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#4: SLOTH
Lazy? These ne'er-do-wells would just as soon sit back and let others do their dirty work for them or kick back and revel in their ill-gotten gains.
- FILMS: "The Absent-Minded Professor" (1961)/"Son of Flubber" (1963)/"Herbie Rides Again" (1974)
- ACTOR: Keenan Wynn
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: All available separately
- What kind of father would bet against his own son's college basketball team, even if that son has flunked in one of its courses? That would be Mr. Alonzo Hawk, a shady financier. When Prof. Ned Brainard's fabulous Flubber helps win the game, Hawk quickly gets to the bottom of this and swoops in and steals the prof's flying Model T, in hopes of cashing in on Ned's brilliant invention without lifting so much as a finger.
- OCCUPATION(S): Financier, constructionist
- QUOTE: (to son Biff in "Son of Flubber") "If you weren't so deductible, I'd disown you!"
- FINAL VERDICT: Prof. Brainard tricks Hawk into trying on a pair of Flubberized shoes, which send him bouncing in the air with no hopes of stopping. Eventually, he does manage to stop (with the help of the entire neighborhood), then tries to stop Brainard from flying the Model T to Washington, only to run afoul of the law. He must have been let off easy, for Hawk returns for more shifty schemes in "Son of Flubber" and "Herbie Rides Again".
- FILM: "Oliver and Company" (1988)
- VOICE ACTOR: Robert Loggia
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Glen Keane
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- This loan shark is determined to have his money back from Fagin within three days, leaving Fagin to search high and low for that money. When he discovers that his new friend, a kitten, is now in the hands of a rich family, Fagin tries to hold the kitty for ransom, only for Sykes to kidnap the kitten's new mistress, a little girl, and hold her for ransom instead.
- OCCUPATION(S): Loan shark
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Pet Dobermans Roscoe and Desoto
- QUOTE: (to Fagin) "I lent you some money and I don't see it. Do you know what happens when I don't see my money, Fagin? People get hurt. People like you get hurt."
- FINAL VERDICT: During the chase on the train tracks between Sykes and Fagin and his gang for possession of Jenny, Sykes' limo (with Sykes on it) collides headlong into an oncoming train.
- FILM: "The Rocketeer" (1991)
- ACTOR: Timothy Dalton
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- He may be a dashing movie star akin to Errol Flynn, but don't let that fool you. Sinclair is abetting sinister forces bent on nothing less than world domination, and knows that a rocket pack might be able to help them. He just needs to get that pack, and tries to enlist others to get it while he works the Hollywood scene.
- OCCUPATION(S): Movie actor, Nazi agent
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Eddie Valentine and his mob, Lothar
- QUOTE: "I want that rocket, Eddie. Not next week, not tomorrow, but now."
- FINAL VERDICT: During the final showdown between Sinclair and Cliff Secord on the Nazi zeppelin, Sinclair takes the rocket pack for himself and takes off with it, not realizing until it's too late that it has a fuel leak. The resultant explosion not only costs him his life, but also the HOLLYWOODLAND sign its LAND letters.
- FILM: "A Bug's Life" (1998)
- VOICE ACTOR: Kevin Spacey
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- In a twisted bug-eat-bug take on the old Grasshopper and the Ants fable, Hopper is the leader of the pack of grasshoppers who force the ant colony to gather food for them while they all party south of the border. He threatens to stomp on any ant that gets in his way, especially the inventive Flik, who proves that it's not wise to underestimate an ant that's got high hopes.
- OCCUPATION(S): Freeloader
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: His brother Molt and the rest of the grasshopper gang
- QUOTE: "It's not about food - it's about keeping those ants in line."
- FINAL VERDICT: Hopper meets his humiliating end in the hungry beaks of a nest full of baby birds.
#5: WRATH
Overwhelming anger and/or hatred, usually for another for another race or species, tend to influence these antagonists' nefarious schemes and shenanigans.
- FILM: "Fun and Fancy Free" ("Mickey and the Beanstalk" scene) (1947)
- VOICE ACTOR: Billy Gilbert
- ANIMATOR: John Lounsbery
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Willie was a simple giant. All he wanted was some companionship in his lonely castle in the sky. True, he went about it the wrong way, by stealing the Singing Harp from Happy Valley, thereby plunging it into famine. But to then have his home invaded by no less than three Jacks, who steal his food and the Harp? Fi indeed.
- OCCUPATION(S): Monarch of sorts
- GOTTA SING-SING: "Fe, Fi, Fo, Fum"
- QUOTE: (singing) "Fe, fi, fo, fum. He, hi, ho, hum. I'm a most amazing guy, a most amazing guy am I..."
- FINAL VERDICT: Having spotted Mickey and company making off with the Harp, Willie angrily chases them out of the castle and down the beanstalk, only to fall to his doom when they cut the beanstalk down. However, he must have survived the fall, because he has since been spotted, very much alive, in Hollywood.
- FILM: "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" ("The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" scene) (1949)
- ANIMATOR: Wolfgang Reitherman
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Okay, all you conspiracy theorists out there, try this one on for size: is Brom Bones himself the Headless Horseman? Think about it: he had the motive (with that spineless Ichabod Crane out of the way, nothing would stand between him and the buxom Katrina von Tassel) and the opportunity; why else fill the timid schoolmaster's head with ghostly tales on that dark and stormy autumn night?
- OCCUPATION(S): Ghost
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: His black stallion, who bears a striking resemblance to Brom's own horse, Gunpowder
- GOTTA SING-SING: "The Headless Horseman"
- QUOTE: "Yaaaa-ha-ha-ha-ha-haaaaaaah!"
- FINAL VERDICT: With Ichabod gone, Brom marries Katrina. As for the Headless Horseman, legend has it he still haunts Sleepy Hollow to this very day, always on the prowl for a "head to chop".
