The Eeyore: Difference between revisions

** The original book Eeyore was a very different character from [[Disneyfication|the toned-down Disney version]] though perhaps more similar to an actual donkey: [[Deadpan Snarker|sarcastic, rude, occasionally arrogant, but also somewhat intelligent]].

*** He's also a lot like this in the comic strips, appearing to get his jollies from being depressed, and receiving insults.

Pooh: I'm so sorry! It just slipped out! }}

* Puddleglum the [[Fish People|Marshwiggle]] from [[C. S. Lewis|CS Lewis]]'s [[Narnia]] book ''The Silver Chair'' - referenced in [[More Than Mind Control]]. Puddleglum says at one point that his fellow Marshwiggles consider ''him'' to be a hopeless starry-eyed optimist.

* Worvil in Jennifer Trafton's novel ''The Rise and Fall of Mount Majestic.'' {{spoiler|At one point, "Worvil's upside-down stomach turned inside out, split into a dozen pieces, and started a civil war."}}

* Billy Jack, Dusty's sergeant major in the Civil War novels of [[J. T. Edson]]. He believes every mission is doomed before it starts. A sample of his dialogue from ''Under the Stars and Bars'':

 

 

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

* Parodied by "Debbie Downer" from ''[[Saturday Night Live]]''. Her theme song says it all:

But you can't stop Debbie Downer!'' }}

* Bova from ''[[Space Cases]]''.

== [[Radio]] ==

* Marvin the Paranoid Android from ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.

** According to the biography of Douglas Adams written by Neil Gaiman, Marvin was originally based on a friend of his, a manic-depressive named Marshall who could only ever be cheered up by his long-suffering wife; he changed the name from "Marshall" to "Marvin" out of kindness.

*** However, after talking about this in an interview, Adams was called by his mother, who claimed that he was totally wrong - Marvin was Eeyore. Adams went to look at some older copies of ''Winnie the Pooh'', "...and blow me down, so he was!"

* ''[[Kingdom Hearts]]'' not only has the original [[Trope Namer]], but also has Namine in ''[[Chain of Memories]]'', though she is considerably happier in ''[[Kingdom Hearts II]]''. Xion slipped into this in the later parts of 358/2 days

* In ''[[Star Control]] 2'' the Utwig, after losing the Ultron, their source of motivation, are an entire ''species'' of Eeyores, to the point that they ponder whether to commit mass suicide with a giant bomb, but decide not to because they deserve to suffer. They get better once you fix the thing. In the mythical third game, they go Eeyore again when they lose the Ultron; one of the few good ideas the game has is that when you return it to them, they become audibly happier.

* In ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] II'', Lieutenant Etienne "Doomsday" Montclair. Almost every comm message he ever sends you is about his impending death. ("I just bagged a Cat. I bet I'm going to die now.") Ironically, as of ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] Arena'' he's still alive, and still actively flying as per [[All in The Manual|the manual]], ''<nowiki>Star*Soldier</nowiki>''.

** Also played straight in the ''[[Wing Commander (novel)|Wing Commander]]'' [[Expanded Universe]]. Notably, he survives the entire war, including several campaigns that had single digit survival rates for everybody involved.