The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (animated)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an animated television program based on the 1950 novel The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. p Originally a British production, a version was made for US TV with American voices replacing the British voices.

Plot
The grown ups getting ready to spend an evening out. Angelica then asks her mother to buy her a new Cynthia dress, but Charlotte says no since she had already bought her a dress not too long ago. Tommy's Uncle Ben and Aunt Elaine and Duncan then arrive, having agreed to watch the babies and Angelica while their parents are out. They want to have practice with taking care of kids, as they have decided that they want to have children of their own. Betty wishes Ben Cheezi Shenzi Banzai Ed and Chungu and Ono and Bunga and Duncan and Beshte and Elaine and Kion Fuli, and Makuu luck, but this doesn't discourage the couple (or, at least, Elaine), as they had already planned every minute of their day in a schedule and even bought the babies new clothes. The new clothes annoys Angelica, as she is still angry over not getting her new dress, and she states to herself that babies don't even need clothes anyways, as they are happy without them. When she hears that Tommy's uncle and aunt want to have a baby, she gets an idea; as soon as the adults leave, Angelica tells the babies that by saying that they want their own baby, Ben and Elaine meant that they wanted to take one of them away. Horrified at the idea of being separated from their parents, Tommy tells his friends that they need to be the opposite of what Ben and Elaine expect of them, meaning that they have to behave horribly so that they will lose interest and won't take any of them Barney promises an inebriated.

Meanwhile, Elaine comes in and tries to tell a story to the babies, but they start crying and screaming nonstop and don't let Elaine speak. She gives up and Ben suggests changing the schedule and move on to the diaper change in an attempt to calm them down, believing that the babies are fuzzy because they need changing. Once again, the kids run around screaming in Tommy's room, forcing Elaine and Ben to chase after them (except for Chuckie, who is already toilet trained, so he just sits quietly and covers his ears from all the noise going around him) and forcibly change them and also put on the new clothes on all of them; Chuckie is dressed in an old fashioned french suit, Tommy in an uncomfortable, girly onesie, Lil in a pink dress with a large yellow bow and Phil in blue pants, a white shirt and a blue cap, much to their chagrin back in the Outlands, Janja speaks to his clan while gnawing on a bone. Janja explains the rules to his new henchman. He misses out rule number two, which slightly agitates Nne and Tano, forcing Janja to keep the rules short and simple - that he is the one who comes up with the plans. However, this time, Nne and Tano are able to concoct a brilliant scheme, whilst Janja is left confused. They plan to divert the Lion Guard by frightening away some antelopes one way and, whilst the Guard are busy dealing with them, feasting on some oryxes the opposite way. Janja remains confused.

Finally, Elaine decides it's time to feed the kids and tells them that since they have new clothes, they need to stay clean, but this only results in the babies throwing food at the adults, themselves and the entire house, which finally breaks Elaine, and she and Ben leave the babies in the kitchen and sit in the living room in misery. Angelica takes the chance to make a deal with them; if she manages to get the babies to behave, they take her to the Cynthia store and get her the dresses she wants. Not having any other choice, they accept and Angelica leaves for the kitchen, where she tells the babies to stop since they don't need to be bad anymore; Elaine and Ben decided that they don't want any babies after all. The babies stop but feel sad at the idea of Elaine and Ben not wanting to be parents anymore and feel guilty for their actions, so they crawl out of their high chairs and decide to apologize to the adults by hugging them, which makes Elaine happy again.

Kirsten, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Cheezi, Makuu, Stephanie, Chungu, Elephant Patrol, Colonel Hathi, Wife Winifred, Ono, Pamela, Bunga, Kion, Beshte, Fuli, Lil, Peter, Phil, Elaine, Chuckie, Spike, Susan, Duncan, Tommy, Susie, Dil, Ben, Angelica, Edmund, Barney Gumble and Lucy enter the wardrobe and appear in Narnia. Close by, the antelope herd continues to move in the direction of Rocky Plains with Janja, Nne and Tano chasing them. They stop Janja after a while and hide him from the passing During this time, Edmund unwittingly reveals that he really was there before, causing Peter to yell at him. Lucy then leads them to Mr. Tumnus' Cave, When Janja questions their actions, Nne and Tano become annoyed at how poorly he listened to their plan. Janja wishes to friend the antelope, but Nne reminds them of their true goal - the Family. Nne and Tano runoff, mocking Janja. Janja swiftly chases after them. but it has been broken into and smashed. It turns out he has been arrested for not handing Lucy over to the Witch. He feels as though they're being watched from the bushes, and calls for them to move in whilst Bunga continues to make references to the Zimwi. They surround the bushes and, just as they're about to attack, some gazelles leap out, frightened and begging the Guard not to hurt them. They then see a beaver, They rush to the scene, where Shingo has his neck trapped in the tree. He explains that he was trying to get the last of the leaves from the acacia tree, but as he extends his tongue again to reach them, it too becomes trapped in the twigs. Kion sends Bunga up to help out. Bunga does so, freeing his tongue and then freeing his neck. who leads them over to his house. After dinner, Mr. Beaver and Mrs. Beaver say that Mr. Tumnus has been taken to the Witch's castle and turned to stone, but fortunately Aslan is on the move. Aslan is a mystical lion who is the true king of Narnia, and they will meet him at the Stone Table because of a prophecy. It is said that if four humans sit on the four thrones at Cair Paravel (two "sons of Adam" and two "daughters of Eve") then the Witch's reign and life will end.

