Judge Dimsdale De Vil

Judge Dimsdale DeVil is the main antagonist of the 101 Dalmatians: The Series episode "De Vil-Age Elder." He is an ancestor of Cruella De Vil.

He was initially a tax collector, and he squeezed every last drop out of the citizens of DeVil-ville. He was so evil he became lots of other workers, such as a judge and, ultimately, Lord Mayor. Because of how he treated the citizens with an iron fist, a witch named Hestor Hen (with her chicken Katrina) cursed the town to keep the citizens safe by making sure they vanished and only appeared again once a century, appearing mindlessly happy, and she then (upon Katrina's reminder) decided eternity in prison would apply to the Evil DeVil and anyone bearing his name (except chickens for Katrina's safety).

When Cruella unintentionally ends up there, she suggests Dimsdale imprison the cursed Dearlys with a fake tour so she can buy the farm. But after he does, he betrays his own descendant and locks her in the stocks, saying that when Hestor said the evil DeVil would be cursed, she "didn't specify which one." After Spot (having not been cursed) kisses the other three protagonists and a long-time resident puppy named Rebecca, the five free the Dearlys, Anita frees Cruella, and then Spot kisses Roger and Anita.

Angry, Cruella tries to stop Dimsdale from going after all of the money, so Dimsdale tries to reimprison her, but the rest fight over her until the sun sets, making Dimsdale and DeVil-Ville vanish for the next century.