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Evil-doer
Full Name	Maleficent
Alias	Mistress of all Evil
Origin	Sleeping Beauty (Disney Film)
Occupation	Ruler of the Forbidden Mountains
Powers / Skills	Magic powers, Fire (Dragon Form), Teeth (Dragon Form), staff
Hobby	Doing evil things
Goals	To kill Princess Aurora, Rule all the worlds
Type of Villain	Sorceress, Queen of Darkness

"She shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel...and DIE!"

—Maleficent

"NO!, It cannot be! Now shall you deal with me, O Prince, and all the powers of HELL!"

—Maleficent before transforming into a dragon

Maleficent is an evil fairy and the main antagonist in Sleeping Beauty. She takes offense at not being invited to the christening of Princess Aurora, and attempts revenge on King Stefan and the Queen by cursing Aurora. Contrary to popular belief, Maleficent is a fairy, albeit a dark one, responsible for all misfortune in King Stefan's kingdom; she appears to be particularly unfond of the three good fairies Flora, Fauna and Merryweather, her polar opposites, who do all in their power to keep Maleficent's overwhelming evil magic at bay. Maleficent is also famous for her role as one of the primary antagonists of the Kingdom Hearts series. With her gothic, elegant design, dramatic and flamboyant animation and unlimited arsenal of magic powers, Maleficent is one of the most popular and well-known Disney Villains.

Contents 1 Sleeping Beauty 2 Kingdom Hearts 3 Gallery 4 House of Villains 5 Trivia

Sleeping Beauty

At the christening of the newly born Princess Aurora, the Three Good Fairies come to bestow three gifts on the child: Flora’s gift is Beauty, and Fauna’s is Song. Before Merryweather has a chance to give the child a gift, Maleficent enters with her raven Diablo, perched on her staff. Mad at not receiving an invitation, she curses the child, decreeing that, before the sun sets on Aurora’s 16th birthday, the child shall die, by pricking her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. She then leaves, cackling. Merryweather, unable to undo the entire curse herself, is able nevertheless to alter it such that Aurora will not die, but merely enter a deep sleep, to be broken with love’s first kiss.

As Aurora's 16th birthday draws near, Maleficent punishes her Goons, who have stupidly been searching for a baby for 16 years. She then sends Diablo, her Raven, to find the princess. Diablo discovers that Aurora, as 'Briar Rose,' is living with the Three Good Fairies (who are posing as mortals) in a cottage in the woods. When the princess and the fairies return to the castle late that afternoon, Maleficent finds Aurora alone and, as a will-o the wisp-like apparition, lures her to a spinning wheel. She pricks her finger and falls to the floor. The fairies arrive in time for Maleficent to scoff at them; she then disappears. She and the Goons go to the cottage, where they wait for Prince Phillip, who had arranged to meet Aurora (whom he only knew to be 'Briar Rose,' a peasant girl). When he arrives, they capture him and take him to the Forbidden Mountain.

Flora, Fauna and Merryweather rescue Phillip and give him the Shield of Virtue and Sword of Truth; this is noticed by Diablo, who fetches the Goons. The prince and fairies are still able to escape, and Merryweather turns Diablo to stone. However, Maleficent emerges, sees Phillip escaping and attempts to strike him down with lightning. As he continues, she summons thorns to surround Stefan’s castle. When she sees that Phillip, with help from the Good Fairies, is able to hack through the thorns, she appears before him, and transforms into an enormous dragon.

The two battle, but Phillip eventually kills her when Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather enchant his sword. She falls from a great height, and Phillip looks down to see that she has become a stain on the land; the Sword of Truth, still embedded in the black puddle, turns black. Phillip then awakens Aurora with a kiss.

Kingdom Hearts

Maleficent is one of the primary antagonists in the videogame series Kingdom Hearts as well, and the game's most prominent Disney villain. She first appears after the hero defeats the Sneak Stealth in the Deep Jungle, watching his victory from her perch in Hollow Bastion. She, along with her team (which includes popular Disney Villains Captain Hook, Ursula, Jafar, and Oogie Boogie), watched Sora stride away from the battle victoriously. She and her allies muse on the nature of darkness and the Heartless, and Maleficent declares that "she could be quite useful" before bringing out the kidnapped Alice.

After locking the Deep Jungle keyhole, Jafar asks what made the Heartless come to tha world. Maleficent then replies "The hunter lured them there" because of the darkness in Clayton's heart.

However, her willingness to submit to darkness proves to be her downfall, as Xehanort's Heartless (in Riku's body) releases her inner power, turning her into a massive dragon. She fights Sora, but he is too much for her, and she is eventually defeated, dissolving in a blaze of emerald fire. All that is left behind is her cloak, which "Riku" steps on and it disappears. He declares her fate "a fitting end for such a fool".

She returns in the sequel, Kingdom Hearts II, having used what remained of her evil power to come back. She immediately returns to her evil ways, but when her plans are thwarted by Organization XIII, she actually helps Sora and his friends, leading them to conclude that help can come from unexpected places.

Gallery

House of Villains

• Maleficent is one of many villains who take over the House of Mouse, under the leadership of her male counterpart, Jafar. During the villains' song, Maleficent turns into her dragon form, and Chernabog seems to fall in love with her.

Trivia

• Maleficent is often tied with, or else comes close to either above or below, Jafar as the most evil Disney villain. They also share many similarities, as they are both evil sorcerers who wield a staff, have a pet bird, and transform into a reptilian form.
• Maleficent's dying cry when she gets stabbed sounds remarkably similar to that of the Evil Queen when she falls over a cliff.
• Along with Ursula, Maleficent may have inspired the My Little Pony antagonist, Queen Chrysalis. Ironically, while Chrysalis seemingly falls to her death as many Disney villains do, both Maleficent and Ursula are stabbed in the heart instead (although Maleficent does fall off a cliff after the deathblow is struck). She also seems to have inspired the series' first antagonist, Nightmare Moon, who says "Stand back, you foals!" at one point.
• The colors of Maleficent's dragon form give her a slight similarity in appearance to Gloomtail from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door.
• Maleficent's introduction to King Stephen and the court is similar to Queen Nehelenia introducing herself to Queen Serenity and the Silver Millenium in the manga, Sailor Moon. They both are uninvited guests who crash a celebration of the birth of the Kingdom's princess and before vanishing (Maleficent departed while Nehelenia was sealed away), they bestow a death curse on the infant princess.
• Maleficent is one of three of the earlier Disney villains to say "hell", the other two being Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Forte from Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas.
• Maleficent and Lady Tremaine are both voiced at first by Eleanor Audley and currently by Susan Blakeslee.

Maleficent from this film, Sykes from Oliver and Company and Jafar from The Return of Jafar are important villains.