The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)

## The Tin Soldier Prince

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Davidchannel 29 Entertaiment / Paramount Pictures / 20th Century Fox's upcoming movie spoof of LaceWood Productions / Hinton Animation Studios / Boulevard Entertainment and Allied Filmmakers's 1990 Animated romance / fantasy film ***The Nutcracker Prince***, which is a retelling of E. T. A. Hoffmann's 1816 short story ***The Nutcracker and the Mouse King*** and Marius Petipa & Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 1892 ballet ***The Nutcracker***.

In the loving memories of Phyllis Diller (1917-2017), Peter Boretski (1929-2001), Peter O' Toole (1932-2013) and Mike MacDonald (1954-2018).

## Summary:

An adaption of the classic tale of a girl (Barbara Gordon; Clara's) dreams turned reality when her new toy turns out to be a young man placed under a curse.

## Plot:

In 19th century Germany, Barbara Gordon (Clara Stahlbaum), her younger brother T.J. Detweiler (Fritz) and their family celebrate Christmas Eve, though Barbara is jealous that her older sister Wendy (Louise) already has a boyfriend Fred (Erik), leaving her wondering about growing up. She immediately cheers up when Giovanni Zatara (Uncle Drosselmeyer), an eccentric toymaker and family friend, arrives at their home with special gifts: a fully automated toy castle for everyone, and a Tin Soldier/Nutcracker for Barbara. While trying to crack nuts with it, T.J. Detweiler damages the Tin Soldier. To cheer the heartbroken Barbara up, Giovanni tells her a story about how the Tin Soldier came to be the Prince of the Dolls.

As Giovanni relates, there were a King and a Queen who had a beautiful but vain daughter named Princess Aurora (Perlipats). To celebrate the King's birthday, the Queen made a special cake out of blue cheese, but the scent of the cheese drew out all the castle rats, who ate and destroyed the cake. Enraged at it, the King commanded Giovanni, his inventor, to capture all the rats; Giovanni and his nephew, Barry Allen (Hans), succeeded, but the Rat Queen (Julia Brain) and her son escaped. In revenge, Julia cast a spell on Aurora, causing her to become hideously ugly, and Giovanni Zatara was given the task of figuring out how to cure the princess. He eventually learned that the fabled Krakatooth Nut could cure her, and the King commanded all the princes and noblemen in the realm to apply, with the promise of marriage to Aurora once she was cured. However, the Krakatooth was so hard that all the men's teeth shattered upon trying to crack it. Giovanni was about to be executed for his failure when Barry stepped in and cracked the nut, thus succeeded in curing Aurora of the spell that Julia cast on her. Furious, Julia cast a spell on Barry, turning him into a Tin Soldier doll. During the subsequent ruckus, she was killed by a falling statue, and her son's tail was damaged. Now free of his domineering mother, he made himself King of the Rats and swore revenge on Barry, while Giovanni was exiled by the ungrateful King.

Barbara is upset by the story's ending, but Giovanni tells her that the Tin Soldier will break the spell if he can slay the Rat King (The Mouse King). Meanwhile, in the middle of the night, Barbara returns to the living room to spend time with the Tin Soldier, when suddenly the Rat King and an army of rats appear. A ghostly apparition of Giovanni also arrives and casts a spell that breathes life into all the dolls, including the Tin Soldier, Rarity (Marie), Celestia (Trudy) and the toy soldier Don Andres (Pantaloon). The two parties engage in battle, in which course the Rat King threatens to kill the Tin Soldier. Barbara prevents this by throwing her slipper at the Rat King, but then slips on a toy cannonball, falls backwards and hits her head, losing consciousness. The next morning, while she recovers, Giovanni comes visiting. Barbara accuses him of putting the Tin Soldier - his enchanted nephew - in danger, but Giovanni explains that only Barbara can help him break the spell.

That night, the Rat King returns, angry about Barbara's interference. Barbara briefly traps him within her bedside table drawer, but when she retrieves the Tin Soldier, the Rat King escapes and threatens to harm her kitten, Oliver (Pavlova), if she doesn't hand the Tin Soldier over. Giovanni reappears, and the toys awaken once more. The Tin Soldier faces the Rat King in single combat and defeats him, but Don Andres is damaged while trying to help him. In order to get him cured, Tin Soldier, Celestia and Rarity prepare to travel to the Land of the Dolls through Giovanni's mechanical castle; Barbara accompanies them after Giovanni magically shrinks her. However, the Rat King, though critically wounded, has survived the duel and pursues them.

