Jambareeqi Ranks DON BLUTH Villains

Little did littlefoot know in a decade, we would discover tyrannosaurs could swim, a new order of sharp teeth waiting to take revenge

Sharptooth could have been even scarier- the novelization of The Land Before Time uses cut content from the film that portrays him as basically a dinosaur serial killer, killing not just cause he’s hungry, but because he enjoys it. When Littlefoot wounds his eye with the thorn branches, Sharptooth takes this and being rammed by Cera in the cave as an affront to his pride, hence why he’s so focused on killing the kids despite them not being much of a meal. At the end, he sniffs out the entrance to the Great Valley and fantasizes about slaughtering the dinosaurs within before being lured out by Ducky and caught in the kids’ trap. And all of this still without him talking.

I’ve noticed a trend with a lot of Bluth’s villains. A lot of them are very “behind the scenes” types, rarely intervening with the heroes unless it’s absolutely necessary, like for a fight or confrontation. I really like this, and Bluth does it very well, contrary to someone like Disney where most of their types that are like that don’t do anything until the climax, and just monologue in their spare time. Bluth shook this up in ways. Examples include with the Great Owl, as said. He doesn’t just bark orders at his minions constantly, we also see little qualities in him, like cooking and music. While Drake doesn’t really try hard to stop Hubie from coming home, he does take advantage of the time that Hubie isn’t there, constantly trying to get Marina to agree to marry him. Rasputin doesn’t just sit around doing aimless stuff in his lair. He uses the dark magic he has to his advantage from the safety of his hideout, using it to lure Anya to her almost demise. My point being, Bluth’s way of having antagonists in their lair or away from heroes most of the time is a good example on how to do it right.

You can tell Christopher Lloyd was having a ball behind the microphone as Rasputin.

24:35 Ah yes "knocks out" by twisting his head around like a soda cap. Definitely only knocked out. He'll be right back up in a bit.

The Sharptooth has actually been theorized to be so terrifying that he scared away OTHER SHARPTEETH! And I believe it, he's so massive that he rivals an Apatosaurus in size!

Let’s not forget that Sharptooth was so scary, that during production of the movie, Don Bluth had to cut out or rearrange some scenes because Steven Spielberg and George Lucas thought that most of his scenes were deemed too scary for the younger audiences.

Wait….an entitled, rich asshole toad AND a mole in the same movie? is Thumbelina connected to the Wind in the Willows universe??

A star walks into a black hole but doesn't seen phased. The black hole then turns to the star and says, "I don't think you understand the gravity of this situation."

Don Bluth wasn't afraid to be dark in his films especially with the villains. Sharptooth and Rasputin are my favs from his films.

I’m not surprised that Sharptooth was put on the top. As a tyrannosaurus, he’s an absolutely cruel, homicidal, blood thirsty and remorseless killing machine devoid of humanity. He’s my favourite too. Plus the psychopathic villains like Carface and Warren T. Rat are some of my favourite kinds of villains as well. Dragon the cat is more like a neutral villain, didn’t stick around for long enough to be a threat and basically, hunting mice is what cats do anyway.

I can't help but love the Grand Duke Of Owls, especially for his 15 second song. "Twiddle dee dee! They're running out! They're running out of batteriiiiiiies!" 🎶

Even in Don Bluth's bad movies, you can't deny that the animation is always top notch. I don't know what he does exactly but I especially like how his characters move in these films.

I love Don Bluth films specifically in American tale. This movie was so successful and it scared Disney so much that it forced them to begin their animated Renaissance in the late 80s and most of the 90s.

22:18 Also love how Christopher Plummer voiced him with a British accent something he has a knack for

Creed was knocked out? Maybe by Mortal Combat logic. His neck was definitely snapped before being left to fall down the stairs. K.O. Indeed.

Thumbelina and the Six Villians

so Darke is literally Gaston from Beauty and the beast

While I’m not a fan of Thumbelina, but Berkeley Beetle is probably the funniest character of the film, mainly because of the entertaining performance from the late Gilbert Gottfried. Although not that much as Iago, but there are a few moments from him that i did get the laughs out of, especially his relationship with Grundel.

I remember some of my friends going on about how the bear from Fox and the Hound gave them nightmares not knowing Shaprtooth can literally eat him in one bite 😳 Don bluth had a talent for animating bad ass monsters and the simplicity of Sharptooth being a Trex from the depths of prehistoric HELL makes him such a surprisingly compelling and memorable antagonist