Sneezy

Sneezy is one of the seven dwarfs in Disney's 1937 animated feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. As a result of severe hay fever or cold seasons, Sneezy is prone to eruptive, unpredictable, and uncontrollable bouts of sneezing, hence his name. He also speaks as if constantly suffering a stuffy nose.
==Background==
===Development===
Though designing the dwarfs was relatively easy, animating them proved to be difficult, as the animators, already finding human figures difficult to animate, now had to animate 'ill-formed' human figures. Vladimir Tytla noted that the dwarfs should walk with a swing to their hips, and Fred Moore commented that the dwarfs had to move a little more quickly to keep up with the human characters. Lifelong composer Oliver Wallace posed as live action reference for Sneezy.
In order to establish Sneezy's character during the march home in Heigh Ho, George Stalling noted traits specific to the character, to be taken into account in the animation. An armature of each dwarf was constructed as a reference for the animators.
The scene in which the dwarfs tie a knot in Sneezy's beard was inspired by a sketch by Albert Hurter.
A scene was storyboarded and partly animated in which the dwarfs hold a meeting to decide on a gift for Snow White. Sleepy's idea for a bed is ultimately agreed upon. Sneezy's job is to stuff with the mattress, which inevitably causes him to let off a humongous sneeze.
===Personality===
Like most of the dwarfs, Sneezy's name reflects his nature. Due to his severe hay fever, he sneezes frequently throughout the film and his symptoms often prevent him from speaking. His sneezes are of gale-force capacity and can blow away anything and anyone in his path. As a result, the other dwarfs are quick to hold his nose whenever he feels a sneeze coming. He can usually predict a sneeze and give warning, but sometimes "you can't tell, when you gotta, you gotta."
Sneezy is one of the friendlier dwarfs in the group, despite his frustrating affliction. He seems to humor Dopey more than the others and partakes in a number of his antics. This may be because he knows how it feels to be embarrassed on a daily basis, due to his violent sneezing.
===Physical appearance===
In the 1937 film, Sneezy (much the same as Sleepy or Bashful) is a short and stout dwarf, but not as much as, for example, Doc or Happy. He has a short and tufty white beard like Doc and Happy that leads up to the top of his partially bald head. He has pale skin, hazel eyes, stubby black eyelashes, and a bulbous, red nose. He sports a lavender tunic with a couple of gold buttons vertically on his chest and orange patches on his elbows stitched in black thread, a black belt with a gold rectangular outlined buckle, crimson leggings, a pair of sienna medieval-style shoes, and an orange stocking cap.
==Appearances==
===Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs===
Sneezy is first introduced, with his six companions, at the Dwarfs' Mine. He, Grumpy, Bashful, and Happy dig to unearth diamonds from the tunnels. The diamonds are taken by Sleepy to Doc, who puts the valuable diamonds in bags to keep and discards the worthless diamonds for Dopey to sweep away. Doc is the first to hear the alarm and alerts the other dwarfs that it is time for them to go home. Sneezy is the sixth in line as the dwarfs sing "Heigh-Ho".
When the seven dwarfs reach their cottage, Doc suddenly stops (causing the six other dwarfs to pile up behind him), noticing that light is coming from the house. The dwarfs think that a monster has taken up residence in their house. They sneak into the cottage; Doc, holding a candle, tells them to search everywhere. The dwarfs note that the cottage has been cleaned. At one point Sneezy and Sleepy check the sink, discovering it is empty and Sneezy informs the others that their dishes have been stolen, but Happy corrects him and says that their dishes are now in the cupboard, cleaned. Bashful sees some flowers and shows them to Sneezy; being allergic, he starts to utter, "Don't do it. My nose. My hay fever. You know that I can't stand it." The other dwarfs cover his nose. He says as his catchphrase, "Ahhhhh. Thanks!" with an exhale of relief. However, that does not really help; he lets fly a giant sneeze, blowing his companions across the room. Grumpy, frowning and angrily calling him a crazy fool, starts to tell Sneezy off to which he replies, "I couldn't help it, I can't tell. When you gotta, you gotta. I . . . I gotta— it's coming," and shows signs of sneezing again, prompting the other dwarfs to jump on him and tie his beard in a hard knot around his nose to keep him quiet, forming a sort of "mustache"; this succeeds.
