Generally speaking, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is a bit darker than your standard Disney fare, but Frollo is next level. – Dave Trumboreĭisney villains are a lot of things - vain, despicable, duplicitous, greedy, selfish, etc - however, Frollo is one of the few who are truly terrifying. And while the narrative suggests that true love was strong enough to defeat Ursula at the height of her power, getting impaled in the guts by an old, old wooden ship certainly didn’t help. More than just a hoarder of souls, Ursula also lusts for power, ultimately scheming and maneuvering her way to claiming King Triton’s throne, not through strength of arms but rather a legally binding magical contract. Sweet of her, right? Well, much like the contracts of demons, there’s always a catch to complicate things, and should one default on the deal, they become Ursula’s possession forever. Taking on the unusual design of a sea witch/Cecelia, Ursula plays the part of the Crossroads Demon, making deals were merpeople in order to help them achieve their hearts’ desire. Sure, they become incapacitated as soon as they set their fins/scales/tentacles on land, but imagine if roles were reversed and you found yourself in the briny deep of their domain? One deep blue creature you certainly wouldn’t want to cross paths with is Ursula, the fan-favorite antagonist from The Little Mermaid. Undersea heroes and villains get a bad rap. I like to think that Disney’s original antagonist survived her fall from grace and is biding her time until she’s able to team up with the other villains on our list in order to rule the world in earnest. Grimhilde ultimately meets her demise through no action on the part of Snow White but rather her friends and protectors, the Seven Dwarves. All that power, however, can’t compete with Grimhilde’s envy over Snow White’s beauty, leading the Wicked Queen to plot the girl’s murder through assassination, deception, and poisoning. In fact, Grimhilde already had all the power one could ask for, having married a widowed king and inherited his throne once he died. While the subjective simplicity of this vendetta isn’t quite as ambitious as the other power-hungry players on this list, one has to admire the Queen’s single-minded dedication to her goal. (I said no arguing!) The Wicked Queen, known less well by her actual name Queen Grimhilde, singles out the title character of Snow White for no reason other than her relatively superior beauty. There’s no arguing that the original antagonist from Disney’s first animated feature deserves to be on this list for no reason other than that.
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