Sour Kangaroo

Evil-doer
Full Name	Jane
Alias	The Kangaroo Jane Kangaroo Sour Kangaroo Sour
Origin	Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
Occupation	Enforcer of the jungle's laws. Parent of Rudy.
Powers / Skills	Scheming High intelligence Law enforcement Manipulation
Hobby	Disbelieving Horton about the Whos (formerly).
Goals	Steal the speck from Horton and destroy it (formerly; failed).
Crimes	Attempted populicide (unknowingly) Abuse of power Conspiracy Theft Corruption Invasion of privacy Kidnapping Torture Attemped unlawful imprisonment Child neglect (implied)
Type of Villain	Misandristic Control Freak

“	If you can't see, hear, or feel something, it doesn't exist. And believing in tiny imaginary people is just not something we do, or tolerate here in the Jungle of Nool.	„
	~ Sour Kangaroo to Horton.

Jane Kangaroo, better known as the Sour Kangaroo, is the main antagonist of the 1954 children's book Horton Hears a Who! by the late Dr. Seuss and all of its adaptations. She is the former arch-nemesis of Horton the Elephant.

She was voiced by the late June Foray - who also voiced Natasha Fatale in The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, Wheezy in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Nagaina in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, Ma Beagle and Magica De Spell in the original DuckTales, Queen Bumble in My Little Pony, and Lucifer in Cinderella - in the television special, Carol Burnett - who also played Miss Hannigan in Annie and Bridget "Birdie" Sulloway in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - in the 2008 film, and Stephanie D'Abruzzo - who also voiced Lucy the Slut in Avenue Q - in The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss.

Biography

Jane is a busybody and creator of the jungle's laws, who does not believe Horton the Elephant about the Whos and Whoville on the dust speck (mainly due to being under the misapprehension that anything which cannot be seen, heard or felt is nonexistent). She hires a vulture named Vlad to steal the clover bearing the speck for her. When he fails to do so, she orders her henchmen, a group of monkeys known as the Wickersham Brothers, to take the speck from Horton and intimidate him into saying that the Whos do not exist.

After everybody was able to hear the Whos, her son Rudy jumped out of his mother's pouch and gave the speck back to Horton, much to Sour's dismay. Jane tells everyone to take the clover from her son, only to be shunned by everyone for tricking them. In the end, Horton forgives her despite everything she has done to him. She then joins Horton and the others in singing Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore.

Gallery

Sour Kangaroo threatening Horton to be quiet about his belief in the speck–especially around the children.

Sour Kangaroo making a deal with Vladikoff.

"Shut up, mouse."

Kangaroo tells Horton to admit that the Who’s don't exist or he'll pay the price.

Sour Kangaroo's evil grin to Horton.

Sour Kangaroo's villainous breakdown.

Trivia

• She is the second main antagonist of a Blue Sky Studios film who is a parent, after Madame Gasket from Robots. Additionally, she is the first main antagonist of a Blue Sky Studios film who is not killed off, and the first to redeem herself in the end.
• In the 2008 film, Jamie Lee Curtis was considered for the role of Sour Kangaroo before Carol Burnett was cast.

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Stories Horton Hears a Who: Sour Kangaroo | Vlad Vladikoff | The Wickersham Brothers The Cat in the Hat: Larry Quinn How the Grinch Stole Christmas: The Grinch (2000 & 2018) | Mayor Augustus Maywho Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories: Yertle the Turtle Green Eggs and Ham: Hervnick Z. Snerz | Goat | Yes-Man | The Dooka of Yookia | The Dookess of Zookia | Philip Trousers | Marilyn Blouse The Sneetches and Other Stories: Star Bellied Sneetches The Lorax: Aloysius O'Hare | The Once-Ler | Morty and McGurk | The Once-ler's Family (The Once-ler's Mother, Brett and Chet, Aunt Grizelda & Uncle Ubb) The Butter Battle Book: Van Itch Movie The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T: Dr. Terwilliker