Netflix’s Centaurworld is a pretty one of a kind show that’s filled with great animation,
amazing musical numbers, plenty of wackiness, and of course centaurs big and small. But of all the
characters in Centaurworld, who falls on the side of good and which are more bad or chaotic neutral?
I’m Kifinosi with WickedBinge, and this is Centaurworld: Good to Evil.
For this list, we’re actually going to be starting with our Bad to Evil characters before working our
way up to the morally Grey and the Good. Starting with our Most Evil and working our way up:
We technically only have one character in this section, and that’s The Elktaur.
Simply put, the Elktaur is responsible for all the death and destruction in both
the human world and Centaurworld. Driven by self-hatred and an infatuation with his lover,
the Elktaur separated himself into what would end up being the Nowhere King and the General.
Although they’re perceived as different characters throughout most of the series, the General and
Nowhere King are really just two sides of the same centaur. The General is driven by
selfishness and self-desire, and is overall just a huge coward. He’s cruel to his other half when the
Elk suggests that they get put back together, and then would rather continue with a meaningless war
instead of taking responsibility for the Nowhere King’s creation. The General even tried to kill
Rider in order to protect his own life, knowing that if the Nowhere King was killed then he would
die too. As for Elk, because of his loneliness and the mental distraught of being separated,
his mind was warped and corrupted. He not only created the deadly minotaurs,
but also became a creature that took pleasure from the pain of others - at least, according
to the Nowhere King song. While we can’t call Elktaur a pure evil character since we know he
had no idea his separation would bring so much death and destruction. Still, given all that he
did and caused, as well as what his separate halves did, we just had to rank him here.
Alright, with the series’ Big Bad out of the way,
let’s move onto those who are more neutral. This is the Grey Area.
Starting this section, we have the Bear-taur. This guy didn’t exactly make the best first-impression.
With how much he towered over the others, he almost seemed like a monster. Making things worse
was how the Bear-taur had wanted to add Horse to his war diorama collection by covering her in
varnish. However, we then learn that the Bear-taur had allowed the Mysterious Woman to stay with him,
even when she proved to be a terrible roommate. We truly get to see the Bear-taur’s softer side
in the second season. We see him try to use the hootenanny invite as a way to cheer Woman up,
and once the two of them are back in the human realm, Bear-taur helps her break into her former
castle. At the end of the series, Bear-taur welcomes Woman back into his cave, and even
gives her a proper pair of shoes to wear. Though he may have been a bit brash at first, and forcing
Horse to be in his collection definitely wasn’t cool, it does seem like he has a bit of a heart.
Next, we have the Twin Tree Shamans. Being one of the first shamans that we meet after Waterbaby,
these guys are admittedly fairly easy to hate, even if they don’t technically do anything wrong.
For their unique ability, these two can use magic to make what someone needs
become a reality - though this may not necessarily be what they want. While they can be helpful,
the Tree Shamans can also come off as extremely cold. This was seen through their interactions
with a young Wammawink. It’s like Horse says - even if they couldn’t bring back Wammawink’s herd,
they could have at least comforted her. Again, they aren’t evil persay, but even
with all the help they provide to characters like Durpleton and a sleep-deprived Wammawink,
we feel that they’re far from outwardly good, at least when compared to our other Good characters.
Just above them is the aptly-named Mysterious Woman. Once a princess, Woman was someone who
admired the centaurs of Centaurworld. Although she had no idea it would lead to such a tragedy,
she had loved both Elktaur and the General, and once she had learned of their betrayal,
the Woman became bitter and jaded. While she may have freed the Elk from the General’s prison,
she still abandoned him in the end, leading to Elk becoming the Nowhere King. Although she tried
to rectify this mistake, Woman still hesitated when it came to destroying the Nowhere King.
She was also fairly hostile towards the herd in the season one finale,
though we can’t really blame her for that, considering all the danger that the herd
put their worlds in by re-opening the Rift. Additionally, Woman was shown to have a bit of
a heart when she chose to keep the Rift open, so that the herd wouldn’t be trapped there.
