Headscratchers / Voltaire

• In "The King of Villains / When I Said I Was Evil," two of the many lines quoted from Disney films are "As a specimen, why, it's intimidating," and "If this don't scare you, no evil thing will." In their original contexts, these lines are referring to specific characters (Gaston and Cruella de Vil respectively.) So why does Voltaire change the subjects of these lines to a vague "it" and "this?" What is the subject of these lines? He could have easily made the subject of those lines "me," and it would have fit the rest of the song perfectly.