Rex Dangervest

They laughed at us, but now it's our turn to laugh back. Embrace your inner lemon. Let it drive you. This was meant to be alternate fuel's greatest moment. After today, everyone will race back to gasoline and we, the owners of the largest untapped oil reserve, will become the most powerful cars in the world! They'll come to us and they'll have no choice, because they will need us. And, they will finally respect us. So, hold your hoods high. After today, you will never be ashamed of who you are. Long live lemons! —Sir Ernest of the Cross rising to power.

Sir Ernest of the Cross
Films	Brendam: Bernard's Magical World
Voice	Woody Harrelson
Inspiration	Randall Boggs from Monsters, Inc. Chef from Trolls Snowball from The Secret Life of Pets Francis E. Francis from The Boss Baby Ratcliffe from Pocahontas
Personality	Formerly: Nice, kind, fatherly, gentle, curious, laid-back, helpful, patient Currently: Charming, ruthless, ambitious, deceitful, selfish, smooth-talking, short-tempered, arrogant, fun-loving, paranoid, mean, greedy, murderous, bullying, desperate, insecure, cowardly, two-faced, mischievous, treacherous, still laid-back, petty, opportunistic, hypocritical, heartless, aggressive
Appearance	Short and stumpy human, white hair, blue glasses, brown shirt and pants
Occupation	The CEO of Ernest, Inc. Bernard's idol (formerly) Criminal Pepe's partner in-crime Doctor King of Brendam (not as planned)
Goal	To achieve fame (formerly) To kill humans (succeeded) To help Pepe kill Lovelace, Bernard and the Guardians of Brendam and keep his secret hidden (failed) To rule Brendam after the convention and make it boring as he is (failed)
Likes	Fame, wealth, playing music, being remembered, Brendam
Dislikes	Being forgotten, being exposed, Bernard, the Guardians
Fate	Gets defeated by Bernard, Pepe and the Guardians of Brendam

Sir Ernest of the Cross (according to the end credits and the script The Evil Doctor and according to the movie storybook and the junior novel Doc Ernest) is the tertiary antagonist of Brendam and the hidden main antagonist of Brendam: Bernard's Magical World. He is Pepe's partner in-crime, Pepe, Dernard and Quinn's leader and boss and Bernard's secondary predator. He has a lab assistant named Kyle and a bumbling minion named Otis. His disguise is Colonel Theodore Sugarbottoms, a singer and smooth talking gentleman in a Texas accent.

Trivia

• Ernest is similar to the following villains
  • Chester V from "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2"
    • Both are the heroes-turned-enemies of the protagonist (Bernard and Flint Lockwood).
    • Both of their true villainy is revealed near the end.
    • Both have sidekicks (Pepe and Barb the Orangutan).
    • Both fail to kill the protagonist's loved ones in the last instant just as the protagonist saves them (Eugene fails to kill Lovelace as the Guardians interrupt the sacrifice ceremony; Chester fails to kill Flint's friends as Flint manages to use the button to move them away from food making machine, which would have turned them into food).
    • Both get there commepunce (Ernest sets the Guardians' trap off and flies into the air, just before he can kill the Guardians of Brendam; Chester is eaten by a giant cheesespider just before he can escape).
  • Emperor Palpatine from "Star Wars - Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi"
    • Both are evil masters, corrupt officials and have villainous henchmen who betray and reform themselves (Pepe to Ernest, Darth Vader to Palpatine).
    • Both have armies backing them up (Pepe, Quinn and Dernard to Ernest, Stormtroopers to Palptaine.)
    • Both have deaths (Ernest sets the Guardians' trap off and flies into the air; Palpatine gets killed by Darth Vader).
  • Henry J. Waternoose III from "Monsters. Inc"
    • Both have a job (CEO of Monsters, Inc. and genius).
    • Both try to hide there villainy.
    • Both have diabolical henchmen (Pepe and Randall Boggs).
    • Both trap the protagonists (Ernest traps the Guardians of Brendam in the headquarters with Reginald; Waternoose traps Mike and Sulley in himilayes).
    • Both get tricked by the protagonists (The Guardians set the trap on Ernest and he floats into the air; Mike and Sulley (along with Boo and the CDA) arrest Henry J. Waternoose)
  • Norvirus Raccoon from "The Nut Job"
    • They have grandfatherly evil voice.
    • Their own voice actors' age are around 60s (Liam Neeson: 62 (2014), and Woody Harrelson: 72 (2021)).
    • They both have 2 plans, who prefer 2nd plan than 1st plan.
    • They both give the punishment to main witness (Ernest's case: Bernard, who made the Settlers go crazy, Raccoon's case: Surly, who made Nut-cart attack the tree, then get burned), after the witness makes big mistake at the beginning scene.
    • They both have vicious henchmen (Ernest's case: Kyle, Raccoon's case: cardinal & rats).
    • They both feed their own henchmen.
    • They both get impressed seeing shiny thing (Ernest's case: Lovelace's gold, that he only wants to use as his precious after the Forever Potion is released, Raccoon's case: dog whistle, that he only wants to collect shiny things).
    • In their own film have car chase.
    • Before their own defeat, they pull witness' leg (Raccoon's case: Surly, Ernest's case: Olivia), while witness' friends try to help to pull (Racoon's case: Andie and Buddy, Ernest's case: Bernard).
    • Both have defeats (Racoon goes down the waterfall; Ernest gets caught by the Guardians' trap).
• He talks like Mel Brooks.
• At first, Ernest is Bernard’s calm, kind, selfless and gentle inventor hero. Later, he is Bernard’s predator and Pepe’s cruel, ruthless, sadistic and evil partner in-crime.