- FILM: "Peter Pan" (1953)
- VOICE ACTOR: Hans Conried
- ANIMATOR: Frank Thomas
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Humiliated by that blasted Peter Pan time and again, Hook writhes with unbridled fury at the mere mention of his name. And for good reason; it was Pan who lopped off one of Hook's hands and fed it to that accursed crocodile, who enjoyed that little appetizer so much he keeps prowling the area for a second helping. The elegant captain wants nothing more, then, than to exact revenge on that pixie-dusted punk once and for all.
- OCCUPATION(S): Ship's captain
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Mr. Smee and the rest of the pirate crew
- GOTTA SING-SING: "The Elegant Captain Hook"
- QUOTE: "Good form, Mr. Smee? Blast good form! Did Pan show good form when he did this (raises hook) to me?"
- FINAL VERDICT: Last seen swimming for his life, the crocodile chomping hungrily in his wake.
- FILM: "The Jungle Book" (1967)
- VOICE ACTOR: George Sanders
- ANIMATOR: Milt Kahl
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- The regally intimidating Shere Khan will not put up with the hated humans and their frightful "red flower" ("fire" to you) invading his domain. So upon catching word of a man cub in the jungle, he sets out to find him... and eat him, too. Talk about your "Wrath of Khan"...
- OCCUPATION(S): Predator
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Kaa the snake, a not-so-trusty informant
- QUOTE: "Now, I'm going to close my eyes and count to ten. It makes the chase more interesting... for me."
- FINAL VERDICT: Grabbing the tiger by the tail, Mowgli ties a flaming tree branch to it, sending a terrified Shere Khan fleeing for his life.
- FILM: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988)
- ACTOR: Christopher Lloyd
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- There's something a little bit... off about His Honor. He walks stiffly, his color scheme is monochromatic, he speaks in a monotone and... hey, did his eyes just fall out of their sockets? Could it be that a deep-seated hatred for his own kind is the very reason he conjured up his diabolical schemes to wipe them all out, such as the dreaded Dip? Not to mention all that crazy talk about a freeway... humph, the very idea of a freeway in Los Angeles...
- OCCUPATION(S): Judge
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The Weasels (AKA the Toon Patrol)
- QUOTE: (revealing his true Toon form to Eddie Valiant, voice increasing in pitch) "Remember me, Eddie? When I killed your brother, I talked... JUST... LIKE... THIS!!!"
- FINAL VERDICT: Doom is revealed to be a Toon himself and is "liquidated", Wicked Witch-style, by a blast of his own Dip.
- FILM: "Toy Story" (1995)
- VOICE ACTOR: Erik von Detten
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Every toy's worst nightmare: a kid with an overactive imagination, way too much time on his hands, a magnifying glass, and seemingly easy access to explosives. Sid is the epitome of the schoolyard bully we all know from childhood, easily dismissed by us adults, but all those poor burned, battered, blown-up or otherwise tortured toys would beg to differ.
- OCCUPATION(S): Garbage man (in later years)
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Pet pitbull Scud
- QUOTE: (reading label on rocket) "'Extremely dangerous. Keep out of reach of children.' Cool!"
- FINAL VERDICT: Spooked by Woody and the mutant toys, Sid seems to be well on his way to years of therapy for an irrational fear of playthings.
- FILM: "Mulan" (1998)
- VOICE ACTOR: Miguel Ferrer
- SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Pres Romanillos
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Never mind Attila, this guy is one honey of a Hun. A monstrous figure in act and deed, Shan Yu leads a bloodthirsty band to invade China in response to the challenge he infers from the construction of the Great Wall. Devilish in appearance and devious of mind, nothing less than total genocide of the offending country will please him.
- OCCUPATION(S): Warlord
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The Hun army, his pet falcon Hayabusa
- QUOTE: (to the Emperor) "Your walls and armies have fallen. And now it's your turn."
- FINAL VERDICT: Thanks to Mulan's cleverness, he is rocketed into a powder keg of fireworks.
- FILM: "Meet the Robinsons" (2007)
- VOICE ACTOR: Ethan Sandler
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- DOR-15 (or, more simply, "Doris") is a peculiar piece of mechanical headgear invented by Lewis Robinson that malfunctioned and sided with Goob, AKA the Bowler Hat Guy, to get revenge on Lewis and prevent him from succeeding with taking credit for the memory scanner invention. Armed with the knack of mind control, DOR-15 and Goob alter the course of history, big time.
- OCCUPATION(S): Headgear
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Goob (AKA Bowler Hat Guy)
- FINAL VERDICT: Lewis goes back in time to warn Goob not to sign the fateful contract, because the many Doris replicas mass-produced will do him in. Lewis then vows never to invent Doris, causing the hat to become wiped from existence.
- FILM: "Big Hero 6" (2014)
- VOICE ACTOR: James Cromwell
- HOME VIDEO RELEASE: Available
- Formerly Prof. Robert Callaghan, head of the San Fransokyo Institute of Technology's robotics department, a respected scientist, and Tadashi Hamada's teacher, a tragedy (namely, the loss of his daughter) caused him to assume the form of Yokai, a malefactor bent on vengeance. That means that his reign of terror is based on what he thinks is the right thing. Too bad a high-tech crime-fighting team known as Big Hero 6, formed by Tadashi's younger brother, don't agree with him, especially after he left Tadashi for dead.
- OCCUPATION(S): College professor, supervillain
- PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Microbots
- QUOTE: "I want my daughter back!"
- FINAL VERDICT: His mask is destroyed and his daughter is rescued, after which he is apprehended for his crimes.
Thus ends this installment of the Disney villains and the Seven Deadly Sins. Five sins down, two more to go! Stay tuned!
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