Affably Evil/Film/Animated Films

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  • Madam Mim is cheerful, amiable, and actually pretty friendly when Arthur blunders into her house, and while he can tell she's unpleasant, he doesn't even realize she's dangerous until she tells him she has to kill him which she says with about as much fanfare as someone saying it's suddenly started raining.
  • Shere Kahn almost always speaks in a polite tone, even when Mowgli (the child Shere Kahn is out to kill for being human) is claiming not to be afraid of him. "Ah, you have spirit for one so small! Such spirit is surely deserving of a sporting chance!" That's definitely a lot more fair than a REAL tiger would be. It helps that he was voiced by suave voice actors like George Sanders and Tony Jay.
  • Cat R. Waul from An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, a cultured, well mannered "gentlecat" who lures New York mice out west in order to turn them all into "mouseburgers", because simply chasing and eating them is an "unnecessary expenditure of calories".
  • Gru of Despicable Me is gradually softened into this over the course of the story.
  • Dr. Facilier from The Princess and the Frog. In the words of Prince Naveen, he is "very charismatic". Even when he's manipulating the prince's butler and summoning help from his Friends on the Other Side, he's always polite and cordial. Except when you put his voodoo amulet in danger.
  • If you didn't know Mother Gothel from Tangled had kidnapped Rapunzel for her immortality and healing powers, you'd think she was a fairly likable old lady, aside from being possessive, overprotective, and having a cruel sense of humor. That facade starts to crumble about halfway through the movie, and falls apart completely in the third act.
  • Waternoose from Monsters, Inc. is legitimately avuncular with Sully, and is sincerely regretful when his plans require trapping him in the human world. He even tells off his Mook for not being half the monster Sully is.
  • Charles Muntz from Up. He's polite and friendly to any visitors he may find...as long as he doesn't think they're after the bird. At that point, he shows just how off his rocker he is
  • Hades from Disney's Hercules is one of the funniest characters in an an already funny film, and is probably the most genuinely likeable Disney villain.
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