In the 1941 movie, Dumbo, a little elephant with big ears could fly. However, he only believed it was possible when he held a magic feather in his trunk. The feather was his source of confidence and comfort. It provided a secure touchpoint and reminded him of what was possible.
Trusting in the feather, Dumbo is now able to fly and perform. However, (spoilers) when Dumbo drops the feather mid-flight, he falls from the air. Timothy then tells Dumbo that there's actually nothing special about the feather and that he can fly on his own.
The feather symbolizes the developmental process of growing beyond external validations to inner recognition. It comforts Dumbo in his grief and fear; it reassures and inspires him. As he matures, the feather's role evolves to signify his inner potential, transcending its initial purpose.
What object did Dumbo receive to give him the confidence to fly?
In another performance, Dumbo plays the role of a firefighter clown to put out a fire with water sprayed from his trunk, but the performance goes wrong and Dumbo is trapped on a high platform surrounded by flames. Milly risks her life to deliver a feather to Dumbo, giving him the confidence to fly.
Although the entire film is filled with uncomfortably sad moments — including when they dress Dumbo up in clown makeup and forced him to humiliate himself in front of the crowds — the most heart-wrenching scene occurs when the titular character visits his mother, Jumbo, after she's been locked in a carriage that's ...
In this film, it is given to Dumbo by a girl named Milly Farrier when he was afraid of jumping off a burning platform during the clowns' firefighter act. Like in the original, he ultimately doesn't need the feather to fly. At first, it is said that Dumbo only flies whenever he inhales a feather through his trunk.
Dumbo was an elephant with exceptionally large ears and hence ridiculed and rejected by other elephants. He had no friends except a mouse. The mouse then gave him a 'magic' feather that could help Dumbo fly like the wind. Well, holding the feather in his trunk, Dumbo was soon flying away to fame and adulation.
Dumbo had no confidence. His faith had been shattered. But his best friend, Timothy Q. Mouse, and a community of crows gave Dumbo a feather and convinced him it held magical powers.
We are all perfectly imperfect. Dumbo was born with giant ears because his perfectness as Dumbo requires having those oversized ears. I am perfectly me, you're perfectly you. None of us are perfect humans, so don't use imperfection or inferiority as an excuse.
Smitty is among the children attending the circus, as well as the leader of a young group of mischievous boys. When they see Dumbo, they immediately begin laughing at him due to his abnormally large ears. Smitty first mocks the elephant by holding up his jacket in imitation of Dumbo's ears.
The entire premise of the movie is based on the idea that families should be together and children need their mother and their father. The movie has a positive, moral worldview that will leave audiences crying, laughing and smiling. Also, several times, the movie mentions miracles.
Dumbo is the titular protagonist of Disney's 1941 animated feature film of the same name. He is a young elephant and the son of Mrs. Jumbo. Dumbo is most famous for his giant floppy ears, which gives him the ability to glide in the air.
Edward Brophy as Timothy Q. Mouse, an anthropomorphic mouse who becomes the only friend of Dumbo after his mother is locked up and does his best to make Dumbo happy again.
"Pink Elephants on Parade" is a song and scene from the 1941 Disney animated feature film Dumbo in which Dumbo and Timothy Q. Mouse, having accidentally become intoxicated (through drinking water spiked with champagne), see pink elephants sing, dance, and play musical instruments during a hallucination sequence.
Mouse is the deuteragonist of Disney's 1941 animated feature film, Dumbo. He is a Brooklyn-accented mouse who becomes the guardian and mentor of Dumbo, the flying elephant.
They refused to call him Jumbo Jr., and instead brand him "Dumbo" because of his ears. At first the baby didn't think too much of it, but when his mother was taken away and caged after trying to protect him from bullies, the weight of the name started to sink him, making Dumbo depressed.
The Elephant Matriarch (voiced by Verna Felton) holds her social status due to being bigger, stronger, and having a more staunch and experienced personality. While she wasn't outright cruel to Dumbo, she initially ostracized him and disgraced him from being an elephant.
Dumbo's actual name Is Jumbo Jr. (Continuing the trend of “characters who rarely speak,” we know this is Dumbo's real name because it is the only line in the film uttered by Dumbo's mother, Mrs. Jumbo!).
They were also the thing that made him special. Armed with a magical feather (so far as he knew), Dumbo was able to use his ears to take flight. In truth, the juvenile elephant achieved flight through a combination of belief and a pair of supersized ears capable of producing lift.
As a result, Dumbo and Timothy both become drunk, and see hallucinations of pink elephants. The true tragedy is that this scene was not recreated in the live action.
In the new "Dumbo," the final shots show the baby elephant and his mother arriving at an idyllic African watering hole, joyfully back in the wild. PETA plans to honor Burton with a Compassion in Film Award for "Dumbo," both for the CGI animals and the "happy ending that all captive animals deserve."
Michael Keaton as V.A. Vandevere, a greedy and ruthless enigmatic entrepreneur and amusement park owner who buys Medici's circus to exploit Dumbo for his bohemian amusement park, Dreamland.
