Top 10 Dumbest Decisions Made by Disney Characters
Anna has only known Hans for less than a day, and already she wants to marry him despite knowing very little about him. Elsa and Kristoff call her out on it, and as it turns out, they were right. To rub salt in the wound, Hans rubs it in her face.
At least, unlike Ariel, she learns her lesson in the end. The whole point of Hans becoming the villain was to show that you can't be too trusting of someone. So, Anna was basically taught a lesson.
There's a legitimate reason why Anna would be trusting of the first guy to notice her. Unlike a lot of other Disney princesses, she learns from her mistake and knocks Hans' block off.
Pooh enters Rabbit's house using the door. After eating all of Rabbit's honey, instead of going out the same way, he tries to climb through Rabbit's tunnel and gets stuck. If he had just used the door, he wouldn't have gotten stuck in the hole in the first place.
Honestly, the funniest choice Pooh ever faced, but what he didn't realize was that it was a stupid one.
Hook didn't technically double-cross her. He did honor the deal, just in a literal way (he planted a bomb in the hideout). At least Hook played his cards right. Tinker Bell technically played herself, since she only said Hook himself couldn't touch Peter. She left out the exploit Hook used in the movie: the bomb. But that's just one thing Hook could have done. Tinker Bell also left out Hook's crew.
Just feel lucky Hook honored the deal at all. Someone like Maleficent sure wouldn't have.
Out of anger toward Wendy, Tinker Bell foolishly shows Hook the location of Peter's hideout on a map so that he can kidnap Wendy. Of course, she makes Hook promise not to lay a hand - or a hook - on Peter, but he double-crosses her. He ends up kidnapping not only Wendy but also the Lost Boys, and he delivers a bomb to Peter.
All Gaston had to do was walk away and marry one of the other women, but instead, he had to get in one last blow by stabbing the Beast. This action ultimately causes Gaston's downfall. When the Beast moves his arms back, Gaston loses his grip and plummets to his death.
It's like a slap in the face. What he could've done better was accept Belle falling in love with the Beast and acknowledge that she was telling the truth all along.
No one stabs like Gaston,
No one dabs like Gaston,
No one betrays a beast and dies like Gaston!
When has lying ever worked well for a character in a Disney movie? The answer is almost never. In a foolish attempt to protect Melody, Ariel covers up the truth about Atlantica, merpeople, King Triton, and even Morgana. Of course, everything horribly backfires as Melody runs off to find the truth and ends up meeting Morgana, who dupes her into stealing King Triton's trident.
She just wants to protect her daughter.
Scar really should have taken his own advice and been prepared. After Simba returns, Scar tries to convince him that the whole plan was the hyenas' idea. Of course, Simba doesn't buy it, and the hyenas aren't too happy about Scar throwing them under the bus. When Scar falls, they are waiting at the bottom, and they rip him apart.
Scar apparently wanted all the glory and credit instead of getting the hyenas to team up against Simba. That was his fatal mistake.
Ichabod is frantically trying to escape from the Headless Horseman and, for no reason, stops long enough for the Horseman to throw a flaming pumpkin in his direction. Then, he mysteriously vanishes.
Moments before this, the dwarfs warn Snow White about strangers and specifically to watch out for the Queen. Of course, all that gets thrown out the window when she completely trusts the Queen, who is disguised as an old woman. She foolishly believes everything the Queen says, which results in her falling into a deep sleep after biting the poisoned apple.
Hey! A stranger offered me an apple! Nothing suspicious about that. I should take it! I'll eat it too! It's not like it could be poison. You can totally trust strangers!
How could he not feel the vines tightening around his neck as he was cutting them? At least Tarzan was kind enough to try and warn him.
But that was an intentional dumb decision, so it ain't all that bad.
It also sends a bad message to little girls that you should be willing to give up everything for a guy you know nothing about, not even sure if he will love you back. What would have happened if Eric didn't love her back? She'd pretty much be screwed.
This needs to be higher. It was a dumb decision by Ariel. She ditched her whole family for the sake of wanting to be with some strange man she barely knows. Not a good moral to teach little girls, honestly.
Aren't there mermen or something in that ocean? Seriously, dumb move, Ariel.
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How could she hurt her own sister?!
Becoming a god was his lifelong dream. He was so close, but he sold it for Meg, who was working for Hades for half the film, just to remind you. Connect the dots, Disney.
That deal with strangers or selling to them is not a smart choice. Just don't.
He could have finished Simba off, but then he had to admit the truth. Simba realizes it's true and forces him to confess to everyone.
This should be at least number 3, because if he didn't say it, he might have won.
Haha, stupidest decision ever!
All Buddy wanted was to be Mr. Incredible's sidekick, but instead, Mr. Incredible told him to get lost and that he works alone. This resulted in a string of events. If Mr. Incredible had been nicer and accepted him as his sidekick, Buddy would never have become a villain. He never would have endangered Mr. Incredible's family, and most of the supers would still be alive.
Yeah, but if this never happened, the wonderful story in the movie would never have developed!
"She wanted to pick a fight with the most powerful character in all of fiction."
Marshmallow is nowhere near the most powerful character in all of fiction. Frankly, I'd be surprised if he cracked the top 100. Even if he were real, he wouldn't be the most powerful character in real life.
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She should've listened to Kristoff and relaxed. Seriously, Anna has a fiery heart and spirit, but it does get out of hand.
She wanted to pick a fight with the most powerful character in all of fiction.
Seriously, a game that's uninspired and overly violent with a name to match is a child's dream home?
Seriously, most of the plot and conflicts that the toys encounter wouldn't even happen if everyone would just listen to Woody.
All Ralph wanted was to be appreciated for doing his job, but the Nicelanders treat him like a parasite. They don't even invite him to the anniversary party, even though he is more important to the game than Fix-It Felix.
The next day, when the arcade opens, Ralph is gone, and their game is put out of commission. This clearly shows that the characters are nothing without Ralph to wreck the buildings. Even the hero, Fix-It Felix, is nothing without him. The same can be said for every hero-and-villain relationship in video games. Without the villain creating havoc and chaos, there is no point to the adventure.
At least Pinocchio actually suffered consequences for doing so (albeit to a much lesser extent than all the other kids who decided to go there), unlike Vanellope, whose decision was presented as a good thing.
Really? I mean, I get why some people hate Wreck-It Ralph 2, but there is no way that Vanellope's decision is worse than this.
Merida: Mom, I just made this cake (or whatever it is) for you.
Merida's Mom: Oh, really?
Merida: Yeah.
Merida's Mom: Okay, I'm gonna take a bite out of it.
(She takes one bite, passes out, and turns into a bear.)
Merida: MOM! Are you okay? Why did I trust that evil witch? WHY? NOW THAT'S A DUMB DECISION.
Moana could have listened to her dad and would not have gotten hurt the first time she went beyond the reef.
The grandma was also right because it was OK to break the law only to save your village. So that was a good choice to save her endangered town.