Passes the Bechdel test
Happy Feet
2006. Directed by Warren Coleman and George Miller and Judy Morris, written by George Miller and John Collee and Judy Morris.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
31 women characters. 7 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 1. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3.
The film
This is the story of a little penguin named Mumble who has a terrible singing voice and later discovers he has no Heartsong. However, Mumble has an astute talent for something that none of the penguins had ever seen before: tap dancing. Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean, thinks this little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis, says it "just ain't penguin." Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria, happens to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity- hoppity" ways. Mumble is just too different--especially for Noah the Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out of the community. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins--the Adelie Amigos. Led by Ramon, the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and invite him to party with them. In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel of Lovelace the Guru, a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble. Together with Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and, after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you can make all the difference in the world.
- Released
- 17 Nov 2006
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.4 / 10
- Metascore
- 77 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 20 wins & 26 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Mumble 248 lines, man
- The Adelies 47 lines, man
- Wishful 33 lines, man
- Ella 32 lines
- Adelies 24 lines, man
- Caruso 23 lines, man
- Loveday 22 lines, man
- An Adelie 20 lines, woman
- Mrs Astrakhan 16 lines, woman
- First Skua 14 lines, man
Full cast, 88 people
- Elijah Wood as Mumble (voice)
- Robin Williams as Ramon / Lovelace (voice)
- Brittany Murphy as Gloria (voice)
- Hugh Jackman as Memphis (voice)
- Nicole Kidman as Norma Jean (voice)
- Hugo Weaving as Noah (voice)
- Anthony LaPaglia as Boss Skua (voice)
- E. G. Daily as Baby Mumble (voice)
- Magda Szubanski as Miss Viola (voice)
- Miriam Margolyes as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
- Carlos Alazraqui as Nestor (voice)
- Lombardo Boyar as Raul (voice)
- Jeffrey Garcia as Rinaldo (voice)
- Johnny A. Sanchez as Lombardo (voice)
- Fat Joe as Seymour (voice)
- Alyssa Shafer as Baby Gloria (voice)
- Cesar Flores as Baby Seymour (voice)
- Danny Mann as Dino (voice)
- Mark Klastorin as Vinnie (voice)
- Michael Cornacchia as Frankie (voice)
- Arif S. Kinchen as Skuas (voice)
- Steve Irwin as Trev (voice)
- Nicholas McKay as Nev (voice)
- Tiriel Mora as Kev (voice)
- Lee Perry as Elder / Zoo Penguin (voice)
- Alan Shearman as Elder (voice)
- Larry Moss as Elder (voice)
- Peter Carroll as Elder (voice)
- Giselle Loren as Adélie Chica (voice)
- Michelle Arthur as Adélie Chica (voice)
- Denise Blasor as Adélie Chica (voice)
- Dee Bradley Baker as Maurice (voice)
- Roger Rose as Leopard Seal (voice)
- Chrissie Hynde as Michelle (voice)
- Richard Carter as Barry (voice)
- J. Grant Albrecht as (voice)
- Logan Arens as (voice)
- Charles Bartlett as (voice)
- Shane Baumel as (voice)
- T.J. Beacom as (voice)
- Kwesi Boakye as Additional Voices (voice)
- A.J. Buckley as (voice)
- Erin Chambers as (voice)
- Rickey D'Shon Collins as (voice)
- Scotty Cox as (voice)
- Django Craig as (voice)
- Nicholas DeLaurentis as (voice)
- Olivia DeLaurentis as (voice)
- Chris Edgerly as (voice)
- Efrain Figueroa as (voice)
- Jeff Fischer as (voice)
- Sonje Fortag as (voice)
- Spencer Lacey Ganus as Additional Voices (voice)
- Khamani Griffin as (voice)
- Khadijah Haqq McCray as (voice)
- Aldis Hodge as Additional Voices (voice)
- Fisher Keene as (voice)
- Michael Krepack as (voice)
- Libby Lynch as (voice)
- Diane Michelle as (voice)
- Ryan Munck as (voice)
- Christian Pikes as (voice)
- Steve Pinto as (voice)
- Zoë Raye as (voice)
- Noreen Reardon as (voice)
- Eliana Reyes as (voice)
- Nicole Richmond as (voice)
- Aimee Roldan as (voice)
- Kyndell Rose as (voice)
- Alyssa Smith as (voice)
- Mari Weiss as (voice)
- Billy 'Sly' Williams as (voice)
- Rachel York as (voice)
- Charlotte Gillman as Live Action Cast
- Warren Coleman as Live Action Cast
- Felix Williamson as Live Action Cast
- Carly Andrews as Live Action Cast
- Cassandra Swaby as Live Action Cast
- Winston Cooper as Live Action Cast
- Henry Nixon as Live Action Cast
- Kelly Tracey as Live Action Cast
- Yann Le Berre as Live Action Cast
- Belinda Bromilow as Live Action Cast
- Dasi Ruz as Live Action Cast
- Helmut Bakaitis as Live Action Cast
- Simon Westaway as Live Action Cast
- Craig Ricci Shaynak as (voice)
- Alan Zitner as Live Action Cast
Who talks, scene by scene
We couldn't read who says what in this film's script, so there's no dialogue chart for it yet.
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
AN ADELIE: Hombre, you got so much already, you dangerous. ADELIE: Yow!
AN ADELIE: As long as it's a good whale, not the other kind. ANOTHER ADELIE: What other kind?!!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 11 are women's.
59 lines from women, 486 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
31 women and 54 men in the cast. 7 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 9 of 665.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 11% of the words (547), men 89% (4,573).
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
3
Two men
43
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 16 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 22% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- George Miller (man)
- Written by
- George Miller (man), Judy Morris (woman), Warren Coleman (man), John Collee (man)
- Produced by
- Doug Mitchell (man), Bill Miller (man), George Miller (man)
- Shot by
- David Peers (gender not listed), Andrew Lesnie (man), Steve Newman (man)
- Edited by
- Christian Gazal (man), Margaret Sixel (woman)
- Music by
- John Powell (man)
- Production design by
- Mark Sexton (man)
- Cast by
- Kristy Carlson (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Visual Effects
4 women, 15 men, 102 not listed
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Other crew
4 women, 11 men, 38 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 20 men, 25 not listed
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Production
5 women, 10 men, 17 not listed
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Editing
1 women, 3 men, 9 not listed
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Art
0 women, 4 men, 7 not listed
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Directing
3 women, 4 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 3 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 45 on average. Men: 42 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Brittany Murphy 29, Nicole Kidman 39, E. G. Daily 45, Magda Szubanski 45, Miriam Margolyes 65
Men
Elijah Wood 25, Hugh Jackman 38, Hugo Weaving 46, Anthony LaPaglia 47, Robin Williams 55
Exhibit H: the money
It made 3.8 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $100 million
- Box office
- $384 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 1 scenes and 665 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
