Board 8 > The Mount Rushmore of: Fictional Evil Corporations (+ Black Act TIEBREAKER)

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Rules

1. You may vote up to 4 entries that fit the prompt.
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5. In general, if there are two picks that can be considered the same product (i.e. Sonic Adventure 2 and Sonic Adventure 2 Battle), I will combine them.
6. If a vote is vague, I will pick the first available choice that best matches the vote (i.e. "Mario" for Wii Games becomes Super Mario Galaxy).
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8. If a vote doesn't fit the topic, it will count as a blank vote.
9. You may nominate as much as you want and have an unlimited amount of seconds for established nominations.
10. Every Sunday, I'll post the schedule for next week. I will pick based on the number of nominations. Any ties will be determined by RNG.

Spreadsheet & Nominations

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aatA25pW6OsDn2RlAAGP1_GOGCMNvLLumAKckHOhtFk/edit?gid=1117984190#gid=1117984190

Last Topics Results

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/49bead9f.png

Several mentioned that this should have been split by sex. Whoops. Well, the last spot on the Rushmore will determine if this is an all-male Rushmore or not.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/1/11eede82.png

GTAV basically led the whole time.

Last 5 Rushmores

5th-Generation Video Games: Final Fantasy VII / Super Mario 64 / Zelda: Ocarina of Time / Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow
6th-Generation Video Games: Halo / Super Smash Bros. Melee / World of Warcraft / Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
7th-Generation Video Games: Wii Sports / Minecraft / The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim / Dark Souls
8th-Generation Video Games: Fortnite / Zelda: Breath of the Wild / Undertale / Grand Theft Auto V
Black Actors/Actresses: Denzel Washington / Sidney Poitier / Morgan Freeman / TBD

This Week's Rushmores

Wednesday: "You Don't Skip the Intro" (Animated)
Thursday: Video Games Ending in "5"
Friday: TV Villains
Saturday: Video Game Sound Effects
Sunday: Classic Rock Bands

Next Themed Week: July 7 - July 13 (Songs of the Decade)

Today's Parameters

You must pick fictional evil corporations.

Corporation is defined as a group of people that have operate primarily in business. They should be able to last beyond the people that make up the corporation and it's common for the vast majority of people in the corporation to be nameless and even faceless. Groups similar to this would be counted even if they're not a corporation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Fictional_companies
https://ultimatepopculture.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_fictional_evil_corporations
https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Corporations
https://collider.com/most-evil-corporations-sci-fi-movies-shows-ranked/
https://screenrant.com/most-evil-fictional-companies-movies-tv-comics-ever-all-time/

Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
Omni Consumer Products (Robocop)
Tyrell Corporation (Blade Runner)

Shinra Electric Power Company (FF7)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
Saeder-Krupp Heavy Industries (Shadowrun)
The Interastral Peace Corporation (Honkai Star Rail)

Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
LexCorp (DC Comics/Superman)
Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)

straightforward enough

LexCorp (Superman)
Oscorp (Spider-Man)
Trade Federation (Star Wars)
Xanatos Enterprises (Gargoyles)

Honorable Mention:
Medical Mechanica (FLCL)

Doofenshmirtz Evil Inc (Phineas and Ferb)

Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)

And for my final

Deep Space Discounts (Deep Space Discounts)

https://youtu.be/WGRneC0sW5c?si=lxBjrcDy4fiEnlWn

Doesn't get more evil corporation than corporate evil!

Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)
Abstergo Industries (Assassin's Creed)
Lumon Industries (Severance)
Vault-Tec (Fallout)

Maybe that's a little gaming heavy but like as notable as Alien is if someone said "hey what's the evil corporation from Alien?" I dont think I could name them offhand

Shinra
Umbrella
Weyland-YutanI
Lexcorp

Oh, that's a good shout

Drop: Omni Consumer Products (Robocop)
Add: Lumon Industries (Severance)

Shinra
Umbrella
Arasaka
Lexcorp

Umbrella
Arasaka
Lumon
Weyland-Yutani

Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)
Arasaka (Cyberpunk)

Need one more

Lumon Industries (Severance)

Oh yeah, perfect

i guess I would entertain Arasaka/Lumon over Shinra but its tough

the other three I think have to be in

Lopen posted...

Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
LexCorp (DC Comics/Superman)
Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)

Drop Weyland-Yutani for Arasaka (Cyberpunk)

P.S.A. Everybody should watch Deep Space Discounts

As it's still on it's first season, you could even knock it out in one afternoon!

Umbrella
Shinra
Aperture Science
LexCorp

Cyberdyne Systems (Terminator)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
LexCorp (DC)
Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)

Cyberdyne's actual evil credentials are debatable, but they did create Skynet, which I feel by itself justifies them being here.

HMs: OCP, Umbrella, Vault-Tec, Vought, Tyrell

Umbrella Corporation
Vought International
OsCorp

Tried to do one for each of the big mediums. Umbrella > Shinra because of its presence over the entire series and existence in non-game media.

I picked OsCorp over LexCorp because Spider-Man is currently way more popular than Superman.

Comfortable putting Vought in over Lumon since The Boys has way better viewership numbers than Severance from a possible unreliable google search.

However, I still required a fourth despite my comments so I shall ponder. I did like the mention of Aperture but FF7 is admittedly much bigger. Thinking Shinra but Ill wait and see what else is mentioned.

oh someone posted Cyberdyne while I was typing. If its eligible

Cyberdyne Systems

I agree Weyland Yutani doesnt have name recognition. Anyways that gives me Games/Comics/TV/Movies covered so Im content for now.

The thing with Lex is that pretty much every bad CEO gets compared to Lex Luthor in some way, hes pretty much the gold standard in that regard.

if you dont think it equates to companies thats fine but its not like its particularly hard to remember his company in that regard

Shinra Electric Power Company
Weyland-Yutani
Tyrell Corporation
Umbrella Corp.

Cyberdyne
Umbrella
Lumon
LexCorp

One from each medium

LiquidOshawott posted...

The thing with Lex is that pretty much every bad CEO gets compared to Lex Luthor in some way, hes pretty much the gold standard in that regard.

if you dont think it equates to companies thats fine but its not like its particularly hard to remember his company in that regard

Ive never heard that comparison tbh

Umbrella Corporation
Shinra Electric Power Company
KaibaCorp
Weyland-Yutani

Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)
Pentex (World of Darkness)
The Union Aerospace Corporation [UAC] (DOOM)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)

Pentex is probably the most overall evil though

I've been swayed...

GenesisSaga posted...

Shinra Electric Power Company (Final Fantasy VII)
Weyland-Yutani (Alien)
Umbrella Corp (Resident Evil)

And for my final

Deep Space Discounts (Deep Space Discounts)

Change Weyland-Yutani ---> Vought International

Chaeix posted...

Ive never heard that comparison tbh

huh, feel like Zuck/Bezos/Musk all get compared in some way

two of the three are even bald! (Ok I thought Zuck was for some reason but he isnt >_>)

Oh man I forgot about KaibaCorp

Although that plays into why I didn't go eith LexCorp or OsCorp either, when its directly centered around one person like that, it feels less like "evil corporation" and more like "evil person that happens to own a company"

Like Lex Luthor will always be more iconic than LexCorp. Compare that to something like Hydra, which is associated with Red Skull but has become much bigger than him

Drop: Tyrell Corporation

Add: Soylent Corporation

kinda surprised no one's mentioned E-Corp/Evil Corp from Mr. Robot

Drop Umbrella Corp for Cyberdyne Systems

Arasaka (Cyberpunk)

Shinra
Cyberdyne
Umbrella
Medical Mechanica

Drop:
Xanatos Enterprises

Add:
KaibaCorp

This is one of the hardest Rushmores I've ever done

Umbrella
Weyland-Yutani
Oscorp
The Soylent Corporation

Umbrella Corporation

Team Rocket (Pokemon)
- the argument that they don't count because it's more of a crime syndicate or mafia is a fair one, but in the anime (particularly whenever they show giovanni) i'd argue is one of the most iconic stereotypical evil corporate representations out there
Eggman Empire (Sonic)
- another one that's a bit iffy considering it's, you know, an empire, but also is it really if it's all robots. it's pretty much just an oversized megacorporation lol
M.A.D. (Inspector Gadget)
Von Doom Industries (Fantastic Four movies)
- just decided to throw one more unnecessary hat into the ring for comic book-related options, since i feel like it got better reach in pop culture than most

Aperture Science (Portal)
E-Corp (Mr. Robot)
Lobotomy Corporation (Lobotomy Corporation)
MomCorp (Futurama)