George (The One and Only Ivan)

George is a character from the 2020 Disney+ original film The One and Only Ivan.
==Background==
George serves as a janitor as well as an animal caregiver at the Big Top Mall often preparing food for the animals (such as a fruit salad for Ivan) with Julia serving as his daughter. He is shown to provide good care for his daughter Julia who often visits Ivan and draws pictures for him. In spite of this, George also works as the stage manager often using a spotlight during showtime at the circus.
After the Big Top Mall was shut down due to protests regarding about the animals' conditions at the circus, George adapts his life with Julia who recently adopted Bob to welcome him to the family while happily observing Ivan in his new home at the Zoo Atlanta.
==Role in the film==
Mack approaches George, telling him of how his wife Sara is, which he replies to Mack that his wife had good days and bad days. When Mack offers Julia to buy new crayons, George tells him that this is unnecessary, which Mack tells him that he likes to give money for Julia to buy new crayons just before George leaves; Mack then approaches Ivan telling him to give the crowd excitement back for him to earn revenue for the circus before the Big Top Mall goes bankrupt. The next day, George is seen getting Murphy ready for his firefighter act for his performance at the circus while Mack gets the other animals ready. Later, after Julia gives her old crayons to Ivan, the former leaves with her father George as the two return home. Later when George continues taking care of the animals in their enclosures, Julia tells him to look at the drawing Ivan did showing him the drawing of a beetle just before George leaves with his daughter. The next day, George witnesses the arrival of Ruby the Baby Elephant at the circus where Mack tells him that he obtained her from a bankrupt circus in New Jersey, telling him that the circus would be more popular with baby animals. The next day, George is seen working together with Castello in placing a banner advertising Ruby as one of the circus' main headliners.
George is then seen using a spotlight during Ruby's performance where Stella walks alongside her. As Julia sees Stella's swollen foot. she tells her father that something is wrong with her, followed by Mack arriving and telling George that the vet will arrive to make sure how she is feeling, as George tells his daughter that Stella will be all right. The next day, George tells Mack to give Stella some time to rest due to Stella having a swollen foot, thus being unable to perform, just as Mack brings in Ruby to perform on stage instead. A day after Stella's passing, Mack trains Ruby to walk into the stage by herself and noticing that Ruby is tired, George tells him to stop, but Mack refuses to, telling him that Ruby is almost close to being independent, planning not to cancel anymore shows which after Ruby sneezes onto Mack, he returns to his office to get himself cleaned.
The next day, Julia shows Ivan's drawings her father the drawings that Ivan did which George feels impressed of Ivan's drawings. George later takes part using the spotlight during Ivan's performance in drawing a picture, which Ivan is too shy to draw, cancelling the show as Mack tells the audience to get stop by the kiosk to buy one of Ivan's paintings. Later after Mack brings all the animals who escaped from the Big Top Mall back to their enclosures, Mack secretly tells George that he fired Castello for failing to capture Bob, planning to keep it a secret just as George congratulates Mack for bringing the animals back to their enclosures. The next day, George is seen working at the kitchen chopping an apple making a fruit salad for Ivan. During Ivan's act, George tells his daughter Julia to use the spotlight for him to which during Ivan's act, everyone becomes impressed of his masterpiece just as they cheer for his hard work. After the show, Julia tells his father that Ivan wants to live in the wild and not perform in the circus anymore which she sees the a news reporter, Candace Taylor from a distance, thinking she might help Ivan which Julia talks to her about Ivan wanting to be free. The next day, George and his daughter witnesses a large protest outside the Big Top Mall demanding Ivan and the other animals to be free, resulting in Ivan and Ruby be free, followed by Henrietta, Thelma, Frankie, and Murphy being removed from the circus while Snickers remains with Mack.
The following day after Ivan is relocated at Zoo Atlanta at a gorilla habitat, George and his daughter observe Ivan adapting to his new home with Bob being adopted by Julia while Ruby adapts to living in a new herd of elephants.
==Trivia==
*George is Ramón Rodríguez's first Disney role.
Category:The One and Only Ivan characters
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