Toon Talk Special: Disney's 50 Most Wanted Villains - Part 1
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ALAMEDA SLIM
He’s the “real rip-roarin’ deal to those who moo�?, a fancy pants cattle rustler with his sites set on buying up the entire territory. Armed with a hypnotic knack for the art of yodeling, Slim unknowingly crosses the wrong critters: a determined trio of bovine bounty hunters out to save their farm from his dastardly designs.
GLUTTONY
Whether it is a hunger for supremacy or, more likely, just a taste of the lead character, these villains are starving to death. Blood thirsty? You have no idea.
THE BIG BAD WOLF
You would think that with a hit song about him, the Big Bad would get more respect, or at least some pork rinds. All that huffin’ and puffin’ can take a lot out of a wolf, not to mention those clever disguises (an innocent sheep, a Fuller Brush man) take some talent to pull off as well. And what dedication: he comes back for more in three follow-up shorts.
THE WOLF
Certainly one of the most ferocious creatures in Disney lore, this wolf is also the only villain on this list to share title billing with the hero of their story. He’s a hungry one, too - he wants to gobble up all of Peter’s friends - but hey, that’s only natural for this carnivorous predator.
Final Verdict: Young Peter is the local hero when he captures the beast by lashing him to a tree.
BRE’R FOX and BRE’R BEAR
The Abbott and Costello of the Briar Patch, these two are actually their own worst enemies. In their persistent pursuit of the scrawny Bre’r Rabbit (who would hardly be much of a meal for either of them, let alone both), they are consistently tripping each other up - putting their collective foot in the tar, if you will.
“BIG BOY�? CAPRICE
The Godfather of Four Color crime, “Big Boy�? didn’t earn his nickname from his big pronouncements, but from metaphorically devouring his opponents, as in a mobster massacre to rival St. Valentine’s. He’s back in business and on top of the world, ma, “leetle friend�? ablazin’. But, mother of mercy, is Dick Tracy the end of “Big Boy�??