Horton the Elephant

Horton
Background information
Feature films	Horton Hears a Who!
Voice	Jim Carrey
Character information
Full name	Horton
Other names	Bert Guy Crazy Elephant
Personality	Friendly, hopeful, observant, relaxed, kind, trustworthy, outgoing, cowardly, clumsy, thoughtful, helpful, encouraging, extroverted, loving, good-hearted, paranoid, stubborn, efficient, playful, hard-working, clever, altruistic, strong, nurturing, innocent, protective, brave, fearless, compassionate, forgiving, big-hearted, eccentric, goofy, naive, sensitive, a bit crazy, sweet, imaginative, sort of absent-minded, humble, steadfast, simple-minded, inquisitive, dreamy, faithful, responsible, receptive, very unselfconscious, sympathetic, stoic (sometimes), soft-spoken, good-natured, graceful
Appearance	Huge, gray elephant with blue eyes, ears sprout like wings, tuft of black hair on the top of his head.
Occupation	Teacher
Alignment	Good
Goal	To prove that Whovile exists and protect it (succeeded)
Home	Jungle of Nool
Relatives	Unnamed uncle Nate the Elephant (cousin) Catherine the Great (ancestor)
Allies	Morton the Mouse (best friend), Mayor McDodd, Sour Kangaroo, Rudy Kangaroo, Vlad Vladikoff, Jojo McDodd, Wickersham Brothers, Other friends
Enemies	Sour Kangaroo (formerly), Vlad Vladikoff (formerly), Wickersham Brothers (formerly), Hunters
Likes	Bathing, peanuts, his friends, dust specks, pretending, drinking, cookies, relaxing.
Dislikes	Monkeys throwing bananas at him, losing the speck, being roped and caged, danger, getting stuck, making mistakes
Powers and abilities	Quite graceful for an elephant; climbs up steep cliffs High Intelligence High Strength Speed (for an elephant) Size High endurance
Fate	Puts the speck on the flower in the top of Mount Nool so the Whoville can be safe.
Quote	"A person’s a person, no matter how small." "I meant what I said. And I said what I meant. And an elephant's faithful 100%."

Horton the Elephant, or just Horton, is the main protagonist in the short story Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss and the 1970 short and 2008 film adaptation of the same name. Horton is an enormous elephant with a simple mind but a heart of gold. In both stories, he selflessly protects a thing that seems meaningless to other animals and is cruelly mocked. He pays no attention to them, and gets rewarded in the end of his torments.

Personality

Horton is an enormous elephant with a simple mind but a heart of gold. In both stories, he selflessly protects a thing that seems meaningless to other animals (an egg and a speck that contains a very small world) and is cruelly mocked. He pays no attention to them and gets rewarded in the end of his torments.

Horton is very innocent and daydreaming (even a bit nuts in the film), but also very fearless and compassionate. He is very forgiving as well, since he never holds hard feelings for the other animals despite all the harm they did to him.

Appearance

Horton is a gray elephant with blue eyes. His ears sprout like wings.

Gallery

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Media Horton Hears a Who! (soundtrack/video) Characters Horton the Elephant • Mayor Ned McDodd • Morton the Mouse • Sour Kangaroo • Vlad Vladikoff • Sally O'Malley • Rudy Kangaroo • JoJo • Katie • Tommy • Yummo Wickersham • Councilman Locations Whoville • Jungle of Nool