Disney Villains

Disney Villains

Members[]

Over its more than 90-year history, Disney has brought to life more than 127 different villains from films, sequels, television, video games, books, and even the Disney theme parks. Although many different evil characters and enemies have been created, not all of them are official members of theDisney Villains franchise.

Conversely, some of the "villains" that are marketed are antagonists but not necessarily villains since they are not evil characters, sometimes not fully agreeing with other antagonists or redeeming themselves in the end, but they still cause trouble to the protagonists;Sour Bill being one such example ("villain" and "antagonist" are not the same thing).

Primary members[]

Recurring members[]

Sub-franchises[]

Disney's Divas of Darkness[]

Disney's Divas of Darkness (also shortened toDisney Divas,DDD, orDisney's Bad Girls) is a sub-franchise consisting of the most recognizable female Disney Villains (or Disney villainesses). It can be seen as a counterpart to theDisney Princess franchise because it too targets a female audience but consists of evil characters instead.

Members[]

• The Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)
• Lady Tremaine (Cinderella)
• Queen of Hearts (Alice in Wonderland)
• Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
• Cruella De Vil (One Hundred and One Dalmatians)
• Madam Mim (The Sword in the Stone)
• Madame Medusa (The Rescuers)
• Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
• Yzma (The Emperor's New Groove)
• Doris (Meet the Robinsons)
• Mother Gothel (Tangled)

Disney's Sinister Cats[]

Disney's Sinister Cats is a lesser-known sub-franchise consisting of felines. It should be noted that several of its members were not the main antagonists of their respective films. This franchise is also known asDisney Cats, but it should be noted that the franchise does not include feline protagonists likeOliver orThomas O'Malley under this banner. Felines with more evident anthropomorphic features likePete,Gideon, orPrince John are also not included.

Members[]

• Lucifer (Cinderella)
• Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)
• Si and Am (Lady and the Tramp)
• Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)
• Felicia (The Great Mouse Detective)
• Scar (The Lion King)

The Thirteen Reflections of Evil[]

The Thirteen Reflections of Evil was a Disney Villain group made for theEpcot pin trading event in the September of 2013. In the story, the Evil Queen found an incantation which if performed with a magic mirror on Friday the Thirteenth, would summon 13 of the most powerful and evil villains from across time and space. The villains then broke the mirror and hid the thirteen shards so no one could use it against them.

Members[]

1. Chernabog
2. Maleficent
3. The Evil Queen
4. Jafar
5. Ursula
6. Cruella De Vil
7. Dr. Facilier
8. Hades
9. Scar
10. Captain Hook
11. Queen of Hearts
12. Gaston
13. Oogie Boogie

Leaders[]

In most crossover appearances featuring the villains, a specific villain would act as the leader, or the central figure of the project to whom the others are (more or less) subservient.

• Maleficent - The most frequent and quintessential leader of theDisney Villains. She led the villains in several park attractions, promotional material, theKingdom Hearts series, and was the second-in-command of theKingdom Keepers novels. She is also the leader of the Villains inDescendants.
• Pete - The leader of the villains in theHouse of Mouse episode "Pete's House of Villains" and was the second-in-command in theKingdom Hearts series.
• The Evil Queen - Led the villains inFantasmic!,Cinderella's Surprise Celebration andOne Man's Dream II: The Magic Lives On! She also led the villains along with Jafar inVillains Night Out! at Hong Kong Disneyland. She has also served as the centerpiece in various forms of merchandise and marketing.
• Chernabog - Led the villains in theKingdom Keepers novels, as well as being the centerpiece of severalDisney Villain related merchandise and promotional material.
• Jafar - Jafar was the leader in the direct-to-video filmMickey's House of Villains. He also led the villains along with the Evil Queen in Villains Night Out! at Hong Kong Disneyland.
• Hades - Hades serves as the ringleader in theSorcerers of the Magic Kingdom attraction, the central villain in the Disney Cruise Line'sVillains Tonight!, and was the host of Disney'sUnleash the Villains event in 2013 and 2014. Hades also serves as the protagonist of Villains Unite the Night at the Magic Kingdom.
• Captain Hook - Led the villains in the Disneyland Paris show "Disney Dreams!" and was the second-in-command inMickey's House of Villains.
• Ursula - Led the villains in the Disney Cruise Line show "The Golden Mickeys".
• Dr. Facilier - Facilier served as the central villain inDisney's Maleficious Halloween Party,Villains Mix and Mingle from2011 to2014, and served as the host of the villain-centric eventClub Villain.
• Lady Tremaine - Tremaine led the villains during the Sinister Soiree character dining event inCinderella's Royal Table duringMickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party in 2014.
• Cruella De Vil - Led the villains along withJack Skellington in the Halloween segment ofDisney on Ice: Let's Celebrate!.
• Oogie Boogie - Led the villains inDisney's Not So Spooky Spectacular and served as the host and narrator ofWorld of Color: Villainous!.
• Tamatoa - Tamatoa was featured as the central villain inWonderful World of Animation.
• Winifred,Mary, andSarah Sanderson - Winifred, Mary, and Sarah Sanderson led the villains inHocus Pocus Villain Spelltacular during Mickey's-Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.

