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Big Disney Fan · 10-22-2007, 05:23 PM

Here is the next sin...

#3: GREED
To paraphrase Gordon Gekko, "greed is good", especially for these would-be treasure hunters, who seek their fortunes in gold and jewels and... dead animals?

LONG JOHN SILVER

FILMS: "Treasure Island" (1950)/"Treasure Planet" (2002)
ACTOR/VOICE ACTOR: Robert Newton/Brian Murray
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Glen Keane
DVD: Both available separately
In both Disney versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic swashbuckling tale, the character of Silver is depicted as a contradiction: on the one hand, he's leading a mutinous plot to take over the ship; on the other, he becomes a father figure of sorts for young Jim Hawkins. But is their relationship just a ruse for Silver to get closer to the treasure map? Or will his true feelings for the boy overcome his true nature?
OCCUPATION(S): Cook
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: His fellow mutineers
CRIMES COMMITTED: Mutiny, piracy, kidnapping, arson, theft, breaking and entering
QUOTE: (from "Treasure Island") "Fortune sits on the shoulder of him what schemes."
(from "Treasure Planet") "That treasure is owed to me, by t'under!"
FINAL VERDICT: With the help of Jim, Silver manages to escape in a lifeboat.

EDGAR

FILM: "The Aristocats" (1970)
VOICE ACTOR: Roddy Maude-Roxby
ANIMATOR: Frank Thomas
DVD: Available
This butler seems to get along just fine with Madame Adelaide Bomfamille's family of cats... until he learns that when she passes on, the cats will receive her inheritance before he does. Naturally, this butler vows revenge by relocating the cats to the countryside. When they finally reach home, he again stops them and boxes them into a trunk bound for Timbuktu. Will Scat Cat and his gang of alley cats be able to halt the butler's selfish party for good?
OCCUPATION(S): Butler
CRIMES COMMITTED: Catnapping, grand theft, trespassing
GOTTA SING-SING: A new version of "Rock-a-bye Baby"
QUOTE: "I'll be gone! No! Oh, no, they'll be gone. I'll think of a way."
FINAL VERDICT: One swift kick in the seat of his pants, courtesy of Frou-Frou the horse, is all it takes to send this ornery butler into the very trunk intended for Madame Bomfamille's cats and leave that trunk to be taken to Timbuktu.

PRINCE JOHN

FILM: "Robin Hood" (1973)
VOICE ACTOR: Peter Ustinov
ANIMATOR: Ollie Johnston
DVD: Available
While the king's away, the prince will play... and the people of Nottingham will have to pay. "P.J." wallows in gold-encrusted richness while his minions tax the poor right out of their homes. Their only hope is that meddling Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, who threaten to crash John's selfish little party for good.
OCCUPATION(S): Would-be monarch
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Sir Hiss, the Sheriff of Nottingham
CRIMES COMMITTED: Treason, abuse of power
QUOTE: "This crown gives me a feeling of power! POWER! Forgive me a cruel chuckle, heh-heh-heh, power..."
FINAL VERDICT: The treasonous mama's boy and his pals are sentenced to hard labor in a penal rock quarry.

MADAME MEDUSA

FILM: "The Rescuers" (1977)
VOICE ACTOR: Geraldine Page
ANIMATOR: Milt Kahl
DVD: Available
She may not have that "snakey" haircut or that cool "turn you to stone" stare like her mythological namesake, but this Medusa can still strike fear, especially if you're an orphan. This skid row boutique owner is anxious to move uptown and she has laid eyes on the Devil's Eye to get the job done. Too bad she has an antipathy to mice.
OCCUPATION(S): Pawnshop proprietor
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Mr. Snoops, pet alligators Nero and Brutus
CRIMES COMMITTED: Kidnapping, theft, endangering the welfare of a child, assault with a deadly weapon
QUOTE: (to Penny) "You get down and find the big diamond or you will NEVER SEE THAT TEDDY AGAIN!!!"
FINAL VERDICT: Last seen sinking into the Louisiana bayou with her alligators, having apparently turned against her, snapping at her heels.

