| NOTE: This page is only about his film incarnation as the book version of Prince Humperdinck was voted Pure Evil, and thus only the film version of Prince Humperdinck's info and crimes should be put here. |
| “ | You truly love each other, and so you might have been truly happy. Not one couple in a century has that chance, no matter what the storybooks say. And so I think no man in a century will suffer as greatly as you will. | „ |
| ~ Prince Humperdinck before torturing Wesley |
| “ | It's odd... When I hired Vizzini to have her murdered on our engagement day, I thought that was clever. But it's going to be so much more moving when I strangle her on our wedding night. Once Guilder is blamed, the nation will be truly outraged; they'll demand we go to war. | „ |
| ~ Prince Humperdinck revealing his true nature. |
Prince Humperdinck, also simply known as Humperdinck, is the main antagonist of the 1987 live-action fantasy film The Princess Bride.
He was portrayed by Chris Sarandon.
His Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Plans to marry Buttercup to later assassinate her so he can frame his rival kingdom Guilder and start a war with them.
- Hires Vizzini to kidnap Buttercup as part of his plan.
- Lies to Buttercup about taking Westley to safety.
- When he gets ahold of Westley, he locks him underground and tortures him, purposefully making the torture as painful as possible and planning to kill him with it.
- When he is, in his mind, insulted by Buttercup, he tortures Westley so badly and painfully that it nearly kills him, with him only being saved thanks to being saved at the last minute by a healer.
- When Buttercup is no longer willing to marry him, he ends up forcing her to, which she hates so much she intends to kill herself immediately after.
What Prevents Him from Being Pure Evil?[]
- His defeat is played for laughs with him being humiliated by Westley, who declares that they fight "to the pain", meaning that Westley will mutilate and disfigure Humperdinck and leave him "wallowing in freakish misery forever." It ends with him suffering the fate of knowing he is little more than a coward and being called one by Buttercup.
Trivia[]
- Only the movie version is considered to be Near Pure Evil, as the 1973 novel version had his laughable defeat excluded.
External Links[]
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