Eeyore (ˈiː.jɔː(r) (help·info)) is a character in the book series Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne. He is a pessimistic, gloomy, ol, beautiful, depressed, grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of Winnie-the-Pooh. Eeyore's name is a phonetic representation of the donkey's bray: an onomatopoeia, possibly derived from the baby talk name for the animal.