History Characters / TheBlackCauldron

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Downplayed, unusually for Disney villains. Aside from a very flashy teleportation, he never shows any powers independently of the cauldron. Despite his emaciated appearance, he's physically strong, able to lift Taran, a strong young boy as though he weighs no more than a feather and fling him towards the cauldron. Nevertheless, all Taran has to do is kick the King into the vacuum of the cauldron's pull and the cauldron does the rest for him.

* SycophanticServant: He always tries to please the Horned King. For what good it does him, he has the courtesy to choke himself whenever the King loses his temper, to keep his master from tiring out his joints.

* SuddenlyVoiced: Although only in "Once Upon a Halloween," giving him a BadassBaritone.

* BreakoutVillain: Easily the most memorable character of the film, plus the only one that had appearances beyond the film. He even gets a cameo in the ''WesternAnimation/HouseOfMouse'' series, becomes the FinalBoss of the Tokyo Disneyland Castle Tour and a constant throw in for a possible ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' role for what it's worth.

* NiceGuy: [[spoiler: Near the end, after he matures, he acknowledges his failure as a warrior and does a selfless act when he chooses to attempts to jump into the Black Cauldron.]]

* GagBoobs: Orwen, which leads to a case of MarshmallowHell for Fflewddur.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Comes in contact with the Black Cauldron, which causes his skin to be ripped off reducing him to a skeleton, and then said skeleton is vaporised.]]

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* AGlassInTheHand: When Taran refuses to make Hen Wen reveal the location of the Black Cauldron, the Horned King shatters the wine goblet he's holding, prompting his minions to blackmail Taran with a threat of Hen Wen's death.

* TheSociopath: He's an OmnicidalManiac who plans on exterminating all living beings and oppressing anyone who survives.

* EvilHasABadSenseofHumour: When Creeper reveals that Taran has escaped, the King grunts with irritation and beckons Creeper over to strangle him. Creeper instead says "Allow me" and strangles himself, before the Horned King reveals that he is actually pleased that Taran escaped because he'll lead them to Hen Wen. So basically he was just screwing with Creeper for his own twisted amusement.

->'''Voiced by:''' Frank Welker

->Voiced by: Phil Fondacaro;

* IGaveMyWord: Subverted. He initially refuses to have Henwen disclose where the black cauldron is because he promised Dalbin he'd never do so, but immediately relents when the horned king threatens to have Henwen killed.

* GratuitousPrincess: There is literally no reason for her to be a princess. It never comes up as something relevant, ever. She was highborn in [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain the books]], but an orphan, and worked as a scullery maid. In the movie, the Horned King once even calls her "scullery maid", a reference to this.

%%* GrumpyBear: Doli.

* NiceHat: A brown hat with a red feather.

* NiceHat: All of them wear some sort of hat.

* VillainTeleportation: An UpToEleven variant, though he only uses this once.

** Doli delivers a short one to the main characters before he [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere leaves them]]; "What a bunch of blundering misfits! Things just never work out when you're dealing with ''people''!"

->'''Voiced in European French by''': Creator/ChristopheLemoine

->'''Voiced in European French by''': Perrette Pradier (Orddu), Marie Vincent (Orwen) and Colette Venhard (Orgoch)

* DemBones: They are all just walking skeletons of dead soldiers.
* EliteMooks: They're powerful enough to be used in conquering the world, which is why the Horned King wants to replace his living warriors with the Cauldron Born.

->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Tadashi Yamazaki[[note]]Through Hideyuki Umezu added some additional loops.[[/note]]

->'''Voiced by''': Arthur Malet (Eidelleg), John Byner (Doli)
->'''Voiced in European French by''': Creator/RogerCarel (Eidelleg) (second European French dub)
->'''Voiced in Japanese by''': Creator/IchiroNagai (Eidelleg), Ryuji Saikachi (Doli)
->'''Voiced in Latin American Spanish by''': Jesus Colin (Eidelleg), Esteban Siller (Doli)

->Voiced by: Peter Renaday, James Almanzar, Creator/WayneAllwine, Phil Fondacaro, Steve Hale, Creator/PhilNibbelink, Jack Laing

* RapunzelHair: Very long blonde hair.

->'''Voiced by''': Grant Bardsley; Creator/ChristopheLemoine (European French dub)

->'''Voiced by''': John Byner; Creator/RogerCarel (first European French dub), Creator/EricMetayer (second European French dub)

->'''Voiced by''': Susan Sheridan; Chantal Macé (European French dub)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NigelHawthorne; Pierre Baton (European French dub)

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/FreddieJones; Philippe Dumat (European French dub)

->'''Voiced by''': Arthur Malet (Eidelleg), John Byner (Doli); Creator/RogerCarel (Eidelleg) (second European French dub)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JohnHurt; Bernard Tiphaine (European French dub); Creator/ShozoIizuka (Japanese dub, Cinderella Castle Mystery Tour)

->Voiced by: Phil Fondacaro; Creator/EdgarGivry (European French dub)

->'''Voiced by''': Eda Reiss Merin (Orddu), Adele Malis-Morey (Orwen) and Billie Hayes (Orgoch); Perrette Pradier (Orddu), Marie Vincent (Orwen) and Colette Venhard (Orgoch) (European French dub)

* DarkIsEvil: These dark wyverns are reliable servants of the BigBad.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're basically small wyverns.

[[folder:Evil spirit of the Black Cauldron]]