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The Granny Squirrel^[4]^[2]^[5] is a character in Disney's 1963 feature film The Sword in the Stone, who briefly appeared in a scene where she sees Merlin disguised as a squirrel and quickly falls in love with him. Her chittering noises are provided by Martha Wentworth who is also the voice of Madam Mim in the same film.

Personality

The granny squirrel is funny, prissy, eccentric, annoying, excitable, and crazy about male squirrels. She becomes both terrified and frustrated when she learned that Merlin was a grumpy old man instead of a squirrel.

Role in the film

In the film, the granny squirrel is first seen meeting Merlin as a squirrel eye to eye, face to face, when Merlin was singing "A Most Befuddling Thing". Later, she keeps pestering him, even though Merlin tried to keep her away from him and tell her that he was a old human man, not a squirrel. She even kissed him and kept sniffing him (which proves that she was getting to know him).

When Merlin fell down the branch when she kept following him and grab by the tail, he fell into a pile of leaves, and the granny squirrel ran down the tree and ran over to the leaves. However, when Merlin turned himself back into a human, she was at first scared, then angry, at this, and Merlin scares her away by barking.

It is unknown what her fate was after the events of the movie.

She never appears in the rest of the film.

Trivia

The granny squirrel seems to resemble a female version of Gopher from Winnie the Pooh.
It is possible that Granny Squirrel is the Girl Squirrel's grandmother. But it's unlikely that she is.

Gallery

References

↑ Merlin: Really, now, Miss, uh...Madam. I, uh...You, you, you've made a mistake. Now, now, now, please. Please, you...Oh! Madam! Madam!"
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 2001 Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation by John Canemaker, page 202 "Walt liked Thomas's early footage so well, he suggested old Merlin get involved with a "granny squirrel." Waving her ample tail at the disguised wizard, the hefty granny playfully pulls his whiskers, hugs and tickles him"
↑ 2011 "Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary" by Thomas H. Hischak page 221 "the Old Lady Squirrel and the sorcerer hag Madam Mim in The Sword in the Stone"
↑ 1998 Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's animated characters by John Grant, page 270 "Merlin transforms them both into squirrels, and this time love is the predator, with a Girl Squirrel and a Granny Squirrel falling for the mismatched pair."
↑ 2015 "Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts" by Douglas L. McCall page 72: "Martha Wentworth (Madame Mim/Granny Squirrel)"

