Colonel Hathi

Colonel Hathi is the husband of Winifred and the father of Hathi, Jr. He is a major character of the 1967 film The Jungle Book, a supporting character in it's 2003 sequel The Jungle Book 2 and one of the main characters in its 1996-1998 prequel series Jungle Cubs. He speaks English with an English accent.
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 Stephen Furst in Jungle Cubs.
==Biography==
Colonel Hathi is the military leader of a herd of elephants known as the Jungle Patrol, which includes his wife, Winifred and their son, Hathi, Jr. He commands them in the style of a military squadron, while ordering them to do military drills and take part in regular inspections. His strict orders and constant cross country marching cause most of his members to want to "put in for a transfer to another herd." He and the Jungle Patrol are first seen cross country marching past Mowgli and Bagheera singing "Colonel Hathi's March" at dawn, waking up Bagheera and Mowgli. After the elephants stop marching, Hathi orders another inspection, and he criticizes his herd's imperfections - including one elephant for having a dusty trunk, and his "Lieutenant" for having a haircut that's "Not Regulation," and he gives him a crew cut. 
Later, Bagheera interrupts the Jungle Patrol's cross country march to ask them to help find Mowgli after he runs away. At first, Colonel Hathi refuses to help, and this causes Winifred and Hathi, Jr. to break ranks to set him straight. Winifred asks Hathi how he would like to have their son lost and alone in the jungle, and he tells her that's an entirely different matter. Winifred tells Hathi that Mowgli is no different from their own son, and she tells him to help find him or she's taking over command. Hathi is shocked, and says that a female leading his herd is utterly preposterous. Hathi Jr. tell him that he and Mowgli are friends, and he'll get hurt if they don't find him. Hathi relents, and he forms a search party to find Mowgli.
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 hanging out with Baloo, Bagheera, Prince Louie and was also friends with Shere Khan and Kaa. The series also shows how he met Winifred.
==Gallery==
imagech.jpg|Young Hathi in Jungle Cubs
Colonel_Hathi-jbook2HD.jpg|Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book 2
1442395693_jungle-book-4.jpg|The Jungle Patrol in the 2016 live-action movie
Fantasia 2000 Elephants.jpg|Colonel Hathi and Winifred's cameo in Fantasia 2000
==Audio Samples==
==Trivia==
*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.
*The main comedic element of his character comes from the irony of being an elephant who suffers from anterograde amnesia, as real-life elephants are well-known for their good memory.
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