The Mathematical Law of Superhero Film Villains

Two heads are not always better than one, particularly in pop culture superhero stories. When supervillains band together, their nefarious schemes become more like planning by committee. This is particularly true with the Sinister Six from the Spider-Man universe. Tony Wilson and Andrew Bridgman of Dorkly explains the math of how they got that way.

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It's the inverse Ninja Law.

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There is a Powergirl comic with an alien monster that is like this. The first time she fights it, it's fairly smart and tricky. Every time she beats it, usually by ripping or punching bits off, the bits regrow to another full monster. But it has shared monster intelligence which gets spread thinner and thinner. Each monster is stupider and stupider. Once she realizes this she breaks them all apart into thousands of pieces and turns them into really ugly livestock.

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