Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken

## **OVERVIEW**

Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken is the 18th film of Warner Bros. Films. The Film tells the story about Doc and his friends, who become homeless after their home is wrecked, to which they put their differences aside in order to help a little girl escape from her evil abusive child-hating guardian and reunite with her lost and presumed-dead mother.

## **THE PLOT**

The Film Begins with Doc is moving to a new castle, but he is distracted by his pursuit of Donkey and is left behind by the moving van. Doc chases the van, but is scared away by a sharptooth and is forced to stay in the house. The next morning, the house is demolished, leaving Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema and Donkey homeless. The gang wander the streets until they meet a stray lion named Alex and his companion, Marty. Through introducing themselves, Doc's friends discover that they can speak, and they are persuaded to befriend each other to ensure their survival. While Doc and his friends are sidetracked searching for food, Alex and Marty are captured by dogcatchers. Doc is apprehended by a group of hostile The Blow Monkeys, until the eight traps them in the sewer. While walking, The gang meet Dawn, a runaway girl whose mother died when she was a baby and her father apparently died in an avalanche during an expedition in Tibet. Dawn and her family's fortune are in the custody of her greedy guardian Mother Gothel and Pitch Black, who see Dawn only as a means to keeping their obtained wealth. A local policeman brings Dawn home along with Doc and his friends.

Gothel reluctantly allows them to stay. However, after a food fight between Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema and Donkey and Vlad, Gothel suggests taking them to a kind man named Mr. Perkins who loves animals, which Dawn thinks about. Winnie overhears Gothel and Pitch discussing a telegram that reveals that Johanna is alive and running her company in Twinleaf Town. Winnie tells her friends about this and they attempt to tell Dawn about it, but Gothel locks Robyn in her room and takes the gang to Mr. Perkins, who is revealed to be a cruel animal kidnapper and the employer of the dogcatchers who captured Alex and Marty. Doc and the gang reunite Alex and Marty, who suggest using a nearby control panel to open the cages. Little Quacker free the captured animals and return to Dawn's home to inform her of Johanna's survival. Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema, Donkey and Dawn set out to find Johanna on a raft, but the raft is suddenly struck by a ship and they end up separated. Meanwhile, in Twinleaf Town, Johanna, mother of Dawn, is aware of Dawn's situation, and decides to leave Twinleaf Town for America.

The next day, Gothel and Pitch decide to put a $1 million bounty on Dawn to anyone who can find her, with no promise on paying. Dawn is found and hosted by amusement park manager Stoick the Vast and King Fergus. Stoick is initially friendly with Dawn until he sees Gothel's bounty on a milk carton. He traps Dawn on a Ferris wheel and contacts Gothel, who leaves with Pitch and Vlad while Mr Perkins and the dogcatchers try to beat them there in order to collect the bounty. Doc and the gang find and free Dawn and trap the dogcatchers on the Ferris wheel right when Gothel and Pitch arrive. They escape in a paddle steamer while Gothel, Pitch, Stoick, Fergus and Mr. Perkins give chase. In the ensuing chase, Mr. Perkins falls from a bridge and sinks Stoick's dinghy, while Gothel and Pitch head to the "Dawn's Nest" – a small cabin where Robyn and Johanna spent their holidays – predicting she will be there.

Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema, Donkey and Dawn arrive at the cabin, but Dawn is apprehended by Gothel and Pitch, who locks Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema and Donkey outside with Vlad. During a tussle, an oil lamp is knocked over and starts a fire. While Gothel and Pitch attempt to escape, Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema, Donkey manage to get Dawn safely on the roof. Gothel and Pitch manage to vacate the cabin, but stumble on Vlad's skateboard and crash onto the paddle steamer, which sails out of control and sends them away. Johanna arrives by helicopter and rescues her, but fail to rescue Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema, Donkey right before the cabin collapses, and they barely survive. Johanna promises to never leave her alone again and Doc, Bambi, Little Quacker, Lucario, Stella, Winnie Woodpecker, Garfield, Eema, Donkey's heroics make the paper. Alex and Marty see this on the news pleased and wonder if they are getting along.

