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{{Infobox character
  
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|name= Paul Bunyan
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|name = Paul Bunyan
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|films = ''[[Tall Tale]]''<br>''[[American Legends]]''
 
|shorts = ''[[Paul Bunyan]]''
  
|shorts = ''[[Paul Bunyan]]''
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|shows=''[[House of Mouse]]''<br>''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''<br>''[[Gravity Falls]]'' (cameo)
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|shows = ''[[Sing Me a Story with Belle]]''<br>''[[House of Mouse]]''<br>''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''<br>''[[Gravity Falls]]'' (cameo)
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|voice= [[Thurl Ravenscroft]]<br>Marlin Wick (1st German)<br>Christian Hübner (2nd German)
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|voice = [[Thurl Ravenscroft]]
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|actor = [[Oliver Platt]] (in ''Tall Tale'')
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|inspiration= [[Wikipedia:Paul Bunyan|Paul Bunyan]]
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|inspiration = [[Wikipedia:Paul Bunyan|Paul Bunyan]]
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|alias= Paul
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|alias = Paul
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|personality= Kind, caring, friendly, nice, and helpful, but don't insult or brag to him.
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|personality = Kind, caring, friendly, nice, and helpful, but don't insult or brag to him.
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|appearance= Giant wearing a Lumberjack outfit with a double mighty axe
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|appearance = 94.5 feet tall giant with black hair, shaven face, a lumberjack outfit with a double mighty axe
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|occupation= Lumberjack
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|occupation = Lumberjack
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|alignment=Good
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|alignment = Good
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|goal= To help lumberjacks with their jobs, and people with their home constructions
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|goal = To help lumberjacks with their jobs, and people with their home constructions
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|home= Everywhere<br>[[Alaska (state)|Alaska]] (at the end)
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|home = Everywhere<br>[[Alaska]] (at the end)
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|friends= [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]], loggers, people, river farmers
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|friends = [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]], loggers, people, river farmers
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|enemies=[[Joe Muffaw]]
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|enemies = Joe Muffaw
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|likes= Helping lumberjacks with their job and people with their home constructions, having fun with Babe by making mountains while playing with him, [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]]
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|likes = Helping lumberjacks with their job and people with their home constructions, having fun with Babe by making mountains while playing with him, [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]]
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|dislikes= [[Joe Muffaw|Joe]], rude people, people insulting him and his methods, the future of woodcutting
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|dislikes = Joe, rude people, people insulting him and his methods, the future of woodcutting
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|powers= Super strength
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|powers = Super strength
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|weapons= Double bladed mighty axe
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|weapons = Double bladed mighty axe
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|fate= Loses a woodcutting race against [[Joe Muffaw|Joe]], then heads off with [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]] to [[Alaska (state)|Alaska]], where he continues his woodcutting mostly, and enjoys having fun with Babe by making mountains while playing with him again.
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|fate = Loses a woodcutting race against Joe, then heads off with [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]] to [[Alaska]], where he continues his woodcutting mostly, and enjoys having fun with Babe by making mountains while playing with him again
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|quote= "Giddy'up, [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]]!"
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|quote = "Giddy'up, [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]]!"
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|family = [[Cal McNab]] (foster father)
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|family = Cal McNab (foster father)
 
|image = Paul_Bunyan 1.jpg
  
|image = Paul_Bunyan 1.jpg
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|pets = [[Babe the Blue Ox]]}}'''Paul Bunyan''' is the protagonist of the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[1958]] [[Paul Bunyan|animated short of the same name]] that was released on [[August 1]], [[1958]].
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|pets = [[Babe the Blue Ox]]}}
  
   
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==Background==
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'''Paul Bunyan''' is the protagonist of the [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] [[1958]] [[Paul Bunyan|animated short of the same name]] that was released on [[August 1]], [[1958]].
  
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===Personality===
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Paul is a kind and helpful giant, using his size and double-bladed axe to cut down trees.
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===Physical appearance===
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As a grown giant, Paul wears a tan lumberjack's hat, a red shirt with the sleeves rolled up with a yellow undershirt underneath, brown pants with red suspenders, red socks, and black boots with hobnails on the soles.
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==Cameo appearances==
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In the TV series ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'', [[Genie]] is shown to [[Genie's Transformations|transform]] into a version of Paul Bunyan a few times.
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Paul made cameo appearances in the television series ''[[House of Mouse]]''. In "Ask Von Drake", he was mentioned in the song [[The Ludwig Von Drake Song]].
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In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "[[Greece Lightning]]", the gang races past a pancake restaurant with the slogan "Paul Bunyan! Where the food is good (but not too good, eh)." Two statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe can also be seen at the entrance of the restaurant.
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In ''[[Bolt (film)|Bolt]]'', an image of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox appeared on the Waffle World U.S.A. Map.
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In ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', a statue of him appears in the theme song of the show, and during [[Weirdmageddon (event)|Weirdmageddon]], the statue is brought to life and walks around town.
   
