Halloweentown Franchise

The Halloweentown film series is an American film franchise which began in 1998. There are four films in the franchise.
== History ==
Halloweentown proposes that fantasy beings such as witches, warlocks, vampires, werewolves, mummies, ghosts, trolls, ogres, zombies, pumpkin heads (a race of people with jack-o'-lanterns for heads), skeletons, goblins, humanoids with varying numbers of heads, humanoids with varying numbers of limbs, and humanoids with varying numbers of sensory organs are real, but have separated themselves from Earth's history to escape humans' fear and persecution. These characters created their own community, "Halloweentown," a thousand years ago in an alternate universe.
Travel between Halloweentown and the ordinary, historical world (which Halloweentown residents call "The Mortal World") is only possible with magical aid, and only at regulated times (on Halloween), until the portal seals at midnight. In the second film, they permanently open the portal between the Mortal World and Halloweentown, and events of the third film breach the gap even more.
It is stated that many of the traditions of Halloween in the Mortal World are parallels based on regular traditions in Halloweentown. An example of this is how mortals wear costumes that mimic the creatures of Halloweentown, and are often depicted as being more frightening than they are naturally. In Halloweentown, the residents dress up every day, and most are much friendlier than humans generally depict them.
Although magic is present in many of the details of daily life of Halloweentown, it appears that only a limited number of persons actually practice or control magic. These people are mainly human, and are called witches (female) and warlocks (male). These beings appear human, but possess some sort of biological extra-sensory ability that allows them to harness magic unlike their "mortal" counterparts. Magic is also hereditary in their families.
The Halloweentown movies concern episodes in the lives of the Cromwell–Piper family. The family matriarch, Agatha Cromwell, has been a pillar of Halloweentown society for centuries. Her daughter, Gwen Piper, married a mortal and chose to leave Halloweentown for a life in the Mortal World. At the time of the movies, she is apparently widowed. She has decided to raise her three children (Marnie, Dylan and Sophie) apart from magic, and thus rejects contact with Halloweentown and the influence of her mother.
== Films ==
Title 	Release Date 	Directors 	Writers 	Producers
Halloweentown 	October 17, 1998	Duwayne Dunham 	Paul Bernbaum, Jon Cooksey and Ali Matheson 	Ron Mitchell and Brian Pogue
Halloweentown II: Kalabar's Revenge	October 12, 2001	Mary Lambert 	Jon Cooksey and Ali Matheson 	Peter Lhotka
Halloweentown High 	October 8, 2004 	Mark A.Z. Dippé	Dan Berendsen 	Don Schain
Return to Halloweentown 	October 20, 2006	David Jackson 	Max Enscoe, Annie DeYoung, Juliet Giglio and Keith Giglio	Don Schain and Sheri Singer
=== Short Films ===
See Also: Chibi Tiny Tales
In 2020, Disney Channel ran a short titled Halloweentown As Told By Chibi. The first short, released September 28, 2020, simplifies the plot of the first Halloweentown. A second one titled Haircut was released on October 11, 2020, followed by a third titled First Date Fright on October 18, 2020.
== Main Cast and Characters ==
Characters 	Halloweentown 	Halloweentown II 	Halloweentown High	Return to Halloweentown
Agatha "Aggie" Cromwell	Debbie Reynolds 	Debbie Reynolds 	Debbie Reynolds 	Debbie Reynolds
Marnie Piper 	Kimberly J. Brown	Kimberly J. Brown	Kimberly J. Brown 	Sara Paxton
Dylan Piper 	Joey Zimmerman 	Joey Zimmerman 	Joey Zimmerman 	Joey Zimmerman
Sophie Piper 	Emily Roeske 	Emily Roeske 	Emily Roeske 	
Gwen Piper 	Judith Hoag 	Judith Hoag 	Judith Hoag 	Judith Hoag
Luke 	Phillip Van Dyke 	Phillip Van Dyke 	 	
Benny 	Rino Romano 	Richard Side 	 	
Kalabar 	Robin Thomas 	 	 	
Kal 	 	Daniel Kountz 	 	
Ethan Dalloway 	 	 	Lucas Grabeel 	Lucas Grabeel
Category:Halloweentown
Category:Halloween Films
Category:Disney Channel Original Movies
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