This Near Pure Evil was headlined on January 2024.
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Adventure is out there!
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~ Charles Muntz's catchphrase prior to going insane.
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They called me a fraud, those... (exhales). But once I bring back this creature, my name will be cleared. Beautiful, isn't it? I've spent a lifetime tracking it. Sometimes years go by between sightings, I've tried to smoke it out of that deathly labyrinth where it lives. You can't go in after it. Once in, there's no way out, I've lost so many dogs. And here they come these bandits and think the bird is theirs to take. But they soon find out that this mountain, is a very dangerous place.
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~ Muntz revealing his obsession to Carl and Russel right before turning against them.
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You know, Carl, these people who pass through here, they all tell pretty good stories. A surveyor making a map...a botanist cataloging plants...an old man taking his house to Paradise Falls...now that's the best one yet. I can't wait to hear how it ends.
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~ Muntz threatening Carl and revealing his true nature.
Charles F. Muntz (or simply Charles Muntz) is the main antagonist of the Disney/Pixar Up franchise, serving as the main antagonist of Pixar's 10th feature-length animated film Up.
He was once a famed explorer and a member of the National Explorer's Society. After being accused of fraud and stripped of his membership, Muntz spent 70 years to show proof of the existence of a strange bird to clear his name, driving himself crazy in the process of fixing his mistake.
He killed multiple people in the past solely out of mere suspicions they are after his bird that he was going to bring to America, collecting their helmets as trophies.
There are many helmets present on his table, giving him a rather high kill count with just his airship and his pack of dogs.
He almost burned down Carl's house, which was a very personal act on his part as he knew how important the house was to Carl as he had explained why he came to Paradise Falls earlier.
He tried killing Carl with a sword to get Kevin.
He tried to kill Russell by tying him to a chair and having him drop to his death, before chasing him with a rifle and trying to shoot at him multiple times.
He tried to kill Russell, Kevin, and Dug before Carl showed Kevin chocolate, leading Muntz to fall to his death.
While his death can be seen as somewhat sympathetic due to the sheer look of horror on his face before he falls and Carl being horrified to see his former idol fall to his death, it’s too brief to be preventing,
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
He has a sympathetic backstory of being a famed explorer who was falsely accused of fraud, causing him to become desperate to clear his name and atone for it by trying to find the bird that he knew existed, and driving himself insane and paranoid due to the soul-crushing loneliness he had for 70 years stuck in Paradise Falls searching for it with only his pack of dogs for company.
He was truly affable towards Carl and Russell at first, only dropping it after he learns that they have Kevin, with nothing indicating he would've dropped his affability if Carl and Russell didn't have Kevin.
He genuinely cares for his dogs, as Beta mentions that Muntz would be furious if he learns that Alpha sent Dug out alone, and he is visibly mournful when he mentions the large number of dogs he has lost over the years during his hunt for the bird.
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