How To Write A Terrifying Villain - Puss in Boots

How is this guy tragic think about it this guy literally has it made he's immortal so he lives forever, and he's all powerful remember what he said nobody can escape him so even the most powerful Godlike beings can't stop him if their capable of being destroyed, he can literally teleport anywhere he wants disguise himself as whoever he wants what's so tragic about him he can enjoy all thr pleasures of mortals and he can do it for as long as the earth stands he doesnt have to worry about wasting his life he can live it forever.

Another good example of a terrifying villain is light yagami from death note.
Every time he does something I always felt both afraid of what he will do to innocent characters we want to win and expose his crimes but also curiosity of how he will do it. His intelligence makes light both fascinating but also terrifying.

The fact i recognise the whistle at the start speaks for itself

Love the videos!

Could you do one on insane villains.

I think horror villains also serve as great examples of terrifying villains. I know it’s just what they do but they are also good at it as each one of these slashers have something that not only makes them different from eachother but also makes them scary in their own way.

Art the clown: A brutal and psychotic killer that is unpredictable. You don’t know what he will do next, who he is gonna hurt or HOW he is gonna hurt him and that was makes him terrifying(especially the last part)

Michael myers: Michael Myers is an enigmatic murder that stalks his victims at daylight and then kills you at night. What makes him ultimately scary is that he is one of the most realistic killers there is. He isn’t a magic being or a demon from hell, he is an actual human being who kills just because it is his nature to kill.

Ghostface: the horror of Ghostface comes that it isn’t supernatural. It is a human being and more importantly, a human you might know. Ghostface could be anyone: Your family, your friends, your neighbor or even someone you just see in class but don’t really talk to. That’s where the horror of Ghostface comes from as the mystery of the killer makes you doubt everyone you know and love.

Pennywise: A century old being that uses what you fear to torment you. He is a sadist who enjoys seeing you suffer before killing you.

DEATH ISN'T A VILLAIN!!!! HE'S JUST A FORCE OF NATURE!!! HE'S AN ANTAGONIST, BUT NOT A VILLAIN!!!

Yes Death is😂

Death was such a fresh threat when The Last Wish came out! I wasn't expecting him to be so angry with Puss but he wanted to teach Puss a lesson. Anyone who thinks they can escape death are just very arrogant. Everyone will ultimately die, but it is with the time that we have that we should use to not be selfish. Like how Perrito wanted to make friends with the only outcome of the other person being a friend back. No need for bargains and wishes. Perrito is selfless like how he calmed down Puss during that anxiety attack. He didn't know what to do at first but the way he just put his head on Puss was so heartwarming! I love this movie! Dreamworks knows how to make good movies once in a while. Great video!

Death is my favorite villain in any movie ever. And yes, he is a villain. The wolf goes out of his way to kill Puss just because he's mad at him for treating death as a joke. He's stepping out of bounds. It's not Puss' time yet. Whenever I see this movie, I get the chills and my heart pounds. That's how well Death is used and portrayed.

That whisile still gives me chills.

The wolf is both a villain and a force of nature. His job is to take the dead with him but he broke his nature to hunt for puss.

Who knew that The Reaper was a fury? 😂

This movie was jam packed with epic-ness from the start and I was so pleasantly surprised when I watched it the first time because it truly had NO Business being as good as it was in every way, animation, story, characters and their arcs, but the antagonists where really outstanding, death and his design and character, he was chilling and present, but at the end was super respectable as he came to see puss learned his lesson, and there was no cause for this hunt anymore. It was such a great fricking movie FOR A SEQUEL and to puss in boots like I was floored.

So essentially Final Destination for kids

can you write one as society as a villain? I want to know what I should consider when writing.

i am still convinced that Death's goal wasn't to kill Puss, but to change him. And he succeeded.
for some reason, the viewers are taking his words at face value. he can easily be lying in whole or in part, about his motivation to the rest of the characters.

He is not a villain but he is still an antagonist and a force of nature he is simply bending the rules because Puss hasn't valued his lives and in Death's eyes if Puss doesn't value his lives then he doesn't deserve them.

DisContent did a video about it.

I love his whistle

I think for me, Death stopped being a simple force of nature when he decided to take Puss’ last life into his own hands—claws. The moment he decided to go outside of his purpose was the moment he became a villain. Death’s reasoning is the same as any who’s been taken advantage of by one person repeatedly, so it’s not like his reasons aren’t understandable. But becoming something else other than his purpose as the personification of a force of nature is what makes him an antagonist. The thing is… he’s not a normal villain. He’s defeated not by the hero killing him, but by the hero proving him wrong. A typical villain wouldn’t just walk away like that… but El Lobo is a more mature, multifaceted villain with much more nuance than he’d like you to believe (“I’m Death, straight up”). He’s completely out for his own interests when he’s hunting down Puss, toying with the one who has continually gotten away, enjoying the chase now that he’s directly involved. His revenge is in the act of making Puss fear for his last life, making Puss FEEL something other than disregard and apathy for the last chance he had. Funnily enough, despite Death accepting defeat at the end, he still technically succeeded in his goal. Puss learned to respect his life (and therefore Death himself) regardless of whether El Lobo was able to reap his life early. It’s really rare you see an antagonist actually achieve their goal while also “losing” in the story

he is such a puss fanboy he etched puss into his weapon

I too wondered why Death is portrayed as a wolf here and I think it's for two reasons:

One is to throw the audience off. I know some people think that Puss should have known that the Wolf was death right away, but I think it's fair that both Puss and the audience wouldn't be thinking that because Death isn't usually portrayed as an anthropomorphic wolf, and with this being the Shrek fairy tale world many thought he was supposed to be the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood or The Three Little Pigs. Therefore, when it's revealed what he is the audience is just as surprised as Puss is, and it makes the instantly makes the character even more interesting.

