History Animation / TreasureIsland1988

* ChromosomeCasting: Every single character is male. The only time a woman is even mentioned is two offhand mentions of Jim's mother and a brief shot in the middle of the "Song about greed".

''Treasure Island'' (''Остров сокровищ''), also known as ''Return to Treasure Island'' is a classic Soviet two-part comedic AnimatedAdaptation of an [[Literature/TreasureIsland eponymous book]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, directed by David Cherkasskiy and starring Valery Chiglyayev as Captain Flint[=/=]The Narrator, Valery Bessarab as Jim Hawkins, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as John Silver, Viktor Andriyenko as Captain Smollett and Billy Bones, Evgeny Paperny as Dr. Livesey, Boris Vozniak as Squire Trelawney and Yuri Yakovlev as Ben Gunn.

''Treasure Island'' (''Остров сокровищ'') is a classic Soviet two-part comedic AnimatedAdaptation of an [[Literature/TreasureIsland eponymous book]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, directed by David Cherkasskiy and starring Valery Chiglyayev as Captain Flint[=/=]The Narrator, Valery Bessarab as Jim Hawkins, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as John Silver, Viktor Andriyenko as Captain Smollett and Billy Bones, Evgeny Paperny as Dr. Livesey, Boris Vozniak as Squire Trelawney and Yuri Yakovlev as Ben Gunn.

** A particularly hilarious and over-the-top example involving ToonPhysics happens when Livesey, Smollett, and Trelawney escape ''Hispanola'' by boat. The pirate gunner (who's neither Israel Hands nor O'Brian, since they're assisting him) fires at them from the cannon, but they dodge the ball. The gunner then somehow stuffs several cannonballs into the cannon and fires a barrage, but that misses too. Now really angry, the gunner demands a box of cannonballs ''chained into an ammo belt'', loads that into the cannon, and starts firing it as a machinegun, trailing the boat, all to no avail — the heroes, barely, reach the shore, hide in the old fort, and raise the British flag. This is where the gunner goes completely berserk, picks up the cannon, and sprays wildly all over the island, moving trees like grass and nearly [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Silver and his team]]. Eventually [[HeroicRRod both his weapon and himself overheat and become red-hot]]; afraid that he will set the ship on fire, O'Brian cools him with a bucketful of water, [[IceBreaker only for the gunner to crumble to dust from rapid temperature decrease]].

* DecoyProtagonist: Billy bones is given alot of focus in the first act, with Jim Hawkins serving as the deuteragonist right until billy has been bedridden, giving jim the task of seeking out the others and sailing for treasure island.

* ToonPhysics: Used liberally by the characters in some scenes. For instance, it's common for people to pull many different and often bulky objects [[TrouserSpace from their pants]] or coats.

* TopHeavyGuy: Dr. Livesey.

* DecoyProtagonist: Billy bones is given alot of focus in the first act, with Jim Hawkins serving as the deuteragonist right until billy has been poisoned, giving jim the task of seeking out the others and sailing for treasure island.

The full version with English subtitles can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRG7PF73UA here]]. It also has an English dub, known as ''Return to Treasure Island'', which can be found [[https://youtu.be/8zDb8BiQuJY here]].

* BottomlessMagazines: With ''flintlock pistols'' (you know, the ones that have to be reloaded after each shot by hammering powder charge and bullet down the barrel). One pirate manages to shoot such gun 7 times in a row. And the aforementioned cannon, which is ''belt-fed'' from an ammo box that is truly bottomless despite appearing to contain 6 cannonballs at most.

* AdaptationalKarma: Silver is captured by the protagonists by the end of the movie, compared to the original story where he escapes (albeit with only a very small fraction of the treasure). Averted in the English dub, which added WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue that says Silver "escaped one night with all the treasure he could carry never to be heard from again", making it closer to novel.

** Trelawny's manservants, as well as Abraham Grey, are never mentioned, leading to a small SeriesContinuityError: in the first part, Smollett proclaims they're outnumbered seven to nineteen (as it were in the book), when in the second part it turns into "four against nineteen", as it actually is. A mistake was fixed in the English dub, though.

* MoralityBallad: The animated movie is peppered with live-action musical numbers where the cast delivers an {{Aesop}} in song form, admonishing greed or promoting healthy lifestyle. Despite being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment abrupt]] and [[{{Anvilicious}} not subtle at all]] in their morals, these songs are fun and [[EarWorm incredibly catchy]], and quickly gained a memetic status on post-Soviet space. They were cut from the English dub, though.

* DenserAndWackier: Unlike the other adaptations, this version of ''Treasure Island'' is more comical, featuring a lot of cartoony gags and slapstick humor thrown in.

The full version with English subtitles can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRG7PF73UA here]]. It also has an English dub, which can be found [[https://youtu.be/8zDb8BiQuJY here]].

* AdaptationalKarma: Silver is captured by the protagonists by the end of the movie, compared to the original story where he escapes (albeit with only a very small fraction of the treasure).

