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* FamilyThemeNaming: In ''Wubbulous World'', his elephant bird son from ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg'' is named Morton, and in the episode, "Horton Has a Hit", he is revealed to have an uncle named Norton.
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* GoodParents: In ''Wubbulous World'', he is shown to care a lot about Morton, his elephant bird son from ''Literature/HortonHatchesTheEgg''.
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* AbledInTheAdaptation: Downplayed. In the original book and in the 1970 special, he is shown to wear glasses. This is not carried over to the 2008 animated film.
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%%* HotScientist: More like cute scientist.
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* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: Dr. [=LaRue=] has light purple hair.

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* ComicallySerious: He is this many time to his father's antics in WhoVille.

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* ComicallySerious: He is this many time to his father's antics in WhoVille.Whoville.



* OnlySaneMan: Jojo to the antics going on in WhoVille.

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* OnlySaneMan: Jojo to the antics going on in WhoVille.Whoville.


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* ResentfulOutnumberedSibling: He has 96 sisters and is the only son in his family.
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* OutnumberedSibling: He has ''96 sisters'' and is the only boy.
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* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: [[spoiler:Jojo's singing voice. Being voiced by Music/JesseMcCartney undoubtedly helped]].



* TheWoobie: Jojo, who is so afraid of letting down his dad that he ''took a vow of silence''.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Dr. [=LaRue=] has light purple hair.
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* VileVulture: He's a sinister, creepy vulture who wants to eat Rudy.
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* MassiveNumberedOffspring: Her has 96 daughters and one son.



* MassiveNumberedOffspring: She has 96 daughters and one son.
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* MassiveNumberedOffspring: Her has 96 daughters and one son.


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* MassiveNumberedOffspring: She has 96 daughters and one son.
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* GothsHaveItHard: Jojo, who wears dark clothes, keeps to himself and is pressured to be the next mayor one day. Something he doesn't want, but he is too scared of possibly disappointing his father.
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* BreakoutCharacter: Jojo quickly became the most popular character in the film adaptation.


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* {{Goth}}: Jojo shows some shades of this.


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* OddNameOut: Ninety-six of the Mayor's ninety-seven children all have names beginning with the letter H. Jojo, the Mayor's only son, is the Odd Name Out.
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* OnlySaneMan: Jojo to the antics going on in WhoVille.


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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: In the original book the Mayor and Jojo are unrelated. Here, they are father and son.


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* SuddenlySpeaking: Jojo shouts "YOPP!", and finally speaking for the first time.
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* UnlikelyHero: Although you can see it coming a mile away, the mopey, silent Jojo is, of course, the one who comes through in the end.
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* SkywardScream: Uses this to save everyone in WhoVille by shouting, "YOPP!".
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* SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: [[spoiler:Jojo's singing voice. Being voiced by Music/JesseMcCartney undoubtedly helped]].

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

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* SpeechImpediment: Dr. [=LaRue=] has a lisp.an audible lisp.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She appears in exactly three scenes in the movie, and there's nothing much of her character development. This despite the fact that, until Vlad dropped the clover into the clover field, she was the only other Who besides the Mayor to understand the truth about their world. She notably doesn't even come to the Mayor's defense when he's being mocked for his claims.


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* TheWoobie: Jojo, who is so afraid of letting down his dad that he ''took a vow of silence''.
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%%* * AntiVillain: She commits villainous acts like child abuse (upon her son and other children) and attempted to destroy Horton's clover, only out of her belief that Horton is insane and that she is doing so for the well-fare of the animals of Nool and the safety of the children. See ObliviouslyEvil below.below.



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%%* EasilyForgiven* EasilyForgiven: She attempted to commit genocide of the Whos on the clover and she is easily forgiven by Horton and the other animals for her villainous acts.



%%* BrainyBrunette: Of the making music variety.

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%%* * BrainyBrunette: Of the making music variety.variety. He is smarter than he looks and is capable of making musical instruments out of discarded various objects.



* EmoTeen: A sullen, apathetic boy who's so terrified of disappointing his father that he never speaks.

