Toon Talk Special: Disney's 50 Most Wanted Villains - Part 2 - Oct 31, 2005

Toon Talk Special: Disney's 50 Most Wanted Villains - Part 2
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CRUELLA DE VIL

Films: 101 Dalmatians (1961)/101 Dalmatians (1996)
Voice Actor/Actor: Betty Lou Gerson/Glenn Close
Animator: Marc Davis
DVDs: Both available separately

Proving that wicked drama queens never go out of style, the shock-haired, chain-smoking, fur-loving fashion diva Cruella de Vil continues to delight and outrage, even though her shenanigans are far from P.C. - she does just want to kill a bunch of little doggies after all. In both her animated and live action incarnations, Miss de Vil is the height of selfish aggrandizement - but we love her for it any way.

Partners in Crime: Horace and Jasper Badun.
Gotta Sing-Sing: “Cruella de Vil�?
Quote: “I don't care how you kill the little beasts, just do it! Poison them, drown them, bash them in the head ... you got any chloroform?�?
Final Verdict: In hot pursuit of the Dalmatians, Cruella plows her roadster into her henchman’s van and is left adrift, howling, in a snow bank.

MAD MADAME MIM

Film: The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Actor: Martha Wentworth
DVD: Available

The wacky witch claims she is the most powerful magic maker in the land, and all she has to do is defeat that goody-two-shoes Merlin to prove it. So a “wizard’s duel�? is proposed, with the Mad Madame herself providing the rules - all the better to break them. Alas, that tricky sorcerer goes and uses his head, inflicting upon Mim his own brand of “germ warfare�?.

Quote: “Aren't I hideous, boy? Perfectly revolting?�? (The answer would be “yes�?.)
Final Verdict: Infected with Merlin’s disease, Mim is left bedridden, sick as a dog.

DOCTOR HANS REINHARDT

Film: The Black Hole (1979)
Actor: Maximilian Schell
DVD: Available

Like Captain Nemo before him, Reinhardt is on a mad mission, one that has taken him to the end of the universe. Blinded by his insanity, he foolishly charters the spaceship Cygnus into the destructive black hole, hoping to find his own paradise on the other side.

Partners in Crime: Maximilian, a crew of drones.
Quote: “The word ‘impossible’, Mr. Booth, is only found in the dictionary of fools.�?
Final Verdict: Uh, good question; the ending of this movie is about as puzzlingly murky as the titular space phenomenon.

TRIP MURPHY

Film: Herbie: Fully Loaded (2005)
Actor: Matt Dillon
DVD: Now available

The newest bad boy on the block, Trip Murphy is a hotshot race car driver with his own thriving multi-media company - endorsements, personal appearances, even his own video game. So he certainly isn’t going to be shown up by a girl driving a Volkswagen. Oozing his own brand of smarmy charm, Trip has an ego forever stuck in high gear, but he better watch out for the redhead in the vintage bug.

Partners in Crime: His brother Larry and lackey Crash.
Quote: “I’m gonna exterminate this bug.�?
Final Verdict: When he is defeated in the big race to Maggie and Herbie, Trip loses it and is carted off to the funny farm.