I'm watching Fern Gully right now, and I think Hexxus is my favorite. He's the only one who consistently gave me nightmares as a child, and now watching the movie again, I love the way he's drawn, and his "Toxic Love" song.
So who's your favorite?
-pH
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Scar.
ADDED: I like his dripping sarcasm, and I think "Be Prepared" is a wonderefully evil song.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
Freakin' Ursula.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Scar, seconded.
--j_k
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
Jafar was awesome.
(Fern Gully wasn't Disney)
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
It wasn't? Hm, I could've sworn it was.
I liked Scar a lot, too. The Lion King had great songs.
-pH
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
I liked Scar, but Jafar seemed alot more charismatic to me.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Alladin.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Heh.
Posted by Little_Doctor (Member # 6635) on :
The Queen from Snow White, or the queen from Sleeping Beauty. Evil royal women are always the worst.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
How about the Queen of Hearts?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I like that song.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
You know she's always your best bet.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
In all honesty -- I really like Prince John.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
I love them all, but I wanted to BE Maleficent when I was little Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
Scar for me as well.
Although I like Ursula, too.
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Ursula- she scared me a lot as a child.
Posted by pH (Member # 1350) on :
I remember when I saw Ursula, she scared me so badly that I had to wait in the hallway of the movie theatre.
-pH
Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
Although on second thought when I was 8 and went to go see the Lion King- "Be Prepared" freaked me out to no end. I think it wasn't so much the song as the visuals- the green smoke, the hyenas and the skulls.
But when I was really young Ursula scared me. I don't know who it would be- they are both the evil villains that scare me the most- the seducing kind. Scar pretends to be the good uncle, and ursula tries to grant Ariel's desires. I don't know...
Tie- between Scar and ursula.
Posted by citadel (Member # 8367) on :
Hades from Hercules, and of course Jafar. Oh and Gaston.
Frollo from Hunchack of Notre Dame is the darkest Disney villian I think.
"Gaston, you are postitively primeval!" "Why thank you Belle!" - Belle and Gaston
"...while the little ones play on the floor with the dogs. Oh, we'll have 6 or 7. Dogs? No, Belle! Strapping boys like me! Imagine that." - Gaston and Belle
"How can you read this? There's no pictures! Well some people use their imaginations." - Gaston and Belle
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Maleficent was the scariest IMO
Scar probably did the MOST damage out of any Disney Villain (Bonus points for pulling Jeremy Irons to do the voice)
I liked the way they defeated Jaffar more so then any other, allowing his own ambition to defeat him was a good strategy.
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
Ooooo, good question. I had a huge fear of Ursula when I was a kid, but was incredibly fascinated with that movie. However, I also have a huge appreciation of Jafar. In fact, I'm pretty sure that they took the character of Ursula, and made him a dude and wala, gave birth to Jafar. Both have the same traits (patient, smart, lust for power to rule that which they are subject to, dabble in dark arts, cunning). Both are incredibly great villians, but Ursula was far more scary, and smarter- she wasn't tricked, she was stabbed with a boat. She didn't employ comic relief, she employed evil scary eels. AND she had a solo with a catchy beat!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Cruella DeVil: the hair! the voice! the obsession with black & white with accents of red!
Yummy.
Posted by Goody Scrivener (Member # 6742) on :
Totally Maleficent. With Snow White's stepmother as a fairly close second and probably Jafar as #3.
Amos Slade (Fox & Hound) wasn't exactly a villain but I remember thinking he was a really mean meanie as a kid.
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
Gotta go with Cruella too. She's scary because of all Disney villains, she's the closest more or less to an ordinary human being, someone you could meet sometime.
Got one of the better songs, too.
Posted by Altáriël of Dorthonion (Member # 6473) on :
quote:Originally posted by pH: I remember when I saw Ursula, she scared me so badly that I had to wait in the hallway of the movie theatre.
-pH
Just for this one time, I am really laughing at you. Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by Rakeesh: Gotta go with Cruella too. She's scary because of all Disney villains, she's the closest more or less to an ordinary human being, someone you could meet sometime.
Got one of the better songs, too.
I have met somebody like her... Scary indeed.
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Maleficent and Jafar were the best Disney villains.
Cruella Deville just wanted clothes. Jafar and Maleficent wanted to rule the world.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
quote:Originally posted by Launchywiggin: Cruella Deville just wanted clothes. Jafar and Maleficent wanted to rule the world.
And she was willing to do so much ill for so little gain.
That's EEEeevil. Posted by sweetbaboo (Member # 8845) on :
Maleficent and Cruella DeVil for reasons already stated. Captain Hook because the hook and mustache were freaky but his the fear of the tic toc alligator fascinated me.
[ September 16, 2006, 07:59 PM: Message edited by: sweetbaboo ]
Posted by hugh57 (Member # 5527) on :
Michael Eisner.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Posted by happymann (Member # 9559) on :
Shan-Yu gets my vote for all-around badness.
And McLeach cause George C. Scott is amazing.
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Scar, no question about it. There are plenty of decent Disney villains, but he and Ursula were the only ones who could properly wield sarcasm. Posted by Samarkand (Member # 8379) on :
Maleficient. I love her.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
The demon(balrog?) from Fantasia
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
Scar was always my favorite -- the only one i felt actual sympathy for and that i thought had a decently developed personality for a cartoon bad guy. The part at the end always made me cry, even though he deserved, i guess, to die, for the murder he committed. but he's the only villain as a child that i remember sympathizing with.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dan_raven: The demon(balrog?) from Fantasia
Eisner's not listed. Go figure.
