Only her film counterpart by taking 101 Dalmatian Street as canon counts as Pure Evil, as the latter was produced by Disney while disregarding the franchise's other spin-offs and continuations, such as 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure or the alternate contiunity 101 Dalmatians: The Series.
She is an eccentric, fashion-obsessed heiress who wishes to use the skins of 99 Dalmatian puppies to create a spotted fur coat. Regarded as a "witch" and "devil woman", Cruella's infatuation with furs drives her to murderous insanity. She commits immoral acts to satisfy her mania, such as kidnapping and slaughter.
In the novel series, Kingdom Keepers, Cruella is one of the main Disneyvillains called the Overtakers, and their plan is to take over all of the Disney parks. (at night, all of the characters and attractions in Disney World and Disneyland come to life) Cruella is the Evil Queen's right hand woman and a nuisance.
From the original Disney animation, we learn that behind her glamour, Cruella de Vil is a murderous, narcissistic psychopath; she is a woman who is perfectly willing to illegally abduct, murder and skin 99 puppies to create her own spotted fur coat.
Cruella de Vil has been hailed as a puppy-killing – but fashionable – villain since the 1950s. Now it seems that this infamous character has taken the path of many re-told Disney villain stories and become more of a quasi-relatable antihero.
Her villainous plot in the show was to steal the Dearlys' farm from them, using the puppies as a ransom. Her mother Malevola de Vil demands she do this, and Cruella also was denied the farm by old Widow Smedly the first time she tried to buy it, incensing her and beginning her obsession.
Cruella de Vil, on the other hand, has been treated with such care and empathy that she's barely recognizable as a villain at all. Rather than exploring the genesis of a soul twisted into evil, Cruella simply opts to make its leading lady … not evil.
The first thing Disney did to make Cruella a redeemable character was to portray her as having dissociative identity disorder (sometimes called multiple personality disorder). The movie tracks the life of Cruella's alter ego, Estella, a rambunctious young prodigy with an eye for style (played by Emma Stone).
It is there the movie arbitrarily suggests Cruella de Vil's eventual obsession with Dalmatians is because that breed of dog was used as a literal murder weapon in the death of her mother.
Estella tries to be calm and kind but struggles with what appears to be a borderline personality disorder and has trouble keeping her raging and mean alter ego, Cruella, under control. When school bullies repeatedly taunt and torment Estella, she loses control and is expelled from school.
Is there a reason why Cruella De Vil hates animals so much in Disney's "101 Dalmatians"? It is not explicitly stated why Cruella De Vil hates animals so much in Disney's "101 Dalmatians", but it is widely assumed that her hatred stems from a deep-seeded psychological issue.
In the Cruella (2021) movie, Cruella is shown as a cold and manipulative psychopath who doesn't care about anyone but herself. We see this when she obsesses over getting into the big circles caring far-less about Jasper and Horace.
Cruella begins with Estella as a child with black and white hair, something that she was born with due to a disease called poliosis. The condition is caused by a decrease or absence of melanin in the hair on the body, typically resulting in a white streak or splotches in someone's hair.
Triton received the trident while Ursula received the magic Nautilus shell. Though the two were meant to rule the seas together, Ursula's greed and use of dark magic to usurp Triton led to her being banished. The desire for revenge and power is her motivation for the show.
Later, Stefan betrays Maleficent and steals her wings so he could claim that he killed her and become king. After the painful loss of her wings, Maleficent becomes enraged over his treachery, and as her heart of gold turns to stone, she becomes the evilest magical being in the land.
In 101 Dalmatians, Cruella wanted to purchase Perdita and Pongo's Dalmatian puppies because she was a selfish heiress who viewed the puppies as a fashionable commodity to be exploited rather than as innocent living beings.
Cruella comes to visit and feels that Anita just sending the sketches of her designs because she is on leave from work isn't the same as the interaction they had together. She mocks Roger for his job and for starting a family which makes his respect for her, turn to hatred.
In Cruella's climax, she gets the devastating news that changes everything. The Baroness and her dogs were the reason that Estella's mother was dead. That discovery caused Estella to permanently transform into Cruella. A good villain origin story adds depth and layers to the existing character.
It is not until the end Cruella reveals her true personality, a violent, careless, murderous, destructive, and downright evil psychopath, after the dalmatians escape, she becomes nearly insane and preposterous, so she goes on a rampage trying to retrieve the dogs but accidentally crashes the car she was driving.
Don't make her a good guy. Humanize her, give her depth, but this film needed to explain what drove her from sad little orphan girl to puppy-killing psychopath and it failed at that task. Sure, the costumes were terrific and the casting was on-point, but the story left much to be desired.
FAQs. Is Cruella 2 coming out? The anticipated release date for Cruella 2 is likely set for 2025 in theaters. The official synopsis for Cruella encapsulates the narrative as, "Experience the genesis of Disney's most infamous and fashion-forward villain, Cruella de Vil."
A significant feature of bipolar disorder is the development of two distinct personalities (referred to as “dissociated parts” or “alters”), which we see in the film in the form of Estella and Cruella.
You can spot a few familiar faces in "101 Dalmatians." During the "Twilight Bark" scene, characters from Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" are clearly visible — and Lady and Tramp themselves even make an appearance.
Cruella doesn't initially hate dogs, even though some of them were ordered to kill her adoptive mother. She eventually does become an evil puppy-killing villain, though — that we know.
