| “ | A deal's a deal. | „ |
| ~ Mephistopheles trying to take back the curse of the Rider. |
| “ | You! Worst f-cking deal I ever made! | „ |
| ~ Mephistopheles/Roarke's last words to Ghost Rider in Spirit of Vengeance before his ultimate defeat. |
Mephistopheles, also known as Mephisto and Roarke, is the main antagonist of the Ghost Rider film duology, appearing as the overarching antagonist of Ghost Rider and the main antagonist of its sequel Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance.
He is the Devil who corrupted the Angel of Justice Zarathos so he could create the Ghost Rider, a human possessed by Zarathos' vengeful spirit and contracted to carry out his deeds on Earth. He is also the archenemy of Johnny Blaze, the current Ghost Rider who rebels and becomes the one being stopping him from taking over the Earth.
In the 2007 film, he was portrayed by the late Peter Fonda. In Spirit of Vengeance, he was portrayed by Ciarán Hinds, who also played Steppenwolf in the 2017 Justice League film and Jonathan Reiss in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
Ghost Rider (2007)[]
- Made a deal with a Ghost Rider named Carter Slade to ride to the town of San Venganza and retrieve a supernatural contract that contains 1,000 mortal souls, and to bring them to Hell, and supposedly use their power to take over the Earth, which led to Slade betraying him and taking away the contract.
- Tricked Johnny Blaze into giving up his soul in return for saving his father from cancer, yet has his father killed in a motorcycle accident. He then cursed Johnny with the Ghost Rider spirit, leading Johnny to live a life isolated away from his friends, family, and girlfriend.
- While his curse prevented Johnny from dying multiple times and indirectly becoming a famous daredevil, it was only to keep him alive long enough for the now adult Johnny (Ghost Rider) to hunt his reluctant son Blackheart and destroy him before he finds the Contract of San Venganza that will give him the power to even overthrow his own father.
- After Johnny defeated Blackheart, and destroyed the thousand evil souls of San Venganza that Blackheart consumed, he appeared at the church in San Venganza. He attempted to tempt Johnny to get his soul back and let someone else bear the curse of the Ghost Rider. When Johnny refused, claiming that he shall "own" this curse and use it against the lord of evil that deceived him, Mephisto threatened and swore to make Johnny pay for this.
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance[]
- Attempted to transfer his soul into the body of his son, a boy named Danny, whose mother made a deal with him to save her life. This transfer would make him powerful, since Danny is literally the spawn of all evil.
- As Mephisto put it, it's a pain to stay in human form, as his various bodies throughout the centuries were never made to do the things he could do, but since Danny is a hybrid of demon and human, entering his body will allow him to use his powers on Earth.
- Sent a drug dealer named Ray Carrigan to capture Danny for him, but Carrigan was mortally wounded by Johnny.
- Transformed Carrigan into Blackout, allowing him to decay whatever thing he touches.
- He eventually got Danny and brings him to a ruined Colosseum, where his wealthy followers arrive one at a time. He revealed his plan to enter Danny's body and must hold a ceremony where his followers must dress in black robes and chant Latin while Roarke and Danny sit at the Colosseum center.
- Ordered Carrigan kill Moreau by decaying him.
- After Johnny was turned by Danny into Ghost Rider again, Roarke attempted to flee with Danny, only to be stopped by Ghost Rider, but it led to wounding Danny.
- After Ghost Rider stopped his car and saved Danny, Roarke taunted him.
Trivia[]
- He is one of two versions of Mephisto to be Pure Evil, along with his original comic book version.
- He is one of two Pure Evils in Ghost Rider movies, alongside his son Blackheart.
External Links[]
- Mephisto on the Villains Wiki.
