Top 6 American Dragon: Jake Long Villains

Hello & welcome back to A Look at Disney.  One of my favorite Disney Channel  shows is American Dragon: Jake Long.   I reviewed one of the best episodes back during  my Dragon Week event as I took a look at the episode that introduced the number 1 thereat to the magical world.  For  those  of you don't know,  American Dragon  followed the exploits  of  Jake Long aka the American Dragon, the first American Dragon as he trains to serve and protect the magical world from any serious threat and  like  most  superheroes,   he has to keep his powers a secret. In many ways,  Jake Long is Disney's Spider-Man. In that, he  doesn't have an easy life but takes things in stride.  Maybe, I'm stretching it a bit with that parallel.  Oh, and I should mention that Jake is voiced by  Dante Basco best known to you guys as Prince Zuko from Avatar: The Last Airbender or for my older readers, Rufio in Hook.

 

And today,  I'm  going to take  a look  at  some  of my favorite villains from the world of American Dragon: Jake Long because just like KP,  this show had some great baddies but unlike Kim Possible, this show doesn't seem to get the love that  the KP baddies get from Disney Channel fans of the '00s. With this long-winded introduction out of the way, let's begin.

6.  The  Gorgon   Sisters  

Coming  in at  # 6  are The Gorgon Sisters.     Three  magical  sisters,   Fury,  Euryale,  and Medusa.    In  ancient  times,  they ruled  all magical creatures with an iron fist  until  a hero used his shield as a mirror and they were turned into stone until they were accidentally awakened.   And from that,  you can figure that they can turn anyone into stone and they can also  mind control.  As you can see, they appear as thin, tall, and beautiful and they use that to their advantage to get their way.   They  kinda  remind me of sirens  in  how  they are deadly but dangerous.   They were fun to watch and while they may not be as powerful or deadly as some of the other villains on this list, they can still hold their own in a fight and going back to the mind control,  they  were to  use that an entire team of cheerleaders that included  Jake's friend, Trixie who joined as an undercover sting and used them to do their bidding.

But  Trixie  was able to  break  free  of their hold. and stood up to the  Gorgon Sisters.    

5. Eli Excelsior Pandarus 

Coming  in at # 5 is  Eli  Excelsior  Pandarus voiced by Johnathan Freeman.  Yes, that's right, Jafar.

The best  way to describe  Pandarus  is saying that he's an evil Donald Trump.  Oh wait,  that's a bit of an oxymoron. Seriously,   I swear that  Pandarus was based on Trump.  He's  called  The Wizard of Wall Street for crying out loud.   Tell me,  I'm  not the only one that sees this.   He really  changed over his appearances in the first season, he was a bit of a wuss but  in the second season,  he becomes more and more ruthless and willing to do whatever it takes to get what he desires such as killing.   All this so, that he can be the most powerful  magical being.  Again,   I  find the best way to describe him  is that he's an evil Donald Trump.   

4.  Chang

Coming  in at # 3 is Chang.   She is a former member of the Dragon Council that in secret had been for years working  for The Dark Dragon and  was able to keep this a secret  and almost ensured her master's victory and it seemed  that  The Dark Dragon was the only one that she was truly loyal and   as mentioned  just like  Jake,   she  is too a dragon.  And here's her dragon form from season 2.

And  she  was more than willing  to  betray  the person she loves,  Lao  Shi.      Jake's  grandpa to get  ahead and get what she wants.      

3.  Huntsgirl 

Coming in at  # 3  is  The  Huntsgirl.    The  Huntsgirl   is  the  alter ego  of  Jake's  love interest, Rose.  

Rose/Huntsgirl  is  voiced   by   Basco's   Avatar  costar ,   Mae Whitman  aka   Katara  and more recently,  April    (the  Best  April)   on the  Nick  Ninja  Turtles and within  Disney,   she  plays  Tinker  Bell.

