King Stefan

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

His personality is inconsistent and not fully developed that some fans consider him flat, due to the late Hans Conried’s replacement by the late Taylor Holmes for Stefan’s voice role in the final cut.
He is accused by some detractors for causing the film’s conflict by enraging Maleficent.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

He is considered by some Disney fans to be an interesting and funny side character.
He is a protective and caring ruler over his kingdom and family, including Aurora.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Inconsistent Monarch

**King Stefan** is the overarching character of Disney's 16th full-length animated film, *Sleeping Beauty*. As one of the monarchs of an unnamed French kingdom, he is Princess Aurora's father.

In the original film, he was voiced by the late Taylor Holmes in the final cut as his last film, and was modeled and originally auditioned in the spoken version of the deleted song by the late Hans Conried. In *Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams*, he was voiced by Corey Burton, who also voiced Zeus in the *Hercules* TV Series.

## What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* He is a caring ruler over his subjects and servants, as well as being loving husband to Queen Leah.
* Despite still being considered Heroic Benchmark, some people like him for being a protective and selfless father over Aurora, as proven when he had no choice but to give up raising Aurora to the Three Good Fairies in order to protect her from Maleficent's curse.
* The Disney Fans appreciate that he is the first father in a Disney Princess film to stay alive, as well as being one of several Disney Fathers in general to do so.
* He is good friends with King Hubert, in which some fans consider them to be interesting comic reliefs that elevated the movie.
* Even if he can come across as somewhat hypocritical, he tried to inform King Hubert that it's best they wait until their children get better acquainted for the wedding ideas.
* Due to his similarities in appearance, some people may view him as the good version of Captain Hook, due to them sharing the same reference model and almost same voice actor, Hans Conried (even though Taylor Holmes took over the voice role of Stefan in the final version).

### What Do People Dislike About Him?

* Some detractors who are fans of the villain, Maleficent, accuse Stefan for causing the movie’s conflict by not inviting Maleficent and just made the situation much worse by enraging Maleficent, as he did nothing to respond to her about his lack of invitation and letting the fairies to insult her, even if he’s just trying to keep everyone safe from Maleficent.
* Even though he's supposed to be a soft spoken and caring ruler, his personality can be considered inconsistent and not fully developed enough, as his personality seems to be quite a lot like King Hubert's by being wrathful, lethal, and argumentative, as well as not always displaying his soft spoken voice. Even Hans Conried's own replacement by Taylor Holmes for this character's voice in the final cut does not help either.
* Even if he hadn't seen Aurora for a good reason and rightfully stated that it's best they wait until she and Prince Phillip can get better acquainted, Stefan can be somewhat of a hypocrite as he opposed the original plan to have his daughter marry Prince Phillip to unite his and Hubert's kingdoms, despite supporting the original idea, as well as offending Hubert over what he thought of their children not being good enough that led to their own brawl (as mentioned below).
* Despite being claimed to be soft spoken for the most part, he is still prone to having a hostile temper and being quite of a jerk, such as the part where he got furious at Hubert over the thought of their children not being good enough for each other by insulting and threatening to declare war at Hubert over offending Aurora for no good reason.
	+ While his threat of declaring war never happened and that he quickly did show remorse, this is still a very lethal act he nearly committed and did not fully apologize for what he did with Hubert.

## External Links

* King Stefan on the Disney Wiki
* King Stefan on the Heroes Wiki
* King Stefan on the Heroic Benchmark Wiki

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See Also
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