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3 | ''The Charmkins'' is a 1983 musical animated TV special based on Hasbro's collectible toys of the same name. It's notable for its AllStarCast, including Creator/BenVereen as Dragonweed and Creator/SallyStruthers as Poison Ivy. |
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5 | In the idyllic Charmworld, all the Charmkin children live and play happily as they celebrate a flower festival, but trouble arises when the evil Dragonweed sees Lady Slipper dancing and wants to have her dance for himself. |
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7 | Floating her along the river to his own kingdom of Thistledown, Dragonweed plans to threaten her into singing for him, or else. |
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9 | The Charmkins, led by Brown-Eyed Susan, make the journey to Thistledown to save their friend with the help of the tricky witch Poison Ivy. |
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12 | !!This special contains examples of: |
13 | * AdaptationalHeroism: The toyline had Poison Ivy be a villain who tried to make everyone itch, while in the cartoon she's a mischievous TricksterMentor who helps the heroes. |
14 | * HeelFaceTurn: Subverted. It ''looks'' like Dragonweed and his cronies will turn good when the Charmkins bring color and light to Thistledown, with Dragonweed even shedding a tear... but as soon as the song ends he and his goons try to recapture the kids. |
15 | * NothingIsScarier: Whatever Dragonweed's "or else" threat is, he doesn't outright state what he'll do, instead getting a whole villain song about things he ''could'' do. |
16 | * RevengeSVP: Dragonweed's plan kicks off when he and his cronies are miserable over not being invited to the festival, and they decide to kidnap Lady Slipper as a result. |
17 | * StoryBreakerPower: Poison Ivy's magic could solve the plot quickly, but she won't help the heroes directly because it'd be too easy. |
18 | * SwampsAreEvil: The kingdom of Thistledown is in a gloomy swamp where sun used to shine, but Dragonweed prefers it the way it is now. |
19 | * TricksterMentor: Poison Ivy poses as a dragon to scare the heroes and uses her shapeshifting magic to turn each of them into things they're not, which eventually clues them in that they need a disguise. |
20 | * VillainHasAPoint: Briarpatch, Thorny, the Bramble Brothers, and Skunkweed point out repeatedly how rotten it is for the Charmkins to not invite them to the flower festival, as weeds are flowers too. |
21 | * VillainSong: Dragonweed gets two, one about how nice life in Thistledown is and another about his threats to Lady Slipper if she won't dance for him. |
22 | * VillainousBadlandHeroicArcadia: The quiet, charming and scenic Charmworld is home to the innocent and childlike Charmkins. They're menaced by the dastardly Dragonweed and his cronies who live in the nearby Thistledown, a murky and muddy swamp teeming with filth and weeds. |
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