It’s about time to get back to sentencing the villains of Dreamworks Animation,
and we’ve got a three-in-one special for you all today! 2010 was a pretty big year for the studio,
with them releasing three wildly different films in just twelve months. And much like the movies
themselves, the villains also change differently in motivation and characterization. But out of
all of them, which ones will be getting off easy, and which ones should prepare for the very worst?
I’m Caleb with WickedBinge, and this is Sentencing Dreamworks Villains For Their Crimes Part 5
Let’s start this video with the first film Dreamworks put out in the 2010s,
How to Train Your Dragon!
We only have one villain to cover in this film: the appropriately named Red Death! The queen of
Dragon Island, Red Death is a ferocious ruler, and a savage in every sense of the word. The
other dragons who reside on the island have no choice but to serve her, for if they disobey,
the punishment will be most severe. In most cases, dragons who fail her orders will be eaten by her,
making her guilty of cannibalism. She is also the one who has essentially orchestrated the entire
conflict between humans and dragons. She orders the dragons to go after the livestock the humans
need, thus creating this ongoing war between the two factions. When the Vikings attack her nest
near the end of the film, she is quick to act. She destroys several ships, likely killing many
in the process, and nearly kills both Toothless and Hiccup. A ruler whose temper is as fiery as
her breath, the Red Death is one of the most despicable villains we’ll look at today, and
because of that, earns herself the death penalty. The Red Death poses a danger not just to mankind,
but also to her fellow dragons as well. To protect both civilizations, this punishment
is the best course of action. How the punishment would be carried out is questionable, but if we’re
being honest, we cannot imagine a more painful fate than her insides being set to flames,
the very fate she met at the end of the film. CRIMES: Cannibalism, Attempted Murder,
Murder, Enslavement SENTENCING: Death Sentence
We move on from Berk to the kingdom of Far
Far Away to examine the villains of our next film, Shrek Forever After!
Starting us off is the mischievous Rumplestiltskin! An opportunistic
and scheming foe, Rumplestiltskin strikes a deal with Shrek that will allow him to act
like an ogre for a day on the condition that one prior day of his life is erased. Unsurprisingly,
Rumplestiltskin uses this to his advantage, and erases the day Shrek was born,
completely changing the timeline. Now, Rumplestiltskin rules over the kingdom,
meaning he is essentially guilty of usurpation of power. As a ruler, he enslaved many of the
citizens in the kingdom, adding slavery to the list of crimes he participates in. And,
since his goal is to eradicate Shrek from the timeline, we can also consider him guilty of
attempted murder while we’re at it. Last but most certainly not least, Rumple’s plan to take the
kingdom is grounds enough for a conspiracy charge in our eyes. While he might not look like the most
intimidating villain, Rumplestiltskin is one of the most dangerous villains in the entire Shrek
franchise in that he poses a threat not just to the green ogre, but to the world at large.
As a result, Rumplestiltskin is another villain who will be sentenced to death. Conspiring to
overthrow a form of government is a crime that’s not taken lightly, both in the real world and in
the land of Far Far Away. In the end, it looks like Rumple will be paying for his treachery
with his life. To the gallows, he goes! CRIMES: Enslavement, Attempted Murder,
Usurpation, Conspiring SENTENCING: Death Sentence
Accompanying Rumplestiltskin on his mission to eliminate Shrek is the bounty hunter known as
the Pied Piper! The Pied Piper is sent out by Rumple to find Shrek,
and use his musical charms to lure the ogre back to his palace. Already this means he
is guilty of aiding and abetting like any evil accomplice, but unfortunately for him, his mission
doesn’t exactly go well. While he successfully captures many of the ogres in the resistance,
Shrek is not among them, causing him to lose favor with Rumplestiltskin. While aiding and
kidnapping are the Pied Piper’s main offenses, there also exists a more subtle one, that being
animal cruelty. The rats who follow Pied Piper aren’t treated particularly well by the musician,
seen as little more than subordinates to him instead of allies. He even stands on them in
one of his earliest scenes! If that isn’t animal cruelty, then what is? An overall minor villain
in the film, the Pied Piper doesn’t have that many crimes attached to his name, and thanks to this,
gets a relatively lenient five years in prison. In a rather bizarre turn of events, his incompetency
at completing tasks proves to be his salvation. This will probably keep him elated for a while,
but we’re sure he’ll be singing a different tune once his sentence begins. And we mean that both
literally and metaphorically! CRIMES: Aiding and Abetting,
Kidnapping, Animal Cruelty SENTENCING: Five Years in Prison
We have one film left to round out both this video and 2010, and it’s the cult film Megamind!
