Disney Villains alike-The Open Villain, the Entertaining Open Villain, the double crossers, and the redeemer.

Based off several memes and complaints I'm seeing on Social Media where people say the Disney Villains you see on movies today are not as classic as you may think....

And that these people, particularly Long-Time Disney fans, wish that the Mouse House go back to making villains who are portrayed as OPEN about their villainy, not the modern take where we have an overt double-crosser.

"Why are you using me as an allegory for Open-Villains?"

Why are open-villains better than the double-crossers we see in films today?

For one, they're entertaining and provide a lot of humor based on how their reactions play out when their plans often fail or don't go to plan.

And, they can pin all the blame to their sidekicks whether they stick with the villain or not

Pardon me for using Hades as an example but I had to because he's such a popular Character in the fandom due to James Wood's excellent performance.

Here are some other examples of Villains from Disney films of past who are better at their job of Open-Villainy:

Jafar from ALADDIN (1992)

Scar from THE LION KING(1994)

Rattigan from THE GREAT MOUSE DETECTIVE (1986)

Shere-Kahn from THE JUNGLE BOOK (1967)

Prince..... er..... KING JOHN from ROBIN HOOD (1973)

Madame Medusa from THE RESCUERS (1977)

Percival C Mcleach from THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER (1990)

Yzma from THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE (2000)

and many more when the time comes for me to update this post.

There are also Open Villains who are just plain evil. 

They can still be entertaining but often at times, they're treachery makes it hard to find anything remotely redeeming of any positive trait in their personality.

It can be either we like that Villain for their Drama,

 or we loath them for their actions, 

 

plus their flat personality,

and often their sidekicks get all the best scenes.

And yes, the sidekicks have the right to betray their master/villain when they feel enough is enough when it comes to all the abuse they go through.

"Nothing.... Personal....."

Then there's the DOUBLE CROSSER.

This is a villain who starts off as a good guy/gal,

but then reveals their true colors half way or right up to the start of the third act of the film.

It all depends whether these Villains get killed off or they ultimately get arrested in the end, that's the question but as far as I see in these recent films, they often get arrested because for some reason, some exec doesn't want another Bambi's mom/Mufasa/Clayton moment when it come to their characters.

Whatever,

 these Double-crossers will either rot in Prison or earn their Death Row sentence off-screen.

So where did this problem child of a Double-Crossing Villain trope start from and who was the first Disney Villain to popularize it? And did it start in the turn of the millennium?

Actually, the trope's older than that, maybe even older than the Disney Renaissance era....

But for now, let's use Gaston as one since while he's an entertaining villain, he doesn't show his true colors until the half-way into the film.... sort of...

Plus, he's portrayed by RICHARD WHITE so have it will you.

He barely is in the DOUBLE CROSSER category due to his jackass personality as described by Belle, but I put him in there anyway because he's entertaining.

Clayton is another example of a Double-Crosser

But back then when I was pushing away from Toddlerhood in the early 2000s, I could tell that Clayton was the bad guy no matter what. 

It's just this guy manages to conceal his true intentions until the end.

"Go ahead. Shoot me down. Be a man."

And let's not forget Rourke from Atlantis The Lost Empire(2001)

I don't want to put Prince Hans in here because I already used him as an allegory for this type of Villain, and his allegorical use has already been memed to death by people on Social Media.

And finally, we get the REEDEMERS.

NO!!!! NOT THAT REDEEMER!!!!

I mean..... THE KIND OF VILLAIN WHO REALIZES THE ERRORS OF THEIR WAYS AND MAKES UP FOR THEIR ACTIONS BY REDEMPTION.

Either by being friends with the protagonist

Reprimanded by the protagonist and reminded about their actions...

Reprimanded by other characters or Authority figures..

*I was going to use Bill Bluff from DOUG but neither the DOUG or Disney Wikis have the screenshots that I'm looking for.... and without a network or KISSCARTOON watermark.*

*I was going to use Phillium Benedict from Recess Schools Out, but I don't want to spoil the ending of the film so go and watch it on your DVDs or Disney+ subscription *

Or in this case, sacrifice their life to make up for their actions....

*Couldn't find an example from the main Mouse House line and I don't want to use Darth Vader as an example due to the fact that his redemption was before George Lucas sold Star Wars to the mouse house so it just won't make sense.*

All these examples are purely from the Mouse House's own input.

I'm not listing examples from Pixar, Marvel, Tv Shows without an accompanying movie, Lucasfilm, or even 20th Century Studios.....

I just want to keep it plain and simple..... 

Strictly First Party on Walt and Mickey's behalf.

So here's the question to all you fans out there:

Which Villain is better?

The Openly Evil, the Entertainingly Open Villain, The Double Crosser, or the redeemer?

For me, I'm going to go with the Entertaining Open Villain because sometimes you just need the funny moments in life, especially with their inane reactions.

My personal Favorite probably would be HADES because...

JAMES WOODS.

Hades!!!! Don't diss your voice actor!!! Be Respectful!