I like to think that King Magnifico is the First villain to cause all the dark magic in the Disney Universe, Making room for future generations of Villains like Maleficent, The Evil Queen, Jafer and even Preschool Disney Baddies like Cedric, Princess Ivy and Miss Nettle from Sofia the First and even Shieckie from Elana of Avlor.

I also really love the idea that “we’re all stars” like we’re sent down here for a reason to experience life and a purpose on this earth but eventually we have to go back to the source. Much like how “We are all connected in the Great Circle of Life.”

The moral of the story is: when people pleasing doormats finally say no for once, they are the villains

Personally, I really enjoyed Wish and I liked Magnifico as a villain, like a lot ^^ And I believed that while he was insecure and fearful, Magnifico might've also been jealous of the people's wishes deep down because he had his greatest desires taken away and he never had the chance to fulfill them and that was another reason why he kept so many wishes locked up for so long. Sure it started out as protecting them, but maybe it grew darker over time and turned into something like resentment. And when the people of Rosas started questioning him, that was what tipped him over the edge

i see magnifico as good guy turned bad guy like when he did wish granting it was for good intention but over time he saw the wishes as a well to keep his kingdom under his control since as along as he has the wishes no one would try to usurp,revolt, or betray him cause if they do they don't get wish and what isaac say in this video

I think if they wanted to do a redemption arc for him, Asha could’ve found that he had also given up his wish and gives it back to him. Then he remembers why he did what he did, for the good of people. He’d still have to face justice but at least with his wish and his full memory and context of himself then he could start to heal.

You can tell Chris Pine had fun doing it, but still I felt that he went from being just kinda a control freak to full on evil villainy in a blink. The ending bothered me too, the wife made fun of him and put him in the dungeon...yet there was no indication that they didn't love each other. Like have her say " perhaps someday my love, I can undo what you did to yourself"

There's something else in the book "A Recipe For Adventure" that's to be noted about this character: when King Magnifico captures Star, he gives a very poignant speech. He asks it where it was when he was younger and needed it many years ago. Why did it take Asha summoning Star down from the sky for them to meet? He then tells Asha that before she decided to rebel, he thought he could simply rely on everyone's trust and that being surrounded by all their wishes was the closest thing he ever felt to happiness. So, maybe after he lost his home and family, but before he became a sorcerer, he also spent nights looking up at the stars wishing and hoping for a miracle, but when that miracle never came, that's when he started studying magic and swore to do whatever it takes to prevent that from happening again. Now, don't get me wrong, I know fully well that he's the villain, and that doesn't excuse his actions, including before he used that forbidden magic. It's just something to think about.

I am so blind all this time I thought that he was just pure evil. Now I understand there is fear in him. He feels misunderstood, so what I think is he is a good Disney villain, but I don’t know maybe I’m just imagining things❤

I have always loved the storyline of Wish with such an incredible animation and beautiful music. I was truly inspired by Asha to continue following my dreams and wishing on the northern star in the midnight sky. I will love to see more videos of Wish to learn about the different backstories for the characters from Wish.

The way i saw his story when i watched the movie was Magnifico was raised in a simple life before having his family killed and it tramatized him. That would affect every decision he makes throughout Wish. He at the start was a bit controlling and narcissistic. It's his way or no way. He knows how to protect them, its his kingdom, he is the only one allowed to to use magic, etc. If he is the one in control then nothing can happen to his family. He definitely likes to use people. In his song he tells about how he would send other people to do what he should be doing. He has little interest in his kingdom aside from the wishes. He does view them as a power source. It's not that he wants to take them from his own purposes(yet) but i think he sees them as a magical backup plan. He needs anyone to do something non magical he send Amaya or other people to do it but he is the only one in Rosas who can do magic so if he needs a lot of power quickly he knows where he can get it. That's also why he keeps that book around. As long as his "reserves" are full he will grant wishes. If he grants every single teeny wish then he wont have that power and security. He sees himself on a pedestal, higher than anyone else because of whatbhe can do and when Asha finds star and in his eyes joins that pedestal she becomes a threat. She is a magical threat and now he has to step in and deal with it himself. I feel like the book is somehow alive. Like a magical energy that hooks into someone and slowly pulls them in and brings out the darkest parts of them. When it finally gets it's hooks in Magnifico it twists dark parts of him that are already there and just amplifies it. Amaya is his family and he is very desperate to protect what he has left of it that he has built a kingdom to use. After the book he points his staff at her throat. I definitely dont think Magnifico would do this if it weren't for the book. His family is everything and he will do anything and everything to protect what he has left of it. The songs while a little unorthodox at times explain a lot. He will do anything at all costs to protect his family. Doesnt matter how vile or dark he will do it and thats where that book sinks its dark magic in. I do believe Magnifico was in control of his actions but that the dark magic from the book twisted his view of reality to make him want to make more evil choices. You can see a change in his magic before and after he uses the book. I actually like Magnifico's story in wish. It shows how holding onto one's trauma can bring about their own destruction cause in the end the only real threat to Magnifico was Magnifico himself.