We also have to commend her for being the one to eventually kill Elktaur, which couldn’t have been
an easy task for her. It’s this main point that ranks her above Bear-taur and the Tree Shamans.
Up next is the fabulous tiger-taur, Splendib. Splendib is the rival and on-again off-again
boyfriend of Zulius. When the two are on good terms, Splendib can actually be a pretty
supportive guy, helping with things like the hootenanny and the battle against the minotaurs.
Unfortunately, when he and Zulius quote “don’t know each other”, Splendib can be a real jerk.
He’s fairly cocky as well as extremely vain. He stole Zulius’ back-up dancers, the Glitter Cats,
and during the competition, he very obviously looked down on Horse and her lack of fabulousness.
We can’t call him an outright villain, but he does enough negative things to be put in the Grey Tier.
From talent star to influencer, next is Crandy. Crandy is the main influencer of
the Bird-taur flock. She’s a huge fan of the herd, although she seems to care more
about them as entertainment than actual people. She has them participate in her Herd-con event,
and doesn’t seem to care too much about Horse and her cause
despite the attachment she and her flock have to their so-called favorite show.
It’s only due to Zulius convincing Crandy and the flock to be part of their narrative
that she decides to help in the final battle. But while this isn’t great, we can’t call Crandy an
awful person either. She seems to care about her fans, and even allows Bayden to stay with
the bird-taurs despite his transformation. So, at least she has that going for her.
We’re going to rank Stabby next on our list. Stabby, also known as Phillip J. Bonecrunch,
was a minotaur that was adopted by Durpleton. Although Stabby was resistant at first,
annoyed by Durpleton treating him like a kid, he was eventually won over by his Dad-dleton’s
efforts after going through a transformation similar to Horse’s. Through this new relationship,
Stabby was able to gain a family and become happier as a result. That’s not
to say he lost his edge, though, as we see him helping Durpleton fight in the final battle.
While his former status as a Nowhere King supporter keeps him from being in the Good,
we can certainly appreciate the change that he was able to make, going from enemy to ally (and son).
Keeping with the trend of violent characters, we just had to put Becky Apples in this tier. Though
her name is very silly, this horse is completely serious. It’s implied that Becky has a fairly high
body count, despite being just a horse. She’s very independent and hardly ever listens to anyone,
with the only thing that can convince her being apples. Although she fights for the Humans,
Becky can’t seem to care at all about Rider, often riding off without her. Still,
she earns a few hero points for taking out so many minotaurs and even helping with the
defeat of the General. Her personality could still use a bit of work though.
Finishing off the Grey Area, we have another shaman, the Whale-taur. Unlike
the Twin Trees who seem somewhat dismissive, the Whale-taur cares almost too much about others.
For her special power, Whale-taur can absorb centaurs physically and emotionally,
taking away their pain and memories after swallowing them. Through this, she also takes
on their sorrow. Although this may seem like a kindness to those who are depressed or suffering,
in actuality the Whale-taur is offering them an unhealthy coping mechanism that doesn’t truly help
anyone. Thankfully, through Wammawink, Whale-taur is able to realize her mistake and restores
everyone that she’s absorbed. While she may be kind, we just couldn’t overlook how many people
she was willing to keep in limbo, even if she didn’t realize the harm she was actually doing.
We’ve finally arrived at our most noble and heroic characters. These characters are the Good.
First in this tier, we’re going to rank everyone’s favorite mole-taur,
Comfortable Doug. Doug is an… interesting one. He starts out as a guard for the mole-taur jail,
and ends up becoming a fairly major character and ally, being someone who encourages others to be
“comfortable”. In season two, he acts as a messenger between the two worlds,
and he also fights in the final battle with his mini-herd army under his alias, Flat Dallas.
Although we will acknowledge that Doug does quite a bit of good throughout the show,
it’s his personality that can leave others wondering how to feel about him. He can
sometimes be a bit rude and VERY blunt, causing him to come off as insensitive.
