This list of fictional elephants is a subsidiary to the List of fictional ungulates. Characters from various fictional works are organized by medium. General information on the topic can be found at Cultural depictions of elephants. Non-fictional elephants are listed at List of individual elephants.
This list also includes extinct mammals such as woolly mammoths, mastodons, etc.
Literature NameSpeciesAuthorWorkNotesBabarElephantJean de BrunhoffBabar the ElephantAn elephant king.HathiAsian elephantRudyard KiplingThe Jungle BookHead of the jungle elephant troop; featured in several adventures with the boy, Mowgli.HortonElephantDr. SeussHorton Hears a Who!A fictional character from the books Horton Hatches the Egg and Horton Hears a Who!, both by Dr. Seuss. KabumpoElephantRuth ThompsonKabumpo in OzAlso known as the Elegant Elephant of Pumperdink he was originally a christening gift to the king of Pumperdink, Pompus.Jack Snow, Who's Who in Oz, Chicago, Reilly & Lee, 1954; New York, Peter Bedrick Books, 1988; p. 115.Kala NagAsian elephantRudyard Kipling"Toomai of the Elephants""Legendary seventy-year old" elephant and "best friend" of titular boy mahout Toomai, Kala Nag was characterized by film historian Richard Meran Barsam as wise, fearless and well-travelled, and attested a "strong personality" typical for Kipling's animal characters. Kala Nag had already been the elephant of Toomai's family for generations, which researcher in colonial studies Jeannine Woods, talking about the movie version named Elephant Boy from 1937, saw as an image for "the timeless, unchanging nature of primitive society and tradition." She also compared the relationship of Kala Nag to Toomai with that of the boy and his English paternal figure Peterson, with the formers' talents being guided to fruition by the well-meaning colonizer.PellefantToy elephantPellefant books and comicsA small blue toy elephant created by Swedish cartoonist Rune Andréasson, first published 1954.TantorAfrican elephantEdgar Rice BurroughsTarzan
Mythology NameSpeciesOriginNotesAiravataElephantIndian mythologyThe creator of clouds.GaneshaElephant GodIndian mythologyA god with human body, four arms and an elephant's head.GajendraElephant GodIndian mythologyAn elephant who was attacked by a crocodile and eventually saved by Vishnu.SupratikaOne of eight elephants who bears the worldIndian mythologySupratika represents the northeast direction of the world.VinayakiElephant-headed Hindu GoddessIndian mythologyAn elephant-headed goddess about whom little is known but is thought to be a feminine avatar of Ganesha.
Visual Media Television NameSpeciesOriginNotesMr. SnuffleupagusSnuffleupagusSesame StreetBig Bird's once thought imaginary friend.
Animation NameSpeciesOriginNotesElmer ElephantElephantSilly Symphonies Disney cartoon short. (Not to be confused with Elmer the Patchwork Elephant)
Other Ellie the Elephant, Mascot for the WNBA Basketball team the NY Liberty Nellie the Elephant, a children's song about the eponymous elephant Welephant, a red elephant cartoon character with a fireman's helmet; icon for promoting fire safety to children, and mascot for the Children's Burn Trust.
Works named after fictional elephants Some of these works have alternative titles that do not mention the fictional elephant(s). TitleMediumAuthor/Creator/ProducerYearNotesBumpAnimation, Terry Brain1990CJ's Elephant AnticsVideo gameGenesis, Big Red (Spectrum)1991DumboFilm1941Novel2008Ella the ElephantAnimation and Steven D'Amico2013A Canadian animated preschool television series about a jolly young elephant who wears a big red hat and a blue criss-cross dress.Elmer the ElephantTV series1951Elmer the Patchwork ElephantBook series1968Goliath IIFilm1960Khan KluayFilm2006Rolo to the RescueVideo gameVectordean1993Tembo the Badass ElephantVideo gameGame Freak2015Thunder: An Elephant's JourneyBook series, L. M. Reker2016Whispers: An Elephant's TaleFilm, Dereck Joubert2000ZenobiaFilm, Corey Ford1939
See also Lists of fictional animals List of individual elephants Cultural depictions of elephants
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