Other media[]

Television specials[]

In theDisney's Scary Tales (1981) episode special as part ofThe Wonderful World of Disney,Hans Conried (voice ofthe Evil Queen's Magic Mirror fromSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs) hosts the special with Disney Villains in eight segments includingCaptain Hook fromPeter Pan,Edgar Balthazar the Bulter fromThe Aristocats,Willie the Giant fromMickey and the Beanstalk,Kaa andShere Khan fromThe Jungle Book,the Evil Queen fromSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs,Cruella De Vil fromOne Hundred and One Dalmatians,Madame Medusa fromThe Rescuers, andMaleficent fromSleeping Beauty.

Mickey's House of Villains[]

The Disney Villains guest star in thisHouse of Mouse with Jafar as the leader. He and the rest of the villains overthrow Mickey Mouse and locks all the heroes/heroines in the kitchen and kick Mickey and his friends out forcing them to fight to get the club back.

Disney's Villains' Revenge[]

In this computer game,Captain Hook,the Evil Queen, theQueen of Hearts, and theRingmaster change their respective stories to their own advantage.

Kingdom Hearts[]

The Disney Villains are antagonists in the game series, with theDisney Villain Council led byMaleficent being a prominent force. All of the members command theHeartless horde as a means of controlling their respective worlds, and in turn help Maleficent in locating theKeyblade. The council consisted of Maleficent,Pete,Jafar,Hades,Captain Hook,Oogie Boogie, andUrsula.Captain Barbossa,Scar, andRiku were also members for brief periods of time. Most of the members meet their demise, although Hades, Captain Hook, and Pete are the only ones to survive; while Maleficent is later resurrected, Pete is the only one to rejoin her. In theKingdom Hearts manga series by Shiro Amano, it is revealed that a spot on the Disney Villain Council was offered to theCheshire Cat, though he saw their goals as beneath him and refused.

Other villains also appear in the series though not connected to the council, includingClayton,Chernabog,Shan Yu,Master Control Program,Monstro,the Evil Queen,Lady Tremaine,Gantu,Claude Frollo,CLU,Mother Gothel,Hans,Randall Boggs, andDavy Jones.Gaston andKing Candy also appear in the mobile gamesKingdom Hearts χ andUnion χ, respectively.

Disney Heroes: Battle Mode[]

AllPrimary Villains are playable characters in the game. Additionally, a lot ofRecurring Disney Villains are playable characters too, for example;Percival C. McLeach,John Silver,Michael "Goob" Yagoobian,Gaston,Horned King,Kaa.Pixar Villains are also appearing in this game, for example;Randall Boggs,Syndrome,Emperor Zurg,Chef Skinner.Disney Television Villains are also playable, for example;Monkey Fist,Dr. Drakken,Heinz Doofenshmirtz,Megavolt,Magica De Spell. Villains from another branches also appear in this game, for example;Sanderson Sisters,Oogie Boogie,Davy Jones.

There are a lot of not mentioned villains in above lists which are playable.

The Villains in this game don't hold title of the antagonists, as the main villains of the game is MegaVirus and The Creeps. Villains often help heroes defeat their common enemy to bring peace to the City. However, this doesn't stop them from interrupting them sometimes, in attempt to take over The City and ruling everything.Maleficent,Ursula,Hades,Oogie Boogie,Scar,Yzma,The Evil Queen,Bellwether,Shego,Horned King, andNegaduck, teamed up to take over the city in the later chapters of on-going story in Normal Campaign.

