Colonel Hathi

“	Oh we march from here to there And it doesn't matter where You can hear us push through the deepest bush Hup two three four With a military air With a military air [trumpet] We're a cracker jack brigade On a pachyderm parade But we'd rather stroll to a waterhole (Hathi, Jr.: Hup two three four) For a furlough in the shade	„
	~ Lyrics from Colonel Hathi's march; reprise

“	Oh, the aim of our patrol Is a question rather droll For to march and drill Over field and hill [all trumpet] Is a military goal Is a military goal Hup two three four Dress it up, two three four By the ranks or single file Over ev'ry jungle mile Oh, we stamp and crush Through the underbrush (Hathi, Jr.: [trumpet] In a military style) In a military style	„
	~ Lyrics from Colonel Hathi's March

Colonel Hathi is the husband of Winifred, the father of Hathi Jr., the tritagonist of the 1967 film The Jungle Book, a supporting character in it's 2003 sequel The Jungle Book 2 and a main character in it's 1996-1998 prequel series Jungle Cubs.

He was voiced by J. Pat O'Malley (who also voiced Colonel) in the first film, Jim Cummings in the second film and Rob Paulsen (who also voiced P.J. and Carl Wheezer) and Steven Furst in Jungle Cubs.

Colonel Hathi is the main leader of a herd of elephants known as the Jungle Patrol which includes his wife Winifred and son Hathi Jr.. He runs them in the style of a military squadron making them do military drills all over the jungle while singing a military type song called Colonel Hathi's March. His strict orders and consant marching makes most members wish "a tranfer to another herd". He and the patrol are first seen marching past Mowgli and Bagheera singing. Mowgli spots another elephant who is Hathi's son Hathi Jr. Curious Mowgli asks what he is doing and for a while Mowgli joins in but does not understand Hathi's military jargon. After inspection Hathi nor the Jungle Patrol are not seen again.

After a while they return and irritate Shere Khan when they sing thier song again.After some persuasion Hathi finally leads a search party to search for Mowgli. After this they are not seen again.

They are later seen briefly in the sequel where they aid Bagheera in trying to stop Baloo from entering the Man Village to get to Mowgli.

Hathi also appears in the film's prequel TV series Jungle Cubs where he is shown as a child and hanging out with Baloo, Bagheera, Louie and was also friends with Shere Khan and Kaa. The series also shows how he met Winifred.

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Hathi is one of three Jungle Book characters to speak with an American accent as a child and an English accent as an adult. The other two are Bagheera and Shere Khan.

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