Disney is well known for its villains, from iconic ones like Ursula and Scar to lesser loved villains
like Namarri and King Candy. But, the thing about villains is that they’re usually criminals of
the highest order. So, what if, by the end of their films, those villains manage to survive
and stand trial? What would they be sentenced for, and what punishments would they receive?
I”m Kyle with WickedBinge and this is Sentencing DIsney Villains for their Crimes (Part 2)
Now, before we begin: For this video, we’ll be pretending each villain survived their
movie so that they could stand trial for their crimes.... And we’ll be discussing four more
Disney Renaissance films today; The Little Mermaid, Mulan, The Lion King and Hercules.
First up on our list is the start of the Disney Renaissance,
at least in most people’s eyes, The Little Mermaid.
Up first on the docket is royal crab and composer, Sebastian. We’re sure you’re already questioning
us and may be rushing to the comments. But let’s be honest, for the first third of the movie,
Sebastian is antagonistic. Even if you can portray that antagonism in the name
of protection, it still means he qualifies for our list in one way or another. While
he may not have many crimes, it is necessary to quantify them, firstly,
he is responsible for Accidental Destruction of Property when he breaks one of Ariel’s many items.
He commits Reckless Endangerment during “Under the Sea” by causing a clam to spit out a fish
hook which nearly hits him and others. He is also an accessory to the king’s Reckless Endangerment,
and his worst crime is an Assault. This also happens during “Under the Sea”, because we know,
during this song that clams are alive, and despite this, he uses seemingly living clams as
drums. Now, we have no way to know if they consented, but it can be assumed they likely
didn’t, so there’s two options. Either he is commiting an assault on living clams or
desecrating the bodies of dead clams, both of which are crimes. Sebastian’s crimes are few,
so we don’t feel bad giving him a fine of around 2,000 under-sea dollars as restitution.
From the composer to the king, the next one on trial is King Triton himself. Much like Sebastian,
while he’s not a villain in a typical sense, he is antagonistic for the first part of the film.
His list of crimes is the smallest in this film, featuring only two distinct crimes we could find
during the film. The first is the destruction of property he commits on all of Ariel’s items,
which likely totals thousands of dollars in items, especially the statue. However,
he might get away with this as a “disciplinary action” since Ariel is
still a minor during the film and therefore this might be under the purview of discipline. However,
what couldn’t be construed that way is the Reckless Endangerment he commits in the
same scene. Whilst firing energy blasts from his trident he nearly hits Ariel,
Sebastian and Flounder and because he wasn’t aiming at them it manages to miss. However, this
doesn’t stop the fact that these blasts are shown to be powerful enough to nearly fully disintegrate
Floatsam and Jetsam which shows they are extremely powerful. This is kind of the equivalent of waving
a loaded gun around. Legitimate negligence. We’ve decided that because of the parental angle of
his property destruction, we’d only prosecute his Reckless Endangerment. For which, we have
decided to sentence him to six months of community service and a court ordered Trident Safety Course.
The next criminal on our docket is Chef Louis. Louis is the head chef for Eric’s kingdom, and due
to being a kingdom focused on fishing, it makes sense that Louis would be cooking a lot of fish.
The thing is, this would likely constitute murder, because as we know, the fish are heavily conscious
and have seemingly human intelligence. However, he is completely unaware this is the case until the
end of the film when merpeople are revealed. So, while he gets off the hook for those,
he doesn’t get off the hook for attempting to murder Sebastian twice, the first time he may be
able to slide due to being unaware of Sebastian’s consciousness. However, the second time at the end
of the film, he should be fully aware, so he doesn’t get off the hook then. So, if he were
to stand trial specifically in Atlantica… Chef Louis is to have 15 years in prison.
The next ones on our docket are twin eels and general menaces Floatsam and Jetsam.
Floatsam and Jetsam are under the employ of Ursula and most of the crimes they commit
are under her orders, however, that doesn’t make it legal. Firstly, they are shown stalking
Ariel early on in the film, and commit a criminal conspiracy when Ursula plans her remaining crimes
with the two of them. They also try to cause Ariel to lose her part of the contract which
is pretty illegal, and this would also count as an assault because they tip over the boat and force
them into the water. However, their most heinous crime is the attempted murder of a monarch when
they attempt to drown Prince Eric under Ursula’s orders. Floatsam and Jetsam, despite being eels,
deserve life in prison without parole, they manage to evade the death penalty but only just barely.
