Joe Ascott

Joe Ascott is the main antagonist and villain in the 2008 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film directed by Dan Povenmire. He is the villain who steals The Roman Diamond, in which the title character and Michael "Mickey" Mouse.

Creation
Joe Ascott was used as the main villain for the 2008 Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film directed by Phineas and Ferb creator Dan Povenmire. Povenmire described the character as "a lazy cheapskate". The character's personality as a villain was created by Ezra Weisz, who would later work on the Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir french series created by Thomas Astruc.

Design
The character's design was made by American filmmaker Mike Mitchell. Mitchell stated that it took 127 hours to design the sculpture of Joe for the film, which he said in 2009. Mitchell would later go on to co-directing the Trolls 2016 film along with Walt Dohrn. According to Mitchell, Joe's name was originally going to be "Phil Connoert", but a crew member for the film thought it was a stupid name, and that is when it was changed to "Joe Ascott".

Voice
In the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit film, Joe Ascott is voiced by American voice actor Zach Galifianakis. According to Galifianakis, he stated in an interview along with Cody Cameron that Patrick Star from SpongeBob SquarePants' voice actor Bill Fagerbakke was originally considered for the role, but declined because he needed to work on the show.