What Does The White Buffalo Mean In Umbrella Academy Season 3?
Warning: Contains spoilers for The Umbrella Academy season 3.
In The Umbrella Academy season 3, it seems that the white buffalo is extremely important but the series never explicitly states why. There are plenty of strange things that happen in the TV series based on the graphic novels by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, and elements not being explained at the end of a season is hardly unusual. However, these are usually part of a larger setup, as with the concealment of Ben’s death, rather than a simple recurring theme that is never explored fully.
The White Buffalo Suite is of course the most obvious occurrence of this imagery. The room's name and plaque are just a starting point, but the large white buffalo head mounted on the wall in the Hotel Obsidian, and its rear end mounted in the same place as the Hotel Oblivian are hard to miss. However, it also appears in a painting in Reginald Hargreeves’ room in the Sparrow Academy, and Klaus sees an image of the buffalo in his manudo while in the afterlife and speaking with his birth mother.
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The white buffalo in The Umbrella Academy season 3 ties Reginald Hargreeves to the White Buffalo Suite and marks the room’s importance. While this is the only explicit use that the narrative makes, the symbol also provides some less obvious clues. Here’s everything else that the white buffalo means in The Umbrella Academy season 3.
While the white buffalo painting in Reginald Hargreeves’ room ties him to the White Buffalo Suite, it also subtly indicates a deeper connection. When Reginald Hargreeves is seen first finding the doorway to Oblivion, he is wearing a traditional hunter’s outfit. As he hunts for the room and the
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