Eeyore

Eeyore is a fictional character from the book series Winnie-the-Pooh (that were popularized by a successful cartoon by Disney studios). Eeyore spells his name "eoR". He is a pessimistic, gloomy, old donkey who is a friend of Winnie the Pooh. more...

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Eeyore's name is a phonetic representation of the donkey's bray: an (onomatopoeia), possibly derived from the baby talk name for the animal.

In the Disney's cartoon, he was originally voiced by Ralph Wright; his current voice actor is Peter Cullen. He was voiced by Gregg Berger for Kingdom Hearts II, and his Japanese voice is done by Taro Ishida.

Characteristics

Eeyore is hardly ever happy and when he is, he remains sardonic and a bit cynical. His grumpiness might be attributed to the fact that his tail is affixed to his behind using a pushpin. Nevertheless, he seems genuinely appreciative of the efforts of his friends to cheer him up -- for example, when Pooh and Piglet build The House at Pooh Corner for him, or when they give him birthday presents of a honey jar (empty) and a balloon (accidentally burst).

Some of Eeyore's friends include Winnie-the-Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Roo, Kanga, Owl, Gopher, Christopher Robin, and many other friends that the gang makes on their journeys.

Eeyore is always overlooked and is often used as a beast of burden, most notably when he was ridden by Rabbit in his search for train "borrowers" in The Tigger Without A Name and The Pooh With A Name. Nearly all of Eeyore's houses have fallen down, been knocked down, or been bounced down. Eeyore is not good at rebuilding the houses; butterflies often knock them down just by landing on them. Yet, like tortured Sisyphus, he soldiers on and rebuilds again, time after time.

Despite his depressive nature, Eeyore is capable of great compassion, which is shown when he grows a plant that Rabbit (a master gardener) was unable to grow, just by showing the plant a little love.

In merchandise by The Walt Disney Company, Eeyore sometimes has an uncharacteristic smile. Also, he is somewhat less caustic and sarcastic in the Disney version than in A. A. Milne's original stories. It must also be noted that Eeyore's tail was not always fixed to him by a pushpin, although Disney has chosen this as part of his permanent image. Eeyore lost his tail in one of Milne's stories. Owl found it and used it as a bell pull for his door, before Winnie the Pooh found it for Eeyore. Christopher Robin then pinned it back on.

The difference between Milne's and Disney's portrayals of Eeyore may be due to a difference between British and American culture. The original Eeyore is very British, embodying as he does a mixture of pessimism, stoicism, sarcasm and cynicism, all qualities common to the streotypical British character. Moreover he expresses these attitudes in dry, deadpan humour, again typically British. In her book Watching the English, author Kate Fox lists 'Eeyorishness' as a fundamental English characteristic.

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