What is the wife's name in Elf?

Buddy is determined to track down his dad and forge a bond with him, his wife Emily (Mary Steenburgen), and son Michael (Daniel Tay) and spread Christmas cheer.
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What is Elf's girlfriend's name?

Buddy is heartbroken, but brightens up as he wanders into a local Gimbels department store, where he meets Jovie, an unenthusiastic employee in the toy department, whom he is instantly smitten with.
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Who is Buddy's wife Elf?

Jovie is the tritagonist of Elf and Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas. She's played by Zooey Deschanel in the film and voiced by Kate Micucci in the special.
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Who is Walter Hobbs's wife in Elf?

Emily Hobbs is the pentagonist of ''Elf''. She is Walter Hobbs's wife, Michael Hobbs's mother, Buddy's stepmother, Jovie's stepmother-in-law and Susie and Buddy jr's paternal step-grandmother. She was portrayed by Mary Steenburgen in Elf. She was voiced by Rachael MacFarlane in Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas.
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Who is the woman in the movie Elf?

Zooey Deschanel as Jovie

In 2003, then-blonde Zooey Deschanel wooed Buddy as Jovie, a Gimbels employee with a sultry singing voice and an "affinity for elf culture." Her version of "Baby It's Cold Outside" with Leon Redbone from the film — predating her She & Him days — is a holiday favorite.
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What is the moms name in Elf?

When Buddy overhears that he is a human, Papa Elf explains that Buddy was born to Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, and given up for adoption. Susan subsequently died and Walter, who now works for a children's book publisher at the Empire State Building in New York City, is unaware of Buddy's existence.
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What happened to Walter in Elf?

In the epilogue, Papa Elf explains that Walter started his own publishing company, and the first book released was Buddy's own account of his adventures. Papa Elf also reveals that Buddy and Jovie married and had a daughter named Susie, and that they visit the North Pole periodically.
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What was Buddy's real name in Elf?

William Hobbs, better known as Buddy The Elf , is the main protagonist of the 2003 film Elf.
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Who is the baby Susie in Elf?

Susie Hobbs is the daughter of Buddy and Jovie, the granddaughter of Walter Hobbs and Susan Wells, the adopted granddaughter of Papa Elf, the step granddaughter of Emily Hobbs and the half-niece of Michael Hobbs. She's shown at the end of the movie when Buddy and Jovie are married and visit Santa.
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What happened to Buddy the Elf's mom?

Papa Elf reveals that Buddy was born to Walter Hobbs (James Caan) and Susan Wells and given up for adoption and that Walter never knew of his existence. He explains how Susan later died and that Walter now works at a children's book company in New York City.
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Who is Buddy the Elf in love with?

Buddy falls in love at first sight with Macy's elf, Jovie, and inspires other Macy's Employees to decorate with some Christmas Spirit ("Sparklejollytwinklejingley"). Jovie agrees to go on a date with Buddy just as Santa's Helper announces the arrival of Fake Santa.
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Is Buddy from Elf autistic?

Don't mean to burst your bubble, but there is absolutely no way Buddy has autism. He spent the entire movie INTERACTING with people.
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Does Jovie really sing in Elf?

Actor sang Ella Fitzgerald's 'Baby, It's Cold Outside'

Elf star Zooey Deschanel has revealed that the scene where she sings in the shower was not in the original script of the film. The 2003 Christmas movie starred Deschanel as department store employee Jovie, opposite Will Ferrell's Buddy the Elf.
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Why was Zooey Deschanel blonde in Elf?

“I had to dye my hair blonde for a screen test for a movie that never happened before I did Elf,” Deschanel told Stylecaster in a March 2019 interview. “I went in for the meeting for Elf, and then I asked them, 'Could I dye my hair back to my natural color? ' And they said, 'No.
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Who was the baby in the beginning of Elf?

Baby Buddy was originally supposed to be played by twin boys. But, because they wouldn't stop crying, the twins were replaced with triplet girls. Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) from "A Christmas Story" had a cameo as Ming Ming the Elf. He's the elf who told Buddy he had "special talents."
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What does Buddy the Elf call himself?

Cotton-headed ninny-muggins

One of the most charming things about Buddy is his whimsical way of seeing the world. But life isn't always so easy for Buddy in the North Pole. He's hopeless at making toys, calling himself a “cotton-headed ninny-muggins,” much to the shock of the other elves in Santa's Workshop.
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Why is Buddy the Elf so tall?

The teams worked with a two-thirds scale that would allow Ferrell to seem bigger than his elven counterparts. Afterward, the crew would adjust the height of the cameras and objects to bring the optical illusion to life.
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Why was Buddy the Elf in jail?

Jail is where Buddy is arrested and sentenced for 24 hours as a punishment for fighting with the Fake Santa and gets banned from Gimbel's. Luckily, Walter bails him out.
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Where did they film Elf?

Buddy at the North Pole scene in Elf

Interestingly, while the movie is set in New York City and the North Pole, many interior shots were filmed in an abandoned mental hospital in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Riverview Hospital, located in Coquitlam, east of Vancouver, served as the backdrop for these scenes.
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What year is Elf set in?

New York is a city in New York state. It is the main setting for Elf. New York City, in Elf, is set in 2003, 2 years after 9/11 at the World Trade Center. Buddy the elf goes there to find his father, Walter Hobbs, who is working at the Empire State Building.
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Who is Buddy's real dad in Elf?

Raised as an oversized elf, Buddy travels from the North Pole to New York City to meet his biological father, Walter Hobbs, who doesn't know he exists and is in desperate need of some Christmas spirit.
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Who else auditioned for Elf?

Jim Carrey was supposed to play Buddy the Elf.

Although Jim Carrey didn't end up in this film you probably recognise him as playing The Grinch. An actor called Chris Farley was also asked to play Buddy but the writer of Elf didn't think he was a good fit. It took years before they found the perfect Buddy.
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Who is the orphan baby in Elf?

Buddy crawls unnoticed into Santa's sack and gets taken to the North pole. An older elf, Papa Elf, who always wanted children offers to adopt him. As Buddy grows, he is twice the size of all the other elves, as he is human, not an elf.
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