“ | And that's what we want. Freedom! | „ |
~ Ginger to Rocky, when he calls himself a Lone Free Ranger |
“ | It's her! | „ |
~ Ginger upon seeing Mrs. Tweedy after twelve years. |
“ | Last we broke out of a chicken farm. Well this time, we’re breaking in. | „ |
~ Ginger to her group |
Ginger is the main protagonist of Aardman’s Chicken Run film series.
She is a Rhode Island red hen who has adapted into a responsible leader of the chickens at Tweedy's Farm. At the end of the film, she becomes romantically involved with Rocky Rhodes.
In the first film, she was voiced by Julia Sawalha. In the second film, she was voiced by Thandiwe Newton.
What Makes Her Pure Good?[]
Chicken Run[]
- Not only does she want to escape, but she also wants all of the chickens to escape with her.
- She always encourages all chickens not to lose hope and to keep fighting for freedom.
- She blackmails Rocky, but only because she and the other chickens are desperate and really need help and also because she's drawn to him. Not to mentioned, Rocky was also being unconcerned and uncaring about the well being of her and the other chickens, another good reason why she blackmails him from the start.
- She hides Rocky whenever there is something to do.
- She cares deeply about the other chickens, especially when Edwina is killed after not producing eggs in a week, along with Fowler continuing to congratulate her.
- She also carries a lot of patience with the other hens, despite their ignorance and complete naivety (especially with Babs).
- Although she initially fights with Rocky, she is just to be sure of herself and she allows the party in the hen house in the evening to cheer up the other hens.
- She thanks Rocky for saving her and reveals that she always comes to see the hills dreaming of touching the grass.
- Even after learning the truth about Rocky she continues to love him and misses him deeply when he runs away.
- Later rightfully slapping him for leaving and a kiss for coming back.
- She almost sacrifices herself to save the other chickens.
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget[]
- She builds a sanctuary in an island to protect the chickens from humans.
- She tried to stop her egg from being broken after it started hatching.
- She tried to help Molly lose her interest in the outside world so she wouldn't get herself in danger.
- While she was originally going to ignore the chicken factory near her group's sanctuary and the chickens that were being taken to it, and only initially deciding to go there because of Molly, she eventually chose to make a plan to rescue all of the chickens from Mrs. Tweedy.
- She and the rest of the group went to search for Molly after she left the island.
- She tried to rescue Molly after she was captured by a Fun-Land Farms' worker.
- She made a plan to break into the factory to rescue Molly.
- She protected Molly from seeing a chicken getting processed into nuggets, even though Molly saw a cartoon version of chicken getting processed into nuggets, she didn't want Molly to get traumatized from seeing one up close in real life.
- She comforted Molly after they got stuck in a corn silo, and apologized for trying to keep her from exploring the outside world out of fear Molly would get herself in danger.
- She and Rocky defeated Dr. Fry and stopped him from brainwashing all the chickens in Mrs. Tweedy's factory.
- She deactivated Mrs. Tweedy's brainwashing device, saving the lives of hundreds of chickens.
- She saved Molly from falling into the processor.
- She brought the chickens that were rescued from Mrs. Tweedy's factory to the group's sanctuary and allowed them to live a new life there.
- At the end of the film, she and the rest of the group rescued thirty chickens that were being held in a farm.
Trivia[]
- She is one of the three Aardman Animations heroes to be Pure Good, the other two being Gromit and Roddy St. James.
External Links[]
- Ginger on the Heroes Wiki
- Ginger on the DreamWorks Wiki
- Ginger on the Chicken Run Wiki
- Ginger on the Aardman Wiki
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