Cruella de Vil dogs. The episode also included a parody of the song, "Be Our Guest" from another Disney film "Beauty and the Beast". Coco LaBouche, the antagonist of the "Rugrats" 2000 spin-off film "Rugrats in Paris", has some of the same characteristics as Cruella. In the "Jessie" episode "101 Lizards", Mrs. Chesterfield plays a role similar to Cruella de Vil. Cruella de Vil appeared in a "Robot Chicken" skit called "101 Dalmatian Reproduction" in the episode "Yogurt in a Bag". Cruella de Vil Cruella de Vil (spelled de Vil in the novel, spelled De Vil by Disney) is a character created by
Cruella de Vil snobbish and very glamorous magnate of a haute couture fashion house, ""House of DeVil"", which specialised in fur couture. The character of Anita (played by Joely Richardson) was a couturière and employee of De Vil. Unlike the animated film, the live-action version gives the reason why Cruella wanted to make the puppies into coats at a young age, is that their fur wouldn't be as soft when they fully grow up. At the start of the film, it is revealed that Cruella has secretly had her henchmen slaughter a white Siberian tiger at London Zoo for its pelt. However, the