Im just really happy that some people are genuinely looking at him. Did him terribly dirty in the movie. And a lot of things wasn’t all him even tho he was pushed as this big villain. The movies characterization of him kinda just seemed like a shove to get you to see him as evil, even though there’s clear signs there’s more to him.

While Magnifico's not the most complex Disney Villain feels very nostagic. Reminding us of the Disney Studio's Classic bad guys in some ways. That's something very approprite for celebrating 100 years of Disney Magic.

I think he is a good example of "be careful what you wish for." People have been complaining about Disney's overuse of twist villains and wanted a simple bad guy for the hero to go up against. Disney makes a mostly straightforward bad guy like past villains like the evil queen or the wicked stepmother and people complain he isn't complex enough.

King Magnifico definitely qualifies for a tragic villain. One can sympathize with his backstory considering what happened to him early in his life. However, he unfortunately let his rage and insecurities cloud his better judgment. All in all, while not the darkest or scariest Disney villain, he is a pretty good 1.

I believe Magnifico is one of the best Disney villains of all time simply because of how unique and interesting I found his kind of villainy and character to be. He has an actual reason without ever being redeemed. Of course, it is terrible that he lost his family and home. I get it. It is horrible to carry a trauma like that. But what I do not find acceptable is him throwing everyone else under the bus because of that trauma. Why didn’t he get help? Why didn’t he trust his wife with his emotional issues? He had the time and money to turn to anyone to work through his issues and he didn’t do it. Instead, he chose to stay with his trauma and issues, leading it to affect everyone else negatively in the long run. Yes, he wanted what was best for everyone. Wanted to create a good place. And at least at first and for a while he did do this. He made a Kingdom better than any other at the time. But the flaw of the main promise of his kingdom is hollow, and such a big problem, I don’t think it should be ignored. He promised people a place where their most heartfelt and purest wish can come true. But instead very few people ever get the promise he gave them. Most people will never get that promise that the kingdom promotes so much as its advertisement. He thought he could judge people by the way they looked in their wishes. Those wishes are the purest part of any person. He said so himself. How can he say there is anything bad in them? Oh right, because he doesn’t care about being consistent, because he is a narcissist. If Sabino’s wish is so vague. You can not assume it’s bad either. He immediately assumed the very worst out of Sabino. Vagueness doesn’t immediately mean it’s bad. It just means you can’t know for sure. Asha gave Magnifico the idea of a better system where people were allowed to prove their worth. She told him that if they were proven to be dangerous, they could be stopped. What’s stopping Magnifico from stopping someone who has proven themself to be dangerous? Nothing at all. If they aren’t dangerous they deserve that wish. But Magnifico doesn’t care about any of that. He only cares about maintaining control over everything and everyone no matter what. Because he could never let go of or heal from his issues. He descended into madness and became the danger he wanted to keep out in the first place. This is basically why I do not feel sorry for Magnifico in the slightest. He does not deserve forgiveness or to be seen as the hero he isn’t. Asha doesn’t deserve to be blamed as the villain she ain’t. The people of Rosas don’t deserve to be victimized either. They were all grateful for the good that came their way. But when a real issue is addressed. Magnifico hyper-focuses on them being “ungrateful”. Immediately sweeping any underlying issues that could be easily fixed. Especially the big problem of a hollow promise. The people didn’t know they would have their memory wiped. They weren’t even given a real reason for why they forgot the wish they had. All they had to excuse it was “forget without regret”. As if they’re letting go of their worry so much that they won’t even think about their wish. And the people thought Magnifico cared about who did and didn’t deserve their wish based on who was good and worthy. Only to turn out that he judged others externally, and he would end up rejecting many worthy of their wish. Very few would ever get what they were promised. Even though most of the people have proven to be good people. Magnifico does not care. He had his chances of being better, he had every chance to work through his issues. And he chose the path toward evil. But it sure did make for a complex and good villain. Don’t care if no one else seems to realize that. I suppose some of the other ideas that were hinted at could have been explored a little more. But it doesn’t affect the overall plot, and I am still satisfied with what we got out of Wish.