DOC TERMINUS

FILM: "Pete's Dragon" (1977)
ACTOR: Jim Dale
DVD: Available
The last thing that quack medicine man Doc Terminus expected to find in the little town of Passamaquoddy (besides a tongue twister) is a real live fire-breathing dragon. He practically salivates at the potential windfall the magical beast could bring him and his phony remedies. But first, he has to actually capture Pete's dragon...
OCCUPATION(S): Medicine man
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Hoagy, the Gogan clan
CRIMES COMMITTED: Fraud, kidnapping, attempted murder
GOTTA SING-SING: "Every Little Piece"
QUOTE: (in response to Pete's saying that Elliot goes to whoever needs him) "I need him!"
FINAL VERDICT: The not-so-good doctor is literally blown out of town, courtesy of Elliot.

PERCIVAL C. MCLEACH

FILM: "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990)
VOICE ACTOR: George C. Scott
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Duncan Marjoribanks
DVD: Available
Poacher by trade, McLeach specializes in rare exotic animals, and Marahute, the giant golden eagle, is certainly the rarest and most exotic creature he's ever hunted. He just didn't bargain on the pluck of a young outback boy and a couple of mice (!) determined to protect the winged wonder and her precious nest of eggs.
OCCUPATION(S): Hunter
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Joanna the goanna
CRIMES COMMITTED: Poaching, kidnapping, attempted murder, cruelty to animals
GOTTA SING-SING: A rather warped version of "Home On the Range"
QUOTE: (while lowering Cody to the crocodiles) "Now, this is my idea of fun!"
FINAL VERDICT: Crikey! When McLeach falls to his doom into a crocodile-infested river, he's croc chow, mate!

GOVERNOR RATCLIFFE

FILM: "Pocahontas" (1995)
VOICE ACTOR: David Ogden Steirs
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Duncan Marjoribanks
DVD: Available
Avarice is practically his middle name; all he wants is to find his own "gold of Cortez" just so he can prove himself in King James' court, and if slaughtering savages and pillaging their land is what has to be done, then he's willing to give it a go. Of course, he leaves all the heavy lifting to his underlings, all because of one crick in his spine.
OCCUPATION(S): Governor
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Wiggins, Percy (in an interdependent kind of way)
CRIMES COMMITTED: Attempted genocide, inciting a riot, abuse of power, assault and battery
GOTTA SING-SING: "Mine Mine Mine"
QUOTE: "I'm very well aware that this is my last chance for glory. But mark my words, Wiggins: when King James sees the gold these peasants unearth, success will be mine at last."
FINAL VERDICT: Having accidentally shot Captain John Smith, he is put in chains and shipped back to England in disgrace.

CLAYTON

FILM: "Tarzan" (1999)
VOICE ACTOR: Brian Blessed
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Randy Haycock
DVD: Available
A perfect example of the square-jawed "great white hunter", Clayton serves as the jungle guide to the Porter expedition in their quest for gorillas to study. But he has other plans for the apes, which are anything but scientific, and he's not about to allow some loin-clothed barbarian stand in his way.
OCCUPATION(S): Safari guide, hunter
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: An army of unscrupulous sailors
CRIMES COMMITTED: Attempted murder, kidnapping, piracy, cruelty to animals, assault and battery
QUOTE: (to Tarzan) "Rounding up your little ape family will be all too easy!"
FINAL VERDICT: Quite possibly one of the most gruesome in Disney history: in his final showdown with Tarzan, Clayton accidentally gets himself hanged in a tangle of vines.

LYLE TERBIUS ROURKE

FILM: "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001)
VOICE ACTOR: James Garner
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Mike Surrey
DVD: Available
Like Clayton before him, Lyle Rourke, the leader of the Atlantis expedition and a former explorer and mercenary, doesn't really want to come to study of the city's existence. He just wants to steal the very artifact that can protect the city. He doesn't even care if the city really might be gone forever without this artifact, just as long as he gets the profit. And he won't let some young punk named Milo Thatch get in the way.
OCCUPATION(S): Expedition commander, explorer, mercenary
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Helga Sinclair
CRIMES COMMITTED: Murder, kidnapping, assault and battery, grand theft
QUOTE: "I love it when I win."
FINAL VERDICT: In trying to fight off Milo, Lyle accidentally breaks part of the artifact and Milo uses a fragment to make Lyle one with the artifact and, ultimately, he dissolves.

