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3	''Horton Hears a Who!'' is a 1970 AnimatedAdaptation TV special that is based on the Creator/DrSeuss [[Literature/HortonHearsAWho book of the same name.]] It was made by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, the studio responsible for the classic animated adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' and carries over Creator/ChuckJones as a co-director alongside with Ben Washam.
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5	Much like the original book, Horton finds a speck of dust he believes contains the town of Whoville living on it. When he befriends the mayor named Dr. H. Hoovey, Horton tries to convince the Jungle of Nool that this speck has people on it who need to be protected. This draws the ire of Jane Kangaroo, who is convinced that Horton is delusional. Now she'll not stop until the speck is ridden of and destroyed, which Horton will do anything to prevent.
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7	Not to be confused with the [[WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008 2008 animated film adaptation]] of the book.
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9	!!The 1970 cartoon adaptation provides examples of:
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11	* AdaptationNameChange: Vlad Vladikoff's name is changed to Whizzer [=McWhoff=], for no apparent reason.
12	* AliensNeverInventedTheWheel: When Horton warns the doctor to brace for the drop from [=McWhoff=], Dr. Hoovey expresses confusion on what a seatbelt is. None of the Whos appear to use motor vehicles either; only ones powered by pedals.
13	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The Wickersham Brothers claim that Horton will "shut our schools, and steal our jewels, and even change our football rules."
14	* BookEnds: The cartoon starts and ends with a speck of dust yelling for help.
15	* CrossoverCameo: Since this is Who-ville, the Grinch makes a cameo.
16	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The Wickersham Brothers' song echoes the [=McCarthyite=] claims of Communist infiltrators.
17	* GossipyHens: Jane Kangaroo tasks a Mrs. Tessie Toucanella to spread word of Horton's "delusion" through Precinct 23 of the jungle. From there, the [[VisualPun other birds]] begin to talk to each other for the first song of the special, progressively painting Horton as mentally unsound with each verse.
18	* HereWeGoAgain: The ending to the animated special, when Hoovey hears from a speck of his own.
19	* ItRunsInTheFamily: As the jungle's birds gossip about how Horton has gone "schizo-witsa-fistic", they allege that it is a hereditary insanity, coming from a supposed cousin's uncle named Nate that believed himself to be the father-in-law of Catherine the Great.
20	* IWarnedYou: Inverted. The ''Whos'' acknowledge themselves the massive destruction Whoville receives from being dropped from the sky by Whizzer, that Dr. Hoovey had warned them that there was life beyond Whoville that could put their whole world at risk and they had not given his claims a speck (pun intended) of regard.
21	* NamedByTheAdaptation: The Sour Kangaroo is named Jane Kangaroo and her kid Junior Kangaroo, and the Mayor of Whoville becomes Dr. H. Hoovey. The names of the kangaroos are carried over to ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss''.
22	* {{Narrator}}: Hans Conried fills this role in the special.
23	* RapidFireDescriptors: At one point in the "Mrs. Toucanella Told Me" song, the birds describe Horton as "manic, depressive, retrogressive, recessive, ''and'' progressively, excessively, possessively, oppressively acquessive'."
24	* RecursiveReality: Horton discovers a whole world in a tiny dust speck. The special has an ending in which the main Who finds another dust speck with its own world.
25	* SlidingScaleOfAdaptationModification: Type 4. The only real difference from the book is that the mayor is downgraded to a science professor named Dr. H. Hoovey. and a subplot is added involving the townspeople ridiculing his claims about there being life beyond Whoville and being an outcast as a result.
26	* StockFootage: This is used quite a bit, as well as recycling animation from ''WesternAnimation/HowTheGrinchStoleChristmas'' for when the Whos are making all that noise, ''noise, '''noise!'''''
27	* VillainSong: The Wickersham Brothers get perhaps the catchiest number. They also [[AngryMobSong do some chanting when caging Horton and trying to boil the clover]].
28	* VisualPun: Quite literally a gaggle of GossipyHens deride Horton.
29	* WhenSheSmiles: Similar to the Grinch in Jones' previous Seuss adaptation, when they realize the Whos are real, Jane and the Wickershams, who had only grimaced or smirked for most of the cartoon before, beam a happy and rather sincere smile.
30	* WitchHunt: The Wickersham Brothers treat Horton like a RedScare. "We know what ''you're'' up to, pal! You're trying to shatter our morale! You're trying to stir up discontent, and seize the reins of government!"

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