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You can stick a tiara on a villain but you're still a villain.
~ Uma's most famous quote to Mal.
What? You didn't think this was the end of the story, did you?
~ Uma addressing the audience at the end of the film.

Uma is a major antagonist in the Descendants franchise. She first appeared as the main antagonist in both Descendants 2 and its prequel novel Rise of The Isle Of the Lost, and the deuteragonist in the novel Escape from The Isle of The Lost and Descendants 3. Uma will return in Descendants: The Rise of Red.

She is the daughter of Ursula, and the former archenemy of Mal (alongside Zevon), future wife of King Ben.

She was portrayed by China Anne McClain, who also voiced Freddie Facilier in the first season of Descendants: Wicked World, and Sheena in K.C. Undercover.

Biography[]

Rise of The Isle Of the Lost[]

Uma was best friends with Mal and Mad Maddy as a child until Mal pulled a prank on her by pretending to fall off of a dock then dumping a bucket of shrimp in her hair leaving it with a permanent disgusting stench. She watched as the VKs went to Auradon and was filled with rage and envy. She eventually befriends Harry Hook who becomes her first mate and gets her own ship. The two later recruit Gil and various others on the Isle to join their crew. She then hears from a customer at the fish and chips shop that King Triton's trident fell into the river on the Isle after Arabella accidentally lost it. On the Isle of the Doomed, Uma and her crew find Yen Sid's "map" and find a trove of magic items. Uma finds her mother's old necklace and puts it back together. With the shell completed, it begins leading Uma to the trident. She finds it's location and swims down to get it. After a brief battle the reformed VKs retrieve the trident, leaving Uma in a fit of rage. At the end of the book, she vows vengeance on Mal and the others.

Descendants 2[]

After the events of the novel Uma and her crew are attempting to break down the barrier between the Isle and Auradon. Uma, Harry, and Gil work together to plot revenge on Mal. Once Mal returns after being put under too much pressure in Auradon, Ben, Evie, Jay and Carlos search for her only for Ben to be kidnapped. Uma then blackmails Mal into giving her the Fairy Godmother's wand in exchange for Ben. Towards the end of the movie she attempts to steal the wand by making Ben fall in love with her. After being confronted Uma leaps into the waters below only to reveal that she too has tentacles just like her mother, she fights Mal in her dragon form before Ben comes between them. At the end of the movie Uma emerges from the water again breaking the fourth wall to the audience hinting at another sequel.

Descendants 3[]

Uma on Heroine on the Heroes Wiki

Powers & Abilities[]

Uma, being daughter of Ursula (Disney), Uma possesses the following powers:

  • Magic: Descended from her mother, Uma has the ability to manipulate supernatural forces in order to achieve any effect she desires, she is skilled in mischief magic.
    • Spell Casting: Uma has the ability to cast spells, including teleportation, to transforming people into objects, starting fires, summoning ghosts, and resurrecting deceased people.
    • Potion Making: Uma has the ability to brew magical potions and elixirs in a cauldron.
    • Sea Magic: Like her mother, Uma is able to manipulate magic at her will that allows her to cast magical spells and feats through the sea with the power given to her by the necklace.
    • Aquatic Life Manipulation: Uma is able to control marine life, from creatures that dwell in shallow water, to the ones who dwell in the abyss.
    • Water Manipulation: Uma is able to manipulate water to use for various purposes.
    • Metamorphosis: Uma can transform into a cecaelia when she wishes, as her mother is one. Unlike her mother, her natural form is a human due to her father most likely being one. This means she can change from human to cecaelia at her command.

Personality[]

The world will know my name!
~ Uma

Uma is sassy, loyal, determined, strong, ambitious, and a natural-born leader. Though she has a tough exterior, she cares deeply for her crew along with the other people who are being mistreated on the Isle. When Harry returned from the water after having jumped into it to look for his hook, even though she was rushing in the fight against Mal, Uma stopped for a moment and helped her friend get onto the docks.  

