His dialogue and demeanor alone is a unique dimension to his character, his talk is as dark as his actions. Heck, screw mafia bosses, he’s ATTILA THE HUN, the man who struck fear into the roman empire, the greatest BOSS.

His sardonic way of talking makes him really boss, like one of those mafia bosses. “How many men does it take to deliver a message? ONE” To be honest, I never even understood what even happened during this dark scene until just recently. He uses a dark type of humor to joke about it too.

Shan Yu is a lot like Frieza from Dragon Ball Z in the sense where he commits horrible atrocities and acts so insensitive towards these actions. “The little girl will be missing her doll, we should return it to her!” With the little dialogue he is given, he shows what kind of a person he is and I love that about him. Shan Yu commits the most brutal acts in the smuggest way, it just shows how much confidence he has and even how fearless he is. One thing I love about Shan Yu’s character is that he is so malicious and terrifying but not in an artificial way (*cough* *Maleficent*). For those of you who don’t know who he is, he is the leader of the Huns during the fifth century who struck fear into the Roman Empire and caused massive destruction just like Yu. Looking at his character, it’s pretty obvious Shan Yu was based off of Attila the Hun plunders, pillages, loots, and unjustifiable destruction are what they pretty much both are known for.

Being the Shan Yu fangirl I am, seeing nobody defending Shan Yu as a villain and nobody praising him the way he should be praised, I figured I needed to give my reasons to why he is my favorite villain and the best after Frollo of course. You think that’s it? Well in all my time browsing article after article and seeing all the comments on Youtube and so many other Disney websites, I have come to the conclusion that Shan Yu is unwarrantedly underrated and deserves recognition as one of Disney’s best villains. Yet despite how successfully portrayed as a villain he is, he ranks as number eighteen on the official villain countdown. He has the strength, the bravery, the brains, the ruthlessness, and so many amazing villain qualities in him that make him so versatile. I for one thing have never seen someone more versatile, competent (he actually get’s the job done!) and all round villain like Shan Yu. As a big Shan Yu fan, I find it quite sad how severely underestimated, under appreciated, and immensely forgotten Shan Yu is as a villain. When the term Disney villain comes to mind, people usually think of Scar, Ursula, Maleficent, Hades, or all those other “iconic” Disney villains usually come to mind. I know a lot of you will probably not read this all the way through, but if you do, I was not holding a dictionary as I was writing this, I just got very serious on this topic. I am always asked why, so I decided to make this article giving a lot of the reasons why I have this opinion. Everyone here knows me to be the Shan Yu fan (Probably the biggest on this spot) with the unpopular opinion that Shan Yu is the best Disney Princess villain and the second best Disney villain.

Shan yu concept art