Maleficent
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Franchise | Sleeping Beauty & Maleficent |
Voice by | Rajia Baroudi |
Maleficent is the main antagonist of the Disney film Sleeping Beauty, and the main protagonist of the Disney film Maleficent. She was first spotted during a trailer at the Disney Infinity Marvel Superheroes Live Event, and as later announced to be playable in Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition. Maleficent was released on November 4 2014, in Wave 1. [1]. She also has her own power disc called Maleficent's Spell Cast. Rajia Baroudi voices her in Disney Infinity 2.0.
Disney Infinity
In the first Disney Infinity, she appears as a costume based on her appearance in the animated film. This costume is obtained by one of Mickey Mouse's chests.
The design of Maleficent for her Disney Infinity 2.0 playable figure uses the design from the live-action film, "Maleficent". In the film, she is played by Angelina Jolie. The film premiered May 30th, 2014.
Films
Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Maleficent is the main antagonist of the original Sleeping Beauty. She first appears at Princess Aurora's christening, distressed at not being invited. She then enacts a curse on the newborn princess that she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die on her sixteenth birthday just before vanishing into green flames. One of the fairies changes the curse so that if Aurora should prick her finger, she will fall into an eternal slumber, only to be awoken by true love's kiss. When the little princess is taken into hiding, Maleficent's goons search the kingdom for 16 years, foolishly only looking for a baby. Maleficent sends her raven, Diablo, as her last hope to search for Aurora. The raven finds the cottage where Aurora and the three fairies taking care of her and reports back to Maleficent. Later, after Aurora and the fairies leave to return to the castle, a prince named Philip comes looking for Aurora, whom he had met earlier that day. He is surprised to find himself captured by Maleficent, who in turn is also surprised to find him. She then lures Aurora into a trance to make the curse come true and in turn, falls into a deep slumber. Maleficent takes Philip to her fortress and taunts him in her dungeon before retiring to her chambers to rest. With the help of the three good fairies, Philip escapes to rescue the sleeping Aurora. Maleficent awakes as Diablo is turned to stone and tries everything in her power to stop the daring prince. When her magic fails, she transforms into a terrible fire-breathing dragon in her last effort to stop Philip. But with the fairies are at the prince's aide, they enchant his sword to plunge straight into the dragon's heart, tumbling and collapsing over the side of a cliff as it perishes. The last thing that remains of Maleficent are her robes pinned by a sword into the ground.
Disney's Maleficent
In the 2014 film starring Angelina Jolie, a different approach is taken to the Sleeping Beauty tale. Maleficent is regarded as the true hero of the story instead of the villain. Maleficent's roots are explored further as she is the link between the human kingdom and the fairy kingdom.
Abilities
Maleficent is one the most powerful characters of Disney Infinity 2.0. She can cast a wide variety of spells such as shooting magic orbs, summoning a wave of thorn branches and powerful blasts for taking out surrounding enemies. Her Special Move, Diaval's Dive allows her to summon a flock of crows to rain down on many enemies. Maleficent is also capable of Flight with her feathered wings.
Skill Tree
Maleficent's Skill Tree is, like all the other playable characters', divided into branches, that improve different abilities. Following is a list of all the upgrades in the four different branches in Maleficent's Skill Tree, plus the 2 Respenders.
Ranged Attack
Name | Description | Notes |
Allows the Character to recover in mid-air by tapping the 'jump' button.
1 skill point |
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Unlocks Maleficent's flying ability.
3 skill points |
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Allows Maleficent to heal herself and other Characters around her while blocking.
5 skill points |
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Ranged Attack Upgrade |
Increases the damage of Maleficent's spellcast attack.
2 skill points |
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Charges a spell to cast multiple bolts of magic toward targets.
2 skill points |
With this upgrade, Maleficent can cast 6 spells at once. | |
Increased Rage - Level 1 |
Increases the speed at which Volley of Vengeance charges.
6 skill points |
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Ranged Attack Upgrade |
Increases the damage of Maleficent's spellcast attack.
4 skill points |
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Increased Rage - Level 2 |
Increases the speed at which Volley of Vengeance charges.
6 skill points |
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Ultra Ranged Attack Upgrade |
Increases the damage of Maleficent's spellcast attack.
6 skill points |
Melee Attack
Name | Description | Notes |
Damage Increase |
Increases the damage caused by Maleficent's combo attack.
1 skill point |
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Repel an attacking opponent. Tap the 'block' button just before an attack. Requires skilled timing.
3 skill points |
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Allows the Character to slam a carried object into the ground by tapping the 'attack' button.
