KIDS PREFERRED Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer, LARGE 14 inch (35.56 cm) Plush Toy

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Giant Flyer: While nowhere as big as the Bumble, he's still a very large vulture that easily dwarfs Rudolph and his friends. Ascended Extra: In the 2001 sequel The Island Of Misfit Toys, Clarice has a larger role complete with her own subplot about learning how to fly like Rudolph. Such as Rudolph training her how to fly, a sequence of Rudolph and Clarice dating during Santa's Christmas Party, and Clarice alongside Rudolph chasing The Toy Taker inside a Peppermint Mine. The most famous reindeer of all. Has a very shiny nose, and if you ever saw it—oh you get the idea. For the Evulz: He fell somewhere into this as he had no clearly defined motive for why Christmas-related things made him so angry. Thankfully, he reforms himself after losing his original teeth. Token Good Teammate: She's the only reindeer who remains nice to Rudolph after his nose is revealed.

Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He somehow manages to reform the Bumble during the period both of them were thought to be dead. In Ray Stevens' novelty song "Santa Claus Is Watching You" (1962), Rudolph is replaced on Santa's team by "Clyde the Camel", a character from Stevens' earlier hit, " Ahab the Arab". In the original version, aimed at children in a similar fashion to " Santa Claus Is Coming to Town", Rudolph was said to be recuperating from an injury sustained during "a twist contest"; a later version, warning a lover away from infidelity because Santa is watching, has Rudolph on a " stakeout at (the lover's) house".

Rudolph's Foes

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the special, Santa has known Rudolph since the day of his birth. While he doesn't bully Rudolph, he doesn't approve of his red nose after it is accidentally revealed during the reindeer games. He does slowly start warming up to Rudolph's red nose once he becomes a young adult. In the original story and non-Rankin Bass adaptations (except the 1998 feature film), Rudolph doesn't meet Santa until Christmas Eve, when the jolly old elf is having a difficult time delivering presents due to the fogginess not only making it difficult to travel (such as almost falling of his sleigh after bumping into trees), but causing houses and rooms to become very dark, making Santa almost trip on household items in the middle of his delivery. The titular reindeer finally meets him after Santa has a "Eureka!" Moment when he notices Rudolph's nose fully lighting up his bedroom as he's sleeping. He also doesn't shun Rudolph for his red nose, as he did in the 1964 special. In Rudolph's Shiny New Year and Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas In July, he's portrayed similar to his original counterpart from the first two Rudolph books.

Similar to Rudolph's Shiny New Year, while Donner only had a brief speaking appearance in Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July. He's a lot kinder and less aggressive toward Rudolph than in his previous appearance and he appears to have learned his lesson. Robert L. May created Rudolph in 1939 as an assignment for Chicago-based Montgomery Ward. The retailer had been buying and giving away coloring books for Christmas every year and it was decided that creating their own book would save money. May considered naming the reindeer "Rollo" or "Reginald" before deciding upon using the name "Rudolph". [11] May said his daughter liked reindeer, and he said he was treated like Rudolph as a child. [12] In its first year of publication, Montgomery Ward distributed 2.4 million copies of Rudolph's story. [13] The story is written as a poem in anapestic tetrameter, the same meter as " A Visit from St. Nicholas" (also known as "'Twas the Night Before Christmas"). [14] Publication and reprint rights for the book Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer are controlled by Pearson PLC. [ citation needed] Jerkass Has a Point: While he definitely could've been nicer about it, he is perfectly in his right to be annoyed at Hermey goofing off from toy-making and choir practice by harboring what seems to be a completely impractical and bizarre desire to be a dentist. In Rudolph's Shiny New Year he remains hopeful on rescuing Happy the Baby New Year. Notably when Rudolph, alongside O.M., Sir 1023, and Sev enter The Sea of Dispair. O.M., Sir 1023, and Sev all begin losing up while Rudolph remains upbeat and even sings "Have A Little Faith In Me" to raise their spirits up.Flat Character; Beyond being a kind and caring parent to Rudolph regardless of his nose, she doesn't have much of a personality going for her. Voiced by: Unknown Voice Actress (1948 Max Fleischer adaptation), Billie Mae Richards (1964-1979), Joie Scott-Poster ( Rudolph's Lessons for Life) Kathleen Barr (1998-2014, 1998 film, Rudolph & The Island of Misfit Toys) Eric Pospisil (1998 film, young) Melissa Hutchison (2010-present, Rudolph 4D) Villain Song: "The Toy Taker", which he sings to the toys he kidnapped in an attempt to sway them over to his side. In the 1998 movie, Rudolph is seen silently crying and starts shedding tears after the entire school of reindeer (except Zoey) begin laughing at his red nose. As tears start streaming down his face, his red nose begins glowing before marching out of school. In the original 1939 illustrations, Rudolph is seen crying early in the story near a tree after the reindeer make fun of his nose. A close-up of Rudolph crying is also seen, complete with Rudolph's tears dropping between the text.