Maleficent (Descendants)

Maleficent is the main antagonist of the Disney Channel original movie Descendants. She is the mother of Mal, and based on the character of the same name from Sleeping Beauty.
==Appearances==
===Descendants===
According to some press release information, Maleficent is the only villain featured who hasn't given up hope on conquering the kingdom and scolds her daughter for failing to reach her evil potential. Despite her drive, this incarnation of Maleficent has displayed a quirky and comical side, such as dolling out petty punishments upon her daughter, subjecting Mal to and competing against her in glaring contests, and forgetting where she stored her spellbook (which turned out to be inside the refrigerator that she believes to be the safe and has no knowledge on how to open without the Evil Queen's help). Also, she wanted to put good and evil in her will, but failed due to being shrunk by Mal's magic (the spell of being shrunk as a black and purple lizard) which is the same size of goodness in her heart.
In Descendants 2, Maleficent briefly appears in her lizard form, only here she is green instead of purple and black. When Mal opens a small box, Maleficent is sad and feels like an outsider.
In Descendants 3, she briefly appears in a flashback during the song "My Once Upon a Time". It's also revealed that Hades is/was her husband.
===Descendants: The Rise of Red===
Red and Chloe meet young Maleficent in the past as a student at Merlin Academy and a member of Uliana's group, she being Hades' girlfriend at that time. She and the rest of Uliana's Gang appear while Bridget is handing out cupcakes to the students, until Uliana snatches them and eats the decorative flamingo feathers, whereupon Maleficent and the rest of her gang mock Bridget. But the feathers make Uliana's face transform into that of a flamingo, and after chasing Bridget for it without success, she and her gang retreat.
Afterwards, Maleficent and the rest of the gang go to Uliana's lair in the Black Lagoon, where they plan to get revenge on Bridget, intending to steal the Sorcerer's Cookbook for it.
At Merlin Academy, after leaving Morgie watching, Maleficent goes with Uliana, Hades and Hook to Principal Merlin's office to look for the book. After finding it on the floor, they open it, but the book causes the four to become petrified. Because of this, Red and Chloe, who were already there, appear before them and snatch the book from them. After that, Principal Merlin arrives, finding the four young villains petrified, and telling them that as punishment they will be on detention for a long time.
==Printed Media==
===Descendants: Isle of the Lost===
Maleficent sends her daughter Mal to retrieve her scepter from the Isle of the Doomed when her raven Diablo reverts from its petrified state. She also warns Mal that the weapon is enchanted with a sleeping curse, and expects her to put one of her comrades under the spell. In the end, Maleficent gets the scepter from the raven and finds out that Mal tried to sacrifice herself instead of one of her team, causing disappointment in Maleficent.
===Return to the Isle of the Lost: A Descendants Novel===
As Maleficent is now a harmless gecko, she is put in a small cage safe-guarded constantly. Maleficent only sleeps in the cage, ignoring even Mal. When inhabitants of Camelot Heights report spotting a dragon, they suspect it to be Maleficent's doing. Ben goes on to investigate, going as far as Neverland to look through the fairies' records on magical beings. In the end, they learn that it was Madam Mim causing all the disturbances.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*Maleficent in a relationship with Hades was previously featured in the House of Mouse episode "Halloween With Hades".
==See also==
*Maleficent
*Maleficent (Once Upon a Time)
*Maleficent (Maleficent)
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