For all the joyous and memorable moments that Disney movies have provided people over the years, the introduction of Pixar in 1995 with Toy Story added an extra dimension to the company, with there now being upward of 20 Pixar movies in total.
While Pixar has generally steered away from the musical aspects of Disney movies and instead focused on bolstered animation, it has still provided incredible moments, storylines, and characters. Pixar characters come in all shapes and sizes, and while there are certainly strong-willed and extremely likable characters, there are also those who exhibit immature behavior. While immaturity can be childish behavior, it can also present itself as selfishness, arrogance, or a lack of self-control.
10 Woody Initially Grew Jealous When Andy Started To Favor Other Toys (Toy Story)
Despite being considered the toys' main leader throughout the Toy Story franchise, Woody's leadership qualities are also balanced out by several flaws and insecurities. His loyalty to his owner Andy could sometimes cause him to act out of fear of change.
In the first movie, Woody is intimidated by Buzz Lightyear upon his arrival and is jealous enough to try and sabotage the new toy in a desperate attempt to maintain his "number one" status. Woody ultimately overcomes his insecurities and learns to love all of his fellow toys, but his initial pettiness certainly wasn't a good look on his part. Woody is also shown joking around and playing pranks in many of the Toy Story outtakes that are featured after the movies, showcasing a much better kind of childish behavior.
9 The Emotions Going Off Script Caused Riley To Act Out More-So Than Usual (Inside Out)
Inside Out is a movie all about emotions, and the subject in question is Riley. Riley is an 11-year-old girl whose emotions are all over the place when her parents take her to live in an entirely new city.
As expected when emotions argue and disagree, this creates problems for how Riley functions, and she acts extremely childish in her anger, almost running away. When Joy and Sadness reconcile, realizing they all have to work together to help Riley through this difficult time, they are able to undo the damage done, with Riley getting off the bus and going home. If her emotions aren't all working perfectly when the right occasions arise, Riley is especially prone to acting out.
8 22 Always Insisted On Being Difficult (Soul)
The story of Soul not only explores the concepts of life and death but also what it actually means to truly live. When Joe falls down a manhole cover, he goes to the "Great Beyond" before escaping to the "Great Before", where unborn souls are prepared for life and their introduction to the world.
Joe is assigned to a cynical soul named 22, who has no intention of going to Earth until she learns more about it from Joe. Up until Joe makes progress with her, 22 consistently pokes fun at Joe and is generally difficult to work with, with many mentors having given up on her previously. When 22 accidentally inhabits Joe's body back on Earth, she even changes her mind and refuses to give Joe his body back. While her first time experiencing the world obviously awakens many feelings that she hasn't yet experienced, this can still be considered selfish, as it isn't her right to keep this body for herself.
7 Lightning McQueen Started Off Arrogant & Only Cared About Himself (Cars)
The main protagonist of Cars, Lightning McQueen, is a prime example of a character whose worst personality traits are exposed at the beginning of the movie, with him eventually changing his ways. He starts off as a race car consumed by his own arrogance towards his speed and racing abilities, pushing others away and leaving him with no friends.
Arriving at Radiator Springs is the turning point for McQueen as he realizes the error of his ways and tries to bond with others, finding a new sense of happiness in the process, beyond just the thrills of racing.
6 Flik Meant Well But His Inventions & Clumsy Nature Did More Bad Than Good (A Bug's Life)
While Flik goes through a lot of character growth in A Bug's Life, he starts off as a wannabe inventor who is better at getting in the way and doing harm than he is at actually helping. His heart is in the right place, but the other ants see it all as an unnecessary distraction.
His clumsy nature even leads to increased tension with the grasshoppers when he inadvertently eliminates the pile of food that the ants give as an offering. This leads to Flik becoming even more of failure in the eyes of his own kind. A likeness can be drawn to Flint Lockwood of Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, who is so focused on unreliable inventions, that he struggles to connect with other people.
5 Dory's Memory Loss Seriously Hampered Her Interactions & Experiences In Life (Finding Nemo & Finding Dory)
Dory's childish behavior has more of a tragic reasoning and backstory to it, with her memory loss making life exceedingly difficult for her. Introduced in Finding Nemo and explored further in Finding Dory, Dory can struggle to make friends and do the simplest of tasks due to the likelihood of her forgetting or her focus drifting.
This would take its toll on anyone, and Dory trying to process her issues makes for some emotional scenes, with her showing her frustration at not being a better version of herself.
4 Barley Lightfoot Preferred To Live In The Past Than Adapt To The Present (Onward)
Voiced by Chris Pratt in the 2020 Pixar movie Onward, Barley Lightfoot is the older brother of Ian Lightfoot. However, he isn't exactly shown as a stable or especially reliable big brother figure. Barley is 19-years-old but is certainly not overly fond of embracing adult life.
Barley enjoys playing role-playing fantasy games and will sometimes integrate his knowledge into real-life situations. He generally prefers the past, reminiscing and exploring history, rather than embracing the present, which ultimately holds him back in life. Various characters refer to him as a "screw up" which hurts him but ultimately helps him embrace the present and future more by the end of the movie.
3 The Incredibles Were A Dysfunctional Family Even With Their Powers (The Incredibles)
The Parrs are no ordinary family, with them each having their own extraordinary superpowers. Helen, Bob, Violet, Dash, and Jack-Jack make up the Incredibles, but they struggle with adapting to normal life despite their powers. Dash and Violet act like unruly children, and they even use their powers to create problems. Likewise, Bob tries his best to fit in despite his super-strength often being a burden, such as when he damages his car.
Jack-Jack is later revealed to have an extraordinary amount of power for an infant to have, with very little control. Other than Helen, the family struggles to act as they should, whether it's through childish behavior or Bob trying to do everything by himself, as having powers often come with responsibilities bigger than themselves.
2 Ernesto Was A Fraud & Even Resorted To Murder On His Rise To Fame (Coco)
For the first portion of Coco, Miguel idolizes Ernesto as both a musician and potentially as his long-lost great-great-grandfather, and he sets off to find him in the Land of the Dead. However, Ernesto's true colors are eventually revealed, with him being exposed as a fraud.
In fact, Ernesto used music as a means to become famous, as opposed to actually having a passion for it. He even murdered Hector so that he could take the credit for his musical success. Upon this revelation, Ernesto's initial charm and kind nature are ripped away, leaving nothing but his overwhelming pettiness and selfish ambition.
1 Ercole Was A Deluded Bully Who Couldn't Let Go Of The Past (Luca)
Luca's Ercole Visconti is an example of a villain who has no redeeming qualities and is an antagonist that deserves to be despised with no real arguing otherwise. Ercole is a bully who insists on picking on and humiliating everyone as supposed proof of his strength and superiority. He believes everyone idolizes him when in reality, they certainly don't.
Ercole continually participates in and wins the Portorosso Cup as a means to feed his ego and his delusions of fame and adoration. His self-centered and bullying personality is as immature as they come, with even his henchmen eventually having enough and throwing him in the fountain.