Winifred Background information Feature films The Jungle Book The Jungle Book 2 (combo) Fantasia 2000 Television programs Jungle Cubs Video games Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Voice Verna Felton Performance model Designer Inspiration Eloise Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Old Girl (by Hathi) Personality Snarky, direct in speech, caring Appearance Slightly obese elephant Birthday Occupation Colonel Hathi's second-in-command, Hathi, Jr.'s mother Affiliations Good Goal Home The Jungle Relatives Colonel Hathi (mate), Hathi, Jr. (son) Pets Allies Mowgli, Bagheera, Baloo, Wolves Minions Elephants Enemies Shere Khan Likes Hathi Jr., Mowgli Dislikes Her husband's pigheadedness, marching Powers and abilities Strength Weapons Trunk Fate Accompanies the other elephants in search of Mowgli. Quote "March, march, march! My feet are killing me."

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Winifred is an elephant who appears in Disney's 1967 film The Jungle Book and it's related media. In the film, she is the wife of Colonel Hathi, and was voiced by Verna Felton.

Background

Winifred is a female Indian Elephant. She is a member of Colonel Hathi's jungle patrol, and appears to be one of only female members, though this may be because she is married to Hathi. Unlike many mothers seen in Disney films, Winifred is snarky and sarcastic, never hesitating to remind Hathi of his faults. However, she is shown to be caring to others, caring enough for the lost Mowgli's welfare that she is willing to convince her husband to initiate a search party for the man-cub. Together, she and her husband have one son, Hathi, Jr., who comes to be friends with Mowgli.

Appearances

The Jungle Book

Winifred's appearances are during the two Jungle Patrol scenes in the film. In her first appearance, she is shown to march behind Hathi most of the time. However, upon stopping, she complains to a neighboring elephant about how her feet are aching due to her husband's constant marching. She participates in the inspection, and is reprimanded for her back legs not being straight.

After the elephant herd leaves to resume their patrol, she asks Hathi if he's forgotten anything. Though the pompous Hathi insists he never forgets, Winifred notes that he's forgotten their son. Hathi orders an immediate about face, and goes to scold his son for not leaving with the group. However, the rest of the herd, still marching, crashed into them.

Winifred appears again in the middle of the film, in which Bagheera has stopped the herd in order to seek their help in finding Mowgli, who has run away. Hathi initially refuses, angering Winifred into breaking ranks in order to set him straight. She calls Hathi a "pompous old windbag", and compares Mowgli to their own son, whom Hathi would most certainly search for if lost. She threatens to overthrow Hathi and take over command if Hathi refuses to help in the search, much to Hathi's shock and disbelief. However, this, combined with an appeal from their son, convinces Hathi to help. Winifred is not seen individually after this, but it can be assumed she assisted the herd in the search.

While Winifred doesn't appear in The Jungle Book 2, fans believe that she might be among the herd when they form a line to prevent Baloo from going to the Man Village as well as when the herd stampede into a cave to avoid the humans who have entered the jungle to seach for Mowgli. Like the rest of her family she does not appear for the rest of the film after that.

Jungle Cubs

Winifred appears as a supporting character in Jungle Cubs. In this series, Winifred is a young domesticated elephant who has been separated from her herd by a fire. Soon after, she meets Hathi. In a lead up to the first film, the young Hathi develops a crush on her. In the series, Winifred was voiced by Kath Soucie.

Trivia

• Verna Felton, Winifred's original voice actress, also voiced the matriarch elephant in Dumbo, which was her first Disney role. Ironically, Winifred was also Felton's final acting role ever due to her death before the film was released (a day before Walt Disney), therefore bringing her entire acting career full circle.
• Winifred is not present in the original "Jungle Book" novel. Her character was conceived entirely by Disney for the film.
• Winifred is the only female elephant in the entire herd. Ironically, in real life most elephants are actually led by females instead of males and males usually live alone. This was even pointed out near the end when Hathi and his herd are trying to help Bagheera find Mowgli, and when Hathi refuses Winifred threatens him that if he doesn't help Bagheera she will kick him out and take over as the leader, causing Hathi to exclaim, "What? A female leading my herd?! That's utterly preposterous!"

Gallery

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The Jungle Book

Media: The Jungle Book | Video game | Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book | The Jungle Book 2 | Jungle Cubs | The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | House of Mouse | Who Framed Roger Rabbit Characters: Mowgli | Bagheera | Baloo | Colonel Hathi | King Louie | Kaa | Shere Khan | Raksha | Rama | Wolf cubs | Akela | Wolf Council | Winifred | Hathi, Jr. | Jungle Patrol | Bandar-log | Flunkey | The Vultures | Shanti | Shanti's mother | Ranjan | Ranjan's father | Messua | Lucky | Arthur and Cecil | The Croc Locations: Jungle | Ancient Ruins | Man Village | India Songs: Colonel Hathi's March | The Bare Necessities | I Wanna Be Like You | Trust in Me | That's What Friends are For | My Own Home | The Jungle Rhythm | W-I-L-D See also: TaleSpin