This list of fictional pachyderms is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates. Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium.
Outside strict biological classification, [lower-alpha 1] the term "pachyderm" is commonly used to describe elephants, rhinoceroses, tapirs, and hippopotamuses; this list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.
Name | Species | Author | Work | Notes |
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Alexander | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Son of Babar and Celeste. [2] |
Arthur | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Cousin of Babar. [3] |
Babar | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | An elephant king. [4] |
Berilia | Elephant | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. |
Celeste | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Female cousin of Babar, with whom she eventually marries. [5] |
Chota | Asian elephant | Elif Şafak | The Architect's Apprentice | A gift to the Sultan, this very white elephant dwells in the royal menagerie when not used on construction sites. (Also mentioned are Chota's mother Pakeeza, his mate Gulbahar, his son Panj, and Mahmood, an African bush elephant who is Chota's rival for status.) |
Cornelius | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Counsellor of king Babar. [6] |
Eddie | African bush elephant | Lucy Cousins | Maisy Mouse book series | A nine-year-old elephant who is one of Maisy's friends. |
The Elephant Child | African bush elephant | Rudyard Kipling | Just So Stories | In "How the Elephant Got His Trunk". |
Ella | Elephant | Carmela D' Amico and Steven D' Amico | Ella the Elephant | A jolly young elephant who wears a big red hat and a blue criss-cross dress. |
Elmer | Elephant | David McKee | Elmer the Patchwork Elephant | Character of children's story books. |
Flora | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Daughter of Babar and Celeste. [7] |
Great T'Phon | Elephant | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. |
Hathi | Asian elephant | Rudyard Kipling | The Jungle Book | Head of the jungle elephant troop; featured in several adventures with the boy, Mowgli. |
Horton | Elephant | Dr. Seuss | Horton Hears a Who! | A fictional character from the books Horton Hatches the Egg [8] and Horton Hears a Who! [9] , both by Dr. Seuss. Horton is a kind, sweet-natured elephant who cares about other animals or people. |
Icebones | Mammoth | Stephen Baxter | Icebones | Major character in the novel. |
Isabelle | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Daughter of Babar and Celeste. [10] |
Jerakeen | Elephant | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. |
"Jumbo" (given name) [11] | Asian elephant | Mark Twain | "The Stolen White Elephant" | White elephant's actual name: Hassan Ben Ali Ben Selim Abdallah Mohammed Moist Alhammal Jamsetjejeebhoy Dhuleep Sultan Ebu Bhudpoor |
Kabumpo | Elephant | Ruth Thompson | Kabumpo in Oz | Also known as the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink he was originally a christening gift to the king of Pumperdink, Pompus. [12] |
Kala Nag | Asian elephant | Rudyard Kipling | The Jungle Book | In "Toomai of the Elephants" (Kala Nag means "Black Snake"). |
Kiouni | Asian elephant | Jules Verne | Around the World in Eighty Days | Carried Phileas Fogg's party through Indian jungle where rail line was incomplete. |
Lily | Elephant | Anne Gutman | Penelope | [ citation needed ] |
Lord Rataxes | Rhinoceros | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | King of Rhinoland and the nemesis of the elephants in the franchise. |
Lumpy | Elephant | Diana M. Hawkins and Kevin Collier | Lumpy the Elephant | When treated as an outcast, Lumpy surprises other toys and gains their respect. |
Mr. Jumbo | Elephant | Enid Blyton | Noddy | A mild-mannered stuffed elephant. |
Mud (She-Spurns) | African elephant | Barbara Gowdy | The White Bone | An adult fantasy story about African elephants; centered on Mud, a young adopted female. |
Otto | Rhinoceros | Ole Lund Kirkegaard | Otto Is a Rhinoceros | Major character in the novel. |
Pom | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Son of Babar and Celeste. [13] |
