Sunflower Background information Feature films Fantasia (deleted from film) Television programs Video games Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Voice N/A Performance model Designer Inspiration Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Personality Loyal, faitful, hard-working, kind, cheerful Appearance Small and slender centaurette, with apparently a donkey's body instead of a horse's, possibly as a sign of her significantly lower social status. Birthday Occupation helper to the elder centaurettes Affiliations Good Goal Home Mount Olympus Relatives Pets Allies Centaurettes (including Melinda), Centaurs (including Brudus), Pegasus and his family, Bacchus, Jacchus, Unicorns, Fawns, Cupids, Otika, Iris, Apollo, Morpheus, Artemis Minions Enemies Zeus, Vulcan Likes getting the job done Dislikes centaurettes who move while shes in the middle of grooming, not having anything to do, being bored Powers and abilities Weapons Fate Quote

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Sunflower is one of the minor protagonists from Disney's 1940 short The Pastoral Symphony, segment of the 1940 film Fantasia. Though she appeared in the film while it was in theaters she has been removed from all releases of the film due to being a racial stereotype at the time.

Personality

Sunflower appears to be a very young Centaurette because she is smaller than the other Centaurettes. She is kind and is a great servant but can get mad if the other Centaurettes are not groomed properly.

Fantasia

Sunflower is first seen shining the hooves of one the Centaurettes and then scrubbing it with a cattail. Next, she is seen putting flowers on another Centaurette's tail, which whacks her in the face and the flowers fall off. She starts putting the flowers back on after the other Centaurettes look through a tree at the Centaurs. She is next seen following another Centaurette while holding a flower bridle that the other Centaurette is wearing. When Bacchus arrives, another African Centaurette known as Otika (who resembles Sunflower), rolls the red carpet for Bacchus. When he falls off the chair she runs off and is not seen again in the rest of the segment.

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Sunflower shining the Centaurette's hooves

Sunflower adding flowers to a centaurette's tail

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Trivia

• Despite being a character from Fantasia, Sunflower does not appear in future releases of the film. This is because in 1969, the scenes showing her were thought to be objectionable and as a result was removed from the film in order to prevent racial controversy.
• Because of her removal from Fantasia, Sunflower is not seen or heard of at the Disney theme parks. Despite this, publicity stills showing her from the film are seen in museums and can be purchased.
• Also because of her removal from Fantasia, Sunflower is neither seen in House of Mouse or any other Disney TV shows.
• In the scenes that she is in, Sunflower has 3 different hair styles. In her first appearance she has four braids with four ribbons, in her second appearance she has two braids with two ribbons as well as a large sunflower on her head, and in her third and final appearance she has two braids with two small sunflowers on them.
• In the scene with Bacchus, it is believed that the African Centaurette who rolls the red carpet is Sunflower. However, according to an official source it is another African Centaurette named Otika.