Butterfly Valley: Adventures in Pleasant Island

Butterfly Valley: Adventures in Pleasant Island is an American children's fantasy adventure film based on the Butterfly Valley franchise. It is the directorial debut of Alex Hector. It was released on January 16, 1998 in select theaters and on January 18, 1998 nationwide by Warner Bros. Pictures
As part of Carl Keatley's attempt to revive the Butterfly Valley franchise, the film serves as a prelude to the 1998 series, having been released before the premiere of the episode "Welcome to Butterfly Valley" on WAM! and in Canada, the Family Channel.
As part of the much-anticipated lead-up to the series' premiere, WAM! aired the movie a day prior on January 19.
==Synopsis==
After many years, the butterfly fairies are finally starring in a feature-lenght movie! In this story, the Butterfly Valley gang are setting sails to a mysterious place called Pleasant Island, where they encounter the inhabitants of the place, an equally-mysterious pirate crew. The butterfly fairies and human twins Rose and Petunia also face against the dreadful trolls, who wanted to take the island for their own.
==Plot==
The film starts with an overview of a magical place called Butterfly Valley, as we see many busy butterfly fairies doing their work as usual.
We then see the Celestial Palace, where the butterfly fairy royal guards walk to the gate, while the incumbent ruler of the Butterfly Kingdom, Princess Butterfly, reads some orders from the royal guards.
We head over to the Troll Kingdom, where several troll guards are playing soccer at the courtyard. The red team scored ten goals against the blue team, who had no goals, but when one of the players on the blue team tries to score a goal, in hopes of winning against his opponents, he kicks the ball too far, causing it to break one of the windows of the Great Troll Palace.
One of the rulers of the Troll Kingdom peers through the broken window and notices the troll guards playing soccer. He heads out to the courtyard to scold the troll guards, but one of them telling him that they are just playing a "simple game." The ruler, whose name is revealed to be King Boogieman, ordered the troll guards to clear out the courtyard. 
The next scene begins with a view over the city of Sideview Beach, Florida, as the camera zooms in to the neighborhood. We see a bright pink house as twin sisters Rose and Petunia Hanson run out to play at their backyard. Their pet dog named Amadeus runs to them and the girls play fetch with him.
When Petunia tries to perform her "special trick", she accidentally throws the red ball far away from the backyard. The ball gets stuck in the bush and the twins went out to find it.
After they found the ball, the twins decide to visit Butterfly Valley, but they had to make sure that Amadeus does not follow them on their way. Rose uses her magic flower from her pocket to transport her and Petunia to the valley.
The twins are in the heart of Butterfly Valley and they find some flyers across the buildings advertising an amusement resort on a mysterious island called "Pleasant Island." Bluebell and her parents are observing one of the flyers and the twins came to greet them.
Meanwhile in the Troll Kingdom, the troll guards notice some flyers around the Great Troll Palace. A flyer suddenly drafts onto one of the troll guards's face. He removes it and notices the advertisement of the amusement resort. The other troll guards came and observe it.
Bluebell requests the twins to join the butterfly fairies on their journey to Pleasant Island and they obliged. They use an old, rusty ship, which has not been used for over a thousand years old, to get their way to the place, but they had to clean it up first. The troll guards are spying on the group cleaning the ship.
Once they clean up the ship, the group climb aboard it and set sails to Pleasant Island, which is actually a mile away from the Butterfly Kingdom.
The troll guards follow their path to Pleasant Island, but they are stopped by a line of buoys. The trolls took some of them and they resume their way.
The group have finally arrived at Pleasant Island. They find out no one is on the island, then suddenly, a group of odd-looking pirates appear out of nowhere. The captain reveals his name as Resmodeus and his crew as the Wanderers. Petunia thinks that the name for his crew sounds too generic, prompting Resmodeus to rename them as the Delinquents, but the twins think it sounds too violent, then he came up with several different names, his first mate told him that the name of the crew is the Barracudas.
The group are shocked and follow the Barracudas to the attractions of Pleasant Island. They were impressed by the ferries wheel, the rollercoaster and the hotel suites.
The troll guards had finally arrived on Pleasant Island, but they thought there were nobody on the island. They look around, until they found the amusement park. They ride along some rollercoasters, play some games and steal some foods.
The troll guards notice the two parties going to the hotel room to register for the room for twenty, but the register tells them there's no room for such amount of people.
The troll guards sneak into the hotel lobby and into the elevator. They went to the first floor, but they find nobody in the area, then they went a floor up and it is also empty. They finally went to the third floor and they try to open the door, but it is locked, so they knock the door violently.
One of the crew members of the Barracudas heard it and opens the door. He freaks out upon noticing the troll guards. He reports to Captain Resmodeus that there are trolls in the hotel. Resmodeus tells him to calm down and interfere with them, but he is also afraid of them.
The Barracudas are shivering in fear as the twins came from their own room and confess with them. Rose tells them to calm down and Petunia poorly explains the troll to them, only for Rose to silence her, so that she can properly explain the trolls to them, while the troll guards try to open the door again, but the twins already locked it. 
Meanwhile in room 3-41, Bluebell and her parents are having dinner when they heard knocking sounds next door. Bluebell's father opens the door and tells the trolls to be quiet.
Rose and Petunia decided to greet Bluebell, while one of the crewmates of the Barracudas orders five boxes of pizzas, but the pizzaiolo told him that they only deliver two boxes per order, which disappointed him. Rose and Petunia heard their tummies rumbling, so they decide to get some pizzas, but they found out that the food has stolen.
