Top 10 Worst Twist Villains in Disney Movies

Disney has been using a trope in their recent movies that people have been getting tired of: the twist villain. This is a character introduced in the film who is later revealed as the villain.

Remember when Disney used to make awesome villains? I miss those days.

So, let's take a look at the worst twist villains in Disney movies.

The Top Ten

Evelyn Deavor (Incredibles 2)

To sum it up, she wanted to make superheroes illegal by giving resources to help them become legal when they are already illegal. This is the primary reason why the second movie is weak compared to the first.

As soon as Evelyn makes her first appearance in the movie when she clumsily enters the room during Winston's meeting, I'm pretty sure 90% of the audience thought to themselves: "She's the villain." I know I did. That's a testament to Disney and Pixar's audience growing to expect these twist villains with each new movie.
Her plan also doesn't make sense at all. She wants to make superheroes illegal forever despite them already being illegal for over 15 years. So what? She wants them to be even more illegal? Despite her plan being very convoluted and not well thought out, I still buy her motivations for hating supers. If my parents died because they placed their trust in somebody who didn't come through to help them, I would be pissed about it too.
At least her reveal occurred before the final 30 minutes, so we could actually get a sense of threat and danger from her presence. And she actually does have a pretty entertaining screen presence and has a few great lines. She's nowhere near the level of Syndrome, but she still is a decent villain for the movie.
Still, I feel like if Incredibles 2 had a much better villain, it would be close to being on par with the original. However, it's still a Top 10 Pixar movie for me, personally.
Miles Axlerod (Cars 2)

As much as I'm one of the few who actually kind of liked Cars 2, I will have to agree his plan seemed senseless, and he barely had any screentime as a villain. I thought Zundapp would've worked better as a main villain, since he was already a wonderfully written character.

There are people who hate Cars 2, and then there are people who like fart jokes. Other studios should take notes here if they want to learn how NOT to do a twist villain!
Early on in the movie, we find out there is someone behind the racers getting blown up to make Allinol look bad, but we literally don't find out who it is until the last few minutes! I don't even remember exactly what his plan was since I haven't watched this movie in a long time, and it should be banned from existence because of how atrocious it is. Axlerod invented Allinol, yet he's trying to get other cars to stop using Allinol. That's the best way I could sum it up. It's so stupid. This entire movie is garbage.
Cars and Cars 3 had more focus. This one is just a mess with some pretty cool action scenes. Terrible movie. It's worse than Batman v Superman! It's worse than A Wrinkle in Time! It's worse than the Teen Titans Go movie! Absolute trash!
Prince Hans (Frozen)

Prince Hans of the Southern Isles, also known as Hans Westergaard, is a fictional character from Walt Disney Animation Studios' 53rd animated film, Frozen, which was released in 2013. He serves as the main antagonist of the film. Despite his charming appearance, Hans reveals a deceptive and ruthless... read more

Now, it was never stated in the movie if Anna and Elsa have another relative, a cousin perhaps, that could've taken over the throne (I don't know how royalty works. I could be getting facts wrong), but it was also never stated that they don't. Basically, Hans' plan is very flawed. He wants to get married so he can take over the throne, but that's not how these kinds of things work. If he actually married Anna, he would still be a prince.
There are actually quite a lot of reasons to hate him, especially since you can easily tell that he wasn't originally planned to be the villain. That was originally going to be Elsa. But, of course, the only reason people hate him is because he's from Frozen. It's all about bias.
Robert Callaghan (Big Hero 6)

He is just a poorly written generic twist villain without any buildup. Not to mention the movie tries way too hard to make him sympathetic when he acted apathetic towards Hiro about his late brother (though this was fixed later in the series, but come on). Krei, as originally intended, would have worked as a better main villain given his corporate greed and the clear signs in the movie.

The movie tries its hardest to convince us that Krei is the villain. This is pretty much their way of saying that Krei is definitely NOT the villain. I'm not saying the actual villain reveal wouldn't have been obvious if they hadn't tried to make us believe it was someone else, but it would've actually shown they were trying to make an attempt to fool us.
Anyway, the actual villain is Robert Callaghan, and his motivation is extremely weak. He's attempting to destroy everyone just because his daughter is supposedly dead, even though it was an accident. Considering Big Hero 6 is technically a Marvel movie, I'm not surprised that the villain is very weak given their history.
Dawn Bellwether (Zootopia)

Bellwether is the kind of character you would not expect to be a villain, which SHOULD make her a good twist villain.
The problem is they reveal her as a villain way too late in the film for us to even really care. They don't give her a backstory or explore in more detail why she's doing what she's doing. She's just racist. They should've given her a better motivation.
This is literally the only thing I hated about the movie. She could've worked as a villain, but they completely messed it up.

She is also in that terrible Zootopia dark ride in Shanghai Disney as the main villain, where her sole motive is kidnapping Gazelle, which is just pathetic. I really have to criticize that because it would have been better if Duke Weaselton was the main villain of the ride instead since, well, it could have given him more spotlight and it seems more in character for him to do something like that than Bellwether.
Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker and the Four Realms)

Mother Ginger and Mouse King should be villains in this movie. Sugar Plum Fairy nicely welcomed Clara, but the problem is making her a villain unnecessarily! I've also expected Mother Ginger to be the main antagonist in this movie, and it would be better if Mother Ginger stayed as a villain and Sugar Plum Fairy as a heroine.

