King Hubert

King Hubert is a supporting character in Disney's 16th full-length animated feature, Sleeping Beauty. As ruler of his own kingdom, he is Prince Phillip's jolly father who is King Stefan's lifelong friend.
In the original film, he was modeled by the late Don Barclay and was voiced by the late Bill Thompson. In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, he was voiced by Jeff Bennett, who also voiced Mozenrath in "Black Sand" and currently voices Lumiere. In Maleficent II: Mistress of Evil, he was renamed to King John and was portrayed by Robert Lindsay. 
==What Makes Him an Ensemble Dark Horse?==
*While he only appeared in four scenes throughout the whole film, he is arguably regarded to be one of the most funniest characters in the film, due to his jolly and energetic personality, thanks to the late Bill Thompson's performance, as stated below.
**Whats more is that his jolly and energetic traits are shown in a serious and romantic movie like this film.
* His jolly, grumpy, and energetic performance given by Bill Thompson was right for the character as this helped made Hubert a funny and interesting comic relief whenever he appears on screen, specifically his drinking sequence with King Stefan.
* He is also remembered for two of his songs with King Stefan, one for the deleted song called "It Happens I Have a Picture" where the two kings would have compare the virtues of their young children, and another involving them toasting to the future of their children and kingdoms called "Skumps". Speaking of which, some people pointed out that the deleted song could have been used in the finished version instead of Skumps as it would add the narrative and chemistry between the two kings.
*Even if he has some disagreements with Prince Phillip, he is a loving and caring father to Phillip and even respected his son's wish to marry a peasant girl, even though the two didn't know that she's actually Princess Aurora until later when Phillip breaks the spell that allows everyone in the kingdom to wake up, including Hubert himself, Aurora, King Stefan and Queen Leah.
*Despite having their own perspectives of their proposals regarding their children and kingdom, Hubert is best friends with King Stefan and did whatever he can to help himself and Stefan reconsider to the original idea regarding their children.
* Despite not being one of the main characters, he is also important because he is the one responsible for making the Three Good Fairies realize from his sleepy conversation with Stefan that Prince Phillip is the same man Aurora met in the woods and being the only one who can help save everyone in the kingdom from their endless sleeping curse.
*When he appeared as “King John” in Maleficent II: Mistress of Evil, several fans appreciate that he still retained his original personality and actually wanted to unite his kingdom with the Moors, inspite of being a side character like his original counterpart. This further shows that he was one of the only few characters that never got his personality butchered, unlike King Stefan in the first film.
==Trivia==
*King Hubert is the only one of the three monarchs who is not a Base Breaking character and is the only character in Sleeping Beauty to be an Ensemble Dark Horse. 
**On top of that, he’s one of the only four characters from a 1950’s Disney film to be an Ensemble Dark Horse, with the other three being Anastasia Tremaine, Tick Tock Crocodile and Darling.
***He and Darling are the only two from that category to be a parent.
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