Scar Snout is the main antagonist of The Rugrats Movie.
He is a huge ferocious wolf who lives in the forest located somewhere near the Pickles' residence and enjoys hunting the preys he finds. Scar Snout is feared by a gang of circus monkeys and the Rugrats which he attempts to eat them alive. He is also the archenemy of Spike.
His vocal sound effects were provided by Frank Welker.
Appearance[]
Scar Snout is a large, slender, muscular, fierce-looking wolf with greyish-black fur, fiery maroonish-orange eyes, a long snout full of razor-sharp teeth and sharp claws.
Personality[]
Despite being a wolf, Scar Snout, unlike regular wolves, is shown to be a ferocious, cruel, brutal, bloodthirsty, aggressive, violent, vicious, ruthless, black-hearted, sadistic and intimidating predator who is said to be feared throughout the forest. However, it's shown that, despite being a wild animal who hunts for food and survival, he is also sentient, sapient, intelligent and cunning since he is fully aware that he is targeting humans, particularly children such as the Rugrats, whom he stalks and hunts throughout the film with the intention of eating them while taking glee in it.
He also has a savage temper, which is demonstrated when he became enraged after Angelica (who didn't notice Scar Snout was behind her) threw one of her roller skates which hit him on the head and was angered when she and Spike escaped from him before he could kill them. He will even react hostilely towards anything that he finds in the forest and attacking them unprovoked, which is demonstrated when he attempted to attack Angelica and Spike for trespassing his territory, although Spike drags Angelica away before Scar Snout could kill her. Even a group of circus monkeys are shown to be terrified of him, which is shown when they panicked and fled in terror upon hearing Scar Snout howling in the distance when they tried to take Dil away from Tommy during a thunderstorm and they later retreated when they saw Scar Snout behind the Rugrats while cornering them on a bridge.
He also took sadistic pleasure in killing Spike during his fight with him and would've succeeded if Angelica hadn't intervened and distracted him by blowing a raspberry. Despite his cruel and violent nature, Scar Snout is shown to be a coward, which is demonstrated when he became scared as he is dragged away by Spike towards a hole in the bridge in an attempt to save the Rugrats from Scar Snout, eventually leading to him and Spike falling off the bridge (although Spike managed to survive while Scar Snout was likely killed).
Biography[]
Scar Snout first appears eyeing the Rugrats in the distance after they crash in the forest when they failed to return Tommy Pickles' baby brother Dil to the hospital in the Reptar Wagon. When Tommy trips over a large footprint, Phil notices that it is from a wolf, to which Tommy disagrees, saying that they would hear a howl. As Tommy mimics one, a real howl is heard (supposedly from this wolf), causing the babies to panic, jump into the Reptar Wagon and ride off.
Later, Scar Snout approaches Angelica and the family dog Spike trespassing his territory after Angelica breaks one of her roller skates. Angelica, not noticing the wolf sneaking up behind her, unknowingly takes off and throws her broken roller skate which hits his head, enraging Scar Snout. However, Spike discovers Scar Snout behind Angelica as he is about to eat her alive and promptly drags her out of the way just as the wolf bites down, narrowly avoiding Angelica. Scar Snout then growls in fury as he watches the two escape.
In the movie's climax, he later appears and drinking water at the river to be ready for his revenge. Tommy and his friends are cornered by a group of circus monkeys on a bridge until Scar Snout appears and scares the monkeys off. He then confronts the Rugrats as he attempts to kill the babies until Spike intervenes and saves the babies by pinning Scar Snout to the ground. The two of them viciously fight, whereupon Scar Snout rips off Spike's collar and hits him off the edge of the bridge before moving in for the kill. Just as Scar Snout had Spike at his mercy and prepares to kill him, Angelica distracts the wolf by blowing a raspberry, allowing him to turn his attention on her. However, this only lets Scar Snout's guard down long enough for Spike to recover and bite his tail before dragging the wolf towards a small hole in the bridge. Scar Snout eventually loses his grip, causing both him and Spike to plummet off the bridge and over a waterfall.
Although Spike manages to survive the fall by landing at the bottom of the bridge, Scar Snout's fate is left unknown, assuming he had also survived or was carried away by rapids to his watery grave.
Trivia[]
- Presumably, Scar Snout is the only character in a Rugrats film to die.
- Scar Snout is similar to Sharptooth from the 1988 Don Bluth animated film The Land Before Time in which he committed child abuse and both want to hunt and kill the preys he finds.
- Some people have believed that Scar Snout isn't a villain, although he is a villain because he's a sentient hungry predator and stalks the Rugrats intent on eating them alive.
- Some people also have believed that Scar Snout is a normal animal, although he isn't because he's actually a sapient animal and simply huge with a long V-shaped snout full of teeth and fiery red eyes.
- Since Rugrats Go Wild reveals Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys are the same universe and thus, all animals in the Rugrats universe are sentient, the wolf due to his hostile and predatory portrayal could be likely viewed as a sadistic serial killer as he's then fully aware he's targeting human children and is taking glee in it.