14 Mind-Blowing Facts About Disney’s Villains And Their Movie

When enjoying any Disney movies, we can’t take our eye off protagonists and fall for all good characters but sometimes we ignore antagonists and wish them to disappear. However, no Disney movie is complete without its villain, whether they’re ridiculous like Gaston or genuinely terrifying like Maleficent.
For some Disney fans, evil characters are so intriguing. Perhaps, they manage to look past villains’ dastardly deeds or simply they’re intrigued by the pure evil within these characters. Despite the plots against the heroines of their favorite Disney movies, the antagonists have a place in their hearts.
Today, we’ve rounded up some villains with surprising facts about villains.

#1 In The Little Mermaid, Ursula is the sister of King Triton

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Ursula appears as the villainous sea witch who makes things difficult for Ariel. What’s more, she is King Triton’s sister and Arel’s aunt.

#2 Gaston doesn’t exist in the original story: he was inspired by the one in the 1946 film

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We must remember the main antagonist in “Beauty and the Beast”, Gaston, an arrogant and chauvinistic hunter. But many might not know that the character doesn’t exist in the original story, he was inspired by the one.

#3 The wicked evil queen from "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) is the first female villain

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The Evil Queen is the first main antagonist in an animated feature film because Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is the world's first animated feature film. Additionally, her name is Grimhide.

#4 In Disney, green is almost always associated with the villains

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Watching Disney movies carefully, we can see that in many villains’ scenes, the antagonists are often associated with green color.

#5 Purple, red, and black are colors that also appear together with the most perverse Disney characters

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Purple is a color that, for the most part, doesn’t show up in nature. Some flowers and a few species of birds are covered by purple but on the whole, it’s rare enough to trigger a “that’s unnatural and suspicious reaction in our subconscious brain. Making a villain purple is an easy way to trigger a negative reaction in audiences. Sometimes, perverse Disney characters appear in red and black colors.

#6 Scar’s real name has a disparaging meaning

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Scar's real name isn't Scar - it's actually Taka. In Swahili, this name has an insulting meaning: waste. Meanwhile, Mufasa means "king".

#7 The youngest Disney villains are Hans from “Frozen” and Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast”

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In “Frozen”, Hans was 23 years old while Gaston from “Beauty and the Beast” was at the age of 25.

#8 Until 1991, all Disney princess films had a female villain

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Almost of classic and iconic Disney movies feature female villains, from “Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs” to “The Little Mermaid”.

#9 Sine 1991, Disney movies have had some male villains

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The first male villain in a Disney princess film was Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and he was followed by Jaffar in Aladdin.

#10 In Tangled, Gothel wears very different clothes than Rapunzel

Gothel’s outfit is from the Renaissance, which started in 1300, and the movie was set in 1700, so she's about 400 years old!

#11 King Candy from “Wreck It, Ralph!” is inspired by the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland

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The sweet villain of the film Wreck It, Ralph!, King Candy, has an appearance that may remind us of another character and is inspired by the Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland.

#12 Bellwether’s glasses turn purple when she shows her true intentions

In 2016, Zootopia introduced us to a cute little sheep named Bellwether. At first, she seems nice, and her glasses are brown, but when she shows her true intentions, the color of her glasses turns purple and bluish.

#13 Lady Tremaine prefers psychological warfare

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Almost villains in Disney movies don’t use psychological manipulation on their targets, except for Lady Tremaine of Cinderella. She never lays a hand on her stepdaughter. Instead, she tries to destroy her self-esteem and prevent her from achieving her goals.

#14 There is a reunion of all antagonists in “Mickey’s House of Villains”

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Most Disney movie antagonists were reunited in a 2001 television movie called Mickey’s House of Villains.