Belief can go a long way.
Glisten and the Merry Mission is an animated film from Build-a-Bear Workshop.Christmas is coming close and Santa's workshop hasn't made even close to enough toys for the deadline. Despite Cinnameg's efforts to speed up production, she worries that still won't have enough in time for Christmas. Her daughter, Marzipan, believes that she can find a way to help save Christmas.
The film was released on November 3, 2023.
Tropes:
- Beary Friendly: Grizzly the Bear is established to have formerly been a case of Bears Are Bad News, but he has since turned over a new leaf and proves that he is a really nice guy with Marzipan calling him her best friend.
- Big Damn Heroes:
- Grizz arrives to save Marzipan from the wolves.
- When Marzipan falls trying to save Grizz, Glisten arrives and saves her.
- Card-Carrying Villain: The wolves make it clear that they enjoy being naughty and express disappointment in Grizz going nice.
- Cute, but Cacophonic: Marzipan is a precious child, but Grizz feels the need to often tell her that she is quite noisy. She soon takes advantage of this to start an avalanche against the wolves.
- Disney Villain Death: When Marzipan, Grizz, and Luula start an avalanche, the wolves are sent falling off the cliff.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Grizz states early on that he has anger issue that he is trying to work out. This is demonstrated when an elf brings up how Grizz is on the naughty list within earshot of him, which Marzipan knew would get Grizz riled up.
- Intellectual Animal: The reindeer are shown to be more technologically advanced than the elves who refuse to modernize as their introductory scene has them using computers to monitor the weather.
- Only Sane Woman: Out of the elves in the workshop, Cinnameg is the only one who realizes that singing and dancing isn't going to help make enough toys for Christmas and understands that it is time to make changes to development.
- Savage Wolves: The wolves that Marzipan runs into when searching for Glisten make it clear they want to eat her and Luula, and they also take pride in being naughty.
