Rothbart (The Swan Princess)

Rothbart is the central antagonist of The Swan Princess. He is an evil sorcerer, who is 49, and he mastered the Forbidden Arts twice and he always dreams of marrying Odette so that he can conquer King William's kingdom and he's the brother of king William
He mastered the Forbidden Arts twice, with the help of the magician, Clavius, and his sorceress consort, Zelda. He betrayed both of them once they had outlived their usefulness. With these powers, he could create anything, shapeshift himself into anything, and destroy anything with a powerful blast of red energy. He wanted King William's kingdom, but he was never able to take over it because his power was not enough for him to keep the kingdom.
== Movie roles ==
=== The Swan Princess ===
=== The Swan Princess Christmas ===
== Appearance ==
== Quotes ==
== Trivia ==
* Even though he dies, he appears in a few other films in the franchise where he has a key role. The only ones he doesn't appear in are the sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth films.
* In the original ballet, his full name was Von Rothbart.
* He also had a daughter named Odile, who resembled Odette and shared some of his magical powers. However, in some productions, she is identified as Odette's evil twin sister or simply a magically created doppelgänger.
* When he shape-shifted, he took on the form of a giant owl or a grotesque reptilian humanoid, not a bat-like wyvern as depicted in the film franchise.
* It is also worth mentioning that his reasoning for kidnapping Odette is different than that of the movies. His purpose is never specified, but the films dictate that he kidnapped Odette in order to force her to marry him.
* It is also mentioned in the ballet that he had kidnapped numerous maidens and placed them under similar curses. These "swan maidens" treated Odette as their queen while in Rothbart's captivity.
* In some adaptations of the ballet - namely the original - Rothbart triumphs and Derek (known as Siegfried in the ballet) and Odette perish, having failed in their attempt to break the curse. Other variations would have him killed in a battle against Derek (which is the ending of the film) or simply rendered powerless after the couple breaks the spell. In one adaptation, Rothbart kills Derek and elopes with Odette, while another would have both him and Derek killed in combat, leaving Odette alone and grief-stricken, still trapped in swan form.
* The bonus features from the original film feature a 'read along' version of the movie. In the storybook read-a-long, Rothbart is referred to as Odette's uncle. So this would imply incest if Rothbart's goal was to marry Odette.
* Rothbart is the first Swan Princess character to come back as a ghost. The second character is Scully at the end of The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale, Princess Tomorrow Pirate Today, A Royal MyZtery, Kingdom Of Music and A Royal Wedding .
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Category:Deceased characters
Category:Villain
Category:Antagonists
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