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| Created by | Disney Consumer Products |
| Original work | Walt Disney Pictures films |
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| Book(s) | List of books |
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| Traditional | Disney Villainous |
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| Toy(s) | Villains Designer Collection[1] |
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| Extension | Disney's Divas of Darkness[2] |
This is alist of Disney Villain characters, often based on fictional antagonist characters who have been featured as part of the Disney character line-up. Some of thesevillain characters have appeared in sequels, video games, comic books, stage productions, or live-action adaptations of the original films.
Much like with theDisney Princess line with some of Disney's female lead animated characters, Disney's villain characters are also often grouped together as part of aDisney Villainsfranchise, formed by various antagonists fromWalt Disney Pictures productions, with a main focus on characters from animated films, mainly those fromWalt Disney Animation Studios productions.[3][4][5]
The characters listed here are featured in Disney productions andmerchandise as "official" villains within theDisney Villains franchise.
These characters are seen most frequently inDisney Villains related merchandise, live events, attractions, etc. The characters are also known as "The 13 Reflections of Evil".[6]
These characters appear or have appeared in the franchise less frequently.
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In August 2018, astrategy game titledDisney Villainous was designed byProspero Hall, published byRavensburger and released exclusively toTarget stores. The game has players compete as Disney Villains attempting to accomplish their goals from the film, while simultaneously trying to slow down their opponents. As of March 2021, four standalone expansions have released, with each adding three different playable villains.[80]
Villain merchandise was available at the formerVillains in Vogue store in Sunset Blvd, atDisney's Hollywood Studios. This first store was so successful that the Disneyland Villain Shop was opened afterwards in 1991.[81] Both of these have since now closed.[citation needed]
USAopoly has released a number of products featuring Disney villains. Among them is aMonopoly-based board game calledMy Disney Villains Monopoly; acheckers game;[82] and a collector's card game set.[83]
An online Disney trivia game calledWho Wants to be a Villionaire, released in October 2001, is loosely based onWho Wants to Be a Millionaire? and features several villains as hosts, asking questions about the film in which they are featured. The "Phone-a-Friend" feature is renamed "Phone-a-Fiend" and will connect the player to Cruella de Vil.[84][85]
There is a sub-franchise derived from Disney villains entitledDisney's Divas of Darkness. The line-up includesMaleficent, theEvil Queen,Cruella de Vil,Ursula, and theQueen of Hearts.[2]
TheVillains Designer Collection re-imagines the stylish wickedness of Disney villains. This line of merchandise includes Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, the Evil Queen, the Queen of Hearts, Ursula and Mother Gothel.[1]
TheVinylmation collection also includes aVillains series.[86]
Several books dedicated to Disney villains have been released. Among them are:
There are also books to color, likeDisney Villains: All the Rage andDisney Villains Giant Book to Color ~ Diabolical Deeds!
Several characters from the Disney villains makemeet-and-greet appearances at variousDisney Parks locations. Previous parades such as Disney's Hollywood Studios' Disney Stars and Motor Cars Parade,SpectroMagic andDisney's Once Upon a Dream Parade featured a float dedicated to villains,[87] andParade of Dreams (an Ursula float).[88]
A 1999 exhibit at theCartoon Art Museum entitled "The Disney Villains" included displays featuring Disney's official villains, along with other villainous characters such as the Hunter fromBambi, andBr'er Fox & Br'er Bear fromSong of the South.[89]
Disney villains play a vital role in the nighttime showFantasmic!, performed at theDisneyland andDisney's Hollywood Studios theme parks.[90] In the shows, theEvil Queen decides it is time to finish offMickey Mouse once and for all, and invokes other villains to help her.
Disney villains appear inMickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, aHalloween-themed event held annually during the months of September and October at theMagic Kingdom theme park atWalt Disney World and atDisneyland Paris. A stage show and meet-and-greet with the villains led byDr. Facilier (and prior to 2011 byMaleficent) titled "The Disney Villains Mix and Mingle" is held on theCinderella Castle Forecourt Stage. Among those to visit are theQueen of Hearts,Captain Hook, and theEvil Queen among others.[91] During the fireworks showHalloWishes some villains arrive to the celebration, starting withUrsula "plopping in" on the party and adding her own musical mix to the festivities.Jafar andOogie Boogie soon follow, and arriving last isMaleficent showing the audience howHalloween should really be celebrated.
