Ellis

Ellis is the main character from the 2019 Disney/Pixar short Wind.
==Background==
When Ellis lived in a void full of floating rocks and other objects, he devised a plan for his grandmother to build a rocket like he drew on his notebook. In addition to the drawing he likes, Ellis also likes feasting on potatoes his grandmother harvests, the only food he and his grandmother can grow every day, albeit living within a mysterious void with rocks floating all over the area as well as various other objects.
However, one day, Ellis finds a damaged plane amongst the debris, which inspires him to continue building the rocket, but Ellis realizes that only one person can sit on top of it. When Ellis used the rocket to escape the void, he felt determined that he could do it while avoiding the rocks within the turbulence and to his courage, he was able to get out of it by himself, even with his grandmother's support. After Ellis manages to escape, he pulls the cord for almost the entire day which he finds a box of potatoes reminding him of his grandmother, feeling grateful for the sacrifice she did to help him escape the void.
==Role in the short==
Ellis approaches his grandmother showing her a drawing of him and his grandmother on a rocket in a plan for the two to escape from the sink hole they are at. The two exit their house where they find themselves in a mysterious sink hole full of floating rocks and other objects. Soon as Ellis plants to escape, he sees daylight above him and amongst the items he collects are a colander, a wrench, a piece of sheet metal, and a floodlight fixture. Together, Ellis and his grandmother work together to build the rocket so that the two can escape the sink hole so they can escape from the endless void. Just before Ellis can continue his plans to build the rocket, he and his grandmother each share the potatoes they harvested just before Ellis opens a large metal container to find more parts for the rocket only to find it empty.
Ellis later sees a damaged airplane amongst the void of debris which his grandmother brings it toward her. He later shows a drawing of himself on the rocket and his grandmother tied to the cockpit which she denies, much to her grandson's frustration. Soon as a rock hits the area where Ellis and his grandmother are at, Ellis' grandmother approaches her frustrated grandson where she gives him a potato with a drawing of a rocket on it resembling the one on Ellis' notebook, followed by another one featuring a drawing of herself, which Ellis feels happy felt that his grandmother thought of a plan for the two to escape. As a result, Ellis and his grandmother use the airplane's nose as part of the plan to build the rocket, placing it on a large canister which Ellis escapes from the sink hole, bidding a farewell to his grandmother. Ellis finds himself on a mountaintop, happy that he managed to escape from the void. Ellis grabs the box full of potatoes, happy that his grandmother gave them these as a gift from her for his grandmother's sacrifice.
Category:Pixar characters
Category:Males
Category:Animated characters
Category:Protagonists
Category:Silent characters