While their feats of evil may not be as noteworthy
as the villains from other studios, Sony Animation’s
baddies can still be fairly threatening and competent in their actions. But of course, that
just makes their eventual defeats all the more satisfying, at least for the most part. We have
to know though, which Sony Animation villain got the shortest (and most painful) end of the stick?
I’m Kyle with WickedBinge,
and this is Sony Animation Villain Fates: Gruesome to Most Gruesome.
First up, we have a short section dedicated to the villains who barely had to face any
punishment for their crimes. These are the ones who Got Away With It.
Easily starting this tier off is Hotel Transylvania 3’s Ericka Van Helsing. Despite
spending nearly two-thirds of the film trying to kill Dracula and helping her grandfather with
his plan to destroy all monsters, Ericka doesn’t really get punished for ANY of her crimes. Yes,
she saves Drac from the kraken and does apologize somewhat, and apparently that’s
all you really need. The other monsters - including Mavis - instantly forgive her
and welcome her into their group with open arms, and Ericka even gets to continue being with Drac,
who proposes at the end of the film. For facing no consequences whatsoever, Ericka is
who we immediately think of when we think of Sony villains who totally got away with their villainy.
For our runner-up, we have Zeta from “The Angry Birds Movie 2”. It’s arguably even more insulting
that Zeta barely got any consequences, given that the damage and construction she caused with her
lava balls was MUCH more devastating than anything Ericka did or tried to do. But despite this,
she ends up getting to live on Bird Island with her daughter as well as with her old flame,
Mighty Eagle, who she ends up marrying. Now, to be fair, she does face a bit of consequences for
her actions, namely that her base ends up getting destroyed and her daughter,
Debbie, was nearly crushed by rubble as the base is coming down. But since Mighty Eagle
was able to save Debbie, this was more of a wake-up call for Zeta than anything else.
Additionally, Zeta didn’t really seem to enjoy living in the arctic anyway,
so we can’t imagine her being too upset about living with her family on a tropical island.
Finishing off this tier is another Hotel Transylvania baddie, Abraham
Van Helsing. When it came to his grand master plan regarding monsters and their destruction,
it was nearly successful. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t account for the power of the Maracarena.
After Van Helsing loses control of both the kraken and his own mechanical body, he nearly
falls to his death. In the end though, he is saved by Dracula and, much like Ericka, is essentially
welcomed into the Dracula family despite all he tried to do. Honestly, it’s a surprise that
Ericka even wanted to keep a relationship with him, so perhaps Van Helsing should consider
himself lucky - for multiple reasons. Alive and not wanting to get on any monsters’ bad sides,
Van Helsing then promises to give all the monsters a full refund on their cruise. So,
we suppose that’s a punishment of sorts. Still, given that he gets to live at a fancy hotel for
free and thus doesn’t really need all that money, it’s hard to feel like any justice was served.
Next up, we have the Painful Humiliation fates. Although
not too noteworthy in the grand scheme of things, these guys still either lost
their reputation or lost their power in a particularly embarrassing way.
Starting off, we’re ranking Chef Quasimodo from the first Hotel Transylvania movie. Compared to
the other Hotel Transylvania antagonists, Quasimodo really didn’t get to do much,
nor was he much of an actual threat. Though he tried to eat Johnny,
it didn’t take long for Dracula to find and free the human. When Quasi tried to fight back,
he was frozen by Dracula’s powers. He does get a bit of petty revenge later on, being the one
to reveal that Johnny truly was a human, but he still remains frozen until the end of the film
and we see him getting licked by Wayne’s werewolf pups. We’re sure that he was unfrozen eventually,
but given that the hotel now allows humans and obviously wouldn’t want Quasi trying
to eat any of them, it’s safe to say that the hunchback was probably out of a job.
Next up is the insane hunting enthusiast from “Open Season”, Shaw. While he and
his fellow hunters are able to put up one heck of a fight against the forest animals,
it eventually comes down to just Shaw and Boog. When it looks like Shaw has the upper hand,
Elliot runs in front of the shot, making it look like he’s been killed. Seeing this,
Boog is angered enough to fight back and ends up tying Shaw up with his own gun.
This then allows Shaw to be beaten up by animals. This combined with the fact that
he’s no longer able to hunt those animals just makes for a pretty satisfying end for this guy.
Following him is the arrogant penguin, Tank. Throughout the film, “Surf’s Up”, Tank is shown to
be a complete bully and narcissist that’s obsessed with his trophies. He’s willing to do anything to
win, and even when he’s not out on the waves, he’s treating everyone - even cute little baby
penguins - like dirt. When his bad sportsmanship finally catches up with him, Tank is officially
disqualified from the surf off. Though he still tries to take the trophy for himself, a brief
scuffle with the island’s group of baby penguins leads to it getting broken, leaving Tank both
humiliated and trophy-less. It’s another really satisfying fate that, while not too gruesome
in the grand scheme of things, still fits well with the character who rightfully deserves it.
