Toon Talk Special: Disney's 50 Most Wanted Villains - Part 1 - Oct 28, 2005

Toon Talk Special: Disney's 50 Most Wanted Villains - Part 1
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ENVY

A lot of Disney baddies are green with it. Jealousy of those who have the power (usually regal), these no-goods will do whatever it takes to get some of their own.

RATIGAN

Film: The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
Voice Actor: Vincent Price
Supervising Animator: Glen Keane
DVD: Available

When you are the self-proclaimed world’s greatest rat … uh, criminal mind, you should expect to have the world’s greatest (mouse) detective as a constant thorn in your side. Lifelong arch-enemies Ratigan and Basil of Baker Street have squared-off countless times before, but when the villain plots to kidnap the queen, all bets are off.

Partners in Crime: Fidget, Felicia.
Gotta Sing-Sing: “The World’s Greatest Criminal Mind�?
Quote: “Oh, I love it when I'm nasty!�?
Final Verdict: In his battle royal with Basil atop Big Ben, Ratigan falls to his doom into the mighty Thames.

URSULA

Film: The Little Mermaid (1989)
Voice Actor: Pat Carroll
Supervising Animator: Ruben Aquino
DVD: New Platinum Edition available October 3, 2006

They weren’t kidding when they called her, well, a witch … Ursula has it bad when it comes to revenge against King Triton, and will go to the depths of the ocean to get it. The perfect opportunity arises with the mer-king’s headstrong, land-loving daughter Ariel. All it takes is “just a little bit of magic“, and the mermaid’s dreams come true - along with Ursula’s

Partners in Crime: Flotsam and Jetsam.
Gotta Sing-Sing: “Poor Unfortunate Souls�?
Quote: “Beluga, sevruga, come winds of the Caspian sea! Larynxes, glacydis, ad max laryngitis la voce to me! Now, sing!�?
Final Verdict: Ursula is impaled on the bow of a sunken ship piloted by the little mermaid’s true love, Prince Eric.

JAFAR

Film: Aladdin (1992)
Voice Actor: Jonathan Freeman
Supervising Animator: Andreas Deja
DVD: Available

Being the Grand Vizier isn’t enough for Jafar - he wants to rule Agrabah himself, and knows that a legendary magic lamp will do the trick - if he can find it. Enlisting the aid of a raggedy street rat, how was he to know that Aladdin would be his ultimate undoing - or would it be his own lust for power?

Partner in Crime: Iago.
Gotta Sing-Sing: “Prince Ali�? (Reprise)
Quote: “How many times do I have to kill you, boy?�?
Final Verdict: Jafar is tricked by Aladdin into having the Genie turn him into a genie himself, whereupon he’s promptly confined to his own magic lamp and then drop-kicked into the desert.

SCAR

Film: The Lion King (1994)
Voice Actor: Jeremy Irons
Supervising Animator: Andreas Deja
DVD: Available

Forget about that “little hairball�? Simba, it is Scar who really just can’t wait to be king. When all is said and done, he has murdered his own brother, aligned himself with the scavenging hyenas and sent the Pride Lands into ruin. When Simba returns from the “dead�?, his loving uncle sure has a lot of explaining to do …

Partners in Crime: Hyenas Shenzi, Banzai and Ed.
Gotta Sing-Sing: “Be Prepared�?
Quote: “Simba, it’s to die for!�?
Final Verdict: Having betrayed them, Scar is left to the hyenas, who dispatch their own brand of jungle justice.

STINKY PETE

Film: Toy Story 2 (1999)
Voice Actor: Kelsey Grammer
DVD: New Anniversary Edition available December 26th

Sure, he’s in mint condition - but at what cost? Years of sitting, unwanted, on a toy store shelf has slowly whittled away the sanity of Pete the Ol’ Prospector. The Japanese museum Al is planning on sending them to is Pete’s last chance for glory, and no hand-me-down cowboy doll is going to stand in his way.

Partner in Crime: Al (in a round about way).
Quote: “It’s your choice, Woody. Either you can go to Japan together or in pieces … he fixed you once, he can fix you again!�?
Final Verdict: Play time for Pete with a very creative Barbie owner.