A Pair Of Shoes

***A Pair of Shoes*** (Korean: 페어 오브 슈즈) is an original 2001 South Korean CGI animated television pilot produced by Main Stream Studio/Enemes and released at the Seoul Character Fair in August 18th, 2001.

## Purpose

"A Pair of Shoes" addresses an undefined virtual world and adventures therein for modern children who don't believe in Santa Claus and don't dream any more. The belief that the world is not only made of what you see and what one dreams can come as an amazing reality shining a light on the future of children.

The "Shoes" storyline is composed of the food chain; the relations of natural enemies fantasized through magical characters. This hierarchical fantasy involves clever reverse turns enabling children's understanding of the provisions and order of nature.

And, in the conflicting relations between good and evil, without denying character conflict structures, the story aims at humans being looked upon as whole.

Also implied is the opportunity to think on what powers move the world; 'physical', 'heart'...

## Synopsis

In a small shoemaking village called Romance is living a blond teenage boy named Olivier with his grandfather Pierre, who has been making shoes all his life with unparalleled devotion. He still believes the village's legend that if one makes shoes with love and devotion, Heaven will bless the whole village in reward by sending fairies to nestle in the shoes.

One day, Pierre makes a pair of shoes to give Henry for a birthday present. In the depth of the night, there appears a mysterious aura above the shoes, in which the elves of Love, Hope, and Courage nestle.

The next morning, Henry goes out cheerfully wearing his new shoes, only to encounter the Summers gang, who bully Olivier out of envy for his friendship with Celine. Olivier runs away as far as the entrance to Wings Castle where the devil is said to live. As Olivier is about to be hypnotized by the evil elves while entering the castle, the good elves of Love, Hope and Courage save Olivier and tell him about the legend involving the devil Balloon and Wings Castle.

Olivier determines to fight the devil to save the village. Pleased with Henry's courage, the elves infuse their respective magic power into Olivier's shoes and teach him how to use it. With much practice, Olivier gains a fairly good mastery in using the magic properly in various situations and sets out to find and arrest the evil elves. However, Balloon waits and launches an attack on him along with the evil elves to take the magic shoes from him.

## Characters

* **Oliver** (Korean: 올리비에) is the main character of the story. He lives with Pierre at the shoes town. Though he is inverted and quiet, he says what he wants to say without fear. Because he had been well educated while he was living in a city with his uncle, he is smart and has mental capability. But, because of this, he is afflicted by the town boys.
* **Celine** (Korean: 셀린) is a cute and lovable red-headed 12-year-old preteen girl. With the magical ring from a fairy, she helps Olivier to do the magic of change. She is an active and lively girl with a boyish character and yearns for adventure and romantic love. However, she is somewhat shy in front of Olivier whom she likes.
* **Fabo** (Korean: 파보) is good hearted and dull and follows Patrick without any thought. His mind is simply full of the expectation that he may get something to eat by being with Patrick. He likes sweets much and has to sleep in any situation when he is full. He has a simple characteristic.
* **Patrick** (Korean: 패트릭) is 16 years old and is the boss of child gang in the town. Though he is strong, he is kind of stupid. He loves Celine; because of this, he highly envies and hinders Olivier, who is loved by Celine. He believes that there is treasure in the Wing's Castle and has the ambition to find treasure in the future. Because he thinks that Olivier has the key to get into the Wing's Castle, he continuously afflicts Olivier.
* **Kiklo** (Korean: 키클로) is among Patrick's gang, he flatters most to Patrick. He always talks. He is proud of being a part of Patrick's gang. He relies on Patrick's power and is mean enough to afflict the children of town. However, because he is quite funny in a way, you cannot dislike him all the time.