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+|image = The-Sword-in-the-Stone-the-sword-in-the-stone-11809514-840-630.jpg
-|name = Old Lady Squirrel
 |films = ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]''
-|voice = [[Martha Wentworth]]
 |animator = [[Nik Ranieri]]
+|voice = [[Martha Wentworth]]
-|alias = Granny Squirrel
+|alias =madam<ref>Merlin: Really, now, Miss, uh...Madam. I, uh...You, you, you've made a mistake. Now, now, now, please. Please, you...Oh! Madam! Madam!"</ref><br>hefty granny<ref name=Canemaker/><br>Old Lady Squirrel<ref>2011 "Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary" by Thomas H. Hischak [https://books.google.ca/books?id=e1RTP8thtR0C&pg=PA221 page 221] "the Old Lady Squirrel and the sorcerer hag Madam Mim in ''The Sword in the Stone''"</ref>
 |personality = Dull-witted, old, funny, prissy, eccentric, boy-crazy, annoying, excitable
-|appearance = Obese maroon squirrel, thistle circles, muzzle, and belly, a pair of couple black whiskers, crimson nose, buck-toothed, a few black hairs on her head, thick black eyebrows, bushy tail
+|appearance = Obese squirrel, maroon fur, thistle circles, muzzle, and belly, a pair of couple black whiskers, crimson nose, buck-toothed, a few black hairs on her head, thick black eyebrows, bushy tail
 |alignment = Good
 |goal = To have Merlin as her mate
 |home = The forest
-|friends = [[Merlin]] (formerly)
+|friends = [[Girl Squirrel]]<br>[[Merlin]] (formerly)
+|enemies = [[Merlin]]
 |likes = Merlin
 |dislikes = The fact that Merlin is really a human
 |fate = Runs up her tree when Merlin, who has turned back to human form, starts barking at her.
+|quote = ''(giggles)''
-|quote = (Giggles)|enemies = [[Merlin]]}}The '''Old Lady Squirrel''' is a character in Disney's [[1963]] feature film the ''[[The Sword in the Stone|Sword in the Stone]]'', who briefly appeared in a scene where she sees Merlin disguised as a squirrel and quickly falls in love with him. Her chittering noises are provided by [[Martha Wentworth]] who is also the voice of [[Madam Mim]] in the same film.
+}}
+The '''Granny Squirrel'''<ref>1998 [https://books.google.ca/books?id=T7ozAQAAIAAJ Encyclopedia of Walt Disney's animated characters] by John Grant, page 270 "Merlin transforms them both into squirrels, and this time love is the predator, with a Girl Squirrel and a Granny Squirrel falling for the mismatched pair."</ref><ref name=Canemaker>2001 [https://books.google.ca/books?id=YxYRAQAAMAA Walt Disney's Nine Old Men and the Art of Animation] by John Canemaker, page 202 "Walt liked Thomas's early footage so well, he suggested old Merlin get involved with a "granny squirrel." Waving her ample tail at the disguised wizard, the hefty granny playfully pulls his whiskers, hugs and tickles him"</ref><ref>2015 "Film Cartoons: A Guide to 20th Century American Animated Features and Shorts" by Douglas L. McCall [https://books.google.ca/books?id=ALmJCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA72 page 72]: "Martha Wentworth (Madame Mim/Granny Squirrel)"</ref> is a character in [[Walt Disney Animation Studios|Disney]]'s [[1963]] feature film ''[[The Sword in the Stone]]'', who briefly appeared in a scene where she sees Merlin disguised as a squirrel and quickly falls in love with him. Her chittering noises are provided by Martha Wentworth who is also the voice of [[Madam Mim]] in the same film.
 ==Personality==
-The old lady squirrel is funny, prissy, eccentric, annoying, excitable, and crazy about male squirrels.  She becomes both terrified and frustrated when she learned that Merlin was a grumpy old man instead of a squirrel.
+The granny squirrel is funny, prissy, eccentric, annoying, excitable, and crazy about male squirrels. She becomes both terrified and frustrated when she learned that Merlin was a grumpy old man instead of a squirrel.
 ==Role in the [[The Sword in the Stone|film]]==
-In the film, the old lady squirrel is first seen meeting Merlin as a squirrel eye to eye, face to face, when Merlin was singing "A Most Befuddling Thing". Later, she keeps pestering him, even though Merlin tried to keep her away from him. She even kissed him and kept sniffing him (which proves that she was getting to know him).
+In the film, the granny squirrel is first seen meeting Merlin as a squirrel eye to eye, face to face, when Merlin was singing "A Most Befuddling Thing". Later, she keeps pestering him, even though Merlin tried to keep her away from him and tell her that he was a old human man, not a squirrel. She even kissed him and kept sniffing him (which proves that she was getting to know him).
-When Merlin fell down the branch when she kept following him and grab by the tail, he fell into a pile of leaves, and the old lady squirrel ran down the tree and ran over to the leaves. However, when Merlin turned himself back into a human, she was at first scared, then angry, at this, and Merlin scares her away by barking.
+When Merlin fell down the branch when she kept following him and grab by the tail, he fell into a pile of leaves, and the granny squirrel ran down the tree and ran over to the leaves. However, when Merlin turned himself back into a human, she was at first scared, then angry, at this, and Merlin scares her away by barking.
 It is unknown what her fate was after the events of the movie.
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 ==Trivia==
+*The granny squirrel seems to resemble a female version of [[Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)|Gopher]] from ''[[Winnie the Pooh (franchise)|Winnie the Pooh]]''.
-*The old lady squirrel is also called "'''Granny Squirrel'''".
+*It is possible that Granny Squirrel is the [[Girl Squirrel]]'s grandmother. But it's unlikely that she is.
-*The old lady squirrel seems to resemble a female version of [[Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)|Gopher]] from ''[[Winnie the Pooh]]''.
 ==Gallery==
-<gallery widths="180" captionalign="center">
+<gallery position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small" widths="150">
 Fat Squirrel.jpg
 Granny Squirrel 1.jpg|Granny Squirrel hugging Merlin as a blue squirrel
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 Cynophobia.JPG|Old Lady Squirrel runs up the tree with Merlin barking at her
 </gallery>
+==References==
+<references/>
+==See also==
+*[[Gopher (Winnie the Pooh)]]
 {{The Sword in the Stone}}
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 [[Category:Characters in the Disney animated features canon]]
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