Say, do any of you think Amaya is the same woman who wished to become a graceful dancer, specifically a ballerina?

Thank you for posting the video about the tragic backstory of Magnifico.

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Truthfully, I feel like the writers for this movie screwed up royally for what they wanted to accomplish. They wanted Magnifico to be a classic Disney villain on the level of the evil queen, the wicked stepmother and Maleficent. And if they had done that, it probably would’ve helped the movie. But instead, they gave him too much backstory too much of a sympathetic reason why he was doing what he’s doing. And more importantly, they made his idea for keeping peoples wishes reasonable. They also made the source for him becoming evil and outside force. He’s not some cruel person like Cruella Deville. It was the book that turned him evil. There’s some really good potential with this movie, but I feel like they screwed up the execution by making The villain, more of a light typed villain. And the main character, someone who’s disrupting the status quo.

Lot of wishes didn't need magic to grant

Really sounds like Magnifico was the good guy. He made a perfect kingdom and was keeping it peaceful.

Wish this was explained more clearly in the movie.

Now I'm just mad at Disney for not revealing this to us in the movie itself.

Magnifico's Dose not feel like a villain but a flawed person like Alma

While i for one still enjoyed Wish for what it was I can understand some of the criticisms especially considering some of the early ideas for the film’s story such as Queen Amaya being villainous alongside her husband and Star being more anthropomorphic and Asha’s love interest. But again I personally feel that even if the film went into this direction people would STILL find reasons to hate it.

Thank you for breaking his story down Isaac

During the film, I actually made theories based on what I have seen. You see, I personally think that the book that Magnifico owns isn't actually his and might have stolen it from the thieves that he had mentioned, said thieves using the book to make their crimes go efficiently. During Magnifico's scenes, there is probably an underlying feeling that he has been bottling his petty paranoia and trauma that he had when he was a boy. Now, the reason why we remember the Disney Villains is because they have pettiness and Magnifico is no different.

King Magnifico might have been a great person once, but the power he got ended up consuming him.

Magnifico as a villain represents the Magic Mirror from Snow White considering that Magnifico means Magnificent in both Spanish and Portuguese and loves mirrors. While eyes turning green are a nice touch from previous animated movies such as Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty and Ursula from The Little Mermaid, it was a pity that his white & blue costume didn’t turn purple & green as a Magic Mirror costume. Anyway the best returning Disney villain that writers ever made especially with the returning final battle that I enjoyed the most from Wish. 👑

I've missed "Evil" Evil Disney villains, so when Magnifico brought that back.. I was thrilled!

Furthermore, people forget that loss and hardships are a natural part of life in order for humans to grow. As fairy godmother Asha and others use the magic in harmony with that natural order and to encourage people to work through their problems, whether it's humbling or bolstering people. Magnifico's methods go in opposition to that natural order, in trying to make everything perfect and controlled, and he forgets the discipline and humility from his struggles as he constantly siphons off people's bolstering and praising of him, but when faced with question or something humbling he lacks the humility to take a step and reevaluate himself so in the end he needs another humbling experience through being trapped in the mirror where he can either learn and "reflect" from being humbled or be trapped forever.

