Sunflower

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 copies of the film due to being a racial stereotype.

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 Baccus arrives, another African Centaurette known as Otika(who resembles Sunflower),rolls the red carpet for Baccus. When he falls off the chair she runs off and is not seen again in the rest of the segment.

Trivia:

- Despite being a character from Fantasia, Sunflower does not appear in future releases of the film. This is because in 1960, 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 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 Baccus, 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.

- Surprisingly, Sunflower does not get a mate nor does she dance with the other Centaurettes. The same thing goes for Otika. This must be one of the reasons why the two characters were removed, because the animators thought that the two characters were worthless compared to the other Centaurettes.