| Satan | |
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Real Name |
Satan |
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First Appearance |
Hell's Bells (October 30, 1929) |
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Original Publisher |
Disney/Columbia Pictures |
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Created by |
Walt Disney & Ub Iwerks |
Origin[]
In Hell, an orchestra plays some music to entertain Satan. The orchestra is a mix between traditional instruments and nonsensical ones, as one of the creatures is playing a saxophone, whilst another one is comically playing a rib cage in place of a cello. A demon then begins to dance to the music, occasionally flying to it as well. Then, other devils begin to dance to the music. They do this until they cease naturally and walk away. However, one of the creatures walks into a piece of crumbling rock, and becomes crooked as a result. He dances some more in order to cease his crooked state.
Satan laughs at the occurrence, and rings a bell, to signal his lack of food and his desire to be fed. Upon hearing the bell, three creatures milk a cow-like creature for some milk which is as hot as fire, which they bring to Satan. He finds the milk pleasing, as he gulps it down in quick succession. After that, Satan picks up one of the little demons and feeds him to the three-headed dog seen earlier. Satan laughs and proceeds to try to grab another little demon. The Rebellious Imp, not wanting to gain the same fate as the other little demon, refuses and tries to step away from Satan.
This angers Satan, who leaps from his throne and begins to chase him through Hell in order to attempt to catch the little demon. The chase leads them to a cliff, where the little demon hides in a section of the cliff. Satan attempts to look from him, but when he attempts this, Satan is kicked off the cliff by the little demon. Satan then tumbles down the cliff. During this, Satan tries to grab onto a ledge. This makes his body stretch out like an accordion. The fire below then tugs at his tail and spanks him. The fire then drags Satan down, ultimately killing him. The film ends with the fire consuming the screen, and leaving behind a 'The End' card.
Public Domain Animated Appearances[]
- Hell's Bells (October 30, 1929)
Notes[]
- In Cuphead, The Devil's design is based on Satan from "Hell's Bells", a short from Silly Symphonies. In addition,the Devil's transformation into a spider is based on the spider at the beginning of Hell's Bells.