Edmund appears to be missing. The beavers know he has gone to the Witch's house. When he reaches there, Edmund sees statues all over the courtyard. meanwhile, back at the castle of the Queen, her animal minions celebrate their freedom by throwing a party for themselves. He encounters a wolf, Fenris Ulf, the chief of the Witch's secret police, and enters. When he sees the Witch, she gets angry over him coming alone, but he tells them where the others are and that Aslan is on the move. The Witch heads out on her sleigh, setting the harness without bells, taking Edmund with her, and orders Fenris Ulf and his wolves to go to the beavers' house, kill whatever they find, and then head to the Stone Table to kill the humans should they manage to overtake them.

By the time the wolves reach the beavers' house, everyone is already heading for the Stone Table. Later, The Lion Guard rush to halt a fight that Ono alerts them to, which has broken out between a herd of gazelles and a herd of zebras. Beshte recognizes both herds, with the leader of the gazelles being Swala and the leader of the zebras being Muhimu. They slide down a slope as they attempt to stop the fight. Unfortunately, Bunga gets sat on by Muhimu as she fights, much to his annoyance. Nobody notices this though, as both herds continue to quarrel until Kion unleashes a roar, which grabs their attention. Both he and Beshte try to explain that the Pride Lands are for everyone, but Swala and Muhimu explain that the reason they're fighting is that there is only one patch of grass left for them to share between their herds. since the zebras appear looking for a new watering hole now that the buffalo have filled up the other one. Ono remembers that the flies don't like the stripes on zebras for some reason. This gives Kion an idea, and he and the Lion Guard decide to escort the zebras - and Mbeya- to a new watering hole. They hide in a cave in the ground Kaa hypnotizes Phil into a deep and peaceful, but hear bells. Mr. Beaver goes to check, thinking it's the Witch, but it isn't her at all, The next morning, Mowgli tries to join the elephant patrol led by Colonel Hathi and his wife Winifred. but Father Christmas, who has given a fox and some other creatures some food. They continue on their journey, but the witch is right behind them. She reaches the fox and his friends, and when she learns where they got the food from, she becomes enraged and turns all of them into stone. By this time, the snow is starting to melt, preventing the Witch from using her sledge, so they walk. The dwarf realizes that Aslan is behind her winter being destroyed, but when he mentions this, she threatens to kill the next one to mentionBunga races back to the small patch of grass, announcing to the herds that the Lion Guard will be taking them across the Pride Lands to a new grazing ground, Mbali Fields. As he's racing around, he bumps into Muhimu again, who denies ever sitting on him during the fight. She proceeds to mistakenly call him a mongoose instead of a honey badger and explains that she needs to reach the new grazing grounds as soon as possible, leading Bunga to criticize her for being cryptic with her reason Cera and the friends who have been following them, are attacked by the same Belly Dragger, and shortly after are attacked by a gray Tyrannosaurus, who walks off after they hide. They then meet an old Apatosaurus named Pat, who joins them on their journey many of the animals into hiding in a cave. As the animals try to get food.

Littlefoot is in for a surprise, however. As Littlefoot is confronted by another young longneck named Shorty, an argument between the two ensues, which is broken up by an older Longneck. As he apologizes for Shorty,.

Meanwhile, Ono has found a route to Mbali Fields and reports to Kion accordingly. After Ono has explained his news, Kion announces to the two herds that he and the Guard will be leading them to Mbali Fields. Both herds are satisfied and cheer for Kion. Kion, now feeling much better about the migration, takes the lead. As he and the Guard keep everyone in check, the Trail to Hope begins, with everyone looking out for each other as they move across the Pride Lands to the new grazing grounds.

