| “ | Who are we?! We... are the Flushed Pets! Thrown away by our owners and now we are out for revenge! It's like a club, but with biting and scratching! | „ |
| ~ Snowball |
| “ | Death is coming to Brooklyn! And it's got buck teeth and a cotton tail! | „ |
| ~ Snowball on the run. |
| “ | Long live the revolution, suckers! | „ |
| ~ Snowball |
Snowball is the main antagonist of Illumination's 6th full length feature film, The Secret Life of Pets, and the deuteragonist of its 2019 sequel, The Secret Life of Pets 2.
He is a white rabbit who is the original leader of the Flushed Pets and Max's former arch-nemesis who seeks to destroy humanity. At the end of the first film, he is adopted by a girl named Molly, and his attitude changes to when he becomes friends with his former enemies and decides to become a superhero.
He was voiced by Kevin Hart, who also portray Cyrus Whitaker in Lift and Doug Eubanks in Die Hart 2.
Personality[]
| “ | That ball of fluff has a screw loose. | „ |
| ~ Pops, regarding Snowball's insanity. |
Snowball is known for being insanely cute, but also literally psychopathic and insane due to the trauma of being abandoned by his owner. He is extremely hateful and argumentative towards pets and their owners. Snowball initially fits the classic "evil mastermind" stereotype, wanting to dominate the world using The Flushed Pets. Snowball is also incredibly eccentric and extraordinary, with a tendency to rely on one-liner comedy. However, in the end, he had a change of heart, learning to be a pet once again.
Role[]
The Secret Life of Pets[]
Snowball is depicted as a cute and adorable rabbit who hates both the happy pet owners and their pets. He built an army of the abandoned pets for he wants to take revenge on all the pet owners and the pets themselves. Formerly, Snowball was a party bunny for shows and birthdays, but was abandoned by his owner and because rabbits became out of fashion; this makes him hate people and he wants to destroy all humans. Then, as Snowball had told Max, Duke, and The Flushed Pets, "He made me disappear... FROM HIS LIFE!"
After Max and Duke are captured by the Animal Control officers, Snowball gets out from the sewer and appears at the middle of the road. The officers see him, one of them get out of the truck and takes a look at him, but the officer is attacked while Tattoo and the Bearded Dragon rushes out and hijacks the truck. Snowball then gets into the truck, finds Ripper, one of the members in The Flushed Pets, and chews his carrot to make a key to Ripper's cage. However, as the two officers are thrown out of the truck, the truck crashes in an alley eventually. In the last minute before the truck is ruined in flames, Snowball agrees to let Max and Duke free after Max lies and says that he hates people, though Snowball is suspicious of them at first. Max and Duke convince Snowball that they aren't pets as well, so Snowball takes them to his underground lair.
When they get to the lair, Snowball introduces themselves to Max and Duke, and asks them about the "story" that "they murdered their owner". Again, Snowball is convinced by their story words "killed their own owner with a blender." So he intends to call the Viper to bite Max and Duke as recognition to the new recruits; in the process, Snowball said he preferred Max to Duke. They are stopped by some cats, who reveal that Max and Duke are actually domesticated. On hearing this, The Flushed Pets try to catch the two dogs but Duke defends themselves by shaking Viper by tail, and Viper is later killed by piles of falling bricks accidentally, which makes Snowball decide to hunt down Max and Duke, even if they escape from the sewer and head to Brooklyn.
Snowball makes a plan to catch his enemies for “killing the tiny dog (Max)," even if Ripper and Tattoo, his main sidekicks, think his plans aren't the best, but his draft turns out to be pretty messy. Meanwhile, Pops and Max's neighbors finds Snowball's lair and sees his plan. Gidget appears to defend Max, but they flee when the whole lair of animals try to chase them. Later, Snowball arrives in Brooklyn, disguises as a baby and finds Max, who is running after the truck Duke is at. When the truck stops, Snowball attacks Max fiercely, only to find Tattoo and Ripper are also captured. Out of disappointment, Snowball decides to save his recruits with Max and eventually become friends with him. He drives a bus to follow the truck. At Brooklyn Bridge, the truck is thrown out of the bridge and Snowball becomes unconscious after the blow.
At first, The Flushed Pets think Max tries to harm Snowball and start attacking, but they are stopped by Gidget. Max, along with the truck falls into the river, but Snowball finds the key to Duke's cage and saves them. After the pets go to their home, Snowball wants to make a bigger plan, but he was seen by a girl named Molly, who wants to adopt him and the other Flushed Pets. While the gang goes back into the sewer, Molly adopts Snowball, who is touched by her kindness and heartwarming personality.
The Secret Life of Pets 2[]
He appears in this film as the deuteragonist. Throughout the film, he dresses up as a superhero. His superhero name is Captain Snowball. When a dog named Daisy shows up at Snowball's apartment, she explains that she needs Captain Snowball's help to save Hu the tiger from Sergei. Together, they rescue Hu, and try to hide him from Sergei and his circus wolves. During the climax of the film, Max, who has come home from his trip to the country, helps Snowball rescue Daisy and Hu. And when Sergei tries to kill them, Max's friends, the Cat Lady, and her cats use their car to run into him. At the end of the film, Snowball's owner, Molly, dresses him up in a princess costume, much to his surprise and delight. During the mid credits scene, Snowball sings a rap song about pandas. By the end of the song, Molly comes home, and hugs Snowball, who was wearing his superhero costume again.
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Trivia[]
- The fact that Snowball is a rabbit is a reference to Kevin Hart's first villainous role, Bigg Bunny Deenz in the 2008 film, Fool's Gold.
- He is the second main villain in an Illumination film not to be physically fought. The first being Aloysius O'Hare.
- Snowball later makes an appearance in the opening Illumination logo before The Grinch film happened in November.
- Will Smith was considered for the role of Snowball before Kevin Hart was cast.
- Snowball serves as a dark reflection of Max, both initially driven by jealousy, possessiveness, and a refusal to share what they love. Max starts out resenting Duke, seeing him as a threat to his bond with Katie, just as Snowball despises humans for abandoning him and rallies other rejected pets to seek revenge. However, Max eventually learns to accept Duke as his brother, realizing that love isn’t a limited resource. Snowball, on the other hand, lets his anger consume him, rejecting companionship and embracing vengeance. If Max had never let go of his bitterness and refused to accept Duke, he could have ended up like Snowball.
- Even though he always referred to Max as Tiny Dog, the only time that Snowball referred to him by his name was when he was planning his revenge in the first film.
External Links[]
- Snowball on the Heroes Wiki
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