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An outgoing, big-hearted, loving, sweet, and thoughtful elephant. Horton has no tusks, lives by himself and possesses acute hearing abilities.
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* NiceGuy: His heart is as huge as him.



The film's main antagonist, she thinks that Horton is a fool for thinking that there is life on a speck of dust.
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Horton's best friend in the Jungle of Nool.
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Sour Kangaroo's son.
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A vulture hired by the Sour Kangaroo to steal Horton's clover.
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* AlliterativeName[=/=]RepetitiveName: '''V'''lad '''V'''ladikoff.

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* AlliterativeName[=/=]RepetitiveName: AlliterativeName: '''V'''lad '''V'''ladikoff.



The mayor of Whoville. He has 96 daughters, 1 son named JoJo and his wife Sally.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the same extent as Horton.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the same extent as Horton. He's described as odd even in his character introduction.



Ned's wife and mother to Jojo and 96 daughters.
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* FieryRedhead: {{AVerted}}. Sally is probably the most sane Who in Whoville.

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* FieryRedhead: {{AVerted}}.{{Averted}}. Sally is probably the most sane Who in Whoville.


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A teacher at ''Who U.''
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Ned and Sally's only son and eldest child. He's next in line for being the Mayor of Whoville.
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* AdaptationSpeciesChange



* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture, although he was an eagle in the book.

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* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture, vulture in the film, although he was an eagle in the book.


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* LargeHam: In the film.

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* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture. Although he was an eagle in the book.

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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Is genuinely touched by Horton's defense of the Who's.
* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture. Although vulture, although he was an eagle in the book.book.
* HeelFaceTurn: Seems to go through this on seeing Horton's forgiveness.



* PsychoForHire: He is hired by Jane Kangaroo to get rid of the clover,and seems to enjoy it.

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* PsychoForHire: He is hired by Jane Kangaroo to get rid of the clover,and clover, and seems to enjoy it.
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* ShakingInTheRump: Does this at one point in the 2008 movie.
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* GentleGiant: A huge elephant with an even bigger heart.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ned.

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* GentleGiant: A huge elephant with an even bigger heart.
heart (metaphorically, of course).
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Morton and Ned.



* BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue fur-suit thing and is the deuteragonist.

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* BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue fur-suit thing without sleeves and is the deuteragonist.
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* TheQuietOne: He only has four to five lines.

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* TheQuietOne: He only has four to five lines.See WellDoneSonGuy.
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* HuskyRusskie: Speaks with a heavy Russian accent.
* PsychoForHire: He is hired by Jane Kangaroo to get rid of the clover,and seems to enjoy it.
* ToothyBird: Has a set of sharp teeth.
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Needless repeating.


!!Horton the Elephant



!!Jane Kangaroo



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:She's truly ashamed of herself when she realizes that she almost destroyed an entire civilization.]]



!!Morton the Mouse



!!Rudy Kangaroo



* MoralityPet: Played with. Rudy does make Jane look more understandable, but his presence doesn't stop her from going after Horton.

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* MoralityPet: Played with.{{Zig Zagged}}. Rudy does make Jane look more understandable, but his presence doesn't stop her from going after Horton.



!!Vlad Vladikoff



!!Mayor Nedd [=McDodd=]



!!Sally O' Malley



!!Dr. Mary Lou [=LaRue=]



* GeniusDitz: The smartest person of the staff at Who University, who's also somewhat scatterbrained.

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* GeniusDitz: DitzyGenius: The smartest person of the staff at Who University, who's also somewhat scatterbrained.



!![=JoJo=] [=McDodd=]
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* BigLittleBrother: He is the next mayor because he is the oldest, but he is smaller than all of his sisters.
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* AscendedExtra: In the book, he was brought in as a last resort to save Whoville. In the movie, he's a much more prominent character and in the Seussical, he's the protagonist.
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* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture.

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* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture. Although he was an eagle in the book.
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* OutnumberedSibling: He has ''96 sisters'' and is the only boy.

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* EasilyForgiving: [[spoiler:Quickly forgives Sour Kangaroo and offers her a cookie.]]

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* EasilyForgiving: {{Forgiveness}}: [[spoiler:Quickly forgives Sour Kangaroo and offers her a cookie.]]