This was especially apparent when he was telling Horse about Rider and Becky Apples. Even so,
we can’t take too many points off for that, so Doug manages to stay out of the Grey Tier.
Following him, we have the surly finch-taur, Ched. Out of all the members of the main herd,
Ched was probably the hardest to warm up to. Ched is often bad-mouthing Horse in order to get a rise
out of her through his insults, and doesn’t really let up even after admitting that he cares for her.
However, this is due to his painful history with the Horse-taur Kingdom, and while it isn’t
an excuse, you can understand why Ched acts this way. But as frustrating as Ched can be,
he still clearly cares about Horse - as well as the rest of the herd - when push comes to shove.
He tries to collect food for them while Wammawink’s asleep, and fights right
alongside them despite being so small. We even see that, after Durpleton was disowned by his family,
Ched was the first to comfort him. That alone earns this guy quite a few good points.
Next up, we have Zulius. Zulius is all about the sass and drama. He can be a bit self-obsessed, as
well as a bit judgemental and rude towards others, though he doesn’t quite cross that line into being
a jerk. At the end of the day, Zulius still cares about his herd, even if he cares about himself
juuuust a bit more. He tried to coach Horse when it came to Johnny’s Teatime Be Best Competition,
and even accepted Horse’s decision when she said that she had to win it her own way. Though he can
get wrapped up in perfection, Zulius is also able to use his skills to help out the herd, like when
he was able to win over the flock of bird-taurs. While Zulius does have a few things to work on,
we’ll concede that he also brings quite a bit of good - and fabulousness - to the herd.
Getting ranked slightly above Zulius is the always kooky Glendale. Let’s get Glendale’s biggest flaw
out of the way: she loves to steal. While this may partially be due to her portal tummy spell,
Glendale still enjoys it and doesn’t seem like she’d ever want to give it up. She can also
be pretty aggressive when she wants to be, as seen when the herd was in the mole-taur prison.
Still, while Glendale may be mostly seen as comic relief, she’s got a good heart. This
was best seen when she helped the arctic centaurs with their anxieties and genuinely wanted to help
them find better coping mechanisms, which in turn allowed them to help in the fight against
the Nowhere King. This is the main reason why she manages to rank above to other herd members,
despite all her theft. But hey, she DID steal the Rift key back in the season one finale so,
maybe stealing can do a bit of good sometimes too.
Jumping back over to the human side, we’ve finally arrived at Rider. Though we don’t
see a lot of Rider in the series, we know that she’s at the very least a person who cares a lot.
She treats Horse like a person and not just an animal, caring for and comforting Horse
when she’s upset and even searching for Horse after she gets transported to Centaurworld.
Rider is only dismissive of Horse once - during “The Last Lullaby” - and given what Horse was
suggesting, we can’t completely blame Rider for not believing her. As for other flaws,
we saw that Rider was willing to disobey orders from the General
and go to the Nowhere King’s castle herself. But while this could paint her as rebellious,
Rider only did this to try and help her cause. Although Rider can be a bit careless and reckless,
she still manages to come off as a respectable and honorable soldier - as well as a good friend.
Being surprisingly high for a minor character, next up is Sunfish Merguy. Though he doesn’t quite
live up to the idealized version of a merman that Wammawink had, Sunfish is a really great guy. In
his debut episode, we learn that he had decided to run an entire amusement park on the bay in
the hopes of cheering others up. Although many still chose to be absorbed by the Whale-taur,
the effort is extremely commendable. Though we have to dock him a few points for simply
pointing depressed people to his amusement park and not actually trying to talk to them,
we still feel that Sunfish is a really nice guy overall - even if he can sometimes be insensitive.
Next on our list is the hippo shaman, Waterbaby. Waterbaby is the one that sets the herd out on
their quest during season one. Then, in season two, she goes to the Human world
to try and help Rider in the war. While her motivations may start out as a bit mysterious,
we eventually learn that her main goal is to reunite the worlds and end the war once and
for all. Waterbaby is a determined and brave person who cares deeply about her people,
protecting them against the Nowhere King whenever they need her to. She’s the friendliest of all
the shamans despite being a bit of a trickster mentor, and though she sometimes pushes Wammawink
as her protoge, the two of them are still able to have fun with each other. Really, the only thing
preventing her from being ranked any higher is the fact that our top three really are that good.