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* EmoTeen: A sullen, apathetic boy in dark clothing who's so terrified of disappointing his father that he never speaks.
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* NiceMice: He is a mouse and a loyal buddy to Horton, albeit a sarcastic one.
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* HonorableElephant: And he's faithful 100 percent.
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* ElephantsAreScaredOfMice: Averted, since his best friend is a mouse.
* ElephantsNeverForget: Not only does he mention this trope, he has a PhotographicMemory.
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* ObnoxiousEntitledHousewife: Most incarnations depict her as argumentative and a ControlFreak both towards the jungle and towards her child. This is most evident in the 2008 film, where she insists on keeping her son "pouch-schooled," and invokes ThinkOfTheChildren to rally everybody against Horton for believing something out of the ordinary.
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* YesMan: To her mother in the books and most adaptations. Subverted in the 2008 movie.

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* YesMan: To her his mother in the books and most adaptations. Subverted in the 2008 movie.
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* LaughablyEvil: His hamminess certainly makes him funny at certain points.

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* LaughablyEvil: His hamminess certainly makes him funny at certain points. Particularly when he shows his inferiority complex when the Wickersham Brothers are brought up, or the slapstick he is involved with during his first encounter with Horton.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: {{Invoked}} when he goes around talking to a flower.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: {{Invoked}} Mistaken for one when he goes around talking to a flower.flower, though he's actually talking to the Whos on the speck ''on'' the flower. He does have a few goofy imaginings in the movie, though.



* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Morton and Ned.

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* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Is best buds with Morton and Ned.



* MadLibsCatchphrase: His catchphrase is "I meant what I said and I said what I meant, ----- 100%".
* MrImagination: In the movie, he's prone to having daydreams about being a spy or an anime character.



* ShakingTheRump: Does this at one point in the 2008 movie.

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* ShakingTheRump: Does this Shakes his butt at one point in the 2008 movie.



* AntiVillain: See ObliviouslyEvil below.

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* %%* AntiVillain: See ObliviouslyEvil below.



* TheAtoner[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Becomes co-guardian of the Whos with Horton in the ending]].

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* TheAtoner[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: TheAtoner: [[spoiler: Becomes co-guardian of the Whos with Horton in the ending]].



* EasilyForgiven

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* HaughtyHmph: Just like in the book, she belts out quite a few of these when she hears Horton's ridiculous stories about microscopic people.
* InSeriesNickname: "Sour Kangaroo".

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* %%* HaughtyHmph: Just like in the book, she belts out quite a few of these when she hears Horton's ridiculous stories about microscopic people.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Becomes co-guardian of the Whos with Horton in the ending]].
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InSeriesNickname: Is known as "Sour Kangaroo".



* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: His dad is never seen.






* AdaptationalNameChange: Is named Whizzer [=McWhoff=] in one cartoon version of the book.
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book he's just another accomplice for the Sour Kangaroo, while in the 2008 movie he is a gleeful PsychoForHire that wants to make a snack out of Rudy as payment.



* AdaptationalVillainy: In the book he's just another accomplice for the Sour Kangaroo, while in the 2008 movie he is a gleeful PsychoForHire that wants to make a snack out of Rudy as payment.



* HeelFaceTurn: Seems to go through this on seeing Horton's forgiveness.

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* HeelFaceTurn: Seems to go through this on seeing Horton's forgiveness.forgiveness since he gets teary-eyed over the happy resolution.






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[[folder:Tommy and Jessica]]
Two other students from the movie: a plump, orange creature and a bird.
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* FatComicRelief: Downplayed for Tommy, whose size was the butt of ''one'' joke: him landing heavily on Horton's back.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: His hair is uncoloured in the book, brown in the movie, and white in the cartoon.
* AdaptationalJobChange: Is usually the mayor, but in the cartoon, he is a science professor.
* AdaptationalNameChange: Is named Dr. Whoovey in one cartoon version of the book.



* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Horton's protagonist.
* HappilyMarried: With Sally O' Malley.

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* %%* {{Deuteragonist}}: To Horton's protagonist.
* HappilyMarried: With Sally O' Malley.Malley; they seem to have a stable marriage and she's patient even when he's acting crazy.



* DeadpanSnarker: A pointed example.

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* HappilyMarried: With Ned.

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* HappilyMarried: With Ned.Ned, she's relatively patient with him.



* HotScientist: More like cute scientist.

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* %%* HotScientist: More like cute scientist.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: Wears a lab coat and is a
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* BrainyBrunette: Of the making music variety.

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* NamesTheSame: Morton is the name also give to Horton's bird elephant son from ''Hatches An Egg'' in some adaptations.

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