The second reason I think is simply because a canine is seen as a natural enemy of a feline, which is emphasized in the line where Death says "I'm not a cat person". Which also has the double entendre of him not liking cats not just because he's a canine but because he is death and doesn't like that cats have none lives 🤔.

Lastly, without the climax revealing that everyone else can see Death it would have been interesting to see the debate about whether or not only Puss can see him 😅.

good video but theres 1 error in it which is the fact that death in the last wish is infact based off a real life mythical character named El Silbon whos the Mexican spirit of death (there version of the grim reaper), unlike the classic grim reaper El Silbon will go out of it's way to punish and even kill those who disrespect death and/or those whom have died just like death in the movie, other traits they share is the fact El Silbon always whistles just before he is about to attack some one who doesn't respect death or there ancestors along with wielding the same weapons and cloak (well El Silbon has other weapons and can take on many forms but with death in the lastv wish they used El Silbons most common attire he wears and weapons he wields), El Silbon also likes to toy with/punish his targets before finally killing them but should they regain a true and sincere respect for death and there ancestors he will let them go since they learned there lesson which is what death does in the last wish.

The initial interaction, from him casually drinking up to the cryptic conversation makes him exceptionally unnerving, perfect for when the fangs were revealed and all bets were off for what he really is. He really put the literal fear of death into Puss and stole the show in the process.

a Darth Vader video would be so fun

Sentinel Prime from Transformers One is a cruel and authoritarian villain.

Death is the G.O.A.T. When he is hunting his target.

Like I know Shrek 1 2 3 had some good but goofy villains, but for puss death was legit a force to be reckoned with, man had puss running at first.

There's a lot of tales where Death come to meet someone, and that someone regain his will to live and the reaper leaves ... for now.
I think Death in the last wish is just a part of the story we're told, it come when Puss still deny that he'll die to make him accept that fact, it don't go after him in the cat shelter because it's like he were dead (Death can easily track Puss so if it was sadistic it should have attacked him in a place that felt safe).

Death came back when Puss try to find a loophole (aka another way to deny his mortality) to straight him up, and finally when his target finally accept that he won't escape death, it leaves.

All the battle, all the "flare" that death have is just a way to make the fairy tale that we're shown entertaining.

I think I'd consider this version of Death to be a lawful or at least neutral evil type. Death has shown that he'll maintain respect and patience toward those who respect the one life that they have. With Puss having had eight lives to spare, he was incredibly reckless and wasted all of them chasing thrills and just being careless, which is the reason Death loathes the idea of anyone having more than one life to live. And while Death himself isn't metaphorical, him chasing Puss throughout the movie can be seen that way, as Death can come much more quickly to thrill-seekers and careless individuals, where one slip-up can mean you're in his grasp.

I've also heard a fan-theory that Death may have, perhaps more than once, spared Perrito's life because of how much he values and lives it to its fullest. If this is true, then it shows that he's not purely a hunter and is willing to bend the rules the other way for those he deems are worthy of it, which in turn could also make him a Judgement type character.

The main thing I love about Death as a character in this movie is that many different people have come to so many different conclusions and ALL of them are valid. Death and by extension life means something different to everyone. Dreamworks knocked it out of the park with every single aspect of this character allowing for so many interpretations and none of them be wrong.

Dude I used your Wreck it Ralph video as an example in my English class. W man for helping me with becoming a better writer and student!

Well put. :)

Also death is a large wolf going after a small cat, a wolf is basically the treat of a dog times 50, making him instinctually seem like even more of a threat for puss

I see the wolf as purely a force of nature: the fact that he tries to claim puss' life early on yet does not do it I view as metaphor of life threatening events that can arise in your life, the perpetual hunt to me is also a metaphor: its a way of reminding the viewer that whilst in the end we all get caught, we never know when or when the wolf will strike: in that sense we are constantly being hunted. The fact that he stops the hunt at the end might be the films way of telling us how to avoid that feeling of being constantly at deaths mercy: rather than denying our mortality or running away from it and being conatantly hunted we can choose to fully accept it, and not let it affect our lives. By doing so we do not gain immortality, just like puss doesnt get his wish of being immortal, but we ensure that whatever time we have left, we will live fully, not as prey, but as masters of our own life, and as such, we can chose to tell death to fuck off and only come back when the time comes. Thats why the wolf gives up: what can he do ? Its not puss' time to go and he is done letting his fear of death control his life. So he leaves.

I like to believe that death went out of its way with Puss because he wanted to teach him a lesson. 9 lives is absurd, but if all cats have 9, why go after Puss specifically? The only answer I can come up with is he wanted to teach him something. That death is not something to be laughed at, something that anyone with eight fale-saves would inevitably forget down the line. Such an interesting character for a kids movie

Death was not in any real "struggle", as you claimed. He was enjoying tormenting puss by taking his time to kill him; for the sport of the chase, the hunt.

Glad people are still making essays on this movie because I got to it hella late, though I'd been wanting to watch it forever