Bill Sykes

Bill Sykes
Home	His office
Occupation	Lender, Crime Boss
Story appearances
Feature films	Oliver and Company
Voice actor	Robert Loggia

Mr. Bill Sykes is the main villain in the 1988 Disney film Oliver & Company.

Description

Sykes is a large, intimidating man who appears to be in his late 40s or early 50s. He is very rich and powerful and has a hoarse, menacing voice. He is always seen smoking. It is possible that he is a mob boss. His henchmen are his pet dobermans, Roscoe and DeSoto, who attack anyone and anything that Sykes commands them to.

Sykes.

History

Sykes apparently lent a considerable sum of money to a poor man named Fagin (voiced by Dom DeLuise) prior to the events of the film. Near the beginning of the film, Sykes tells Fagin that he has three days to get the money, or he would have him killed. After three days, Fagin does not have the money, but finds a kitten named Oliver who belongs to a rich family. He tells Sykes of his plan to get the money by sending a ransom note to the family for the money needed and asked Sykes for just one more night, which he is granted. Fagin soon discovers, however, that Oliver actually Jenny, a little innocent and young girl who is devastated that her kitten has been kidnapped, he becomes heartbroken and repents what he did and returns the kitten to her without requesting the ransom money. Furious, Sykes kidnaps Jenny and takes off with her in his limousine. He brings her to his office and ties her to a chair, planning to kill her. Fagin and his band of dogs, along with Oliver, break in and rescue Jenny. Sykes, Roscoe and DeSoto give them chase, but are ultimately hit and killed by a train. Unfortunately, Sykes was gone and no longer to be seen.

Fagin was comforted by Sykes about Jenny Foxworth's kitten Oliver that she gave him a new collar from her at 5th Avenue,NYC.

Trivia

• Sykes' suit is black (movie version), half blue (Disney's Storybook Collection 1998) and turquise (MouseWorks Classic Storybook 1994).
• Sykes have the same similarites with Stromboli from Pinnochio and Alameda Slim from Home on the Range. They are mad and they like money.
• Sykes also shares similarites with Giovanni from Pokemon. They are known as crime bosses.
• Sykes's death is similar to Syndrome's death from The Incredibles. They both got hit by different types of transportation.
• Sykes is evil and bossy like Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. They yell at somebody if they don't get what they want. Sykes yells at Fagin for not getting his money paid back, While Frollo yells at Quasimodo for not killing the gypsies.
• Sykes shares the same similarites with Madame Medusa from The Rescuers. They live in New York and want to get rich. They both kidnap little girls. Medusa kidnaps Penny, While Sykes kidnaps Jenny. They also have their pets. Medusa has her alligators Nero and Brutus, While Sykes has his dobermans Roscoe and DeSoto. Also, he shares with Sid Phillips from Toy Story. He kidnaps Hannah Phillips and her doll Janice, while he replaced the pterodactyl's head and taped it on the neck of her doll.
• Sykes also share more similarites to non-Disney villains like Professor Screweyes from We're Back: A Dinosaur's Story, Ruber from Quest for Camelot, Tzekel-Kan from The Road to El Dorado, Cecil from Night at the Museum, Lord Barkis Bittern from Corpse Bride, the Black Samurai from Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword, Rasputin from Anastasia, and Carface from All Dogs Go To Heaven.

See Also

• Percival C. McLeach
• Alameda Slim
• Governor Ratcliffe
• Clayton
• Judge Claude Frollo
• Coachman