Uncle Augustus is the main antagonist of the 1985 film Here Come the Littles. He is Henry Bigg's abusive guardian.

He was voiced by the late Hal Smith, who also voiced Moe in An American Tail, and Flintheart Glomgold in the 1987 DuckTales show.

Biography[]

Following the disappearance of Henry Bigg's parents in Africa, Augustus takes Henry into his home and orders him around. During dinner on Henry's first night, Augustus tells Henry of his plans to destroy his house and build a shopping mall over it for profit.

He later takes in a stray cat after some convincing from Henry.

After the Little's attempted to escape using a toy plane, Henry finds Grandpa and Dinky Little before Augustus takes them, thinking that they're toys. He then sends Henry back to his room before showing him a letter that was supposedly written by Henry's father. Augustus then storms back into his room and locks Grandpa and Dinky in his desk.

Later, while Henry, Tom, and Lucy attempt to rescue Grandpa and Dinky, the phone rings and Augustus comes in to answer it. After hearing Dinky sneeze, Henry makes his presence known and Augustus threatens to lock him in his room.

Augustus then goes outside to put the lawnmower back in the shed, which was now leaking fuel.

Eventually, the fuel from the lawnmower reached the Littles' candle and started a fire in the shed. Augustus catches Henry trying to escape and takes him back home while accusing him of starting the fire in the shed. The Littles come to the rescue and tie up Augustus, allowing Henry to inform the police of Augustus' forgeries while the Littles fly away to stop the bulldozer. However, despite being tied up, Augustus manages to answer the phone to give the construction crew the go-ahead to destroy the Bigg house.

After the Littles disabled the bulldozer, Augustus arrives in his car and notices the plane that the Littles used just as Henry arrives on the scene with a police detective. Augustus attempted to escape in his car, but was stopped by the detective and arrested.