At the ferry port, Doc rush out of a souvenir store with many bags in his tail, and Winnie Woodpecker reminds them that he has save the day. As the gang prepare to board the ferry, Dawn thanks her friends for helping her through her journey. Doc reply that they are the ones who are thankful for her. Doc and Dawn then exchange their final high five while Lucario and Piplup also high five, hug, and say their goodbyes at last. Doc and his friends board the ship and it sets off towards sea. As Dawn looks upon her friends, she hangs her head in sadness, the reality that they are leaving hitting her. As the ferry moves away, Doc yells from the deck, "Dawn! No need to worry!". Dawn runs down the dock waving to her friends and thanking them again for everything they did for her, as Piplup also shouts out goodbyes. As the sun sets, Piplup jumps into Dawn's arms and she happily hugs her partner knowing that while their adventures with Doc and his friends are over, they still have many more adventures of their own to come as the film ends.

## **CHARACTERS**

* Doc
* Bambi
* Little Quacker
* Lucario
* Stella
* Winnie Woodpecker
* Garfield
* Eema
* Donkey
* Dawn
* Alex
* Marty
* Johanna
* Mother Gothel
* Pitch Black
* Vlad Vladkioff
* Mr. Perkins
* The Straycatchers
* Stoick the Vast
* King Fergus
* Officer
* The Blow Monkeys

## **VOICE TALENT**

* Willem Dafoe as Doc
* J.D. McCrary as Bambi
* Sam Kwasman as Little Quacker
* Sean Schemmel as Lucario
* Selena Gomez as Stella
* Demi Lovato as Winnie Woodpecker
* Frank Welker as Garfield
* Whoopi Goldberg as Eema
* Eddie Murphy as Donkey
* Ben Stiller as Alex
* Chris Rock as Marty
* Will Arnett as Vlad Vladkioff/Mr. Perkins
* Emily Jenness as Dawn
* Sarah Natochenny as Johanna
* Donna Murphy as Mother Gothel
* Jude Law as Pitch Black
* Jim Gaffigan as The Straycatchers/The Blow Monkeys
* Gerard Butler as Stoick the Vast
* Billy Connolly as King Fergus

## **OPENING CREDITS**

Based On Characters Created by:

Sonora Webster Carver

Executive Producer:

Sam Register

Produced by:

Matt Williams

Associate Producer:

Timothy Mertens

Music by:

Henry Mancini

Score Composed by:

Ilan Eshkeri

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Steve Miner

Edited by:

Jon Poll

Story by:

Phil Roman

Written by:

John Edwards

Directed by:

Darrell Van Citters

## **SONGS**

01. **Life's A Treat**

Performed by: Willem Dafoe, J.D. McCrary, Sam Kwasman, Sean Schemmel, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Frank Welker, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy.

02. **Appreciate The Lady**

Performed by: Ben Stiller, Chris Rock.

03. **You Don't Own Me**

Performed by: Jim Gaffigan.

04. **The World's Greatest Criminal Mind**

Performed by: Donna Murphy, Jude Law.

05. **God's Little Creatures**

Performed by: Will Arnett.

06. **Wolves**

Performed by: Emily Jenness.

07. **I've Done It All**

Performed by: Gerard Butler, Billy Connolly.

08. **Real In Rio**

Performed by: Willem Dafoe, J.D. McCrary, Sam Kwasman, Sean Schemmel, Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Frank Welker, Whoopi Goldberg, Eddie Murphy.

## **TRIVIA**

* This film was based on *Tom and Jerry: The Movie.*
* This was the eighteenth film of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Doc is the eighteenth main protagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.
* Mother Gothel is the eighteenth main antagonist of Warner Bros. Pictures.