Posted by MandyM (Member # 8375) on :
I always though Madame Medusa and her alligators from The Rescuers were pretty bad. She reminds me a lot of Cruella, who took entirely too long to be mentioned in this thread.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Medusa is genuinely scary on a different level from most Disney villains. She is believable, while most of them are not. She is the sort of person DCF and the police deal with on a regular basis.
I think most people are listing villains they find more likeable, in a delightfully wicked sort of way. Not that, say, murdering your brother and taking his mate is morally acceptable, but that their actions are so over the top that we get to focus on their personalities and less on their actions. Medusa is not, I don't think, "delightfully" wicked--she's just a scary mean bitch.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
The Beast in Beauty and the Beast.
Posted by kojabu (Member # 8042) on :
Scar and Jafar I think. I don't remember the earlier villains all that well so I can't judge them (Maleficent, Cruella, etc).
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: The Beast in Beauty and the Beast.
Did we watch the same movie? Or is this from one of those non-Disney, "Beast does some really nasty stuff to Belle that we would rather not describe on the box" video releases?
Posted by Launchywiggin (Member # 9116) on :
Sounds like a joke.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
The Horned King. He has the greatest death scene Disney ever did.
Oh, and Hades as a runner up. Long live Lord Pluto!
Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Dan: I think you mean Chernabog
I can't post the link but just search:
Chernabog (Fantasia)
in the wikipedia search.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
I don't think it's a joke; I think it's a review. Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
Malificient was scary. Was Rockadoodle Disney? It's the only movie that ever REALLY left me with nightmares as a kid.
As for a different category, favorite animal sidekick in cartoon, Batty from Ferngully wins.
"Are you sure?" "I'm positive!" "Only fools are positive." "Are you sure?" "I'm positive. ::Pause:: I fell for it!"
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Sher Kahn.
Come on, between the underplayed British accent and the desire not to conquer the world, just to eat the protagonist, he is Disney's Hannibal Lechter.
Posted by GravityPrevails (Member # 9740) on :
Gaston and Lefou from Beauty and the Beast because of the song they sing together.
Although, the elephants that made fun of Dumbo always made me cry.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:Originally posted by Nighthawk:
quote:Originally posted by Dagonee: The Beast in Beauty and the Beast.
Did we watch the same movie? Or is this from one of those non-Disney, "Beast does some really nasty stuff to Belle that we would rather not describe on the box" video releases?
The movie I saw had a landowner who threw a lost old man in the dungeon, then let the old man free only on the condition that his daughter take his place.
Which one did you see?
quote:Originally posted by Launchywiggin: Sounds like a joke.
Nope. He was definitely a villain.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Yes Dag, but he's feeling much better now.
edit: Wait. I think I can picture that movie: Greedy wealthy aristocrat kidnaps a OCD liberal professor. This Ivory Tower professor pimps his daughter to save his own life. Unfortunately, as time progresses, and thanks to Helsinki Syndrome, where the victim falls in love with its kidnapper, the poor girl over identifies with the villian.
Luckilly a rugged indivdualist, NRA supporter, and hunter leads a rag-tag team of free spirited patriots to rescue the poor helpless girl.
Major battle ensues. Luckilly the hero's dieing breath kills the villian. While it looks like the movie is over, they throw in a hook to B&BII--The Return of the Villian via Magical Reincarnation.
Gosh Darn-it Dag, that movie could sell in Hollywood today.
Posted by Marlozhan (Member # 2422) on :
Maleficent is definitely the scariest villain, I think. Hades was the most entertaining, though.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
quote:Nope. He was definitely a villain.
How can he be a villian? He was so pretty there at the end.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I thought he was better looking as the beast.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Posted by Lalo (Member # 3772) on :
Dude, seriously? Those Siamese cats still give me nightmares.
That said, Jafar was awesome. Aladdin had the best villain, the hottest princess, and the funniest sidekick. Best Disney movie ever.
Posted by Leonide (Member # 4157) on :
I. loved. The. Genie.
<-obsessed w/ Robin Williams
Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :
Rock a Doodle isn't Disney.
Michael Eisner is probably the worst Disney villian. I guess that doesn't make him my favorite.
Posted by cmc (Member # 9549) on :
theamazeeaz - Wow. Dead on. Not my favorite either - but definitely the biggest Disney villian of them all. Good thing he's been written out of the script. I hope he goes away and stays away. SAVE DISNEY!
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:Originally posted by dkw: I thought he was better looking as the beast.
Amen, Sister!
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
quote:I thought he was better looking as the beast.
I have to agree.
I'm having a hard time with this one. There were plenty of villains I was horrified of, most notably the witch queen (when she turned into the old hag especially) in Snow White and Ursula. Cruella DeVille wasn't scary so much as I was horrified by her motives. She made me cry. I guess if Gaston counts as a villain, he was lovably oafish enough to be my favorite. And I did appreciate the sarcasm of Scar.
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
I take exception to the assertion that the Beast was prettier as a beast.
This is because of his Striking Resemblance to my very own Prince. Posted by libertygirl (Member # 8761) on :
The guy in Mulan was totally scary I love when Mulan throws her shoe at him
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