BARBOSSA

FILM: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003)
ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush
DVD: Available
Their lust for treasure led Barbossa and his motley crew to a cove, wherein was located a chest full of cursed gold doubloons. And the only way to escape eternal walking death is to retrieve every single piece and put it back in the chest. This is a task they'll do anything -- kidnap, ravage, not give a hoot -- to complete.
OCCUPATION(S): Former ship's first mate, now ship's captain
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The crew of the Black Pearl
CRIMES COMMITTED: Mutiny, piracy, kidnapping, breaking and entering, attempted murder, terrorism, theft, inciting a riot, assault and battery
QUOTE: "You best start believing in ghost stores, Miss Turner... you're in one!"
FINAL VERDICT: At last, the curse is finally lifted... but not before rival Captain Jack Sparrow blasts Barbossa in the chest with his pistol that still had that one shot.

ALAMEDA SLIM

FILM: "Home On the Range" (2004)
VOICE ACTOR: Randy Quaid
SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Dale Baer
DVD: Available
He's the "real rip-roarin' deal to those who moo", a fancy-pants cattle rustler with his sites set on buying up the entire territory. Armed with a hypnotic knack for the art of yodeling, Slim unknowingly crosses the wrong critters: a determined trio of bovine bounty hunters out to save their farm from his dastardly designs.
OCCUPATION(S): Ranch hand, land baron
PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The Willie Brothers (his nephews), Mr. Wesley, Rico
CRIMES COMMITTED: Rustling, fraud, assault and battery
GOTTA SING-SING: "Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo"
QUOTE: "Five thousand cattle in the side pocket."
FINAL VERDICT: Smacked down by the barnyard animals, Slim is arrested and hauled off by the sheriff.

Well, that's the third sin; look for more later.

