6 Disney Villains I Still Can’t Believe Escaped Any Kind Of Punishment

Most Disney villains are afflicted by some kind of compunction at the end of the story, Yet a rare few mysterious escape all punishment. I grew up watching a lot of Disney movies, and the standard formula is that the universe will conspire to beat a villain if the heroes are too pure to kill them. In milder circumstances, they will go to jail for their crimes. The best Disney villains are remembered for their dramatic, unapologetic villainy, which would make it almost satisfying to see them go free.

however, Fan-favorite Disney villains also tend to be the ones killed in a dramatic final battle, While more understated characters get away with it. The most evil Disney villain plans are essential parts of their stories, but the implication is that people will be punished for truly evil acts. The best endings of Disney and Pixar movies understand what fate for the villain will best satisfy the audience.

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Stromboli (and other villains)

Pinocchio (1940)

There are some creepy villains scattered throughout the story of PinocchioPassed in and out of the main character’s misadventures. Stromboli is the most memorable, the evil puppet show host who imprisons Pinocchio when the boy refuses to go home. Stromboli is an uncomfortable character, Even by Disney standards, the theatrics of the villains are typically more enjoyable. He apparently picks random kids and conscripts them into his show, refusing to let them leave unless they make a profit. however, Pinocchio Lets some villains get away with kidnapping.

After the Blue Fairy frees Pinocchio from Stromboli, saying that she will not be able to help him again, Pinocchio flees and Stromboli is never seen again. The movie doesn’t have time for Pinocchio to alert the police of the corrupt showman, and it’s not like he’s going to be believed, but that’s usually where a Disney movie delivers some kind of karma on the bad guy. However, Pinocchio then stumbles upon honest John and Gideon the cat again (who convinces him to join Stromboli’s show) and is convinced to take a vacation to Pleasure Island.

Pinocchio is a film that is considered a Disney classic but doesn’t sit well with me and has some of Disney’s animated scenes that haven’t aged well. The movie’s themes are focused on Pinocchio becoming a better person, so the story allows various kidnappers to trick him with impunity, Waving a finger at Pinocchio for being a misbehaving child rather than emphasizing the dangerous criminals who will probably do it all over again. Meanwhile, Monstro the Whale is just a natural predator in the wild whose fate is left ambiguous but may have killed himself while pursuing Pinocchio.

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The walrus

Alice in Wonderland (1951)

Nonsense is a big part of Alice in Wonderlands story, contributing to its core theme of Alice being pushed around by society’s arbitrary standards. Therefore, she ends up sidetracked when she listens to Tweedledum and Tweedledee tell the completely unnecessary story of “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” Based on Lewis Carroll’s poem found in Through the looking glass. Alice politely waits out the story but manages to slip away when the couple begins to tell the next one. However, “The Walrus and the Carpenter” is pretty disturbing, especially because of the way Disney rendered it.

This one-off short film within the movie depicts a walrus and a carpenter who want to have oysters, so they convince a group of anthropomorphic baby oysters to follow them to their seaside shack. While the carpenter is out of the room, The walrus eats all the oysters (not shown on screen). The sequence ends with Carpenter angrily running after the walrus – glossing over the fact that he just ate a bunch of children. Disney didn’t play down the horror by making the oysters all very cute sea children.

Supposedly, the walrus is “punished” By his former friend, who chased him into the sunset, but the carpenter was going to eat the oysters too. like Pinocchio, Alice in Wonderland Makes a different point as good triumphing and evil getting what they deserve. However, it would not have been uncharacteristic for Disney to amend the ending of “The Walrus and the Carpenter” so they were punished. as it is Alice in Wonderland Treats the walrus killing children as a random footnote that doesn’t need to be followed, Which is shocking.

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madam mim

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

The way for Merlin to prove his power and present himself as someone to be feared in this environment would be for him to kill Madame Mim. however, Merlin and Madame Im have a battle that is just as goofy as Merlin is for the rest of the movie, Get over all the scary moments with the sea. Merlin wins by turning into a virus and making his opponent sick; She was last seen in bed, upset with her treatment. Merlin and Arthur casually leave her behind in the forest.

Madame Mimes crimes in The sword in the stone including trying to kill Arthur as a bird, A picture that paints her as a cruel figure who will torment the weak. Of course, she’s been hanging out in her desert cabin the whole time, killing anyone who has the misfortune of stumbling into it. However, Merlin still thinks it’s a good idea to leave her to her own devices, and he’s clearly familiar with her work based on his dramatic arrival to save Arthur.