Heroes and villains all have traumas and struggles but the difference is how they deal with it and how they treat power and magic. Magnifico’s default is running from/shielding against his troubles while essentially making a god out of himself and milking people's praise and constantly bolstering himself without learning the discipline behind his struggles, and if something looks powerful, then his method is upgrade magic and power but doing that makes him forget his humanity and turns the magic into a crutch and thus a drug that defeats him. Asha has lost her father to illness in a world where there should be magic to heal him but she only wished him healthy and relied on the wish system but at 12 she was too young to give that wish rather than seeking doctors who we’ve yet to see, but over time she's learned to cope with it in a healthy way with her bond to her friends and family and remembers her father’s guidance and wisdom, and when she selflessly wishes for others to have their chance at figuring out their wishes themselves, the magic in Star is there to guide her by offering ideas and reminding her of the connection all different beings have as stars which allows her and the people to break out of the narrative Magnifico sells for the people to give their wishes and live dependently on them being granted by him and do something about their wishes with each other to help as a community

I don't think he's a villain, beyond what Disney labelled him as. I think your video on him summed a lot of that up, and a lot of that control came from a drive to keep everyone safe. But the problem was that it went too far, he grew too hypervigilant, and he wound up making a HUGE mistake in turning to that book. Is he irredeemable? No, and that's where Disney got it wrong. When he was under control of the book it was VERY obvious what had happened. Magnifico wasn't himself. At best he was stumbling around and acting drunk off his head. At worst, he was sending tendrils of magic out to bind the very people that he cared so much for just a couple of hours before. In addition, Amaya herself KNEW why he had turned to that book and that it was the magic possessing him. But instead, we get a song where she turns against him and acts like he did this as some part of diabolical plan. And in the end, this poor man gets everything ripped away from him and permanently banished to a mirror. As someone with CPTSD, I see a lot of myself in Magnifico. And when I was younger, I got punished when my anxiety triggered a meltdown. So his arc hit too close to home, especially at the end. I think the true villain here is poor mental health; anxiety and trauma disorders, and the stigma that comes with them. And I see Magnifico himself as the hero of a Greek tragedy.

Magnifico is a good king and a ideal wishmaster. He grants wishes that make people happy, make other people happy, are beneficial to the kingdom and the world, and won't cause any form of trouble or chaos to both the kingdom and the world. Magnifico is actually really responsible and considerate with his wish granting.

Nice work, Isaac. I love all the nods to the other villains. How about Clayton or Governor Ratcliffe's full story?

King Magnifico always saw wishes as a sign of greed from the people who will do everything to fullfil them, like the robbers who murdered his family and stole everything he has because of their greed, but in the end Magnifico ended up like them because of his greed and paranoia for order and control of his kingdom by removing everyone's wishes with excuse that he was protecting them, but in reality he was sealing them to contain the threat he thinks they posed.

I dont like Wish, but Magnifico was the only character that interested me since he had a dream, felt devastation of it never getting fulfilled, there were hints about some kind of a disaster caused by other people's wishes and now here he is maintaining order and happiness of his citizens then corrupted by power that got best of him after he was betrayed by those who were precious to him. Like, only if this movie wasnt weitten by neural network, he could have been a great character, but we live in a sad timeline, so i dont care

A fun thing to discuss is Asha's friends. Like, did Simon actually wish to become a loyal knight? This wish was misused to be under Magnifico's control.

My personal theory upon observation. In the tapestry (usually only a wealthy person would be able to afford a tapestry. Meridas family for example. If not, the mother had leisure time to work on it.) Magnificos family isn't smiling. He is also at an odd position, like he was put on a pedestal above his parents. Their farm is not "small", as you say. It takes up practically the entirety of the space, save for the palace in the background. Magifico never came across as kind. He came off much the same way as Mother Gothel, Gueston, and Frollo. Selfish, and spoiled. He took credit for everything, yet did next to nothing. I don't believe he was as powerful as he claimed to be either, considering he couldn't grant simple wishes, and also outlawed anyone else doing magic. He was hoarding things for himself. Guarentee, there were no "thieves", he just didn't want to share the crops with anyone. He never once mentions what happened to his parents in detail, because his focus is more on their land then the actual people. He's just very manipulative and good at tricking people with his good looks & charm. He was never good. He wanted to be, but he never truly was. If you listen to how Amaya describes the job to Asha, he never wanted an "apprentice", he just wanted a servant. Magic is outlawed for everyone but him, remember? He was NEVER going to teach anyone magic. He just needed people to bring him his tea at just the right temperature. His wife called him King for pity's sake. Even the relationship with his wife was unbalanced. She had to stroke his ego everytime, just to get him to acknowledge what she was saying.