However, as a result of being raised by Ursula, Uma is still a "villain" and has different ways when it comes to treating strangers and enemies, like Mal. She is devious and would use any possible way to keep her rival wrapped around her finger, like kidnapping Ben in order to pressure Mal into handing over Fairy Godmother's Magic Wand.  

Despite the opinion of Mal and Uma's other enemies, Ben believes that Uma is just "an angry girl with a bad plan" who wishes to be heard, and "not so different from Mal."

Appearance

Uma is a beautiful, average height, dark-skinned girl with thick, long turquoise hair put into braided dreadlocks. Her makeup is lightly made, with an exception to her turquoise colored eye shadow. She wears a turquoise leather jacket that is slightly military looking to represent her leadership and strength as a captain. Uma sports a dark purple mesh shirt under her military jacket as well. She also wears a belt along with a turquoise fringed skirt, (sometimes is seen wearing the skirt with aqua colored leggings) and brown distressed boots. She also wears fingerless, leather black gloves and a sheath to hold her sword. Her pirate hat, leather jacket, and shoes are all distressed. They all are adorned with different types of sea trinkets like shiny little crabs, starfishes, sea shells, octopuses, feathers, nets, and little skulls. She is seen sporting various accessories like her scallywag swag earrings, turquoise and white bead bracelets, her mother Ursula's golden seashell necklace, her pirate crews symbolic pin, and a golden ring.

In Descendants 3 Uma has stopped putting her hair in dreadlocks and her clothes are less flamboyant and more designed for practicality.

Trivia[]

  • In the books and movie, she works for her mother in a Fish and Chip shop.
  • She is the third main antagonist to be a VK with the first two being CJ and Zevon.
  • She is also the second villain to have a personal conflict and history with Mal, the first being Zevon.
  • She is the second VK to be a pirate with the first being CJ.
  • She is the second most short tempered character from the franchise, directly behind Audrey.
  • Uma is the most tragic main antagonist in the series so far. This is due to Uma being the one who is shown and intended with the most sympathy on screen while the others such as Maleficent and Zevon are tragic due to their pasts and how they are treated by their peers whilst CJ is tragic due to being ignored by her father of whom she looks up to and how she appears to not be able to hold up any sort of friendship with anyone (with the exception of Zevon). The main difference between Uma and these three however is that Uma uses her tragic background as motivation whilst the others acknowledge their tragic stories but do not use them as primary motivation.
  • China Anne McClain, who portrayed Uma, also provided the voice of Freddie Facilier daughter of Dr. Facilier, in the animated short series Descendants: Wicked World.
  • According to Rise of the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel, Uma emits a shrimp odor due to getting dunked with shrimp larva by Mal, earning her the nickname "Shrimpy".
  • Like her mother, Uma has the ability to transform into a giant cecaelia.
    • It could be this is her true form and is merely disguising herself as human-like her mother did.
  • Uma lets slip during the end credits that it's not the end of the story, hinting toward yet another sequel.
  • Uma has the ability to use Mal's spellbook.
  • Uma later became good in Descendants 3.
  • Uma is ranked first in the Top 20 Greatest Disney Channel Villains Ever by MsMojo.

Gallery[]

Navigation[]

           DesecendantsTitle Villains

Protagonists
Mal | Evie | Carlos De Vil | Jay | Freddie Facilier | King Beast | Hades

Main
Maleficent | CJ Hook | Madam Mim | Zevon | Uma | Audrey

Secondary
Dr. Facilier | Chad Charming | Evil Queen | Cruella De Vil | Jafar | Captain James Hook | Yzma | Harry Hook | Gil | Ursula | Gaston LeGume

Groups
Puppet Army | Uma's Pirate Crew

See Also
101 Dalmatians Villains | Aladdin Villains | Alice in Wonderland Villains | Beauty and the Beast Villains | Cinderella Villains | Hercules Villains | Mulan Villains | Peter Pan Villains | Sleeping Beauty Villains | Snow White Villains | The Emperor's New Groove Villains | The Little Mermaid Villains | The Princess and the Frog Villains

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