Totoro

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Hero Overview Gallery

Do-Gooder
Full Name	Totoro
Alias(es)	King of the Forest Big Totoro Medium Totoro Small Totoro Spirit of the Totoro
Origin	My Neighbour Totoro
Occupation	King of the Forest Forest Spirit
Powers / Skills	Superhuman strength Magic powers Flight Loyalty Bouncing Tree growing
Hobby	Taking the bus. Sleeping. Flying. Growing trees.
Goals	Reunite Satsuki with Mei (succeeded).
Family	None
Friends / Allies	Satsuki Kusakabe Mei Kusakabe Catbus Bonnie Anderson Woody Buzz Lightyear Dolly Mr. Pricklepants Buttercup Trixie Peas-in-a-Pod Chuckles Jessie Bullseye Rex Mr. Potato Head Mrs. Potato Head Slinky Dog Hamm Little Green Men
Enemies	N/A
Type of Hero	Honorable Gentle Giant

“	It's true! There really was Totoro! Not a lie.	„
	~ Mei on Totoro.

Totoro is the titular deuteragonist of the 1988 iconic Studio Ghibli film My Neighbor Totoro. He also appears as one of Bonnie Anderson's toys in Toy Story 3.

Appearance

Totoro is a giant rabbit-like creature with gray fur and a beige belly with gray arrows on his chest. He has pointy ears, long whiskers, and large paws with long claws.

History

Princess Mononoke

(Note: Although this is canonical information, it contradicts the other canonical story by Miyazaki.)

The survived Kodama seen at the end of the film later turned into Totoro, who is 1,302 years old.

Another Background Story

Totoro is a remnant member of Totoro Tribe, which is at brink of extinction due to ancient battles against humanity.

Totoro has lived more than 3,000 years. He learned how to create Jōmon pottery from humans in the Jōmon period, and also learned how to spin a spinning top from humans in the Edo period.

My Neighbor Totoro

Totoro is the titular character of the Studio Ghibli film. He is a kind, giant creature who befriended two young girls named Mei and Satsuki Kusakabe, who moved into a nearby house. He lived in a forest with his family and was often seen with the girls sometimes, such as standing right next to them in the rain with an umbrella.

Toy Story 3

Totoro is one of the toys owned by Bonnie. He first appears when Bonnie is seen playing with her toys. He is shown to sleep with Bonnie and her other toys. Woody gives him a hug when he finds Andy's house. At the end of the film, he is present when Woody introduces Bonnie's toys to Andy's toys.

In the end credits, he is seen juggling the Aliens in front of the Potato Heads. He later watches a Shakespearean play with his new friends and Bonnie's toys. He is also seen helping Buzz build a spaceship and watching him and Jessie dance. He is shown to be stronger than the other toys, as while Buzz found it difficult to lift the cardboard spaceship, Totoro had no trouble at all.

Trivia

• Totoro's name is derived from Neighborhood Troll in Tokorozawa.
• His appearance is based on the great horned owl, and his name during concepts was Miminzuku, derived from Mimizuku, the Japanese name for "horned owl".
• Since the film's popularity, Totoro has become one of the most popular anime characters ever, along with Haku from Spirited Away, another Studio Ghibli film distributed by Disney (in Taiwan and Japan; home media only), currently by GKIDS (in North America) and Wild Bunch (in France).
• He is the second Japanese anime character to appear in any American animated media, with the first one being Pikachu, who made a cameo in Warner Bros.' Osmosis Jones.
  • When asked about the cameo of Totoro in Toy Story 3, John Lasseter said, "We do little homages in our films, and we thought it was a very appropriate homage to let [Miyazaki and his film company] Studio Ghibli know how much they mean to us." Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter have been longtime friends, and Pixar has helped with the localization of several of his films.
    • John Lasseter is a self-professed fan of Hayao Miyazaki and all of his Studio Ghibli films. When Disney made a deal with Studio Ghibli to release a majority of their films in the U.S., Lasseter introduced all of the films and narrated a majority of the extra contents in the DVD releases.