I just watched ever single episode of the Little Mermaid series with a friend, and let me tell you when we simped *hard* for this villian. His name is Evil Manta, and the little tike at the bottom is his son Little Evil.
Now this isn’t to say I don’t love his design, but obviously it had to be simpler so it was easier to animate, so my friend and I took it upon ourselves to redesign him~
Let me know if you remember this guy! Cause I swear all of the Disney villains were a 1000 times more recognisable than the protagonists, I mean what about an evil manta ray, who’s voiced by Tim Curry, doesn’t demand a rent free room on the brain?
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Yo, have you ever done anything for Evil Manta or his son, little evil? Even thought they're just in the Ariel cartoon, I think they're pretty cool! Could I get some headcanons for one of both of them? It's fine if you don't want to lol, just a suggestion! Plus, you seem like the type of skilled writer that could draw some sort conclusion as to where little evil's mother is (I have a headcanon that she was harpooned, but I wanna see whatchu got!)! Again, if you don't want to, that's perfectly fine! Just a suggestion from someone who loves underrated characters :)
I had absolutely no idea this character existed before you sent this ask. So please keep in mind that I'm writing this purely based on the wiki pages, three YouTube videos and vibes.
I have a theory.
Because while Manta appears appears to hate all things happy like music, merriment and laughter in general, he doesn't apply that to himself or Little Evil.
He himself has a wicked evil laugh(Thank you Tim Curry.) which causes him no distress despite saying he hates that kind of thing.
He also enjoys singing lullabies to Little Evil, so he can't possibly hate music itself.
So if it isn't the activities or things that bother him, then what the hell is his problem?
I think Manta gets his magic powers from the misery of others, and that he needs a certain amount to function properly.
So logically, people being happy around him would weaken his powers.
His own feelings have no effect on his abilities, because otherwise he'd have to be miserable. All. The. Time.
Round the clock despair.
And no one can or should live like that, so he has to fill his battery by tormenting others.
But what about Little Evil? He's another person, so why wouldn't his joy weaken his father?
Because the name is literal.
He is a small piece of his father's evil power made flesh.
Not that he isn't his own person, he is, he obviously grew his own personality and preferences.
He was just born a little different is all.
But why would he do that? Why wouldn't he be the exact copy he was supposed to be?
I think Manta accidentally added a secret ingredient to the concoction, Chemical X Love.
I think Manta loved him too much.
You can't tell me that genuinely loving the thing you're making out of your own evil being wouldn't effect the results.
Manta, while he still loves and supports Little, is deeply worried over how Little might not be able to cause enough turmoil to sustain his health when he's an adult.
Little will be fine.
He's just gonna be a little shit about it instead of a super villain.
He will ask how thanksgiving with your crap family went, he will ask about the work drama you're going through, he will bring up that latest horrible news story, and he will hate watch The Bachelor with you.
Then you'll thank him for "letting you vent" while he wonders what he should shoot lightning at first.
Please just text him all the happy stuff, joy is like jellyfish, it's only beautiful from a distance.
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What is your opinion of The Evil Manta from the Little Mermaid tv series as a villain?
Well, part of me goes " Heck Yeah Tim Curry :D!"
And part of me goes "You know for an eldritch monster his plan is kinda really basic, and the episode with his son really brings down any menace he had"
And part of me goes "OH MY GOSH TRITON ARIEL SAVES ATLANTICA ON A WEEKLY BASIS FROM INVASIONS AND DISEASE AND ELDRITCH DEMON MANTAS OF LEGEND LET HER GO TO THE FREAKIN' SURFACE!"
😅😅😅
Soooo I think in my DisneyVerse there was an 'Evil Manta' who was like an ocean demon and actually as terrible as they made him out to be, but was defeated at some point and no longer exists
Basically the mood evoked in this shot of him being this giant being, brooding over the city, Chernabog like is what I'd like to go for
(I actually did have the thought at one point that the OG Sea Witch from my version of the OG Little Mermaid story that takes place in Atlantica's past was related to the Evil Manta, as she has a manta design, and I may still keep that)
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Hey! I'm the person that asked about evil manta and his Son! Thx for answering! Although, I did want to know if you had anything about Little Evil's mother. Who do you think she was (interpret this how you want)? What happened to her? If she's alive, where is she now? Was she evil as well? Did she even want a child? You're a great writer btw :)
I explicitly said in the first ask that Manta made Little out of magic. There was no mention of a mother in the wiki page, and given how boastful Manta is generally, he definitely would have bragged about his girlfriend/wife at some point if she existed.
I also just personally feel like having a women character there just to play wife/mother is worse than not having that women character in the first place. So making one of those characters myself is just not going to happen.
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