King Wartlord

Wartlord is the main antagonist of the animated Brazilian film The Happy Cricket. In the English dub, he is voiced by the late Bob Papenbrook, whose memory the film was dedicated in. His primary motivation stems from self entitlment.

Role
Wartlord is a fat purple slimy lizard who has orange eyes and he declares himself king over the forests surrounding his castle. Because of the stature he believes he has, he insists that he gets the best of everything. The best food, possessions, castle, etcetera, he feels he is obligated to. His character comes off as evil for the sake of being completely evil. Typically, he hates positive things like beauty, and music in general, but he loves ugliness, the suffering of others, and beautiful expensive objects, such as the bright star in his respective film, who he believes is a magnificent diamond. With this "diamond", he concludes that he will be able to create a great golden statue that would magnify his greatness. The irony in this is that he is not only far too lazy to get it or build the statue himself, but apparently the bright "diamond" will not glow for him. In comparison, the star turns as black and as dead as his heart whenever he touches it.

Though he is considerable smarter than his henchman, Buffoono, he is still very ignorant and destructive. When Bufoono informs him that the diamond is really a star, he rejects the idea and still believes that this one star will bring him glory, power, and fame, despite the fact that it refuses to give him any of these things.

Because of Christopher, the Happy Cricket's, strong bond with music and the Linda, he is determined to destroy him when said cricket finally approaches his castle. When Christopher plays his guitar for the star, it glows so brightly, it forces Wartlord to back away far enough to fall over the edge of his castle and into the flames that were burning it to the ground.