1 skill point |
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Creates a wall of thorns that allows Maleficent to break an opponent's block.
2 skill points |
Before Maleficent creates the wall of thorns, all characters will float into the air, surrounded by green magic. | |
When performing Thorny Situation, tap the 'attack' button and then tap the 'attack' button to cast opponents back with a burst of green magic.
4 skill points |
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Super Damage Increase |
Increases the damage caused by Maleficent's combo attack.
6 skill points |
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Damage Increase |
Increases the damage caused by Maleficent's combo attack.
4 skill points |
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Power Dive |
Increases the damage and area affected by Maleficent's Air Assault.
2 skill points |
Special Move and Power Discs
Name | Description | Notes |
Maleficent summons her raven, Diaval, to attack nearby targets.
2 skill points |
This is Maleficent's Special Move. | |
Speedy Meter Upgrade |
Increases the rate at which the Special Move meter fills when Power Pickups are obtained.
4 skill points |
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Special Move Bonus |
Increases the damage of Diaval's Dive.
3 skill points |
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Power Disc Recharge Upgrade |
Increases the rate at which the Power Disc meter fills.
3 skill points |
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Power Disc Recharge Upgrade |
Increases the rate at which the Power Disc meter fills.
5 skill points |
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Special Move Meter Upgrade |
Adds a portion to the Special Move meter. When filled, the Character can activate a Special Move.
3 skill points |
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Special Move Meter Upgrade |
Adds a portion to the Special Move meter. When filled, the Character can activate a Special Move.
5 skill points |
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Special Move Bonus |
Increases the damage of Diaval's Dive.
5 skill points |
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Special Move Meter Upgrade |
Adds a portion to the Special Move meter. When filled, the Character can activate a Special Move.
6 skill points |
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Special Move Mega Bonus |
Increases the damage of Diaval's Dive.
6 skill points |
Health and Speed
Name | Description | Notes |
Health Boost |
Increases Maleficent's maximum health.
1 skill point |
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Fairy Agility - Level 1 |
Increases Maleficent's running speed.
1 skill point |
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Helping Hand |
Decreases the amount of health needed to revive another Character or sidekick.
2 skill points |
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Super Health Boost |
Increases Maleficent's maximum health.
6 skill points |
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Health Boost |
Increases Maleficent's maximum health.
3 skill points |
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Health Boost |
Increases Maleficent's maximum health.
5 skill points |
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Team Player |
Decreases the amount of time it takes to revive another Character or sidekick.
2 skill points |
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Team Player Upgrade |
Decreases the amount of time it takes to revive another Character or sidekick.
4 skill points |
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Fairy Agility - Level 2 |
Increases Maleficent's running speed.
3 skill points |
Respenders
Name | Description | Notes |
Respender 1 |
At level 10, allows you to completely respend all of your skills points. Use it wisely, though. Once purchased, it will be permanently used.
0 skill points |
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Respender 2 |
At level 20, allows you to completely respend all of your skills points. Use it wisely, though. Once purchased, it will be permanently used.
0 skill points |
Quotes
- For more quotes from this character, see Maleficent/Quotes.
Trivia
- Maleficent's design is based on Disney's 2014 Live-Action film, Maleficent.
- Maleficent was the first fairy and one of three Disney Original figures to fly introduced into the game. The other two are Baymax and Tinker Bell.
- Maleficent is the first Toy Box Only figure that originates from a Live-Action Film.
- She is the first playable character from Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition to have a costume in the first game (even though it is based on her Sleeping Beauty design). The second being Tinker Bell, the third being Jasmine, the fourth being Sam Flynn.
- She is the only Toy-Box exclusive villain in Disney Infinity history.
- Although the figure's design is based on Angelina Jolie, she doesn't voice her in the game due to prior obligations; however, she did personally approve the figure's design, and reportedly was the first celebrity to request a copy of the original Disney Infinity title.[2]
- Though it has been said that Maleficent is voiced by Susanne Blakeslee, she is actually voiced by Rajia Baroudi.
- Susanne Blakeslee is actually the voice of The Witch.
- Rajia Baroudi also portrayed the White Alien Ranger Delphine in "Mighty Morpin' Alien Rangers" and "Power Rangers Zeo".
- Her model number is 1000121.
- Some people who bought her figure at Toys R Us in late 2014 were angry due to Maleficent in their game being a glitched out version of Donald Duck that broke their game. This was fixed in early 2015.
- Most Maleficents bought at Toys R Us had paint spilled all over the figure, so it's possible that the paint caused her to be a glitched out Donald Duck.
Gallery
- For more game related media, see Maleficent/Gallery.