The Elephants are characters featured in the 1940 Disney animated feature film Fantasia. They and Elephanchine represent the dusk during the middle part when Hyacinth Hippo takes a nap in the "Dance of the Hours" segment.
Background[]
These elephants resemble Asian elephants, which have small ears unlike the African elephant, which has large ears. They all wear pink ballet slippers and are identical to each other, including Elephanchine, an individually-singularly named elephant.
Appearances[]
Fantasia[]
When Hyacinth Hippo takes a nap, two elephants appear by the columns where they dance representing the evening dancers, tiptoeing past her, followed by more elephants dancing along. They then blow bubbles together, while one, Elephanchine, blows an unusual bubble to see a goldfish inside, which she reacts in surprise. The elephants then quietly tiptoe past Hyacinth and blow bubbles which Hyacinth swallows while still napping as the other elephants wear tutus made of bubbles as they continue dancing (only for the bubbles to detach themselves), followed by Elephanchine who is surprised that she is unable to get a bubble out of her foot while more other elephants continue blowing bubbles carrying Hyacinth in the air just before a strong breeze blows away all the elephants, including the bubbles and one of them with Elephanchine trapped inside. They are later seen being carried by Ben Ali Gator and his troupe of Alligators, alongside the Hippos and Ostriches where they all dance together until the palace collapses.
Mickey Mouse[]
A few elephants made a cameo appearance in the episode "Carnaval".
Disney Parks[]
Parade of the Stars[]
Generic elephants wearing blue ballerina tutus took part in the former Parade of the Stars in Disneyland serving as non-meetable characters. They took part in the parade alongside the hippos while dancing ballet throughout the parade.
Disney's Riviera Resort[]
A statue of an elephant is depicted in the S'il Vous Play water play area at the Disney's Riviera Resort, alongside other sculptures of other Fantasia characters.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- They and Elephanchine, alongside the Ostriches and Madame Upanova, are the only dancers from the "Dance of the Hours" segment from Fantasia who do not appear on the "Belles on Ice" segment in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas.
