Horton the Elephant

Horton is the main protagonist in two of Dr. Seuss' books, Horton hatches the egg, and Horton hears a who. In the animated film based on the second book, he is voiced by Jim Carrey.

Horton is a big elephant with a simple mind but a heart of gold. In both stories, he selflessly protects a thing that seems meaningless to other animals (an egg and a speck that countains a very small world) and is cruelly mocked. He ignores them, and gets rewarded in the end of his torments.

Horton is very naive and daydreaming (even a bit crazy in the film), but also very brave and compassionnate. He is very forgiving as well, since he never holds hard feelings for the other animals despite all the harm they did to him.

His most known quotes are:"I meant what I said and I said what I meant, And an elephant's faithful, one hundred per cent!" and "a person’s a person, no matter how small."