* ProtagonistTitle

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* ProtagonistTitleProtagonistTitle: "'''Horton''' Hears A Who".



* BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue fur-suit thing and is the deuteragonist.



* BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue fur-suit thing and is the deuteragonist.



* GeniusDitz: The smartest person of the staff at Who University, who's also somewhat scatterbrained.



* SpeechImpediment: Dr. [=LaRue=] has a lisp.



* GadgeteerGenius: [=JoJo=] filled the abandon observatory with castaway items and set up an elaborate system to produce music.



* TheQuietOne: He only has four lines.
* {{Tritagonist}}

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* TheQuietOne: He only has four to five lines.
* {{Tritagonist}}{{Tritagonist}}: To Horton's [[TheProtagonist protagonist]] and his father's {{Deuteragonist}}.
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* TheQuieterOne: He only has four lines.

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* TheQuieterOne: TheQuietOne: He only has four lines.
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* TheQuierOne: He only has four lines.

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* TheQuierOne: TheQuieterOne: He only has four lines.
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* [[FantasyForbiddingFather Fanatsy Forbidding Mother]]: Doesn't want Rudy to join in the "spec nonsense".

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* [[FantasyForbiddingFather Fanatsy Fantasy Forbidding Mother]]: Doesn't want Rudy to join in the "spec nonsense".



* ObliviouslyEvil: She really doesn't know that the spec is an entire civilization and just wants to keep order in Nool. [[spoiler:She later comes to regert her action.]]

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* ObliviouslyEvil: She really doesn't know that the spec is an entire civilization and just wants to keep order in Nool. [[spoiler:She later comes to regert regret her action.actions.]]
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* OblivioulsyEvil: She really doesn't know that the spec is an entire civilization and just wants to keep order in Nool. [[spoiler:She later comes to regert her action.]]

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* OblivioulsyEvil: ObliviouslyEvil: She really doesn't know that the spec is an entire civilization and just wants to keep order in Nool. [[spoiler:She later comes to regert her action.]]
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* FieryRedhead: {{AVerted}}. Sally is probably the most sane Who in Whoville.


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* BrainyBrunette: Of the making music variety.


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* TheQuierOne: He only has four lines.
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* AlliterativeName: '''V'''lad '''V'''ladikoff.

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* AlliterativeName: AlliterativeName[=/=]RepetitiveName: '''V'''lad '''V'''ladikoff.

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* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Has blue fur and blue eyes.



* AbsentMindedProfessor: Can be a little scatterbrained.



[[folder:[[=JoJo=]] [[=McDodd=]]]]
!![[=JoJo=]] [[=McDodd=]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Jesse [[=McCartney=]]

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[[folder:[[=JoJo=]] [[=McDodd=]]]]
!![[=JoJo=]] [[=McDodd=]]
[[folder:[=JoJo=] [=McDodd=]]]
!![=JoJo=] [=McDodd=]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Jesse [[=McCartney=]]
[=McCartney=]

* BreakoutCharacter: Even with his limited amount of screentime, [=JoJo=] quickly gained popularity with the fans.



* WellDoneSonGuy: "[[=JoJo=]] is so worried that he'll say something to disappoint his father that he finds it best not to speak- ever."

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* WellDoneSonGuy: "[[=JoJo=]] "[=JoJo=] is so worried that he'll say something to disappoint his father that he finds it best not to speak- ever."
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[[folder:Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]]
!!Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]

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[[folder:Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]]
[=LaRue=]]]
!!Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=][=LaRue=]
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[[folder:Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]]]
!!Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]

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[[folder:Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]]]
[[=LaRue=]]]
!!Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]][[=LaRue=]

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[[folder:Vlad Vladikoff]]
!!Vlad Vladikoff
-->'''Voiced by:''' Will Arnett

* AlliterativeName: '''V'''lad '''V'''ladikoff.
* DarkIsEvil: A villainous vulture.
* WouldHurtAChild: Possibly, given how he would do Kangaroo's work if she gives him Rudy.
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[[folder:Sally O' Malley]]
!!Sally O' Malley
-->'''Voiced by:''' Amy Poehler

