Dragon Around (2027 Object Show short film)

***Dragon Around*** is a 2027 American animated short film directed by Scott Christian Sava and Tony Bancroft and written by Dean Lorey, featuring Apple and Marshmallow from Inanimate Insanity and Chalice from BFTD.

## Some attributes

### First

Directed by:* Scott Christian Sava
* Tony Bancroft

Written by:

* Dean Lorey

Story by:

* Stephen Anderson
* Clio Chiang
* Don Dougherty
* Don Hall
* Kendelle Hoyer
* Brian Kesinger
* Nicole Mitchell
* Jeremy Spears

Based On:

* Object Shows Community
* Dragon Around by Jack Hannah and Walt Disney

Produced by:

* MaximumPower2002 (US)
* Chantal Ling (UK)

### Second

Starring :* Adam Katz
* AmandaRulez85
* MistyBreeze

Narrated by:

* Goran Višnjić (US)
* Liam Neeson (UK)

### Third

Edited by:* Travis Oates

Music by:

* Kevin MacLeod
* Ben Locket (UK)

## Other attributes

### Fifth

Release Date:* December 19, 2027 (US)
* December 27, 2027 (UK)

## Plot

Marshmallow is reading a discarded book of fairy tales with a story about a brave warrior fighting a mighty dragon. Fascinated with the action and drama of being a knight, Marshmallow mimics the adventure in his own way. Suddenly, a loud rumbling occurs, and a shadowy figure appears in the distance. The features of the "monster" make Marshmallow instantly believe that he is face-to-face with a *real* dragon. Frightened, Marshmallow hurries back home, where Apple is organizing acorns, and rapidly describes his encounter. The duo go to find the monster, but it is no longer there. Irritated, Apple hits Marshmallow and dismisses his claim as nonsense, until the rumbling resumes and he too sees the "dragon" in person. Apple and Marshmallow flee and hide in their stash of nuts. The "dragon" then reveals itself to be a steam shovel, operated by Chalice. Surveying the area, Chalice sees Apple and Marshmallow' tree and determines that it must be removed to make room for a freeway he is building.

Chalice begins to work on removing the tree, to Apple and Marshmallow' horror. Realizing that they must act fast to save themselves and their tree, Apple and Marshmallow retaliate by hitting & pelting it with objects. Seeing the retaliation scene, Chalice grabs the grass with his tractor, flinging Apple and Marshmallow away. Inspired by the fairy tale, the chipmunks make their own costumes and become knights, their goal being to save their home. As Apple and Marshmallow hurry to the battlefield, Chalice spots them and prepares a surprise attack by hiding a welding torch in the shovel's bucket. Apple and Marshmallow charge forward, but Chalice uses the hidden torch to burn Apple's sword, forcing them to retreat. Chalice then attempts to lure Apple and Marshmallow out of hiding by pretending to fall asleep. Apple and Marshmallow slowly advance on the beast, before unleashing the attack. Chalice feigns death throes with the steamshovel, and then slams its bucket on Apple and Marshmallow to squash them, but they manage to escape. As Apple and Marshmallow celebrate their victory over the "dragon", Chalice springs his trap — he grabs and devours the duo with the bucket and laughs triumphantly. Inside, realizing they got eaten, Apple and Marshmallow use a steel pipe to ram their way out of the bucket, destroying one of its teeth. Chalice angrily replaces the broken tooth with a golden one and begins furiously digging at the tree.

Apple and Marshmallow retaliate by disorienting Chalice and his machine with a large boulder, and then destroying the bucket's remaining teeth with a barrel of tar. Enraged, Chalice captures Apple and Marshmallow and locks them in his toolbox, then begins ramming the tree with the now-toothless bucket. As Chalice climbs up a nearby hill for one last charge, Apple and Marshmallow make their getaway with a saw and use wrenches to dismantle the tractor. The machine gradually falls apart as it surges down the hill, until the only thing remaining is the driver's seat with Chalice herself in it, who then crashes head-on into the tree and is left dazed. As Apple and Marshmallow roll home, they taunt Chalice, who figures that if he cannot force them out, he will instead blast them out with dynamite. He places several sticks around the tree, lights them, and rushes off to await the explosion. However, Apple and Marshmallow extinguish and collect the dynamite sticks, and use them to replace the rungs on Chalice's ladder, before setting it up near a ledge. Marshmallow uses a paper bag to make a fake explosion to attract Chalice's attention, who then pursues him up the booby-trapped ladder as Apple re-lights the dynamite. Marshmallow tells Chalice to stop, look and listen. When Chalice finds out about the charade, he hastily flees, inadvertently bringing the dynamite with her. The dynamite ladder explodes multiple times sending Chalice high into the air. As they witness, Apple plays a trick on Marshmallow; she pretends that *he's* the monster by pulling its picture out of the fairy tale book and hiding behind it. When Marshmallow finds out about the prank, Apple and Marshmallow share a good laugh as the short concludes.

## Voice Cast:

* Adam Katz as Apple (II)
* AmandaRulez85 as Marshmallow (II) (AmandaRulez85 was originally going to voice him in the 2011 computer-animated prequel of *Early II1*]
* MistyBreeze as Chalice (BFTD)