John Ratcliffe

Trying to gain a respected position within England so as to be renowned and famous.

### Goals

Collect all of the gold in Virginia.Have the king of England's favor.Kill the Native Americans, Pocahontas, John Smith, and John Rolfe (all failed).

### Moral Event Horizon

Attempting to rig King James' armada to launch ana attack on all the Native Americans, knowingly putting countless lives at stake.
Framing Pocahontas for a crime she didn't commit, knowing that she was innocent.
Plotting to kill John Smith for revenge.

### Crimes

Abuse of power
Attempted genocide
War crimes
Assault
Terrorism
Incrimination
Kidnapping
Theft
Vandalism
Attempted mass murder
Treason
Stalking
Hate crimes

### Type of Villain

Greedy Mastermind

**Governor** **John Ratcliffe** is the main antagonist of Disney's 33rd full-length feature animated film *Pocahontas* and its 1998 direct-to-video animated sequel *Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World*.

He is the power-hungry, egotistical, and greedy governor of Virginia who seeks to collect as much of its gold for himself as he can by any means necessary. He is Pocahontas and John Smith's arch-nemesis.

He was voiced by the late David Ogden Stiers.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

* He declared the land he and his men arrived upon to be his and had his men mine for gold. When the Native Americans were spotted, he had his men try to kill them by shooting at them, leaving one of them wounded in the aftermath after they retreat.
* When John Smith told him that he did not kill Pocahontas, Ratcliffe declared that anyone who looks at a Native American and doesn't it will be tried for treason and hanged.
* After spotting John Smith exiting the camp, he forced Thomas to go after him in order to know where he is sneaking off too and told him to shoot any Native American if he sees one.
* After Smith got captured by the Native Americans, John Ratcliffe took advantage of this opportunity to convince his men to go to war with them and kill all of them just so he could get the gold he assumes they have.
* Ratcliffe made one last futile attempt to kill the leader of the Native Americans even after they spare Smith only to end up shooting Smith instead, causing his men to turn on him, tie him up, gag him, and send him back to England.
* In the sequel, he framed John Smith as a traitor before trying to kill him by causing him to lose his grip and fall off a building into the water before lying to King James about what actually happened.
* Taking advantage of Pocahontas' savage instincts, he had a group of jesters perform for the king and his court which included torturing a bear, causing Pocahontas to try to put a stop to it, resulting in her getting arrested.
* He then made an attempt to use King James' armada to lead an attack on the Native Americans.
* After the ships have crashed, Ratcliffe attempted to kill Pocahontas and John Smith only to end up being outsmarted by them and ended up getting arrested by King James for his treachery.
* While he has a few moments where he isn't taken seriously, he becomes extremely menacing and detestable in the second movie even during his somewhat funny defeat as his comical moments are not detracting at all.
* While he was implied to have a tragic past of not being a popular man, all sympathy is lost for him by the second movie due to his utterly disgraceful and xenophobic behaviour.
* Overall, John Ratcliffe is so disrespectful and greedy, that no one even thinks of him when he is arrested. Even his men did not like him and this goes to show that everyone hates Ratcliffe and the only person he really likes is himself and thinks that he is more superior than others, as he is perfectly fine with declaring things his and no one else's, proving that he does not care for others.