Poutifour | Elephant | Jean de Brunhoff | Babar the Elephant | Babar's gardener. [14] |
Silverhair | Mammoth | Stephen Baxter | Silverhair | Major character in the novel. |
Solomon | Indian Elephant | José Saramago | The Elephant's Journey | Major character in the novel. |
Strorks | Rhinoceros | Rudyard Kipling | Just So Stories | In "How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin". |
Tantor | African elephant | Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tarzan | |
Thunder | African elephant | Erik Daniel Shein, L. M. Reker | Thunder:An Elephant's Journey | |
Tubul | Elephant | Terry Pratchett | Discworld | One of the four elephants who carry the Discworld whilst standing on the shell of Great A'Tuin the Turtle. |
Uncle | Elephant | J. P. Martin | Uncle (novel) , Uncle Cleans Up , Uncle and His Detective , Uncle and the Treacle Trouble , Uncle and Claudius the Camel , Uncle and the Battle for Badgertown | A millionaire elephant with a purple dressing-gown, a B.A. from Oxford, and a clean-living past marred by a single, never-to-be-forgotten discreditable incident. |
Unnamed | Elephant | Elfrida Vipont | The Elephant and the Bad Baby | [ citation needed ] |
Zenobia | Asian elephant | Henry Cuyler Bunner | "Zenobia's Infidelity" | Short story adapted to Zenobia (1939 film) by Hal Roach Studios. |
Name | Species | Work | Author | Notes |
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Brother Tim | Elephant | Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim | Bertie Brown | A humoristic British comic strip created in 1928 for Sunbeam. [15] |
Dirk Dickerdack | Hippopotamus | Tom Poes | Marten Toonder | The mayor of Rommeldam. [16] |
Elephant Girl | African Elephant | Supermegatopia | David Copenhagen | An obese anthropomorphic elephant superheroine with a big stomach that wears a super suit that had her belly showing, and her belly-button showing as well, as it is shown being fully visible. Sometimes, she has a crush on Weasel Boy. |
Elephant Man | Elephant/humanoid | Teen Titans | Geoff Johns, Tony Daniel | DC Comics supervillain with a thick hide and a bad attitude. |
O. Fanth Mzn | African elephant | Tom Poes | Marten Toonder | Chief editor of the local newspaper, the Rommeldamse Courant, and its sister magazine, the Rommelbode. |
Hieronymus (Hip) Flask | Hippopotamus/human hybrid | Elephantmen | Richard Starkings | Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor. |
Hannibal | African Elephant | The Adventures of Nero , the album "Hannibal". [17] | Marc Sleen | Clo-Clo befriends a baby elephant, Hannibal (a reference to the Carthaginian general Hannibal, who crossed the Alps with his elephants). In the course of the story the little elephant is abducted to the circus. Nero and his friends are able to free him again, but then Hannibal suddenly disappears. Clo-Clo turns very ill as a result. Then, finally, Hannibal does return, but now he is a full grown elephant! He celebrates along with all the other characters. |
Ebenezer Hide | Elephant/human hybrid | Elephantmen | Richard Starkings | Created by The MAPPO Corporation; IA advisor. |
Hippo | Hippopotamus | Jungle Jinks | Arthur White [18] and Mabel F. Taylor [19] | A little school child and main cast member. |
Mrs. Hippo | Hippopotamus | The Bruin Boys, aka Tiger Tim | Julius Stafford Baker | A female teacher, whose species was later changed into a female bear, whereupon she was renamed Mrs. Bruin. [20] |
Jumbo | Elephant | The Bruin Boys, aka Tiger Tim | Julius Stafford Baker | One of Tiger Tim's friends. [21] |
Jumbo | Elephant | Jungle Jinks | Arthur White [22] and Mabel F. Taylor [23] | A little school child and main cast member. |
Jumbo Jim | Elephant | Jumbo Jim and Brother Tim | Bertie Brown | A humoristic British comic strip created in 1928 for Sunbeam. [24] |
Obadiah Horn | Rhinoceros/human hybrid | Elephantmen | Richard Starkings | A businessman, created by The MAPPO Corporation. |
Mama Kali | African Elephant | The Adventures of Nero , the album "Mama Kali" [25] | Marc Sleen | Mama Kali (which means "angry mother" in Swahili) is actually Madam Pheip, who was changed into an elephant by a magic spell. |
Nellyfant | Elephant | Nellyfant | Leo Baxendale and Derek Skinn. | A British gag comic about an elephant and his zookeeper. Published in Buster . [26] |
