Mumble is the main protagonist of Happy Feet and the deuteragonist of Happy Feet Two. He is a male emperor penguin who is the son of Memphis and Norma Jean, the mate of Gloria and the father of Erik. He is unique in that he is the only emperor penguin to not have a heartsong, and the first to be able to tap dance.
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Mumble is shown to be kind and friendly, as well as shy, but he can also be extremely brave when a situation calls for it.
Although he had a terrifying near-death experience escaping the skuas as a chick, as a teenager he doesn't hesitate to retrieve a fish he caught for Gloria by fighting off three skuas, and he chases an alien ship into the unknown in hopes of finding the fish that are being taken from his home.
Mumble is a good-hearted, heroic, selfless, brave, kind, friendly and shy penguin. Though the most of the emperor penguins initially saw Mumble as a curse for his differences, Mumble is actually the most kind of his type. This is seen as he was determined to save his nation from the fish scarcity (and later the Doomberg), despite their prejudice towards him. Mumble can also be independent, as he himself claimed he could change his mannerisms. He is also very lonely, as most of the emperor penguins mocked him for his dance, which made Mumble adopts a somewhat solitary attitude. However, he no longer feels lonely, and he ended up being accepted by his nation after he saved them from the fish scarcity.
Like most main protagonists, Mumble's main journey on his first film was to find out who he was. Because of the other penguins' prejudice towards them, Mumble spent most of his life alone wondering if somewhere out the ice would have some place where he could be himself. When he and his friends found the ship, though Mumble's friends' journey was completed, Mumble's journey however had only begun. At the zoo, he almost got crazy after standing there for three months, even having illusions of Norma Jean, Gloria and his friends.
Mumble can also be extremely brave and fearless when a situation calls for it. This is shown when he retrieves a fish he caught for Gloria from several skuas, and when he chases the human ship into the unknown world outside the ice in hopes of finding fish that are being taken from his home. His selflessness is seen when he "insults" Gloria's singing voice into driving her away in order to protect her from his dangerous journey, selflessly sacrificing a love life he could have with her just for her safety, something that Nestor even noted by saying "Buddy, you did what was right!". However, everything is fine now, as the couple is currently married and living a happy life with their son, Erik.
Mumble is also very compassionate and forgiving. When he learned out that Lovelace was fooling the adélie penguins into thinking his talisman was given by the mystic beings (which actually caught on his neck while he was swimming), Mumble still wanted to help Lovelace get the thing out of his neck. He even risked his life to save Lovelace from orcas, which made Lovelace begins to see Mumble as both his savior and his best friend. Lovelace even called Mumble as "Brother" and "My savior" and said "thanks" to him multiple times during the orca attack. His compassion is also seen in the sequel, after Sven reveals his true species, losing most of the penguins' respect towards him for his lies, except for Mumble, who shown pity towards Sven, even inviting him to dance with them in the end. Mumble also forgives his nation for their prejudice towards him after he saved them from the fish scarcity.
Due to Mumble's lack of knowledge of the world outside the Emperor Land, Mumble can also be naïve and innocent. His naivete is shown when he accepts Ramón and his friends' invitation to Adélie-Land despite the fact that Mumble has just met them (though they were actually good penguins). His naivety is also shown when he learns of Adélie-Land as he mistankely assumes a penguin was going to eat a stone, until his new friends explains him it was actually a lovestone to win he hearts of the ladies. His naivety is seen again in the zoo, when he tries to talk to the humans, not knowing that they can't understand penguins language. His naivety can make Mumble very charismatic, which made Ramón, Nestor, Lombardo, Rinaldo and Raul immediately take a liking towards him. However, in Happy Feet Two, Mumble's naivety seems to have totally disappeared. That can be seen because he was the only penguin who did not believe a penguin could fly, though he also did not suspect that Sven was not a real penguin.
Though Mumble has no corrupt qualities, he begun to get somewhat easily angered. That can be seen when Bryan blocks his way and when Erik disobeys him about not trying to fly. Mumble also gets angry with Erik, Atticus and Boadicea's insistance into going to the shorter way, as he knew it could be dangerous. His temper is seen again when Bryan shows ungracefulness towards him, and Mumble begins to discuss with him, instead of simply living that the Mumble of the first film would do. That new temper is probably because he may got better knowledge of the world outside and how dangerous it could be. Despite developing a easily angered temper in the second film, Mumble is still the most kind and sympathetic of the penguins.
In Happy Feet Two, Mumble is very caring towards his new son, Erik, although the two have trouble seeing eye-to-eye and gaining each other's favor throughout the sequel. Frustated, Mumble even yells at Erik at one point when Erik disobeys him, which upset Erik greatly. By the end of the film, though, the two seem to have resolved conflicts.
Frustrated, Mumble even yells at Erik at one point, which upsets Erik greatly. By the end of the film, though, the two seem to have resolved their conflicts.
Mumble can also be a bit of jealous. That can be seen when he meets Gloria with Seymour teaching kid penguins about their heartsong, and Mumble mistook them for having children together. Mumble's jealousy is also seen towards Sven, as Sven was robbing Erik's attention and making Erik look up to he as a hero, even hugging him and almost forgetting his father, making Mumble somewhat jealous.
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A Happy Feet Moment[]
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