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Every individual deserves recognition and respect.
Horton the Elephant
A person's a person, no matter how small.
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Horton’s Playful Knock-Knock Joke
Horton the Elephant
Knock-knock. This is where you'd say "who's there" if there were any Whos there! Get it? "Who's there!" Heheh!
[chuckles, whimpers; sobbing, babbling]
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Gratitude and Confidence in Victory
Vlad Vladikoff
Yes! Score! Thanking you! You won't regret!
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Horton Enjoys Bananas in the Morning
Horton the Elephant
I love the smell of bananas in the morning!
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Appealing to Shared History and Friendship
Vlad Vladikoff
Whoa! Come on, I'm your bro. It's me you're talking to. We have history! Come on, let's not forget, I did this for free.
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Horton Encourages Closer Connection for Understanding
Horton the Elephant
HOW ABOUT THIS?! IF I GET UP REAL CLOSE, CAN YOU READ ME?!
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Sour Kangaroo's View on Existence and Belief
Sour Kangaroo
If you can't see, hear or feel something, it doesn't exist. And believing in "tiny, imaginary people" is just not something we do. Or tolerate here in the Jungle of Nool.
[takes her son's clover he was examining after hearing Horton]
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Validation of Existence and Sanity
Sally O'Malley-McDodd
You exist! This means my husband isn't crazy. Hooray!
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A Simple Affirmation of Goodness
Tommy
It's good.
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Community Standards and Individual Beliefs
Sour Kangaroo
You could do nothing of the sort, you won’t breathe a word of this lie to anybody else, especially the children, I don’t need you to poison their mind with nonsense. Our community has standards, Horton, if you want to remain a part of it, I recommend you follow them, and have a nice day.
[Horton suggested that he'd be able to get someone to believe him]
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Horton Seeks Confirmation from the Mayor
Horton the Elephant
Mayor, are you there? Mayor? Mayor! Mayor, are you there? Mayor? Mayor? Mayor? MAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOOOOOR!
[slumps to the ground; view of the shambled city as Horton's voice echoes through the pipe; cut back to the depressed Horton]
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Invisible Hero: Horton’s Courage for Whoville
Mayor Ned McDodd
Horton is a giant elephant in the sky! Don't bother looking. He's invisible. And he's the one risking his life to get Whoville, which by the way is a speck on a clover, TO SAFETY!
[everyone looks up]
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Celebrating Family Legacy in Whoville
Mayor Ned McDodd
You know what's awesome? This is awesome. Just look at the men and women hanging on these walls. You, my boy, are part of a family legacy that spans centuries. You know what? Your grandfather was Mayor of Whoville, mm-hmm. And your great-grandmother, that's right, all the way down to your... ...Great-great-great-great...not-so-great...great-great-great-great-great-great-great-great-greeeaat...grandfather. Someday, I hope to join them, and be one of the greats.
[Speaking to JoJo in the Featured Photos Gallery; cut to featured photos of his ancestors, including one at Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden Buffalo, which he calls "not-so-great", with the last one depicting a cave Who]
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Urgent Mission to Save a Tiny World
Horton the Elephant
All right, I need to get this speck up to the top of Mount Nool A.S.A.P., whatever that means. Probably "act swiftly awesome pachyderm"! I mean, how hard can that be? It's a sheer plummet to certain death.
[sees a loose rope bridge over a deadly chasm]
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Vlad's Triumph Over the Elephant
Vlad Vladikoff
You should've been seeing me. I really let elephant have it. I chase him, i torment him. And then I break him into million little elephant pieces. It was thing of beauty, really. My best work. Classic Vlad.
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Vlad's Triumph Over Horton
Vlad Vladikoff
I've got you now, elephant.
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Horton Prepares for a Confrontation
Horton the Elephant
Hold on, Mr. Mayor. I may have to put up a fight! A frightened ] can be very dangerous! All right, you've called down the thunder, buddy! Are you hungry for trouble? I'm an all-you-can-eat salad bar, take a bite!
[[w:African bush elephant|elephant]
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Gratitude to the Mayor of Whoville
Horton the Elephant
And most of all, I want to say thank the Mayor of Whoville who believed in me from the beginning.
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Horton Discovers a Small Sound in Nool
Narrator
On the fifteenth of May in the jungle of Nool, in the heat of the day in the cool of the pool. He was splashing enjoying the jungle's great joys... (Horton was watering his back by squirting water out of his trunk) when Horton the elephant heard a small noise.
Speck
Help!
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A Threat to the Whos on Clover
Vlad Vladikoff
Chess mate. Now it's time for me to take clover and crush all the little people on it.
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Horton Greets Vlad
Horton the Elephant
Oh, hi Vlad.
[Everyone gasps at this, assuming it to be Vlad Vladikoff the vulture, but it's actually the cute bunny who bakes cookies]
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Unity Among Mammals
Horton the Elephant
Come on guys, we're all mammals!
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Horton's Commitment to Honesty and Loyalty
Horton the Elephant
I meant what I said, and I said what I meant, and an elephant's faithful one-hundred percent. That's my code, my motto.
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Diplomatic Process in Crisis
Horton the Elephant
I feel the diplomatic process is beginning to breakdown.
[in Henry Kissinger's voice]
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Sour Kangaroo's Critique of Horton’s Influence
Sour Kangaroo
Horton is a menace, he has those children using their imaginations, it's sick.
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Emotional Reflections and Water Slides
Vlad Vladikoff
Oh man, that is nice touch. I'm a mess of this, right? Emotional! Here come the water slide.
[crying]
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A Queen's Self-Perception in Jessica Land
Jessica Quilligan
My world is called Jessica land. Everyone worship queen Jessica because Jessica is so beautiful.
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Vlad Vladikoff's Mocking Comment to Horton
Vlad Vladikoff
What a burn on you, Horton! Ha, Ha!
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A Critique of Appearance and Behavior
Mayor Ned McDodd
He has the nerve to call somebody a boob? I would never call somebody a boob. He's a boob. Look at you. Yuck! Look at your face...and I bet you don't look so good with a stapler in your head!
[after being called a "boob" by the Chairman; throws a stapler at a painting of the Chairman, which bounces off and hits him in the face, leaving a staple implanted on his forehead, causing him to scream in pain]
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Appreciation for a Remarkable Performance
Angela
Jessica, that was awesome.
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