History Characters / OneHundredAndOneDalmatiansMultimediaHumans

* TheSociopath: Cruella is shallow, petty, and selfish to the point where she tries to buy and eventually steals a bunch of puppies - from her supposed "best friend" no less - so she can skin them and make coats out of their hides. She has no problem lying about masterminding the crime and at one point threatens to call the police on Jasper and Horace and put the full blame of the crime on them if they don't do the job quickly. As the film nears its end, she goes full AxCrazy mode, becoming physically abusive with Jaspar and Horace, [[HairTriggerTemper exploding with rage at the drop of a hat]], and [[DrivesLikeCrazy driving like a maniac]] to the point where she tries to ''crash a truck'' to get to the puppies (showing she has as little regard for human life as animal life). ConsummateLiar? LackOfEmpathy? Criminal and devious? Impulsive and [[ManipulativeBitch manipulative]]? Cruella ticks all the boxes.

* WeWillMeetAgain: [[spoiler: After being foiled by the Dalmatians in the season finale of 101 Dalmatian Street, she vows to return and take her revenge on the dogs]].

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Much like their boss, Horace and Jasper go a little crazy with the driving at the end. Horace in particular [[spoiler:is responsible for Cruella’s downfall because he rips out the steering wheel in a panic, causing their truck to crash into Cruella’s car]].

* MulticoloredHair: Cruella has hair that's half black and half white. According to some, this symbolizes that she's TwoFaced.

* Accidental Misnaming: Sometimes her last name is mistakenly spelled "De Ville". Either way, she is always "that devil woman".

%%* DrivesLikeCrazy: ''Big time.'' Both the animation and the live action.

* BaldOfEvil: Has taken to wearing a Wig, come the WesternAnimation/OneHundredAndOneDalmatianStreet era.

* TookALevelInJerkass: If that was possible for her to do, she definitely proved it was in ''101 Dalmatian Street''. Not only does she still want her puppy coat, she specifically targets ones related to Pongo and Perdita, tries to get to the Dalmatian family by cutting off their electricity, food, water, and raise their house temperature. And this time, intends to also kill the parents for matching luggage, after tying them up to witness their children being killed in a brutal skinning machine, after demonstrating to the puppies what exactly the machine is going to do to them, using Dawkin's favorite doll as a Test Subject.

* BreakoutVillain: Easily the most iconic character to come out of ''101''. She remains the franchise's sole representative at the Disney Parks to this day, and is notably the second Disney Villain[[note]]Following fellow BreakOutVillain [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]][[/note]] to recieve [[Film/{{Cruella}} her own standalone film]].

* KarmaHoudini: Despte their AdaptationalVillainy, other than being involved in a car crash (which they survived without a scratch anyway) and a couple of slapstick scenes, Jasper and Horace never really get any comeuppance for their involvement in Cruella's schemes. In the original novel they went to jail (though admittedly for an unrelated crime -- they assaulted the man who came to take away their television, which they'd bought on credit and never paid for), but in the movie the last we see of them they're sitting in a ditch while Jasper tells a raging Cruella to "shaddap!"

* KarmaHoudini: Other than being involved in a car crash (which they survived without a scratch anyway) and a couple of slapstick scenes, Jasper and Horace never really get any comeuppance for their involvement in Cruella's schemes. In the original novel they went to jail (though admittedly for an unrelated crime -- they assaulted the man who came to take away their television, which they'd bought on credit and never paid for), but in the movie the last we see of them they're sitting in a ditch while Jasper tells a raging Cruella to "shaddap!"

[[folder:Jasper and Horace Badun]]

* AdaptationalComicRelief: Compared to their book counterparts, they're notably more bumbling and played more for laughs. This is probably tied to how they have been given much stronger personalities and get [[AscendedExtra a lot more screen time]] -- in the original book, the Badduns were pretty much TheDividual with identical personalities, who only really appeared in Hell Hall, and though there was an element of comedy to them with their obsession with the show ''What's My Crime?'', the movie greatly expands their roles and their comedy by having them a lot more involved in the plot and getting a fair amount of comical banter and slapstick scenes.

* KarmaHoudini: Other than being involved in a car crash (which they survived without a scratch anyway) and a couple of slapstick scenes, Jasper and Horace never really get any comeuppance for their involvement in Cruella's schemes. In the original novel they went to jail (though admittedly for an unrelated crime), but in the movie the last we see of them they're sitting in a ditch while Jasper tells a raging Cruella to "shaddap!"