In theDream Along with Mickey stage show atWalt Disney World'sMagic Kingdom, the Disney villains appear onstage to threatenMickey Mouse,Minnie Mouse,Donald Duck andGoofy.Maleficent states that since people no longer believe in dreams, it is the perfect time for her to return to power and make the Magic Kingdom "The Place Where Nightmares Come True"—a play on theDisney Experiences slogan of "The Place Where Dreams Come True". She is also accompanied by Captain Hook.
The Disney villains star as the main characters in the Disney Cruise lines' variety show,Villains Tonight. This musical stage production features Hades on a quest to get more evil in the Underworld by summoning up Disney's most powerful villains so he can keep his job. This show featuresMaleficent,Jafar, theEvil Queen,Cruella de Vil,Captain Hook,Scar,Yzma,Ursula, andChernabog in a variety of comical situations while performing various musical numbers from their respective appearances. This show debuted on theDisney Magic cruise ship March 27, 2010, and the Disney Dream on January 26, 2012.[92]
In August 2024, was announced that a seventh themed land focused on the Disney Villains will be built at theMagic Kingdom, atWalt Disney World. Similar toMickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, The land, named as Villains Land, is described as the home of the Disney Villains from Walt Disney Animation Studios films.[93] In November 2024 at D23 Brazil 2024, it was announced that the land will be featured with the Queen of Hearts, Jafar, the Evil Queen (and her witch form), Lady Tremaine, Yzma, Cruella, Captain Hook, Maleficent (and her dragon form), Gaston, Mother Gothel, Ursula, Hades, and Chernabog,[94] and the backstory for the land was revealed.[95] In August 2025 at Destination D23 2025, it was announced that the land will be featured with the conjuring architecture inspiration.[96]
In September 2024, it was announced thatLightning McQueen's Racing Academy would be closed on October 7, 2024, to make way for the Disney Villains-themed stage showDisney Villains: Unfairly Ever After, which debuted on May 27, 2025 in Sunset Showcase Theater at Disney's Hollywood Studios.[97][98][99][49][34]
In November 2025, it was announced that Disney Villains parade would return fromMickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party as a new special daytime parade,Villains Pre-Parade, which would take place before the holiday parade onMickey's Very Merry Christmas Party at Magic Kingdom.[100]
Disney's Villains' Revenge is a 1999 video game which tells the story of how theEvil Queen,Captain Hook,Queen of Hearts, and the Ringmaster change the story from the original movie to the way they wanted the story to end, with no "Happily Ever After".
In theKingdom Hearts series ofaction role-playing games developed and published byDisney Interactive Studios andSquare Enix, Disney villains play a major role as they seek to harness the power of darkness. The villains are antagonists in different worlds, such as the Villains group led byMaleficent, withPete as her main henchman,Hades in Olympus,Jafar inAgrabah,Ursula in Atlantica,Oogie Boogie in Halloween Town,Captain Hook inNeverland, andScar in thePride Lands. Other villain in the group outside the official line-up isCaptain Barbossa of Port Royal.
Other Disney Villains in the games areQueen of Hearts in Wonderland,Clayton in Deep Jungle,Chernabog in End of the World & Symphony of Sorcery,Shan Yu in the Land of Dragons, TheEvil Queen in Dwarf Woodlands,Lady Tremaine,Anastasia andDrizella in Castle of Dreams,Captain Gantu in Deep Space,Claude Frollo in La Cité des Cloches,Gaston in Beast's Castle,King Candy in Candy Kingdom,Mother Gothel in Kingdom of Corona,Randall Boggs in Monstropolis andHans in Arendelle.
Other villains from Disney productions outside the official line-up that also make appearances includeSabor in Deep Jungle, theMaster Control Program &Sark in Space Paranoids,CLU &Rinzler in The Grid, theBeagle Boys in Country of the Musketeers,Julius in Traverse Town, andDavy Jones &Cutler Beckett in The Caribbean.Monstro, the whale fromPinocchio, is both a character and a location as well as a boss inKingdom Hearts Birth by Sleep Final Mix.
Epic Mickey introduces new villains to the world of Disney, most of which are from old-style Disney films and attractions. In the first game, Mickey unwittingly creates a monster called the Shadow Blot (not to be confused with thePhantom Blot). As Mickey tries to get rid of it,Yen Sid approaches and Mickey is forced to flee, leaving some of the Blot undestroyed. Years later, the Blot has Mickey kidnapped so that his heart can be used to escape Wasteland. With Oswald's help, Mickey returns home as the Blot is defeated. The game also features an animatronic version of Captain Hook fromPeter Pan as a boss.
