| “ | It's King Salazar, not Salad Bar! | „ |
| ~ King Salazar whenever someone gets his name wrong. |
| “ | Once the Warners are disposed of, I'll proceed with making my wish. | „ |
| ~ King Salazar intending to make his wish on the wishing star. |
King Salazar, The Pushy is the main antagonist of the Animaniacs film Wakko's Wish. He is the greedy, arrogant, and despicable tyrant king of Warnerstock.
He was voiced by the late Paxton Whitehead, who also played Dr. Phillip Barbay in Back to School.
Biography[]
Upon the death of the king, Sir William the Good, Warnerstock enters a state of civil war. Taking advantage of the situation, the neighboring fictional kingdom of Ticktockia (a parody of Time Inc., at the time of its merger with Warner Communications), lead by diabolical King Salazar the Pushy, takes over Warnerstock, and makes all its people poor, gloomy and miserable due to overtaxation.
Three orphans, Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, are particularly troubled, as Dot is in desperate need of operation.
Wakko, saddened about Dot's illness, tries wishing upon a star. A fairy (who calls himself a "desire fulfillment facilitator") falls from the star he picks and explains that Wakko had just chosen the only wishing star in the sky. The star itself (which Rita and Runt witness) falls shortly after in the mountains and the fairy tells Wakko that whoever touches the star first gets one wish. The following morning, the siblings tell the whole town about the star in their excitement, which makes them all rush towards the glow in the mountains. King Salazar finds out about the star, orders Taxman Plotz to stop the Warners from reaching the star alive, and orders his troops to head to the star first and secure it. When he learned they escaped, he remarks "Just like their parents, I should've gotten rid of those kids years ago when I had the chance.", hinting that he probably killed their parents during his invasion.
As the King approaches the star and is about to make his wish, that the Warners would leave him alone forever, the Warners show up, and he tries shooting them himself with a cannon. He misses, but Dot seems mortally wounded by the force of the explosion created when the cannonball hits the ground. Wakko seizes his chance to head to the star, and Yakko drops behind, trying to convince Dot that she can make it. Yakko then tells Dot the story of how Dot was born one last time as Dot then seemingly dies. The townsfolk of Acme Falls were incredibly horrified and devastated along with some of King Salazar's soldiers, who are enraged upon discovering King Salazar's despicable crimes. As everyone turns against the villainous King Salazar, Wakko then takes the chance to reach for the star. Dot then reveals that she had been pretending the entire time and was not actually injured, while Wakko wishes for two ha'pennies.
They then boot Salazar out of their palace (literally) where he is attacked by his own dogs. It was revealed that he took the castle and threw the three kids away to the orphanage to be sure to not see them again.
It is unknown what has happened to Salazar afterwards. It could be assumed that his dogs killed him offscreen, thus ending both his tyranny and oppression for good.
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Trivia[]
- He has an evil daughter named Snow White from the Animaniacs episode "Cute First".
- Salazar was darker than most Animaniacs villains due to the fact that he was willing to kill to accomplish his goals. He also condemned an entire village to starvation via harsh tax laws.
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