Movie Magic

"**Movie Magic**" is the twelfth TV special produced for the *Enchatria Girls* cartoon series. In this special, Wendy Wonders and her Friends are invited onto the set of the upcoming *Montana Jones* movie. But a mystery soon unravels at the film studio when some important props go missing.

## Story

The special begins in an exotic location with a volcano, where a Clark Gable-esque man laughs evilly about collecting three relics, dooming a village called Neverapore, and calling himself Stalwart Stallion. Suddenly, film director Kenny Zoom yells, "Cut!", revealing this location to be a movie set for the film adaptation of *Montana Jones and the Marked Thief of Neverapore*.

Rachel Finster, having interrupted this latest film take, says that Stalwart Stallion should be known as Mojo at this point in the story, citing accuracy to the film's source material.

Wendy and the Gang have been invited onto the film studio lot by Kenny Zoom as thanks for saving Camp Everfree, and Rachel is especially excited about the opportunity. One of Kenny's production assistants informs him that the costume for the film's nightclub scene has gone missing, and Kenny excuses himself.

With some free time before the next scene is scheduled to be filmed, the girls decide to split up and check out the various areas of the studio. Judy von Puckett wants to meet Chestnut Magnifico, the actress portraying Montana Jones, and Elsa McMorgan wants Chestnut to sign an animal petition. Abby Snowglode, Zee Kazaam, and Gina Miller want to check out the Mount Vehoovius set up-close, Lori Creaser and Jack Adrews want to find the buffet and "cupcake fountain", and Wendy Wonders and Rachel Finster want to see the film props designed and approved by A. K. Yearling herself.

At Chestnut Magnifico's trailer, Elsa and Judy hear Chestnut arguing with her agent over the phone, shouting that she wants production on something "shut down". On the Mount Vehoovius set, Sunset and Applejack discover a discarded Bon Mot peanut butter praline candy bar wrapper. While checking out the sword, staff, and arrow props being used for the film, Wendy and Rachel meet Juniper Montage, Canter Zoom's niece and personal gofer. Juniper says that she knows the ins and outs of the studio and that she asked her uncle to cast her as Montana Jones, but he refused. She offers to show Wendy and Rachel another set for the movie, mentioning that she has key access to every area in the studio.

Meanwhile, Lori and Jack fail to find the cupcake fountain, but they do find and eat a lot of Bon Mot candy bars. Nearby, they see Canter Zoom talking with Chestnut at the craft services table. Canter attempts to negotiate an extension on Chestnut's film contract, but an angry Chestnut is more concerned about her missing Bon Mot bars, prompting Lori and Jack to flee the scene. When the girls reconvene later, the film crew starts another take on the movie's next scene, but the Mount Vehoovius set suddenly collapses. Even worse, Rachel discovers that the relic props have disappeared.

Wendy and the Gang, Kenny Zoom, and Juniper Montage return to where the relic props were previously on display. Sunset suggests making new props, but Kenny says they cannot without A. K. Yearling's approval. With Chestnut Magnifico's contract about to expire and the Mount Vehoovius set now destroyed, Kenny fears that production on the movie will be permanently halted. As he and Juniper leave to do more damage control, Wendy detects a pattern starting to form. She believes someone is intentionally sabotaging the movie's production, and all signs appear to point to Chestnut being the culprit.

Abby, Zee, Elsa, Lori, and Jack decide to find Chestnut while the others look for the missing props. All of a sudden, Wendy, Gina, and Judy spot a mysterious hooded figure lurking nearby. Rachel uses her geode powers of super-speed to chase the hooded figure, but they quickly give her the slip. Abby, Zee, Elsa, Lori, and Jack rejoin the others soon after, saying they couldn't find Chestnut. As Rachel informs Abby about the hooded figure, a P.A. walks by, mistaking the girls for actresses, and tells them to get into costume.

The girls suddenly find themselves on the set of a Power Girls superhero movie. Just then, Gina spots the hooded figure again, and the girls give chase across multiple film sets. After losing the hooded figure again, the girls wander onto the set of Lori Creaser's favorite movie, *Stormy with a Chance of Pudding*. The hooded figure catches all the girls except Rachel in a net. Rachel chases after them and eventually tracks them down to a studio storage room. She discovers the missing nightclub costume in one of the lockers, but the hooded figure locks her inside the storage room. With her and her friends' cell phones left with studio security, Rachel is unable to call for help.

The rest of the girls escape from the net and notice tracks of chocolate pudding that Rachel left during her chase. They follow the tracks to the storage area, and Elsa hears Rachel calling out from inside the locked room. Using her geode powers of telekinesis, Wendy magically unlocks the door and lets Rachel out. After seeing the recovered nightclub costume, Wendy has an idea on who the real culprit is, and the girls devise a trap to catch them.

Wendy and her Friends meet with Kenny Zoom, Chestnut Magnifico, and Juniper Montage in front of the Tricorners Village set and ask for Kenny's permission to search for clues. Agreeing to this, Kenny tells Chestnut to get into hair and makeup and Juniper to go get some smoothies. A short while later, the girls catch the hooded figure attempting to move the relic props to another hiding spot, and it is revealed to be Juniper. Juniper tries to act innocent, but she has been caught red-handed. Wendy deduces that she was only able to pull off this heist due to her intricate knowledge to the studio's layout and her key access to all studio areas.

When asked why she did all this, Juniper admits that she resents her uncle for not casting her as Montana Jones in his movie, as well as Chestnut for eating all of her Bon Mot candy bars. Canter angrily reprimands Juniper for jeopardizing the film's production, endangering everyone's safety, and taking advantage of his trust. Juniper apologizes and asks for forgiveness, and while Canter does forgive her, he bans her from the studio. As Juniper is escorted out by studio security, she looks back at the Mane Seven with a vengeful look in her eyes.

Chestnut returns to inform Kenny that her agent got her out of a previous attachment to a documentary project that she was uninterested in. Thus, she is able to extend her contract and finish filming the Montana Jones movie. Kenny happily congratulates and thanks the girls for a job well done, and he agrees to cast them as extras in the movie as a show of his gratitude.

As filming resumes, Chestnut—now acting in the role of Montana Jones—runs through the Tricorners Village square with one of the relic props in her holster. She confronts the actor playing Stewart McStilton, who waves a magical scepter in his hand. Rachel tosses Montana Jones her whip, and the climax of the film begins, but Rachel once again ruins the take by speaking up out of excitement.

## Characters

1. Rachel Finster
2. Wendy Wonders
3. Lori Creaser
4. Judy von Puckett
5. Elsa McMorgan
6. Gina Miller
7. Abby Snowglode
8. Zee Kazaam
9. Jack Andrews
10. Kenny Zoom
11. Montana Jones
12. Chestnut Magnifico
13. Juniper Montage

## Notes

### References

* Lori Creaser's favorite movie, *Stormy with a Chance of Pudding*, is a parody of the children's book and animated film adaptation *Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs*.
* The special makes several references to the *Indiana Jones* film series:
	+ The Montana Jones nightclub outfit resembles the outfit worn by Willie Scott at the beginning of *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*.
	+ During the *Montana Jones* film sequence at the end of the special, "Crystal Lullaby" holds a small golden relic similar to the one at the beginning of *Raiders of the Lost Ark*.
	+ Also during the *Montana Jones* film sequence, two extras appear carrying a prop that resembles the Ark of the Covenant in the above film.