The Rat King
Animators
Andreas Deja
Inspiration
Original character from the E. T. A. Hoffmann's original classic tale
Full name
Ferdinad The Rat King
Other names
Son (by The Rat Queen; his mother)
Personality
Agressive, greedy, villanious, evil, Sometimes cowardly, Stupid, Funny, of bad character, astute
Appearance
A slender big huge rat with red cape, crown, yellow eyes, sharp teeth in its mouth, a sword and an armor.
Occupation
King of the Rats
Goal
Kill the nutcracker to avenge the death of his mother and conquer The Land of the Dolls.
Relatives
Rat Queen (mother)
Enemies
The Nutcracker, Clara, Uncle Drossermyer, The King, The Queen, Princess Perlipats, The Dolls.
Likes
Win, let everything be resolved soon, revenge, conquest.
Dislikes
The Nutcracker, have patience, wait, let his mother abuse him, the cats.
Powers and abilities
Brute force
Paraphernalia
His Sword, sharp claws
Fate
He succumbs from his wounds and falls at the top of the castle and Francis the Cat eats his corpse (off screen).
Quote
Nutcracker, come and face your fate.
Source
The Rat King (or simply Ferdinand the Rat King) is the main antagonist of the 1993 Disney animated film, The Nutcracker . It is an evil rat that aims to kill the nutcracker to avenge the death of his mother and conquer the Land of the Dolls.
He is voiced by Jim Cummings .
Background [ ] Personality [ ] Appearance [ ] Roles in the Film [ ] Appearance in Videogames [ ] Gallery [ ]
The Rat King's malevolent grin
Nutcracker vs. The Rat King
The Rat King chase Nutcracker and Clara to Kill them
Trivia [ ] The Rat King shares many similitaries with Professor Ratigan from The Great Mouse Detective:
Both are rats
Both They have the same mission (Ratigan kill to Basil and The Rat King kill to the Nutcracker)
Both reveal their true nature
Both Ratigan and The Rat King, both have a powerful army.
Both reveal their true nature of being wild and violent rats in the climax of the Film.
Both have the mission to be King of everything and conquer any place.
Unlike the original story, The Rat King have originally 7 heads with 7 crowns, in this adaptation have a single head with a single crown
The Rat King bears a resembleace to Templeton from Charlotte's Web (1973). 
