Malcolm (The Magic Forest)

Malcom is a minor character to the Laika film The Magic Forest. He is voiced by Gary Oldman.

History

When his wife was pregnant with Rapunzel and Moliskine, she craved for greens from the garden of a witch named Gothel, who lived next door. He got caught by the Gothel. When he explained he needed the greens for his pregnant wife, Gothel let him go in exchange for letting him go with the greens, she would get the child. But as he left, he also stole Gothel's beans along the way, which caused her to lose her beauty. When Rapunzel and Moliskine were born, Gothel took the girl child but also placed another curse that made him and his son, Moliskine infertile.

Trivia

Malcolm shares similarities of the Once Upon a Time Villian, Peter Pan


 * Both are the fathers of a child who was given a cruel name (Rumpelstiltskin and Moliskine), of whom they abandoned at a young age after not making the right decision for his sake, putting him on the path of becoming cursed (Rumpelstiltskin becoming the Dark One and Moliskine being childless) . Their identity as thier fathers were revealed in the eighth episode of the season they appeared in and The Magic Forest.
 * Both really harbored a spiteful hatred of their son, blaming him for their wives death and disappearance (along with seeing them and the rest of their family as a burden). the only difference is that Malcolm abandoned his son as a baby and came back a spirit, 35 years later to tell Moliskine that him he was sorry and that he should blame himself than him and Pan abandoned his son when he was a boy and gave Rumple a chance to start over as a family, in which Rumple refused.

Malcolm also shares Similarities from the Baker's father from Into the Woods.


 * Both stole the greens and the beans from Gothel's Garden for their wives.
 * Both returned as spirits to encourage their sons not to make the same mistakes they made with them
 * In the original rough draft of the script he had a larger role, and even a song (part of it can be heard in the background when he urges Moliskine not to abandon Emmerich, his own son.)