Maleficent is one of the main antagonists in the Kingdom Hearts franchise, acting as the secondary antagonist in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, and Kingdom Hearts Coded, as well as a supporting antagonist in Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, Kingdom Hearts 3-D: Dream Drop Distance and Kingdom Hearts III.
Her Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Her Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- She cursed Aurora to die by her 16th birthday, simply as petty spite for rightfully not being invited to Aurora's christening as a result of her previous crimes.
- She kidnaps Prince Philip and locks him in the dungeon of her castle.
- She manipulates Terra into stealing Aurora's heart.
- She tries to kill Ventas.
- She spitefully lies to Ventus that Terra willingly took Aurora's heart.
- She imprisons Aqua in her dungeon when she refuses to join Maleficent in her plan to conquer the universe.
- She tries to kill Philip and Aqua to stop them from freeing Aurora from her eternal slumber.
- She captured Aurora and destroyed her own world.
- She, Pete, and the council of Disney villains captured Cinderella, Snow White, and Belle, and destroyed their worlds. She also allowed Captain Hook, Ursula, Oogie Boogie, Hades, and Jafar to use the Heartless in their attempts to conquer their own worlds.
- She set about trying to use the Heartless and the Seven Princesses of Heart to unlock the door to Kingdom Hearts so she could conquer the universe.
- She captures Alice.
- She manipulates Riku into thinking Sora has abandoned him for Donald and Goofy, corrupting Riku into working for her and her council of villains.
- She has Riku capture Jasmine.
- She sends Riku to injure Beast.
- She tries to kill Sora, Donald, Goofy, and Beast.
- She sends Pete to try and conquer more worlds and recruit more allies for her.
- She tries to conquer Disney Castle, sending her Heartless to attack the place.
- She revives Oogie Boogie and tries to turn Santa Claus into a Heartless.
- She only works with Sora and the others against Organization XIII because they have a common enemy.
- She plans to conquer the data worlds, immersing them in darkness, and then use the link to Disney Castle to overrun it with Heartless in a second attempt to conquer it.
- She and Pete corrupt Riku with Bug Blox, forcing him to fight Sora in the data Hollow Bastion. After Sora debugs Riku's data from within, Maleficent attempts to trap him by closing the connection to the outside.
- She and Pete take Minnie hostage and attempt to acquire the data of Disney Castle in a third attempt to conquer it.
What Prevents Her from Being Pure Evil?[]
- Despite her verbal abuse of Pete, she is willing to continue to work with him, and she never physically abuses him despite his many blunders.
- She is somewhat honorable as she stopped attacking Data Riku and Sora and allowed them to escape for the time being after Data Riku saved her life, saying it "made them even".
- Her destroying her home world and other worlds relies on Fridge Horror as its not elaborated upon.
- She has genuine affection for her Raven, Diablo.
Trivia[]
- This is so far the only version of Maleficent to be Near Pure Evil.