They decide that whatever's in the cottage is upstairs. They are about to strike whatever is sleeping in their beds when they realize that it is the princess, Snow White. Sneezy is the first to comment on how pretty she is. Grumpy begins to complain, and Doc attempts to silence him, but Snow White is woken up. She manages to match the name at the foot of each bed to the correct dwarf, identifying Sneezy fourth, due to the fact he is about to sneeze. Doc attempts to express his delight, but is flustered, and gets into an argument with Grumpy, who wants Snow White to leave. Eventually, it is agreed that Snow White will clean and cook for the dwarfs if she is allowed to stay.
She prepares soup for them but demands that they wash first. Grumpy follows the dwarfs outside but refuses to wash. When Sneezy checks the tub full of water, he dips his finger in it to find that it is cold. He and the other dwarfs, led by Doc, manage to drag Grumpy to the water and wash him thoroughly while singing "Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum (The Dwarfs' Washing Song)".
Later that evening, after supper, the seven dwarfs entertain Snow White with the "Silly Song", Sneezy yodels a long verse while a transfixed Dopey watches his Adam's apple bob up and down vigorously. Dopey then attempts to perch on Sneezy's shoulders wearing a long trench coat which almost makes Sneezy sneeze, but Dopey prevents it by holding Sneezy's nose with his feet, and they fumble on to dance with Snow White. Right at the climax of the song, Sneezy, with Dopey still on shoulders starts jittering both his words and his movements, peering through the bottom half the coat to warn his brothers and Snow White that a sneeze is on the way. Everybody dives for cover just as Sneezy jitters some more before letting out the huge sneeze from earlier, thus inflating the coat which causes Dopey to pop out of the top letting the coat slow sink down to reveal Sneezy's smiling face. This gives everyone a good laugh.
After they finish the song, the dwarfs listen to Snow White sing "Some Day My Prince Will Come", which sends every dwarf, except the stubborn, defiant Grumpy, into a dream-like state. Doc declares that Snow White will sleep in the bedroom upstairs, and the dwarfs must sleep downstairs. Sneezy sleeps next to Dopey, using his buttocks as a cushion. During the night, Dopey starts whimpering in his sleep and kicking his legs, but a few jabs from Sneezy makes him settle.
The next morning, Snow White kisses each dwarf farewell as he leaves for the mine. A kiss from Snow White is able to prevent one of Sneezy's sneezes. Just before it returns, he manages to say, "Aww, thanks!" Nevertheless, the power of the resounding sneeze is enough to blow Dopey back inside the cottage. While the dwarfs head to the mine, the Evil Queen, as the Witch, makes her way to the cottage, knowing that only Snow White will be at home. As she finds the Princess baking a gooseberry pie for Grumpy, the animals sense danger and, after attempting to drive her away, rush to the mine to fetch the dwarfs. When they discover that the Queen has found Snow White, the dwarfs rush home to find that the disguised Queen has succeeded in poisoning the Princess and is about to leave. The dwarfs, led by Grumpy, chase the Queen into the mountains, and she reaches a cliff. She attempts to crush the dwarfs with a boulder, but a flash of lightning causes her to fall from the cliff and be crushed by the boulder herself.
The seven dwarfs mourn Snow White's death; Sneezy is shown silently weeping with Bashful and Sleepy. The dwarfs find her to be so beautiful, even in death, that they fashion a coffin from glass and place her inside. The handsome Prince arrives, and the dwarfs part so that he can approach Snow White. He kisses her, breaking the spell of the Sleeping Death, and the dwarves cheer (with Sneezy being the second to notice her awakening). Just before Snow White leaves with the Prince, she kisses each dwarf on the forehead (Sneezy was 4th).
===The Winged Scourge===
In the 1943 educational short, Sneezy and the dwarfs are enlisted in helping rid their forest and cottage home of deadly mosquitoes that can spread the harmful disease malaria. Throughout the animated short, the dwarfs give examples of the precautions necessary to keep people safe from the spreading crises and ensure safety.
===Mickey Mouse===
Sneezy made an appearance in the episode "Wish Upon a Coin". He and the other dwarfs are first seen depositing coins into a wishing well, which are soon stolen by Pete, causing Sneezy and the other dwarfs to fall into panic. Mickey Mouse heads after Pete and manages to retrieve the coins, settling Sneezy and the other dwarfs and fulfilling their wishes (which is revealed to be a wish to have a head of hair).
===Other appearances===
Sneezy appeared in the 1941 wartime short Seven Wise Dwarfs in which he and the other dwarfs invest the proceeds of their diamond mine into Canadian War Bonds.
In "This is Your Life, Donald Duck", Sneezy and the other dwarfs were amongst the Disney characters present for the finale. In a goof, his outfit is given to Bashful during "Quack, Quack, Quack, Donald Duck".
In Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Sneezy is seen with the other dwarfs when Eddie Valiant crashed into Toontown.
thumb|left|250px|Sneezy in House of Mouse.
Sneezy makes several cameo appearances in House of Mouse, always seen with the other dwarfs. He can be seen sneezing during the opening song, "Rockin' at the House of Mouse". In "Donald's Pumbaa Prank", while everyone flees the club to avoid Pumbaa's growing gas, Sneezy stays seated cheerfully saying, "I can't smell it anyway!" In "Ask Von Drake", Sneezy was amongst the characters listed during Ludwig Von Drake's headcount of the guests.
In the Teacher's Pet movie, Sneezy appears in the song "Ivan Krank"; when Dr. Ivan Krank says "he stands on the shoulders of giants", he is standing on the seven dwarfs.
Sneezy made a silhouetted cameo at the end of The Lion King 1½, making his way into the theater as he joins Snow White and the dwarfs as they sit to watch the film.
In Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Sneezy first makes a cameo on a discussion paper as one of the toons who were kidnapped and bootlegged by Sweet Pete. Later, he was among the bootlegged toons escaping from a large shipping crate and being freed by the FBI, he was seen carrying a bootlegged Flounder in his hands, and was last seen being taken into fire department ambulance. In bootleg form, Sneezy's beard is replaced with feathers, his eyes are recolored blue, and he has round smooth ears.
==Video games==
===Kingdom Hearts series===
Sneezy appears along with the other Dwarfs in the series, where their first appearance was in a glass podium with Snow White during the first game's Dive to the Heart. Unlike the Beast's servants, they are depicted as awake, meaning either their homeworld was not devoured by the Heartless, or that the Dwarfs were able to get to safety beforehand.
Prior to the events of Kingdom Hearts, the Dwarfs' appearances in Birth by Sleep reveals their lives working in the mines for jewels until the arrival of the Keyblade wielders in their world. The Dwarfs encounter the first of these warriors, Ventus, and all show hostility towards the newcomer, with the exception of Dopey. After returning to their cottage, the dwarfs meet Snow White for the first time and take her in after she claimed she was attacked by an Unversed. Unfortunately, Snow White falls into a deep slumber after taking a bite from the Queen's poisoned apple and the Dwarfs place her in a glass coffin to mourn her. Sneezy laments how much he'll miss Snow White's "purty songs". However, thanks to assistance from Aqua and the Prince, Snow White is able to awaken, and the Dwarfs celebrate.
Sneezy also appears in Kingdom Hearts χ along with the others in Dwarf Woodlands.
==Disney Parks==
Sneezy appears as a walkaround character in the Disney parks, wearing a blue outfit with a green cap, brown pants, and purple shoes.
===Disneyland Resort===
Sneezy appears as animatronics in Snow White's Scary Adventures, performing "The Silly Song", as well as in a few other scenes with the rest of the dwarfs, reenacting scenes from the film.
In the area surrounding Snow White Grotto, a statue of Sleepy can be seen.
===Walt Disney World===
Like the other dwarfs, Sneezy can be found mostly during special, ticketed events such as Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party and Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party.
Daily, however, Sneezy makes a notable appearance in the Festival of Fantasy Parade at the Magic Kingdom, along with Dopey.
An animatronic of Sneezy is featured working in the mines alongside the other dwarfs in Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. His animatronic can be seen struggling to balance a tower of bucketed jewels.
In Fantasmic!, Sneezy makes a cameo appearance during the bubble montage. Sneezy can also be heard preparing to make a sneeze during this moment.
Sneezy was also prominently featured in the video, Dessert: Epcot International Food and Wine Festival, on the Disney Parks YouTube channel.
===Tokyo Disney Resort===
Sneezy makes a notable appearance during the end of the Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs segment of Once Upon a Time at Tokyo Disneyland, where he sneezes and causes the castle's design to shatter, leading to the next segment.
===Shanghai Disneyland===
Sneezy makes live appearances in the park during Golden Fairytale Fanfare and Mickey's Storybook Express.
==Gallery==
==Trivia==
*In Italian, Sneezy is called Eolo, derived from Aeolus, a character of the Greek mythology that appears in The Odyssey as the god of wind.
*Due to Sneezy having hay fever, he is one of the few Disney characters to have allergies.
*Sneezy is the only one of the seven dwarfs whose name is not a reflection of their personality, but rather an ailment.
==Variants==
*Mr. Clark
*Sneezy (The 7D)
*Seven Dwarfs
es:Estornudo
fr:Atchoum
it:Eolo
nl:Niezel
pl:Apsik
pt-br:Atchim
vi:Hắt Xì
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