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Aeon the Terrible! He was determined that Rudolph would not find Happy and he intended to do everything in his power to stop the little red-nosed reindeer.
~ Father Time narrating about Aeon.
(Laughing) I won't let you find Happy, before I do! (laughs evilly)
~ Aeon to Rudolph

Aeon the Terrible (though his name is sometimes spelled Eon) is a giant talking vulture and the sole antagonist in the 1978 Christmas special Rudolph's Shiny New Year. He could live for one eon and when it was up, he would turn into ice and snow. He lives on the Island of No-Name: a giant iceberg near the north pole, where the sun never shines. He spent ages terrorizing those who lived in the Sands of Time: a desert near Father Time's castle.

He was voiced by the late Paul Frees, who also played Burgermeister Meisterburger and Grimsby in Santa Claus is Comin' to Town, Kubla Kraus in Jack Frost, Jack Frost in Frosty's Winter Wonderland and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July, and Winterbolt in the Rudolph specials, Quizzler in Mouse on the Mayflower, and Boris Badenov in the Rocky and Bullwinkle series.

Background[]

Aeon’s past is unknown, but according to Father Time, he spent countless ages scaring people passing through the Sands of Time, as mentioned above. As the Great Quarter Past Five explains to Rudolph, Aeon, as his name implies, could only live until he was eon old, after which he would turn into ice and snow. Aeon intended to find Happy, the Baby New Year, for without the Baby New Year, the new year wouldn’t commence, and it would be December 31st forever, thus preventing Aeon’s death.

Role in the film[]

In the special, Happy, the baby new year ran away after being laughed at for his big ears. When Aeon learned of this, he knew that if the baby is not brought back to Father Time before midnight of the new year, then time would stop and Aeon would not die. He searched drastically for the baby. Father Time asked Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, to search for Happy and Rudolph proudly accepted. Father Time told Rudolph that Happy would be hiding on a series of islands called the Archipalego of Last Years. Aeon found Rudolph sailing towards the islands and tried to stop him but was stopped by Big Ben, the clockwork whale. For two days, neither Aeon nor Rudolph were able to find him, but when they arrived to the island of the year 1023, Aeon found him first and flew off. Rudolph and Big Ben chased after Aeon and squirted water at him, which made him drop Happy.  Happy then landed on the island of 1776 and finding him again, Aeon let out a loud shriek and flew off. He promised Happy that he would take care of him and to be his friend and brought him to the Island of No-Name, shortly before midnight of New Year's Eve.

Rudolph and his friends found the island and attempted to rescue Happy but they had only 30 minutes to do so. They tried to climb up the iceberg but with no avail. Aeon spotted them and let out a horrible shriek, which caused an avalanche and encased Rudolph and the others in snowballs. Rudolph managed to melt the snow with his nose and found Happy in Aeon's nest while the vulture was sleeping. Rudolph convinced Happy that having big ears was a good thing and Happy's reaction woke Aeon up. Happy then showed his ears and Aeon began to laugh. He laughed so hard that he fell out of his nest and freed Rudolph's friends from their snowballs. Aeon realized that he could not turn into ice and snow if he's warmed up inside with laughter. When Santa arrived to bring everyone back to Father Time, Aeon waved goodbye and continued laughing. It is unknown what has happened to him afterwards.

Personality[]

Aeon, when first encountered, is merciless, vicious, cruel, fearsome, ferocious, bloodthirsty and bellicose. He shows his predatory personality when chasing Rudolph, General Ticker and the Great Quarter Past Five across the desert. When he first finds Happy, he pretends to be kind and friendly towards the baby, telling him that he will be Happy’s friend, when really he’s being selfish and devious. He’s also quite temperamental, as seen when he catches Rudolph and his friends climbing up the mountain to rescue Happy and screams with rage. When Happy takes off his hat and Aeon catches sight of his ears, he laughs hysterically and for the first time, he feels happy inside. He then becomes funny, comical and laughable. The effect of his laughter seems to warm his cold personality, and therefore as a result, he is warmed with laughter from the inside that he cannot turn to snow and ice, thus getting the result he wanted.

Physical appearance[]

Aeon is a giant vulture, bigger than even a grown adult. He has a yellowish, ochre-colored head, a bumpy, bald scalp with a few strands of hair, dark blackish-blue circles under his eyes, a scrawny pink neck covered with small hairs, tufts of grey fur near his cheekbones and around his neck like a collar, and a large, rounded beak with sharp teeth and a wart on the end of his nose. His body is somewhat muscular with dirty dark brown feathers, a large wingspan with longer, ratty feathers, beige legs and feet with three toes in front and one in back, each one having a sharp, black claw on the end.

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