King Billy Eric West, better known as simply King Eric, is a major antagonist of DreamWorks' Kaiden and Friends franchise. He is the king and an agent of the Villain Empire.
Just like Claiden Goon and the Villain Empire, he is one of the many archenemies of Team Kaiden, Team Pucca, Team Powerpuff, and Team Henry, as well as the arch-rival of Faris Toon and Hader Toon and the former's ex-husband. He is also the cousin of Claiden Goon, Starly, and Coleman, as well as the nephew of Tartarus.
Portrayals[]
- In Kaiden and Friends Crossover Show, he is voiced by Billy West.
- In Hader and Gabriel's Mistake, he is voiced by Trey Parker.
Roles[]
He serves as a major antagonist of Kaiden and Friends Crossover Show and Claiden's Revenge, anda tertiary antagonist in Hader and Gabriel's Mistake, a secondary antagonist of Toons in Madagascar, The Adventure and Clear Away Toons, a primary antagonist of Kaiden's Island Adventures, and one of the four main villains (alongside Hervnick Z. Snerz, King Porcine, and Pauler, who is also the titular antagonist) of The Return of Pauler.
Appearance[]
King Eric is a tall (almost the height of Claiden and Kaiden) lexiconian with lime-colored skin. He has blonde hair and wears a yellow crown with spiky ends on the top part of it and small blue jewels on it, much like King Pig and Dong King who are now former villains. He wears a purple and yellow royal king attire.
Personality[]
Unlike Claiden, Eric is a vengeful, power hungry king who desires to ravage Toonopolis and reclaim it as his cousin and his kingdom. Despite being King of the Villain Empire, Claiden considers him as the empire's co-leader and his cousin. He even hears that his cousin Claiden's archenemy, Kaiden Toon, was a king one time, with the named King Kaidenian, and the toons, his guardians and roommates, were amazed at this and adore him as he is his friends' ward, alongside his siblings, Gabriel Toon, Zach Toon, and Sarah Toon.
Biography[]
After the Green Pigs, Pucca villains, PPG villains, and Henry Stickmin villains were redeemed, King Eric, along with his minions, Ganger and Soldier, including the Goon Pirates, Lord Tong, Erwin, Benjamin, Eagan, and various other villains were assigned as his new allies and minions, as well as doppelgangers of the redeemed villains.
Space Toons[]
He first appears in Space Toons, where he is a tertiary antagonist, planning overthrow Planet Hemka, along with Ganger, General Hoodlum, his cousins, Claiden Goon, Starly, and Coleman, and the main antagonist of the webisode, Toogy the Alien. This plan goes on for a while until the end, where Toogy, with a change of heart, decides to turn against the villains and throw them in the freznar.
Hader and Gabriel's Mistake[]
King Eric appears in this movie, once again as a tertiary antagonist. He is first seen in a racing competition between Gabriel and Claiden. Then when Team Kaiden and Team Pucca arrive and win the race, King Eric and others antagonize the toons, only to be violently beaten up by the heroes.
Throughout the movie, Claiden, King Eric, and others are shown to manipulate Melson, Timothy, and Alec. When the villains and porcines attack Kaiden (his ex-son), C.N, Bo-Bo, Citrus, and others in a forest (including Lammo, Raptor, Elvis, Zane, Wayland, and Eagan), King Eric, Claiden Goon, and the other villains attempt to attack Kaiden and the others, but is stopped by Faris (his ex-wife), Ms. Chop, Zenith, Lilac, and others prevent them from attacking and throw them back to where they came from. After a while, a robbery (Operation Orb Robbery) breaks out in Toonopolis, King Eric is one of the many villains to be attacked by the Toon Bandits (The Toons themselves), even helping Hader, Gabriel, and others save Melson's orbs, only to fail.
Once the toons have been returned to Claiden's Lair by The Blot from Epic Mickey, the next morning, King Eric, Claiden, Pauler, Lord Tong, Erwin, and others prepare to take the emeralds and golden eggs to the Villain Kingdom, specifically Claiden's Castle, until the toons (now predators) begin to go on a rampage. Claiden and Pauler tell the villains to forget about them and move on with their plan.
In the final battle in Villain City, King Eric tragically becomes one of the earliest casualties of the Battle of Villain City, after a rock hit him, while he was nonchalantly serenading other villains who were excited by the day they would feast on the jewels and golden eggs (including Tiny Pig) they captured. When the toons attack their city and Willow, Mroona, Fiasco, Donald Trump and others save the emeralds, golden eggs and Tiny that were about to be boiled, King Eric along with Claiden and the other villains corner Team Kaiden and Pucca protecting the silver egg from the villains.
As the cauldron falls spilling hot water across the floor, King Eric and the other villains, excluding Team Kaiden, Team Pucca, and Team Claiden (who are fighting for the Silver Egg) flee to safety. Along with several other villains, he was defeated in the Battle of Villain City after being blown up by a huge dynamite explosion but survived as well and then was arrested with the other villains, even gets sent to military school (along with Forenz), followed by General Darren.
Trivia[]
- The appearance of King Eric is similar to King Pig, the leader of the Green Pigs.
- King Eric is the only Villain Empire agent to be a king.
- Despite being king of the Villain Empire, Eric is considered a co-leader because Claiden is the leader of the villains.
- Although he is only a major villain, he is eviler and dangerous just like Claiden, because the former considers the latter to be his vengeful ally and possible henchmen.