Norma Jean is one of the two overarching protagonists (alongside Memphis) of the 2006 film Happy Feet and a minor character of its 2011 sequel Happy Feet Two. She is Memphis's wife, Mumble's mother, Gloria's mother-in-law, and Erik's grandmother. Her heartsong is "Kiss" by Prince.
She is voiced by Nicole Kidman. In the Japanese dub from the movie, she is voiced by Yumi Tōma.
Biography[]
Happy Feet[]
Norma Jean is first seen singing her heartsong "Kiss" when several other male emperor penguins tries to win her heart by singing their own heart-songs. However, when Memphis shows up singing his heartsong "Heartbreak Hotel", she falls in love with him, and he returns her feelings after they two singed with each other. The two soon married, and had an egg.
In the tradition of the penguins, Norma Jean then left home with other females to the fish season, while Memphis and the other male stayed home tending their eggs.
After the harsh winter, Norma Jean came back with the rest of the females to meet her son.
Though she was at first surprised at Mumble's tap dancing, she was surprised in a good sense, and stated to like his dance, making she argues with Memphis, who said that it isn't what penguins do. However, he did not wanted her to know that Mumble was dropped out as an egg. Norma Jean also became very angry when someone judged Mumble's dance with prejudice, especially Noah.
She is seen at Mumble's graduation ceremony, and was angry that Noah would not allow Mumble to graduate, and throws her own graduation party for Mumble instead with Memphis, who is reluctant to join.
When Mumble returns from Adélie-Land with his new friends Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo, Raul, Norma Jean shows up when Noah attempts to banish Mumble, and stands up for her son, stating that he is completely normal, and she argues with Memphis, until he reveals that he dropped Mumble out as an egg as he felt he was forced to reveal it. Norma Jean still stands up for Mumble, but due to her social status compared to Noah, she could do nothing to stop Mumble's banishment.
After Mumble jumped out to chase a fishing ship, Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul went back to Emperor-Land to inform her that Mumble is fine. However, the long time he stayed at the aquarium made Norma Jean think Mumble was dead. So much that when he returned, she was surprised, yet at the same time, joyful. She then goes to reunite with her son. When Mumble asks where Memphis is, Norma Jean shows him what happened to his dad. As Memphis was in a state of depression, Norma Jean asked Memphis to join Mumble's dance. After he tried, Memphis liked the dance, and all danced together after the humans arrived in a helicopter. So, the United Nations decided to protect the penguins' food supply.
In the end, Norma Jean is seen dancing with Memphis and all the Emperor Penguins.
Happy Feet Two[]
Norma Jean makes a brief cameo alongside Memphis informing Noah that there is no way out the Doomberg. However, they later gets free along with all the other penguins.
Personality[]
Norma Jean is a princess-like figure, she is very polite and well-behaved, speaks with a calm and soft voice, and is very elegant and sophisticated. With her politeness being like second-nature to her, Norma Jean acts out her teachings with cheerful smile on her face and a soft voice. Regardless of her princess-like behavior, however, she is not above raising her voice, especially in face of injustice, such as when Noah tried to banish Mumble.
Norma Jean is sweet, honest, innocent and has a generally happy attitude. She is similarly very considerate, charitable and friendly, always eager to lend her family or friends a hand whenever the situation calls for it and tries to make her son very happy. She has a lot of love for her son, Mumble, defending him whenever someone calls him abnormal for dancing like any penguin danced before. She is a bit of over-protective towards Mumble, not afraid to raise her voice towards Noah and the Elders when they didn't allow Mumble to graduate or when he banished him, despite then having a higher social status than her, and she even comes to call them "foolish elders". This shows that Norma Jean has a strong sense of justice. Norma Jean also loves her husband Memphis, though their different point views of Mumble's dance caused them to sometimes argue, such as during Mumble's banishment, when Memphis told her that Mumble is messed up, she angrily responded that he was not, though she shut up when Memphis revealed he dropped Mumble's egg. She can also be sensitive and emotional, having her feelings deeply hurt after Mumble went off banished.
Norma Jean is also a bit pessimistic and dramatic, as when Miss Viola warned her and Memphis off Mumble's singing problem, she desperately worried that his son would be alone forever, never once finding a wife and having a son. She also thought that Mumble was dead due to the long time he was taking at the aquarium, despite Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul's earlier warnings that Mumble is fine (though they possible also came to think that as Mumble was taking too long). So much that she was surprised when he returned, yet at the same time, joyful.
She is a very loving penguin with a strong sense of right and wrong. Despite her arguments with Memphis, she still loves her husband more than anything else, and even singed briefly "I love you more and more, tell me why". When she asked him to dance with Mumble, she did so in a sweet and soft voice, even attempting to motivate him.
Appearance[]
Norma Jean can be distinguished by her prominent cheekbones and the dark spot on the left side of her chest, which is actually a small, backward if one looks takes a closer look. She also has brown eyes.
Relationships[]
Memphis[]
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Mumble[]
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Noah the Elder[]
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Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul[]
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Trivia[]
- She is named after Marilyn Monroe, who was born Norma Jean Mortensen.
- Along with her son, Norma Jean is the only character to not have her name changed from the original script.
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