Best religious Disney character

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It's Frollo from Hunchback of Notre Dame. COME AT ME.

Frollo was peak villain, you can't change my mind. Straight up singing about how he's gonna condemn a gypsy girl to hell because he can't have her and the lust is burning inside him. Disney had balls back then. I didn't even know wtf he was talking about when I was a kid, I just watched the song and was like "wow this is intense, he mad fr."

For non-villains I'll have to go with Friar Tuck from Robin Hood, but -- damn are we counting like Pocahontas and Moana? Native American and Polynesian religions... okay, okay, so like Grandmother Willow and Maui are on the table, I guess. Shit, what about Hercules. If we include the ancient Mediterranean religions I feel like James Woods' Hades sweeps the floor with everyone.

NOBODY SPOIL SOUL FOR ME I HAVEN'T WATCHED SOUL.
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Like fi're, hell 'fi're, this fi're in my skin.
Catchy song.

Might have been better off going with animated religious characters than Disney, I can't 'think of all that many explicitly religious Disney characters.
I think Kekata, the long haired old guy in Pocahontas, is a shaman. Has some good lines, but I'd put Friar Tuck above him, Friar Tuck just had a lot of energy and a fight scene.

Tzekel-Kan from The Road to El Dorado was pretty good, but it was a DreamWorks movie, and they cut his song.
. . . Oh! The Prince Of Egypt! Wait no no, another DreamWorks Pictures.

I agree with you ranking Frollo number 1 though, has a lot of screen time, lot of character and impact, has a good song, has a sword swinging scene.

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Well, does new Maleficent count as religious?

"Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent is an explicitly satanic figure: “mistress of all evil,” in league with “all the powers of Hell.”"
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Disney used to make minority and even gay characters when it was fashionable. Now with the trump and anti woke movement, christian Disney characters r makin a comeback 
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I’ve never seen The Hunchback of Notre Dame but I imagine Quasimodo has at least some kind of faith.
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Like fi're, hell 'fi're, this fi're in my skin.
Catchy song.

Might have been better off going with animated religious characters than Disney, I can't 'think of all that many explicitly religious Disney characters.
I think Kekata, the long haired old guy in Pocahontas, is a shaman. Has some good lines, but I'd put Friar Tuck above him, Friar Tuck just had a lot of energy and a fight scene.

Tzekel-Kan from The Road to El Dorado was pretty good, but it was a DreamWorks movie, and they cut his song.
. . . Oh! The Prince Of Egypt! Wait no no, another DreamWorks Pictures.

I agree with you ranking Frollo number 1 though, has a lot of screen time, lot of character and impact, has a good song, has a sword swinging scene.
You've convinced me, we need to open this to all animated movies. DreamWorks, Pixar, whatever.

Lol I loved Friar Tuck's fight scene, gentlest dude in the world just totally loses his shit on the sheriff. Remember, the two little church mice put their last farthing in the poor box, and the sheriff comes and takes even that. Friar Tuck is overcome by Christian rage. Great scene.

Tzekel-Kan was a great villain, suuuper creepy. But Frollo had a song... and it was a banger. Pity Tzekel-Kan didn't get one, but they could've given him a better song than Trust Me, imo.

Prince of Egypt! Man I loved the melody from the River Lullaby in that. Which character from it would you nominate, though? Moses?
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I’ve never seen The Hunchback of Notre Dame but I imagine Quasimodo has at least some kind of faith.
Nearly every character in Hunchback had some kind of faith afaik.

For anyone else who's never seen the movie, here is "Hellfire", sung by Frollo. This song is just peak villain. The arrogance, pious superiority, lust, wrath, possessiveness, guilt, deflection, and blamethrowing in this -- *chef's kiss.*

"Beata Maria, you know I'm so much purer than the common, vulgar, weak, licentious crowd."

THE SUPERIORITY.

"Protect me, Maria, don't let this siren cast her spell
Don't let her fire sear my flesh and bone
Destroy Esmerelda, and let her taste the fires of hell
Or else let her be mine and mine alone"

This was a kid's movie mind you.

The real title of Hunchback should've been Everybody Wants Esmerelda tbh.
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Well, does new Maleficent count as religious?

"Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent is an explicitly satanic figure: “mistress of all evil,” in league with “all the powers of Hell.”"
Was kinda confused by "new" Maleficent, as I thought you were referring to Angelina Jolie's Maleficent, who is portrayed sympathetically.

Traditional Maleficent in the 1959 Sleeping Beauty was classic evil, though I'm struggling to remember any satanic references. Her pet raven was named Diablo, though. Regardless, I argue she cannot compete with Frollo.
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From that movie I'd probably pick Moses yeah, though Frollo has the strength of standing as a more original creation maybe.
Though Frollo 'was in the book, Disney changed his character a fair bit, making Disney him, rather original to Disney.

Also very different characters, the people who like Luke Skywalker or Darth Vader better, are prizing different qualities in their judgements.
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