Gallery[]

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Trivia[]

• Many Disney Villains wear mostly red, black, and purple. By contrast, colors like blue, green, yellow and white are most commonly worn by Disney Heroes.
• Most villains appear to have either green, yellow or black (no iris) eyes.
  • Green eyes were considered to be a sign of either magic, evil, and/or witchcraft during the Middle Ages, yellow eyes are often common in animals but not humans, and villains' eyes are generally smaller than those of heroic characters and tend to not reflect any light at all, giving them a rather soulless look.
  • Occasionally, there are villains with blue eyes (Gaston), brown eyes (Stromboli, Jafar, King Candy), gray eyes (Ursula, Mother Gothel), or violet/purple eyes (Vanessa, Doctor Facilier).
• The Disney Villains are commonly known to be one of Disney's symbols forHalloween since villains are known to bemonsters, which are part of Halloween.
• Gaston fromBeauty and the Beast and Hans fromFrozen are currently the youngest Disney Villains to date, with Hans being 23 and Gaston being in his mid-20s.
• Scar fromThe Lion King, Hades fromHercules, andKing Runeard fromFrozen II are currently the only Disney Villains to be biologically related to the main protagonist of the movie (Scar isSimba's uncle, Hades isHercules' uncle, and King Runeard is Elsa and Anna's grandfather).
  • Prince John fromRobin Hood is also the uncle of the film's female lead,Maid Marian.
  • Ursula fromThe Little Mermaid was originally intended to be King Triton's sister (making her Ariel's aunt).
    • Despite this, thelive action remake reused this idea.
  • In the novelTarzan of the Apes,Clayton was Tarzan's biological cousin.
• Edgar Balthazar fromThe Aristocats seems to have more morality than most Disney Villains. When he was getting rid ofDuchessandherkittens, he could've just killed them, but he chose to abandon them in the woods.
• Prince John fromRobin Hood andGovernor Ratcliffe fromPocahontas are the only Disney Villains to be based onactualpeople.
  • Several Disney villains were inspired by real-life figures and celebrities, such as:
    • Pete (Wallace Beery)
    • Ursula (Divine)
    • Scar (Adolf Hitler)
    • Claude Frollo (Amon Göth)
    • Mother Gothel (Cher)
    • King Candy (Ed Wynn)
    • Tamatoa (David Bowie)
• Hades is presumably the oldest of the Disney Villains, being an immortal god. Mother Gothel fromTangled, while she's not immortal, is presumably the oldesthuman Disney Villain.
• Mortimer Mouse, Roscoe, Gaston,Jafar,Judge Claude Frollo, and Hans are currently the only male Disney Villains to have an obsession with the female lead of their respective films.
  • In deleted versions ofThe Lion King, Scar was to fall into lust with Nala at one point.
• Ursula, Gaston, Jafar, and Hans are currently the only Disney Villains who try to marry the lead character of their respective films.
• Honest John, Gideon, and Cruella De Vil are currently the only Disney Villains that were considered to be reused in another Disney movie outside theirs (Honest John and Gideon were considered to appear in theMickey and the Beanstalk segment fromFun and Fancy Free, and Cruella was considered to be reused as the main antagonist forThe Rescuers).
• Maleficent andCruella De Vil are currently the only Disney Villains to serve as the protagonist of their owntheatricalfeature films.
  • BothIago andKronk have led their own direct-to-video features inThe Return of Jafar andKronk's New Groove, respectively.
• Captain Hook fromPeter Pan is the only villain to be a part of theDisney Adventurers line-up.
• Sid Phillips is the first Disney Villain from a Pixar movie and is the first to be a kid.
• Dr. Facilier is the first black Disney Villain.
• Amos Slade,John Silver,Denahi,Michael Yagoobian,Yokai,Te Kā andAlma Madrigal are the only Disney Villains who redeem and learn the errors of their evil ways.
  • However,Shere Khan was originally intended to reform in the cancelled thirdJungle Book movie, whereasKing Candy was at one point considered to reform as well when he and Turbo were conceived as different characters.
  • InToy Story 3, a grown-up Sid Phillips is now a garbage man and seems to have reformed.
• Hans is the first Disney Villain to be a love interest to a Disney protagonist. However, it might not count, since Hans never really loved Princess Anna in the first place, and Anna's interest in Hans was more like a naive infatuation rather than actual love.