Perry Pachidermia | Elephant | Pinky | Massimo Mattioli | Cigar-chomping boss of Pinky the rabbit. [27] |
Pellefant | Elephant | Pellefant | Rune Andréasson | A blue toy elephant who came to life. |
Reinhold | Rhinoceros | Reinhold das Nashorn , [28] a pantomime comic | Vicco von Bülow, better known as Loriot [29] | |
Rocksteady | Rhinoceros | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | David Wise and Peter Laird | Bebop's sidekick who is one of Shredder's partners. |
Snoots | Elephant | Baby Snoots | Don Markstein | A baby elephant, illustrated by Don Markstein in 1970. [30] Continued by: Snoots the Forgetful Elephant. [31] Published by Gold Key Comics. [32] |
Thunder | Elephant | Lionel's Kingdom | Mauricio de Sousa | Thunder is also a mascot of a Brazilian brand of tomato extract. |
Edward Trunk | Elephant | Rupert Bear | Mary Tourtel | A good friend of Rupert. [33] |
Zebedeus | African Elephant | The Adventures of Nero , the album "De Negen Peperbollen". [34] | Marc Sleen | Nero, Petoetje and Petatje meet this baby elephant in the African savanna. They use it to ride to civilization. |
Zulma | African Elephant | The Adventures of Nero , the album "De Verdwenen Nero". [35] | Marc Sleen | Nero meets him in the African jungle, where poachers are trying to kill him. Nero protects him. |
Name | Species | Origin | Notes |
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Airavata | Elephant | Indian mythology | The creator of clouds. |
Ganesha | Elephant God | Indian mythology | God with human body, four arms and an elephant's head. |
Gajendra | Elephant God | Indian mythology | An elephant that was attacked by a crocodile and eventually saved by Vishnu. |
Supratika | One of eight elephants who bears the world | Indian mythology | Supratika represents the north-east direction of the world. |
Vinayaki | Elephant-headed Hindu Goddess | Indian mythology | An elephant-headed goddess about whom little is known but is thought to be a feminine avatar of Ganesha. |
Name | Species | Origin | Notes |
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Shep | Elephant (Dog) | George of the Jungle (film) | George's pet "dog" who is actually an elephant |
Rocky | Indian Rhinoceros | The Jungle Book | One of the animals who participates during the water truce |
Barry | Asian Elephant | Zookeeper (film) | An elephant from Franklin Park Zoo |
Bo-Tat | Asian elephant | Operation Dumbo Drop | Bo-Tat portrayed by Tai (elephant) |
Kala Nag | Asian elephant | Elephant Boy | Adaptation of Kipling's "Toomai of the Elephants" |
Lucy | Asian elephant | Hannibal Brooks | Fictional story of Lucy the elephant, rescued from Munich Zoo in 1944 |
Rosie | Asian elephant | Water for Elephants | Rosie portrayed by Tai (elephant) |
Vera | Asian elephant | Larger than Life | Vera (also) portrayed by Tai |
Whispers | African elephant | Whispers: An Elephant's Tale | A baby elephant who searches his way to find his mother and the herd after being separated from poachers. Directed by Derek and Beverley Joubert. |
Zenobia | Asian elephant | Zenobia | A sick elephant that is cured by a country doctor (Oliver Hardy) with comical consequences |
Name | Species | Origin | Notes |
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Bimbo | Elephant | Circus Boy | Young elephant in the care of the title character. |
Bump | Elephant | Bump | A clumsy elephant with a bandage on his forehead. |
Dumbo | Elephant | Dumbo's Circus | The title character about a flying elephant who now runs the circus. |
George | Hippo | Rainbow | A pink hippo with blue eyes. A puppet character. |
George | Hippo | George and Martha | Best friends with Martha. |
Horatio | Elephant | Sesame Street | A talking elephant who is one of the minor Muppets of the show. |
Martha | Hippo | George and Martha | Best friends with George. |
Mr. Snuffleupagus | Snuffleupagus | Sesame Street | Big Bird's once-then imaginary friend. A puppet character. |
Peanut | Elephant | Bear in the Big Blue House | Tutter's pink plush elephant he got from the fair. Only appeared in "It's All in Your Head". |
Snorky | Elephant | The Banana Splits | Member of The Banana Splits , an all-animal band. He played the keyboard. |