Even Arthur never thought to go back and arrest Yim after she tried to kill him, at least not in the time frame of the movie. Yam gets into a violent enough battle with Merlin that the movie could have killed her off Without it harming Merlin’s moral integrity so much. Her dragon transformation even works as an homage to Sleeping beautyWhy Maleficent does not survive. Being sick in bed for a while is no punishment for Mim’s crimes, because she will soon recover and return to what she was doing before.

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Izma

The Emperor’s New Grove (2000)

I love Izma – she’s a hilariously sassy villain who I believe will always escape justice, even if I can’t believe Disney continues to let her. She’s the kind of antagonist you want to survive just so you can keep watching her antics, even if it’s unrealistic. After attempting to kill the emperor and accidentally becoming a cat during the final battle, Izma wanders off, Neither Cuzco nor anyone else pays any attention to what she might do next. Her only punishment in the first movie is to join Kronk’s younger chipmunks troupe.

The punishment of being a cat doesn’t stick, like when Izma returns Kronk’s New GrooveShe is a person again, although still with a cat’s tail. Yzma embarks on a new plan to leverage Kronk’s credibility to sell a fake youth potion and gain enough popularity to make another bid for Emperor. When everyone realizes what she’s doing, she turns back into a cat so she’s too cute for them to attack her – and is just carried away by a predatory bird.

Izma is seen at the end of Kronk’s New Groove In the nest of baby birds that want to eat her – but if she can turn back into a person, she can get out of it. The status quo The Emperor’s New Grove And the connection is established that no one is so concerned about bringing Izma to justice Except right after she committed her last crime. At least in Izma’s case, this allows for more uneasy conflict with Cuzco, Kronk and the rest.

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Lady Tremaine

Cinderella (1950)

Lady Tremaine abuses Cinderella for years, and Cinderella is too passive and willing to talk back or just leave her stepfamily for a better life. It might not be the most obvious thing to pursue, at least compared to other Disney villains who plan murders and coups. however, Lady Tremaine outright lied to the royal party when she said there were no other women in the house, And someone probably asked Cinderella why she didn’t come down until the last minute. Tremaine certainly wouldn’t have been on the royal family’s good side after that.

It is unlikely that any kind of legal retribution for Tremaine’s treatment of Cinderella exists in this setting; It is more likely that the royal family would have used their unfiltered power to imprison her simply because she mistrusted the future queen. however, Maybe Cinderella said she would rather just put everything behind her And leave her stepfamily alone. The under-the-radar sequels suggest that the stepfamily thinks doing their own housework is the worst punishment imaginable.

For anyone who watched Cinderella 3Tremaine receives the wand from the fairy catmother, turns its owner into stone, turns back time, and almost marries one of her own daughters to the prince. This at least constitutes a grab for power that requires imprisonment. However, Tremaine and Drizella (Anastasia is redeemed in the movie) are still only punished by being thrown out of the palace and having to do their own chores. again, I find it more likely that the movie would punish Tremaine rather than the characters, But she is never important to the resolution of the story.

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The Duke of Weselton

frozen (2013)

like hans, The Duke of Weselton conspires to kill Queen Elsa. Actually, his motivations are more likely self-preservation and concern for the kingdom of Arendelle, while Hans confesses to wanting Elsa out of the picture so he can become king. When Hans sets out to find Elsa, the Duke sends along two of his men with orders to kill her. While Hans had earlier confronted the Duke about his possible treason against the sisters, Frozen Don’t show him the same thing after the fight in Elsa’s castle, maybe thinking that Elsa made it too hard to defend herself.

Frozen‘s ending makes a show of Hans being thrown into the brig and sent back to the Southern Isles, suggesting that his brothers will keep him in check (better Once upon a times interpretation, where they return with him to Arendelle to finish what he started). Meanwhile, the Duke is just marched on his ship and sent away, which makes sense if what he did wasn’t as bad as Hans’ crimes. What’s really weird is that Elsa then cut off trade with Weaseltown, Possibly prompting an economic crisis that punishes the people more than the duke.

Elsa believes she deserves justice after the Duke’s actions against her, But she lets him go with a stupid punishment. It would really hurt him if she contacted the kingdom of the country (presumably it is an invisible monarch, as he is only the duke) and demanded something in exchange for a continued alliance. The prince accepts it; He may complain about it, but he’ll be fine in whatever manor he lives in Westletown. Disney is usually very good at assuring its audience of the rewards of being good, but oddly forgets some villains.