Horton the Elephant is the titular main protagonist of Dr. Seuss' 1940 book Horton Hatches the Egg and the adaptations of Horton Hears a Who!.
In the 1970 special of the same name of the book, he was voiced by the late Hans Conried. In the 2008 animated film, he was voiced by Jim Carrey.
What makes him Pure Good?[]
- As his best friend, Morton, testifies: Horton wouldn't hurt a fly. The only exception was a fly city he accidentally sat on.
- Horton is a very jolly and compassionate elephant who only wants to help people who need it.
- Teaches a class of young students, who are all very appreciative of him and whom he does his best to teach about the jungle.
- Upon hearing a small cry from a speck, Horton refuses to ignore a possible cry for help and goes out of his way to find the speck and catch it.
- While he does cause disturbance to Whoville with occasional bumping and stomping, it wasn't intentional, and when the Mayor eventually asks him to stop, he does so and apologizes.
- When learning of the existence of Whoville on the speck, Horton speaks with the mayor of the city and when the mayor learns of Whoville's imminent destruction if they continue moving, goes on a journey to the top of Mount Nool to save Whoville.
- Risks his life to cross a very unstable bridge to get to Mount Nool, nearly dying for the sake of Whoville.
- When learning from Morton that Sour Kangaroo hired Vlad to hunt Horton down and steal the clover, Horton refuses to abandon Whoville and give the clover up to Vlad.
- When Vlad drops the clover into a field of identical clovers, Horton picks through millions and millions of clovers to search for Whoville until finally finding the clover with the speck.
- As Horton is surrounded by an angry mob preparing to rope and cage him, Sour Kangaroo gives Horton the chance to surrender and admit that Whoville doesn't exist, but Horton refuses to deny their existence, acknowledging them as people despite how small they are.
- When being roped and caged, Horton refuses to back down and resists as much as possible to give Whoville enough time to make noise for the other animals to hear them.
- After the animals hear Whoville and everyone realizes Horton was right, Sour Kangaroo silently mopes in defeat, but then Horton approaches her and comforts her even after what she did to him.
- Forgives Sour Kangaroo, the Wickersham Brothers, and Vlad for all of the terrible things they did to him.
- Guards the egg of a selfish mother for an entire winter out of kindness. Even snow, rain, and humiliation do not deter Horton.
- When the Hunters showed up Horton won't run away but he stands up to hunters but instead they spare him alive they take him to circus as Horton still Guards the egg no matter what, he won't give up.
Trivia[]
- His 2008 counterpart is the first and only portrayal of Jim Carrey to be approved as Pure Good while his role as Count Olaf in the 2004 adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events is Pure Evil.
External Links[]
- Horton the Elephant on the Dr. Seuss Wiki
- Horton the Elephant on the Heroes Wiki
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