Finishing up our Hotel Transylvania villains, we have Bela. Essentially being the leader
of Vlad’s giant bat army, Bela does what he can to try and rid the hotel of its humans,
even if it means threatening literal children. Though he and his army can’t out-fight Dennis,
Mavis or Dracula, Bela still tries to kill the powerless Johnny in revenge. Before he can though,
he’s stopped by Vlad, who uses his powers to shrink Bela to a tiny size - being
small enough that Wayne’s pups are able to grab and lick him, much to Bela’s dismay.
We don’t really know what happens to Bela after this, but whether he stays as a chew toy for
the pups or manages to escape, it’s safe to say that all the power he might have had at
Vlad’s castle is gone. A very cruel fate, indeed, though not necessarily one that’s unwarranted.
Next, we’re going to be ranking “The Emoji Movie”s Smiler. For a character like her,
losing both her ability to control others AND her looks has got to be a pretty painful
double-wammy. While she does try to take out Jailbreak with one of her Anti-Virus robots,
Hi-5 is able to push it over, leading to Smiler getting her teeth broken. Later on, we see her
in the Loser Lounge wearing braces. It’s a simple punishment but, as we said, it works for a villain
like her as losing both her power over Textopolis and her perfect teeth was surely a painful blow.
Finishing off this section is Spiderverse’s Kingpin. Compared to the other villains in the
first Spiderverse film, Kingpin sort of gets off easy, in that any physical damage is limited to
getting zapped by Miles’ spider-shock power before getting thrown into his collider’s kill switch,
ending his plans once and for all. He later gets webbed up for the police to arrest, which we’re
sure was pretty humiliating for him. Honestly, the more painful part of this fate is that,
after everything Kingpin did, he now knows that it simply isn’t possible for him to bring back the
family he loved. Additionally, while a guy as rich and powerful as him probably wouldn’t stay in jail
for very long, the fact that he still got arrested had to be a pretty significant blow to his pride.
Taking another short break before we get to our most gruesome fates,
we’d like to touch on the Unknown Fates. While it’s a good chance these villains
ended up with some pretty gruesome ends, we can’t completely say for
sure whether or not they died, hence why they can’t be in our top category.
First in this tier is Mayor Shelbourne from the first “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”. In
a sense, Shelbourne was able to get away with his crimes, in that he escapes the island and
avoids getting arrested or punished for his part in nearly destroying both the island and
the world with giant food. Unfortunately for him, his gluttony ended up being his downfall,
and we last see him being completely stranded in the middle of the ocean after eating his
boat. Given that he’d likely be unable to swim anywhere once his boat was completely gone,
it’s safe to say that Shelbourne probably drowned or, at the very least, was left
treading water for quite a while before eventually being rescued. But even then,
he’d still be at an incredibly unhealthy weight and, given his reputation at that point, would
likely be unable to get into another position of power. In other words, no matter which way
you slice it, this former mayor probably wouldn’t have much of a chance at any sort of happy ending.
From local government to royalty, next is Queen Victoria from “Pirates: Band of Misfits”. Though
she puts up a good fight, this queen ends up going through a lot during the film’s climax.
After getting roughed up during her fight with the Pirate Captain, her entire boat is destroyed
thanks to an explosive mix of vinegar and baking soda. Though she tries to take Polly and kill the
Pirate Captain, Polly is able to fight back, biting her right in the eye. She then ends up
accidentally ripping a hole in her airship, hindering her own escape as she watches all
the pirates make it to safety. It’s both a painful and humiliating end for the queen. To make things
worse, we see Victoria stranded on an island where, ironically enough, the rare animals that
she and her fellow royals had planned on eating were preparing to eat her. We don’t know if she
actually gets eaten or if she just has to deal with being stranded on an island for a while and
being forced to live as prey, but either way it’s a case of adding insult to injury.
Moving on, we have our second-to-last Spiderverse villain, Doctor Octopus AKA Olivia Octavius. Being
only a henchman to the film’s Big Bad, Olivia doesn’t get too many scenes to shine, though the
scenes she does get are certainly memorable. One of these scenes, funnily enough, is her
defeat. While we’re able to get an epic face-off between Doc Oct and our three main spider-people,
the battle ends sort of anticlimactically when Liv ends up getting run over by a flying truck,
much to everyone’s shock. We don’t know if this actually killed her or just knocked her out,
as we don’t see her for the rest of the fight nor do we see her getting arrested later on.
Still, she’s pretty durable and pretty smart, meaning that she would still know how to
take care of herself. Heck, for all we know, she could’ve been sucked into another dimension, given
that the collider was still active at the time. Either way, it’s a pretty painful end for her.