10-22-2007, 05:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
Big Disney Fan Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 1,168 My Mood:	Here is the next sin... #3: GREED To paraphrase Gordon Gekko, "greed is good", especially for these would-be treasure hunters, who seek their fortunes in gold and jewels and... dead animals? LONG JOHN SILVER FILMS: "Treasure Island" (1950)/"Treasure Planet" (2002) ACTOR/VOICE ACTOR: Robert Newton/Brian Murray SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Glen Keane DVD: Both available separately In both Disney versions of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic swashbuckling tale, the character of Silver is depicted as a contradiction: on the one hand, he's leading a mutinous plot to take over the ship; on the other, he becomes a father figure of sorts for young Jim Hawkins. But is their relationship just a ruse for Silver to get closer to the treasure map? Or will his true feelings for the boy overcome his true nature? OCCUPATION(S): Cook PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: His fellow mutineers CRIMES COMMITTED: Mutiny, piracy, kidnapping, arson, theft, breaking and entering QUOTE: (from "Treasure Island") "Fortune sits on the shoulder of him what schemes." (from "Treasure Planet") "That treasure is owed to me, by t'under!" FINAL VERDICT: With the help of Jim, Silver manages to escape in a lifeboat. EDGAR FILM: "The Aristocats" (1970) VOICE ACTOR: Roddy Maude-Roxby ANIMATOR: Frank Thomas DVD: Available This butler seems to get along just fine with Madame Adelaide Bomfamille's family of cats... until he learns that when she passes on, the cats will receive her inheritance before he does. Naturally, this butler vows revenge by relocating the cats to the countryside. When they finally reach home, he again stops them and boxes them into a trunk bound for Timbuktu. Will Scat Cat and his gang of alley cats be able to halt the butler's selfish party for good? OCCUPATION(S): Butler CRIMES COMMITTED: Catnapping, grand theft, trespassing GOTTA SING-SING: A new version of "Rock-a-bye Baby" QUOTE: "I'll be gone! No! Oh, no, they'll be gone. I'll think of a way." FINAL VERDICT: One swift kick in the seat of his pants, courtesy of Frou-Frou the horse, is all it takes to send this ornery butler into the very trunk intended for Madame Bomfamille's cats and leave that trunk to be taken to Timbuktu. PRINCE JOHN FILM: "Robin Hood" (1973) VOICE ACTOR: Peter Ustinov ANIMATOR: Ollie Johnston DVD: Available While the king's away, the prince will play... and the people of Nottingham will have to pay. "P.J." wallows in gold-encrusted richness while his minions tax the poor right out of their homes. Their only hope is that meddling Robin Hood and his Merry Men of Sherwood Forest, who threaten to crash John's selfish little party for good. OCCUPATION(S): Would-be monarch PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Sir Hiss, the Sheriff of Nottingham CRIMES COMMITTED: Treason, abuse of power QUOTE: "This crown gives me a feeling of power! POWER! Forgive me a cruel chuckle, heh-heh-heh, power..." FINAL VERDICT: The treasonous mama's boy and his pals are sentenced to hard labor in a penal rock quarry. MADAME MEDUSA FILM: "The Rescuers" (1977) VOICE ACTOR: Geraldine Page ANIMATOR: Milt Kahl DVD: Available She may not have that "snakey" haircut or that cool "turn you to stone" stare like her mythological namesake, but this Medusa can still strike fear, especially if you're an orphan. This skid row boutique owner is anxious to move uptown and she has laid eyes on the Devil's Eye to get the job done. Too bad she has an antipathy to mice. OCCUPATION(S): Pawnshop proprietor PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Mr. Snoops, pet alligators Nero and Brutus CRIMES COMMITTED: Kidnapping, theft, endangering the welfare of a child, assault with a deadly weapon QUOTE: (to Penny) "You get down and find the big diamond or you will NEVER SEE THAT TEDDY AGAIN!!!" FINAL VERDICT: Last seen sinking into the Louisiana bayou with her alligators, having apparently turned against her, snapping at her heels. DOC TERMINUS FILM: "Pete's Dragon" (1977) ACTOR: Jim Dale DVD: Available The last thing that quack medicine man Doc Terminus expected to find in the little town of Passamaquoddy (besides a tongue twister) is a real live fire-breathing dragon. He practically salivates at the potential windfall the magical beast could bring him and his phony remedies. But first, he has to actually capture Pete's dragon... OCCUPATION(S): Medicine man PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Hoagy, the Gogan clan CRIMES COMMITTED: Fraud, kidnapping, attempted murder GOTTA SING-SING: "Every Little Piece" QUOTE: (in response to Pete's saying that Elliot goes to whoever needs him) "I need him!" FINAL VERDICT: The not-so-good doctor is literally blown out of town, courtesy of Elliot. PERCIVAL C. MCLEACH FILM: "The Rescuers Down Under" (1990) VOICE ACTOR: George C. Scott SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Duncan Marjoribanks DVD: Available Poacher by trade, McLeach specializes in rare exotic animals, and Marahute, the giant golden eagle, is certainly the rarest and most exotic creature he's ever hunted. He just didn't bargain on the pluck of a young outback boy and a couple of mice (!) determined to protect the winged wonder and her precious nest of eggs. OCCUPATION(S): Hunter PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Joanna the goanna CRIMES COMMITTED: Poaching, kidnapping, attempted