Carlton Drake

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Hate Sink

Full Name

Carlton Drake

Alias

Doctor

Riot
Mr. Drake
Dr. Drake
Drake

Origin

Venom (2018)

Allies

Riot †

Life Foundation
Dr. Dora Skirth †
Anne Weying (both formerly)

Powers/Skills

Genius-level Intelligence
Wealth
Intimidation
Interrogation
Manipulation
Complete control over his men and the Life Foundation company
Melee combat prowess
Symbiote physiology (after fusing with Riot):

Superhuman strength
Superhuman durability
Superhuman speed
Superhuman dexterity
Superhuman agility
Superhuman senses
Regenerative healing factor
Ability to generate tendrils, appendages and weapons using it own body mass
Biokinesis
Elasticity

Goals

Evolve the human race by having the Symbiotes invade Earth and let them bond with humans. (partially succeeded, but failed in some human-testing)
Find and merge with Riot. (succeeded)
Kill Eddie Brock to destroy the Symbiote connected to him by any means necessary even if he had to destroy everything he loves. (failed)

What Makes Them Despicable

He is misanthropic, delusional and has a god complex

"Love to hate" factors

Riz Ahmed's performance

He is highly intelligent and sophisticated
He becomes more powerful after merging with Riot and holds his own against Eddie in the final battle

Type of Hate Sink

Misanthropic Social Darwinist

“	Look around at the world... what do you see? A planet at the brink of collapse. Human beings... are disposable! But man, and symbiote combined. This is a new race. New species. A higher lifeform.	„
	~ Carlton Drake to one of his test subjects, explaining his motive.

“	You're being dumb, Brock. I'm not insane. What's insane is the way humans choose to live today. Think about it. All we do is take, take, take. It can't go on. We've brought the planet to the brink of extinction. We're parasites. You're a good example. Think about it. All you do is take. You took my Symbiote. You take potshots at a great man trying to get something done. Didn't you take from the person you loved the most, who trusted you the most? That's insane. What I've initiated is a whole new world, a new species. Man and Symbiote combined.	„
	~ Carlton Drake

Dr. Carlton Drake is one of the two main antagonists (alongside Riot) of the 2018 superhero film Venom, the first installment in Sony's Spider-Man Universe as well as the trilogy of the same name.

He is the misanthropic CEO of the Life Foundation, who is bent on fusing humanity with Symbiotes in order to "save" the human race. To achieve this, Drake collects several of these allies in outer space, setting into motion the events of the film when Venom and Riot arrive on Earth. He is one of Eddie Brock's archenemies (alongside Cletus Kasady).

He was portrayed by Riz Ahmed, who also voiced Riot in the same film.

What Makes Him A Hate Sink?[]

He is clearly a misanthrope as he has absolutely no regard for human life whatsoever. He hypocritically belives humans are nothing more than parasites seeking to get away with feeding on each other. When his astronauts crashed to Earth in his probe, he cares more about the survival of the symbiotes they took with them than their lives; and he is also uncaring when his men cause several car accidents throughout San Francisco in their pursuit of Eddie Brock.
After testing the symbiotes on defenseless animals, he experimented with them bonding to poor people, having the symbiotes devour them so he can learn how to control them. He even cruelly compares one of his victims to the story of Abraham and Isaac, adding insult to injury.
When Dr. Skirth objects to his plans for testing the symbiotes on humans, he subtly threatens to kill her children should she get in his way.
Sent his men to kill Eddie Brock when he learned he had one of the symbiotes.
He is also a bad boss as he had Dr. Skirth killed by a symbiote when she tried to provide evidence against him to Eddie Brock and doesn't care about his men being killed by Venom.
After merging with Riot, he embraced that power and killed many people in his path, trying to aid the monster in bringing other symbiotes to Earth to devour all of humanity.
While he believed that he could save the human race by bringing the symbiotes to Earth, his actions would have likely caused the deaths of many human and symbiotes alike, as the film shows that some humans die because they aren't suitable hosts and symbiotes can't survive out of their homeworld without hosts. His desire to save humans despite his prejudice against them is nothing more than his own unruly egotism, and while he believes humans are short sighted and parasitical, he is an extremely rigid thinker who is frequently using innocent people to enrich himself. That said, his utterly hypocritical prejudice against his own species does not justify anything he does and only proves how insane and delusional he really he is.
Though his rocket being sabotaged by Venom puncturing it's fuel tanks and he and Riot are incinerated inside, his death, while brutal is played for satisfaction.