An extremely serious roundup of the best Napoleons

polygon.com:

Ridley Scott’s $200 million historical epic Napoleon is the stuff prestige-movie dreams are made of. Spanning 32 years in the French emperor’s life, the 158-minute film blitzes through multiple massive, expensively staged battles, all in order to consider how Napoleon’s marital struggles with his wife Josephine may have shaped French history. But does all this pricey prestige drama live up to the other great Napoleons of media? The Polygon staff takes this kind of question very seriously, so we sat down to consider which media Napoleons matter most.

The tire-biting, vehicle-chasing bloodhound Napoleon in Disney’s 1970 animated movie The Aristocats is perhaps a little more Southern-coded and a little more focused on ass-biting than most historical depictions of the French emperor. But he does look dapper in a bowler hat, and his defense of his leadership skills and status — or at least, the degree to which he outranks his basset hound companion in arms, Lafayette — does have some resonance with the historical figure. This Napoleon wouldn’t hesitate to launch into an ill-advised Russian winter campaign, if the Russians showed up in cars he could chase. —Tasha Robinson

Civilization V’s Napoleon is a smarmy little guy, and I have a love-hate relationship with him for it. He introduces himself by saying “Welcome. I’m Napoleon, of France, the smartest military man in world history.” He generally has an air of disdain for you and anyone who is not him. This makes me hate him, but also love him: Consistency is important.

Gameplay-wise, Civ V’s Napoleon is appropriately bold. He’s frequently trying to expand his empire, and you better hope you’re not in his way, as he’s one of the most likely leaders to declare war. Ultimately,