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Gloria is the deuteragonist of Happy Feet, the secondary tritagonist of Happy Feet Two, and a supporting character in the sequel. She is a female emperor penguin who is known as one of the best females singers. She is the daughter of Maurice and Michelle, the wife of Mumble, and Erik's mother. She was treated similarly to how Norma Jean was, as all of the males wanted to mate with her. Her heartsong is "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Background[]
Development[]
Personality[]
Gloria is generally soft-spoken, patient, understandable, and warmhearted. She is kind and pleasant and doesn't tolerate Mumble or anyone else being teased. This is just one more similarity to Norma Jean. Gloria isn't known to get upset, but she is proud and got very mad when her singing was insulted. This could significate a hint of vanity in her.
Gloria is smart, independent, strong and confident. She is one of the most tallentest singers at Emperor Land, but she is kind of proud and gets very mad when her singing voice is insulted. This could significate a hint of vanity in her. However, she is still soft-spoken, patient and understanding. She is similarly kind and pleasant, and doesn't tolerate Mumble or anyone else being teased. For all her confidence though, it is hinted that she há insecurities which she covers by bossing others around. That can be seen in the sequel, after Mumble and Erik's disagreements, she orders Mumble to go fishing, in a rather angered tone.
Gloria seems to have a strong sense of justice, and is one of the few emperor penguins who never mocked Mumble for his differences, and she is completely without prejudice towards others. She is eager to help her friends and takes care of them all, and is somewhat a natural mother. That can seen when she sings "Bridge of Light" to conforts Erik after his disagreement with his father. Her sense of justice is seen when Noah banishes Mumble in the first film, and she judged it unfair, as Mumble was being blamed for the fish scarcity just do being different. This led her to follow Mumble on his journey, until he drive her away by insulting her singing voice in order to protect her from the dangers of his journey. Gloria is very charitable and is a refined and elegant female penguin.
Despite her polite demeanor, she is not above raising her voice when she gets easily angered or when she faces something unfair. An example of this comes when her classmates at school laughed at Mumble's terrible singing voice, and she claimed that it was not funny. Her temper can also rises when one of her relatives or friends does something either stupid or something she does not like, such as when Noah banished Mumble or when Mumble yelled at Erik. She can also be stubborn, as seen when she followed Mumble on his banishment, and she refused to go home, forcing him to insult her singing into driving her away in order to protect her. She can also be brave, heroic and fearless, such as when the Boss Skua tried to kidnap one of her students for lunch, and she fearlessly hited him and challenged him to face someone on his own size. Despite her lack of prejudice towards others, she may mocks others, if she takes it as kidding. That can be seen when she and Mumble mocks Sven and she jokingly asks if Sven is not related to Mumble.
When she was a child, Gloria was very curious and naïve, as seen when she asked Memphis if his egg was empty after Memphis' egg took too long to hatches, and she even asked if she could have it. She was also extremely playful (though she is still playful as an adult), as when she addressed Memphis' egg as "Mr. Mumble" after two feet break from the egg and they begin to walk off down a snow bank. Despite her naivete, Gloria was apparently the smarter student at Miss Viola's class, as she was the only who correctly answered Miss Viola's questions, and she did not even one wrong answer.
Physical Appearance[]
As a Chick[]
As a chick, not much distinguished her from the other chicks in Emperor-Land. She was a light grey, fuzzy, with brown eyes and a dark grey patch on her chest.
As an Adult[]
Gloria has a white underside with a yellow patch on her chest, like other female Emperor Penguins. The feathers on her head are black, and some feathers are colored indigo. She also has brown eyes.
In Happy Feet Two, her physical appearance is different than the first film. Her back and tail feathers are slightly brighter. The yellow patch changed to gold, but her yellow color is still visible, only slightly.
Appearances[]
Happy Feet[]
She is first seen in the middle of the film. At Graduation Day, the two main contenders being Mumble and Seymour. She truly began to notice Mumble when he went through great difficulty fighting a skua for fish. Although she didn't really show signs of minding Mumble's lack of singing capabilities, at their graduation (where she sang "Somebody to Love" by Queen) when Mumble was singing along, she kindly mentioned for him to stop.
When Mumble left after being exiled by the Elders to find out what happened to the fish, Gloria decided to join him. However, presumably, to prevent her from being harmed, Mumble insulted her singing so she wouldn't come. While Mumble was gone, she and Seymour began to teach singing to young penguins.
She joined into the final number, acting as one of the main vocalists. Afterward, Mumble and Gloria mated and had a child named Erik.
Happy Feet Two[]
The movie starts out when Gloria is singing, then Mumble comes, when Gloria and Mumble see Erik by himself, not dancing, Gloria says she will talk to him, but Mumble said he would. Mumble teaches his son to tap dance, and Erik almost does it when he falls into the ice. Bo says it isn't funny (just like Gloria did), and Atticus told them that it was not funny. Erik, Bo, and Atticus go to the hole and be by themselves. Then when Mumble was going to check on them that they were gone.
Later, when the Doomberg arrived blocking Emperor-Land, she was one of the trapped emperor penguins when Mumble arrived with his son Erik to see what's happening. When Erik was in distress from the disaster, she sends Mumble off to catch some more fish. Leaving Erik with his mother along with Atticus for some motherly love. She sings the song "Bridge of Light" to calm him down.
The next morning, a huge flock of Skuas attacks Emperor Land. When Boss Skua tries to take and fly off with one of her class students, she smacks him away and exclaims him to pick on someone his own size. She tells Erik and Atticus to take cover.
Relationships[]
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- In the draft, Gloria is called Ella.
- In the original script for the first film, an egg rests on Mumble's feet while Gloria goes off with the other females to feed in the ocean, just like Memphis and Norma Jean did in the beginning.
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