Horton the Elephant, or just Horton, is the main protagonist in the short story Horton Hears a Who! by Dr. Seuss and the 1970 short and 2008 film adaptation of the same name. Horton is an enormous elephant with a simple mind but a heart of gold. In both stories, he selflessly protects a thing that seems meaningless to other animals and is cruelly mocked. He pays no attention to them, and gets rewarded in the end of his torments.