Why King Magnifico is the WORST Disney Villain Ever

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

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

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

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

Disney villains in the 40’s and 50’s: get their powers directly from Hell, shapeshift, and kill cute forest animals Disney villains in the 90’s: commit genocide, overthrow good monarchs, and slaughter villages of innocents Disney villains the 2020’s: tell teenage girls “no”

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?

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.

So let me get this straight, she wants to have his position, critiques how he does things, and ends up on a path to replace him and how everything is done. So by the end, she gets her wish granted by his actions...and after watching the clip of her song leading into her wish on the star, is the most entitled thing ever. She wishes for more than she already does without putting in any actual effort into earning it. It makes it actually seem like he sacrificed himself so she could have her selfish wish.

The funniest thing is that the grandfather's wish to inspire the younger generation technically did happen in the exact way that magnifico was worried about

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.

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

Disney failed this villain so bad he became a good guy

I can't believe Disney's Wish failed when Puss in Boots: The Last Wish was RIGHT THERE. Wish is about somebody granting wishes to literally everybody, and one person saying nah grant them all. Just complaining all the way through about a villain that is actually in the right throughout the entire thing, making her come off as a cry baby. Last Wish is about realising that wishes don't matter, and that what you need is what you already have, or can achieve yourself. Goldi wanted a family, she realised she already had one. Puss wanted more lives, he realised that he has a good one. Jack was greedy, he died. Disney's Wish could have simply made Asha want to grant everyone's wishes, but then realising that no one needs them. You don't need some magic spell to be happy, because you already have what you need. It could have been so awesome.

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.

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.

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

you know it gets bad when the villain is one of the most selfless hardworking guys in the disney circle

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

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 .

Something else about Magnifico that makes him a good person: he doesn’t HAVE to grant anyone’s wishes. He’s choosing to do this because he is a kind and benevolent king.