Their handler on the other hand, is the final one up for trial from this film,
Ursula. Ursula has a wide list of crimes under her belt during the events of the film and more
implied to have happened prior to the film. Ursula stalks Ariel, conspires to steal Triton’s trident
and has committed a very interesting crime. By forming contracts and seemingly causing the
signer to fail the contract she turns them into a bottom-feeding creature. Now, it’s hard to nail
down exactly what crime this is, we could consider it Assault or Kidnapping, but the best term would
actually likely be Slavery. She owns these people, albeit turning them into these small
grubbin-like creatures, and while she does this through supposedly legal contracts, the human
world wouldn’t see it that way. We see what seems like hundreds of these creatures, which would be a
bunch of unique cases, especially if they manage to escape. She’s also responsible for breaching
contract after multiple attempts.. She is also responsible for Criminal Coercion through mind
controlling Prince Eric, which would be illegal as hell even if we don’t have laws governing it
currently. Not to mention the kidnapping, animal abuse, attempted murder and criminal threats of
Violence. Ursula is a menace to society, and a danger to everyone around her, so we’d sentence
her to execution, hanging was a typical practice in Denmark after it gained independence…. But
instead, we’d just drop a toaster into the water and watch her be electrocuted.
Next on our list, with arguably the best songs in the renaissance, our
next crimes are all from Mulan
Up next on the docket are two of the Elite Hun Soldiers we’ll be ranking together,
Zhencha and Lieren. The two soldiers are ranked together because they do the exact same crimes,
unlike the other soldiers who each have their own crimes under their belt. Zhencha is the
long-haired sword weilder and Lieren is the broad one in the helmet, and they commit a variety of
crimes in the film. Firstly, they trespass on the Great Wall of China and commit many acts of war,
such as the arson and murder of many villagers throughout China. Which is definitely a major war
crime. They also kidnap the emperor and assault many s oldiers during their time,
although one can argue that part is simply warfare. Zhencha and Lieren are probably
the lowest on the totem pole when it comes to the elite soldiers… But due to the more
heinous war crimes, we are sentencing them to 25 years to life in prison without parole.
Another pair lands on our docket, Bao and Bai the bodyguards are next on our list. Bao and Bai are
the big broad twin soldiers that are part of Shan Yu’s elite soldiers. These two are
seen as dumb brutes and easy to trick, but they are still threats to behold.
Not only do they do the previously mentioned crimes of arson, murder, attempted murder,
kidnapping and acts of war. The two of them are also called bodyguards, assumedly of Shan Yu,
and likely have committed many more crimes in the name of their boss. Bao and Bai,
much like the previous two entrants deserve 25 years to life in prison, without parole.
The final elite hun on our docket is Sheshao, the marksman. One could argue this archer is Shan Yu’s
second-in-command and likely has more of a role to play than we see from the others. This comes
through in one major scene where he commits an extra crime from the others. When two chinese
soldiers try to sneak up on the Hun Army, Shan Yu sends them back to deliver a message. Shan Yu asks
“how many soldiers does it take to deliver a message” and Sheshao responds with “one”
and then is seen firing his bow. This murder is the only one we see from the villians on screen,
even if technically the actual kill is off screen. You combine this with the aforementioned Arson,
Assault, Murder and Kidnapping and it makes sense that if one soldier is to be made an
example out of, it’s hime. We’ve decided that he deserves the death penalty, due to his high rank
in the army, a public execution via hanging would be the easiest and simplest choice..
The final villain on our Mulan docket is the immortally evil Shan Yu. Shan
Yu is the leader of the Hun army and a massive threat because of this. He
leads thousands of huns across China in an attempt to invade, which is his first major
crime. He has murdered hundreds and burnt thousands of buildings, vandalizes forestry,
criminally threatens Chinese Soldiers and the Chinese Emperor and trespasses in multiple places.
