| “ | Victoria: "What does it say on my royal crest, Admiral?" Admiral: [looks up and reads] "I hate pirates... M'am." Victoria: "Exactly... Hate them! With their... idiotic shanties! And their ridiculous hats! And their endless, blasted roaring! I want them... sunk, Admiral! Scumpered, smashed, fed to the sharks! Do you hear me?! I HATE... PIRATES!!!" |
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| ~ Queen Victoria expressing her hatred of pirates. |
| “ | Victoria: "You'll swing for this! CURSE YOU! And after you're done swinging, I'll chop your head off! I'll put it into a cannon and fire it into the sun!" Pirate with a Scarf: "Does that mean he's not pardoned anymore?" Queen Victoria: "PARDONED?!?!?!" [Accidentally lets go of her ship's deflating balloon, which carries her away.] "YOU'LL BE OUTLAWED ACROSS THE GLOBE!!! THERE WILL BE A HIGHER PRICE ON YOUR HEAD THAN ANY PIRATE BEFORE YOU!!! THE WHOLE WORLD WILL KNOW YOUR NAME!!!" |
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| ~ Queen Victoria's last words, while vowing her barbaric rant on the Pirate Captain. |
Queen Alexandrina Victoria Hannover, also simply known as Queen Victoria, is the main antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's sixth and Aardman’s fifth feature film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!. She is the tyrannical ruler of the British Empire and the head of the Church of England with a severe hatred of pirates. She planned to eat Polly, but is foiled by the Pirate Captain when he sinks her massive flagship the QV1. She is also the last British ruler from the house of Hanover due to her marriage to Prince Albert of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
She was voiced by Imelda Staunton, who also played Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter film series, Angorra in The Snow Queen, and Mrs. Lovett in the 2012 West End adaption of Sweeney Todd.
History[]
Queen Alexandrina Elizabeth Christina Victoria is the queen of London and has a severe hatred of pirates. She is also the leader of a secret party of world leaders who join together every year to eat the rarest of creatures. She was later seen applauding with the other audience members to see the Pirate Captain (disguised as a scientist) becoming a great scientist.
The Pirate Captain has been pardoned by Queen Victoria, so which means that the Pirate Captain cannot win the Pirate of the Year awards, thus making him lose the license of swashbuckling. Then, she also was seen capturing Polly (the last dodo bird) with the other world leaders to eat all the rarest animals on the QV1. She almost had beheaded Polly, but Mr. Bobo saves her to disrupt the meal. Then, the Pirate Captain and his crew have a confrontation with her to keep Polly alive, making her get stranded on an island.
Near the end of the film, the other rare animals decide to eat Queen Victoria. It is completely unknown if Queen Victoria was eaten alive by the rare animals or if she managed to make it to London in order to resume her mandate. Because of the Pirate Captain's action against her, he received a bounty of one hundred-thousand Doubons, which is the highest bounty for a pirate in the Seven Seas, effectively making him a most dangerous pirate alive and restoring his reputation among his peers. Consequently, this infamy makes his rival Black Bellamy to lose the title "pirate of the year".
Appearance[]
Queen Victoria wears a royal cream dress to reveal her cleavage, a blue sash, royal cream gloves, cream earrings, a gold necklace, a cream hair tie, and a royal gold crown. She has light brunette hair tied into a bun, blue eyes and red lipstick.
Gallery[]
Quotes[]
| “ | You see, I may have the body of a weak and feeble woman, but I have the heart and soul of a person who really, really wants that dodo! | „ |
| ~ Queen Victoria with the Pirate Captain. |
| “ | I seem to recall that you pirates have a bit of a soft spot for shiny things. Or am I getting you muddled up with Magpies? | „ |
| ~ Queen Victoria showing the Pirate Captain her room full of gold and treasure. |
Trivia[]
- Queen Victoria is the first main antagonist in a Sony Pictures Animation film to be a female. She would be followed by Smiler in The Emoji Movie, Zeta in The Angry Birds Movie 2, and PAL in The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
- Queen Victoria is also the first Sony Pictures Animation antagonist to be based on a historical figure.
- Queen Victoria is the third Aardman character to be a female antagonist, after Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run and Piella Bakewell from Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf and Death, but before Agent Red from A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon.
- Queen Victoria is the third main Aardman villain, who is voiced by a Harry Potter cast member, Since Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run and Victor Quartermaine from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit, For Queen Victoria's case is voiced by Imelda Staunton, who portrayed Dolores Umbridge, while Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run's case is voiced by Miranda Richardson, who portrayed Rita Skeeter and Victor Quartermaine from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit's case is voiced by Ralph Fiennes, who portrayed Lord Voldemort.
- Queen Victoria is the third Aardman character to be voiced by Imelda Staunton, after Bunty from Chicken Run and Margaret Claus from Arthur Christmas.
- Queen Victoria is the only human female Aardman antagonist who speaks with "received pronunciation", whereas Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run and Piella Bakewell from Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf and Death speak with the Northern English accent, whereas Agent Red from A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon never spoke at all aside from grunts.
- Queen Victoria is the only human female Aardman antagonist who does not wear eyeshadow. Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run, Piella Bakewell from Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf and Death and Agent Red from A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon have eyeshadow.
- There are several differences between real life and the universe in The Pirates: Band of Misfits where Queen Victoria lives in.
- The real Queen Victoria did not actually hate pirates. In fact, the Golden Age of Piracy was over by that time.
- In addition, Queen Victoria died from hemorrhagic stroke on January 22, 1901 at Osborne House, East Cowes, United Kingdom, at the age of eighty-one, one of the Queen's royal retreats.
- In real life, the QV1, the royal yacht, did not exist although one ship was built at that time that could rival the QV1, the SS Great Eastern.
- The real Queen Victoria did not actually hate pirates. In fact, the Golden Age of Piracy was over by that time.
- Melissa McCarthy was considered for the role of Queen Victoria.