The Once-ler

The Once-ler is an old man who recounts how his discovery of the Truffala forest as a younger boy led to its depletion. Though he may be the (former) secondary antagonist.

Appearance
In the original book and 1972 tv special, The Once-Ler's appearance is never really seen, except for his arms and hands. His skin, or clothes seeing as it's never portrayed, are green.



In the 2012 movie, He is depicted as a tall, human male with short black hair and light blue eyes. During the beginning of the movie, he wears a gray fedora, a gray vest, a long sleeved, white shirt; gray striped pants, and dark gray shoes. Additionally, he wears green gardening gloves. Continuing through the story, his outfit switches to a black top hat with a green stripe, a long, green tailcoat (Lighter green stripes on it), black pants, long green gloves, and as an accessory, simple sun glasses. He has a gold chain hanging from his coat to his pants, a black and green striped tie, a small Truffula tree-shaped flower in the collar of his coat, and black dress shoes.

Personality
Though not a bad person, the Once-ler is a clearly-misguided dreamer with aspirations of fame and success. This is clearly an accessory to peer pressure put on by his family, his mother giving clear favoritism to her children depending on their success. He was willing to compromise with the Lorax and keep the trees from destruction, but the impatience brought on by his product led tomass industrialization, the wealth going to his head and forsaking the Lorax and vows that nothing will stand in his way, only for the very last tree to fall, regretting his actions instantly.

Decades later, the once great Once-ler was left on his own in the polluted wasteland as an eccentric hermit, having booby-traped his property and left alone with his thoughts. He's willing to speak with anybody about the events that led to the wasteland and

Powers and Abilities
Though the Once-ler lacks any exceptional or magical abilities, he does show a clever intuativeness and inventive skills. He has shown skills in knitting, playing the electric guitar, carpentry and can invent a modicom of contraptions for both assembly and security for his house.

Role in the Crossover
The Once-ler's role in the fandom in very minimum at best, often left as a side-character. The most common scenarios fans use for the Once-ler is usually as a spirit closely associated with the Lorax or as a love interst for Mavis Dracula (Mavler).