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CDrivesLikeCrazy: Much like their boss, Horace and Jasper go a little crazy with the driving at the end. Horace in particular [[spoiler:is responsible for Cruella’s downfall because he rips out the steering wheel in a panic, causing their truck to crash into Cruella’s car]].

* DrivesLikeCrazy: Much like their boss, Horace and Jasper go a little crazy with the driving at the end. Horace in particular [[spoiler:is responsible for Cruella’s downfall because he rips out the steering wheel in a panic, causing their truck to crash into Cruella’s car]].

* NightmareFace: Especially during the chase scene in the film - which even provides the page image on the NightmareFuel page. The new animated series has her pulling these over practically ever time she's on screen.

* DrivesLikeCrazy: ''Big time.'' Both the animation and the live action.

* BreakoutVillain: Easily the most iconic character to come out of ''101''. She remains the franchise's sole representative at the Disney Parks to this day, and is notably the second Disney Villain[[note]]Following fellow BreakOutVillain [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]][[/note]] to recieve [[Film/{{Cruella}} her own live action film]].

* BreakoutVillain: Easily the most iconic character to come out of ''101''.

->'''Played by:''' Creator/GlennClose ([[Film/OneHundredAndOneDalmatians1996 live act]][[Film/OneHundredAndTwoDalmatians ion films]]), Emma Stone (''Film/{{Cruella}}''), Wendy Raquel Robinson (''{{Film/Descendants}}'')

* TheDreaded: The dogs are understandably terrified of her, as are her henchmen, and even Anita seems to find her intimidating. Ironically, Roger, who sings about how much she is scary in TheVillainSucksSong, is not scared of her and has no problem telling her what he thinks.

->'''Roger voiced by''': Ben Wright (''101 Dalmatians''), Billy Lee (singing voice), Jeff Bennett (''101 Dalmatians'' TV series), Tim Bentinck (''Patch's London Adventure'' 2003 sequel)
->'''Anita voiced by''': Lisa Davis (''101 Dalmatians''), Kath Soucie (currently)

->'''Voiced by:''' Betty Lou Gerson (''101 Dalmatians''); April Winchell[=\=]Creator/TressMacNeille[[labelnote:*]]substitute for "Close But No Cigar"[[/labelnote]] (''101 Dalmatians: The Series''); Susanne Blakeslee (since 1997); Creator/MichelleGomez (''101 Dalmatian Street'')

* BumblingSidekick: Two incompetent goons for Cruella.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Always seen together, working for Cruella.

* EvilIsPetty: Her entire motivation for kidnapping nearly a hundred puppies is to make fur coats out of their exceptionally rare fur, even though Jasper points out that they won't be able to get very many out of them when they're not fully grown yet. This also applies to her kidnapping Roger and Anita's puppies--considering Cruella already had 84 other dalmatian puppies, she did it purely as revenge for Roger standing up to her and refusing to sell their puppies.

* EvilOldFolks: She's significantly older in the ''101 Dalmatian Street'' series which takes place in the modern era.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Her attempts at skinning the puppies and buying Dearly Farm.

* NearVillainVictory: She comes very close to capturing the dalmatians at the end of the first film--if Jasper and Horace hadn't accidentally lost control of their van and T-boned Cruella's car, there's no way the dogs could have escaped her. Her car was hanging right off the back of the truck they were on.

* BadassBystander: This is his role in the film. He's just an ordinary truck driver who just happens to catch the wrath of Cruella's [[DrivesLikeCrazy road rage]] head on, all because the dalmatians are all riding in the back of his moving van, something he isn't aware of.

** In the TV series, she looks [[FanDisservice even]] [[{{Gonk}} worse]] than in the movie.

* EvilOldFolks: She's significantly older in the ''101 Dalmatian Street'' series which takes place in the modern era. And putting it lightly, she makes ''[[{{WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove}} Yzma]]'' look more attractive in comparison.

** In the movie, Cruella is a wild-haired harridan with a corpse-like face; in the original novel's illustrations, she's depicted as an elegant, cold-hearted beauty.

* ItsPersonal: In ''101 Dalmatian Street'' she's specifically after the Dalmatian family for her coat because they're Pongo and Perdita's descendants, as opposed to just buying 99 new puppies for a coat.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: In the season finale of the new series, she declares that she's "bored" with her great-nephew and has him locked up with the other pups.

* BadPeopleAbuseAnimals: At one point in the movie, she talks about wanting to Poison, drown, and bash the dalmations' skulls open, all in a children's movie, no less...