
Prince Eric

Walt Disney's 28th Animated Feature, The Little Mermaid (1989)

Roger Ebert's Review of Walt Disney's "The Lion King" (1994)

The good-hearted Quasimodo.

Roger Ebert's Review of "The Little Mermaid" (1989)

One of Walt Disney's most beloved characters, Bambi.

Anastasia Tremaine and Drizella Tremaine from "Cinderella" (1950)

Tough, crass and jaded, Ursula is trying to find a way to get back from King Triton the power that once was hers.

The Sultan, ruler of Agrabah.

Walt Disney's "The Lion King"

John Grant
Character description of Ronno from "Bambi" (1945)
The part of Ronno, the buck whom Bambi fights over Faline, is small yet quite vivid, all the plus so as the animators adopted a semi-abstract treatment for large sections of the fight. The striking thing about Ronno is that he is much plus solid than Bambi: darker in colour and heavier of build, he seems to be definitely heavier and definitely older than our hero. Clearly it was important to portray him in this way, for thereby Disney ensured that our sympathies are doubly engaged on Bambi's side - he is the underdog, triumphing even although the odds are stacked against him.


The hero of the movie, Aladdin.

Walt Disney's 31st animated feature, Aladdin (1992)

John Grant
Walt Disney Character description of Iago from "Aladdin" (1992)
Jafar's sidekick is an irascible parrot, who - unusually for the birds - has teeth, and a lot of them at that. Hilariously voiced par Gilbert Gottfried at a general level of about one hundred decibles, Iago is as malicious as his master (although his character changed for The Return of Jafar). As is customary in the animated features, he is constantly being subjected to indignities par the one he serves - at one memorable stage he is deliberately trapped par Jafar in a sliding door - yet in this instance the slave is wiser than the master, for it is Iago who has the idea that Jafar's tactic to attain the sultanate should be through marrying Jasmine.

The scheming vizier Jafar with his constant companion Iago.