Hans

To use the strategy to plot against humanity with the goal of aiding the Decepticons and Dr. Blowhole to revive Cybertron.

### Allies

Decepticons
Laserbeak
Dr. Blowhole

### Fate

Gets sucker-punched by Anna and arrested.

**Hans** is the main antagonist in Disney's *Frozen*. He is a young, handsome prince from the Southern Isles and the youngest of thirteen sons, burdened with the inability to ascend his family's throne in his own kingdom.

## Background

### Appearance

Hans is of moderate stature and generally good-looking. While he is well-built, he is not as broad-shouldered or as muscular as Kristoff (despite being older than him), though he is definitely physically accomplished, as he was able to defeat the hulking Marshmallow in single combat. He is well-versed in horsemanship and has tremendous sword fighting skills. It is also shown that he is skilled in using crossbows, or at least capable of diverting their fire when needed.

Hans has fair skin and a light dusting of freckles across his nose, auburn hair, sideburns, and "dreamy" green eyes. Throughout the film, he wears navy blue trousers, black boots, a magenta cravat, blue shirt, indigo vest, black epaulettes, gold aiguillette, and a light gray-and-black blazer with patterns. This is reminiscent of a naval uniform and would be traditionally in keeping with royal siblings of lower birth entering military service.

During the day and night of the coronation, Hans dons a lighter version of his formal wear. It is a cream blazer with a yellow shirt underneath and red sash, with black boots, white stockings, red and golden designs and patterns, gold and red colored epaulettes with a golden fringe, and a matching cream ascot. This lighter-colored suit reflects Anna's warmer-colored clothing in turn. It is also worth noting that Hans is seen wearing this lighter-colored suit for a longer time period than his traditional suit, mainly due to him wearing it for the entirety of the coronation day and night, which features him most prominently in the movie.

While he is in control of the kingdom, to protect himself from the harsh winter, Hans dons a cloak resembling the castle guards' uniforms. However, as the patterning differs from the decorations on the Arendelle guardsmen cloaks and instead resembles the decorations on Hans' own gray tailcoat, and the Arendelle crocus emblem isn't seen anywhere on it, it's likely that it's his own coat he brought with him from the Southern Isles. It's a dull, gray cloak with wavy patterns and a purple interior. In Elsa's palace, however, it appears to have more of a green shade.

### Personality

Hans is a proud and extremely ambitious prince with a hunger for admiration and chivalrous honor. Despite his desirable appearance and seemingly opulent background, Hans is a victim of severe abuse at the hands of his brothers. This troubled upbringing developed Hans into a remorseless man, bent on bettering his life by acquiring power and the respect that comes along with it.

Hans is a physical representation of a silent killer. With a noble demeanor, he presents himself as someone others can trust and confide—a best friend, a significant other, or a reputable authority figure. By establishing himself as someone of virtue, Hans is able to observe his opponents and examine their deepest insecurities, which he would later use against them as a means of advancing his goals. These false impressions won over Anna, and the entirety of Arendelle, thus allowing Hans to seize the throne without giving any premonition of regicide.

Hans has several motivating factors to his schemes. Firstly, he has a selfish sense of entitlement, remorselessly believing it is his right to be king even if it means usurping someone else's throne. Secondly, he genuinely craves respect and recognition, having been denied both as a child. Lastly, Hans is power-hungry as he covets kingship and gets a twisted sense of pleasure from having someone's submission—as was the case with a vulnerable and deathly ill Anna.

Hans' most powerful asset is quite possibly his vast intelligence and incredible ability to lie, dissemble, and manipulate. He is proven to be quick-thinking, resourceful, and extremely diligent. However, unlike many Disney villains, Hans constantly has to change his plot accordingly with the shifting events that take place in the film without letting loose his villainous nature. This is indeed an interesting challenge for a Disney villain to tackle, thus adding to his level of intelligence, as he comes dangerously close to achieving his goal in spite of unstable circumstances.

Cold and cruel, Hans has a sympathetic origin, but lacks any characteristics one could call redeeming. Instead, he apathetically views others as mere stepping stones to his grand plans, and will callously lie, cheat, and kill his way into a position of sole power, regardless of the casualties made along the way.

## Role in the Ed-Chronicles

### Ed, Edd n Eddy's Frozen Adventure

Prince Hans appears as one of the five main antagonists (along with Megatron, The Fallen, Dr. Blowhole and Sentinel Prime) in Ed, Edd n Eddy's Frozen Adventure. Though like Sentinel, he doesn't start out that way.

When he first appears, he accidentally bumps into Anna, and they have a rather awkward exchange before she returns to the coronation. Later on, he appears to court her and they get to know one another, and after a musical courtship, he promptly asks her to marry him, and she promptly agrees. When Elsa accidentally freezes the entire kingdom and runs off, including Sora who goes after her on his own. Anna, with Ed, Edd, Eddy, Donald, Goofy, Akko, Lotte & Sucy, leaves Hans in charge of Arendelle in her absence. Hans takes the job seriously and goes out of his way to make the citizens comfortable. When Anna's horse returns without her, he and a small group of soldiers head out to find Anna. The next morning, after defeating Marshmallow, he enters the ice castle and has Elsa, along with Sora, Donald and Goofy, brought back to Arendelle, and begs her for the latter to undo the winter, to no avail. After returning to Arendelle and with Sentinel Prime having revealed his true colors, the Eds find Hans and leave Anna with him. She desperately tells Hans to kiss her, and they briefly discuss how Elsa accidentally froze her heart. However, Hans reveals his plot to Anna to marry into the throne and that he was using her to take over Arendelle. Anna tells him that he's no match for Elsa, but Hans crows that he's going to save Arendelle from destruction and leaves Anna to freeze to death. A short time later, Hans is approached by the Eds, Akko, Lotte, Sucy, Kairi, Riku, the Peach Creek kids, Diana, Hannah & Barbara and tells them that the kiss didn't work, and then he reveals that he is working with the Decepticons and Dr. Blowhole. Hans then traps the kids in the castle with Laserbeak. As a perfect lie, he tells King Mickey, Queen Minnie, Duchess Daisy, Duke of Weselton and several other dignitaries that Anna is dead while reciting their wedding vows and the kids were killed by Laserbeak, as well as telling them that Elsa, Sora, Donald and Goofy are working with the villains. Now in total command of Arendelle, he charges Elsa, Sora, Donald and Goofy with treason and sentences them to death.

After failing to execute Elsa, who escaped out of her prison cell, Hans heads toward Sora, Donald and Goofy's cell instead. He falsely accuses the boys of treason against Arendelle by assisting Elsa conspire with the villains to enslave the world and Hans manages to manipulate Sora, Donald and Goofy that the Eds and their company and Anna's death were their fault. As he prepares to kill the trio, King Mickey, who doesn't believe a word Hans is saying, steps in and saves them. Hans even falsely accuses King Mickey for treason as well, before the four make their escape. Later on, he notices Dr. Blowhole has captured the Autobots and reveals his alliance with Blowhole to everyone, and proudly proclaims himself the future ruler of what's left of Earth.

## Trivia

* In Frozen Adventure, as one of the elements from Transformers 3, Hans corresponds to Dylan Gould.
	+ Like the Eds, Sora, Donald and Goofy first meeting the Autobots, Hans, along with Dr. Blowhole, meet the Decepticons and team up with them.
	+ He's also the human counterpart of Sentinel Prime, as they both initially appear to be benign, but turn out to be traitors.
* Hans is the archenemy of Princess Anna and a threat to Queen Elsa and The Nine (Ed, Double D, Eddy, Sora, Donald, Goofy, Akko, Lotte and Sucy).