| “ | Tonight, your pod will bloom here. And when the pod blooms in darkness, it belongs to the darkness. It will become my little dark prince. I'll destroy the forest with the very thing you hoped would save it. | „ |
| ~ Mandrake revealing his plan. |
Mandrake is the main antagonist of Blue Sky's 8th full-length animated feature film Epic, based on William Joyce's book of the same name.
He is the villainous leader of the Boggans, a race of bat-like creatures who wants to destroy the Leafmen (especially his arch-nemesis Ronin) and take over their kingdom.
He was voiced by Christoph Waltz, who also played Hans Landa in Inglourious Basterds.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- He has tried killing the Leafmen and destroying the ecosystem many times in the film.
- It is implied that he caused the death of Nod's father, because on a mission he and Ronin went to the Boggan Forest and he did not come out alive.
- He conspired with his son to kill Queen Tara and thus destroy the entire forest.
- In the beginning, he successfully kills the queen, which cause everyone in Moonhaven to weakened.
- He tried destroying the buds when the queen chose after her death, then begins corrupting it to make it his own.
- He is willing to turn the ecosystem into a barren environment while he rules over the forest.
- He threatened Bufo with death to force him to tell him where they were going to take the bud.
- He tries to destroy the forest with everyone still in it.
- He has killed tons of Leafmen in the film.
- He nearly killed Ronin.
- He tried blocking the moon to prevent the heir from attacking.
- He tried to kill the bird of Nod to cause it to fall to the ground and die.
- He attacks Ronin once again and begins to taunt him with the Leaf Men's motto only to then attempt to fight them all.
- While his death of being absorbed into a tree can be horrifying, it is well-deserved for everything he had done.
- Despite having some comedic lines in the film, his actions are taken seriously and they don't detract from his villainy.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- He truly loved and cared for his son Dagda and despite indirectly causing his death in the first place, he still wanted to avenge him by killing Ronin.
External Links[]
- Mandrake on the Villains Wiki
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 Near Pure Evils
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