Enchanted Journey

## **OVERVIEW**

Enchanted Journey is the 4th film of Warner Bros. Films. The Film tells the story how Vixey and her friends stopped Nightmare Moon from taking over Columbia City in Canada.

## **THE PLOT**

The Film Begins with Long ago, Nightmare Moon, heir to the pegasus clan that ruled over Columbia City, sought to harness the power of fireworks as a weapon to fuel his aggressive ambitions of ruling over Canada. When she learned from the court The Missing Link that "a warrior of black and white" would one day defeat her, Nightmare Moon assumed she was referring to the foxes and had them exterminated to avert the prophecy. Horrified at this atrocity, Nightmare Moon's parents exiled her. Feeling abandoned and betrayed, Nightmare Moon vowed he would return one day to rule supreme.

Over twenty years later, Vixey is now living her dream as the Dragon Warrior, protecting the Canada alongside her friends and fellow kung fu masters, the Furious Five. However, Shifu's lesson to further Vixey's training to help him pursue inner peace
is interrupted by a raid by horses seeking all the refined metal they can steal from a village of musicians. Vixey and the Gang arrive to stop them, but the horses get away when Vixey is distracted by the sight of a symbol on the 's armor that triggers a flashback of her mother.

Afterward, Shifu receives word that Tiger Claw, leader of the Kung Fu Council protecting Columbia City, has been killed by Nightmare Moon, which threatens to destroy kung fu tradition. Vixey and her friends are sent to stop her, but the journey is complicated by Vixey's troubling nightmares that he feels he cannot share completely with anyone, even with Vixey, whom he is growing increasingly close to.

When they reach the city, Vixey and the gang find it completely under the control of Nightmare Moon's forces and try to stealthily reach Masters Bebop and Rocksteady in the prison in order to get their help to liberate the city. Unfortunately, both masters inexplicably refuse to leave their cell, citing their helplessness against Nightmare Moon's weapon, forcing Vixey and the Gang to make the attempt alone. Vixey and the Gang are then discovered by the horse leader, who they chase to prevent him from alerting Nightmare Moon, only to be ambushed by a massive force. Vixey surrenders, and the group is arrested. Balto questions Vixey, but assures him that she is formulating a plan.

Placed in restraints, they are brought before Nightmare Moon in her tower. The emperess pegasus refuses to believe that a goofy vixen could possibly threaten her, while the The Missing Link realizes Vixey has no knowledge of what the pegasus did to her people. As per their plan, Vixey and the gang free themselves and destroy the Nightmare Moon's large cannon. Unfortunately, Vixey is again distracted by flashbacks upon seeing the same symbol as before on Nightmare Moon's plumage, allowing the pegasus to escape.

The heroes discover, to their horror, that Nightmare Moon has built a whole arsenal of cannons and they barely escape the tower while Nightmare Moon destroys it with a salvo attack. Hiding in the prison, Po demands to know why Vixey froze and says the Five will leave her behind if she can't be counted on in battle. Vixey at first refuses to confess about her flashbacks, but ultimately relents and tells him that Nightmare Moon knows what happened to her parents. She says that Po probably can't understand, but that she has to know the answer and will confront Nightmare Moon with or without the Five. Balto then suddenly hugs Vixey, much to the surprise of everyone else, and tells her that he does understand, but can't watch his friend die. He tells her to remain with Bebop and Rocksteady for her own protection while he and the others attempt to stop Nightmare Moon's cannons at the source.

Still determined to find out what Nightmare Moon knows, Vixey ignores Po and decides to break into the cannon foundry to question Nightmare Moon herself about her memories, inadvertently foiling the Five's attempt to destroy it. In the ensuing battle, Vixey faces Nightmare Moon who acknowledges that he was in Vixey's parents' village; she sadistically claims that Vixey's parents abandoned her before blasting the stunned vixen point-blank with a giant cannon. Vixey rockets out of the factory and plunges into the river to her apparent death.

