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For pure fun, and in the hope of starting some interesting discussions, I have put together a couple of list's that I will be posting in this here thread.
As some of you may know, I have a quite big interest in movies, and specifically in the antagonists. These range from petty thieves to evil super geniuses. Always there to spoil the Heroes plans and to make his life as hard as humanly possible. What would the movies be without these bad guys?
For example, what would Batman be without the Joker? Just a mentally scarred grown man in a leather/latex outfit..
And we got enough of those already...
Antagonists in the movies can range from a strong individual with terrible powers, Sauron, to a faceless group that preform horrible acts, the Umbrella Corporation.
To cut down the range a bit, I have made quite specific lists. Why only top 5? Well, because of two things. First of, I don't really have the time to do a top 10, but there might be one coming if there is any interests. Second, I do believe that the majority of members of GothicWars lack the attention span to sit through any more than five..
Go ahead and feel free to discuss the lists, or make your own. These are just based on my opinion, and the experience I have had.
Let's get it started, shall we?
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Top 5 Disney Villains
Walt Disney. Much can be said about the man, but we shall ignore him for now, and instead focus on the movies that his company has given us. I am sure that the majority of you, just like me, grew up with Disney movies such as The Little Mermaid, or The Lion King. But in these oh so child friendly movies, there hides some pretty damn evil villains.
I have chosen to list the top five villains of Disney's animated movies. Not computer animated, the old kind of animated.. Why? Because I have seen every single one of those, and therefore can say that I have thought of every single one of the villains. If you want a complete list, you can find it >> Here <<.
Moving on, here comes the list!
[spoiler=Number 5]
Name: Cruella De Vil
Appears In: One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)
Motivation: I don't think this Lady needs any introduction. She joins the list for being a cold-hearted fashionista, that would kill and skin
99 puppies for the sake of one coat. Think about it. Would you be able to kill and skin a puppy?
The fact that she also have one of the most badass names in animated history (Cruel Devil for those of you that hasn't realized it yet...) secures her a place on the list.
A bonus is that she is hellbent on getting these puppies, so much that it is on the verge of true psychopath. Something that she basically turns into in the later part of the movie.
The reason why she has not gotten further than the fifth place is because she doesn't do anything that the clothing companies does every day. They breed, kill and skin animals as an industry for the sake of fur, and they also get extra points for using child labor.
Besides, she gets outwitted and defeated by animals.. Seriously...
But fifth place isn't to bad, now is it?
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[spoiler=Number 4]
Name: Scar
Appears In: The Lion King (1994)
Motivation: You know him, you love.. Or do you? Oh well..
A true mastermind with his eyes on the throne. He knows what he wants, and he knows how to get it. With the help of a group of easily manipulated hyenas, he performs a well planed Coupe d'état, killing his own brother, and tries to kill his nephew after blaming him for the death of his father. He successfully takes the throne, and rules like a true dictator, using fear, strength and a personal army. A personal army of hyenas, granted, but still a personal army.
But with all this, he still just reach the fourth position. If he could have done the job correctly, and killed the little prince with his own hands(or paws? Claws.? You know what I mean!), instead of sending a stupid trio to do the job, the movie would have ended in a completely different way. Now the little prince come back and takes back the throne from him. Scar then does the next stupid thing, and looses the control over the hyenas, which spells his doom. Not very bright..
In addition, his actions is nothing new. Things like these have been done in every monarchy and dictatorship that has existed in the world.. And it lies in a lions nature to take over control.
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[spoiler=Number 3]
Name: Judge Claude Frollo
Appears In: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Motivation: Do I really need to motivate why he is on this list? Have you seen the movie?!
A judge, who acts more like an ancient JudgeDredd, or maybe as an Inquisitor, he wages a personal war on gypsies. He capture them, torture them, and who knows what else. If that is not enough, he raises a deformed child, and in the same process, brainwash it. He locks the child in a lonely tower, Josef Fritzl style, where it starts to make friends with the gargoyles, like a true madman. Of course, he comes to visit it, to bring food and/or whip it..
Moving on.
