Drake (The Pebble and the Penguin)

Drake is the main antagonist of the 1995 Don Bluth animated film The Pebble and the Penguin. He is the archenemy of Hubie.

Why He Sucks

 * 1) Let’s get the elephant out of the room, he is just another Alpha Bastard AKA Mean Popular Boy stereotype.
 * 2) * Speaking of that, he has no explanation of bullying Hubie other than the fact that they’re both competing for Marina’s affections, which makes his hatred for him even more pathetic.
 * 3) He's a shameless knock off of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and Bowser from the Super Mario series, as all three of them want to have the leading lady all to themselves and wouldn’t hesitate to kill the heroine's love interest so he can have her.
 * 4) * In the case with the former, every female in the movie, except for Marina, adores him.
 * 5) His design is rather humanized for a penguin like him, including having fingers and teeth, none of which real life penguins possess.
 * 6) Inappropriate scene for a G-Rated movie, as he grabs his pecs before fighting Hubie.
 * 7) He gets lustful feelings for Marina and he only wants her to be his mate all because she’s the most beautiful girl penguin in the whole rookery, rather than for who she is, unlike Hubie, who genuinely loves Marina.
 * 8) He never takes no for an answer and continues forcing Marina to be his mate despite her protests. Drake, what part of "No means No" do you not understand?
 * 9) During his song, He threatened to feed Marina to a shark if she didn’t choose him as her mate. We aren’t kidding
 * 10) His death is really harsh for a G-rated film even without blood.
 * 11) Despite being the main antagonist, he only has six minutes of screen time.
 * 12) His and Marina's relationship looks way too similar to the relationship between Belle and Gaston from Disney's Beauty and the Beast, as well as Bowser and Princess Peach in the Super Mario series of games. (WHS #2)
 * 13) Hypocrisy: He snarls at his servants to get them to stop laughing, yet he encouraged them to laugh their heads off with him, which happens twice.
 * 14) Due to all of these qualities, he can qualify as a Gary Stu.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Tim Curry did an amazing job voicing him.
 * 2) Passable character design, depending on your view.
 * 3) "Don’t Make Me Laugh!"
 * 4) He received his comeuppance in the end when he gets killed from being crushed by the entire tower (even if his death is really harsh for a G-rated film even without blood, as stated in WHS #8)
 * 5) He is clearly supposed to be disliked as the callous, abusive, perverted psychopath he is.

Trivia

 * 1) Possibly due to the film's high amount of anthropomorphism, Drake (along with the other penguins) has teeth and fingers. This is odd because in real life, penguins do not have any of these.
 * 2) It was never revealed what species of penguin Drake belongs to unlike Hubie and Rocko. However, given his size and lure, he may be an Emperor Penguin.

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