| “ | Roscoe: What's the occasion, come to rescue your little friend? DeSoto: Say goodbye, Francis. |
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| ~ Roscoe and DeSoto threatening Francis, also their last words before their deaths. |
Roscoe and DeSoto are the secondary antagonists of Disney's 27th full-length animated feature film Oliver & Company, a modern take on Charles Dickens' classic 1838 novel, Oliver Twist.
They are a pair of vicious and sadistic Dobermans who are the pets of the New Yorker loan shark Bill Sykes. As such, Roscoe and DeSoto often accompany Sykes wherever he goes to meet his clients such as Fagin, whom they threaten with their fangs and claws to make sure Fagin pays their master what he owes him.
Roscoe was voiced by the late Taurean Blaque and DeSoto was voiced by Carl Weintraub.
Their Evil Ranking[]
What Makes Them Close to Being Pure Evil?[]
- Roscoe almost bit Fagin's hand off when he and DeSoto got into his boathouse to demand him to go outside and meet their boss, taking the time it took Fagin to do this to harass his dogs, with Roscoe taking the chance to lustfully flirt with Rita and DeSoto trying to maul Oliver, a young kitten who had just joined the gang, to death only for Sykes to call them back.
- They attacked Fagin and his dog Dodger under their owner's orders when Fagin came to his hideout and told him he doesn't have the money to pay him yet, not letting him explain his intentions to use Oliver to demand a ransom from the wealthy Foxworth family, which would have ended with their deaths if Sykes hadn't realized how a ransom for Oliver could serve as payment.
- They intimidated Jenny Foxworth, a 7 year old child and Oliver's owner, when Sykes resolved to kidnap her to blackmail her parents into paying him for her release, growling at her while tied up, with Sykes assuring her that they can devour her if he wishes to give the order.
- They tried to kill Francis, Tito, and Einstein once they discovered their ruse of passing themselves as a pizza boy to lure Sykes out from his office.
- They cornered Oliver, Dodger, Georgette, Jenny, and the other dogs and prepared to kill them all minus Jenny, who still was necessary for their owner's ransom plot, before Fagin broke into the hideout with his scooter and saved them all.
- They tried to kill Oliver once he gets thrown into Sykes' car during the chase through one of New York City's subways.
- Roscoe nearly dragged Dodger with him to his death in the electrical rails, with Dodger avoiding this by letting his bandana go, and DeSoto tried to push him into them after overpowering him before Oliver knocked him off too.
- Although their owner sets the heinous standards, they manage to stand out to a degree by trying to kill nine victims, among them two humans with one being a minor, in brutal ways like mauling or electrocuting them.
What Prevents Them from Being Pure Evil?[]
- They fail the in-story heinous standards compared to their master as they merely follow his orders, never doing anything they aren't asked to do other than harassing Fagin's dogs or trying to kill Oliver initially before Sykes learns of his existence.
- They are genuinely loyal to their owner, Bill, as they never disobey him.
- They both seem to care about each other genuinely, as Roscoe was angry when Oliver scratched DeSoto's nose and swore vengeance on him and Dodger, and DeSoto is furious over Roscoe's death and tried to avenge him by subjecting Dodger to the same fate he had suffered.
Trivia[]
- Due to them hailing from an 1980’s Disney animated film, they are the first Near Pure Evils to appear in a Disney animated movie and the only males in that category to have any morality based preventions.
External Links[]
- Roscoe and DeSoto on the Villains Wiki
- Roscoe and DeSoto on the Disney Wiki
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 Near Pure Evils
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