Some of his more notable crimes include many acts of murder including the general of Shang’s troop,
Attempted Murder of the Emperor and the killing of many horses, which is it’s own crime.
But, most obviously, Shan Yu is responsible for mass genocide across China. Which we see
specifically in the scene when Mulan discovers the burnt village. Shan Yu’s crimes make it very
obvious what his punishment should be, a public execution. Unlike Sheshao, he would be executed
through the ancient chinese execution style of “slow cutting” which is a slow and excruciating
process. It would happen in public and would likely be an event thousands would be at.
The most iconic animal based film in Disney’s repertoire is next on our list, with two sequels,
a live action remake and a planned live action prequel, this is The Lion King
The Lion King doesn’t have very many villains, so the first one up is Ed. Ed is mostly seen
as a lackey for the most part, being sort of mentally challenged as he doesn’t speak and
barely emotes. Despite this, he does commit a variety of crimes, although most of them
are under orders from Scar or while helping his hyena brethren. Ed is amongst the other
hyenas in committing the crime of poaching, and whilst we don’t see that in the film,
it is mentioned by Zazu that they are poachers. He has 6 cases of attempted murder and two unique
cases of Murder, the first was the murder of Mufasa through use of the wildebeest stampede
and then at the end of the film he is part of the murder of Scar. Ed would get a pretty
decently severe punishment, due to his part in two murders and six attempted murders,
but we’ll be more lenient due to his decreased mental capacity and give him 15 years in prison.
We have to pair the two together, Banzai and Shenzi are the next criminals on
our docket. Banzai and Shenzi are a pair of hyenas who alongside Ed, work under Scar as
part of his apparently standing army. Amongst their many crimes under Scar’s tutelege, the
two of them have committed the crime of poaching, being scavengers who steal food from others during
Mufasa’s reign. They criminally threaten Simba, Nala and Zazu, attempt to murder them, and even
ends up assaulting Zazu, trying to cook him in a geyser. They criminally conspire to kill Mufasa,
attempt to murder Timon and Puumba and are responsible in part for the murders of both
Mufasa and Scar, which means they’ve killed two monarchs, which is an amazingly hefty crime to
be put on their plate. The punishment for their crimes would be life in prison without parole.
The final villain on our docket is the usurper himself, Scar. Scar has
a major set of crimes under his belt, whether that be Criminal Conspiracy,
or Criminal Coercion when he convinces Simba to put himself in harm’s way. He assaults Shenzi,
Banzai, Zazu and many others throughout his time in the movie. He attempts to murder Simba twice,
forms an army, is responsible for the manslaughter of an unnamed hyena when they fall through a crack
during his song and attempts to frame Simba for the death of Mufasa. He commits wrongful
imprisonment during his time as king, locking Zazu in the ribcage of an unknown animal and assaults
Sarabi when she dares to go against him. However, his worst crime, beyond murdering Mufasa, is the
massive deaths he commits by causing all the food to leave or die during his time as king, killing
hundreds if not thousands in his wake. Scar is responsible for what could be considered hundreds
of thousands of deaths during his time as king and that is not good for him. Scar’s punishment
is severe but fair, public execution via hanging. Scar pays for his crimes in the
film in a very similar way, he’s publicly executed by the hyenas and it’s a fitting
punishment for his crime, hence why we believe it stands to reason that he should do the same here.
The final movie on today’s list is the red-headed step-child of the disney renaissance, Hercules
The first villains up on the docket are The Fates. These three eyeless women possess an
eyeball that allows them to see all in the past, present and future. This allows them to not
only see but potentially change the future. But beyond this, they also hold the threads of fate,
every human has one and it’s essentially the thread of their life. They cut the line
when the human’s life has ended and they’ve killed millions because of this. However,
the thing about this is that it’s the job of the fates and as such they likely wouldn’t
get prosecuted for this or the murder of Megara. Whilst it may be their job, they do seem to enjoy
it to a sadistic degree, which means that there may be a case against them to some degree. But,
the only crime we can really give to them is Criminal Conspiracy, which is because they
are the ones who not only convince Hades to continue his hostile takeover but end
up convincing him to get rid of Hercules. Plus, if they see the future, even if it’s
just “possible futures” they should have seen this coming from Hades. All things considered,
The Fates would likely only get a shared five years in prison, because it’s likely that the
murder charges would be dropped since it was a job given to them by the gods and they didn’t directly
cause any death. The only excuse that The Fates would have is they knew that Hades would fail and
didn’t find it wrong to convince Hades of this, but we don’t think that gets them off the hook.
