Aunt Grizelda is a part of the Once-ler's family, and she appears in the 2012 motion-picture, The Lorax. She is the aunt of Brett, Chet, and the Once-ler. She is also the sister of Isabella, and the wife of Uncle Ubb.
Appearance[]
Aunt Grizelda is a short, overweight woman. She wears a thick purple fur coat, with a light purple collar/hood to match. She wears a purple beanie with a long, white feather sticking out the top of it, and although we almost never see her shoes in the film, there are a few small frames in the song, 'How Bad Can I Be?' where she is wearing purple slip-on shoes. She styles her ginger hair up in vertical curls.
Role In Film[]
She arrives in the flashback in The Lorax, along with the rest of the Once-ler's Family. The Lorax disliked every family member, but it is shown that he most likely disliked Aunt Grizelda the most, due to the forms of abuse that he was given, all from her. This was also a feeling shared by Aunt Grizelda.
The Lorax was surprised that Aunt Grizelda was a woman, most likely due to her weight and deep voice. Later, when the family was cutting down the trees, she is shown to be abusive to the Lorax, throwing him away, while saying a slightly bittersweet, 'Have a nice day!'
After every Truffula tree was cut down, the Thneed business began to crumble, so she packed up and left, with the rest of the family, abandoning the Once-ler to survive on his own. She had no objections to his mother disowning him, and even could be heard laughing as the car drove away from the ruins of the Truffula forest.
Trivia[]
- Aunt Grizelda, and the rest of the Once-ler's family, somewhat reflect the seven-deadly sins. They are all very greedy, craving for more and more money. Grizelda specifically though, is quite lazy, rude, and cruel. It is also presumed by her looks that she is very gluttonous.