Mrs. Tweedy

"They're chickens, you dolt! Apart from you, they're the most stupid creatures on this planet! They don't plot, they don't scheme, and they are not organized!"

- Mrs. Tweedy, yelling at Mr. Tweedy

'''Melisha "Mrs." Tweedy' is the main antagonist of the 2000 stop-motion animated film Chicken Run''. She is an exceptionally cruel farmer that will stop at nothing to make money by killing the chickens and making them into pies, running a "farm" that is more akin to a death-camp than anything even remotely resembling what could be considered an acceptable place for livestock, even those bred for consumption. Her husband Mr Tweedy is (rightfully) convinced that the chickens are planning to escape, which she refuses to believe.

She is voiced by Miranda Richardson.

Chicken Run
In the 1950s, Ginger the chicken attempts to escape from the Tweedy's farm in Yorkshire, England. However, she is caught by Mr Tweedy and is put in a coal bin after Mrs Tweedy tells her husband to take care of Ginger. Mrs Tweedy discovers that profits are constantly going down due to the small amount of eggs they have and presumably due to the chickens' multiple attempts to escape. She orders a chicken pie making machine after seeing an ad for the machine, believing it would increase her profit tenfold. Mrs and Mr Tweedy take Ginger and they try to kill her in their chicken pie machine in order to test the machine, but Rocky rescues her and clogs the gravy sprayer, almost destroying the machine. The chickens and Rocky begin to ready their biggest escape plan while the Tweedys fix the machine. When the chickens try to use an airplane to fly out, Mrs Tweedy tries to stop them with her axe, but Rocky's bike knocks her unconscious, accidentally throwing the axe in the air. Mrs Tweedy gets up and sees the axe land right next to her neck, making her pass out again.

Mrs Tweedy then wakes up and goes off in pursuit of the escaping chickens, now insanely angry, wielding the axe as the chickens are flying in their plane. Ginger tricks Mrs Tweedy into cutting the rope with her axe, and she lands onto the top of the pie machine, causing it to explode. At that rate, Mr Tweedy berates Mrs Tweedy for not coming to the fact that the chickens are organised in the first place. This only enrages Mrs Tweedy, wanting to lash out, but having enough, Mr Tweedy pushes the door down on her, flattening her and presumably killing her.

Personality
"This is one farmer's wife you don't want to piss off."

- Rebecca Brayton from watchmojo.com on Mrs. Tweedy.

Mrs. Tweedy is a selfish, cruel, cold-hearted woman who only uses the chickens to get money, which she and her husband are very low on. She is always looking for a chance to bully Mr Tweedy and the chickens, and despite her nastiness, she does show cleverness at times - she is the one who comes up with the idea of buying a pie machine to use to make more profit from the chickens.

She also shows impatience with her husband, shown when she is contemplating buying the Pie Machine, and when the Pie Machine is broken. It is also demonstrated that she and her husband disagree on many things -- when Mr Tweedy is attacked by the chickens he calls to her, "The chickens are revolting!" and she, doing other things at the time, says to herself, "Finally, something we agree on." However, she didn't know he meant revolt in the context she was thinking of. She is also shown to be a very tough woman who is possibly happy with the idea of murdering the chickens, displayed with the evil smile she gave to the chickens she selected for slaughter during Roll Call right before they were killed.

Appearance

Mrs Tweedy wears a burgundy dress with an upright collar, a black brooch at the throat, black muck boots, red gloves that go up to her forearms, and sleeves rolled up to her elbows. She has long, dark brunette hair pulled back into a tight bun at the top of her head.

Abilities
Being a farmswoman, she carries a hatchet that she uses to behead chickens. She manages to wield it surprisingly well in battle. Additionally, she's a rather cunning and strong woman, being most of the brawn and brains involved at the farm.

Trivia

 * Mrs Tweedy is similar to Cruella de Vil: Both are animal haters who yell a lot. They both also have henchmen who eventually redeem themselves by standing up to their respective leaders after having spent enough time suffering miserably under their respective leaders' abuse.
 * Mrs Tweedy also resembles Gladys Sharp: Both are animal haters, both have one man working for them, and both get annoyed with their henchmen. Both are the main antagonists of their respective films and both want to exterminate the animals in the film to achieve bigger profits.