* DeadpanSnarker: A pointed example.
* HappilyMarried: With Ned.
* MaidenNameDebate: It appears that she didn't take Ned's last name.
* OnlySaneWoman: Especially when it looks like her husband is going off the deep end.
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[[folder:Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]]]
!!Dr. Mary Lou [[=LaRue=]]
-->'''Voiced by:''' Isla Fisher

* HotScientist: More like cute scientist.
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!![[=JoJo=]] [[=McDodd=]]
--> '''Voiced by:''' Jesse [[=McCartney=]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: His color schemes are black and white and he's the tritagonist.
* HiddenDepths: "But he's anything but silent. He hears music in the tapping of an old keyboard, feels the beat in the rhythmic bounce of a basketball and finds harmony in wind whistling over a comb."
* {{Tritagonist}}
* WellDoneSonGuy: "[[=JoJo=]] is so worried that he'll say something to disappoint his father that he finds it best not to speak- ever."

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[[folder:Jane Kangaroo]]
!!Jane Kangaroo
-->'''Voiced by:''' Carol Burnett

* [[FantasyForbiddingFather Fanatsy Forbidding Mother]]: Doesn't want Rudy to join in the "spec nonsense".
* InSeriesNickname: "Sour Kanagroo".
* MeaningfulName: More like "meaningful nickname" thanks to her sour disposition on things.
* OblivioulsyEvil: She really doesn't know that the spec is an entire civilization and just wants to keep order in Nool. [[spoiler:She later comes to regert her action.]]
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[[folder:Morton the Mouse]]
!!Morton the Mouse
-->'''Voiced by:''' Seth Rogen

* BlueIsHeroic: Morton is a blue mouse and [[spoiler:is the only one of Nool to stand up for Horton.]]
* BrownEyes: To show he's more sensible than Horton.
* DeadpanSnarker: Comes with being friends with a guy like Horton.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Horton.
* SuperSpeed: He's one fast mouse.
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[[folder:Rudy Kangaroo]]
!!Rudy Kangaroo
-->'''Voiced by:''' Chuck Jones (1970 TV Special); Josh Flitter (2008 animated film)

* MommasBoy: {{Invoked}} by his bossy mom who always keeps Rudy in her protective pouch. [[spoiler:Until the end.]]
* MoralityPet: Played with. Rudy does make Jane look more understandable, but his presence doesn't stop her from going after Horton.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: A small, male version of Jane.
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!Jungle of Nool

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!Whoville
[[folder:Mayor Nedd [=McDodd=]]]



* BlueIsHeroic: Wears a blue fur-suit thing and is the deuteragonist.



* NiceGuy: "Devoted, fair, and a little bit odd".

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* HeroesWantRedheads: Married to redheaded, Sally.
* NiceGuy: "Devoted, fair, and a little bit odd".odd".
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-->'''Voiced by:'''Kent Rogers (1st, Horton Hatches the Egg cartoon), Hans Conried (1970 TV Special), Creator/JimCarrey (2008 animated film)

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-->'''Voiced by:'''Kent by:''' Kent Rogers (1st, Horton Hatches the Egg cartoon), Hans Conried (1970 TV Special), Creator/JimCarrey (2008 animated film)



-->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/SteveCarrell (2008 animated film)

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-->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/SteveCarrell by:''' Steve Carrell (2008 animated film)
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!!Horton the Elephant
-->'''Voiced by:'''Kent Rogers (1st, Horton Hatches the Egg cartoon), Hans Conried (1970 TV Special), Creator/JimCarrey (2008 animated film)

* AllLovingHero: All there with his frequent mantra: "A person's a person. No matter how small".
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: {{Invoked}} when he goes around talking to a flower.
* EasilyForgiving: [[spoiler:Quickly forgives Sour Kangaroo and offers her a cookie.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: He teaches some of the youngsters in the forest.
* GentleGiant: A huge elephant with an even bigger heart.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ned.
* ProtagonistTitle
* UndyingLoyalty: "And an elephant's faithful 100 percent."

!!Mayor Nedd [=McDodd=]
-->'''Voiced by:'''Creator/SteveCarrell (2008 animated film)

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To the same extent as Horton.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Horton's [[TheProtagonist protagonist]].
* HappilyMarried: With Sally O' Malley.
* NiceGuy: "Devoted, fair, and a little bit odd".

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