I hate how the Sugar Plum Fairy is the villain instead of the Mouse King. In the ballet, the Mouse King destroys all the realms in The Nutcracker, while in the Disney movie, the Sugar Plum Fairy does that. How dumb is that! She should be in the top 5 at least. Horrid!
Rico (Home on the Range)

In all honesty, this twist was just as dumb and predictable as the movie itself.

This part of the film has always confused me.
Lyle Tiberius Rourke (Atlantis: The Lost Empire)

Very forgettable character. It was obvious he was going to become the villain. This movie sucks. Moving on.

His motivation is to get money. If you travel to Atlantis, won't you already get tons of money?

This guy was literally the only thing that sucked about Atlantis.
Zurg (Lightyear)
AUTO (WALL-E)

If you love this movie, that's fine. But I highly doubt anyone actually remembers the villain. I've heard tons of people praise Wall-E as an amazing film and one of the best Pixar movies ever, but I rarely ever hear anyone mention AUTO. I'll give it this: It was at least following orders. Unfortunately, this is just a very forgettable villain.

Just forgettable. This is one of those movies where there is no real villain, and AUTO is just a bad attempt at making a villain. His reasoning was that he was programmed to do it. Wow, very interesting.

The Newcomers

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Henry J. Waternoose (Monsters, Inc.)
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Pawbert Lynxley (Zootopia 2)

Yep they did the whole poorly written twist villain AGAIN in Zootopia 2. The one seemingly good member of the family is made evil because Disney is the DEFINITION of insanity at this point. They basically did this to push a subtle anti white message considering how ALL of the Lynxleys are voiced by white people on top of pushing a subtle anti colonialism message. It just disgusts me so much especially to do that to the seemingly only white sheep of the family to imply that bad families have no white sheep.

The Contenders

Te Fiti (Moana)

Te Ka isn't that bad of a villain. She is pretty awesome looking and has a reason for being a villain. Unfortunately, I wish they hadn't treated her reveal like it was some big twist. Literally from the start, you can easily tell that Te Ka is Te Fiti. We had to wait until the end of the movie for them to reveal it even though it was very obvious. When they finally revealed it, I literally shouted "duh!" Moana uses a bunch of tropes that I've grown tired of, but they couldn't even do a simple villain reveal right.

I never really saw Moana as having a villain. You know, other than the crab, the myth, the legend, Tamatoa.
Te Kā was much more of an obstacle that Moana and Maui needed to get past than an actual bad guy. Besides, the reveal that Te Kā was actually Te Fiti is more of a straight-up twist than a "twist villain." A twist that I find to be very clever. Great movie.
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear (Toy Story 3)

Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, commonly known as Lotso, is the main antagonist in Toy Story 3 (2010). He takes control of Sunnyside Day Care and forces the other toys to follow his rules. Despite his cuddly appearance, he is portrayed as a ruthless and manipulative character.

I really hate him. He is such an idiot and had no right to be a villain.

Poorly written and shouldn't have been given a tragic backstory if they really wanted him to be extremely depraved. It also doesn't help that sites like TV Tropes and Villains Wiki have a huge obsession with the character and include him in many places on their sites as much as possible.
Syndrome (The Incredibles)

Syndrome, born Buddy Pine, is the main antagonist in The Incredibles. As a child, he idolized Mr. Incredible and called himself "Incrediboy," aspiring to become a superhero despite having no powers. When Mr. Incredible rejected him, Buddy became bitter and set out to exact revenge.... read more

Syndrome is actually a very complex villain. Having his hero totally diss him in the first 15 minutes of the movie, I'm not surprised that he became a villain. He has believable motivations, unlike some people... *scrolls back to Callaghan*

It was obvious that he was a villain, but it was well-proven that he was Incrediboy. This created enough chemistry, but it was easy to predict overall.
Ernesto de la Cruz (Coco)

The villain was my biggest problem with Coco. It seems like they couldn't come up with a climax for the movie, so they decided to make Ernesto the antagonist. They clearly only did it to build up to the reveal of Ernesto NOT being Miguel's great-great-grandfather and that Hector is. This just seemed lazy to me.
People say that Hans seemed like a last-minute villain (which he literally was), but why does Ernesto get a pass? It comes right out of nowhere with no build-up whatsoever. I would've preferred if he was just a jerk, but he actually caused Hector's death and almost killed Miguel. In my opinion, this movie didn't need a villain.
King Candy (Wreck-It Ralph)

King Candy, whose real name is Turbo, is the main antagonist of Disney's 2012 animated film Wreck-It Ralph. He originally came from the arcade game TurboTime, where he was once a popular character. After being overshadowed by newer games, he became jealous and attempted to reclaim his fame.... read more

Anyone watching the film already knew that King Candy would be the villain of the movie. Disney wasn't trying to keep it a secret. They made it clear that he was the antagonist. But then they decided to throw in the twist of King Candy actually being Turbo, which was honestly obvious to begin with. They spent an entire scene talking about his backstory. Obviously, it would have some sort of purpose. Also, his game was about racing, and Sugar Rush is about racing. Honestly, I find it hard to believe people didn't see this coming. His reveal was pretty cool, though.
Basically, his game got unplugged, so he designed Sugar Rush. I feel like Turbo being a villain overall didn't fit well.
Charles Muntz (Up)
Stinky Pete (Toy Story 2)

Stinky Pete, also known as The Prospector, is a fictional character in the Toy Story universe. He serves as a primary antagonist in Toy Story 2 (1999) and is voiced by Kelsey Grammer. He is portrayed as a collectible action figure from a 1950s television show called Woody's Roundup.