Wounded and unconsciously floating down the river, Vixey is still alive when she is rescued by The Missing Link, who was exiled earlier by Nightmare Moon. When she regains consciousness, The Missing Link tells her that she is in the remains of the village where she was born and Vixey's unconsciously repressed memories fight to come to the surface. Guided by The Missing Link to embrace the past and let them rise, Vixey's memories come back as he witnesses the destruction of her village and her father's flight from Nightmare Moon's forces. Given the lie of Nightmare Moon's cruel claim of abandonment, she sees instead that her father endangered himself to save her by hiding him in the produce crate and drawing the pursuers away, seemingly to his death. Vixey's memories move to her journey how she ended up in Canada, with the help of her friends. At that, Vixey comes to realize that her past does not define her as much as her present choices, allowing her to attain a measure of inner peace even while she prepares to return to Columbia City to confront the murdering pegasus.

In the city, Nightmare Moon captures the Five, trying to stop her war fleet from departing and prepares to kill themas an example of her power as soon as her ships clear the city harbor. However, Vixey arrives to confront Nightmare Moon and manages to free the Five, beginning a massive battle to blow up Nightmare Moon's ship before it reaches the harbor that soon includes Master Shifu who also convinced Bebop and Rocksteady to participate. During the battle, Vixey uses her inner peace and destroy Nightmare Moon's fleet. There, Vixey confronts Nightmare Moon on her damaged flagship. There, Vixey and the gang rejects that her horrific past dominates her spirit and urges Nightmare Moon to come to terms with her own grievance with her parents. However, Nightmare Moon refuses the entreaty and hatefully attacks the gang. The Six defeats the pegasus with the Element of Magic. Vixey soon reunites with the other Masters and the city celebrates Vixey's victory with fireworks.

Back in the Valley of Peace, Vixey and the gang reunites with her grandfather and lovingly proclaims her to be her friends. However, the film ends where in a distant hidden area that contains a whole village of foxes, Vixey's real mother is suddenly aware that his daughter is alive.

## **CHARACTERS**

* Vixey
* Thumper
* Spike
* Balto
* Smidge
* Po
* Nightmare Moon
* Shifu
* Mr. Fox
* The Missing Link
* Tiger Claw
* Bebop and Rocksteady
* Fenghuang
* The Horse Clan
* Vixey's Mother
* Vixey's Father

## **VOICE TALENT**

* Chloë Grace Moretz as Vixey
* Brendon Baerg as Thumper
* Rob Paulsen as Spike
* Omar Sy as Balto
* Walt Dohrn as Smidge
* Jack Black as Po
* Tabitha St. Germain as Nightmare Moon
* Dustin Hoffman as Shifu
* James Hong as Mr. Fox
* Will Arnett as The Missing Link
* Eric Bauza as Tiger Claw
* J.B. Smoove as Bebop
* Fred Tatasciore as Rocksteady
* Martina McBride as Fenghuang
* Sofía Espinosa as Vixey's Mother
* Jonathan Freeman as Vixey's Father

## **OPENING CREDITS**

Based On Characters Created by:

Atsuo Saitō

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Melissa Cobb

Associate Producer:

Yasuo Tanami

Music by:

Hans Zimmer

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Jennifer Yuh Nelson

Edited by:

Clare Knight

Written by:

John Edwards

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

## **SONGS**

01. **Canada (You're Life Time A Journey)**

Performed by: Chloë Grace Moretz, Brendon Baerg, Omar Sy, Walt Dohrn, Jack Black.

02. **Wolves**

Performed by: Chloë Grace Moretz.

03. **How Far I'll Go**

Performed by: Chloë Grace Moretz, Brendon Baerg, Omar Sy, Walt Dohrn, Jack Black.

04. **Wanna Know**

Performed by: Chloë Grace Moretz, Brendon Baerg, Omar Sy, Walt Dohrn, Jack Black.

05. **You Raise Me Up**

Performed by: Chloë Grace Moretz.

06. **My Once Upon A Time**

Perfomed by: Chloë Grace Moretz.

## **TRIVIA**

* This film was based on *Kung Fu Panda 2.*
* This was the fourth film of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Vixey is the fourth main protagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* This is the third franchise of Warner Bros. Pictures. Followed by: *The Five Satins*
* Nightmare Moon is the fourth main antagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.