Stampy | Elephant | The Simpsons episode "Bart Gets an Elephant" | An elephant won by Bart Simpson in a contest, Stampy was later donated to a wildlife preserve. |
Name | Species | Origin | Notes |
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Alice Fefferman | Elephant | Summer Camp Island | |
Ancient Psychic Tandem War Elephant | Elephant | Adventure Time | A huge, two-headed elephant that Finn wished for. |
Badou | Elephant | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | Babar's grandson and the main character of the show. |
Beshte | Hippo | The Lion Guard | |
Bing Bong | Part-Elephant | Inside Out | Riley's Cotton Candy Imaginary Friend. |
Bitsy | African Elephant | The Casagrandes | Rebecca Chang's residential elephant at the Great Lakes City Zoo. |
Boss Rhino | Rhinoceros | Kimba the White Lion | |
Burt | Asian Elephant | The Penguins of Madagascar | |
Clam | Rhinoceros | Camp Lazlo | In the show |
Chief Hoseynose | Elephant | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | |
Doctor El | Elephant (mutant) | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | A witch doctor |
Dotty | Elephant | Shimmer and Shine | Leah's stuffed elephant that she got her from the fair; she can ride on roller skates |
Edwina | Elephant | My Friend Rabbit | |
Elephant | Elephant | WordWorld | A blue elephant that is made up of the letters E, L, E, P, H, A, N and T. |
Elephanchine | Elephant | Fantasia | A ballet dancing obese elephant who leads other dancing elephants and gets a bubble stuck on her foot. |
Ellie | Woolly mammoth | Ice Age: The Meltdown | At first thinks she's a possum, until Manny convinced her that she's just like him; a mammoth. Is Peaches' mother and Manny's wife. Is more openhearted to Peaches than Manny is when her only daughter becomes an adolescent. Voiced by Queen Latifah. |
Elly | Elephant | Pocoyo | A female pink elephant who always wears a blue backpack. She loves making biscuits and tea, and has a doll that she loves. Despite her size, she is graceful and gentle, capable of ballet dancing. She is, however, bossy and generally does things her way. She usually rides around on her pink scooter. |
Elmer Elephant | Elephant | Silly Symphonies | Disney cartoon short. (Not to be confused with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant ) |
Endugu | Elephant | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | |
Ethan | Woolly mammoth | Ice Age: Continental Drift | A teenage mammoth on whom Peaches has a crush. |
Eugene | African Elephant | Animal Crackers | |
Flavio and Marita | Hippos | Animaniacs | Known as "the Hip Hippos", a wealthy, Spanish hippo couple obsessed with being trendy. Sometimes they have been in dangerous situations, but usually remain unaware of it and rarely suffer harm, mainly due to their large frames. |
Fingertip | Asian elephant | Wild Kratts | An Asian elephant calf who first appeared in Elephant Brains!. Martin named her that because of her one trunk finger. She than helped the wild kratts crew free her herd from Paisley Paver. |
Funkfreed | Elephant | One Piece | |
Gazpacho | Mammoth | Chowder | A mammoth who works at a market. |
Golias | Elephant | My Big Big Friend | A large, round, blue elephant who is Yuri's Big Big Friend. |
Goliath II | Elephant | Goliath II | A very small elephant who has trouble fitting in with the herd. |
Gloria | Hippo | Madagascar | A hippo, she acts as an older sister to the gang, often putting her foot down when the boys start to lose control. |
Horton | Elephant | Horton Hears a Who! | A 2008 adaptation of the book that talks about a big-hearted and goofy elephant who finds a way to save the speck back to the top of Mount Nool. Voiced by Jim Carrey. |
Jerry Jumbeaux, Jr. | Elephant | Zootopia | An elephant who owns an ice cream parlor. |
Mr. Hornbill | Rhinoceros | My Gym Partner's a Monkey | |
Hipster | Hippopotamus | Wild Kratts | Known as "Hipster Opotamus", is a male hippopotamus calf. Named by Martin Kratt, he made his first appearance in Race for the Hippo Disc. |
Hyacinth | Hippopotamus | Fantasia | A ballet dancing hippo who leads other dancing hippos and tries to avoid Ben Ali Gator. |
Julian | Woolly Mammoth | Ice Age: Collision Course | A young and courageous mammoth who is Peaches' fiancé part-time member of The Herd and The Brat Pack. |
