Eeyore

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*- Eeyore*

Eeyore is a protagonist and a member of The New Action Squad.

## Character Information

### Personality

Gloomy, dismal, sarcastic, depressed, dull, dreary, negative, caring, thoughtful, pessimistic, loyal, observant, cynical, kind, good-hearted, friendly, monotone, worrisome, down-to-earth, insightful, wise

### Goal

To keep his tail and house intact/To feel like someone/To protect the universe from evil

## Media Information

### First Appearance

Winnie The Pooh And The Honey Tree (1966)

## **BIOGRAPHY**

Eeyore is stuffed with sawdust and lives alone, underneath a small, teepee-style house made of sticks. A running gag is that Eeyore's home is almost always knocked over, forcing the gloomy donkey to rebuild it from scratch, usually at a different location. He has his own area in the Hundred Acre Woods known for its dismal atmosphere: "Eeyore's Gloomy Place", where he is typically seen sulking under a rain cloud or eating thistles.

Apart from his cynical personality, Eeyore's tail is perhaps his most defining trait. Despite being pinned down with a nail, Eeyore's tail frequently detaches from his bottom and winds up getting lost for a period of time. Christopher Robin is typically called upon to reattach it.

Outside the 100 Acre Wood, he is also a member of The New Action Squad.

## **APPEARANCE**

Eeyore is stuffed with sawdust. He is a blue donkey with a black frill of hair on the top of his head. He also has droopy ears and a pinned on tail of blue, black and a pink bow.

## **PERSONALITY**

Eeyore is hardly ever happy, and even when he is, he's still sardonic and a bit cynical. Ironically, he actually seems to enjoy being gloomy to an extent and sees it as the essence of his very being. Nevertheless, he seems genuinely appreciative of the effort his friends put forth to cheer him up and is still a good friend. Eeyore's grumpiness and negative ways might be attributed to the fact that his tail is affixed to his backside using a pushpin and has a tendency to fall off. He doesn't like his tail but he agrees that nothing better can replace it. He also loves sad stories because they make him feel more appreciative of his life and what he has. He also really likes eating thistles and sugar cubes.

Even though he complains a lot, Eeyore is generally quite a reliable character; a person you can lean on in times of trouble. He can sometimes be quite insightful ― in *Winnie the Pooh's Most Grand Adventure*, he was the first to understand that the group didn't have to go on a long and dangerous journey to become strong, smart or brave ― they had it inside them all along. In addition to this, a few episodes of the animated series *The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh* have shown hints that Eeyore is arguably the smartest, wisest, and most down to earth resident of the Hundred Acre Woods and has the most common sense (along with Kanga), most notably seen in the episode "Stripes" and "Home is Where the Home is".

## **TRIVIA**

* Eeyore spells his name "**eoR**".
* While Eeyore is gray in animation and puppetry, he is blue in merchandise.
* In *Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore*, it is revealed that Eeyore's favorite color is red.
* Eeyore's birthday was December 25, Pre-1922#1921, when Christopher Robin got him as a Christmas present.
* Despite his depressive nature, Eeyore is capable of great compassion and empathy, which is shown when he grows a plant that Rabbit (a master gardener) was unable to grow, just by showing the plant a little love.
* Eeyore is the only one of the toy animals to have more detailed eyes as opposed to just having black doted-eyes, while Rabbit and Owl also have detailed eyes they were both real animals as opposed to toy ones.
* In merchandise by the Walt Disney Company and cover art, Eeyore always has an uncharacteristic smile. Also, he is somewhat less caustic and sarcastic in the Disney version than in A.A. Milne's original stories. It must also be noted that Eeyore's tail wasn't always fixed to him by a pushpin, although Disney has chosen this as part of his permanent image.
* Age-wise, Eeyore may be the oldest member of the group.
* Eeyore's name is based on the British Cockney dialect version of the phrase "hee-haw".
* Eeyore is the current reigning champion at Poohsticks.
* In *Christopher Robin*, Eeyore has a silly habit of calling Evelyn Robin "Evelyn My-Wife" as he believes it is her full name.