Rose reminded the Barracudas that the entire resort has run out of food, which upsets them, then Petunia informed her that the trolls stole the food, so they try to find the culprits' location.
The troll guards are almost finished digging a huge hole underneath the resort to hide the food, but the twins approach them. The troll guards attack them with their lances, but they were overpowered by the twins' sheer strength, Petunia told them that she and her sister had just earned black belts in Karate last months.
The twins retrieved the bag and return the food to the resort. The twins took some of the pizzas and pays the pizzaiolo $20, then they return to room 3-39, where they deliver the Barracudas five boxes of pizza and took the remaining one for themselves.
Fed up with the twins' victory, the troll guards decide to colonize the island. They decide to call King Boogieman and his wife, Queen Peregia, on their walkie talkies, but the connection is poor, so they decide to use the telephone booth, but they forgot the number for the Great Troll Palace. They instead write a message on a torn piece of a flyer. The troll guards put the message into a glass bottle and send it to the monarchs. King Boogieman grabs the bottle and opens it. He discreetly reads the message.
"Dear your majesty and your highness, we decide to make Pleasant Island part of the Troll Kingdom."
The monarchs are delighted that Pleasant Island will be the Troll Kingdom's very first colony.
The twins heard the news that Pleasant Island will be taken over by the trolls. They inform the Barracudas about the news, which shocked them, as Pleasant Island is their home. They, along with Bluebell and her parents, head out of the hotel just when the trolls are about to enter the rooms. The two factors fought against each other, but the troll guards overcome the Barracudas by trapping them in a huge cage.
Bluebell and her parents try to rescue the Barracudas, but the cage is too strong for them, then the twins try to open it, but however, there was a little compartment outside the cage with a lock. Petunia tries to figure out the code to unlock the cage, but she failed, then Rose types in the code 03081969, which unlocks the cage and frees the Barracudas.
The Barracudas thank the twins for rescuing them and they fought against the troll guards, while Bluebell and her parents watch them. They finish them off and remove the vandalism made to the resort. The Barracudas are happy that Pleasant Island has return to its original state and they thank the twins for helping them.
The twins and the butterfly fairies bid farewell to the Barracudas and return to Butterfly Valley with the ship. The butterfly fairies had so much fun in Pleasant Island, so do the twins. By the time the sky turns dark, the twins bid farewell to the butterfly fairies and return home using the magic flower.
They transported back to their backyard and saw Amadeus sleeping in his doghouse. The twins went inside the house to tell their parents about their adventures in Pleasant Island. The parents like the twins' story, then they yawn and head upstairs to sleep.
Petunia gets on her bed and tucks her yeti stuffed doll tight, while Rose is reading a book about a group of pirates finding their new home. After finishing the last page, she puts the book down and turns off her lamp, turning the screen dark, which leads to the closing credits.
After the credits, the troll guards return to the Great Troll Palace to report the monarchs about their failed plan. King Boogieman and Queen Peregia, disgruntled by this, order them to clean the palace as a punishment.
==Reception==
===Critical response===
The movie received mixed reviews from critics, who thought that it has no practical impact in the box office. They praised the aesthetics, the musical score by Tom Singh and the character development, but criticized the story, which they thought it was unoriginal and felt rather weak.
===Box office===
Nevertheless, the film was a box office bomb, grossing just $170,000 against the intended target of $600,000.
==Soundtrack==
Butterfly Valley: Adventures in Pleasant Island: Music from the Motion Picture is the film's official accompanying soundtrack album released by Atlantic Records, sister of Warner Bros. Pictures, on February 1, 1998.
It featured songs performed by popular artists that were never released in their studio albums, as well as original score by Tom Singh, who will later compose the music for the 1998 series. It was also notable for featuring Japanese R&B singer Misia's first international contribution, despite being released prior to her official debut on February 21, 1998. 
===Track listing===
#"On Our Way to the Valley (Movie Version)" - by Melissa Joan Hart
#"A Different Beat - by Boyzone
#"If Time Never Changes" - by the Spice Girls
#"Troll Control" - by Sean Field
#"Cleanin' the Ship" - by the Cast of Butterfly Valley
#"Journey to Pleasant Island - by Steps
#"Like a Child (Radio Mix)" - by the Backstreet Boys
#"We've Had the Light" - by Mark Wills and Reba McEntire
#"Never Gonna Cry! (Proto Mix)" - by Misia
#"On Our Way to the Valley (Reprise)" - by Melissa Joan Hart
#"I'll Find the Way" - by 98 Degrees
#"Cherish the Moments" - by Boyz II Men
#"Butterfly Valley Overture (Instrumental)" - by Tom Singh
#"Cleanin' the Ship (Instrumental)" - by Tom Singh
#"Journey to Pleasant Island (Instrumental)" - by Tom Singh
#"Discovering the Island (Instrumental)” - by Tom Singh
#"The Pirate Riddle (Instrumental)" - by Tom Singh
#"Battle for the Island (Instrumental)" - by Tom Singh
#"Returning Home (Instrumental)" by Tom Singh
==Trivia==
*This is the first feature film in the whole franchise.
*The film was released on VHS on February 3, 1998.
*The film possibly takes place before "Pirate Domain'", due to Rose and Petunia already possessing the magic flower, and the main characters knowing about pirates.
**However, Rose and Petunia's friends and Bluebell's brothers Spike and Trent do not appear in the movie, while Bluebell's parents are only seen from the neck up. Rose and Petunia also had yet to receive magic powers, which they'll do so in the episode "Magic Lessons."
*This film would later be followed by a three-episode series finale arc from the sixth and final season.
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