Knowing about this makes more sense in the story, but I think it would have been nice to have that in the actual movie.

I was wondering when you were gonna talk about this movie. I love this movie

I didn't even know this was supposed to be set in the Mediterranean Sea.

Wish could’ve been better if they had killed Magnifico and made him more pure evil. Forget the hell about giving villains tragic backstories! They don’t need them all the time! Sometimes we want villains who are completely evil and die!

Magnifico was only a selfish, narcissistic, and arrogant tyrant whose primary goal was nothing more than a mere façade in order to keep his people under control and while some wishes can be dangerous, not all of them were bad (such as Sakina's wish of seeing her daughter happy again) but he still kept them and did not fulfill them because he only chose the only ones that benefit his reign and himself. Despite his wife, Amaya, told him to not use Forbidden Magic and instead look for better solutions in case there's something wrong in his kingdom, he rejected her advice during the climax of his villain song by unlocking the book and using it, which clearly indicates that it was his own choice to embrace said magic, so he was never brainwashed and if it was the case, he was already a bad person before being corrupted and his corruption was only a medium to uncover his true nature. Because of these reasons, Magnifico cannot be considered an extremist nor a tragic "hero", so he still qualifies as Pure Evil.

After watching this, I have second thoughts about him

I just realised When magnifico said "this is the thanks i get" it was similar to the scene from guardians of the galaxy 2 when ego was having a breakdown

I also tought that when he granted a wish in the movie it looked very cult-like. Like ye was tue cult leader and the rest were under his control

Magnifico is not a bad guy, he's a twisted hero, who uses unconventional means to protect his people and the kingdom. All he wants is to protect his kingdom, and how have everyone live a happy life, something that he lost but wants to give to his kingdom. It wasn't until asha, that things become messed up. It's a tale of be careful what you wish for. Asha is just a selfish girl, who believes that you should Grant every single wish regardless of the consequences seen or unforeseen.

King Mafnficio He Actually Has Some of Dr.Facilier Jafar and Judge Frollo in him

I really hope they make a sequel that explores his backstory more because of some new threat to Rosa's and they have to get him to help which gives him a chance at redemption.

Please do the tragic backstory of the Hatbox Ghost/Alistair Crump from Disney's 2023 film Haunted Mansion!

I think King Magnifico was an interesting character and he is a bit of a Tragic Villian he started out wanting to help people after what he went through but over time keeping everyones Wishes Save but he started becoming Controling Narcissistic and Paranoid like thinking Some wishes that are vaguely shown might be Threatening to his Authority and when People start wondering if having someone be in charge of this Dreams He thinks they are Ungrateful for everything he has done and goes against his Queens Judgment and Opens and Uses the Dark Magic that slowly Corrupt him and he thinks others being able to Grant Wishes asides from him like a Star threatened him and his Control of his Life that were his Downfall from a good man he went.

Dang why didn’t we get all this in the movie. I LOVE wish but I do have to say it would’ve helped impact his fall to darkness even more. We got a very small bit of it in the beginning but this is so much more information

I think what's most frustrating is they obviously wanted to go back to basics but also wanted to make him redeemable and the result is literally from all the pushing and pulling behind the scenes. I mean it's so bad that you can almost pinpoint the exact moments from erratic flow of the story. Otherwise he's a very interesting addition if a bit wasted potential. Of course I'm more interested in the original owner of that book. My bet someone who was a big fan for Maleficent. I know some believe she wrote it but I don't think she's the teacher type and she definitely not the type to share.

Did he also use A.I.?

And this is the thanks I get

I feel Magnifico's punishment was way too harsh - stuck in the dungeon in a small mirror forever? That's nightmare fuel. I would have preferred if Star had found a way to clean him of the demonic influence of the book.

