Best villain death in a Disney flick?

[DrSpengler]

So for some reason I've decided to fill in all the gaps in my DVD collection of classic Disney flicks, so I've been watching a bunch of them. One thing I always liked as a kid, and STILL like, is how they kill the villains off at the end of the movies. That's typically the point where they discard all the goofy and silly kid-friendly crap and just get hardcore.

Anyway, which one always struck you as the best? I'm talking Disney Animated Features Canon, btw.


The Queen (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves): Falls off a cliff and is (presumably) crushed by a boulder. Ya know, I always wondered what the Dwarves would've done had they caught her before she killed herself? I'd like to have seen that; Dopey slitting her throat and Sneezey using her skull for an ashtray.

Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty): Turns into a dragon and gets stabbed through the heart with a sword.

The Horned King (The Black Cauldren): Sucked into the Black Cauldren. Well, this one's kind of debatable. I mean, the guy was a skeleton even before getting sucked into the pot. He was kinda already dead.

Rattigan (The Great Mouse Detective): Falls off of Big Ben. On a side note, Rattigan is one of the most underrated Disney villains ever. Vincent Price needs to rise from the grave, already.

Sykes (Oliver & Company): Gets his **** run over by an oncoming train.

Ursela (The Little Mermaid): Impaled by the mast of a ship. The most girly Disney flick in my collection, and not one I like all that much, but damn if that chick's death wasn't pretty sweet.

Percival McLeach (The Rescuers Down Under): Sent screaming over a waterfall. Would've been better if they'd let the crocodiles eat him instead of copping out with a waterfall.

Gaston (Beauty and the Beast): Falls to his death into a deep chasm. Dude coulda had a foursome with the three blonde chicks but nooooo he had to go to the castle and try to win Belle over. Dumbass had it coming.

Scar (The Lion King): Gets eaten alive by a pack of hyenas. Oh yeah.

Judge Frollo (The Hunchback of Notre Dame): Falls from the top of the Cathedral. I think. I could never finish this movie. Ugh. Not even Tony Jaye could make it worthwhile.

Shan Yu (Mulan): Blown up by a rocket. Mulan should've been the one to kill him. Freakin' Mushu, stealin' her thunder.

Clayton (Tarzan): Neck snapped after accidentilly hanging himself on some vines.

Rourke (Atlantis: the lost Empire): Turns all blue and falls apart or something. I hated this movie so I haven't seen it in a while.


Ya know, now that I've put that list together, I've just realized that the violent villain deaths are more of a modern Disney thing. Most of the classic Disney flicks either didn't have major villains or they didn't die at the end. Their defeats where usually kind of whimsical (Captain Hook and Shere Khan come to mind). I mean, just look at the huge gap of time between Sleeping Beauty and The Black Cauldren.


Anyhow, if I had to choose one it would be Scar from the Lion King. Getting eaten alive is pretty sick, especially for a Disney flick. Runner up: although I really hate Oliver & Company, Sykes' death was badass (AND they killed his two guard dogs, holy crap).