Khan Kluay | Elephant | Khan Kluay | Two Thai film features and Thai TV series about a blue elephant. |
Lotsa Heart Elephant | Elephant | Care Bears | A Care Bear Cousin. He is pink and his tummy symbol is a pink weight with a red heart on it. |
Lulu | Rhinoceros | Ni Hao, Kai-Lan | A rhinoceros with balloon flying. |
Lumpy | "Heffalump" | Winnie-the-Pooh | (Heffridge Trumpler Brompet "Lumpy" Heffalump, IV). Heffalumps strongly resemble elephants. In: Pooh's Heffalump Movie and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie. |
Mr. Mammoth | Rhinoceros | The Raccoons | |
Manfred "Manny" | Woolly mammoth | Ice Age | A woolly mammoth, shown as one of the main protagonists in all Ice Age films. He can be serious, but is otherwise caring and friendly. |
Meena | Elephant | Sing | A teenage elephant with an exquisite singing voice and severe stage fright. |
MIH | Elephant | The Powerpuff Girls (2016) | Bliss' plush toy elephant. |
Milt | Hippopotamus | Camp Lazlo | A blue hippopotamus who is Larrison's friend and a background character of the series. |
Molly | Hippo | 64 Zoo Lane | |
Moto Moto | Hippo | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | A muscular hippo who likes Gloria for being huge. |
Mumfie | Elephant | Magic Adventures of Mumfie | Created by Britt Allcroft; "Mumfie is a special little elephant who believes in goodness and friendship". [36] |
Mtoto | African Elephant | The Lion Guard | A baby elephant who is friends with Beshte and one of the residents in the Pride Lands. |
Nelly | Elephant | Nellie the Elephant | 1989–90 UK TV cartoon series, based on the 1956 children's song |
Nelson | Elephant | 64 Zoo Lane | |
Nubs | Black rhinoceros | Wild Kratts | A baby black rhino that the Kratts found crying after the rhino stampede was gone. Martin took him to the Tortuga, but he had a contact with a tracking device chip that Zach gave him to lead him to the Tortuga to destroy the Kratts and the crew. They escape and Zach fell in mud. In the end, Nubs returned to his mother. |
Oscar Peltzer | Elephant | Summer Camp Island | |
Peaches | Wooly mammoth | Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs/Ice Age: Continental Drift | The daughter of Manny and Ellie. |
Peter Potamus | Hippo | Peter Potamus | Big, purple, and friendly. Uses his Hippo Hurricane Holler technique to blow away his opponents. |
Raj | Asian elephant | Camp Lazlo | |
Rhudi | Babar and the Adventures of Badou | The grandson of Lord Rataxes. | |
Rocksteady | Rhinoceros | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | One of Shredder's lackeys. A humanoid rhino. |
Rogon | Rhinoceros | Legends of Chima | The Prince of the Rhino tribe. |
Roy the Rhino | Rhinoceros | The Penguins of Madagascar | |
Roly | Hippo | Hey Duggee | |
Schnoz Ali | Elephant | Working with Words (Journey Through the Jungle of Words) | A famous explorer who is a friend of the main protagonists, Groucho Barx and Olivia Ostrich. |
Shep | African Elephant (Dog) | George of the Jungle | George's pet "dog" who is actually an elephant. |
Commander Vachir | Rhinoceros, Javan | Kung Fu Panda | A chief of security at Chorh-Gom Prison and the leader of Anvil of Heaven, a one-thousand strong army of elite battle rhinos. |
Snorky | Elephant | The Banana Splits | An elephant who is the keyboardist of the Banana Splits, an all animal band. |
Spotted Elephant | Plush Toy Elephant | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | A plush toy white elephant with pink spots that came from The Island of Misfit Toys. |
Stewart | Elephant | Marsupilami | Marsupilami's elephant friend which Marsupilami often addresses him as "Stewie". He wears a beany copter cap. |
Tag | Rhinoceros | Hey Duggee | |
Taj | Elephant | Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets | |
Tasha | Hippopotamus | The Backyardigans | |
Thornsley | African bush elephant | Wild Kratts | An African bush elephant calf that Martin and Chris found in the middle of the African savanna. He was named by Martin after the Kratts found him with a thorn in his foot. |
Tillie | Hippopotamus | Cats Don't Dance | A happy-go-lucky hippopotamus who tries to find the best in every situation. She is a hilarious hippopotamus as hinted out by her giggling and snorting, and by how quickly she introduces many people (and fellow animals). |