* AdaptedOut: Trelawny's manservants, as well as Abraham Grey, are never mentioned, leading to a small SeriesContinuityError: in the first part, Smollett proclaims they're outnumbered seven to nineteen (as it were in the book), when in the second part it turns into "four against nineteen", as it actually is.

* CaptainObvious: "Obvious" might just be Smollett's middle name. During the boat escape, he turns back, notices the cannon on the deck, and muses: "Oh-la-la! I believe they're loading the cannon!.. But why?.. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap AH! THEY'RE ATTACKING US!!!]] FASTER!!"

* ChromosomeCasting: Every single character is male. The only time a woman is even mentioned is two offhand mentions of Jim's mother.

* DenserAndWackier: Unlike the other adaptations, this version of Treasure Island is more comical. It has a lot of cartoony gags and slapstick humor thrown in.

* EyepatchOfPower: Billy Bones was given one (and [[UncattyResemblance a cat who wears one too]]).

* MoralityBallad: The animated movie is peppered with live-action musical numbers where the cast delivers an {{Aesop}} in song form, admonishing greed or promoting healthy lifestyle. Despite being [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment abrupt]] and [[{{Anvilicious}} not subtle at all]] in their morals, these songs are fun and [[EarWorm incredibly catchy]], and quickly gained a memetic status on post-Soviet space.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Skinny boy Jim Hawkings nonchalantly blocks two wild swings from a pirate whose forearms and fists only are about the same size as Jim's torso, and subsequently pummels him into a broken mess, before punching him through a wall.
** Subverted later during the island fort assault, where Jim runs into a much, much bigger pirate who just casually shrugs off anything Jim throws at him.

* CaptainObvious: "Obvious" might just be Smollett's middle name. During the boat escape, he turns back, notices the cannon on the deck and muses: "Oh-la-la! I believe they're loading the cannon!.. But why?.. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap AH! THEY'RE ATTACKING US!!!]] FASTER!!"

* IntimidationDemonstration: In ''Spy-Glass'', a huge pirate tries to bully Jim, gets slapped for it and goes into fit of rage, knocking down furniture and support beams; when a wooden beam falls on the floor as a result, he picks it, [[CanCrushingCranium breaks it over his own head]] and ''eats'' one half before ripping his shirt, revealing gigantic muscles. Jim then [[MuggingTheMonster beats him down in roughly two seconds]].

** A particularly hilarious and over-the-top example involving ToonPhysics happens when Livesey, Smollett and Trelawney escape ''Hispanola'' by boat. The pirate gunner (who's neither Israel Hands nor O'Brian, since they're assisting him) fires at them from the cannon, but they dodge the ball. The gunner then somehow stuffs several cannonballs into the cannon and fires a barrage, but that misses too. Now really angry, the gunner demands a box of cannonballs ''chained into an ammo belt'', loads that into the cannon and starts firing it as a machinegun, trailing the boat, all to no avail - the heroes, barely, reach the shore, hide in the old fort and raise the British flag. This is where the gunner goes completely berserk, picks up the cannon and sprays wildly all over the island, moving trees like grass and nearly [[IJustShotMarvinInTheFace accidentally killing Silver and his team]]. Eventually [[HeroicRRod both his weapon and himself overheat and become red-hot]]; afraid that he will set the ship on fire, O'Brian cools him with a bucketful of water, [[IceBreaker only for the gunner to crumble to dust from rapid temperature decrease]].

** Subverted later during the island fort assault, where Jim runs into a much, much bigger pirate who just casually shrugs anything Jim throws at him.
* MutualKill: In both live-action sequences the majority of pirates attacking Flint for his map end up killing each other: by fighting over the map dropped by Flint in the prologue, and courtesy of DeadlyDodging by Flint in Ben Gunn's flashback.
* NoIndoorVoice: Save for one moment near the end where speaking above whisper would ruin an ambush, Captain Smollett always speaks (or rather, roars) like a stereotypical DrillSergeantNasty.

* RogerRabbitEffect: A distinctive feature of the cartoon was the inclusion of live action "musical pauses" - songs, that were acted out by live actors, that explained, for example, why it is a bad idea to drink alcohol or smoke or why Jim Hawkins defeats all the pirates he meets (because he does exercises every morning).

* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the last shots of the movie, Israel Hands is seen still clinging to the rope holding the masts of ''Hispanola'' together.

** When Black Dog smashes the door of ''Admiral Benbow'', inertia carries him over he horizon.

** When Black Dog charges at Bones, the latter runs through a door, slams it shut, then grabs the doorway and moves it to the side, so Black Dog runs head first into the wall.

** Hands actually murders O'Brian through toon physics. O'Brian hides behind a screen door, but his silhouette is visible. Hands laughs, grabs a rag and wipes the silhouette off the screen as if it were drawn in chalk. He then opens the door, revealing that this act literally erased O'Brian from existence, leaving only his feet. Hands stomps to scare the feet, and they run away blindly and jump overboard.

The full version with English subtitles can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRG7PF73UA here]].

