Dumbo (Dumbo 2019)

Dumbo is the titular protagonist of Disney's 2019 live-action remake. He is a young elephant and the son of Mrs. Jumbo. Dumbo is most famous for his giant floppy ears, which gives him the ability to glide in the air after he swallows a feather. As an infant, he was harassed for his abnormal ears. While defending Dumbo from such bullies such as the crowd thinking he is a fake elephant, Mrs. Jumbo was thrown into solitary confinement. To rescue his mother, Dumbo devotes himself to becoming a star, although V.A. Vandevere refused to make him reunited with his mother at first, but with help from Holt, his children, and Max Medici's circus troupe, they were able to reunite Dumbo with his mother and release them back to the wild.
He is based on the titular character from the original 1941 film.
==Background==
===Personality===
Dumbo has the personality of a small elephant. He is playful, innocent, fun-loving, and loves being around his mother and hates being alone. He is naïve, as he did not realize the audience was taunting him. However, he is also very closed-hearted, such as with Holt Farrier or the Medici Brothers Circus troupe. As he is only a baby, he does not talk during the film other than trumpeting.
===Physical appearance===
Dumbo is a small Asian elephant. His skin is gray, his eyes are blue, and his tail is very small. He has large ears which is unusual for any elephant, but he uses them to fly whenever he swallows a feather. He has a small proboscis with two large nostrils at the end of it.
==Role in the film==
Dumbo appears as the titular character of the live-action remake of the animated film. Unlike in the animated version, Mrs. Jumbo gives birth to an elephant calf named Baby Jumbo instead of receiving him from a stork. Max Medici then orders Holt Farrier to hide his ears so that they do not hurt the circus' reputation even further. During a performance in the circus, Baby Jumbo is presented in front of a crowd (with his ears hidden) as he ends up inhaling a feather from an audience member's hat, causing him to sneeze and reveal his enormous ears. Meanwhile, when the audience witnesses the broken "Dear Baby Jumbo" sign, which now reads "Ear Baby Dumbo", everyone begins making fun of the calf, calling him "Dumbo" as the audience throws peanuts and other objects at him. This prompts Mrs. Jumbo's abusive handler Rufus Sorghum to begin taunting her about the mistreatment of her son, causing her to storm into the ring in a fit of rage. She ends up accidentally bringing down the big top, killing Rufus in the process.
After the circus tent collapses and Mrs. Jumbo becomes locked up in confinement, Dumbo is comforted by his mother while Miss Atlantis sings "Baby Mine" with Holt's children Milly and Joe Farrier comforting him. They then learn that Dumbo will only fly if he has inhaled a feather through his trunk. The next day, Medici sells Mrs. Jumbo back to her original owner so that the circus does not run into a public relations disaster. Wanting to "salvage something", Medici puts Dumbo in the clowns' firefighter act in which Dumbo is the act's primary gag, being lifted to the top of a burning building to save a monkey dressed as a woman. However, Dumbo ends up trapped on the top platform, leading Milly to climb the broken ladder to give him a feather to help him fly. The platform then collapses, prompting Dumbo to fly, impressing Max Medici and the audience.
When the circus moves to an amusement park called "Dreamland", the park owner V.A. Vandevere makes a demand during a circus act where Dumbo should fly with trapeze artist Colette Marchant. During an act with Colette, Dumbo hears his mother calling for him as he escapes the circus to find his mother locked up in the attraction "Nightmare Island", located elsewhere in Dreamland. However, the audience becomes unhappy when the act with Dumbo and Colette goes wrong as they leave the circus in anger. Dumbo then reunites with his mother, but the guards take her away as Vandevere fears that Mrs. Jumbo may become a distraction to Dumbo. Vandevere then reveals to his employees his intentions to have her executed, causing one of them to resign and inform the Medici troupe. Realizing that Dumbo's mother is in trouble, the Medici Brothers' Circus troupe and Holt plan to rescue Dumbo and his mother and release them into the wild. The circus performers plan to get Mrs. Jumbo out of her enclosure in Nightmare Island while Holt and Colette guide Dumbo to escape the circus. Vandevere tries to stop them by shutting off the park's power but accidentally starts a fire that burns down the park as police arrive.
Holt, Colette, Milly, Joe, and the circus troupe manage to bring Dumbo, his mother, and all the circus' elephants to the harbor and load them onto a ship bound for India. Dumbo and his mother eventually end up in a secluded elephant sanctuary where they are able to roam freely and live among dozens of other elephants.
==Gallery==
===Screenshots===
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===Miscellaneous===
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==Trivia==
*Dumbo is the only title character in both the live-action and animated movies who does not speak (not counting many live-action title characters who are animals).
*There are several homages to the original Dumbo character from the original 1941 film:
**Dumbo's original yellow conical hat makes a brief appearance at the beginning of the film, where it is seen worn by one of the acrobats getting ready to set up the Medici Brothers' Circus.
**Dumbo's original animated design also makes a cameo as one of the plush toys sold at the kiosk at Dreamland, as a tribute to the character.
**The clown that appears at the end of the film portraying Dumbo the Flying Elephant while being shot out of a cannon is an homage to the clown wearing a Mrs. Jumbo costume during Dumbo's firefighter act. However, unlike in the original film, the clown wearing the Dumbo costume lacks a bonnet around his head.
==See also==
* Dumbo
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