Magnifico's tragic backstory is being separated from his villainous wife because of The Forces That Make Highly Questionable Decisions aka Disney Corporate Jerkwads 🙄

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Asha is the villain of Wish. Magnifico might have been prideful and maybe even wrong about how he went about a lot of it, ultimately the kingdom was happy, everyone who gave up their wosh was willing to forget it forever, they went in knowing and giving consent. Magnifico even resisted the evil book, which I think might have been eating away at him but he didn't touch it until Asha. And then at the end she stole his kindom and his power?! Ugh Maybe the queen is still the queen but Asha destroyed her love and her dream of building the kingdom together. I don't know......he just didn't have enough evil in him until Asha destroyed everything

What if The Book of Forbidden Magic was from the ancient Kingdom of Maru? Perhaps Rosas is even connected to the formation of the later Kingdom of Avalor.

A missed opportunity was the Spanish Inquisition since the era looks similar ti the 14th century.

Voted for this one! Isaac! Can you do the life of peter b parker?

I’m glad you explained this because I tried to watch this movie like 4 times and I can’t get past the singing trees

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Magnifico will go down as one of Disney’s greatest anti hero’s

I think this is a reasonable analysis of the character. I've seen a lot of people arguing that he's not the bad guy or that he's badly written because he has "no motivation." But ultimately, from my point of view, what it boils down to is that he's a control freak. Maybe at one point, he had good intentions, but by the start of the movie, he's to the point where he's only happy to be a kind and benevolent king as long as everyone knows their place. Anyone who steps out of line or questions him is a threat. And imo that's a terrifying kind of villain. I'm not sure it necessarily NEEDS to be any more complicated than that, honestly, but I appreciate the depth and sense of tragedy that this video adds to the conversation. While I have my issues with Wish, I actually quite like Magnifico as a villain.

I wonder if King Magnifico was the first one to be used as a tool around by Vor or she had been luring him to use dark magic.

He's a hero

I honestly think that it would be a good idea to make Wish2

LOVE your channel Isaac

I haven't seen wish but I will watching wish right now on Disney plus

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He kinda sounds like Oscar Diggs aka Oz from Wizard of Oz if he took a more dark and twisted path. Would have been nice if they explored more of his past and showed if he had any connections to other villains like either Malificent, Ursula, Jafar or Facilier

So basically Asha was the actual villain

Magnifico has a lot of potential to be a great Disney villain, but when I watched Wish it felt like there was no commitment one way or the other whether he was meant to be a sympathetic villain who could potentially be redeemed or was just a simple power-hungry dude who hates for hate's sake. The character felt underdeveloped and his motivations seemed muddy because there wasn't a clear arc that justified his sudden embrace of forbidden magic. And I REALLY wanted to know more about his tragic past!

i want more theories about Narnia

I hate when people criticize my opinions coz I don’t like the movie, I don’t really and they think I’m entitled. I’m trying not to be. I never pictured Magnifico as a bad guy. His backstory was pretty sad and he wanted to start fresh. As it turns out that this is happening again, twice. People of Rosa are selfish and greedy just because their wish is either good or bad and questioning his rulings. Asha, on the hand, is no different. Just because the king says no does not mean he is in the wrong.

Finally someone who gets it

Thank you for your video! In the movie, his backstory doesn't really get explained so this gives a better view on his character and why he became a villain. In the end, when he gets sucked into the mirror, you see a image of the mask from the mirror from the evil queen of Snow White. I wonder if this is a kind of backstory of how he became the mirror of truth? Would be interesting though🤔

Thank you so much for this video nr.Carlson.I love WISH from first watch at the cinema but never understood king Magifiicobackstory until I watch this... Now I finally understand the whole movie! And it convince me to watch love it even more!. But Magnifico is npt the pnly one whp I want to and many WISH fans want to know better.For example could you please do a viedo about Sabino-Asha's grandfather,or Queen Amaya or Asha's froends or maybe I don't know....Dahlia ? She's my favourite character ever! Seems to be simple but I rhink in fact she really complexity just like Asha or her Granpa ,Bazeema,Gabo,Asha or Queen Amata or exsactly Magnifico. So pleaseeee! Do a viedo of other WISH caracter too.Like Dahlia.Pleeease!😲🙏🥺🤓

I was annoyed we didn't get a deeper explanation to magníficos past with a scene showing what happened

It’s just disappointing how Disney went about him and the whole movie in general. It could’ve been so good but only ended up being a disappointment

Here when the thumbnail said backstory rather than victim

What about didn't know affects of their wishes .

Is he not the magic mirror?

