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The Lorax
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The Lorax
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The Lorax Characters
Meet the Cast
The Once-ler
The Once-ler is his own worst critic. In revealing the dirty secrets from his past, he confesses to almost single-glovedly destroying the forest, turning a blind eye to the suffering of its critter...
The Lorax
Bossy McLorax (full disclosure: that's not his real name) is the Once-ler's arch-nemesis. Is he cute? Sure, in a Captain Caveman, super-mustache guy kind of way. He's also wheezy (from inhaling saw...
The Boy
How about that mystery boy? We don't know his name or how he got out of the house so late at night, but we like him. And if he's a friend of Shmoop's, he's a friend of yours—we hope.Why is this b...
Other Seussian Creatures
Brown Bar-ba-lootsThese little guys are cute, fuzzy, bear-like critters. They get sick when the Once-ler depletes their source of Truffula Fruits, and they're forced to leave the forest in search o...
