History WMG / FriendsAndTheHighCouncilUnalignedButInvolved

[[WesternAnimation/Cars3 Sterling]]: A rich entrepreneur car who had a great love of Lightning [=McQueen=], though more as a historical figure than as a being with wants and needs. Despite his more..weaselly tendencies though, he wasn't malicious. Just thinking that Lightning needed to accept that the world had moved on. Still, he was willing to give Lightning a final chance to prove himself, though that didn't exactly help his treatment of Cruz Ramirez. Eventually, the council decided that Lightning and Cruz deserved something better, and through some wrangling, borrowing some treasure from the Gates's and Sparrow and some gentle negotiations, they ended up purchasing Rust-eeze to be a subsidiary of Dinoco. Sterling ended up a little disgruntled from this, but thanks to the purchase, he ended up doing ok, moving on to work with other teams.

[[Film/Maleficent Remake Maleficent]]: While the original Maleficent is definitely evil, the remake puts her in a lighter tone. She treats her Mooks nicely, She has softened up tp Aurora, and ended up being the one breaking the curse. Having a TragicBackstory probably helps.

[[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Candace Flynn]]: Like Ned, she's a long term victim and project for both sides. Because the friends liked to screw around with her, her mind became corrupt, which explains why, despite displaying intelligence, she [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Completely Misses The Point]] a lot, not to mentioned her lack of calm sanity. The Friends told Suzy to be nice to Candace on the babysitting gig, so they can tempt her to join them. However, The High Council made sure that doesn't happen with their use of Jeremy, because if she became a client, she'll be one of the most powerful clients in the business.

* He did know all about the war and troubles around him though. Hence how he knew about [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Sebastian]] and what Maui was originally like.

[[Film/Maleficent Remake Maleficent]] While the original Maleficent is definitely evil, the remake puts her in a lighter tone. She treats her Mooks nicely, She has softened up tp Aurora, and ended up being the one breaking the curse. Having a TragicBackstory probably helps.

[[Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast The Enchantress]]: Okay, this one was in contention for years, as the ambiguity of her character was a point of anger for many, but now is the time to set the record straight. Once upon a time, the Friends saw potential making the Prince to be a client. Unfortunately for them, he was satisfied with being spoiled by his servants. So they decided to curse the castle through an agent. Unfortunately, they couldn't figure out who to do the deed, so instead they decided to trick another to do it instead: the Enchantress.

The Disney/LonesomeGhosts: Four souls who like to cause trouble, the Friends have them live in their abandoned house, getting the souls of anyone who comes knocking, or whom they let in. Their run in with Mickey, Donald, and Goofy was a coincidence. After their encounter with the heroic trio, the Lonesome ghosts decided to jump ship from the Friends and decided to do some harmless spooking from now on.

[[Disney/TreasurePlanet John Silver]]: The Friends recruited him to steal some powerful magical artifacts for them. He was more than happy to oblige - as long as he could have Flint's Gold (finding which had been his lifelong dream) for himself. The Friends gave him intimidation and charisma to keep anyone in his command under control, the cost of which resulted in the loss of his right eye, leg, and arm. [[MoralityPet Changed by his friendship with Jim and Morph]], Silver left the Friends, and now does treasure hunting for the High Council. [[ChaoticNeutral When he's not in it for himself.]]

[[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain Nemo]]: Like the [[Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective robotic queen Ratigan created]], a nuclear submarine wasn't very common in the Victorian world. Hearing of a sea monster attacking ships, agents of the Friends went in search of a monstrous servant, and found an amazing machine. The mysterious Captain Nemo had his guests treated to dinner, when they told him of the conflict which consumed the Disney universes. Though he was tempted by the promise of enough power to destroy his enemies forever, Nemo was smart enough to realize that this war would eventually come to his beloved Volcania, and declined their offer. Now a ChaoticNeutral party in the war, Nemo will aide whoever gives him a better offer, so long as it doesn't interfere with his own plans.

[[Disney/TheBlackCauldron Orddu, Orgoch, and Orwen]]: Three powerful witches with RealityWarper powers. No one knows what their connection to the Friends are. But whatever it is, it certainly can't be good.

[[Disney/BigHero6 Allister Krei]]: The CEO of Krei Tech, and a savvy businessman, Krei has little interest in fighting specifically for good or for evil. Merely for profit. He does have a generous streak in trying to buy out other people's inventions, but as a pragmatic entrepreneur, he can take some risks that others would find questionable, such as the incident with the teleportation gateway. On the other hand, he knows his limits as an executive when to mothball a project. For the time being, he's too principled to accept any help from the friends, but too wrapped in his own things to be interested in fully joining the council.

[[Disney/{{Moana}} Tamatoa]]: Similar to the cave of wonders, Tamatoa was originally meant to be a guardian of treasure. However, he began to consider the treasure itself more important than his goal of stewardship. His Realm of Monsters is adjacent to the Other Side, but not directly connected. (though the friends sometimes go there to find new pets) As such, Tamatoa began harvesting all the treasure and artifacts he could get his claws on, hoping to become impressive enough to have the friends and the council give HIM domain over his world. Unfortunately though, the friends find him boring, and functionally uninteresting as his raw power is useless given his selfishness. The Council meanwhile doesn't particularly want him back as his shallow nature makes him a lousy hero and a horrible guard compared with their "diamond in the rough" security the Cave of Wonders has.