7:18 the green color reminds me of the orichalcos from yugioh

One thing I like to point out is that the dragon on the forbidden book looks like it was eating it's own tail. Reference to Ouroboros and it made me believe that despite all the grand power you can achieve through the dark arts, it will eventually be your own downfall. That and through the use of the book you'd create future villains because everyone is a villain in someone else's story.

Pixar theory isn't Canon yet but Disney universe is now Canon

I wish they had gone deeper into his past. Also it would have been more interesting if Asha was his apprentice already and he was like a father figure to Asha. I liked the movie ok but I feel like Disney played it safe story wise. It was too surface level.

Magnifico had such a tragic backstory, only for Disney to completely disregard it all in favor of trying to jangle keys for us nostalgia seekers. Truly a waste.

WARNING! SPOILERS! And it is LONG!! Okay, here it goes: I think Zhan Tiri is The Devil and the source of all evil and black magic. I think he is the start of Disney's evil villains NOT Magnifico. From the Tangled series we know Zhan Tiri worked with Engineer Lord Demanitis. When things turned sour he banished her to another realm where she was completely corrupted and transformed (or binded with the Devil) into a Goat-squid like creature (aka she is the Devil) a manifestation of her evil and corrupted soul. She had three evil disciples who carried on her work and I believe the book is not a dragon but a goat specifically Zhan Tiri. This is one of her books of magic left behind to tempt and taint the next victim. There are A LOT of clues that this is related to Rapunzel (and other Disney movies). In one scene we can see Magnifico's face up close with the book and in the corner is a small pattern of (you guessed it) a goat! Foreshadowing what is to come. Once he takes on the evil magic his green magic is more violent, vengeful and claw-like. The same claw-like hands Zhan Tiri has. The books discusses the Sun and the Moon and Alchemy. All referenced in the Tangled series. When he tries to trap everyone, vines appear at their feet but they look just like Rapunzel's hair and the way it affects the people are similar to the Moondrop incantation without being spoken. Magnifico as the mirror tempts a future queen (possibly out of bitterness for the betrayel of his wife, he might wanna make one of her descendants evil.) Also anyone notice that the Queen knew to much on a lotion to protect from the book? I think she was a magical person, she just did not weild it like her hubby but she knew of magic and contributed to Magnifico's knowledge of magic. Asha becomes a fairy Godmother and I guess her future family members or apprentices inherit the wand and go on to help people (like Cinderella). I do agree with the fan theory that the evil queen in Snow White does NOT die but instead goes on to become Mother Gothel who is equally obsessed with mirrors and is a disciple of Zhan Tiri) and could easily have had multiple children. This film was made to answer ALOT of questions. So here it goes. Stars are the source of magic. Not good. Not bad. Just magic. The Sun is a pretty big source. 'We all come from stars'. This explains why Rapunzel is able to weild the magic of the Sun drop naturally without being overwhelmed because she comes from it too. The Moondrop is more of a shield. A protector of the Sundrop and I think got its magic from the Sun. So it is naturally less powerful but still helpful. (It also has a dark side which brings balance good and evil etc but still the magic is neutral). When the wishes are being freed guess what they look like? Lanterns! Which I think is what Rapunzels family try to emulate. The lanterns are a combination of the star (the sun pattern) and the wishes combined into a lantern. You think of a wish, light it and set it free and maybe your wish will come true through your hard work. How it is related to Frozen. There were diamond flexes flitting about and I think they represent Spirit. I think Magnifico had a little bit of the Spirits power Elsa has. However, he adopted some of its power, he is not the Spirit in human form and it left him when he became tainted. I think it was driven by this very act to find a human it could bind with who was good, selfless and kind (Elsa's mama who came from a magical land, committed a selfless at and could bare a magical child). There is more. I think Magnifico having a tapestry of his family that is partially destroyed is interesting. Of course it could just be old BUT it reminds me of Brave. However, unlike Merida he loses his family for good and can never mend the bond so it remains torn. (I don't think they became bears but they were hunted and killed). There is more. How it is related to Encanto. Everyone has a wish and it glows from their heart...this is how Alma from Encanto got her magic home. She clenched her heart and wished with all her might a place for her family that was safe, from harm. She also touches the ground and the wish transfers from her heart to the land around her. It is also why her family continues to have magical abilities because they all come from her first wish. The doors represent the children manifesting their own wishes and making them come true and the magic continues. It is also why no one else in the village has magic but the Madrigal family. How it is related to P.and the Frog. I think the star in Wish is Evangaline from The Princess and the Frog. And I think all star magic is the same (the Sun's magic is the same as Evangeline's it just has more of it). Asha wishes on a star but it does not free her family's wishes. They don't appear in her hand. She has to go with the star and get them, it helps her, but she has to be the one to put in the work. This is exactly what Tiana's father teaches her. Wish on a star to help realise your dream but you have to put in the work to make it come true. It also explains why Ray becomes a star because he comes from a star too and he wishes to be a star. When he dies he returns to his "original" form of a star. Wish explains why some animals and plants can talk and some can't. The trees, birds, mice, squirrels, deer, fungi etc., can all speak. Cinderella shows talking mice. Snow white, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, P.& T Frog, Tangled and more show animals that may not speak but they do understand humans. Those that wish to speak can but some don't want to show their intelligence they simply wish to be treated equally. Maximus, Sven, Mulan's horse, the chicken Heihei and pig Pua (and there are more) all show human level intelligence but they don't speak aloud. But they are treated with respect and as equals to their human counterpart. They are partners. The ones that do speak wear clothes because they want to be individuals. They don't wish to be limited to being animals reliant on humans for a purpose. Instead they can have their own adventures and be just fine (like Zootopia). Ariel is NOT included because she is part fish so she can understand animals and fish. Plus her mum and dad are literal Gods making her a Goddess in her own right so... Anyway they are all the ones I could think of. I am sure there are more references but I think Wish did a good job trying to tie so many Disney movies classic and new together. I do agree with Isaac Carlton that Wish is also trying to emphasise that magic comes from a variety of places. Space, Mythology, Religion and Elements like from Pocahontas, Brave, Frozen. Disney is not the maker of these forms of magic. But Disney has made use of them to spread awareness of origins of magic and it gets creative with how they wish to depict stories. By blending things together or switching up the timeline or place, makes the films less believable and more fanatical. If they remain on Earth as we know it, then there is no physical magic. We have to leave the world we know for another make-belief place. Where animals talk, plants move, stars grant wishes and magic, princesses fight monsters and different religious and cultural beliefs are explored without offense.

