Why "This is The Thanks I Get?" Failed As a Villain Song

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• KA

  @Karl-Hungus-KH · 2 years ago

  The one compliment I’ll give this song is that “This Is the Thanks I Get” is a great title for a hypothetical really great villain song.

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• SH

  @shadowsoulless6227 · 2 years ago

  &quot;I let you live here for free and don&apos;t even charge you rent&quot;<br>This is the songwriting we get

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• MI

  @Mikazuchireborn · 5 months ago

  Magnifico isn&apos;t evil enough.<br>He&apos;s quasi-evil.<br>He&apos;s semi-evil.<br>He&apos;s the margarine of evil.<br>He&apos;s the Diet Coke of evil.<br>Just one calorie, not evil enough.

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• MA

  @mariokarter13 · 2 years ago

  You&apos;ll often notice in bad children&apos;s movies like Wish that the villain actually has a valid point, but because the hero has no adequate rebuttal, the writers make the villain kick a puppy or something so that the audience doesn&apos;t have to think about pesky things like nuance.

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• TI

  @TitanXecutor · 2 years ago

  Sofia the First, a Disney Junior show, did better at not just writing villain songs, but villains in general

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• UC

  @UchihaChikiru · 1 year ago

  Magnifico doesn’t give villain; he gives Tony Stark having a bad day and yapping at his robots because Stark industry sales went down or Steve said his goatee looked crooked.

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• NO

  @nolanschotanus2769 · 2 years ago

  Also, a villain song should be thematically appropriate for the location or time. &quot;Charging rent&quot; is too modern of a term for a medieval fantasy setting.

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• EV

  @everettcdavis · 2 years ago

  I reading an interview with Alan Menken (the guy who wrote the 90&apos;s songs). It was when he was brought back for Tangled. Someone asked if he was glad to be back at Disney, and he said something like: <i>I appreciate that they understand that it takes a special skill to write these songs. They could easily go out and hire any pop artist, but they know that it wouldn&apos;t be the same.</i> Clearly, he couldn&apos;t have been more right.

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• AN

  @animatingangel7946 · 2 years ago

  For a guy who says he’s passionate, there’s no real passion or evil energy behind the song.<br><br>“Be Prepared” and “Hellfire” were loud and powerful, they built up and got more threatening. <br><br>“Poor Unfortunate Souls” sounded sharp and cunning, especially in the line “Go ahead. Make your choice.” Ursula is raising her voice and &nbsp;being angry at Ariel for not deciding yet.<br><br>“Mother Knows Best” fit the vibe of someone who’s only pretending to care. It sounding kind, but being full of scary things.<br><br>“This Is The Thanks I Get?!” has no passion or energy to it. He’s basically just talking to no one. He doesn’t sound angry, it sounds more like slight annoyance at best.<br><br>No offense to the actor who did this, it’s not his fault. It’s the writer and producer’s fault for writing this terrible song and having him preform it this way.

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• CA

  @CartoonimeJ · 2 years ago

  The dodododododooos in the chorus legit make it sound like this song is from a Target commercial.

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• RU

  @Runix1 · 2 years ago (edited)

  This song feels more like Kuzco&apos;s opening song than a villain song. Like Magnifico is a protagonist with a lot to learn.

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• RE

  @reidalyn2328 · 2 years ago (edited)

  It&apos;s not just the song. The entire movie failed to make Magnifico a villain like you said, which is so weird because he could have easily been a great one. Just make him sick and tired of granting selfish wishes to the point he secretly develop a deep sense of hatred and distrust in his people, eventually leading to him punishing everyone regardless of how good their wishes are because he sees everyone as evil

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