Inthe second game,The Mad Doctor tries to rule in the Shadow Blot's stead. In the first game, the Mad Doctor supplied robots for the Blot. If the player choose the Hero path, The Mad Doctor's toon form is restored. If the player chooses the Scrapper path, The Mad Doctor is left in the final battle room to rot. Lastly, at the end of the second game, several versions of Pete look like they are going to take over the Wasteland themselves.
The mobile gameDisney Twisted-Wonderland is focused in the Night Raven College, a college whose students live in seven different dormitories based on different Disney villains who are known as "The Great Seven": Heartslabyul, based on the Queen of Hearts; Savanaclaw, based on Scar; Octavinelle, based on Ursula; Scarabia, based on Jafar; Pomefiore, based on the Evil Queen; Ignihyde, based on Hades; and Diasomnia, based on Maleficent.[101]
Additionally, several of the college staff are inspired by some villains, including the alchemy teacher Divus Crewel inspired by Cruella De Vil, the history teacher Mozus Trein inspired by Lady Tremaine, the gym teacher Ashton Vargas inspired by Gaston, and the school store proprietor Sam inspired by Dr. Facilier.[102]
In March 27, 2025 was releasedDisney Villains Cursed Café, asimulation video game where the player must prepare their orders for the Disney Villains in acoffeehouse frequented by them, with the villains appearing with designs adapted to the game, dressed in modern clothing.[103][104]
Several Disney Villains are present as playable characters in the video gameDisney Magic Kingdoms, acting as antagonists in new storylines placed after the events of their respective films.
Alternate versions of several Disney Villains appear as playable characters in the video gameDisney Mirrorverse.[105]
Several Disney Villains appear inDisney Dreamlight Valley as villagers of the titular valley. Some of them acting as main antagonists in the expansions of the game, as is the case of Jafar in the "A Rift in Time" DLC, Maleficent and Hades in "The Storybooke Vale" DLC,[106][107] and Cruella in the "Wishblossom Ranch" DLC.[108]
Characters from the franchise have been featured in television specials. The first,Our Unsung Villains, was aired in 1956 as part ofWalt Disney Presents. In the special,Walt Disney himself hands hosting duties over to the Magic Mirror, who hosts a show devoted to Disney villains such as theBig Bad Wolf, theEvil Queen andCaptain Hook, andBr'er Fox and Br'er Bear.
In 1977, there was an update to this show entitledDisney's Greatest Villains, that featured the Evil Queen and Captain Hook again, along with other characters from the franchise. Segments from this special were featured inA Disney Halloween.
A handful of alternate versions of Disney Villains appear in theABCfantasydrama television seriesOnce Upon a Time. A notable case of their appearances is in thefourth season, where Maleficent, Ursula and Cruella De Vil form a group known as the Queens of Darkness.[109]
Gaston, Iago and Maleficent (in her dragon form) appear as antagonists in theLego special forDisney+Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest.[110] Gaston returns in the sequelLego Disney Princess: Villains Unite, where he is now allied with Ursula, Jafar, the Evil Queen, and Sir Hiss,[111][112][113] and also tries to ally with Chernabog, but without success.
The Disney Villains are a main focus in theDescendants franchise.
In theDisney Channel Original MovieDescendants appear Maleficent, the Evil Queen, Jafar and Cruella de Vil, along with their children, Mal, Evie, Jay and Carlos, respectively. They live on The Isle of the Lost, an island where all of Disney's villains and their various sidekicks have been imprisoned, along with all the other villains and their children. Mal, Evie, Jay, and Carlos were chosen by Prince Ben (son of King Beast and Queen Belle) to live in The United States of Auradon.[114]
In the animated seriesDescendants: Wicked World, appear Freddie, Dr. Facilier's daughter, CJ, Captain Hook's daughter, and Zevon, Yzma's son.
In the sequel,Descendants 2, Uma, Harry and Gil, children of Ursula,[115] Captain Hook[116] and Gaston,[117] appear as the main antagonists. Dizzy, Drizella's daughter, also appears as a more friendly character.[118] Maleficent appears in a lizard form, having that appearance after the events in the previous film, while Ursula yells at her daughter from the kitchen in her restaurant, only one of her tentacles visible, and Lady Tremaine is simply heard yelling at her granddaughter from upstairs in her hairdresser.
