Professor Ratigan - The Perfect Villain

 

Ratigan is the main antagonist in Disney's The Great Mouse Detective. Everything about that movie is stellar and impeccable.

Ratigan himself is an incredibly powerful and evil villain, he's one of the most underrated and most vicious characters in film. 

His expressions are utterly unforgettable. You can already tell he's cruel and dark in terms of his design but those additional menacing facial expressions definitely make him more engaging. 

His poses, his preciously talented singing, his overall plans to dominate the entire plot of the movie is seriously one of the most fascinating things I ever seen in Disney history. 

His early concept designs are insanely outstanding for it's time. 

Someone like Hades, or Shere Khan may look threatening, but they didn't left me on a good impression. Hades talks way too much, and Shere Khan is way too laid-back to be a villain. It's very hard to make a somewhat watchable and lovable baddie. 

I haven't made "real" villains yet, the more complex and temperamental characters I truly created so far is Ox Fisher. 

This was a go at creating a Pete/Bluto type persona, only without the action of kidnapping innocent women like they do in their old cartoons. I've been creating this guy for about a year and is one of my more timeless characters I made.

  

The Great Mouse Detective was a bronze age movie and that era had some really fantastic and incredible cast of characters. Basil, Bernard, Dodger, freaking Winnie The Pooh you name it. Not a single boring villain or bland Disney princess in sight. 

The final battle Basil vs Ratigan himself is easily one of the best defeat scenes in Disney. 

The most disappointing thing is that he isn't talked about enough. He's definitely the most appreciated and most flawless characters. 

I really hope this entire movie is willing to gain an audience sometime in the future.