Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night is a 40-minute animated Christmas Special by Buzz Potamkin.
The year is 1818. Buster and Chauncey are a pair of mouse musicians who have stopped in the Austrian town of Oberndorf in the hopes of performing their new song for the Queen of Austria during the annual Christmas pageant hosted by the mayor. While there, they meet and befriend a young orphan girl named Christine who is traveling to Vienna to live with her aunt and uncle.
While there, a couple of thieves posing as the Duke of Roche and his niece Lady Gretchen are planning to steal all the riches held inside the church. Even worse, when Christine gets involved, they decide to pin the whole thing on her while they make off with the loot.
The movie was released on October 13th, 1998.
Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night includes examples of:
- Cats Are Mean: Dolph, who is determined to get rid of Buster, Chauncey, and any other mouse in Oberndorf.
- Digging Yourself Deeper: Christine tries to prove she's innocent by giving a piece of the stolen treasure to the constable. This only confirms her guilt in his eyes, and he is about to take her away when the false Duke and Lady Gretchen's cart is overturned, revealing the rest of the treasure and exposing them as the real crooks.
- Fake Aristocrat: The supposed Duke of Roche and Lady Gretchen are actually thieves who plan to make off with the treasures being held in the church.
- Frame-Up: The false Duke and Lady Gretchen decide to pin their theft of the church's treasure on Christine after kidnapping her.
- Fully-Dressed Cartoon Animal: Buster and Chauncey are mice who wear clothes.
- Heartwarming Orphan: Christine.
- In the Hood: Christine wears a hooded cloak when she comes to Oberndorf.
- Manly Tears: The constable is visibly moved to tears during the first performance of "Silent Night."
- Security Cling: When Buster and Chauncey get scared by their reflection in a mirror, the former leaps into the arms of the latter.
- Villain Song: "Christmas Is A Holiday For Thieves."
