen it coming
come to think of it the Sultan kind of
acts like a child
so maybe Jafar was his first lesson in
deception – dude absolutely Baba Brutus
Jafar is the definition of conniving
evil and slimy all wrapped in one he’ll
stop at nothing to wrestle control of
Agrabah from the poor Sultan who sadly
never sees the betrayal coming not your
show oh the princess will number two
Gordon Gekko Wall Street greed for lack
of a better word is good power is rarely
held by those who prioritize the
well-being of others it’s a simple truth
that bud Fox played by Charlie Sheen
probably wishes he’d known before he got
involved with legendary Wall Street
figure Gordon Gekko buddy learn it
blinded by ambition and in Ava’s
business idle fox will do anything Gekko
asks regardless of legality I wanna make
you rich bud Fox rich enough you can
avoid elect area this is your wake-up
call man
go to work too late Foxy’s Gekko
for what he is a ruthless corporate
raider why do you need to wreck this
come because it’s Rekha but all right I
took another look at it I changed my
mind
Gekko intends to manipulate a deal
brought to him by Fox ultimately leaving
Fox’s own father and every employee at
his company out of a job it’s all about
bucks kid rest is conversation before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable more in this case dishonorable
mentions your talents lie elsewhere when
it’s a muscle job you’ll do as I say
and ask no questions to follow my drift
give me the mask Hiro he went in there
to save you that was his mistake
that the human race is out of gas
it’s circling the drain it’s finished
the only thing that matters is grabbing
what you can before somebody else Beach
it to it number one are we do card Ra’s
al Ghul Batman Begins you know how to
fight six metal man we can teach you how
to engage 600 do card took an angry
young Bruce Wayne and gave him the tools
to avenge the death of his parents
starting him on his journey to becoming
Batman but when put to the final test
Bruce refuses to adopt you cards harsh
version of Justice opting rather to
destroy the temple and return to Gotham
you fear your own power you fear your
anger the drive to do great terrible
things
Duke art is not simply the advisor to
Ra’s al Ghul he is and always had been
the true leader of the League of Shadows
the real Ra’s al Ghul no one can save
Gotham forest grows too wild purging
fires inevitable is natural the
assassins come to Gotham to complete
their cleansing mission pitting pupil
against mentor in the process and we’re
sure Bruce Wayne would tell you nothing
stings quite like finding out your
mentor wants to destroy you and the city
you vowed to protect your compassion is
a weakness your enemies will not share
that’s why it’s so important
it separates us from them do you agree
with our list
what treacherous mentor or advisor do
you most love to hate Oh seriously gonna
believe this man are you are you
he is your neighbor from down there for
more sneaky top 10s published every day
be sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
it’s two minutes to close Gordon what do
you want to do decide dump it
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