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#6: ENVY
Many Disney baddies are green with this. Jealous of those who have the power (often regal), these no-goodniks will do their worst to gain their own.
- FILM: "The Great Mouse Detective" (1986)
- VOICE ACTOR: Vincent Price
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Glen Keane
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- When you are the self-proclaimed world's greatest
ratcriminal mind, you should expect to have the world's greatest (mouse) detective constantly throwing a wrench into your plans. Lifelong archenemies Professor Ratigan and Basil of Baker Street have squared off countless times before, but when the villain plots to go after the Queen, all bets are off. - OCCUPATION(S): Crimelord
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Fidget, Felicia, an army of rodent thugs
- GOTTA SING-SING: "The World's Greatest Criminal Mind"
- QUOTE: "Ooh, I love it when I'm nasty."
- FINAL VERDICT: During his battle royale with Basil atop Big Ben, Ratigan falls to his doom into the mighty Thames far below
- FILM: "The Little Mermaid" (1989)
- VOICE ACTOR: Pat Carroll
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Ruben Aquino
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- They weren't kidding when they called her, well, a witch. Ursula has it bad when it comes to revenge against King Triton, and she 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. With "just a little bit of magic", the mermaid's dreams come true - and so do Ursula's...
- OCCUPATION(S): Former courtier, now sea-witch for hire
- PARTNER(S) 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.
- FILM: "Aladdin" (1992)
- VOICE ACTOR: Jonathan Freeman
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Andreas Deja
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Being the Royal Vizier is not good enough for Jafar anymore; he wants to rule Agrabah himself, and he knows that all he needs to succeed is a legendary magic lamp, provided he can find it. Enlisting the aid of a ragged street rat, how was he to know that that street rat would be his ultimate downfall? Or would it be his own lust for power?
- OCCUPATION(S): Vizier
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Iago
- GOTTA SING-SING: A sarcastic version of "Prince Ali"
- QUOTE: (as Aladdin confronts him during the final showdown) "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 is promptly confined to his own magic lamp and then drop-kicked into the desert.
- FILM: "The Lion King" (1994)
- VOICE ACTOR: Jeremy Irons
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Andreas Deja
HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available - Forget the "little hairball" Simba, Scar is the one who just can't wait to be king. When all is said and done, he has allied with the scavenging hyenas, murdered his own brother, exiled Simba for dead, and sent the Pride Lands into ruin. But when Simba returns from the "dead", his not-so-loving uncle has got some explaining to do...
- OCCUPATION(S): Predator
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Shenzi, Banzai, Ed and the rest of the hyenas
- GOTTA SING-SING: "Be Prepared"
- QUOTE: "Long live the king."
- FINAL VERDICT: Simba leaves Scar to face the hyenas, whom he had unwittingly betrayed and who promptly dispatch on their former ally their own brand of jungle justice.
- FILM: "Toy Story 2" (1999)
- VOICE ACTOR: Kelsey Grammer
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Sure, he's in mint condition, but at what cost? Years of sitting unwanted on a store shelf have slowly taken their toll on the sanity of Pete the Ol' Prospector. Now the Japanese museum that Al is sending the Roundup Gang to is Pete's last chance for glory, and no hand-me-down cowboy doll is going to stand in his way.
- OCCUPATION(S): Toy, prospector
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Al McWhiggin (in a roundabout way)
- QUOTE: "Your choice, Woody: you can go to Japan together or in pieces. If he fixed you once, he can fix you again."
- FINAL VERDICT: Woody and the others send the Prospector to learn the true meaning of playtime, thanks to an unusually creative Barbie doll owner.
- FILM: "The Emperor's New Groove" (2000)
- VOICE ACTOR: Eartha Kitt
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Dale Baer
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Sacked from her cushy position as Emperor Kuzco's advisor, Yzma seeks revenge by poisoning him and usurping his rule. Alas, the plan backfires with a small potion mix-up, which turns the spoiled Kuzco into a llama who (thanks to her muscle-headed henchman) escapes. Now, to remain Empress, Yzma must take matters into her own bony hands...
- OCCUPATION(S): Royal advisor
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Kronk
- QUOTE: (responding to Kuzco's unexpected reaction to the "poison") "What! A LLAMA??? He's supposed to be DEAD!!!"
- FINAL VERDICT: Let me put it this way: here, kitty, kitty, kitty...
- FILM: "Monsters, Inc." (2001)
- VOICE ACTOR: Steve Buscemi
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Basically, he just wants to make himself be the ultimate monster, the Top Scarer, and he'll become and stay that way, no matter what. When a human wanders into the Monster realm, Randall tries to make life miserable for Mike and Sully, and he's got most of the Monsters, Inc. staff on his side.
- OCCUPATION(S): Scarer
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Henry J. Waternoose, the Child Detection Agency
- QUOTE: (in response to his scaring Mike in the locker room) "What do you know? It scares little kids and little monsters."
- FINAL VERDICT: During the chase through the doors, Mike and Sully lure Randall into one door (which leads to a bayou) and slam it shut. They then knock it off its hanger. The door goes plummeting to the floor and smashes to bits.