In the third film,Descendants 3, appear Hades, Dr. Facilier, Lady Tremaine, and Mr. Smee. Celia, Dr. Facilier's daughter, and Squeaky and Squirmy, Mr. Smee's twin sons, are also introduced.
The fourth film,Descendants: The Rise of Red, feature Queen of Hearts, and teen versions of her, Maleficent, Hades, and Captain Hook. The film also introduce Red, Queen of Hearts' daughter.[119]
The upcoming fifth film,Descendants: Wicked Wonderland, will introduce Queen of Hearts' other daughter, Pink, Captain Hook's daughter, Hazel, and Dr. Facilier's son, Felix.[120][121]
The Disney Villains star inMickey's House of Villains, the 2002film adaptation of theanimated television seriesHouse of Mouse. Set during aHalloween party,Jafar tellsCruella De Vil,Ursula andCaptain Hook his plan to take over the club at midnight. Led by Jafar, they take over the club through the musical number "It's Our House Now", and all the other villains in the House join in. In the process, the Card Soldiers traps all the heroes in the kitchen, throwsMickey and his friends out into the street, while the House's name changes to the "House of Villains". Mickey,Donald andGoofy in turn try to return things to normal, butChernabog keeps throwing them out. Minnie also tries to demand that they leave the club, but is expelled by Captain Hook. Afterwards, Mickey dresses in his famous sorcerer outfit fromFantasia and challenges Jafar to a magical duel using fireballs. Mickey's sorcerer hat is bounced off and there is very little time to put it back on, but thenAladdin saves the day by escaping the kitchen to the backstage room on themagic carpet and givingDaisy who gives Mickey the lamp to trap Jafar. Mickey sucks Jafar into the lamp, while the rest of the villains flee, restoring the House to normal.
In the filmOnce Upon a Halloween, on the night beforeHalloween, theEvil Queen plans to conquerHalloween, and asks her cauldron to show the viewer several villains to which one of them helps her in her plan. Among them,Peg Leg Pete,Ursula,Captain Hook,Yzma,Professor Ratigan,Alameda Slim,Judge Claude Frollo, andHorned King are the ones with a main focus.
InThe Simpsons shortWelcome to the Club (2022), several Disney Villains, among them Evil Queen (in her witch form), Queen of Hearts, Captain Hook, Maleficent, Cruella de Vil, Ursula, Kaa, Jafar, Scar, and Hades, try to showLisa Simpson through a musical number how much fun being a villain can be.[122] In the 2024 shortThe Most Wonderful Time of the Year (2024), the Disney Villains andSideshow Bob, along with some other villains from franchises from otherDisney brands, sing a carol for Halloween.[123]
Several Disney Villains fromWalt Disney Animation Studios productions was appeared in the short filmOnce Upon a Studio (2023) in celebration of Disney's 100th anniversary.[124]
In theKingdom Keepers novel series, Disney villains form a group known as the "Overtakers".[125]
TheVillainous board game franchise, published by Ravensburger, puts players in the roles of Disney villains. It has been praised by critics and fans for its lush artwork and easy-to-learn yet compelling strategy elements. The game is unique in that it features anasymmetrical structure, with players working to complete their own unique goals. The core game,The Worst Takes It All, has been followed up with five expansions (to date):Wicked to the Core,Evil Comes Prepared,Perfectly Wretched,Despicable Plots, andBigger and Badder.[126]
Disney villains proved their mark in cinematic history when theAmerican Film Institute namedthe Evil Queen fromSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs as the10th-greatest movie villain of all time. Other Disney Villains on AFI's list were the unseen hunter(s) fromBambi andCruella de Vil from101 Dalmatians.[127] AFI did not rely on Disney's classification of who qualified as a villain, but used this definition instead:
a "villain" was defined as a character(s) whose wickedness of mind, selfishness of character and will to power are sometimes masked by beauty and nobility, while others may rage unmasked. They can be horribly evil or grandiosely funny, but are ultimately tragic.[128]
Other Disney villains who got a nomination here wereMaleficent fromSleeping Beauty,Ursula fromThe Little Mermaid,Lady Tremaine fromCinderella, andStromboli fromPinocchio.[129]
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