Queen Alexandrina Victoria Hanover, also simply known as Queen Victoria, is the main antagonist of Sony Pictures Animation's eighth and Aardman’s fifth feature film The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!.

She is the ruler/monarch of the British Empire and the head of the Church of England with a severe hatred of pirates. She was part of a secret world society in which they eat exotic animals that are endangered. As a member of the society, she planned to eat Polly the pet dodo bird of the Pirate Captain, but was foiled when the latter sinks her massive flagship the QV1. Queen Victoria is also the last British ruler from the house of Hanover due to her marriage to Prince Albert of the house of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. She is also the Pirate Captain's archenemy.

She was voiced by Imelda Staunton, who also played Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter film series, Angorra in The Snow Queen and Mrs. Lovett in the 2012 West End adaption of Sweeney Todd.

History[]

Queen Alexandrina Elizabeth Christina Victoria is the queen of London and has a severe hatred of pirates. She revealed the reason behind her hatred; she believed that pirates are obsolete and also because of other ridiculous reasons. She was also the leader of a secret party of world leaders who join together every year to eat the rarest of creatures. When the Pirate Captain won Scientist of the Year, she arrived on her horse to meet him. She proceeded to congratulate him on his success, unaware of his true identity. When she asked him on where his dodo is, the Pirate Captain tells her that Polly is resting while hidden away and that he had let her out only for his performance during the award. When he tells Queen Victoria that he did this in case if "sinister forces" wants to make off with her, the queen buys this and reveals that she has a petting zoo where Polly will be safe.

During their conversation, Queen Victoria became suspicious of the Pirate Captain when he unknowingly said "There is nothing more to a pirate than his trusted dodo." When he eventually exposes his true identity by accident, she immediately has him executed. Queen Victoria then watches as the executioner was about to behead the Pirate Captain. However, when Charles Darwin reminds her that the only latter knows on where Polly is that she'll never know if he is dead, the queen immediately stops the execution at the last moment. After the Pirate Captain introduces himself, Queen Victoria proceeded to pardon him, which is considered treason back on Blood Island, the isle home of all pirates.

Then, she also was seen capturing Polly (the last dodo bird) with the other world leaders to eat all the rarest animals on the QV1. She almost had beheaded Polly, but Mr. Bobo saves her to disrupt the meal. Then, the Pirate Captain and his crew have a confrontation with her to keep Polly alive, making her get stranded on an island.

Near the end of the film, the other rare animals decide to eat Queen Victoria. It is completely unknown if Queen Victoria was eaten alive by the rare animals or if she managed to make it to London in order to resume her mandate. Because of the Pirate Captain's action against her, he received a bounty of one hundred-thousand Doubons, which is the highest bounty for a pirate in the Seven Seas, effectively making him a most dangerous pirate alive and restoring his reputation among his peers. Consequently, this infamy makes his rival Black Bellamy to lose the title "pirate of the year".

Appearance[]

Queen Victoria wears a royal cream dress to reveal her cleavage, a blue sash, royal cream gloves, cream earrings, a gold necklace, a cream hair tie, and a royal gold crown. She has light brunette hair tied into a bun, blue eyes and red lipstick.

Gallery[]

Victoria's bloodthirsty grin.

Queen Victoria's final moments.

Quotes[]

Trivia[]

• Queen Victoria is the first main antagonist in a Sony Pictures Animation film to be a female. She would be followed by Smiler in The Emoji Movie, Zeta in The Angry Birds Movie 2, and PAL in The Mitchells vs. the Machines.
  • Queen Victoria is also the first Sony Pictures Animation antagonist to be based on a historical figure.
• Queen Victoria is the third Aardman character to be a female antagonist, after Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run and Piella Bakewell from Wallace and Gromit: A Matter Of Loaf and Death, but before Agent Red from A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon and Cat from Robin Robin.
• Queen Victoria is the third main Aardman villain, who is voiced by a Harry Potter cast member, Since Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run and Victor Quartermaine from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit, For Queen Victoria's case is voiced by Imelda Staunton, who portrayed Dolores Umbridge, while Mrs. Tweedy from Chicken Run's case is voiced by Miranda Richardson, who portrayed Rita Skeeter and Victor Quartermaine from Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of The Were-Rabbit's case is voiced by Ralph Fiennes, who portrayed Lord Voldemort.
• Queen Victoria is the third Aardman character to be voiced by Imelda Staunton, after Bunty from Chicken Run and Margaret Claus from Arthur Christmas.
• Queen Victoria is the first Aardman Antagonist, Who is prejudiced against the group of people from the different time periods, The second will be Lord Nooth from Early Man, For Queen Victoria’s case is pirates, While for Lord Nooth’s case is cave people.
• There are several differences between real life and the universe in The Pirates: Band of Misfits where Queen Victoria lives in.
  • The real Queen Victoria did not actually hate pirates. In fact, the Golden Age of Piracy was over by that time.
    • In addition, Queen Victoria died from hemorrhagic stroke on January 22, 1901 at Osborne House, East Cowes, United Kingdom, at the age of eighty-one, one of the Queen's royal retreats.
  • In real life, the QV1, the royal yacht, did not exist although one ship was built at that time that could rival the QV1, the SS Great Eastern.
• Melissa McCarthy was considered for the role of Queen Victoria.