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Most important of all, he taught his son to beware of... The Abominable Snow Monster of the North: he's mean, he's nasty, and he hates everything to do with Christmas.
~ Sam the Snowman, describing the Abominable Snow Monster.

The Abominable Snow Monster of the North, or better known as the Abominable Snow Monster or also known as "Bumble" for short, is the main antagonist of the 1964 Rankin/Bass special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and a supporting character in its 2001 sequel Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys.

He is a giant yeti who lives in the North Pole and has a very loud and ferocious roar. In the 2001 sequel, he is Yukon Cornelius' bumbling sidekick. Although he is never given a proper name, Yukon calls him Bumble. He is the former arch-nemesis of Rudolph and Yukon Cornelius.

His vocal sound effects were provided by the late Larry D. Mann (who also voiced Wicked Witch of the West in Tales of The Wizard of Oz and Return to Oz) and the late Bernard Cowan in the original special, and Garry Chalk in the sequel.

Biography[]

When Rudolph was growing up, his father, Donner told him that the snow monster hated Christmas, had giant razor-sharp teeth and eats anything. Months before Christmas Eve, Rudolph and Hermey the elf ran away and came in contact with the Abominable. He chased them towards a frozen lake, where they ran into Yukon Cornelius. The trio jumped on a floating piece of ice and the Abominable tried to go after them, but as it could not swim, it went underwater and nearly drowned, but it managed to get back onto the shore and watch as they managed to escape.

Rudolph returned to find that his parents and Clarice have been searching for him and that they have been captured by the Bumble. Rudolph went to Bumble's cave and challenged him, but was knocked out with a stalactite grabbed by the aggressive monster, who then laughed sadistically at Rudolph's misfortune. Hermey and Yukon found the cave and came up with a plan to rescue their friend. Hermey lured the Bumble out by making oinking noises just outside of the cave, after which Yukon first caused an avalanche of snow to knock him down, then dislodged a boulder to bring it down on the Bumble's head, which knocked him out cold.

When the Bumble awoke, he noticed that all of his teeth had been pulled out. Hermey took them all out with his pliers while the Bumble was unconscious. Yukon no longer saw him as a dangerous threat and started to fight the Bumble, who backs away cowardly due to him not having his teeth to menace the group with. Yukon and his dogs cornered him towards the ledge and they all fell off the cliff. Rudolph and Hermey believed that they were dead and sadly returned to Santa's workshop. However, Yukon and the Bumble survived the fall and returned to help Santa with the toys. With no more teeth, Yukon managed to reform him, and he followed him everywhere he went, even helping put a star on top of the tree, which no one else could reach.

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Trivia[]

  • Though the movie was tame and light hearted in nature, and he was redeemed in the end, many fans still admit that the Bumble scared them as children, especially while he still had teeth.
  • Bumble became the last character to be a misfit when Hermey pulled all of his teeth out in order to prevent him from trying to devour his friends, while making him what it really feels like to be a misfit with no ongoing purpose until the end when bumble is reform to be a tree decorator.
  • A toy of the Abominable Snow Monster by Gemmy has him make sounds from the film, then it dances and sings to "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives. In fact, the snow monster doesn't even talk or sing in the special.
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