Eeyore | |
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Winnie-the-Pooh character | |
First appearance | Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) |
Created by | A. A. Milne |
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Species | Donkey |
Gender | Male |
Eeyore (Disney version) |
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First appearance | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966) |
Created by | A.A. Milne |
Voiced by |
Ralph Wright (1966-1983) Ron Feinberg (1981) Ron Gans (1983-1986) Peter Cullen (1988-present) Bud Luckey (2011-present) Gregg Berger (Kingdom Hearts II) |
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Species | Donkey |
Gender | Male |
Eeyore (i/ˈiːɔːr/ EE-or) is a character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. He is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, anhedonic, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of the title character, Winnie-the-Pooh.
Eeyore appears in chapters IV, VI, VII, and X of Winnie-the-Pooh, and is mentioned in a few others. He also appears in all the chapters of The House at Pooh Corner except chapter VII. His name is an onomatopoeic representation of the braying sound made by a normal donkey, usually represented as "hee haw" in American English: the spelling with an "r" is explained by the fact that Milne and most of his intended audience spoke a non-rhotic variety of English in which the "r" in "Eeyore" is not pronounced as /r/.