Gallery

Ernest giving the Settlers a speech

"Hello, Guardians. I hope you're enjoying your stay. Buckle up. There's more telling what's gonna happen next."

"You know, Guardians, I had a whole different plan in mind for today, but I'll save that for next year, because once I saw the amazing girl you guys found, I was inspired to do something even better!" - Ernest's recording on a monitor

Ernest meets Bernard

Ernest telling Bernard the story of how he was fired by the Guardians

"I'm taking them both me to the Forever Mountain, so stay out of my way, I'd hate for them to get...terminated."

Ernest locking the Guardians up

Ernest taking a kidnapped Lovelace to the Forever Mountain

"I'm launching my Forever Puppies and there's nothing you can do about it!" - Ernest's speech to the Brendam people

Ernest torturing Zig Zag

"My pranking is about to reach new heights! Oh. There's no one here."

Ernest flying to the moon

Quotes

And we are on schedule the most adorable potion ever. We're gonna watch at the pet convention in Brendam. Look out world! It's gonna crush the competition. —Ernest's introduction on a film as Bernard hides.

You don't recognize me? Perhaps from my view. —Ernest revealing that he was Colonel Theodore Sugarbottoms.

Hello, family. I hope you're enjoying your stay. Buckle up. There's more telling what's gonna happen next. [evil laugh] Get it? —Ernest's Voicemail to the Guardians at the middle.

Now, it all started at Brendam, a long, long time ago. I was a hotshot executive, heading start to the top. Everyone loved me. They gave me a promotion, the Corner Office, and my very own (Bernard: ... personal potty.) SHING! I had it all, but then one day, I made a terrible discovery: I was getting... old. The formula wasn't working anymore. It turns out I was lactose Intolerant. (Bernard: No...) Yes! I got called in to see the Boarding Directors (Bernard: Who are the Boarding Directors?) The biggest guardian bosses of them all! I thought they loved me, but they replaced with someone new... someone younger. (Bernard: That's horrible!) All of a sudden, she got all the love, all the attention.... you know how that feels, don't you, Tim? It hurts, doesn't it? (Bernard: Yeah, it does. And then what happened?) Well.... they fired me! And took away my special formula. Then they sent me down to live with a f-f-family! (Bernard: Oh Ernest no!) The Guardians betrayed me, and I'm finally going to get revenge with...the Forever Potion! —Ernest explains his backstory and plan for revenge.

My pranking is about to reach new heights! [laughs] Get it? [realizes he's alone] Oh. There's no one here. —Ernest watching as his rival and former partner in-crime step into the elevator to go to the roof, unaware of their team-up.

Over? It's just getting started! You know, family, I had a whole different plan in mind for today, but I'll save that for next year, because once I saw the amazing doubles you guys found, I was inspired to do something even better. So stay tuned, because the rest of this day is going to be doubly special!" [laughs evilly.] "Get it? You don't now, but you will. —Ernest's recording on a monitor.

I'm taking him with me to the Forever Mountain, so stay out of my way, I'd hate for them to get...terminated. —Ernest blackmailing the Guardians (except Lovelace) to stay away or he'll kill Lovelace.

Clap, clap, clap. Well done, Guardians. You got me. You RUINED EVERYTHING!! That's not FAIR! That's not FAIR!! NOW YOU'RE REALLY GOING TO PAY!! You may have won this time, but later, I'm gonna come back soon, stop going easy on you and give you all a dat you'll never forget! ESPECIALLY YOU, PEPE! (Bernard: Okay! BYE, ERNEST! See you next time!) I think you'll get me that time! —Ernest's last words after trapped by the Prank-Me-Not Poncho.