# rate the disney villians **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2001, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198 "2001-11-08T15:28:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/21 "2001-11-09T02:14:01Z")
**Sher Kahn** (that doesn’t look right, but that’s how IMDB spells it) because George Sanders had one of the best voices and personas of all time. It’s not enough to be bad, you have to be stylish too. I also like the evil fairy **Maleficent** (I identify with her, perhaps?) Peter Ustinov’s **Prince John** in _Robin Hood_ is campy fun. I also liked **Sir Hiss** from that movie, for some reason. I think the scariest and most intense villian ever was **The Queen** from _Snow White_\*. ---
**Author:** ![DPWhite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d26b3c/32.png) [@DPWhite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPWhite)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/22 "2001-11-09T02:16:03Z")
Maleficent Sher Khan Cruella De Vil – killling puppies! c’mon, that is nasty wicked! ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/23 "2001-11-09T02:18:54Z")
The witch, from “Snow White.” Now she was hardcore!! Totally vain and prideful in the beginning, and by the end, just downright terrifying. I don’t think anyone did it as well as she did. But Shere Khan as second best. He was pretty awesome. He could have just snapped that man child to pieces. Don’t know why he didn’t. Also- Cruella deVil needed puppies because their fur was very soft- when the dogs become adults, their fur becomes more coarse. Learned that from the live action version. ---
**Author:** ![Crunchy\_Frog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ebca7d/32.png) [@Crunchy\_Frog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crunchy_Frog)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/24 "2001-11-09T03:01:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > **I vote for Shan Yu, the big baddie from _Mulan._ Intimidating as hell, has that terrific oozing grace that all good villians have, and practically unkillable (he had an entire _mountain_ dropped on him and still survived! 😃 )** I’m gonna nitpick - a _mountain_ wasn’t dropped on him, he was caught up in an avalanche and he wasn’t the only one who survived, so his henchmen should get some bonus points for living too. My favorites: **Captain Hook** - you just gotta love a villian who’s more interesting than the hero. **Hades** - mostly cuz I liked James Woods doing the voice. And as **Myrnalene** said, Robin Hood’s **Prince John** was just fun. ---
**Author:** ![23skidoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/f04885/32.png) [@23skidoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/23skidoo)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/25 "2001-11-09T05:20:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Inky- \* > \*\*From The Rescuers, [Madame Medusa](http://www.umr.edu/~duy/penmdmm.jpg). > > She’s essentially Cruella DuVille, but scarier because unlike Cruella she’s [bat-shit crazy](http://www.persuivant.com/res4.jpg). \*\* If only she would have made a coat out of orphans… ---
**Author:** ![Eternal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@Eternal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eternal)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/26 "2001-11-09T07:13:13Z")
I vote Scar from _Lion King_. We don’t see nearly enough of villians actually killing good guys in Disney movies. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/27 "2001-11-09T15:59:09Z")
**Gaston** by far. Why? Because he’s the only villain who didn’t think he was a villain. He was trying to rescue Belle – which made him both fascinating and much more dangerous. And he had the best song. Second choice: **Hades** – Disney’s only comic villain, which also makes him much more interesting. The rest tend to be dully evil with little personality other than that. They’re only there to be an antagonist and are pretty interchangeable. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2001, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198/28 "2001-11-09T19:55:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crunchy Frog \* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by rjung \* > > I vote for **Shan Yu** , the big baddie from _Mulan._ Intimidating as hell, has that terrific oozing grace that all good villians have, and practically unkillable (he had an entire _mountain_ dropped on him and still survived! 😃 ) > > I’m gonna nitpick - a _mountain_ wasn’t dropped on him, he was caught up in an avalanche and he wasn’t the only one who survived, so his henchmen should get some bonus points for living too. That just proved they were _all_ badass. 😃 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-disney-villians/92198.md?page=1)