Terl (Battlefield Earth)

{{LoathsomeCharacterInfobox Terl is the main antagonist of the 2000 seven-time-Razzie-award-winning sci-fi action adventure movie Battlefield Earth based on the first half of the 1982 science-fiction novel Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
 * name = Terl
 * Picture = goofy_ahh_villain.jpeg
 * Quote = "I can assure you that I was not groomed since birth to have some cushy job. While you were still learning how to SPELL YOUR NAME, I was being trained to conquer galaxies! And do anything less is a disgrace in my entire family line."
 * Gender = Male
 * Type = Stupid, Generic, and Pathetic Excuse for a Villain
 * Species = Alien
 * Portrayed by = John Travolta
 * Status = Alive
 * Series = Battlefeild Earth

He was portrayed by John Travolta, who also portrays Billy Nolan in the 1976 film Carrie, Anthony "Tony" Manero in Saturday Night Fever, Danny Zuko in Grease and Vincent in Pulp Fiction.

This article will only focused on the movie version of Terl and not the book version.

Why He's Terl-ble

 * 1) The problem with him is that Terl (the movie version, not the one from the book) is like a generic "alien invader" who tries too much to be like other villains such as Darth Vader, the Klingons, Thanos, and more.
 * 2) John Travolta didn't do a very good job playing as him and he tends to over-act.
 * 3) He is an idiot, as he literally train their enemy in weaponry and how to fly their ships and don't expect them to fight back.
 * 4) His major plot hole where he is informed by his district manager that he has to stay on Earth for a long time after having an illicit relationship with the Senator's daughter is laughable.
 * 5) He is meant to be taken seriously as a “main” villain but feels rather hilarious with laughably bad dialogue like one infamous example is his "Do you want lunch?" line.
 * 6) His alien and costume design depicted in the film feels poorly made in early 2000’s standards and really laughable where he has long, messy hair with dreadlocks that looks similar to a metal rock band.
 * 7) He has little to no character development other than being a laughing tyrant.
 * 8) While Jonnie, the protagonist is the focus of the film, Terl himself gets a lot of focus than him (only he just goes into meetings with his race).
 * 9) Like other movie villains, he is quite forgettable.
 * 10) He treats his race very poorly and has a rivalry with them.
 * 11) He permanently killed both Franchise Pictures in 2007 (which ended up cancelling their sequel in 2002) and the Battlefield Earth franchise.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) He can be hilarious at times, as said in WHS#5.
 * 2) He was a much better villain in the novel of the same name, because he at least got his defeat just like the novel in the end of the film.

Trivia

 * John Travolta was originally going to play Jonnie Goodboy Tyler, but since he was too old to star as the protagonist, he was cast as the film's antagonist.