• In some early concept forWish,Queen Amaya, would have shared the role of being the main antagonist of the film with her husband before it was decided onlyKing Magnifico after they decided only Magnifico would be evil which would have been the first Disney Villain couple. EventuallyEdgar fromThe Aristocats was going to be accompanied by a scheming maid namedElvira, who was supposed to be his partner-in-crime and girlfriend butLyle Tiberius Rourke has his second-in-commandHelga Sinclair.
• Prince John, Ursula, Jafar, Scar, Sid Phillips, Hades, Hopper, Clayton, Mor'du, Hans, and Evelyn Deavor are the only Disney Villains to have known siblings (King Richard,Morgana,Nasira,Mufasa,Hannah Phillips,Zeus &Poseidon,Molt,Lady Waltham,The Three Brothers,the twelve princes of the Southern Isles, andWinston Deavor respectively).
  • AlthoughAunt Sarah andRandall Boggs have no known sibling, it is known that they must have at least one sibling.
• Of the eleven primary members of the franchise, only six are known to have died during their film: the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Ursula, Jafar (who was killed in thesequel toAladdin) Scar, and Dr. Facilier. Chernabog, the Queen of Hearts, Hook, Cruella, and Hades all survive their films.
• Jafar, Governor Ratcliffe, Captain Hook, Lady Tremaine, Cruella De Vil, Shere Khan, Gantu, Yzma, and the Sanderson sisters are the only villains who return as the main antagonist in a sequel of their films.
• Disney villains are commonly represented by a leitmotif featured in the scores of their respective film. These villains include:
  • The Big Bad Wolf ("Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?")
  • The Evil Queen ("A Special Sort of Death")
  • Honest John ("Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee")
  • Chernabog ("Night on Bald Mountain")
  • The Headless Horseman ("The Headless Horseman")
  • The Queen of Hearts ("March of the Cards")
  • Captain Hook ("A Pirate's Life (Is a Wonderful Life)"/"The Elegant Captain Hook")
  • Si and Am ("The Siamese Cat Song")
  • Maleficent ("Maleficent Appears")
  • Cruella De Vil ("Cruella De Vil")
  • Madam Mim ("Mad Madame Mim")
  • The Horned King ("The Horned King")
  • Professor Ratigan ("The World's Greatest Criminal Mind")
  • Bill Sykes ("Sykes")
  • Ursula ("Poor Unfortunate Souls")
  • Gaston ("Gaston")
  • Jafar ("On a Dark Night")
  • Oogie Boogie ("Oogie Boogie's Song")
  • Scar ("Didn't Your Mother Tell You Not to Play With Your Food"/"Be Prepared")
  • Governor Ratcliffe ("Mine, Mine, Mine")
  • Sid Phillips ("Sid")
  • Claude Frollo (“The Bells of Notre Dame/“Hellfire")
  • Hades ("Speak of the Devil")
  • Shan Yu ("The Huns Attack")
  • Hopper ("Hopper and his Gang")
  • Yzma ("Beware the Groove")
  • Queen Narissa ("Narissa Arrives")
  • Dr. Facilier ("Tiana's Bad Dream")
  • Lotso ("Lotso"/"Lotso's Story")
  • Mother Gothel ("Mother Knows Best")
  • King Candy ("Royal Raceway")
  • Hans ("Hans")
  • Yokai ("The Masked Man")
  • Tamatoa ("Shiny")
• Scar, Clayton, Lyle Tiberius Rourke, Dr. Facilier, Yokai, and Ernesto de la Cruz are the only villains to have permanently killed off a major character in their respective films.
  • An argument could be made for the Headless Horseman, who possibly killedIchabod Crane when the former spirited the latter away. However, Ichabod's final fate was left ambiguous.
• Sometimes, some Disney heroes/heroines and neutral characters are strangely seen with the villains in some Disney villains media. These characters include:
  • Donald Duck (who was seen dancing with the villains in theGrim Grinning Ghosts segment of theDisney Sing-Along Song videoDisneyland Fun)
  • The Lonesome Ghosts (who were seen joining the villains to take over theHouse of Mouse inMickey's House of Villains)
  • Tick-Tock the Crocodile (who was a neutral character who was for unknown reasons seen in some Disney villains media, includingMickey's House of Villains)
  • Witch Hazel (who was a heroine in her debut appearance, but oddly joined the villains inMickey's House of Villains)
  • The Haunted Mansion Ghosts (who are mostly friendly ghosts known as "Happy Haunts", while some ghosts like some members ofthe Sinister 11 are evil)
  • Jack Skellington (who was seen leading the villains along with Cruella De Vil on the Halloween segment onDisney on Ice: Let's Celebrate!, andJack Skellington's Villainous Gathering. He was also joined the villains inVillains Night Out!)
  • Sally (who along with Jack was seen with the villains inJack Skellington's Villainous Gathering).
• Pete, The Big Bad Wolf, Lady Tremaine, the Phantom, Henry J. Waternoose III, Mother Gothel, and Yokai are currently the only Disney Villains to have children. Those include:P.J. andPistol Pete,Lil' Bad Wolf and theThree Little Wolves,Anastasia andDrizella Tremaine,Melanie Ravenswood,Roger Rogers,Cassandra, andAbigail Callaghan.

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