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Wow, top ten already!!!

In alphabetical order:

Cruella DeVille (101 Dalmations)
Evil Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves)
Frollo (The Hunchback of Notredame)
Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Hades (Hercules)
Jafar (Aladdin)
Malificent (Sleeping Beauty)
Scar (The Lion King)
Shere Khan (The Jungle Book)
Ursula (The Little Mermaid)

10. Jafar (Aladdin)
Interestingly enough, Jafar gets the same ranking as Aladdin did in the protagonist rankings (or maybe Aladdin was 11 - anyway, pretty close). Since I don't remember Aladdin as well as some of the other Disney movies and I haven't seen it in ages, its fair to say that he, like Aladdin, may have ranked higher if I had. Jafar is one of the most powerful Disney villains (aside from Hades of course, who is afterall, a God). With his hypnotic snake staff, he can make people do pretty much any thing he wants. Not even Jasmine's father the Sultan is immune to his manipulation. Even without the staff, however, Jafar is pretty manipulative and a force to be reckoned with. Despite his skills being what they are, Jafar is very power hungry and wants the Genie's lamp for himself so that he can rule the world. His first wish when he gets the Genie under his control is to make himself Sultan, but when he discovers that isn't quite good enough, he wishes to be a sorcerer and gets all kind of awesome new powers (turning Prince Ali back into Aladdin, transforming Abu into a little toy monkey and Ra Ja back into a kitten, trapping Jasmine in a giant hour glass and turning himself into a giant snake.) Finally, Aladdin uses Jafar's greed for power against him and convinces him to make his last wish: to become the most powerful being of all: a Genie. Of course, Jafar doesn't realize that being a Genie comes with the burdon of being trapped in a magical lamp for all eternity (or at least, until someone finds him). Anyway, Jafar also gets points for having one of the best sidekicks in Iago, the parrot.




9. Gaston (Beauty and the Beast)
Gaston isn't one of those villains who wants to take over/destroy the whole world in the way of Jafar, Ursula, Scar or Hades, but he's pretty scary in an abusive boyfriend kind of way. Like many who fit the mold of abusive boyfriend/spouse, Gaston is handsome, cocky, charming, popular and above all, as dumb as a pile of bricks. He has a horrible temper and explodes at people when things aren't going his way. Nearly every girl in the small provincial town is head over heals in love with Gaston, but Belle knows better and sees him for what he is: a shallow, stupid, abusive jerk. Yet, Gaston is convinced Belle would be a perfect wife for him. What's really interesting about is that he doesn't like her for her personality (she's way too fiesty and oppinionated for him) and probably not even really for her looks. He only wants to be with her because she's not interested in him and is therefor a challenge. Another thing that adds to Gaston's villainy is the way he treats those who are below him. They say you can learn a lot about someone from the way they treat those less fortunate. Gaston treats his friend/sidekick LaFou (spelling?) like dirt and he's horribly mean to Belle's mentally unstable old father as well. As for his disgust about the Beast: I think it was more jealousy than anything. He did think the Beast was scary since he is a mystery, but I think more than anything, he was pissed that Belle preferred the Beast to him.



8. Cruella DeVille (101 Dalmations)
"Cruella DeVille, Cruella DeVille. If she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will!" Though she may not be the most compitant villain overall, I have to rank Cruella high just for her entertainment factor. She is by far the quirkiest and most bizarre Disney villain, IMO and has one of the freakiest looks to go along with it (I mean, seriously, what is up with that hair?) Cruella is one of those er...eccentric rich people who lives in a fancy mansion and usually keeps to herself because everyone else is so below her. Nearly everything in her mansion is made out of dead animal parts. She especially loves to wear furs. As she says, she "worships furs. And lives for furs." Eventually, Cruella learns about Pongo and Perdita's puppies and visits her old "friend" Anita to offer to buy the puppies for her newest coat. She has decided that a spotted fur coat made out of dalmation puppies would somehow be the coolest thing ever. When Anita refuses (like, why the hell wouldn't she?) Cruella completely freaks out. She gets her two hunchmen, Horace and Jasper to steal the fifteen pups in Perdy's litter along with every other dalmation puppy in London. You have to admit, killing puppies (or trying to) is pretty damn evil.