Zigzag

'''"I, I, I, I'm Zigzag the Great of the Golden Land!"

- Zigzag, introducing himself to the Mighty One-Eye '''

Zigzag is the main antagonist of the film, The Thief and the Cobbler. He is an evil sorcerer with strangeley light blue skin, several colored rings on his fingers, five fingers and a thumb per hand, and long shoes that extend as he walks. He is King Nod's grand vizier, but even the king dosen't seem to trust him. He usually speaks in rhymes in a munipulating fashion. He has a pet vulture named Phido, whom he sometimes abuses and rarely feeds him.

Biography
Near the beginning of the film, Zigzag stepped on one of Tack's tacks, and had him taken to the palace, intending to have his head cut off. He was planning to marry Princess Yum-Yum so he could become king. When Tack (who was fixing Princess Yum-Yum's shoe) chased after the thief who stole it, he ran into Zigzag, who took the opportunity to lock him in a cell. Later in the film (in the original workprint) he took Phido into Tack's cell to have him eaten, but he had to leave due to being summoned by King Nod.

After the thief stole the three golden balls that protected the Golden City, he lost them, and Zigzag sent his minions to retrieve them. He asked King Nod for Princess Yum-Yum's hand in marriage should he return the golden balls, but Kind Nod refused, so Zigzag tracked down the Mighty One-Eye and teamed up with him, charming some alligators and giving One-Eye the golden balls.

One-Eye made Zigzag ride in the front during the battle, but when Tack set off a chain reaction that destroyed One-Eye's machine and his entire army,  Zigzag later stepped on a tack and fell into a pit, where One-Eye's alligators were, and they began to eat him. Phido, who was itching for a meal throughout the movie, entered the pit and ate Zigzag starting with his head. In the Calvert and Miramax cuts, Zigzag attempted to kidnap Princess Yum-Yum after the war machine starts to collapse, but was stopped by Tack, who defeated him in combat.

Trivia

 * He was voiced by the late legendary actor Vincent Price. The film was released posthumously in 1995 two years after his death in 1993.
 * In all three versions of the film, Zigzag's role, voice, and death are the same.
 * Zigzag possibly inspired the Disney villain, Jafar from Aladdin.