Edgar "E" Gore

Edgar "E" Gore is a supporting character in Tim Burton's 2012 film Frankenweenie. He is an eccentric, deformed child who becomes responsible for revealing Victor Frankenstein's secret of resurrection to the other schoolchildren. He is voiced by Atticus Shaffer.

Description
Edgar “E” Gore is a needy misfit who doesn’t have friends but is desperate to be Victor’s partner for the science fair. In his attempts to be accepted ‘E’ tends to mess things up and often fails to think before he speaks. Even though ‘E’ promises not to tell Victor’s secret, he accidentally spills the beans.

Trivia

 * Edgar is a reference to the Igor stock character popular in the horror genre.
 * Atticus Shaffer has stated that he patterned Edgar's voice after that of iconic film actor Peter Lorre.
 * In the film, when Edgar revives his pet rat it mutates into a lycanthropic rat-creature which has features similar to a werewolf.