When it comes to Pixar villains… we’ve sentenced Toys that became dictators… and even classic
superhero villains. But we aren’t done. There are plenty of other baddies in the Pixarverse
that need justice. From the land of the dead…to the ocean, the prehistoric times and the raceway…
I’m Kyle with WickedBinge and today we’re sentencing Pixar Villains for their crimes.
The films we’ll be tackling with their mix of true villains and
just antagonistic characters are The Good Dinosaur, Finding Dory, Cars 3 and Coco.
The first film we’ll be talking about is widely considered Pixar’s biggest flop: The Good Dinosaur
Now, the Good Dinosaur is one of those movies where it’s hard to really “sentence” any of
the characters for any sort of “crime”. Mainly because these animals are just trying to eat
and survive. And given this was Pixar’s biggest flop, let’s power through this one quickly and
sentence all the baddies at once. Mainly because the motivations are all pretty much the same.
We have Thunderclap, his Flock, Bubbha and his Velociraptors..
Thunderclap is the leader of a gang of Pterosaurs who follow storms to feast on trapped critters.
In fact he is known for eating all kinds of creatures, scavenging on both left behind
corpses and also living creatures when need be. It’s assumed he has dozens of murders under his
belt and it’s also shown he may have lost a lot of his self-control as he seems to worship the
storms he chases. He then proceeds to stalk down Arlo throughout the rest of the film
Thunderclap’s Flock are a group of Pterosaur-esque flying dinosaurs
that are trying to eat the wandering Arlo. They spend the film trying to
convince Arlo they’re good guys only to lull him into a false sense of security.
Bubbha is a notorious velociraptor thief that is one of the main rivals
to Buck and the other Tyrannosaurs that Arlo meets later on in the film. Bubbha
spends a majority of his time stealing from other people, especially Buck.
Given the setting and context of The Good Dinosaur, we can’t really sentence them for
a “crime” - and instead, just choose between letting them live or killing
them. So we’re just going to sentence them all to death via an asteroid. Honestly,
this movie is forgettable enough you can probably just nuke Arlo too.
CRIMES: Nothing,
they’re just dinosaurs trying to eat PUNISHMENT: Nuked with an Asteroid LOL
Moving onto the next film, we have a sea-faring sequel, the film, Finding Dory.
This is a movie that isn’t exactly big on the villains… In fact the only ones we’re going
to sentence are Fluke and Rudder are who we’re starting with. Fluke and Rudder are a pair of Sea
Lions labeled “A1” and “13” respectively. They honestly don’t do much in the film,
but they do have a few criminal actions we need to dissect. The majority of their
screen time shows them abusing, threatening and harrassing another Sea Lion that they live around
named Gerald. They not only invite him up onto their rock and then proceed to force him off,
which would be harassment and abuse, especially since Gerald seems to be
a tad bit mentally deficient, the tone of their voice also insinuates
threats, which of course would be it’s own criminal charge. These aren’t exactly crime
against humanity but we do sentence these two to apologize to Gerald and share their rock with him.
CRIMES: Bullying PUNISHMENT: Apologize and Share Their Rock
Another sequel that we’ll be discussing
is the next film on our list, the surprisingly dark Cars 3
The first villain we’ll be documenting is Jackson Storm. Storm is a member of the newest generation
of racers, who ends up defeating so many members of the older generation he ends up pushing them
out of racing altogether. In fact, the way he races he seems to despise the older generations
in such a way that we would call what he does a hate crime. He speaks a variety of thinly-veiled
threats at Lightning, in fact, these threats would probably not constitute the legal limit,
but we’ll count them anyway. However, Storm’s main source of attack is psychological warfare.
He then proceeds to assault Ramirez by slamming her into the wall. With all things considered,
we’ll sentence Jackson Storm to 5 years in prison with a chance at parole on his hands…or wheels.
