Junior the Buffalo

Junior the Buffalo is a minor character in Disney's 2004 animated feature film Home on the Range. He is a plains bison who used to belong to Alameda Slim, but is now a farm buffalo after his arrest.
==Background==
===Personality===
Junior is a very serious-minded and imperturbable buffalo. He also doesn't take kindly to trespassers, namely those who aren't "cows", according to him. He talks in a deep, ominous voice and tries to maintain his composure when agitated. Like Grace, Junior is also immune to Alameda Slim's yodeling, but while Grace (who's a cow) is immune because she's tone-deaf, Junior is immune because he's a bison instead of a cow. Junior also seems to have a crush on Mrs. Calloway, as he behaves in a rather flirtatious manner whenever he is around her (like when he's complimenting her hat).
==Role in the film==
Junior is Alameda Slim's valiant "steed". Unusual for a villain's sidekick, he is portrayed as neither heroic nor villainous, just simply doing his job. He is very polite to cows and even flirts with Mrs. Calloway upon seeing her by complimenting her hat. He also tires of Buck's arrogance when the horse attempts to get through Echo Mine's entrance, despite Junior repeatedly saying, "Cows only."
Shortly after, Maggie, Mrs. Calloway, and Grace show up along with Lucky Jack (a jackrabbit who helped the cows reach Echo Mine), and Junior lets all four of them pass. When Buck questions Junior about this, the buffalo states, "They're cows," and when Buck brings up the rabbit, Junior replies, "Well, obviously, he was with the cows." Buck tries convincing Junior that he was with the cows too, but to no avail.
Sometime later, Buck tricks another horse into leaving his post so he could get back with Rico and then gloats. However, Buck is overheard by Junior who snorts angrily, as he had been right behind him. Junior is later seen chasing Buck around Echo Mine. He is shown to be immensely strong and survives a considerable fall after the cows inadvertently push him down the mine shaft. Junior soon makes his way out of the mine shaft and continues chasing Buck, but turns away after hearing Slim, who had been captured by the cows, calling for him.
At the end of the movie, Junior has left the services of Alameda Slim (since Slim is in jail) and arrives, along with Barry and Bob, at Little Patch of Heaven, where he courts Mrs. Calloway. He also dances with all the other farm animals as they celebrate Pearl's farm being saved and re-opened.
==Trivia==
*Junior is similar to Rico as they both have deep, ominous voices and are completely obedient.
*When Junior gets pushed and falls down the mine shaft, his yell is supplied by the classic Goofy holler sound effect.
*In some storybooks, while Junior is depicted as surviving his fall into the mine shaft, he is never seen at the end, leaving unknown what happens to him after Alameda Slim's arrest.
==Gallery==
===Home on the Range===
Home on the Range 004.JPG|Junior's first appearance 
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Normal DisneyEnchantedPDVD 370.jpg|"Cows only."
Normal DisneyEnchantedPDVD 380.jpg|Junior with Buck
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Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps.com-6341.jpg|Junior snorts behind Buck.
Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps com-6596.jpg|Junior chases Buck down the mine.
Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps.com-6735.jpg|Junior bursts out of a mineshaft.
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Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps.com-6753.jpg|Junior responds to Slim's calls for help.
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Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps com-6871.jpg|Junior, Buck, Rico, and two of the Willies chase the cows on the railroad tracks. 
JuniortheBuffalo.jpg|"And the joker is wild. Oh, yeah!"
Normal DisneyEnchantedPDVD 493.jpg|Junior with Barry and Bob.
Normal DisneyEnchantedPDVD 495.jpg|Junior dancing with Mrs. Calloway.
Home-on-the-range-disneyscreencaps com-8312.jpg|Junior dancing with the other animals.
===Miscellaneous===
Slim riding Junior.gif|Clipart of Slim riding Junior.
OUaH Attractive Evil - Alameda Slim.png|Junior in a portrait along with Slim in Once Upon a Halloween.
fr:Junior (La ferme se rebelle)
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