murder, cruelty to animals GOTTA SING-SING: A rather warped version of "Home On the Range" QUOTE: (while lowering Cody to the crocodiles) "Now, this is my idea of fun!" FINAL VERDICT: Crikey! When McLeach falls to his doom into a crocodile-infested river, he's croc chow, mate! GOVERNOR RATCLIFFE FILM: "Pocahontas" (1995) VOICE ACTOR: David Ogden Steirs SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Duncan Marjoribanks DVD: Available Avarice is practically his middle name; all he wants is to find his own "gold of Cortez" just so he can prove himself in King James' court, and if slaughtering savages and pillaging their land is what has to be done, then he's willing to give it a go. Of course, he leaves all the heavy lifting to his underlings, all because of one crick in his spine. OCCUPATION(S): Governor PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Wiggins, Percy (in an interdependent kind of way) CRIMES COMMITTED: Attempted genocide, inciting a riot, abuse of power, assault and battery GOTTA SING-SING: "Mine Mine Mine" QUOTE: "I'm very well aware that this is my last chance for glory. But mark my words, Wiggins: when King James sees the gold these peasants unearth, success will be mine at last." FINAL VERDICT: Having accidentally shot Captain John Smith, he is put in chains and shipped back to England in disgrace. CLAYTON FILM: "Tarzan" (1999) VOICE ACTOR: Brian Blessed SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Randy Haycock DVD: Available A perfect example of the square-jawed "great white hunter", Clayton serves as the jungle guide to the Porter expedition in their quest for gorillas to study. But he has other plans for the apes, which are anything but scientific, and he's not about to allow some loin-clothed barbarian stand in his way. OCCUPATION(S): Safari guide, hunter PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: An army of unscrupulous sailors CRIMES COMMITTED: Attempted murder, kidnapping, piracy, cruelty to animals, assault and battery QUOTE: (to Tarzan) "Rounding up your little ape family will be all too easy!" FINAL VERDICT: Quite possibly one of the most gruesome in Disney history: in his final showdown with Tarzan, Clayton accidentally gets himself hanged in a tangle of vines. LYLE TERBIUS ROURKE FILM: "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" (2001) VOICE ACTOR: James Garner SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Mike Surrey DVD: Available Like Clayton before him, Lyle Rourke, the leader of the Atlantis expedition and a former explorer and mercenary, doesn't really want to come to study of the city's existence. He just wants to steal the very artifact that can protect the city. He doesn't even care if the city really might be gone forever without this artifact, just as long as he gets the profit. And he won't let some young punk named Milo Thatch get in the way. OCCUPATION(S): Expedition commander, explorer, mercenary PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: Helga Sinclair CRIMES COMMITTED: Murder, kidnapping, assault and battery, grand theft QUOTE: "I love it when I win." FINAL VERDICT: In trying to fight off Milo, Lyle accidentally breaks part of the artifact and Milo uses a fragment to make Lyle one with the artifact and, ultimately, he dissolves. BARBOSSA FILM: "Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl" (2003) ACTOR: Geoffrey Rush DVD: Available Their lust for treasure led Barbossa and his motley crew to a cove, wherein was located a chest full of cursed gold doubloons. And the only way to escape eternal walking death is to retrieve every single piece and put it back in the chest. This is a task they'll do anything -- kidnap, ravage, not give a hoot -- to complete. OCCUPATION(S): Former ship's first mate, now ship's captain PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The crew of the Black Pearl CRIMES COMMITTED: Mutiny, piracy, kidnapping, breaking and entering, attempted murder, terrorism, theft, inciting a riot, assault and battery QUOTE: "You best start believing in ghost stores, Miss Turner... you're in one!" FINAL VERDICT: At last, the curse is finally lifted... but not before rival Captain Jack Sparrow blasts Barbossa in the chest with his pistol that still had that one shot. ALAMEDA SLIM FILM: "Home On the Range" (2004) VOICE ACTOR: Randy Quaid SUPERVISING ANIMATOR: Dale Baer DVD: Available He's the "real rip-roarin' deal to those who moo", a fancy-pants cattle rustler with his sites set on buying up the entire territory. Armed with a hypnotic knack for the art of yodeling, Slim unknowingly crosses the wrong critters: a determined trio of bovine bounty hunters out to save their farm from his dastardly designs. OCCUPATION(S): Ranch hand, land baron PARTNER(S) IN CRIME: The Willie Brothers (his nephews), Mr. Wesley, Rico CRIMES COMMITTED: Rustling, fraud, assault and battery GOTTA SING-SING: "Yodel-Adle-Eedle-Idle-Oo" QUOTE: "Five thousand cattle in the side pocket." FINAL VERDICT: Smacked down by the barnyard animals, Slim is arrested and hauled off by the sheriff. Well, that's the third sin; look for more later. __________________ "Walt Disney's . Each week, as you enter this timeless land, one of these many worlds will open to you: Frontierland, tall tales and true from the legendary past; Tomorrowland, promise of things to come; Adventureland, the wonder world of nature's own realm; Fantasyland, the happiest kingdom of them all." - Disneyland TV show intro Last edited by Big Disney Fan; 10-23-2007 at 11:43 PM..