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fifimcfeef Since: Jul, 2011
2011-08-20 19:00:15

Could #3 be Happy Feet?

Yeah, Jason Kreis ain't exactly a soccer star.
Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-20 19:33:27

Definitely not. It was much older and traditionally animated.

Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-08-20 20:09:13

Uh, I'm pretty sure 4 is The Secret of NIMH...

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
68.48.205.196 Since: Dec, 1969
2011-08-20 20:13:44

  1. 3 sounds kinda like Don Bluth's The Pebble and the Penguin. Shitty movie though.

SunBad Since: Sep, 2010
2011-08-20 20:55:37

For #1: Apparently there was a 1998 TV series called "Back To Sherwood" that sounds similar: "Robyn Hood, (not the one from the book but a modern day teenager) travels back in time to discover that she is in Sherwood Forest where the famous Robin Hood once lived. Using a magic amulet, given by her grandfather she has to rescue her famous ancestors from a wicked sorceress."

GordonWay Since: Mar, 2011
2011-08-20 22:00:39

Number 1 sounds like a Canadian children's series called "Blizzard Island", which featured a brother and sister with a transporting amulet, as well as a character called Argon. Apparently the series spawned a direct-to-video movie called "The Argon Quest", which may have been what you saw.

Edited by GordonWay
fifimcfeef Since: Jul, 2011
2011-08-21 09:19:40

I'm not sure about number 4.

Edited by fifimcfeef Yeah, Jason Kreis ain't exactly a soccer star.
Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-08-21 09:50:55

That's why I said "Uh, I'm pretty sure" — I'm allowed to suggest that the OP might be mistaken. How many films start with this exact premise?

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
fifimcfeef Since: Jul, 2011
2011-08-21 12:24:29

Er.. Maybe 1 is The Black Cauldron...

Yeah, Jason Kreis ain't exactly a soccer star.
Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-21 15:53:54

Embryon - It wasn't Secret of Nimh. The sick mouse wasn't the premise, it was only a plot point. I looked into it (and Once Upon a Forest) months ago knowing it would be the first thing everyone suggested.

  1. 3 wasn't the pebble and the penguin, either. Like I said, way, way obscure.

Gordon - Oh my God! That was it. The Blizzard/dying island thing brought it all back to me.

Thanks for the suggestions Fifi - I see you in here trying to help everyone.

horzizazz Since: Jun, 2011
2011-08-21 16:20:59

2 is "Willie the Sparrow"

fifimcfeef Since: Jul, 2011
2011-08-21 16:47:23

http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Scamper-Penguin-Virginia-Masters/dp/B000CCD20G/ref=pd_cp_mov_1 One more tip until dinner. Amazon suggested this with the "Willy the Sparrow" search.

Edited by fifimcfeef Yeah, Jason Kreis ain't exactly a soccer star.
Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-21 17:33:18

Willy the Sparrow and Scampers the Penguin - those are definitely the ones I"m talking about. I guess I couldn't find them because they're foreign. Thank you guys sooooo much, that should help me find the last one

Embryon Since: Mar, 2010
2011-08-22 08:38:32

^ If you do find the last one, could you post it here? I'm really curious now.

"If it ain't broke, don't fix it. And even if it is broke, just ignore it and maybe it'll be sort of OK — like the environment."
smashingmelons Since: Nov, 2010
2011-08-22 18:10:04

The last one isn't one of the American Tail movies, is it?

Edited by smashingmelons Otherwise known as [Smashing Melons 42].
Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-22 18:31:48

I really thought it was an american tail movie. I've been brainstorming with my brother all night, he says he remembers something about the daddy mouse being away at war, which made me think of AAT. I think it was something of a country mouse/city mouse theme, which kind of fits in with AAT as well. The only snag is, I'm almost positive it wasn't musical.

FIFI - can you give me a link to "A Real Mother?"

Edited by Tsarevna
fifimcfeef Since: Jul, 2011
2011-08-22 20:05:13

"A real mother" is only a slang term. Sorry. I think it's slang for something really hard.

Edited by fifimcfeef Yeah, Jason Kreis ain't exactly a soccer star.
166.216.162.65 Since: Dec, 1969
166.216.162.65 Since: Dec, 1969
TheNinth Since: Nov, 2009
2011-08-23 08:50:55

"A real mother" is slang, shortened from "A real mother f*er" meaning something really difficult or bothersome.

As for the last one.. the only things I can come up with are Wind in the Willows, which I know isn't right, and maybe Redwall, since I've never seen the series (nor read the books) I don't know if there are humans in them at all.

Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-23 14:54:37

Ohhhhh... *headdesk*. Don't confuse me guys, I'm literally grasping at straws here. I'm also kinda of dumb.

It was a lot like Wind in the Willows, and it might have even been some kind of small-fry spinoff or sequel for all I know. Brother now says it was set during WWI.

68.205.182.26 Since: Dec, 1969
2011-08-23 18:38:24

Number 1 is called "Blizzard Island"

link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPUlOru5IIY&feature=related

The giant's name is Argone

68.205.182.26 Since: Dec, 1969
2011-08-23 19:16:36

I also found out that it was also called The Argon Quest in the United States, but its called Blizzard Island in Canada.

Tsarevna Since: Aug, 2018
2011-08-23 19:38:38

Apparently it's called "Field Mouse Country Mouse" and it's a loose adaption of both the Robert Burns poem "To a Mouse" and the Beatrix Potter book "City Mouse Country Mouse". I can't find anything about it on the internet though. Cross your fingers that I can find the old VHS tape and look for a production company.

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