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Maleficent is a fictional character and the main antagonist in Walt Disney's 1959 adaptation of Sleeping Beauty. She is the self-proclaimed "Mistress of All Evil" who, after not being invited to the baby's christening, curses the infant Princess Aurora to "prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die" before the sun sets on her sixteenth birthday. The character is Disney's half-dragon adaptation of the evil fairy godmother from the original fairy tale.
Maleficent is often viewed as the most powerful and sinister of the Disney Villains, frequently acting as their leader in many crossovers, and her scenes in the climax of the film are among the darkest and most intense produced by Disney. In Ultimate Disney's top 30 Disney Villains countdown, Maleficent ranked #1. She also plays a major role in the Kingdom Hearts series, as a recurring villain.
The character was animated by Marc Davis . The wicked sorceress was aptly named "Maleficent" (which means "Evil-doer"). In determining Maleficent's design, standard depictions of witches and hags were dismissed as Davis opted for an elegant, sinister, green-skinned beauty centered around the appearance of flames, ultimately crowning the villain with "the horns of the devil." According to Davis, Maleficent "was designed like a giant vampire bat to create a feeling of menace." In the end the individual character of the three good fairies and the elegant villain proved to be among the film's strongest points.
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Plot: The villains from the popular animated Disney films are gathered at the House of Mouse with plans to take over. Soon, the villains take over the house and kick out Mickey, Donald and Goofy. It's all up to Mickey and his friends to overthrow evil and return the House of Mouse to normal--or as close to normal as it get's.
Keywords: cartoon-dog, cartoon-duck, cartoon-mouse, character-name-in-title, compilation, cow, duck, good-versus-evil, goofy-the-character, halloweenActors: Robert Z'Dar (actor), Elisabeth Fies (actress), Robert Pfitzner (writer), Cathryn Wagner (costume designer), Robert Pfitzner (writer), Robert J. Kral (composer), Ty Donaldson (actor), Neil Kinsella (writer), Neil Kinsella (director), Shaun Fleming (actor), Scott Vandiver (producer), Wendy Benbrook (costume designer), Edwin Larson (writer), Tracy Pfau (actress), Edwin Larson (producer),
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Plot: Adaptation of the fairy tale of the same name. Princess Aurora is cursed by the evil witch Maleficent - who declares that before Aurora reaches her 16th birthday she will die by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning-wheel. To try to prevent this, the king places her into hiding, in the care of three good-natured - but not too bright - fairies.
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