  

 

It's  interesting looking at all of these characters that Mae Whitman has played as they are sweet women  that are also tough and very strong and you do not cross them and  that is also Rose but  as  The Huntsgirl. Ooh boy, is she ruthless.    Raised from birth  by  The Huntsclan, she was raised to hate all magical creatures and show no remorse in killing any magical  beings as The Huntsclan believed the human race to be the superior race,  these were all teachings from her "uncle" and   hated The American Dragon.   Which made things complicated for Jake and Rose, at first as neither  knew of each  others'  secret lives at first  and  that in a way,  it made very fun to watch because as Jake and Rose,   they were friendly  and caring towards each other but as   the American Dragon and  Huntsgirl, they were tough on each other and showed  no pity  in fighting each  other.   Eventually,   Jake  did learn   Rose's  secret  and    they had to keep  their relationship a secret  and  that only  made things harder on them and tested their relationship.

One of the biggest reasons,  I like   The  Huntsgirl is because of the conflict  she  goes through as both Rose and The Huntsgirl.  Especially  in the second season, where she has to keep up the facade that she still hates all magical beings, while  that isn't true and the contrast between  both Rose and Huntsgirl.   They  may be the same person but  they  don't have the same personality.    Rose  is sweet innocent and caring but Huntsgirl is ruthless, vicious and loyal to The Huntsclan as she was raised to be believe the lies, that they fed her.  And  when she found out the truth about her past,  it was a bit heartbreaking that she was stolen from her family at birth because  of her birthmark that is shaped like a dragon and  that  in part is what makes me like her so much because while you can easily like her as Rose, as The Huntsgirl,  she was not the same character at all  and Mae Whitman did a fantastic job of selling both sides of this character and sometimes  made me forget that they were one in the same because  when Rose put on her Huntsgirl uniform,  she wasn't Rose anymore.

2.  The  Dark  Dragon  

Coming in at #  2  is The Dark  Dragon voiced by Clancy Brown.   The Dark Dragon is considered the number one threat to the magical  world.   His  origins  are  unknown  but   he is  the first  dragon  to turn  evil  and  one  of the only  dragons,  we never see in human  form.   He   wished  to destroy   humans  and take over (not going there)  as he viewed  them as inferior and saw  magical beings as being superior   and  went to great lengths  to get what he  wanted  and  besides  having all the abilities of a dragon,  he could also use  dark magic and   before  Jake,  only   one  other person had ever  faced  the Dark Dragon  and lived.  Jake's  grandfather.     Even   though,  he  is  the biggest  threat  on the show  and really  awesome,      I just feel  that   my   number   one  choice  is more interesting  

1  The Huntsman 

Coming  in at # 1 is  the  only  character  to have  appeared  on  a previous  list.  If  you'll recall  my  Top 6  TV  Villains list   from  Halloween,  he came in at number 1.     Voiced  by  Jeff Bennet,    I give you The Huntsman .     I pretty much summed up  what   I had to say  there   in  that article and for a refresher, here ya go. 

The Huntsman is one of the most ruthless, and cunning and is considered the 4th most dangerous threat to the magical community. He is the leader of the Huntsclan and has no issues killing any magical creatures or any humans that ally with magical creatures. And he has killed in the past, you see the dragon skull, he wears as a helmet. That is from a dragon he killed and he wears it as a trophy. By the way, in this show's universe dragons are actually people that have been given the ability to turn into dragons. So, he basically killed a human with no remorse. Dude, that's creepy. He's also extremely bitter towards dragons and I attribute this to when the main hero, Jake Long traveled back in time and humiliates a then young geeky and gawky and scrawny Huntsman. Also, he kidnapped his "niece", Rose (the show's love interest and Huntsgirl (who btw can kick but)) from her real family, when she was first born because she had the mark of the Huntsclan

What   I said  in that excerpt  last  October  holds up,   this guy  is just ruthless, cunning,  manipulative,     has  no remorse  for anyone and like  all the villains on this list will  do whatever it takes  to  ensure his victory.   There honestly  isn't   too much more that  I can say  about him other than he is awesome  and you knew when The Huntsman showed up, there was going to be serious trouble.     He  and  The Dark  Dragon are two  of  the creepiest  Disney TV  villains ever.  



I hope that you've enjoyed this list.   one thing that  the  American Dragon  villains  have over the KP villains is that they  are all serious threats that if you took lightly,  would get you killed and  my top 2 are prime examples of that.   These are baddies that you do not write off.   If you've never seen American Dragon:  Jake Long,  I highly suggest  it because behind   Kim Possible,  this is easily  the best  animated show to ever air on Disney Channel and these villains are a great example of what this show had to offer. Peace!