- FILM: "The Incredibles" (2004)
- VOICE ACTOR: Jason Lee
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Annie Wilkes ain't got nothin' on this "number one fan". It all started years ago when Buddy Pine saw his career as Mr. Incredible's sidekick "Incredi-Boy" cut short when Mr. Incredible soundly rejected him. Buddy's hero worship turned to hatred, fueling his warped genius into adulthood; his path littered with the bodies of real supers, Mr. Incredible and his family are next on his hit list.
- OCCUPATION(S): Would-be superhero
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Mirage
- QUOTE: (to Mr. Incredible) "Oh, I'm real all right. Real enough to defeat you! And I did it without your precious gifts; your oh-so-precious powers..."
- FINAL VERDICT: While trying to kidnap baby Jack-Jack, Syndrome's cape gets snagged in his plane's engine and then... well, let's just say Edna Mode was right about capes.
CHICK HICKS
- FILM: "Cars" (2006)
- VOICE ACTOR: Michael Keaton
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Bitter about his feeling number two compared to The King, Chick Hicks, a hotshot stock race car representing the Hostile Takeover Bank, is determined to win the Piston Cup at all costs, even if it means making a wreck of the competition, literally. And he will not be stopped by anyone, especially a new runner-up named Lightning McQueen, who has given him the nickname "Thunder" because it always comes after lightning.
- OCCUPATION(S): Racecar
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: His pit crew
- QUOTE: (addressing Lightning McQueen) "Yo, McQueen! Seriously, that was some pretty darn nice racing out there - BY ME!"
- FINAL VERDICT: After cheating his way to victory in the Piston Cup, Hicks' fans promptly turn on him and he is disgraced.
- FILM: "The Princess and the Frog" (2009)
- VOICE ACTOR: Keith David
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Bruce W. Smith
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- This shadow man is so mad at feeling neglected by the rich and powerful that he subtly takes it out on Prince Naveen and his valet, Lawrence, by turning Naveen into a frog and entrancing Lawrence into helping him with his nefarious schemes to make off with the fortune of Naveen's intended. But when Naveen escapes, Facilier sends some demons after him, with the reward of the souls of all of New Orleans.
- OCCUPATION(S): Voodoo witch doctor
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Lawrence, various shadow demons
- GOTTA SING-SING: "Friends On the Other Side"
- QUOTE: "Are you ready?"
- FINAL VERDICT: Tiana refuses to give Dr. Facilier the talisman and destroys it instead, leaving the demons to take Facilier's soul as payment for a debt he owes.
- FILM: "Toy Story 3" (2010)
- VOICE ACTOR: Ned Beatty
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Don't let his fluffy, cute, strawberry-scented appearance fool you. All those years of "Lotso" feeling unloved by his owner have taken their toll on him. Now at Sunnyside Daycare, he rules its toys with an iron paw. But he never counted on some new toys somehow ending up at the daycare, and he underestimated them besides.
- OCCUPATION(S): Toy, prison warden
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The toys of Sunnyside Daycare
- QUOTE: "You've got a playdate with destiny."
- FINAL VERDICT: Lotso finds himself "loved" again, this time by a garbage truck driver who once had a Lotso of his own.
- FILM: "Wreck-It Ralph" (2012)
- VOICE ACTOR: Alan Tudyk
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- This goofy-looking ruler of the game Sugar Rush is actually a reincarnation of the washed-up title star of the game Turbo. He yearns to have his place in the sun once again, and, not unlike the Master Control Program before him, will even resort to overtaking other games if that's what it takes. He just didn't count on another video game character trying to muscle in and make a "wreck" of his plans.
- OCCUPATION(S): Monarch, race car driver
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Sour Bill, Wynchel and Dunkin, a swarm of Cy-Bugs
- QUOTE: "Turbo-tastic!"
- FINAL VERDICT: King Candy having been turned into a Cy-Bug himself, Wreck-It Ralph manages to mix Mentos rocks with Diet Coke lava, triggering an explosion of light that draws in and vaporizes all the Cy-Bugs, including the Candy one.
BELLWETHER
- FILM: "Zootopia" (2016)
- VOICE ACTOR: Jenny Slate
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- She is the proverbial wolf in sheep's clothing - without the wolf. She may seem content with her role as assistant to Mayor Lionheart, but in reality, she feels neglected and ignored, until it takes its toll on her sanity and she finally takes it out on all predatory mammals, which she considers a minority against the mass prey majority. But she never counted on a personal friend of hers, a rabbit and a prey animal like herself, to catch wise and sniff her out.
- OCCUPATION(S): Assistant mayor, terrorist
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Doug, Woolter and Jesse
- QUOTE: "Fear always works."
- FINAL VERDICT: Officer Judy Hopps records Bellwether's rants of fear and hatred for all to hear and has her arrested.
Thus concludes another installment in the Disney villains/Seven Deadly Sins comparison! Only one more to go (hopefully)! Stay tuned!
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