Diane Foxington

* Diane Foxington
* The Crimson Paw

**Diane Foxington** is a politician and the governor of the *The Bad Guys* film. She is also one of the characters in the film, her character is loosely based on Ellen.

## Biography

Diane Foxington is first seen on TV, making very cynical remarks about the bad guys and calling them "second-rate has-beens." When she meets Mr. Wolf, they debate the artistic value of a sculpture. Later on, Diane makes a speech about the meteorite that crashed into the city. She then is about to present the golden dolphin to Marmalade but is shocked to see it missing. After the bad guys are caught, Mr. Wolf asks Diane and Marmalade to give them a chance to be more than second rate criminals. Diane is reluctant at first but agrees once the professor convinces her otherwise.

After the guinea pig incident, she expressed great displeasure in their performance and threatened to call the police chief. However, she changed her mind when Wolf expressed his own displeasure at his plight at always being a bad guy. With this gesture, she realizes that there are seeds of goodness deep down, and while returning the Zumpango diamond ring (which Wolf stole earlier), she wished him and his friends luck in their mission of goodness.

At the Gala, she noticed Mr. Wolf avoiding her and later asked him to dance, displaying some flirtatious signs while doing so. While dancing. Wolf returns the ring to her, and she shows surprise. While attempting to pardon the Bad Guys and have them present the meteorite to the professor, it suddenly goes missing and the Bad Guys are blamed. Marmalade privately reveals himself to be the culprit to them, and his facade of innocence fools everyone else except for Diane, who uses the map Wolf gave her before being captured to locate their lair and all of the missing loot there, which he was giving back.

After her touched affection leads her to break them out of jail, Wolf accompanies her because Snake and the others feel betrayed. To help Wolf feel better she tells him her backstory how she changed from criminal to politician. They visit Diane's hideout and realize they have to give it back to the police Then they gear up.

At marmalade's mansion, they arrive but fail to steal the meteorite because Wolf got distracted by a trap, in which was an unprotected golden dolphin that electrocuted both of them. They almost get murdered by cuddles from spinning blades, but Piranha, Webs, and Shark rescue them.

They then stole the meteorite, but seemingly it was still transmitting. Diane and Webs go on a girls trip to bring the money back by hacking trucks. She arrives at the police station, awaiting the bad guys, but instead of giving it back, they drive off to get Mr. Snake back.

When the guys return, Diane tries to explain they were bringing it back. She almost tells the chief that she was the crimson paw. But Wolf interrupts her by telling the chief that they were done commiting crimes.

Then Marmalade appears, but he actually returns his lamp instead, he was scammed by Snake, in which the real one was imploded at the mansion, then making further trouble the diamond ring that Diane used to own, falls out of his suit. The Chief immediately came to conclusion he was the crimson paw. Diane waves goodbye at him with a satisfied face.

A year later after good behavior, Diane picks the bad guys up ready to get to work.

## Appearance

Diane Foxington has a slender build that is accompanied by her anthropomorphic fox-like appearance. She has two pointy ears, black eyebrows, green irises and a pink snout. She has a piercing on her left eyebrow.

Diane wears a variety of outfits throughout the film. During her daily job, as governor she wears a grey suit over a white shite and black tie along with a pair of black framed glasses. During the Golden Dolphin award ceremony, she wears a slim pink dress and a golden necklace. During the charity function she wears a blue open-back dress with the skirt going along the sides of her legs, revealing pants in the middle. As the Crimson Paw, she wears a black jumpsuit with a balaclava covering her face.

## Personality

Throughout the film, Diane displays many interesting personality characteristics. To the public eye, she has assumed her role as a charismatic government determined on maintaining the peace with great pride and enthusiasm, true to her change of heart toward her past life of crime. On the other hand, she is highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, stealth, agility, gadgetry, and much more, all of which she has retained without noticeable flaw throughout the years as showcased in her jailbreak stunt. With these attributes combined, she is undoubtedly one the most clever characters in the entire film.

However, even she is not without flaws. Although it can be strongly assumed that her view toward crime has indeed changed as advertised, it seems she maintained a hint of pride over her prior status as the world's best bad guy, to the point where she seems confident that she has the Bad Guys 100% figured out and that they will fail in their heist for the Golden Dolphin, over which she herself has overseen security. While many of her critiques about the Bad Guys were correct, including how they would "make it personal" by going after the coveted award, she still displayed genuine shock and disappointment over the Golden Dolphin's disappearance, which served as a blow to her self-confidence, especially since the only reason they were eventually caught was Wolf unwittingly drawing attention to himself rather than her security team preventing the theft in the first place. This is further hinted at by her animosity toward Wolf's ruse and her initial skepticism for Marmalade's plan.

Despite her frustrations, she still expresses hope in reformation and gives the Bad Guys a chance when Wolf shows he truly was listening to her earlier that night. At first, the incident with the guinea pigs makes it look like a hopeless venture much to her frustration, but her hope is restored when Wolf has a moment of genuine lamentation over his own circumstances, proving to her that there is hope for them yet and leads her to give them another chance. Being a former thief with an eye for criminal schemes, she detects something fishy about Marmalade at the gala and is further blown away by Wolf's act of redemption by returning the stolen loot, showing that even she can be impressed. Throughout much of the film's third act, she demonstrates that she is still very much in-tune with her old clever thinking but has no issues with joining forces with others as she and Wolf put their minds together as work as a team to defeat Marmalade, all the while partaking in some flirting (which could suggest that Wolf's reformation serves as an opportunity for her to finally act on some secret feelings she may have had for him deep down, given how fast she warmed up to him after his private confession, including wanting to dance at the gala).

Even though she is presented as being a role model to the Bad Guys during their reformation, it's also likely that they returned some of the positive influence at the same time. Despite having a change of heart in the past, she continued to hold onto a precious stolen diamond hidden in her ring which was never returned while the Bad Guys ended up returning everything thanks to Wolf. This may have played a part in Diane's attempted confession at the end over her criminal past, but the new bond she had formed with the Bad Guys came through and they sacrificed their own freedom to keep her secret and new life safe, further earning her respect. All in all, Diane shows throughtout the film that even those who have already experienced a major change of heart in the past still have room for growth of character.

## Behind the Scenes

Diane Foxington is voiced by Zazie Beetz.

## Trivia

* Although loosely based on Ellen from the books, Diane shares many differences with her:
	+ Diane is a politician whereas Ellen isn't.
	+ Diane worked solo as Crimson Paw while Ellen works alongside other members of 'The International League of Heroes'.
	+ Ellen has a blonde ponytail while Diane doesn't.
	+ Ellen was a former thug turned good while Diane was disgusted at herself for being a thief and became governor to make up for her crimes.
	+ Diane stopped being the Crimson Paw before deciding to be governor while Ellen is still working with the members of Shadow Squad G.
	+ Ellen is known as "The One" during the second story arc of the books while Diane has yet to be chosen for a quest of her own.

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