Random Fan Theories About Disney Villains (16 items)

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  (#8) Why Scar Didn’t Run When Simba Gave Him The Chance

  Source: Redditor u/CapriciousSalmon

  Details: At the end of The Lion King, when Simba confronts his uncle, Scar has the option to run but opts to stay and fight for the throne. He could have run away and plotted some scheme to usurp the throne once more, but instead, he chooses to stay, which results in his death.

  This theory suggests that the reason Scar didn't turn tail and run wasn't because he needed to fulfill some grand scheme or anything so detailed; it was because he honestly didn't think that Simba was better or stronger than he was. 

  Simba offered, when he said, "Run Scar and never return." That was a challenge, and Scar decided to accept it by remaining, but that was ultimately what did him in, and it's all because Scar simply cannot comprehend what is good and wholesome by this point in the movie. He's too corrupt and evil to recognize the danger he was in upon Simba's return.
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  (#5) Sid Became A Garbageman To Save Toys From Being Thrown Away

  Source: Redditor u/londongarbageman

  Details: Sid may have bee the villain of the first Toy Story movie, but by the third film in the franchise, he'd grown up to become a garbageman, working in his neighborhood.

  While this may have appeared as little more than a cameo to a few eagle-eyed viewers, it was far more if this theory has any credence. In the first film, he's shown that all of the toys he'd been tearing apart for years were alive, and he freaked out.

  Fifteen years later, he's a local garbageman and he picks out anything he finds of value. For Sid, it's toys. He chose a job that would give him access to used and thrown out toys, so that he could rescue them as a continued penance for his actions as a child.
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  (#11) Gaston Is In Denial About His Own Sexuality

  Source: Redditor u/ActualButt

  Details: Gaston is all about Belle in Beauty and the Beast, but his relentless pursuit of the village's most beautiful young maiden isn't as clear as it may appear. This theory suggests that the main reason Gaston is so interested in Belle isn't because he's actually attracted to her; rather, he's gay and in denial about his sexuality.

  He, therefore, believes that the best way to show the village that he's a man's man is to go after the village's most desirable girl. He's overcompensating and in denial, but there's one factor about going after Belle that works in his favor, and it's that he knows she will never give in to his advances.

  That leaves him in the clear to continue pursuing a woman he has no interest in while appearing as macho as possible to everyone else in the village.
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  (#15) Syndrome

  • Fictional Character

  Source: Redditor u/Spoodern

  Details: This theory takes a look at some of the bonus content released on The Incredibles DVD and BluRay, and digs deep to uncover a shocking truth about Syndrome: he's alive, and Jack-Jack isn't who he appears to be!

  At the end of the first film, Syndrome is killed, and Jack-Jack safely returns to his family. That appeared to be a happy ending, but what if it wasn't. We don't know much about Syndrome, but at the beginning of the movie, Mr. Incredible tells the cops to take him (Buddy) back to his mother to tell her what he's been doing. What if his mother was actually Psychwave, the most intelligent super, and one of the first Syndrome killed?

  What if one of her powers was to pass on her essence to another person, and she somehow passed this ability to her son, and when he died, he passed his own essence into Jack-Jack? He could become the villain in plain sight for the third film, making Syndrome one of the most insidious people in any Disney movie... he took over the body of an adorable infant!
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  (#13) Jafar

  • Fictional Character

  Source: Redditor u/ctwstudios

  Details: Jafar was clearly the main antagonist in Aladdin, but what if everything wasn't what it seemed? He was the guy who had to have the lamp, and had attempted to get it for years, but did you ever notice that he didn't really know what to do with it once he got it?

  This theory dives into his actions and points out the fact that his wishes were all shot from the hip. You would think that a guy who was obsessed with finding a magical lamp that could bestow three wishes would have them written down somewhere. 

  The reason he wasn't able to handle his wishes properly when he got the lamp was due to the fact that he was working for someone else. All along, his plan was to get the lamp for some unseen master, but when he finally got a hold of it, he was immediately corrupted and used it to attain power for himself, ultimately resulting in his undoing.

  Who was this unseen master? After eliminating a bunch of characters, user ctwstudios determines it must be Jasmine:

  "Eliminating these key players leaves but one choice... Jasmine. The smartest person in the film. She sees the strings that control the system. She never actually has control of the lamp, and is the only character that would benefit from "keeping up appearances" while searching for the lamp. Her incompetent father wields all the power in the kingdom, so she can't send hordes in search of the lamp, and why else would Jafar be infatuated with her? She's his boss and he has a real power fetish going on. Then she just happens to fall in love with the person who owns the very object she's been searching for? Yeah, right... She could tell from the first meeting Aladdin wasn't royalty."
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  (#14) Yzma

  • Fictional Character

  Source: Redditor u/Amreiz

  Details: If you want to read a detailed theory about the truth of Yzma's origins, you can pick apart the theory here. It's long and detailed, but another Redditor summed it up nicely with the following:

  1. "Yzma used to love Kuzco's Grandfather and was rejected.
  2. She tried to make a potion to end her suffering, but it backfired.
  3. She worships Hades.
  4. Hades commissioned Yzma's father to make the potion that turned Hercules mortal.
  5. Megara is a younger version of Yzma
  6. After Hercules kills his and Meg's children and almost her, she is saved by Hades, is pushed into complete madness from the ordeal, and returns to the Incan Empire to live as Yzma for the rest of her days.
  7. She maintains her love of muscle guys (see: Kronk), but now prefers them to be a little less bright."

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