We’re ending our Unknown Fates tier with the snake, Lutador. Now, this snake’s a
pretty minor threat, all things considered. The characters really only have to deal with him
during their trip through the swamp, but while he’s not a huge part of the story,
his size and intimidation factor still allows him to be a true danger for Vivo and Gabi. That is,
until Vivo is able to turn Lutador’s size into a disadvantage. With his acrobatic abilities, Vivo
ends up tying Lutador around a tree, making it easy for him, Gabi and the girl scouts to escape.
Given how well Vivo tied him up, we feel like it’d take Lutador quite a while to get himself
free - if he’s even able to. If not, well, we’re sure you could figure out what would happen in
that case. Though starvation isn’t exactly bloody, it’s still a pretty harsh way to go, hence why we
still had to put it near the top, even if we don’t know for sure if that’s what happened to him.
Finally, we’ve reached our final tier - the Gruesome Deaths. Clearly the most painful
and most definitive fates for these particular Sony Animation villains.
Entering our top 5, we have The Prowler AKA Aaron Davis. Being our final Spiderverse villain
for the time being, Aaron has both the most gruesome and definitely the most sad death of
the bunch. Being the Kingpin’s assassin for hire, Aaron’s job is to kill whoever he’s told to kill,
no matter what. But of course, when his target ends up being his nephew, Aaron just can’t do it.
This leads to Kingpin shooting him, and though it’s a fairly slow and painful death, at the
very least Aaron is still able to say goodbye to Miles, telling him to “keep going”. In this sense,
it’s able to be just a bit bittersweet instead of just being tragic. There’s also the fact that,
while Kingpin may have been the one to shoot him, it was still a knowing sacrifice on Aaron’s part,
given that he knew what would happen if he refused an order. This is the main reason why we can’t
put his death any higher, as our other deaths are much MUCH more painful, as far as we’re concerned.
Just outside the podium of gruesomeness, we have Chester V from the second “Cloudy with a Chance
of Meatballs” film. After failing to defeat Flint and his friends, Chester V is left at a
disadvantage when he tries to escape. Although he tries to save himself - first with his holograms,
and then by tucking into his turtle shell-like vest to avoid being torn up by the giant food
processor - he’s finally stopped for good when he gets eaten alive by Cheespider. Now, normally
being eaten alive would be ranked even higher. But since the Cheesepider doesn’t seem to have any
sharp teeth, we aren’t sure how painful getting eaten by it would actually be. Additionally,
with how quickly the Cheespider eats Chester - only taking a few seconds - we’d argue that such
a fast death would be slightly more merciful than one that was a bit slower and drawn out. Still,
we can’t deny that getting eaten by a giant burger is still one of the scarier ways to go.
For our Bronze Medal of Gruesomeness, we’re giving it to The Hunter from “The
Star”. During the film’s climax, the Hunter is mostly seen as the Final Boss after Bo the
Donkey is able to fight off the Hunter’s two dogs. But while he’s much stronger than Bo,
the Hunter still eventually ends up on the side of a cliff, leading to him falling to his doom.
It’s a simple death, but one that manages to be pretty painful nonetheless. Whether
you’re focusing on the fear that the Hunter likely felt on the way down or
the actual impact once he hit the ground, it’s enough to land a spot in our top 3 regardless.
Getting our Silver Medal of Gruesomeness is, ironically, the man with the golden
touch - Pockets from “Wish Dragon”. After briefly fighting Din, Pockets corners him and prepares to
hit him with his golden hand, only for Long puts himself in the way. This catches Pockets
off-guard, giving Din the chance to push him off Long. When this happens, Pockets accidentally
touches himself, causing him to turn into a gold statue. Now, this is bad enough, as the fear and
pain that’d likely come from being turned into gold is pretty gruesome to think about. But to
make things even worse for Pockets, he ends up hitting the ground instead of the water, leading
to him being smashed into pieces. Ouch… It’s hard to say whether or not he felt that crash,
but either way, it’s certainly an ending that you can’t help but wince at when you watch it.
Finally, our Gold Medal of Gruesomeness is going to PAL. Being just a cell phone,
there are plenty of ways that PAL could have died or been defeated. It’s safe to
say though that the ending they ended up going with is more on the gruesome end of things. When
Katie manages to finally land a hit on PAL, it looks like she’s going to land in a pool. Then,
after bouncing off an umbrella, it looks like she may escape. But, thanks to an assist from Monchi,
PALs ends up getting dropped into a glass of water. We see her panic and painfully glitch
out before finally exploding, stopping her robot army for good. Given that she’s the only villain
on our list who explodes - which is certainly one of the more fiery ways to go - it seemed
unlikely that we’d pick anyone else for our top spot. Add in all the water-induced pain she had
to deal with prior to exploding, and you easily have Sony Animation’s most gruesome villain fate.
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