Twist Villain Cliche

The Disney’s Twist Villain Cliche is a cliche that occurs when a character who although seemingly kind and innocent at first, shockingly reveals their true colors as the antagonist. This particular cliche is named after Disney, whom has been using this cliche in their movies and television shows frequently since the 2010’s. The cliche is seen as problematic due to its tendency to make stories feel predictable and uninspired as well as being capable of inflicting severe damage towards the character involved and their reputation towards fans and viewers.

Film
Tentacular (Rumble): This character had this cliche fall on him twice with the first occurrence happening too early on in the film during the beginning of its first act. It is obvious that he was the villain due to showing his self absorbed behavior too early on with him hogging a selfie from a blimp from another monster reporter before his announcement that he is moving from Stoker to Slitherpoole. The film then advertised that Jimothy Brett Charley III was going to be the main villain only for Tentacular to be revealed that he was the one who orchestras the tear down of stoker stadium. The second occurs Vs of this twist only seems to exist to shoehorn Tentacular into the role of main antagonist and make Jimothy forgotten in the film. The revelation of Tentacular as the villain derails the plot of the film and makes it completely unfaithful to its source material. Evelyn Deavor (The Incredibles 2): Her true identity as The Screenslaver was very obvious due to her vague motivations to helping Elastigirl promote superheroes. Her dead giveaways range from frequently giving weird, evil looking faces and drinking wine often. Her name is pronounced the same way as the words “Evil Endeavor”

Why This Cliche Sucks

 * The cliche when used on a character, has the massive risk of undoing everything the character was originally depicted as, taking away their original apparent identity and forcing viewers to suddenly get accustomed to the character’s true colors
 * When used improperly on the character, it can forcefully strip away all of the redeeming qualities of a character for the sake of a shocking twist and turn them into a one note villain. It can also cause the character to undergo severe character derailment and/or Flanderization.
 * . When the twist is excessively foreshadowed, it stops being a twist altogether and becomes something fans would expect making the whole plot predictable in the process.
 * It often makes the heroes and good characters who are duped by the villain look like major idiots when the villain has obvious red flags given off frequently. It goes to show that the heroes have a horrible judge of character.