Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh)

Eeyore
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)
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)
Information
Species	Donkey
Gender	Male

Eeyore (/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/.

Physically, Eeyore is described as an "old grey donkey." In Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, he appears to be about chin-high to Pooh and about hip-high to Christopher Robin. He has a long, detachable tail with a pink bow on the end, of which he is very fond, but which he is also prone to losing (Owl once mistakes it for a bell-pull). Christopher Robin is able to reattach the tail with a drawing pin.

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