Why King Magnifico is the WORST Disney Villain Ever

This is the bottom. It can't possibly get worse than this.

[RafesEpicStuff]

Thank you for getting this video to beat my Jack Horner video. I’m so happy you guys enjoyed it!

[bre-ezy]

Disney really needs to learn the difference between an antagonist and a villain.
Antagonist ≠ Villain
Protagonist ≠ Hero

[saskia]

Disney has Frollo - a villain who murdered people based on their race, staged a genocide, almost killed a baby, tortured his captain, and eventually even managed to murder the French and burn down their houses in order to find a girl who sexually excited him and rape her. He even molested her. And the same Disney dares to say that Magnifico is the most evil because... he doesn't fulfill people's desires, which is his right?

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His villain song feels less like a person being an ego maniac and more like a guy who just wants people to value him more then just his wish making.

[LiQuid_FLurry]

Disney failed this villain so bad he became a good guy

[dom]

I feel really bad for Chris Pine. He gave his absolute all into his performance as Magnifico, and hoped that he’d be remembered as fondly as the great Disney villains of the past, like Scar or Ursula.

Magnifico was a victim of poor writing. None of this was your fault, Chris. Thank you for trying.

[pako_shark]

Having the queen be secretly evil so that the movie has both a classic Disney villain and a modern twist villain would have been a genius idea - which is why I'm not surprised she isn't

[NoxAtlas]

I would have liked it if Magnifico was a manipulative calculating narcissist like Mother Gothel: gaslighting everyone around him and stealing everyone's wishes simply because he takes sick pleasure from toying with people. And what a great twist it would have been if Asha got betrayed by the queen because she had ben in cahoots with her husband the whole time and just acted like she was clueless to detect potential traitors

[billy_butcher]

HES NOT EVEN A VILLIAN. HES OBJECTIVELY IN THE RIGHT??? Like, imagine. Your a king who has eliminated crime, starvation, and sadness from your kingdom. Youve made a paradise. You dont even require people giving their wish up to get in, they do it willingly. Not every wish is a good one, some are mean and awful, and dont deserve to be granted. Then some girl gets to be an advisor, doesnt even wait to use her position to try and get her wish granted, then says that every wish should be granted no matter what.

[infjelphabasupporter]

They tried SO HARD to make him an obviously narcissistic villain. All the vanity and "are sure you're not the problem?" lyrics. And they really failed. As someone who was raised by a narcissistic tyrant Magnifico honestly feels as if someone had read the most superficial characteristics of a covert narcissist and slammed them into an interesting tragic hero. He's supposed to be a return to classic Disney villains... But he's not even a villain. There are so many perfect portrayals villains with narcissistic personality disorder: Frollo, Mother Gothel, Medusa... Disney used to be so good at creating truly dark and twisted characters...

[raulthetorchic]

I love how basically the lesson taught by making Magnifico into a villain is "Hey kids! If your parents deny you of all your absurd childish demands, they are TYRANTS!"

While the lesson that could be taught is "Look kids. Just because your papa didn't give you that candy doesn't mean he's a monster. He is looking out for you."

Edit: Spicy discussion in replies lol.

[mischievouspotato]

I hate how Disney forgets what a couple is. I mean, if your HUSBAND is becoming bitter and seems aggressive, why don't your try to talk him out of such ideas? Why not try to discuss it? But they rather prefer the other say: I don't love him anymore lol, I will fight him and not mourn his death. The husband you married and loved??? And he is thrown away like that... Great understanding in psychology

[raiza]

How cool would it be if Asha was the real villain? After being rejected, she could feel disappointed and mad just like Tai Lung for not being chosen as the Dragon Warrior, so she gets the star and uses it to grant everyone's wishes. At first it seems good and the star and her friends works with her but she becomes more and more selfish ignoring the wishes having bad consequences. In the end something really bad happens because of it and she finally realizes the King was right, learning sometimes we can't get everything we want.

[limkailuen]

I think that if Disney used king Magnifico as the good guy and Asha as the bad guy, they could have made a more entertaining story with a nice twist to it .

The fact that In life, not everything will go your way and you will inevitably have to make compromises, which is shown by king Magnifico having to choose the best way to support the kingdom by choosing the wishes that benefit them the most . But In doing so, this makes him not so popular with the citizens because they all want their wishes granted .

Hence, Asha a power seeking opportunist, lies to them that if they help her stage a coup against the king, she will grant all their wishes .

Towards the movies end, Asha gains power from the wishes she steals from Magnifico, and is taking over the kingdom blah blah blah, but king Magnifico beats her by making a huge speech that life isn’t always about getting what u want, and u sometimes have to make sacrifices and hard work to obtain your goal, rather than relying on others to grant your wish . And so on and on .

Obviously my idea isn’t fully fleshed out, but it would have been cooler to see Disney do something like this rather than what they actually did .

[andynonya]

For anyone saying the king should just grant everyone's wish and shouldn't have the right to get rid of dangerous wishes, let me introduce you to the scenario of a young Austrian painter who just failed art school whose wish is to "inspire" people and lead.

[inky]

Scar: Conspired with the hyenas to kill his brother and his nephew so he can take over the Pridelands. When he did win and go to power, he starved his own pride and even assaulted one of the lionesses, to the point where they were begging for Simba to return. Gaslit Simba into thinking he's responsible for the death of his own father. Attempted to lie and threw the Hyenas under the bus for the death of Mufasa only for that to be his downfall

Gaston: A prideful and arrogant man who wants Belle to marry him by any means. Makes sexist and unwanted advances towards Belle. Bribed an asylum owner to lock up Belle's father so she'd be pressured to marry him. And attempted to kill the Beast and even tried to prevent Belle and her father from saving him by locking them in their own basement. Not because he thought the Beast was a possible danger to the village, mind you, but because Beast was a love rival who had won Belle's heart. He even taunted the Beast for his kindness and gentle nature before he was about to kill him.

Frollo: A corrupted judge who orders genocide on people because of their race, was going to kill a baby after he killed the baby's mother, and was going to burn down Paris so he can have his way with a woman he lusts over all while claiming he is a pure man of God.

King Magnifico: Doesn't grant everyone's wishes out of fear of having unwanted or unintended consequences that could bring harm to his kingdom and the people and raises his voice when someone questions him about it...



King Magnifico is not a villain. Period.

[xVMouseVx]

He's a bad villain because he's the hero in a villains story

[paulaa]

Why he is a bad villian? Because he's not truly a villian. Easy

[revelare_xvii]

Magnifico pretty much got fed up with the whole town asking him to grant all their wishes and got gaslighted for it.💀

[SmileTvT]

“Congratulations Asha you killed Mr.beast” is the best way to sum the hole damn movie 💀



Edit: Welp, This aged horribly…!!! 😀