Disney Villains is a franchise incorporating select antagonists from the Disney Animated Canon.
Disney officially applies this title to (in order of their film releases):
- The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- Chernabog from Fantasia
- The Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland
- Captain Hook from Peter Pan
- Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty
- Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians
- Ursula from The Little Mermaid
- Jafar from Aladdin
- Scar from The Lion King
- Hades from Hercules
- Doctor Facilier from The Princess and the Frog
Disney's other villains (i.e. Lady Tremaine from Cinderella, Gaston from Beauty and the Beast, and Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, for example) are considered recurring members for the franchise.
Beyond their respective films, they appear in a wide variety of other Disney-created media:
- Disney's Villains' Revenge: A computer game in which Captain Hook, the Evil Queen, the Queen of Hearts, and the Ringmaster alter their respective films to their advantage.
- House of Mouse: Many of the villains made regular appearances, both speaking and cameos.
- Mickey's House of Villains: A Halloween Special for House of Mouse in which the villains team up to take control of the nightclub from Mickey and company.
- Villains Tonight!, a Disney Cruise stage show starring Hades and other villains.
- Kingdom Hearts: The Disney Villains are recurring antagonists of the game series, with the Disney Villain Council led by Maleficent being the primary force in the first game.
- Dark Ascension: Books about Disney villains prior to their films and how they became evil.
- Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files: A licensed book about various Disney Villains.
- A Tale of...: A series of novels that give certain Disney Animated Canon films a Perspective Flip to a Disney Villain.
- Descendants: A trilogy of Disney Channel Original Movies, and related media, focusing on the children of various Disney Villains.
- A Twisted Tale: A series of young adult novels revolving around What If? stories if certain events in Disney Animated Canon films played out differently.
- Disney Chills: A Goosebumps-esque book series about Disney Villains haunting and/or making deals with children.
- Villainous: A Tabletop Card game where you take control of different Disney villains and try to out-evil the other.
- Twisted Wonderland: A video game where a majority of characters are "twisted" from existing Disney villains, who founded an interdimensional school full of mysteries.
- City of Villains: A series of young adult crime novels that see villains reimagined as residents of the dangerous Monarch City who are turned into evil monsters and threats as part of a criminal conspiracy investigated by the protagonist, a police intern.
- Camp Lil'Vills: A series of illustrated children's books that follows two friends who go to a summer camp where they meet mischievous child versions of the villains, with one of said villain kids being the focus of each entry.
- Dynamite Comics comic book series
This franchise provides examples of:
- Darker and Edgier: By virtue of focusing on the villains instead of the heroes, the Disney Villains franchise is normally aimed at older audiences.
- Dark Is Evil: Almost all Disney Villains wear mostly black, purple, and/or red.
- The Leader: While there are some exceptions (such as House of Villains and Fantasmic), most media portrays Maleficent as the Disney Villains' leader.
- Token Minority: Doctor Facilier is the only African-American Disney Villain.
- Villain Episode: More like a villain series.
- Villain Protagonist: They're the bad guys and the stars of this show.
- Villain Song: Nearly. Every. Single. One.