Eventually, they wind up in a canyon. By this time, both of the herds are hungry and show signs of fatigue. Kion encourages them to continue, as Ono promises them that they're close to their new grazing grounds. He also expresses his concern over an impending storm. The herds soon see Mbali Fields, and Muhimu cannot wait any longer. She and her herd rushes ahead down the canyon, which causes Swala and her herd to react competitively as they charge after them.

The Lion Guard attempt to stop them, but a large pile of rocks plummets into the canyon, blocking the path to Mbali Fields. The rocks keep falling though, and almost hit Muhimu. Bunga leaps onto her just in time to rescue her from being hit by more rocks, and she is surprised that Bunga managed to rescue her, though still refers to him as the wrong species (a hedgehog). In the meantime, Kion realizes that their path is no longer going to work, and thus asks Ono to scout out a new pathway for them to continue their journey with. Ono returns with some disappointing news - that the only way to Mbali Fields is now going to involve a trip through the Outlands. Kion is upset, though acknowledges the new path.

As they make their way across, the storm erupts. The herds start to lose faith in Kion's leadership, vocally stating their belief that Simba would have been a much better choice for leader and in turn lessening Kion's faith. Fuli notices that the water is getting deeper. Suddenly, a huge gush of water comes flooding through. Kion realizes that it's a flash flood, and orders everyone to reach higher ground. Ono is tasked with leading them higher, as the herds make a dash for a nearby slope rising upwards.

With two zebras failing to reach the safe spot in time, Beshte leaps into the rising water to stop them from drowning, pushing against the current and dragging them to safety. Fuli rushes to save a gazelle, pushing him up away from the water, to which he expresses his thanks. Meanwhile, Kion notices Swala in danger and rushes in, grabbing her by the horns with his teeth. He drags her to a safe spot. Meanwhile, Bunga has saved a gazelle but notices that Muhimu is floating away with the current. He leaps in and grabs her, though Muhimu has her doubts that he can save her, becoming a little aggressive as Bunga asks her to help him save her. Eventually, she starts paddling with Bunga, and he is able to help her reach safe grounds. She is grateful for his help and notes that it's the second time he has saved her during the same day. She thanks him for his help, and finally admits that she did, in fact, sit on him (to which Bunga replies that he knew that already).

Once everyone is safe, the herds express their annoyance at Kion, believing him not to be a worthy leader. Along the way there, Timon and Pumbaa meet for the first time and set Ma and Uncle Max for the first time since he left the colony. Cheezi, Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed, Chungu, Ono, Zebras, Bunga, Kion, Beshte, Fuli, Nne, Janja, Tano, Lil, Peter, Kaa, Phil, Elaine, Chuckie, Spike, Elephants, Susan, Duncan, Tommy, Susie, Dil, Gazelles, Kirsten, Stephanie, Pamela, Ben, Shingo, Angelica, Makuu, Barney Gumble and the beavers collapses in a distant desert where he is found unconscious by Timon and Pumbaa, a meerkat-warthog duo who raise family and Janja and Nne and Tano under their carefree "Hakuna Matata Aslan's name.

Spike soon meets up with the laid-back, fun-loving sloth bear Baloo, who shows Mowgli the fun of having a care-free life and promises to raise. Ono has led the other Lion Guard members to Bupu's Herd, Kion calls out to them, explaining that they need to reach higher ground. However, Bupu refuses to leave, even after Ono warns him of the impending rain storm. When Fuli tells him to follow them, he still refuses, stating that they don't take orders from them. Kion understands that they are tired and hungry, but explains that, if they move, they'll have food and won't be standing around in water. Upon hearing this, Boboka talks with Bupu, urging him to reconsider their offer in consideration of the youngsters. Reluctantly, he agrees, and the Guard escort them away Cheezi, Chungu, Ono, Bunga, Kion, Beshte, Fuli, Timon, Pumbaa, Nne, Janja, Tano, Lil, Peter, Kaa, Phil, Elaine, Chuckie, Spike, Susan, Duncan, Tommy, Susie, Dil, Elephants, Ben, Angelica, Shingo, Barney Gumble, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Makuu, Kirsten, Cheezi, Gazelles, Stephanie, Pamela, Beavers, Zebras, and the sable Antelopes are following Ono through a ruined Nyani Grove. Ono exclaims that a rhino is headed for the baboons' tree, and Fuli rushes ahead to stop him. But a baboon lands on her face and pushes her down. They soon discover that the rhino has crashed into the tree, and the baboons are scarpering away. Bunga suggests catching the baboons instead, but is discouraged from his own idea when one of them knocks him over The Lion Guard approach Kifaru, who reacts irritably to Kion's order to stop shaking the tree.

Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Cheezi, Chungu, Ono, Gazelles, Bunga, Kion, Beshte, Fuli, Elephants, Timon, Pumbaa, Kifaru, Nne, Janja, Tano, Lil, Peter, Kaa, Phil, Elaine, Chuckie, Spike, Susan, Duncan, Tommy, Susie, Kirsten, Stephanie, Pamela, Dil, Ben, Beavers, Angelica, Barney Gumble, Makuu, and the Sable Antelopes finally reach the Stone Table and meet Aslan, who gives them gifts. Peter gets a sword and a shield; Susan gets a bow, arrows and a horn, which will call help of some kind to her; Lucy gets a dagger and a small cordial of juice that will heal any injury. Aslan shows Peter the castle of Cair Paravel, where he will be the high king. He suddenly hears Susan's horn, and sees her being threatened by Fenris Ulf. Peter fights the wolf and kills him, and Aslan spots another wolf running away, and sends several creatures after him, knowing that he will be heading back to the White Witch and Edmund. Aslan then makes Peter a knight.

The Witch hears from the wolf about Fenris Ulf's death, and is about to kill Edmund when the rescue party arrives and stops her. They find Edmund and take him to the Stone Table, but the Witch and dwarf stay hidden by pretending to be a boulder and a stump. Later, the dwarf tells Aslan that the Witch would like to see him. Aslan agrees, on the condition that the Witch leave her wand behind. She does, and tells Aslan that Edmund is a traitor and she must kill him or else, according to the Deep Magic, Narnia will be overturned and perish in fire and water. Aslan talks with the Witch, and she is convinced to renounce the claim on Edmund's blood. When she asks how she knows that his promise will be kept, he roars at her and she runs off.

Aslan instructs Peter on how to fight in the battle, but when Peter asks him if he's going to be there, Aslan says he might not be. When Charlie falls asleep, he has a nightmare about being condemned to Hell. Charlie tries to run away, but a cyclone pulls him all the way down to Hell, where he lands on a boat where a skeletal dragon frightens him. Charlie then watches in horror as the Hellhound rises from the lava and reveals himself. The demon then spews fire, summoning mini dog demons. They attack Charlie as the boat sinks into the lava. Suddenly, Charlie was awakened by Flo’s puppies. Lucy and Susan have trouble sleeping, so they go and find Aslan, who appears to be walking somewhere. He says they can come with him, but tells them to stop when they reach the Stone Table. when he arrives there, the Witch is waiting for him with her followers, and they have him tied up, shaved, and a muzzle placed on him. Apparently, the witch had agreed for Aslan to be killed instead of Edmund. She then stabs Aslan dead with a dagger, and she and her followers head for battle.

As the arguing continues, Chas suddenly notices that the home are map and calls this to everyone's attention. Both sides start to blame each other for losing the babies. Chas has finally had it with the argument and tells roars all of them off, pointing out that it's both side's faults because they were so focused on insults, grudges, and years worth of minor fights and disagreements that they forgot about the most important thing in their lives: their children and zoo animals.

Finally remorseful over what they've done, they decide to split up and find the kids. Howard tries to open up a restroom but has trouble opening the door; Didi unlocks the door for him, and they search inside, with no sign of the kids. Stu tries to look around the park from up in a tree but has difficulty climbing it. Betty gives him a leg up, and Stu notices the kids near the map. Stu calls out that they're over by the back home, and everybody rushes over (Didi frets about potential broken glass along the way).

