Once-ler
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The Once-ler is a fictional character created by Dr. Seuss in the children's story The Lorax.
The Once-ler is never actually seen in the story, although he does narrate it. All the reader views is his hands, which are green and humanoid. His body is always concealed.
Throughout the course of the story, the Once-ler shows blatant disregard for the environment for the sake of profit. By the end of the story, he has reformed, but only after he has done irreversible damage to the ecosystem by clearcutting the Truffula trees and polluting the environment with industrial waste, forcing the Swomee-swans, Brown Bar-ba-loots, and Humming-fish out of the area.
The Once-ler is a symbol of aggressive corporate greed, and the story The Lorax is a warning as to what can happen when greed is allowed to go too far unchecked.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
At the end of the story, however, the Once-ler has learned from his experiences and attempts to correct the damage he has done by passing on the last remaining Truffula tree seed.
The Boondocks
Ed Wuncler, Sr. is a character from The Boondocks. He is a rich, white realtor and owner of the mortgage loan on the Freemans' house. He also represents greed, and is presumably an allusion to the Once-ler of Dr. Seuss.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
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