[[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Mr. Big]]: The most feared crime boss in all zootopia, Mr. Big is an old school mobster, believing in family, honor, respect and courtesy, while also using polar bear muscle against any who would get in his way. As such, he's too brutal to gain access to Robin Hood's band of followers, but too much of a NobleDemon to be enticed by the friends. He mostly carries on in his own way, causing disruptions in different parts of the city. The council though keeps an eye on him. After all, even if he is a criminal, if he's the worst organized crime in the city, they get a bargain out of it.

[[Disney/{{Zootopia}} Leodore Lionheart]]: When he was elected to Zootopia, the council offered their friendship to Lionheart in protecting his city from the Friends. However, Lionheart was more interested in the perks of the job rather than doing good. While he did promise to keep relations open, he wasn't interested in fighting demons. Then Bellweather started turning predators "savage". Distressed, rather than seek the help of the council, he instead took to capture each predator and then try to cure them on his own. Unfortunately, illegal detainment of civilians landed him a one way ticket to prison once Judy and Nick discovered the truth. The council for their part is sorry that things came to this, especially since the Night howlers weren't technically his fault, but declined to cover bail for him. Lionheart pointed out the hypocricy in this given that they employ heroes like Jack Sparrow, but the council simply gave Leodore a sad look and said, "Sparrow has his own issues we are trying to iron out. You need some time alone to think about what it truly means to be mayor. You might not have caused the night howler plague, but you faciliated its use by keeping Bellwether overtaxed and not truly respecting her. Give it a few years, and then we'll talk."

[[KingdomHearts Ansem the Wise]]: This once-benevolent scientist-king was a good friend to his world's incarnation of Mickey Mouse, and his experiments with the nature of the human heart earned him renown from all over. Betrayed by his apprentices, he was cast into the World of Darkness, his identity stolen and his research turned to evil. Escaping, he became exceedingly bitter, and, taking the identity of [=DiZ=], began formulating a plan to destroy Organization XIII, enlisting the young Nobody girl Namine and Sora's friend Riku, who felt he had some atoning to do. His efforts have caused nothing but grief for the Friends and their Heartless and Nobodies, but his willingness to sacrifice innocents for his revenge (including ordering the needless execution of a helpless little girl) means the High Council doesn't want him, either. That, and [[Creator/ChristopherLee his voice is really creepy]]. At present, he is once again trapped in the World of Darkness and feeling very bad about what he has done.

[[{{Brave}} The Dunbroch Witch]]: This eccentric old conjurer dabbled in dark magic for a while, but had no interest in joining the Friends to wreak havoc. Now retired and working as a Woodcarver, she still occasionally likes to deal out spells with twisted karmic consequences, but only to those who actually seek her out. She remains a thorn in the side of the High Council at times, but she's not an enemy, so Zeus thinks it best to leave her to her whittling.

** After Moana and Maui tipped Tamatoa over and got the hook back, it took Tamatoa a month to get back upright. While somewhat sobered after his humiliation, he's still no more interested in rejoining the war on one side than Gladstone is. Both sides rolled their eyes in irritation at his shallow declaration on shining brighter than them both, and both are privately considering sending their pirates and scoundrels to rob him blind and take the treasure for their efforts.

[[Disney/SongOfTheSouth Brer Fox]]: The Friends are convinced he wouldn't make a good client, but he wants to be one very badly. His desire to do things the "clever" way stems from his desire to prove himself to them, which is the very thing that allows Brer Rabbit to get away.

[[NightmareNed Ned Needlemeyer]]: This kid is not a client of the Friends, but rather a long term victim. The Friends are always coming up with new forms of torture, new horrors, and new grotesque creations that can act as soldiers in the ever growing armies. They test these horrors out in the mind of several children. What Ned dismisses as nightmares are actually agents of the Friends invading his mind to test their ideas. While he's managing to fend them off so far, all those nightmares are beginning to take their toll. If it keeps up, he might be twisted into the kind of person the Friends want.

[[WesternAnimation/{{Gargoyles}} David Xanatos]]: A juicy client for the Friends, they’ve tried to win him over numerous times, but Xanatos, [[TropeNamer being]] [[MagnificentBastard Xanatos,]] is GenreSavvy enough not to get suckered in, and has become even less so thanks to his marriage to Fox and their son Alex. Nevertheless, he is amoral enough to be uninterested in becoming a full supporter for The High Council despite the pleadings of Goliath, and remains a TrueNeutral in the fight between the two.

* When she arrived at the prince's room, the rose had just lost its last pedal, and so she was finally ready to take it and go. Her curse complete and her work done. But then she saw the beast dead, and belle sobbing over him, whispering, "I love you." And then giving him a kiss. Agatha looked at the scene, and with her magic, saw that indeed,