10 Beloved Disney Characters Who Had Serious Mental Health Issues

4. Cruella De Vil - 101 Dalmatians

Disorder: Psychopathy To be the top of the food chain, to reach the pinnacle of your career, to have success over others, you have to be the best of the best and sometimes a psychopathic personality is a great advantage as you quickly climb the ladder. After all, how do you beat your competition if you have any empathy for them? How do you stand out for promotion if you are not bold and uninhibited in equal measure? Think about that when you talk to your boss on Monday€ Cruella is absolutely a psychopath. She lusts for power, wealth and luxury and does not let the feelings of others, not even high-school friend Anita, get in her way. She has no empathy, no consideration; she wants and she takes. The fact that she's willing to skin 99 puppies just to have a new Dalmatian coat...well you know what they say about the trend between killing animals and people; animals are just the first steps towards something much darker. Cruella is also cruel (she mocks Roger's music career in front of him and Anita) and prone to outburst of violence (she is downright demented when she chases are the truck containing the puppies, ramming them off the road). It's these traits that transferred so wonderfully to the live action version of 101 Dalmatians. Glenn Close's Cruella is the head of a fashion house and has used her psychopathic traits in her rise to power.