I heard a theory that he became the soul trapped in the mirror that the Evil Queen uses in Snow White.

I would’ve liked it better if the king only granted one wish a year as a front and once he takes peoples wish (which is mandatory) they unknowingly become slaves which make up the kingdom. Then he would be a great villain who people hate.

Magnifico a villain that is actually well explained if you pay attention. Unfortunately audiences have the attention span of squirrels and need everything spoon fed to them.

the magic mirror from snow white must be Magnifico as in the seen where he's sealed in the mirror you can see the magic mirrors face/ mash appear for a brief moment

it just doesn't make any sense; i mean if this is a universe where anyone can learn to wield magic, why don't the townspeople just learn it & grant their own wishes?

I will die on this hill if need B Magnifico had it rough at first but Wouldn’t call him a victim, What I don’t hear enough people talk about bout is that a good villian doesn’t just challenge the hero, if it were that simple then he would just be an antagonist, a villian should also be a cautionary tale, a warning not to be like them, and Magnifico’s ironic rebellion started by his own hands, coupled with that fact he was ready tricking people out of their dreams and manipulating them to be afraid of a guy who just wanted to right a song, is why I believe Magifico is 💯 villain straight up😎

Something Magnifico shares with villains is how he treats magic. To him magic was the raw power and answer to all his problems so he studies, outsources and harnesses magic through his life, but these actions are detrimental in a long run as he forgets the power and magic inherent in his basic humanity (his “Star”) and tries playing god and the magic becomes a drug and crutch that leads to him becoming trapped in himself (his mirror crystal). Meanwhile Asha seeks to help others figure out their wishes and desires by offering the tools to do so which means turning them back to who they were before they gave their wishes so they know what to work for and balance out with each other’s help and the magic in the Star is there to help along the way and spark the human spirit on the journey. And in becoming fairy godmother Asha uses the magic to help people figure out their lives not do it for them and not for any praise, thanks or other in return.