Once they're alone, Lucy and Susan and Nne and Puppies and Janja and Charlie and Tano take the muzzle off, and mice nibble away at the cords. Later, the Stone Table cracks, and Aslan reappears, alive and well, with his mane grown back. He says that there is an even deeper magic, which states that when a willing victim who has committed no treachery is killed in a traitor's stead, the Stone Table will crack and death will work backwards. Aslan, Lucy and Susan then head over to the zoo, and Aslan restores the captives with his breath, including Mr. Tumnus, back to life. They then head over to the battle, where the Witch is turning Aslan's Army into stone. Edmund breaks the Witch's wand, and she injures him. Peter comes to his brother's defense,. zoo animal coming and just when she is about to kill him, Aslan and the wild beast. He leaps from a high ledge, and the witch screams and drops her weapon in horror, as he lands on top of her, crushing her to nothing. With the witch dead, all of her followers the so many zoo animals in Aslan's camp and Reptar scary face and Godzilla bigger super very loud mighty scary roaring to scare all demons and all witches and all monsters and all dragons and all zombies and all evil animals and all evil dinosaurs and all aliens and bats chipping and squeaking-like Monsters and dogs barking-like Monsters and animal monsters screaming-Monsters and witches and demons panicking and cows running-like Monsters and bulls stampede-like Monsters and witches and creatures evil animals and monsters and aliens and demons and beasts flees and devils run away and demon monsters run to the cave. Lucy heals Edmund with the cordial, along with the others who are wounded. Zoo animals, Shenzi, Banzai, Ed, Makuu, Cheezi, Zebras, Chungu, Ono, Bunga, Kion, Beshte, Fuli, Timon, Pumbaa, Kifaru, Nne, Shingo, Janja, Tano, Lil, Peter, Elephants, Kaa, Phil, Elaine, Chuckie, Spike, Stephanie, Kirsten, Pamela, Susan, Duncan, Tommy, Susie, Dil, Ben, Angelica, Barney Gumble, Sable Antelopes and the Gazelles are then crowned kings and queens of Narnia, at Cair Paravel, with Aslan walking off unnoticed. Many years later, they are informed by Mr. Tumnus of the White Stag, who will give them a wish if they catch him. They chase the White Stag through the wood and world nature, and suddenly go back through the wardrobe, elephant army hathi boboka's son and bupu and boboka sable antelope #1 and gazelles and bupu's herd and nne and janja and tano kaa, timon and pumbaa and kifaru and shingo, and the zoo animals in a house and are no longer kings and queens. Family Back home by at all the adults by hugging them, which makes Elaine happy All the animals happy like home again.

The parents arrive as Angelica is pointing out the dresses she wants for Elaine and Ben to buy. Stu is shocked by the mess in his house and Zoo animals in house while a slightly amused Betty asks Elaine if even after the this they still want children and zoo animals. Elaine replies that she and Ben may now be ready for animals and kids...unless they turn out like Angelica since, as far as Elaine and Ben are concerned, she saved them. When Tommy hears that his uncle and aunt will take Angelica with them zoo animals, he knowing they were just going to take her shopping everybody reunites with their kids and zoo animals and agree to finally make up. Everybody apologizes, and Stu even says that he would be honored to have Howard as a partner in their next game together families and zoo animals take homes and heading narnia for some.

Also, Betty gets the neighbors to pose as her relatives, as her real relatives didn't come, due to Howard's cheap invitation software that he bought at a dollar store that made the year of the date 2052.

Voices

 * Jenna Ortega as Lucy Pevensie
 * Charlie Day as Edmund Pevensie
 * Lucas Grabeel as Peter Pevensie
 * Suki Lopez as Susan Pevensie
 * Michelle Gomez as The White Witch
 * David Ogden Stiers as Mr. Beaver
 * Will Ferrell as Mr. Tumnus
 * Leslie Carrara - Mrs. Beaver
 * Tyler Bunch as Dwarf and Fox
 * Martin P. Robinson as Aslan
 * Jack Black as Ferris Ulf

Differences from the book

 * Lucy's first arrival at Narnia and meeting with Tumnus are seen in a flashback.
 * The meeting with Father Christmas, as well as the season's arrival, is omitted (though he is mentioned by some Talking Animals). Instead, Aslan gives the children their weapons.
 * There is a point in which eventually all four of the children enter the wardrobe (albeit two are still skeptical of Narnia). In the novel, this is in order to escape a housekeeper whom they do not like, but in the cartoon there is no specified reason.
 * The novel, and other adaptations, clearly portray the children as evacuees staying at the home of the Professor during World War II. In this cartoon, no particular reason is stated for them staying there.
 * No mention is made of World War II, and the clothing style of the children suggests a present-day setting.
 * Rather than ask Edmund what he would most like to eat (whereupon he chooses Turkish delight), as in the novel, The Witch simply offers him Turkish delight directly.
 * The wolf Captain of the White Witch's Secret Police is named "Fenris Ulf" (like in early American editions of the book) instead of "Maugrim".
 * Mrs Macready, the Professor's housekeeper, was dropped from the film and instead of the children being chased to the Wardrobe in the spare room, they all decided to try and get to Narnia all together after the Professor has discussed the truth about it with Peter and Susan.

Trivia

 * This is the first animated adaptation of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
 * This adaption follows the book far more closely than the other adaptions (the BBC TV series and the Disney movie).

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