Next up we have Megara, often just called Meg is the next criminal on our list. Meg
doesn’t have many crimes to speak on, but what she does is still criminal. Meg only has two
crimes under her belt, and both of them seem to be against her will. The first is criminal conspiracy
to harm and supposedly kill Hercules, which she seems adverse to but doesn’t actively try and
stop it. Her second and likely worse crime would be the criminal coercion that her, alongside Pain
and Panic, use to convince Hercules to put himself into danger. She actively shows that she’s not
interested in this and doesn’t want Hercules to die, which might be a good excuse for getting out
of punishment. Given how she turns things around in the end,w e’re going to let Meg off with six
months of community service. Being forced into her crimes would likely net her a smaller sentence,
but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t deserve at least some punishment, hence our choice.
Paired together, Pain and Panic pop onto our docket next. Pain and Panic are Hades’
highest ranking minions and have committed a wide variety of crimes under his employ.
Pain and Panic make a pretty hefty impression by kidnapping and poisoning Baby Hercules under the
orders of Hades. The poisoning comes from the fact that they utilize the mortality potion to
turn Hercules mortal and then attempt to murder him. They then attempt to fraud Hercules by being
two mortal children and putting him into danger using the hydra. This would also count as Criminal
Coercion, and this would be two seperate crimes that add a lot of time to their sentence. Given
the heinous nature of their first crime,
we sentence them to 25 years in prison without the possibility for parole.
Ranked altogether, the next criminals on our docket are The Titans. Arges, Lythos, Hydros,
Pyros, and Stratos are the five titans we’ll be speaking about. These titans commit a variety
of crimes of their own volition and not because they’re ordered by Hades, even though that does
happen later on in the film. They cause extreme destruction, including what would be classified
as Vandalism, Arson, Destruction of Propety and Murder, each of these while not shown on screen,
being quite obvious for the most part. Even the smallest crime they would get for this would
be Disturbing the Peace because of the noise and destruction they cause. They also are responsible
for Animal Abuse, Assault, Attempted Murder and an Attempt at a Hostile Takeover. Each
of them have been trying to attack Zeus because of revenge for prior imprisonment,
so one could also include a prison break in the list of their crimes. Assuming the titans would be
made mortal or some other way to be punished, they would be sentenced to death, with an execution
via hemlock, a poison that decimates humans easily. If they are unable to be killed in this
way, then they would just rot in prison instead, both of which are viable and likely punishment.
The final villain on our docket is none other than the main villain, Hades. Hades is the big
bad and the god of the underworld with what could be hundreds of crimes under his belt over the
eighteen years the film takes place in. He levels threats of Abuse at Pain and Panic, criminally
conspires to kill Hercules and take over Olympus and is the one who orders the kidnapping,
poisoning and attempted murder of Hercules. He abuses Pain and Panic multiple times, commits
three different acts of Criminal Coercion through the use of Pain, Panic and Meg, and attempts to
murder Hercules at least seven times as far as we can see. He destroys property, kidnaps Megara and
Assaults Hercules. However, his worst crimes are his attempted Coup de grace and subsequent murder
of Zeus, as well as falsely imprisoning all of the other gods when they refuse to accept his
coup. Hades is known for his fiery temper and many attempts at murder and this likely means
he’d get a pretty hefty punishment. The punishment we’ve decided on for Hades is a public
execution in the classic grecian style of throwing from a precipice. This means Hades would be made
mortal, likely by his own potion and then thrown from a cliff to his death. The thing about this,
is that it’s pretty accurate to the torture he goes through at the end of the film, when he’s
thrown into the whirlpool in the River Styx. But let us know in the comment section if you
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