Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1998)

Rudolph is the son of Blitzen and Mitzi, the nephew of Comet, Cupid and Dasher, the cousin and rival of Arrow, the best friend and later boyfriend of Zoey, the lead Flyer on Santa Claus's sleigh team and the main protagonist of the 1998 film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie and it's sequel book Rudolph Saves The Sprites. He is based on the titular character and the subsequent Rankin/Bass protagonist of the same name.
He is voiced by Eric Pospisil as a child and Kathleen Barr as an adolescent with Michael Lloyd providing his singing voice.
==Biography==
===Infancy===
Rudolph first appears in the film as a newborn buck in his home lying next to his mother Mitzi before attempting to take his first steps to approach his father Blitzen, but trips and falls into a hay bale. Blitzen and Mitzi rush over to see if Rudolph is alright and see him emerge unharmed but lets out a sneeze and his nose lights up, to the shock of his parents.
The next day, Blitzen and Mitzi take Rudolph a tour of their home, Santa's Village, where they meet up with Blitzen's three brothers Comet, Cupid and Dasher. Cupid playfully tickles Rudolph, causing his nose to light up again in front of the other villagers. Blitzen passes this off as allergies and quickly leads Rudolph away and he and Mitzi start to sing "What About His Nose". But when the villagers start to laugh at Rudolph, the two take him away to see Santa's Workshop where Rudolph is given a teddy bear by one of the elves there. Rudolph along with his parents also witnesses an ice witch named Stormella arrive at the workshop, demanding which of Santa's elves destroyed her ice garden before closing off her bridge to public when Santa refuses to hand over Boone and Doggle, the elves responsible.
===As a yearling===
A year later, Rudolph begins attending reindeer school. One day during a lesson in Reindeer History, Rudolph declares that he can be a Flyer, only for his mean-spirited cousin Arrow to reply "Not with that nose!". Arrow and the other yearlings laugh at Rudolph except the teacher Mrs. Prancer and another student named Zoey, whom Rudolph has a crush on. Rudolph sadly leaves the school and meets up with Santa who says that he thinks Rudolph's nose is grand and that everyone is different on the outside but it's what's inside our hearts that matters, before singing that he sees everyone in the village as family.
On Christmas Eve, Rudolph along with Mitzi and the other villagers watch Blitzen and the other Flyers guide Santa's sleigh into the night. Rudolph then does a pretend speech about being made a Flyer and also mentions Zoey in the speech, calling her the doe of his dreams, unaware that Zoey is listening to this and giggles happily causing Rudolph to notice her and blush and make his nose light up. The two then go for a walk where Zoey says that she wishes to be Rudolph's friend and says that she doesn't care what the other reindeers would think. They then notice that they are under a mistletoe, but before they can kiss, Arrow, who happens to be Zoey's boyfriend, arrives. Zoey says that she and Rudolph were just talking, but Arrow says that it looked more like kissing to him. Zoey tells Arrow not to get jealous and that she and Rudolph are just friends. Arrow denies being jealous of "Ruddy the Red-Nose Reject" before having Zoey leave with him. As Zoey leaves, she gives Rudolph a kind smile, causing him to realize she likes him.
===As an adolescent===
A few years later, an adolescent Rudolph prepares to take part in The Junior Reindeer Games where Zoey gives him her pendant and a kiss for good luck. At the start line for the event The Sleigh Race, Arrow notices Rudolph wearing the pendant and tells him that Zoey is "his doe" to which Rudolph replies that Zoey is not a trophy and shouldn't be treated like one. During the race, Arrow cheats by knocking some of the other competitors off course and when he is neck-neck with Rudolph, he says that Zoey is only nice to him because she feels sorry for him, but Rudolph doesn't believe him, but Arrow says it's true and that Zoey told him so. Angry at these taunts, Rudolph's nose lights up and causing Arrow to crash. Rudolph and his rider Doggle win the race, but the referee tells Rudolph that he's been disqualified for the illegal use of a red nose whilst the judges makes Arrow the winner by default, much to the displeasure of Rudolph's parents, Santa and Mrs. Claus and the crowd. Rudolph later overhears Blitzen argue with the referee and saying that the nose problem was an accident, but Rudolph believes that his father is ashamed of him and decides to run away from home, leaving a note for his parents.
