The Mystery Cartoon Character Game, now with 20% more ongoing.

Yes, this is Pudge the fish from Lilo and Stitch. In a deleted sketchy scene, Lilo takes Stitch to meet Pudge, and Stitch ends up throwing the fish out of the water and he dies at the hands of a bunch of seagulls. Lilo later buries him near her parents' graves. Kind of morbid if you ask me.
I like to think Pudge is a certain shapeshifting demigod from Moana watching over Lilo and Nani because they are descendants of Moana...

Yeah, that whole scene is kinda superfluous as well as grimdark. It's only necessary to hear Lilo explain it on stage to get an idea of her peculiar thought process, and for Myrtle to declare, "You're crazy." Triggered!

Uh-oh, I'm digging in the baddie part of the character bin again. My doctor's going to have to put me on something stronger, like thorazine.

1) This character appears only once to date in a completely animated feature film. He's unlikely to recur, since he doesn't survive to the end of the story.

2) Getting dead must be a thing with this character. He gets killed once, but wait! He's not 100% dead, so he wakes up and gets bad again. He has to get dead a second time for it to be permanent.

3) Curiously, most of the other characters speak English just fine, and converse with each other. Not this guy; too asocial, perhaps.

Intermediate clues time.

4) The main characters in this animated film are small-ish, because they're young. This character is an adult, and very much larger. And scarier, too.

5) Despite his size and weight, this character hasn't much arm strength, which one of the younger characters points out to his associates.

6) Nobody in this film is human.

I'm a gonna throw a brick at this one, and say it's Sharptooth from The Land Before Time.

Unlike mine, that brick is precisely on target. This is indeed Sharptooth from Don Bluth's The Land Before Time. The first one, before Spoilberg seized the franchise and went haywire with it. Littlefoot points out that Sharptooth is likely to drown in a lake, because "he can't swim with those tiny arms." And, of course, nobody in The Land Before Time is human, because humans haven't been invented yet. Good bricking, SB.

Thanks, it was clue 5 that got me to throw that particular brick.

I'm the mother of the main character, but I don't show up until the second movie.
Everyone thought I was dead.
My son is just like me.

I know this one, but since I'm going to be busy this weekend, I won't answer unless it's needed.

Sorry it took so long. I had no time to come up with more clues until now.

I am a Dragon Rider.
I've spent the last 20 years saving these poor animals from traps.
I was reunited with my family.

Got it. It's Valka, from "How To Train Your Dragon 2."

Yep, that is correct. She was taken away by a dragon during an attack, and she stayed with them to protect them.

Thanks, Salty. Now here's one that no one thought of until now:

1. I appear in, and eventually die in an animated sequel.

2. I emerge from a subterranean hideout to seek a magical orb.

3. Like the villain in the first film, I strive for the power of the dark arts.

Another toughie, huh? I can only provide three more clues:

4. I destroy a frog who's restored to life.

5. My film is not Disney.

6. Once again, the title heroine becomes a wild, beautiful bird.

I got it now. This is Clavius from The Swan Princess:Escape from Castle Mountain. Had to look up the villain's name, but realized the film this morning.

Right on target, Glowworm. Good job. . Now to explain the clues:


Five are self-explanatory. He also kills Jean-Bob, who's eventually brought back to life. So you get another turn.

Yeah, never got into that series, but I do remember commercials for the second movie on video cassette back when I was a kid.
1. I am the newest cartoon character who can fall into this year's category of the Chinese New Year's animal for 2017.
2. Birdbrain was never a more appropriate adjective to describe me.
3. The trailers and merchandise make it seem like the pig will get the spotlight as the adorable sidekick--but it's actually me who accidentally accompanies the heroine on her journey.

Well, obviously, it's a rooster, but I can't put my finger on it.

I know who it is, but I don't have the time to put together a character, so I'll hold off a while.

4. It doesn't help that the other protagonist clearly wants to eat me.
5. I try to eat rocks--this is a running gag.
6. Another running gag is that I keep falling off the boat into the ocean.

Thanks so much for those last three clues, Glowworm. It's Hei Hei, the rooster from "Moana."

Yes, this is Hei Hei, quite possibly the stupidest Disney sidekick ever created. I'm still a little bitter that Pui, the adorable pig didn't get to go on the adventure with Moana.