Frollo falls in love with a gypsy woman, and sees it as a test from the devil, and burns down a large part of Paris, looking for her. In the act, he also capture, and tortures, a whole lot of other gypsies. When he finds her, after fooling his "son" to find her for him, he gives her a choice. Be his, or burn. Quite understandably, she chooses to burn..
When finally his plans goes to hell, due to an intervention from his "son", he takes things in his own hands, and set out to kill them with a sword held in previously mentioned hand. Then he falls to his death.
Yeah. Pretty damn evil guy. I like to remind you that this is still a Disney movie..
But surly there can be no other Villain as despicable as him among the Disney movies, and he really deserves to be number one..?
The reason why he doesn't reach number one, is because he basically acts on religion, xenophobia, and prejudices. And it's not like Frollo is the most evil guy who has acted on these things..
And he is a judge. A corrupted one maybe, but still a judge that stands for right and justice. So his actions were pretty much approved by his religion, and the laws of the time.
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[spoiler=Number 2]
Name: Ratigan
Appears In: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Motivation: Do you know Professor Moriarty? Well, this here is his rat counterpart. But for survivals sake, I don't think you should call him a rat..
Ratigan is a true evil genius. He has physical power, a great intellect and cunning, and a pet cat that eats anyone who annoys him (that is what the bell is for).. He handle himself as a well spoken, and well dressed gentleman, but is really a cold-hearted bastard. His plan is simple. He kidnaps a toy-maker, holding his daughter as a hostage, so that the toy-maker builds a steam powered clockwork droid that looks like the mouse queen. Then he capture the queen, and let the droid pronounce him the unchallenged ruler of the whole world! Well, the whole mouse world, that is. He even manages to capture the protagonist and leave him in an over complicated, and very deadly, trap.
It also helps his case that he looks like a frikking Rat Ogre in a suit.. A side of him that really appears in what I think is one of the most creepy scenes of all the Disney films, when he goes berserk(ratserk?) inside Big Ben, desperately trying to kill the hero at all costs, as can be seen in the image below.
But the fact is that he still doesn't reach number one. The reason is that his character is loosely built on the character Professor Moriarty, who is a much better villain. The other point is that he is pretty damn stupid leaving the hero in that death trap, believing that he would not survive. Standard villain mistake.. But the greatest weakness is his own rage, that proves to be his undoing.
So, with all these great villains, who is number one then? Well, you will just have to click the next spoiler to find out!
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[spoiler=Number 1]
Name: The Horned King
Appears In: The Black Cauldron (1985)
Motivation: Here he is. Our number one. This is what happens when Disney tries to act grown up..
I don't know about the rest of the world, but in Sweden, this is a movie very few have seen. So if you haven't seen it, do so!
Here we have a true villain. He is an evil master, a fearsome skeletal undead king(basically Thugren..).
He has all that a true villain needs. A horrible castle, a comical relief minion, a horde of barbarians that fears him, and follows his every command, and a plan for world domination. And what a plan! He's trying to find a magical cauldron so that he can raise an army of dead to conquer the world(again, like Thugren..)! But how to find it? Well, by kidnapping an oracular pig. That's right.. An oracular pig. It's still a children's movie you know..
The acts of violence his minions does in his name is quite extraordinary for being in a Disney movie, and they even had to cut out about 12 minutes from the film, taking away a big part of the violent scenes.
He is my number one for he is truly an evil being. He has no respect for life, and would do whatever it takes, and kill whoever he needs to get what he want. And he does. The only reason he falls in the end of the movie is that he underestimated a little fluffy sidekicks ability to do unselfish acts. Something anyone in his position would do..
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[spoiler=Honorable Mention]
Name: Hexxus
Appears In: FernGully (1992)
Motivation: A ancient spirit hellbent on destroying all life on the planet, that finds strength in pollution. Yeah, she would conquer the world pretty quick in this day and age...
But, sadly, not a Disney movie. Still a movie worth watching!
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Well there you have it! Hope you enjoyed it. Let me know what you think, and if you would want to see another Top 5 Villains list.
Until next time, do something evil, just for the feeling of it!
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