History Characters / RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1964

* TheBully: Like the other bucks, he joins in on the abuse of Rudolph.

* WomenAreWiser: She does not discriminate against Rudolph nor him for his nose unlike her husband, who clearly drives discrimination to the ground.

* FlatCharacter: In the 1998 feature film, she has the least amount of depth. She is mostly seen attending ceremonies and showing support for her husband and never interactes with Rudolph.

* KnightOfCerebus: Compared to villains of previous and later Rankin-Bass specials- Bumble the Abominable Snowman, Prof. Hinkle, Burgermeister Meisterburger, January Q. Irontail, the Miser Brothers, Queen Lily, Brutus, Aeon the Terrible, Kubla Kraus, Mag- Winterbolt stands out. He's got power, cunning, and the ruthlessness to use them! Every other villain was either a LargeHam, LaughablyEvil, an AntiVillain, or all three.

* CurbStompBattle: Inflicts this on Rudolph when he attempts to rescue Clarisse and his parents from the monster. Namely, he tears off a stalactite and smashes it over the red-nosed buck's head, knocking him out cold.

* {{Sadist}}: When he was evil, he hungrily pursued Rudolph and Hermey across the snowdrifts just to be rid of Rudolph's red nose and cruelly dragged out his potential feeding on Clarisse and the Donner family despite them being precious little food for him. There's also that disturbing as all hell laugh he made after clubbing Rudolph over the head with a stalactite.

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: Spelled out by Clarisse when he has her and the entire Donner family totally at his mercy. Seems he enjoyed instilling terror in his prey before devouring them.

{{Expy}}: Sev is clearly based off of Benjamin Franklin.

* AllLovingHero: In all appearances, Rudolph is shown to hold no ill will [[WesternAnimation/RudolphsShinyNewYear towards villains and antagonists.]]

** In [[WesternAnimation/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer1998 the 1998 movie]], Rudolph is depicted closer [[Literature/RudolphTheRedNosedReindeer to his original book counterpart]] where he's timid around everybody he encounters and meets. Though Stormella has remained enemies with Santa and the other citizens of the North Pole since he was a fawn, Rudolph instantly saves her from falling down a cliff outside her ice castle and instantly befriends him after he persuades her to promise be nice. Not only do he and Santa actually deliver presents to her on Christmas Eve, but she is later seen singing and [[TriumphantReprise playing the famous "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" song during the film's ending.]]

* ArtEvolution: His design is somewhat overhauled for ''WesternAnimation/RudolphsShinyNewYear'' and ''Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas In July'', but ''The Island of Misfit Toys'' reverts him back to his 1964 design. The sudden redesign in ''Shiny New Year'' is rather odd considering its an ImmediateSequel to the original special.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Zigzagged. Rudolph's anatomy in the Rankin-Bass series isn't remotely accurate to the appearance of a reindeer[[note]]...also known as a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reindeer Caribou]][[/note]], looking closer to a white-tailed deer. However, the first special does acknowledge the ''very'' fast growth rate of real life deer, with Rudolph reaching a large size with antlers in only a matter of months, although this is oddly disregarded in the follow-ups by keeping him young.

* RomanticWingman: Hermey plays this role in ''The Island of Misfit Toys''. He's very aware of Rudolph's crush on her and mentions that "Everyone in Christmas Town are aware". During Santa's Christmas Party, Hermey silently signals Rudolph to spend his first date with the doe. When the two are traveling to The Island of Misfit Toys to take care of King Moonracer's toothache. Hermey tells Rudolph about the time he developed a crush on The Tooth Fairy and fainted after The Fairy gives him his diploma as an "Official Dentist". Happily this causes Rudolph to finally confess his love to Clarice.

-> '''Voiced By''': Red Skelton

-> '''Voiced By''': Paul Frees

-> '''Voiced By''': Frank Gorshin

-> '''Voiced By''': Frank Girshin

-> '''Voiced By''': Paul Frees

* CrushBlush: Or rather a "Red Nose Blush" if you will. While Rudolph is never seen blushing, his red nose begins shining when ever he gets bashful or love-struck around Claric:

--> '''Clarice:''' "Nice day?"
--> '''Rudolph (shyly):''' "Yup..."
--> '''Clarice:''' "For takeoff practice, I mean."
--> '''Rudolph:''' "Yup..."
--> '''Clarice:''' "I bet you'll be the best"
--> '''Rudolph (blushes)''': "Aw, I don't know."
--> '''Clarice:''' "Something wrong with your nose? I mean, you talk kind of funny."

* PerpetualFrowner: Played straight from what little we see of him, seeing that he's a stop motion character and everything, even when and while he's not always angry nor upset throughout most of the film, the only time we see him smiling is at the very end of ''The Island of Misfit Toys'', where he visits Hermey in the Toothmobile for a dentist appointment.

* PerpetualFrowner: Played straight from what little we see of him, and seeing that he's a stop motion character and everything, even when and while he's not but always angry nor upset throughout most of the film, the only time we see him smiling is at the very end of ''The Island of Misfit Toys'', where he visits Hermey in the Toothmobile for a dentist appointment.