For our Bronze Medal of Good, we’re giving it to Wammawink. Motherly, caring and protective,
Wammawink is the glue that holds her herd together. She takes in those who need a herd,
and does all she can to make them feel loved - though she can be just a bit overbearing
at times. But while her smothering can be a huge flaw, Wammawink does genuinely love her herd and
will do anything for them - even risking her own life. She especially looks out for Horse
whenever she’s deeply upset or depressed, acting as a confidant and support - as seen during the
Whale-taur episode and throughout season two. However, Wammawink isn’t perfect. Outside of
her sometimes-aggressive smothering, she was VERY jealous and aggressive towards Sunfish’s
girlfriend, Jeffica. Speaking of her mer-dude obsession, that can also cause her to do some
questionable things - like force Glendale to make zines for her. Still, these flaws aren’t
enough to overshadow her goodness, nor are they enough to keep her out of the top three.
Just barely edging out Wammawink, the Silver Medal of Good goes to Horse. As a warhorse, Horse was
pretty rough around the edges at first. She could be fierce and brave, but also cynical, reckless,
and apathetic towards everything and everyone but her goal of returning to her rider. As the
series continues, however, we see Horse soften up towards her new herd. She opens up to the others
and begins acting friendlier. We see Horse try to comfort Wammawink when she learns about her
tragic backstory, and before long she truly begins to treat the others like her friends instead of
just tag-a-longs, being more considerate of their feelings. Though she still has moments
of aggression, Horse really does change for the better - and all for the sake of herself and her
herd. Her big heroic sacrifice comes at the end of season two, when she was willing to trap herself
in the Nowhere King’s mind forever in order to try and stop him. This shows just how selfless
she can be, as well as how far she’s come. But while Horse may have had the best arc and is
an all-around great main character, there’s still one character that tops her in terms of goodness.
Finally, our Gold Medal of Good is going to Durpleton. Although not as heroic as Horse,
Durpleton wins out due to his pure heart. While he may not understand what’s going
on and is extremely naive, Durpleton always has good intentions. He’s patient,
kind and incredibly friendly and welcoming towards everyone he meets - including Stabby,
despite the fact that he’s, y’know, an enemy. Speaking of Stabby, seeing Durpleton become a dad
showed how he was willing to grow and be a better listener for the sake of his adopted son.
Considering the parents that Durpleton had, it was also just really sweet to see him break
the cycle of abuse. With no major flaws or really any sort of dark side to him,
we felt we just had to give him the title of Most Good Centaurworld character.
And that’s our spectrum! But before we go, let’s award some sinner medals…
As it turns out, Durpleton is also getting our Darwin Medal. The guy may have a huge heart,
but he’s easily (and unfortunately) the dumbest one of the herd when it comes
to intelligence - though considering his upbringing, that’s not his fault.
The Gluttony Medal naturally has to go to Becky Apples. If she’s not motivated by violence and
taking out minotaurs, she’s motivated by apples and will often eat them faster than you can blink.
The Lust Medal is going to Wammawink for her infamous infatuation with mermen
in their eggs. I mean, just look at all the Mermen zines she forced Glendale to make. Just… wow.
The Pride Medal is going to Zulius. While other characters are pretty prideful,
Zulius just takes it to a whole other level. Definitely the prime example of a diva.
The Greed Medal goes to the group’s resident kleptomaniac, Glendale.
Even if her stealing tendencies may or may not be completely her fault,
there’s still a part of her that likes it and wants to hoard all that she can.
Finally, the Envy Medal goes to the Elktaur.
If it weren’t for his desire for wanting to be human, the war
never would have happened. Unfortunately, it was this envy for the two-legged that sealed his fate…
But let us know in the comment section if you agree with our ranking, and tell us what we should
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