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KHAN NOONIEN SINGH
Ricardo Montalban
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
After Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) thwarted Khan's attempt to capture the Enterprise (in the classic Trek series), Kirk deposited the genetically engineered despot on a barely habitable planet and promptly forgot about him. That is, until a 20-years-older Khan surprised the now-Admiral Kirk and caught him with his pants down, tearing into the Enterprise while delivering some succulent Ahab-ian speeches. To wit, after Khan abandons Kirk inside a barren moon — sweet, sweet revenge for leaving him on that lifeless planet and causing his dear wife's demise — Khan whispers this taunt to his sworn enemy: ''I've done far worse than kill you, Admiral. I've hurt you. And I wish to go on hurting you. I shall leave you as you left me, as you left her: Marooned for all eternity in the center of a dead planet. Buried alive....'' To which our dear James T. had but one response: ''KHAAAAAAAN!'' —Adam B. Vary
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