Tree Trunks | Elephant | Adventure Time | An elderly miniature elephant who speaks with a southern drawl and lives in a little home in the forest surrounded by her apple orchard. |
Various elephants | Elephant | Adventure Time | |
Wheezy | Elephant | Spooking About Africa | |
Woolie | Elephant | Cats Don't Dance | An aging Indian elephant composer and musician, who portrays the mammoth mascot for Mammoth Pictures. |
Name | Species | Origin | Notes |
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Rambi | Rhinoceros | Donkey Kong Country | |
CJ | Elephant | CJ's Elephant Antics | |
Ellie | Elephant | Donkey Kong Country 3: Dixie Kong's Double Trouble! | |
Elephant | Wario World | An elephant who lives in Wonky Circus. | |
Mr. Hippo | Hippopotamus | Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator | A purple hippopotamus animatronic who serves in the Mediocre Melodies act, which includes his good friend Orville. Mr. Hippo speaks with a Boston/New York mixed accent and often goes on long anecdotes. In Ultimate Custom Night , after the player is killed by Mr. Hippo, he will tell minute-long stories about him and Orville in place of a short line (as most other characters in the game do). |
Murray | Hippopotamus | Sly Cooper | Murray or "the Murray" is a strong, muscular, but slightly dim-witted and rotund hippopotamus who serves as both the getaway driver and later team tough guy and fighter for Sly's gang. He met both Sly and Bentley when the three of them were growing up in the same orphanage. |
Orville | Elephant | Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria Simulator | An orange elephant animatronic who serves in the Mediocre Melodies act, which includes his good friend Mr. Hippo. Orville performs as a stage magician and speaks using an upper class London accent. |
Rolo | Elephant | Rolo to the Rescue | |
Taj | Elephant | Diddy Kong Racing | An elephant genie that helps Diddy and the gang throughout their adventure. |
Yono | Elephant | Yono and the Celestial Elephants | Main character of the indie game made by Neckbolt Studios, he is a sacred and supernatural elephant who helps bring peace to a kingdom home to humans, sentient robots and the undead. |
Mammoth | Woolly mammoth | Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex | Lives in Arctic Antics. |
Divine Beast Vah Ruta | Elephant | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild | A robot resembling an African elephant built to oppose Calamity Ganon |
Tembo | Elephant | Tembo the Badass Elephant |
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Rataxes, or Lord Rataxes, is a fictional rhinoceros who is a character in the Babar franchise. Although he is the monarch de jure of his kingdom, called Rhinoland, his more intelligent wife, Lady Rataxes, is the de facto ruler. He is often surrounded by his rhinoceros guards. These guards also keep watch for cars, to collect tolls on the roads that pass through the kingdom. It is said that King Rataxes got his name from these tolls, so it is questionable if "Rataxes" is his real name or a sobriquet.
Notable events of 1956 in comics.
Elephants have been depicted in mythology, symbolism and popular culture. They are both revered in religion and respected for their prowess in war. They also have negative connotations such as being a symbol for an unnecessary burden. Ever since the Stone Age, when elephants were represented by ancient petroglyphs and cave art, they have been portrayed in various forms of art, including pictures, sculptures, music, film, and even architecture.
Babar and the Adventures of Badou is an animated children's television series that premiered in 2010 based on the characters created by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff. The series takes place several years after the original series and has created new characters to the Babar universe, including Badou, who is Babar's 8-year-old grandson and the protagonist of the series. The series is co-produced by Nelvana, TeamTO and LuxAnimation, in co-production with TF1 and with the participation of Playhouse Disney France/The Walt Disney Company France. 65 episodes were produced over three seasons.