How is he an 'ethnic villain'? I mean, yes, he's French, but he doesn't even have an accent - if you didn't know his origin, you'd never know where he was from; even his name is relatively nondescript. It's not like he's going 'Zut alors! You zeely Amairican neetweets, zis wine ees from an inferior year! Eeet ees nod feet to be, 'ow you zay, consumed! Huh! Stupeed non-French peoples!'