Vic Madden

* Vic
* Kraniac

Emma Thomas (niece)

**Vic Madden** is one of the main protagonists of *The Villains of Valley View*.

He is a mad scientist named **Kraniac**. He used to reside in Centropolis but after going on the run, he moves to Valley View, Texas with his family to live a normal family. Vic is the father of Jake, Amy and Colby Madden. He is married to the retired supervillain Eva.

He is portrayed by **James Patrick Stuart.**

## Biography

Vic was most likely born in Centropolis. He later became the famous mad scientist known as "Kraniac." He dated and married Eva Madden.

As a supervillain, Vic made a lot of inventions for the League of Villains. However, since Vic doesn't have superpowers, this was all he could help with when his family were fighting superheroes leaving Eva as their family's representative before the League. After an unsuccessful promotion, Vic (and Eva) went on the run and essentially retired from being a mad scientist and moved the family to Valley View, Texas in order to live a normal life as they bring up their kids. However, he never fully left the supervillain life behind. He uses every chance he's got to use his abilities.

Vic became a Science teacher at Valley View High School but still makes time to putter in his lair.

## Personality

Vic is unwillingly retired and uses any opportunity he gets to use his inventions, even if that's just messing with his kids or simply weaponizing faulty home appliances. He tends to be sarcastic at times, especially when he's in stressful situations. Like the rest of the Maddens, he is very competitive and isn't afraid to compete against his kids.

## Relationships

### Family

#### Eva Madden

Eva Madden is the wife of Vic. They are passionate towards each other and were partners in their supervillain days. They also work together against their kids sometimes as well.

#### Jake Madden

Jake is Vic's oldest son. They interact at times and can get along with each other as well. They are both very different in that Vic is still in his villain phase, and Jake is trying to become a better person. Also, Vic thinks that Jake is lame. But they have a great father bonding son relationship.

#### Amy Madden

Amy is Vic's middle child and only daughter. They interact quite a lot and can get along quite well. Hank has been shown to be very competitive with Amy, more than his other family members. Amy does think that Vic is lame, but she really looks up to him as well.

#### Colby Madden

Colby is Vic's youngest son. Vic, along with his family, actually has a good relationship with Colby, besides them calling him "Number 3," until he got his superpower. Colby also looks up to his father.

## Powers and Abilities

**Abilities**
* **Master Engineer:** Vic has shown to be able to invent and engineer electronic devices and gadgets. He used this ability to use pieces of a microwave to create a device that can zap people to a different dimension. Vic is apparently so good in this trade that he can manufacture devices of exact likeness to each other, but not necessarily of the same purpose and functions to them.
* **Master Cloner:** Vic also has some expertise in the highly advanced super-science of biological cloning, having produced a hundred copes of himself in the past so he - or rather, they - could rob a matching number of banks at the same time. He also once made a clone of his wife Surge. He later cloned a much stronger version of his son in an attempt to make Jake jealous.

**Powers**
* **Kinetic Energy Manipulation:** His son Colby transfer redthis power to him to keep in Power Struggle; it allows him to manipulate kinetic energy. He began using this power in The Promposal.
	+ **Kinetic-Telekinesis:** To use kinetic energy to affect the direct atomic motion of matter/energy in general; effectively making them able to push, move, lift, or otherwise manipulate the direction of minutia motion in any given vector they see fit. He began using this power in The Promposal.

Temporary Powers
* **Invisibility:** In Power Hungry, Colby used his Transference power to give him the ability to be invisible in which he can render himself unable to be seen.

Stolen Powers
* **Thermokinesis:** In the 2-parter episode(s), Family Secrets and Power Struggle, it is revealed that Vic used to have a power, which is thermokinesis, but it was stolen from him by Blue Granite. In the latter episode, his sons and daughter set off to find and get his power back, which they are successful, but at the same time unsuccessful in doing so due to the glass his silver flame was being held in breaking, releasing the flame and forever extinguishing it.

## Trivia

* Vic is the only member of the family that doesn't possess discernable superpowers. However, in the pilot, while talking with Colby, he implied that he does indeed possess a superpower; considering his skillset, he may possess superhuman intelligence or mechanical aptitude, neither of which are overly obvious.
	+ However, it was revealed that he used to possess a power that was heat related.
		- Specifically, the ability to conjure fire.
* The subtitles on Disney Channel misspell "Kraniac" as "Craniac."
* He has created clones of himself, Eva, and Jake.
* His height is revealed to be 5'11" in Power Hungry.
* It is revealed Vic is actually named Jack Thomas, but gave up his super heroic identity of Sliver Flame to be with Surge.
* He and his brother Blue Granite have agreed to try to reconcile their family.