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Cruella De Vil is the main antagonist of Disney's 1961 animated feature film, 101 Dalmatians and one of the secondary antagonists in the film Descendants. She is Carlos De Vil's mother.
She is the former host of Cruella De Vil's Coat Club before the Evil Isle channel was taken down.
She is portrayed by Wendy Raquel Robinson.
Background Information[]
Character origins[]
Further information: 101 Dalmatians
Cruella as she appears originally in 101 Dalmatians.
Driven by her love for fur coats, Cruella ordered her henchmen Jasper and Horace to kidnap Roger and Anita Radcliffe's fifteen Dalmatian puppies, after becoming obsessed with having a coat with spots.
Pongo and Perdita, the puppies' parents, rescued their children and 84 other puppies that Cruella was hiding. After that, Cruella, Jasper and Horace chased the Dalmatians, driving from one place to another. After a chase to the truck where the Dálamtas were traveling, Cruella's car ended up crashing into Jasper and Horace's van, with the three of them ending up lying in the middle of the field with their vehicles destroyed.
Physical Appearance[]
In Descendants, Cruella looks a lot more different than her animated carnation. Her hair is mostly black with bits of white on the more puffy side. She has brown skin instead of white and her clothing usually consists of a white and black coat, white and black pants, and red gloves with a ring.
Personality[]
Cruella is described as cruel, greedy, mean, and sarcastic. She has a strong hatred of dogs, in which she would even go as far as to skin them nearly alive to make a fur coat. Carlos says that Cruella loves her furs more than she loves him, she proves this by saying she would miss him solely because if he went to Auradon, he wouldn't be able to do chores for her. As they are leaving for Auradon Prep she goes as far as chasing him down to prevent him from leaving. When he does leave she calls him an "ingrate" and leaves.
History[]
School of Secrets[]
In "Day 9: Play" the Drama club students have to rewrite the play "What's that spell?" and one of the suggested ideas is "Cruella de Vil on trial".
Descendants[]
When Beast became King and joined the kingdoms together as Auradon, he sent all of the villains to live on the Isle of the Lost and Cruella was among them. Sometime later on this island, Cruella gave birth to a son named Carlos and raised him to be as evil as she is. Once Carlos has grown into a teenager, he is given an offer to attend Auradon Prep. This gives Maleficent an idea and she convinces Cruella and the other villains to send their children there and have them steal the Fairy Godmother's wand to use for evil. Cruella is at first reluctant and says she will miss Carlos but she eventually agrees.
The week of family day, Cruella and the other villains video chat with the kids, who reveal the upcoming coronation to them. While web chatting, she notices Dude, Carlos's new dog and quotes he would make lovely ear muffs, which causes Carlos to talk back, insulting her stuffed dog "Baby" and asking her to skin dogs a rest, causing Jafar to laugh and the two have a brief argument.
Cruella gathers with the other villains on coronation day to watch it live on television and when Jane steals the wand and accidentally creates a hole in the barrier, Cruella is joyed along with the other villains but doesn't manage to escape.
At the end of the movie, after she and the other villains have been defeated, Cruella watches fireworks with Jafar and Evil Queen from Maleficent's balcony.
Descendants Wicked World[]
In episode 10, Carlos mentions that Cruella taught him to talk to dogs. Later on in episode 21, Carlos mentions his mother's coat.
Descendants 2[]
After arriving back to the Isle of the Lost, Carlos warns the group to be quiet as he does not want their parents knowing they are there.
Descendants 3[]
Jane mentions that she is nervous about meeting Cruella. Dude admits he is afraid of her.
Trivia[]
- The Descendants version of Cruella De Vil is the first version of her to be presented as a black British woman.
- "Cruella De Vil" is a play on the words "cruel" and "devil".
- It seems that Carlos has never talked back to Cruella, as she seems shocked when he tells her to back off of his dog, Dude.
- While she only appears in the beginning and the end of the movie she is seen and mentioned a lot: in the museum she can be spotted twice: once as a statue and once as a painting.
- Cruella is the first female villain to oppose a male protagonist, being Pongo.
- She is one of the few villains to not be defeated by the main protagonist but rather defeated because of her minions' incompetence and stupidity.
- Cruella De Vil's Crimes were:
- Turning the Dalmatian puppies into a fur coat which is Excessive Cruelty to Animals.
- Trying to Run a Truck Driver off the road.
- Dognapping (The Puppies).
- Her fur coat was mentioned in Descendants: Wicked World when Mal was casting spells in Audrey's portrait. ("Mal's Digi-Image Problem")
- She is seen with a stuffed dog named Baby. The only one who told her that it was stuffed was Carlos.
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