Messina

“	You little ugly frog! One day, I shall catch up with you, and destroy you, like I did your father, and your mother! And then I shall be all-powerful! I shall rule the world!	„
 	~ Messina boasting her intentions after Freddie gets away. 	
Messina is one of the two main antagonists (alongside El Supremo) of the infamously bad 1992 British animated film Freddie as F.R.O.7. She is the aunt and arch-nemesis of Freddie, or F.R.O.7, the love interest of El Supremo, leader and queen of the SNAKE and an evil sorceress who can transform into a litany of other animals.
She was voiced by the late Billie Whitelaw and her singing voice was provided by Grace Jones.
== Biography ==
=== Terrorizing the kingdom ===
Messina is the wicked aunt of Prince Frederic, who plotted to become the queen of Monaco. While her brother, the king, taught Frederic how to use beneficial magic, Messina used her magic for evil as shown by turning a cat into a chicken. A year prior, the queen died when her ship sank in a storm. One day, while the king was out horse riding with Frederic, Messina took the form of a red cobra and startled the horse the king was on, causing him to be thrown off to his death from a great height. Frederic saw the serpent slither away as he rushed to his father, unaware it was Messina.
Now an orphan, Frederic was taken in by Messina, who accedes to the throne, but only filling in the momentary position as regent until Frederic came to age to assume responsibility as the next ruler, in which she must step down. Messina took Frederic to the castle's secret study to teach him how to be the next king. While Frederic was distracted, Messina turned into her cobra form and attacked her nephew, making Frederic realize the cobra he saw in the forest was Messina (who was also responsible for conjuring the storm that led to his mother's death). Rather than killing the young prince, Messina transforms him into a frog and tries to capture him. Frederic escapes out the castle window and into the raging ocean, with Messina not far behind.
Despite being egged on by the voice to swim for his life, Frederic is cornered in a small crevice only to be revealed to be in the jaws of a large sea monster, later revealed to be Nessie the Loch Ness Monster. Messina is startled and escapes to the surface by making a whirlpool that swirls in the air as a waterspout. Messina taunts Frederic, vowing to rule the world and destroy him as she did to his parents before returning to the castle.
=== Thwarted dominance ===
Years later, she is apparently working alongside her husband, El Supremo and his SNAKE empire, to conquer the world, and plans to become the queen of the world, as given in her villain song "Evilmania". She spends most of the film in her cobra form wrapped around El Supremo's neck. When her husband is ultimately defeated by Freddie, Daffers, and Scotty, Messina reveals herself to her nephew.
In the end, she attacks Freddie by shapeshifting into a bat, a hyena, a scorpion, and a boa constrictor. As Freddie is being crushed by Messina's boa constrictor form, Freddie remembers his father's words on their magic abilities. So Freddie immediately uses this to untangle Messina around him and throw her at a pole. Injured, Messina transforms into a vulture and claims she will return for vengeance on Freddie for "hurting his poor aunt" before flying off.
== Personality ==
Much like her lover El Supremo, Messina is a walking (and slithering) vessel of pure and utter malevolence, typifying ruthlessness, toxicity, and diabolism. Initially, she plots to take the throne in Freddie’s kingdom, even if it meant killing his parents. Messina is also very clever along with El Supremo, as they both plot to destroy the world together and enslave all within in accordance to "the power of the snake". She is alarmed when her boyfriend expresses a perverse interest in Daffers, although she also never does anything about it and keeps him in her (questionably) good graces.
== Trivia ==
* Messina was meant to return as the main antagonist in the sequel Freddie Goes to Washington to seek vengeance against Freddie in Washington D.C., but the film was cancelled due to the poor critical and box office performances of Freddie as F.R.O.7.
* The 1995 American version Freddie the Frog alters Messina's defeat. Instead of being tossed at a regular pole, Freddie throws Messina at an electric pole, electrocuting her to death.