| “ | Nobody gets away! Nobody gets away from Princess Mombi! Where's my Powder of Life?! | „ |
| ~ Princess Mombi after Dorothy takes her Powder of Life. |
Princess Mombi is the secondary antagonist of the 1985 Disney dark fantasy film Return to Oz, an unnofficial sequel to the iconic Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film The Wizard of Oz.
She is the head-switching, beautiful and tyrannical sorceress who commands the maniacal Wheelers. Mombi serves as one of the most dangerous threats in the Wonderful Land of Oz behind the Nome King, who attacked and took over the Emerald City of Oz while Dorothy Gale stayed on the real world.
She was portrayed by Jean Marsh (as well as Sophie Ward and Fiona Victory).
What Makes Her Pure Evil?[]
- Aided the Nome King into to taking over the Wonderful Land of Oz after the Wicked Witch of the West's death in exchange of being supplied with heads for her "beauty".
- Usurped control of Emerald City by trapping the true ruler of Oz, Princess Ozma, inside a mirror.
- Collected 30 heads of beautiful women from her deal with the Nome King, swapping her head from one of theirs and leaving them still alive and conscious, essentially a fate worse than death.
- Was abusive to her own minions, the Wheelers, as shown when she was whipping them as they pulled her carriage.
- Locked up Dorothy Gale, intending to take her head when she becomes an adult.
- Revealed that she has enslaved Ozma’s family for years before the film’s events.
- Although Ozma claims to have forgiven her for the harm he did to her, she shows no sign of repentance for her actions.
Trivia[]
- Queen Mombi is the first Disney Live-Action Pure Evil to be female.
- Queen Mombi is, alongside Dr. J.B. Worley, the Nome King, and the Wicked Witch one of the four Oz villains to be Pure Evil.
