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''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' is a 2005 Creator/{{Disney}} licensed book about the various villains in ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon''. It's a comedic handbook about the pasts of various characters, though it's not considered canon to the films.

The villains featured are Cruella De Vil, Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, Madame Medusa, the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Yzma, Gaston, Ursula, and Jafar.

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''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' is a 2005 Creator/{{Disney}} licensed Creator/{{Disney}}-licensed book about the various villains in ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon''. It's a comedic handbook about the pasts of various characters, though it's not considered canon to the films.

The villains Franchise/DisneyVillains featured are Cruella De Vil, Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, Madame Medusa, the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Yzma, Gaston, Ursula, and Jafar.
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* WouldHurtAChild: It's implied that Ursula was banned from visiting the castle because she tried to poison Ariel as a baby.

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* WouldHurtAChild: It's implied that Ursula was banned from visiting the castle because she tried to poison Ariel as a baby.baby.
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** Maleficent is shown as a little girl setting fire to the birthday candles at the only party she was invited to.

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** Maleficent is shown as a little girl setting fire to the birthday candles at the only party she was invited to. In fifth grade, she also did a class report about dragons, foreshadowing her own transformation into a fire-breathing dragon in her adult years.


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*StrongFamilyResemblance: Lady Tremaine's section reveals that Anastasia and Drizella got their big feet and awkward looks from her first husband, their father.
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*HeldBackInSchool: Gaston's section showcases how BookDumb he is by showing his fourth-grade class photo... ''from when he was seventeen years old!''

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*EarlyPersonalitySigns: Several of the Disney Villains are shown as kids, and some of them even show {{Call Forward}}s to their current personalities:
**As a little girl, Cruella was already fascinated with furs and fashions, having a fashion designer for a mom and a GreatWhiteHunter for an uncle.
**Baby Gaston is shown teething on a bearskin rug, and by the time he was eight years old, he was an expert archer who, it is implied, already had a [[ItsAllAboutMe massive ego]].
**As a young boy, Captain Hook was into sailing and, in his diary, [[TheDandy he complained about having to do chores that would mess up his fine clothes]].
**Maleficent is shown as a little girl setting fire to the birthday candles at the only party she was invited to.
**Yzma is shown as a grade-school MadScientist who specialized in {{Forced Transformation}}s.



** Downplayed with Cruella, whose fascination with furs and fashion is implied to come from her family (her mother being a fashion designer, her uncle being a big game hunter), but it’s not really used to make her more sympathetic.
* GirlishPigtails: Maleficent is depicted with upright pigtails as a child.

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** Downplayed with Cruella, whose *FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Cruella's fascination with furs and fashion is implied to come from her family (her mother being a fashion designer, her uncle being a big game hunter), but it’s not really used to make her more sympathetic.
* GirlishPigtails: Maleficent is Maleficent, Cruella, and Yzma are all depicted with upright pigtails as a child.in childhood.


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*PubescentBraces: Yzma is shown to have had these as a preteen.

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** Downplayed with Cruella, whose fascination with furs and fashion is implied to come from her family (her mother being a fashion designer, her uncle being a big game hunter), but it’s not really used to make her more sympathetic.



* GreatWhiteHunter: Cruella’s uncle, Coup De Vil, was one of these (possibly also an EvilPoacher, though this is never confirmed) and apparently routinely brought Cruella on hunting trips, which might be why she’s so… well, CruellaToAnimals.



* UsedToBeASweetKid: Captain Hook, Jafar and Maleficent have this implied about them, having once been normal kids who became evil for one reason or another.

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Captain Hook, Jafar and Maleficent have this implied about them, having once been normal kids who became evil for one reason or another. Subverted with Cruella, Gaston and Yzma, who are also shown as children, but do not come off as quite so innocent.
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* FreudianExcuse: Discussed a few times.
** Both Captain Hook and Jafar’s entries make mention of them having been bullied as children. Jafar in particular is depicted as having learned magic to get back at his bully while Hook’s diary depicts him as having once been a kind boy who was picked on by older sailor boys on his first oceanic outing.
** Maleficent went to a party once as a child and was never invited again after she set fire to the cake candles. It’s unclear if she had any malicious intentions here or not.


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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Captain Hook, Jafar and Maleficent have this implied about them, having once been normal kids who became evil for one reason or another.
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* FormerlyFit: Ursula is shown to have once been as skinny as Ariel, and special mention is made of how much thinner she used to be while depicting her gorging herself at a banquet.
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* VillainEpisode: The book is Disney Villain-centric.

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* VillainEpisode: The book is Disney Villain-centric.Villain-centric.
* WouldHurtAChild: It's implied that Ursula was banned from visiting the castle because she tried to poison Ariel as a baby.

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* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's implied that Ursula is Triton's sister.
* LicensedBook: ''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' ties into the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' films.

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* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's implied that Ursula is Triton's sister. \n* LicensedBook: ''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' ties into She was close to Triton growing up and has dreams of ruling the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' films.throne, but it's never explicitly stated that they're siblings.
* GirlishPigtails: Maleficent is depicted with upright pigtails as a child.
* NoNameGiven: Snow White's step-mother isn't given a name.
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''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' is a 2005 Creator/{{Disney}} licensed book about the various villains in ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon''. It's a comedic handbook about the pasts of various characters, though it's not considered canon to the films.

The villains featured are Cruella De Vil, Lady Tremaine, Captain Hook, Madame Medusa, the Evil Queen, Maleficent, Yzma, Gaston, Ursula, and Jafar.
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* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's implied that Ursula is Triton's sister.
* LicensedBook: ''Disney Villains: The Top Secret Files'' ties into the ''Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon'' films.
* VillainEpisode: The book is Disney Villain-centric.

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