When Raggedy Ann refuses, the Greedy goes into a full-on rage and chases them, seemingly trying to kill/eat them. When Raggedy Ann reveals that she has a candy heart, the Greedy gets very clingy and insists that she and her friends "have" to help him. Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: The Greedy initially presents himself as an affable Tragic Monster who needs a "sweetheart" to cure his depression.Big "SHUT UP!": King Koo Koo is constantly calling for "SILENCE!" when his loony subjects have a laughing fit.they do pull it, and it causes the speedboat to go berserk and fling its crew all the way to the pirate ship they were headed for. Knowing how Looney Land works by this point - its entrance is marked "Exit", "Stop" actually means "Go", etc. Big Red Button: On the speedboat stolen by the twin dolls is a big lever with a hand at the end and the sign "Don't pull me".Meanwhile, although he doesn't appear until later, King Koo Koo also provides a major antagonistic force by trying to use Raggedy Ann and Andy as pawns in his goal of becoming the biggest king in the world. Big Bad Ensemble: The Captain kickstarts the plot by kidnapping Babette, although she ends up overthrowing him and becoming the new, even more antagonistic captain.Banana Peel: Sir Looney uses a banana skin to keep Andy from escaping his prank-loving clutches.The explosion is so powerful it sends everyone back home. Balloon-Bursting Bird: Queasy the Pirate Parrot pops King Koo Koo, who has blown himself up to gigantic proportions.Apologizes a Lot: The Greedy intersperses Jabba Table Manners with constant apologizing and going "excuse me" even in the middle of his song.Tellingly, Babette is far more antagonistic toward the heroes than the Captain is-when she takes over the ship and captures Ann and Andy, the Captain is immediate to help them as they'd helped him before. Anti-Villain: The Captain just wants a female companion.The animation of the Camel by Art Babbitt, another animation great, is noticeably more solid and restrained than the rest of the movie.Keep in mind, stuff like this was an extreme rarity for animation back then! The entire Greedy sequence, which was animated by Golden Age veteran Emery Hawkins ( sans the ending part, which was done by a different animator), is very fluidly animated and loaded with so much detail that your jaw will drop just from taking it all in.Every scene has at least one three-minute song. Animated Musical: It's the main genre of the film, emphasis on the musical.And I Must Scream: The robotic denizens of Looney Land used to be regular human beings (or perhaps toys) tasked with making King Koo Koo laugh, but when they stopped amusing him, they were reduced to giggling, mindless contraptions that now can do nothing but cackle.Amazing Technicolor Population: Looney Land has a purple knight and a salmon-pink king.Affably Evil: The Greedy literally wants to eat Ann's heart, but he is polite to the heroes and bears them no ill will - at least at first.Action Girl: Babette is very much a Damsel in Distress in the earlier parts of the story but by the climax has taken over the pirate ship and is wielding a whip!.Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure provides examples of: You can read the the WordPress review of it here. Ann and Andy decide to go rescue her, and on their journey, they meet a depressed blue camel doll (The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees), a lake of sentient taffy that keeps eating itself (The Greedy), an insane knight who plays practical jokes (Sir Leonard Loony), and a diminutive king who inflates when he laughs (King Koo Koo) until a final confrontation on the pirate's ship.Ī book about the making of the film, The Animated Raggedy Ann & Andy by John Canemaker, can be read here as well. A pirate captain in a snowglobe is immediately stunned by her and decides to elope with her to make her his bride. The day of her birthday, Marcella gets a Jumeau doll, Babette, who is quite vain. Raggedy Ann and her brother, Andy, are dolls who live together in little Marcella's room with other friendly toys. The plot is based on the book Raggedy Ann & Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, by Johnny and Marcella Gruelle. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 animated film (with a few live-action segments) directed by Richard Williams, based on the doll characters created by Johnny Gruelle, and best known for being really freaking weird.
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