CRIMES: Psychological Warfare, Threats, Hate Crimes
PUNISHMENT: 15 years in prison, with a chance at parole
The next villain we’ll be discussing is Miss Fritter. Fritter is a large bus who runs a
mysterious and seemingly illegal demolition derby. Because of how illegal this demolition
derby seems to be, that means she would be on the line for any damage or deaths
that happen, which means she would be affected by Legal Liability for the continued Assault,
Attempted Murders, actual Murders and Property Damage that comes out of this event. She also
does a large majority of this damage herself, which means she is definitely on the line
for that. She then proceeds to threaten and attack both Lightning and Cruz at the derby,
but she fails in succeeding at that. Fritter seems to be a pretty chill person all in all,
but that doesn’t mean she will skate past a punishment. Her punishment would be a pretty
substantial 15 years in prison with a small chance at parole, despite what she’s done.
CRIMES: Assault, Property Damage, Manslaughter PUNISHMENT: 20 years in prison, with a chance
at parole
Rounding out the Cars 3 docket of our list is Sterling Burnish Dunn. Sterling is the secondary
antagonist of the film, he buys the Rust-eeze Medicated Bumper Oil company that was one of
Lightning McQueen’s biggest sponsors. Sterling, despite being one of the main
antagonists actually doesn’t do much criminally. He does psychologically abuse Lightning,
trying to convince him not to race because of how old he is, and in fact, one may even
call this Corporate Espionage. This is because Sterling seems to be doing these things only to
force Lightning into becoming little more than a puppet for advertising. He also is sort of rude,
as he mocks Cruz for not being a racer and even lightly threatens her, in fact one
may even consider it blackmail as he holds her job over her head if she decides to race. Now,
Sterling is mostly an obstacle in an otherwise chill story, but, Sterling’s
surprising criminal actions net him with a pretty softball sentence. Sterling would only have five
years in prison with a chance at parole.
CRIMES: Corporate
Espionage, Blackmail, Psychological Abuse PUNISHMENT: 5 years in prison with parole
The final list of villains we’ll be talking about is from one of
Pixar’s best showings, the amazing film Coco.
Although not a “villain”, though still antagonistic… up next on the docket,
we have Grandma Imelda Rivera.
Imelda is the great-great grandmother of Miguel that he meets during his
journey into the Land of the Dead. Pepita is Grandma Imelda’s Alebrije,
and acts like a pet and protector to those in the Rivera family.
Imelda spends the majority of her time on screen Stalking Miguel throughout the Land of the Dead,
along with Pepita. Now, she has good reasons for this, don’t get us wrong,
however that doesn’t change the fact that Miguel doesn’t want her following him around
and tells her as such more than once… Plus there is some strong manipulation.
She imposed a strict condition on her great-grandson, Miguel,
to never play music again, in order for him to return to the land of the living.
If Miguel broke this vow, he would be sent back to the land of the dead,
potentially getting trapped if it wasn't Dia de los Muertos. Essentially,
Imelda threatened Miguel's life to uphold her relentless grudge against music, creating a
constant threat if he ever indulged in music, even casually. That’s some legitimate blackmail.
Because we understand why she does this… and because it all works out for Miguel in the end,
we’re going to pardon her for her crimes as it’s clearly what he would want..
CRIMES: Stalking & Blackmail PUNISHMENT: Pardoned
The final criminal on the Coco docket, as well as today’s docket in general… We have the now iconic
Ernesto De La Cruz. Ernesto is the main villain of the film, where he commits a variety of criminal
actions, and we’ll be starting with his smallest charges, those being Plagiarism, Copyright
Infringement and Theft. All pertaining to when he stole the backlog of Hector’s songs after his
death, and this ends up with his legacy being tarnished after it’s revealed to the populace.
And then there’s the fact that he poisons Hector’s food (drink), murders
him for his music, then proceeds to play it for millions to hear.
He also commits a mass amount of Fraud at the same time, mostly in relation to the infringement and
plagiarism earlier, and also unlawfully imprisons both Hector and Miguel after he’s threatened with
what may be revealed. He also abuses Hector and others around him, commits massive Child
Endangerment during the final moments of the movie and even attempts to murder Miguel.
He has built up quite a rap sheet not only in the living world, but the land of the dead as
well. Because of Ernestor’s actions we have no choice but to sentence him with the death penalty.
Executed publicly in very much the same way he perishes in the film, being crushed by a giant
bell. For someone who wanted the spotlight in life, that’s how he deserves to go out in death.
CRIMES: Copyright Infringement, Murder, Child Endangerment
PUNISHMENT: Public Execution Yeah, there had to be at least one
execution on the docket. You earned it, Ernesto.