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all animals laugh at him

 

The Animals of the forest are minor characters in both Horton Hears a Who and Horton Hatches the Egg.

In Horton Hatches the Egg, they were Horton's friends. They laughed at him for hatching an egg, then they ran away, leaving Horton behind. At the end of the book, they reunited with Horton and his new son Morton.

In Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!, the animals have a much bigger role they were rallied by Jane Kangaroo into fighting Horton, saying that his goal will lead to anarchy. Upon cornering him, the Kangaroo offers Horton a final chance to renounce Whoville's existence. Horton refuses and, despite the heartfelt speech that he gives, the Kangaroo orders the animals to rope and cage him, and to have the speck and Whoville destroyed in a pot of beezlenut oil. The Mayor enlists all of his people to make noise by shouting "We are here!", as well as playing a variety of instruments, so that all the animals may hear them.

As The Kangaroo snatches the flower from the weakened and captured Horton and prepares to drop it into the pot. When, JoJo screams "YOPP!", breaking through the sound barrier just seconds before the speck hits the oil. Rudy, the Kangaroo's son, grabs the flower and proclaims he can hear it, and the other animals of Nool notice that they can hear it too. Despite his mother's objections, Rudy returns the flower to the released and recovered Horton. Realizing the truth about the Whos' existence, the animals isolate the Kangaroo for deceiving them. While being praised for his integrity by his neighbors, Horton forgives the devastated and regretful Kangaroo, who befriends him with a makeshift umbrella for Whoville. The film ends with the Whos and the animals of Nool gathering to recite the chorus from "Can't Fight This Feeling" by REO Speedwagon

Jungle animals in Horton Hatches the Egg and Horton Hatches the Egg (1942 film)[]

  1. Lions
  2. Antelopes
  3. A giraffe
  4. Kangaroos
  5. Rabbits
  6. Squirrels
  7. A hippopotamus
  8. A moose
  9. A ram
  10. A leopard
  11. A monkey (cartoon only)
  12. A mouse (cartoon only)
  13. Troll with horns (cartoon only)

Jungle animals in Horton Hears a Who![]

  1. Squirrel
  2. Birds
  3. Toucan
  4. Flamingo
  5. Antelopes
  6. A monkey
  7. Yaks including Katie (film only)
  8. Bears including Tommy and Willie (film Only)
  9. Palooskis (Blue-Headed Palooskis) including Mrs. Quilligan and Jessica
  10. Glummoxes (film only)
  11. Deer (film Only)
  12. Zatz-its (film only)
  13. Anteater like creatures (film only)
  14. Lizard like creatures (film only)
  15. Birds pecking grapes (film only)
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