10 Most Satisfying Disney Villains Deaths Of All Time

10. Ursula - The Little Mermaid

The sea-witch villain of The Little Mermaid has a particularly convoluted aim: to usurp the king of Atlantica and seize the throne (fair enough) so as to transform the mermaid population into decorations for her garden (weird). There’s voice theft, disguise and subterfuge - the whole thing gets seriously complicated.

After Ariel’s love interest Eric becomes engaged to a heavily disguised Urusla (by means of hypnosis) it seems all is lost, but the heroine isn’t about to give up that easily. She chases the villain down and busts up the wedding. Good stuff, except that Ursula responds by becoming absolutely massive through the convenient powers of the magic trident. With the power of the ocean at her fingertips/tentacles, she whips up a storm, and is ready to lay waste to her foes until Prince Eric rams the sharp end of a boat straight into Ursula kamikaze style, which pretty much does the trick.

While it would have been even better had Ariel slayed the monster herself, the animation here is second to none, with every gorgeously rendered frame a painting. The film was a shot in the arm for Disney, and the final battle its crowning achievement.