The Badness (Elephant Tales)

The Badness are a group of poachers who are the main antagonists in the film Elephant Tales.

Role in the film
Some time prior to the events of the film, or in between the film, they have captured two baby Hamadryas baboons, a warthog, a baby Vervet monkey, and Cub, the lion cub and have massacred many rhinos. They first appear at the beginning of the film, when they spot the young elephant Tutu and go and kill his herd off-screen. Later in the film, Tutu's brother, Zef is caught in one of their traps and is taken to their camp, but Zef, the baboons, the monkey, the warthog, and Cub are freed by Chump, the chimpanzee. Toward the end of the film, The Badness is attacked by Tutu, Zef, Chump, and Stretch, the giraffe. Three of them were trapped in the exact same cage that Zef was trapped in earlier, When one of them gains the upper hand by tying a rope around the necks of Stretch and Zef and traps Chump in a net. The animals' confidence is boosted when Cub returns. After two of the poachers mock cub, all of them are trapped in the cage. Zef is about to kill them, but stops, realizing that if he did it, he would be no better than the badness. What became of The Badness is unknown, but they are most likely arrested.