* CaptainObvious: "Obvious" might just be Smollett's middle name. During the boat escape, he turns back, notices the cannon on the deck and muses: "The cannon... They're loading the cannon!.. Why?.. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap AH! THEY'RE GOING TO SHOOT!!!]] GO FASTER!!"

WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Blind Pew's dog was never seen again after a musical number he did with Black Dog.

* DenserAndWackier: Unlike the other adaptations, this version of Treasure Island is more comical. It has a lot of cartoony gags and [[Slapstick Slapstick humor]] thrown in.

* VisualPun: In the book, Billy Bones has a stroke after his fight with Black Dog. In the movie, they've demolished the place so much that a wooden beam literally strikes Bones over the head after he sneezes.

** When Black Dog smashes the door of ''Admiral Benbow'' , inertia carries him over he horizon.

The first part, titled "The Map of Captain Flint", was aired in 1986, followed by more refined "The Treasure of Captain Flint" two years later. Notably, the adaptation remains fairly faithful to the book plot-wise, though most characters suffer from {{Flanderisation}}.

'''Treasure Island''' (''Остров сокровищ'') is a classic Soviet two-part comedic AnimatedAdaptation of an [[Literature/TreasureIsland eponymous book]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, directed by David Cherkasskiy and starring Valery Chiglyayev as Captain Flint[=/=]The Narrator, Valery Bessarab as Jim Hawkins, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as John Silver, Viktor Andriyenko as Captain Smollett and Billy Bones, Evgeny Paperny as Dr. Livesey, Boris Vozniak as Squire Trelawney and Yuri Yakovlev as Ben Gunn. The first part, titled "The Map of Captain Flint", was aired in 1986, followed by more refined "The Treasure of Captain Flint" two years later. Notably, the adaptation remains fairly faithful to the book plot-wise, though most characters suffer from {{Flanderisation}}.

** Dr. Livesey, already a CombatMedic in the book, was given ImplausibleFencingPowers. During the stockade assault, he's able to defeat three burly pirates DualWielding cutlasses at once with a single flimsy rapier used in left hand, while using his right one to casually sniff a flower.

'''Treasure Island''' (''Остров сокровищ'') is a classic Soviet two-part comedic AnimatedAdaptation of an [[Literature/TreasureIsland eponymous book]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, directed by David Cherkasskiy and starring Valery Chiglyayev as Captain Flint[=/=]The Narrator, Valery Bessarab as Jim Hawkins, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as John Silver, Viktor Andriyenko as Captain Smollett and Billy Bones, Evgeny Paperny as Dr. Livesey, Boris Vozniak as Squire Trelawney and Yuri Yakovlev as Ben Gunn. The first part, titled "The Map of Captain Flint", was aired in 1986, followed by more refined "The Treasure of Captain Flint" two years later. Notably, the adaptation remains fairly faithful to the book plot-wise, though most characters fuffer from {{Flanderisation}}.

* AlcoholInducedIdiocy: The movie clearly attributes the majority of pirates' failures to this. In particular, Trelawny disposes of a dozen or more pirates using a ''plywood cutout of a bar selling fresh "rom"'' on the edge of a cliff.

* CigarFuseLighting: Inverted, Dr. Livesey uses a bomb fired at the shed by Hands to light his pipe in an obvious ShoutOut to ''Film/WhiteSunOfTheDesert''.

* HeyCatch: During the stocade assault, Jim's FoeTossingCharge is stopped dead by an enourmous pirate (easily twice the size of the one he beat in the tawern), who simply shrugs off Jim's karate gimmics. Jim runs away into the stocade and, while the pirate does his OminousWalk towards the building, [[MacGyvering slaps together a rocket out of wood, rum and powder]], which he then presents to the pirate. The giant man grabs the "gift" and is promptly carried away into the sea.

'''Treasure Island''' (''Остров сокровищ'') is a classic Soviet two-part comedic AnimatedAdaptation of an [[Literature/TreasureIsland eponymous book]] by Creator/RobertLouisStevenson, directed by David Cherkasskiy and starring Valery Chiglyayev as Captain Flint[=/=]The Narrator, Valery Bessarab as Jim Hawkins, Armen Dzhigarkhanyan as John Silver, Viktor Andriyenko as Captain Smollett and Billy Bones, Evgeny Paperny as Dr. Livesey, Boris Vozniak as Squire Trelawney and Yuri Yakovlev as Ben Gunn. The first part, titled "The Map of Captain Flint", was aired in 1986, followed by more refined "The Threasure of Captain Flint" two years later. Notably, the adaptation remains fairly faithful to the book plot-wise, though most characters fuffer from {{Flanderisation}}.

** Captain Smollett is a complete buffoon, but he's also MadeOfIron and shrugs off (literally) being repeatedly crushed by a log wall.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: Skinny boy Jim Hawkings nonchalantly blocks two wild swings from a pirate whose forearms only are bigger than Jim's entire body, and subsequently pummels him into a broken mess, before punching him through a wall.