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. Originally a British production, a version was made for US TV with American voices replacing the British voices.

Plot
Gus (and Kissyfur who came along) shows His completed boat to Emmy-Lou. On their way, they see a bridge, which Kissyfur says it’s rickety, and Gus adds that’s also dangerous. Charles then opens the completed bridge as The Charles Warthog Memorial Bridge. (Even though Charles isn’t dead) the population then goes to get the berries, when the gators approach the bridge. Kissyfur spots the gators as Emmy Lou warns Charles and the others. They make a run for it as Charles assures that the bridge is gator-proof. The gators chomp a bridge support causing a part of the bridge to fall. Charles runs for it, as the gators continue to tear down the bridge supports. Gus drives his boat to the site, as the bridge is town down. With the gators ready to eat the cubs, Gus drives his boat slamming the gators. Gus then picks them up and said that if they want to stay healthy, they are not to harm his friends, change their diet, and tells them to leave. The gators ran for dear life as the population cheered. Emmy-Lou and Charles thanked Gus for what he did, and Gus invites they meet a trumpet-playing alligator named Louis, who dreams of playing jazz. After informing Louis they are actually humans under a voodoo spell, he tells them of Mama Odie,

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 and this adaption follows the book far more closely than the other adaptions (the BBC TV series and the Disney movie).

Der König von Narnia (Zeichentrick)