Rudolph finds a cave to sleep in, but then a fox named Slyly arrives saying it's his cave and tries to get Rudolph to leave, but due to Rudolph being bigger, he fails and decides to let him stay. The next day, the two are forced to evacuate the cave when an avalanche starts. They find another cave which is inhabited by a polar bear named Leonard, so Slyly and a reluctant Rudolph trick him into leaving, saying the cave is dangerous. Leonard soon returns in anger, but when Rudolph explains why he and Slyly did what they did, he forgives them and let's them stay. That night, Rudolph has a nightmare before waking up and going outside for fresh air where he meets The Sprites of The Northern Lights who tell him that Zoey has been captured by Stormella (as Zoey had crossed the bridge and because of this, Stormella will unleash a storm to stop Santa from doing his deliveries) and teach him how to control his nose's light. Rudolph wakes up Slyly and Leonard and they set off to Stormella's castle where Slyly gets cold feet and stays behind in fear of Stormella's wolves, so Rudolph and Leonard enter the castle.
The two hear and reach Zoey by following her voice, but before they can free her, Stormella arrives and imprisons them. Rudolph tells Stormella that she'll be sorry whrn Santa hears about this, to which Stormella replies that Santa is not worried about them as he has his own problems. Stormella also tells Rudolph that Zoey crossed her forbidden bridge and because of this, she will throw the storm of the century. After Stormella leaves to cast her storm, Zoey blames herself for this as she crossed the bridge, but Rudolph says it's his fault as he ran away to which Zoey says that he wouldn't have left if she told him that he means everything to her. Rudolph replies in saying that Zoey makes his heart glow just before Slyly arrives and fetches the key to the cells to free the others. However as they get outside, they are confronted by Stormella who attempts to harm Zoey, but falls down the cliff's edge when Rudolph's nose lights up. Rudolph, along with Zoey, Slyly, Leonard, Stormella's butler Ridley and the wolves, help Stormella back up the cliff. Because of this, Stormella grants Rudolph a wish to which he asks her to be nice and turns down her offer to have a normal nose. The quartet are then found by Boone and Doggle (who had been sent out by Santa to find Rudolph and Zoey) who take them back to Santa's Village where Rudolph reunites with his parents.
Santa then asks Rudolph to use his nose's light to guide his sleigh through the storm to which the young reindeer agrees. Before take-off, Zoey, Slyly and Leonard arrive to wish Rudolph good luck with Zoey giving him a kiss. Santa gives the Flyers a pep talk for overcoming the storm. Rudolph then says that if they work together, they can make with Santa and the other Flyers agreeing. Blitzen then tells Rudolph that he is proud of him. Rudolph, Blitzen and the other Flyers take off and are able to get through the storm. The next day, Christmas Day, Rudolph and the Flyers return home where Rudolph gets a hero's welcome from his friends, Zoey, a reformed Arrow and the other villagers and is finally accepted. 
==Appearance==
As a infant, Rudolph had light brown fur with white spots and a thick, shaggy fringe of creamy blonde hair. As a yearling, he remains the same, but his spots fade and his fur becomes darker. In his adolescence, he gets short antlers.
Rudolph resembles both of his parents; He gets his fur colour from Mitzi and his eye colour from Blitzen. It is unknown where he inherited his fringe of blonde hair from as neither Blitzen or Mitzi have hair. Though it is possible that he got it from Comet or Cupid as they are the only two of Blitzen's brothers to have blonde hair.
==Gallery==
imagertrnrtmbr.jpg|Newborn Rudolph
Imagertrnrtmrahp.jpg|Rudolph with his parents
imagertrnrtmyrzaa.jpg|Yearling Rudolph with Zoey and Arrow
Imagelaugh.jpg|Rudolph being laughed at by Arrow and the other students
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Imagezar1.jpg|Arrow discovering Rudolph and Zoey together
Rudolph scowling at Arrow.jpg|Rudolph scowling at his cousin, Arrow for calling him a reject.
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imagertrnrtmtr.jpg|Adolescent Rudolph
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Imager z.jpg|Rudolph being kissed by Zoey before The Junior Reindeer Games
imagertrnrtmrva.jpg|Rudolph racing Arrow in The Sleigh Race
Imagesbrrtrnrtm.jpg|Rudolph and Slyly
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Imagesare.jpg|Rudolph and Slyly in Leonard's cave.
Imagezr3.jpg|Rudolph and Zoey imprisioned in Stormella's dungeon
Rudolph defending Zoey.jpg|Rudolph defending Zoey from Stormella.
Imagezr4.jpg|Rudolph being kissed by Zoey
Imagertrnrtmrltftts.jpg|Rudolph leading the Flyers through the storm.
==Trivia==
*In the song "What About His Nose", it is said that Rudolph has Mitzi's grace and style and Blitzen's smile.
*Unlike most versions of Rudolph, This version is the son of Blitzen rather than Donner.
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