Napoleon Bonaparte

**Napoleon Bonaparte** (born **Napoleone di Buonaparte** a.k.a. **Napoleon I**; August 15, 1769 – May 5, 1821) was a French military and political leader, and the Emperor of the French who rose to prominence during the latter stages of the French Revolution. Although he never existed during the time of movies, his name and complex were used in some Disney characters and villains. Napoleon the bloodhound from *The Aristocats*, Napoleon the cat from the W.I.T.C.H. series, Nicky Napoleon the penguin from *Muppet\*Vision 3D* were named after him. He was spoofed by some Disney characters like Aladdin and Abu in the *Aladdin* TV series, Cogsworth from *Beauty and the Beast* (during the Castle War scene), Timothy Q. Mouse from *Dumbo* (when scaring Elephant Matriarch and the rest of the elephants), Cheetata from *Timon and Pumbaa*, and Peter Pan from *Peter Pan* (before fighting off Captain Hook in Skull Rock).

Colonel Spigot from *TaleSpin*, Cisco Pig from *Timon and Pumbaa*, Baron Blitz from *Teamo Supremo*, Professor Dementor from *Kim Possible*, Rico Suave from *Hannah Montanna*, and Dr. Hamsterviel from *Lilo & Stitch* suffer and have a Napoleon complex. Ratigan (like Professor Moriarity from *Sherlock Holmes*) from *The Great Mouse Detective* is known as the Napoleon of Crime. In *102 Dalmatians*, after kidnapping Chloe's puppies, Jean-Pierre Le Pelt referred to himself as the Napoleon of Fur and Cruella as his Josephine (Napoleon's wife). In the *Dave the Barbarian* episode; "Man of Tomorrow", a picture of Napoleon was seen on a calendar in the month of January in Ned Frischmann's office and in the episode, "Civilization", he was accidentally conjured up by Oswidge Barbarian. In *Swiss Family Robinson*, he was mentioned by Mother Robinson about him conquering Switzerland.

In the Donald Duck short, *The Autograph Hound*, an actor named Charles Boyer was seen dressed up as Napoleon Bonaparte in reference to his film *Conquest* (1937) and the Ritz Bros. were seen spoofing him. In *Modern Inventions*, Donald Duck was seen wearing a Napoleonic hat as a replacement, each time the Robot Butler would take each of his hats away and in *TaleSpin*, Don Karnage is always seen wearing a Napoleonic style uniform. Donald also tried the woodpecker to look like Napoleon Bonaparte for a pose in *Donald's Camera*. A bust of Napoleon Bonaparte was featured in the Mickey Mouse short, *The Grocery Boy*. Donald does an impression of Napoleon Bonaparte while cleaning one of the windows in *Window Cleaners* and in the *Quack Pack* episodes; "Leader of the Quack" and "Captain Donald." Huey does a Napoleonic impression in the *Quack Pack* episode; "Heavy Dental". Goofy does a Napoleonic impression in *They're Off*. Pumbaa was seen wearing a Napoleonic hat in the *Timon and Pumbaa* episode; "Catch Me if You Kenya". In "Cooked Goose", he was spoofed by Cheetata and Timon in "Whiff". Ibid was seen doing a Napoleonic impression in the *Hercules* episode, "Hercules and the Owl of Athena". In the *DuckTales* episode, "The Masked Mallard", a solid gold popcorn bowl belonging to Napoleon Bonaparte was being presented on display at the museum. In the *Darkwing Duck* episode, "Dry Hard", The Liquidator did a Napoleonic impression.

A Disney movie called *Napoleon and Samantha*, was produced in 1972, where an 11 year old boy was named Napoleon. In *The Princess and the Frog*, Dr. Facilier was seen wearing a Napoleonic hat with a white smiling mask during Charlotte's party. Sarge in the *Dinosaurs* episode, "Nuts to War (part 2)" was seen wearing a Napoleonic hat despite having lost his right eye like one of Napoleon's enemies, Admiral Nelson.

Napoleon finally made a small cameo appearance in the Aladdin episode: *Vocal Hero*, where Genie tries to replace his Bicorne hat with a paper hat. In the Aladdin episode: *Power to the Parrot*, after Iago, who was given the power of a genie by Genie, proves himself to be a better genie than Genie, Genie, feeling so sad and useless, mentions to a donkey next to him, while showing him pictures in an album, that he used to "turn into stuff all the time" including Napoleon, a grape, and Hurricane Ethel. In the *House of Mouse* episode; "Gone Goofy"'s *Pit Crew*, Goofy was seen wearing a Napoleon hat with Napoleon (off-screen) telling him it's his hat. Ludwig Von Drake was seen having carved a Napoleonic statue of himself in the *House of Mouse* episode; "House of Scrooge"'s *Von Drake's House of Genius*.

In *The Sorcerer's Apprentice*, it was shown that when Dave Stutler was 9-years-old, he wrote and earned a B- on a school report about Napoleon Bonaparte. This later stuck with Horvath after his last battle with Balthazar in the Arcana Cabana store ten years ago and then later returned to Dave after Horvath and Balthazar were free from their pot prison once again. In *The Haunted Mansion*, a portrait of Napoleon on his horse can be seen in the mansion. He was mentioned in the I Didn't Do It episode, "Lindy & Logan Get Psyched".

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Napoleon Bonaparte with Genie in *Vocal Hero*"No, really, I used to turn into stuff all the time! This is me as Napoleon! This is me as a grape! Here I am as Hurricane Ethel. Oh, those were the days. Iago's given the city everything. Water, food, riches! And now this rain will turn the desert into a paradise. I guess he is a better genie than I was."Cogsworth as NapoleonThe Liquidator as NapoleonAladdin as NapoleonAbu as Napoleon in *Power to the Parrot*The Ritz Bros. as Napoleon in *The Autograph Hound*Charles Boyer as Napoleon Bonaparte from *Conquest* in *The Autograph Hound*Don Karnage wearing a Napoleonic style uniformDr. Facilier's Napoleonic costume 1Dr. Facilier's Napoleonic costume 2Sarge as NapoleonDonald Duck as Napoleon in *Modern Inventions*Donald Duck as Napoleon again in *Window Cleaners*Donald Duck as Napoleon again in *Leader of the Quack*Donald Duck as Napoleon again in *Captain Donald*Huey as Napoleon in *Heavy Dental*Pumbaa wearing Napoleon's hat in *Catch Me if You Kenya*Cheetata as Napoleon in *Cooked Goose*Timon as Napoleon in *Whiff*Goofy as Napoleon in *They're Off*A woodpecker as Napoleon in *Donald's Camera*Napoleon in "Man of Tomorrow"Napoleon in "Civilization"A bust of Napoleon Bonaparte in *The Grocery Boy*Napoleon in *Schoolhouse Rock!*Napoleon and Thomas JeffersonPeter Pan as NapoleonTimothy as NapoleonGoofy as Napoleon again with Napoleon (off-screen) in "Gone Goofy"'s *Pit Crew*Ludwig Von Drake with a Napoleonic statue of himself in "House of Scrooge"'s *Von Drake's House of Genius*Napoleon on his horse portrait in *The Haunted Mansion*Ibid as Napoleon