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Creeper is The Horned King's sidekick and the secondary antagonist in Disney's 1985 feature film The Black Cauldron. He is voiced by Phil Fondacaro.

Background

Physical Description

Creeper is a short goblin with green colored skin and his right eye sometimes closed. He wears a purple hat and clothes, and brown pants.

Personality

Creeper is intelligent and fiendish, but is slightly afraid of the Horned King due to his mistreatment of him, and happy with the Horned King being killed. Creeper is abused by the Horned King and the human henchmen like LeFou. The Horned King blames Creeper for things and will choke him when he thinks Creeper isn't doing what he wants him to do. Althougth he loved serving the Horned King, he hated his master.

Appearances

The Black Cauldron

Creeper appears during the celebration of the capture of Taran's pig, Hen Wen. Afterwards, Creeper is ordered to force Hen Wen to show him the Black Cauldron. Creeper succeeds, with the help of a henchmen. Taran, afraid, pours the liquid of the revelation of the Black Cauldron into the Horned King eye. Taran runs and Creeper, The Gwythaints, and the human henchmen chase him. The Horned King finds that the pig is gone, so he orders the human henchmen to throw Taran into the dungeon. Creeper orders a henchmen to moves along with a lifeless skeleton. in a rolling basket. Creeper and the henchmen find Taran, and his new friends: Princess Eilownly, and Fleudder Flam are missing, so Creeper and the human henchman chase them put the captives escape. The horned king is angry when Creeper lets Taran escape, and he eventually orders Creeper to sends the gwithaints to follow Taran.

Creeper appears again after the human henchmen capture Taran, Pruincess Eilownly, and Fleudder Flam once more. Creeper orders a human henchmen to take the dead skeleton to and park at slightly near the Black Cauldron. Creeper taunts the captives and Creeper and human henchmen watch the Horned King bring the skleletens to life and the henchmen (Except Creeper and the gwithaints) run away in fear. Creep and The Hirned King with glee. Gurgi jumps into the Cauldron (he is alive at the ends, revealed) to stop the life skeletons after he frees the captives. Creeper and the Horned are shocked that the skeletons are dying.The Horned King suspects Creeper is the one to blame. Creeper isn't though, we all know. The Horned King soon assumes it is Creeper and carries him. Creeper suggest that they are only resting as the Horned King shouts, "Get UP, you fools! KILL!"

Creeper sees Taran and says it is him who is to blame and laughs with glee as he prepares to kill Taran. However the cauldron is angry for its powers being sucked up and drags the Horned King to the Cauldron. Despite the fact that the Horned King attempted to put to pull himself out. He is sucked into the cauldron. Creeper is sad for short moment but realizes his master IS gone and unable to punish him whether it is his fault or not. Laughing he leaves and manages to save a gwythaint from dying in the burning of the castle and escapes riding on it, mockingly wearing the horns of his fallen master and laughing.

Once Upon a Time

Creeper doesn't appear on the show. However, a Gnome who appeared in the season one, as The Evil Queen's ally before she instantly turns him into a stone statue, has a similar characteristic and behavior.

Trivia

  • Creeper is original to the film and was never a part of the Chronicles of Prydain book series.

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