 
==Trivia==
  
==Trivia==
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*As said in the [[Paul Bunyan (song)|song]], he is described as "63 axe handles high". As the average axe handle is about 18 inches long (45.72&nbsp;cm), that would make him about 94.5 feet (about 29 meters) tall. As a baby, the choir who sang him to sleep said he was "10 axe handles high". Paul being 63 axe handles high is further confirmed in ''[[American Legends]]'' by [[James Earl Jones]].
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*In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "[[Greece Lightning]]", the gang races past a pancake restaurant with the slogan "Paul Bunyan! Where the food is good (but not too good, eh)."
  
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*According to James Earl Jones in American Legends, Paul was also as strong as 10 grizzlies.
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**Two statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe can also be seen at the entrance of the restaurant.
  
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*In ''[[Once Upon a Time]]'', Paul Bunyan didn't appear. However, an illustration represents him in the second tome of fairy-tales found by Henry Mills and Violet.
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*As said in the song, he is described as "63 axe handles high". As the average axe handle is about 18 inches long (45.72 cm), that would make him about 94.5 feet (about 29 meters) tall.
  
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*In ''[[Gravity Falls]]'', a statue of him appeared in every opening of the show.
  
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*In ''[[Once Upon A Time]]'', Paul Bunyan didn't appear. However, an illustration represents him in the second tome of fairy-tales found by Henry Mills and Violet.
  
   
 
==Gallery==
  
==Gallery==
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<gallery spacing="small" position="center" widths="150" captionalign="center">
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Watch Tall Tale.mp4 003551080.png|Bunyan in ''Tall Tales''
 
Paulbunyan2.jpg|Paul with [[Babe the Big Ox|Babe]]
  
Paulbunyan2.jpg|Paul with [[Babe the Big Ox|Babe]]
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Geniepaulbunyan-1-.jpg|[[Genie]] as Paul
  
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te12.jpg|Genie as Paul again
  
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geniepaul.jpg|Genie as Paul again in another ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'' episode
  
 
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===Spoofs===
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<gallery position="center" captionalign="center">
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Geniepaulbunyan-1-.jpg|[[Genie]] as Paul
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te12.jpg|Genie as Paul again
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geniepaul.jpg|Genie as Paul again in another ''[[Aladdin (TV series)|Aladdin]]'' episode
 
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Revision as of 03:23, 29 June 2020

Paul Bunyan is the protagonist of the Disney 1958 animated short of the same name that was released on August 1, 1958.

Background

Personality

Paul is a kind and helpful giant, using his size and double-bladed axe to cut down trees.

Physical appearance

As a grown giant, Paul wears a tan lumberjack's hat, a red shirt with the sleeves rolled up with a yellow undershirt underneath, brown pants with red suspenders, red socks, and black boots with hobnails on the soles.

Cameo appearances

In the TV series Aladdin, Genie is shown to transform into a version of Paul Bunyan a few times.

Paul made cameo appearances in the television series House of Mouse. In "Ask Von Drake", he was mentioned in the song The Ludwig Von Drake Song.

In the Phineas and Ferb episode "Greece Lightning", the gang races past a pancake restaurant with the slogan "Paul Bunyan! Where the food is good (but not too good, eh)." Two statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe can also be seen at the entrance of the restaurant.

In Bolt, an image of Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox appeared on the Waffle World U.S.A. Map.

In Gravity Falls, a statue of him appears in the theme song of the show, and during Weirdmageddon, the statue is brought to life and walks around town.

Trivia

  • As said in the song, he is described as "63 axe handles high". As the average axe handle is about 18 inches long (45.72 cm), that would make him about 94.5 feet (about 29 meters) tall. As a baby, the choir who sang him to sleep said he was "10 axe handles high". Paul being 63 axe handles high is further confirmed in American Legends by James Earl Jones.
  • According to James Earl Jones in American Legends, Paul was also as strong as 10 grizzlies.
  • In Once Upon a Time, Paul Bunyan didn't appear. However, an illustration represents him in the second tome of fairy-tales found by Henry Mills and Violet.

Gallery

Spoofs

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