Atlantis: Milo's Return

### Screenplay By

Steve Englehart, Thomas Hart, Kevin Hopps, Tad Stones, Marty Isenberg and Henry Gilroy

### Production Companies

Disneytoon Studios
 Walt Disney Television Animation

### Preceded By

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

**Atlantis: Milo's Return** is a 2003 American animated film directed by Victor Cook, Toby Shelton and Tad Stones. It is the sequel to the 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

It focuses on three segments, which are "Kraken", "Spirit of the West" and "Spear of Destiny" which were originally meant to be episodes of a series that was never completed.

The film was released on May 20, 2003 as a direct-to-video.

## Plot

After the decline in Atlantean culture following the sinking, Kida, now Queen Regnant and married to Milo Thatch, now Prince Consort, are using the heart of Atlantis to restore the city's former glory. Suddenly, Milo's comrades and Mr. Whitmore arrive in Atlantis; while their arrival is unexpected, the Atlanteans welcome their old friends. Unfortunately, they have come to inform them of a mysterious creature causing trouble on the surface. Kida suspects that the creature might be Atlantean, stirring mixed feelings about her father's decision to keep the Crystal hidden.

They arrive in Trondheim, Norway and discover that the mysterious problem is actually the creature known as the Kraken, which had been attacking shipping freighters and taking their cargo to a cliffside village. At first they presume it to be an ancient Atlantean war machine gone rogue (like the Leviathan from the previous film), but they discover that the town magistrate, Edgar Volgud, seems to be controlling the Kraken. They soon learn, though, that the Kraken itself is the master, having made a deal with Volgud to preserve the life of the town and Edgar's lifespan in exchange for their souls. When they blow up the Kraken, Volgud's immortality ceases and he disintegrates, while the spirit of the village is restored.

All the while, Kida is learning about the outside world and is adapting well. However, she still feels guilty, as there could still be other Atlantean war machines in the world causing problems, like the Leviathan. Their next mystery is in the Southwestern United States, involving coyote spirits opposing them. They later find a hidden city in Arizona that contains Atlantean architecture, which Kida realizes is an abandoned Atlantean colony. Unfortunately, a very sly shop owner, Ashton Carnaby, intends to pillage the place for its valuables, but the spirits then turn him into one of them. A mysterious man named Chakashi, who is a Native American wind spirit, trusts them with the knowledge of their sanctuary and informs Kida that she can choose Atlantis' destiny.

Returning home, the adventurers discover that one of Whitmore's old competitors, Erik Hellstrom, who, after the stock market crash sank his company, went insane believing he was Odin, the Norse king of the gods, broke in at night and stole one of Whitmore's possessions, an ancient spear called the Gungnir, an artefact of Atlantean origin. When they track him down in the frigid Nordic Mountains, he presumes Milo to be the God of Mischief, Loki, and Kida to be his long lost daughter, Brünnhilde. Then, "Odin" uses the spear to cast Milo, Mole, Vinny and Audrey out of "Asgard" before kidnapping Kida and dressing her in Norse clothing. He explains that his intentions are to end the world in Ragnarok, the prophesied apocalypse told in Norse mythology. He creates a lava beast and an ice beast to destroy the world, but well-placed explosives used by Vinny distract the monsters long enough for Kida to retrieve the spear and vanquish the beasts. During these escapades, Kida comes into a greater understanding of just how powerful the Atlantean Crystal is, and that she must choose between hiding it and sharing it with the rest of mankind.

Having retrieved the spear, Kida realizes her father was wrong to hide the Crystal from mankind. She combines the Spear with the Heart Crystal and lifts Atlantis above water. Fishermen are shocked at seeing the entire city rise before them. With Atlantis above the water for the first time in over 8,000 years, Mr. Whitmore narrates that from then on, the world was a better place.

## Cast and Characters

* James Taylor as Milo
* Cree Summer as Kida
* John Mahoney as Whitmore
* Jacqueline Obradors as Audrey / Nurse
* Don Novello as Vinny
* Corey Burton as Mole
* Phil Morris as Sweet
* Florence Stanley as Obby / Mantell
* Steven Barr as Cookie
* Clancy Brown as Volgud
* Jean Gilpin as Inger
* Kai Larson as Seaman / Gunnar
* Bill Fagerbakke as Sven
* Tom Wilson as Carnaby
* Floyd Westerman as Chakashi
* Jeff Bennett as Sam McKeane
* Morgan Sheppard as Erik Hellstrom