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Sour Kangaroo
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The Kangaroo Parent of Rudy. Intimidation Attempted populicide(unknowingly)
Full Name
Alias
SourOrigin
Occupation
Powers / Skills
High intelligence
Law enforcement
ManipulationGoals
Crimes
Abuse of power
Conspiracy
Theft
Corruption
Incrimination
Riot incitement
Invasion of privacy
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Kidnapping
Torture
Propaganda
Attempted unlawful imprisonment
Child neglect(implied)Type of Villain
| “ | ROPE HIM! CAGE HIM! BURN THAT SPECK IN A POT OF BOILING BEEZLENUT OIL! THIS WILL TEACH YOU NOT TO MAKE UP STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE ON SPECKS! | „ |
| ~ Jane Kangaroo's villainous breakdown in the 2008 film. |
| “ | 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, ortolerate here in the Jungle of Nool. | „ |
| ~ Sour Kangaroo to Horton. |
Jane "Sour" Kangaroo, is the main antagonist of the 1954 children's bookHorton Hears a Who! by the lateDr. Seuss and all of its adaptations.
She is an authoritative kangaroo who provides strict laws for the jungle she's living in, which hinders its residents from speaking out more freely. She is also the former arch-nemesis ofHorton the Elephant.
Portrayals
- In the 1970 television special, she was voiced by the lateJune Foray - who also voicedNatasha Fatale inThe Rocky & Bullwinkle Show,Wheezy inWho Framed Roger Rabbit,Nagaina inRikki-Tikki-Tavi,Ma Beagle andMagica De Spell in the originalDuckTales,Queen Bumble inMy Little Pony,Witch Hazel inLooney Tunes (as well asher Disney counterpart), andLucifer inCinderella.
- In in the 2008 CGI film adaptation by Blue Sky Studios, she was voiced byCarol Burnett, who also playedMiss Hannigan inAnnie andBridget "Birdie" Sulloway inLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit.
- InThe Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, she was voiced byStephanie D'Abruzzo, who also voicedLucy the Slut inAvenue Q.
- In the 2025 Netflix cartoon, she's played by Kitana Turnbull.
Biography
Jane is a busybody and creator of the jungle's laws, who does not believe an elephant named Horton about the Whos and Whoville on the dust speck (mainly due to being under the misapprehension that anything which cannot be seen, heard, or felt is nonexistent). She hires a vulture namedVlad Vladikoff to steal the clover bearing the speck for her. When he fails, she orders her henchmen, a group of monkeys known asthe Wickersham Brothers, to take the speck from Horton and intimidate him into saying that the Whos do not exist.
After everybody could hear the Whos, her sonRudy jumped out of his mother's pouch and returned the speck to Horton, much to Sour's dismay. Jane tells everyone to take the clover from her son, only to be shunned by everyone for lying and tricking them. In the end, Horton forgives her despite everything she has done to him. She then joins Horton and the others in singingCan't Fight This Feeling Anymore.
In the Netflix cartoon, she's been de-aged to be a kid, like Horton and now owns a toy joey named Lindy Laroo which she keeps in her pouch. Here, her status has been heavily downgraded and is more of a bratty girl, stealing stuff and causing problems around the Jungle of Nool that Horton and his new bird friend, Samson, try to solve.
Trivia
- She is the second main antagonist of a Blue Sky Studios film who is a parent, afterMadame Gasket fromRobots. Additionally, she is the first main antagonist of a Blue Sky Studios film who is not killed off and the first to redeem herself.
- For the 2008 film,Jamie Lee Curtis was considered for the role of Sour Kangaroo before Carol Burnett was cast.
- She holds the distinction for being the only main antagonist in Blue Sky Studios' active history to be biologically female.Madame Gasket fromRobots is technically genderless since she's a mechanical entity.
- Additionally, Jane is the only main antagonist in said studio to be voiced by a female, since Gasket herself was voiced byJim Broadbent.
- In the 2008 film, A yak, a deer and his flock of birds were shown hiding and running away from the Sour Kangaroo where she’s approaching her way, it might be possible that the animals were bullied by the Sour Kangaroo before the event of the story.
Quotes
Horton Hears a Who!(2008 film)
| “ | Sour Kangaroo: Give me that Clover, Horton...Now.
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| ~ Sour Kangaroo demands Horton to give her the clover but he refuses. |
| “ | Rudy Kangaroo: Can I come out now, Mom?
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| ~ Sour Kangaroo orders Rudy to stay in the pouch. |
| “ | Sour Kangaroo: Are we going to let troublemakers like Horton poison the minds of our children?
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| ~ Sour Kangaroo rises to power as she rallies the animals of Nool, including the Wickersham Brothers, into capturing Horton. |
| “ | Sour Kangaroo: Rudy, give me that! (Tries to take the clover back, but Rudy hops out of the pouch) Rudy, get back in the pouch,now! Rudy Kangaroo: No, mom. Sour Kangaroo: Wickershams, get that clover! (The Wickershams let Rudy pass while glancing at Sour Kangaroo.) What the...A..Anybody?! Take it from him! | „ |
| ~ Sour Kangaroo's defeat. |
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