First up is none other than the man himself, Megamind! Megamind is your typical comic-book
supervillain, and as such, a lot of his crimes are not too out of the ordinary for someone in
that field. He kidnaps, breaks out of prison, attacks the city, you name it, Megamind has
probably done it. However, his main focus is on the hero Metro Man, who he seeks to defeat so that
Metro City can be his to conquer. He has attempted to murder the superhero many times, though to no
avail. Truthfully speaking, Megamind is one of the more villainous characters we’ve looked at today.
We’ve already named off four crimes he has committed, is that really something
you can argue with? However, there is more to Megamind than who he is at the start of
the film. As the movie progresses, Megamind becomes a kinder and more heroic individual,
concluding in his stand against the villain Tighten, who he saves the day. For his redemption,
he is crowned as the new hero of Metro City, showing just how far he’s come since the movie
began. Because of this, Megamind is our first character in the video to be pardoned! Since
the film ends with the city celebrating him, it would feel rather strange to sentence him to
prison or anything like that. Megamind has shown he is capable of change, and he’s gone through
so many hardships in his life that punishing him more feels unnecessary. With Metro Man in hiding,
the city needs a new hero to keep itself safe, and Megamind looks to have what it
takes to do all of that and more. Surely that’s a better choice for him than to stay
behind in some cell, wouldn’t you say? CRIMES: Kidnapping, Attempted Murder,
Terrorism, Jailbreak SENTENCING: Pardoned
No supervillain is complete without a minion at their side, and in Megamind’s case,
he has Minion! How’s that for a name? A fish contained in a robotic mech suit,
Minion is Megamind’s right-hand man who follows him through thick and thin. To be blunt with you,
that’s the nice way of saying he is guilty of aiding and abetting. Beyond that though,
Minion is a pretty clean-cut fellow. The only other charge we can give him that’s
unique to him is reckless driving. While he’s great at following orders, he’s unfortunately
not so great at obeying the rules of the road. Because of this and also his ensuing redemption,
Minion, like Megamind before him, is pardoned! As we said with Megamind, Metro City is going
to need all the help it can get with Metro Man having disappeared, and with how great
of an ally Minion has been to Megamind all his life, we see no reason he can’t be as great of
a heroic sidekick as he was an evil one. Sorry, but this is one dynamic duo we can’t split up!
CRIMES: Aiding and Abetting, Reckless Driving SENTENCING: Pardoned
We’ve now reached the real villain of the film, Tighten! Formerly the cameraman Hal Stewart,
Tighten is what happens when Megamind decides to give someone all the powers of Metro Man in an
attempt to have a new nemesis. Tighten definitely succeeded in that goal, although not in the way
Megamind had hoped. Tighten only wants the powers so he can woo Roxanne, who he kidnaps shortly
after acquiring his powers. After having been a superhero for only a few minutes, he has already
committed one crime. Trust us when we say he doesn’t get any more heroic! He commits multiple
acts of theft, stealing everything from money to bicycles. He later tries to kill Megamind,
as well as the citizens of Metro City, which he now seeks to conquer. He destroys much of the
city during his criminal rampage as well, adding property damage to this hefty set of crimes. The
complete and total antithesis to Megamind, Tighten is what you get when a person with no positive
traits is given all the power in the world. In terms of punishment, we can’t think of much
better than a life sentence. Some would argue that Tighten should get an even harsher punishment,
but since he doesn’t kill anybody in the way prior villains did, we don’t think that’s necessary in
this case. Unfortunately for poor Mr. Stewart, he won’t be getting the girl. All he’ll be
getting is a cold and lonely jail cell! CRIMES: Kidnapping, Terrorism, Theft,
Attempted Murder, Property Damage SENTENCING: Life in Prison
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