Arriving at the royal castle of the Land of the Dolls, Barbara is given a grand welcome, but although she has fallen in love with the Tin Soldier, she hesitates in joining him as his princess due to the fact that she can't abandon her family. Her reluctance negates the spell which animated the dolls, and they revert to lifeless toys. The Rat King appears and goes after Barbara with his dying strength, but ends up falling off the castle's balcony and drowning in the lake below. As Barbara begins crying for the Tin Soldier, mist begins to fill the castle, and she abruptly finds herself back home and the Tin Soldier missing. Barbara rushes to Giovanni's workshop, where she anxiously asks him about whether all what she has gone through was real, when they are joined by Barry, now cured of the spell and back to human form as a result of the Rat King finally slain.

## Cast:

* Hans (Nutcracker) - Tin Soldier (Timeless Tales; 1991)
* Hans (Nutcracker) (Human) - Barry Allen / The Flash (DC Super Hero Girls; 2019)
* Clara - Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (DC Super Hero Girls; 2019)
* Uncle Drosselmeyer - Giovanni Zatara (DC Super Hero Girls; 2019)
* Fritz - T.J. Detweiler (Recess)
* Louise - Wendy Corduroy (Gravity Falls)
* Dr. Carl Stahlbaum - Commisioner James Gordon (DC Super Hero Girls; 2019)
* Mrs. Ingrid Stahlbaum - Eileen Gordon (DC Super Hero Girls; 2019)
* Pavlova - Oliver the Kitten (Oliver & Company)
* Trudy - Principal Celestia (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
* Pantaloon - Don Andres (Legend Quest)
* Marie - Rarity (My Little Pony: Equestria Girls)
* The Mouse King - The Rat King (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur)
* The Mouse Queen - Julia Brain (Animaniacs)

### Other Cast:

* Mrs. Miller - Daphne (Freddie the Frog; 1992)
* Guests - Various Guests Characters
* Mrs. Schaeffer - Mrs. Potts (Human; Animated) (Beauty and the Beast; 1991)
* Erik - Frederick Flamarion "Fred" Frederickson IV (Big Hero 6)
* Band - Lord Rogers and the Musicians (The Swan Princess)
* Princesses that Hans looks - Malina (The Emperor's New School), Aviva (Wild Kratts) and Mirabel Madrigal (Encanto)
* The King - King Stefan (Animated) (Sleeping Beauty; 1959)
* The Queen - Queen Leah (Animated) (Sleeping Beauty; 1959)
* Princess Perlipats - Aurora (Animated) (Sleeping Beauty; 1959)
* Princess Perlipats (Ugly) - Drizella (Animated / Cinderella; 1950)
* The Mouse King (Flashback) - Swamp Rat (101 Dalmatians: The Series)
* The Mouse King's Army - Various Rats Villains
* First Guard - Brutish Guard (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
* Second Guard - Oafish Guard (The Hunchback of Notre Dame)
* Spectators - Various Characters
* Pantaloon's Soldiers - Various Toys Soldiers from Timeless Tales; 1991 and Babes in Toyland; 1997 (Random)
* The Swan that Clara and Hans (Nutcracker) rides on - Ugly Duckling (Adult; The Fairytaler)
* The Swan that Trudy and Pantaloon rides on - Louie the Swan (The Trumpet of the Swan)
* The Duck that Marie rides on - Daffy Duck (Looney Tunes)

## Scenes Index:

1. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 1 - Opening Credits / Barbara and T.J. Detweiler meets Giovanni
2. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 2 - Race to Home / The Most Wonderful Christmas Tree
3. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 3 - The Party / Giovanni's Arrival
4. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 4 - Barbara Encounters Tin Soldier / Detweiler Breaks the Tin Soldier
5. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 5 - The Story of the Tin Soldier (Part 1)
6. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 6 - The Story of the Tin Soldier (Part 2)
7. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 7 - Barbara Presents the Toys to Tin Soldier (♪ Save This Dance ♪)
8. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 8 - The Rat King and his Goons' Arrival / The Battle
9. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 9 - Barbara Tries to Explain / A Visit of Giovanni
10. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 10 - Barbara Meets the Rat King
11. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 11 - Tin Soldier Vs. The Rat King
12. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 12 - Giovanni's Warning / Barbara Shrinks / The Rat King Awakes
13. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 13 - At the Toy Castle / Meet the Swans
14. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 14 - Arriving at Land of the Dolls / Barbara and Tin Soldier's Romantic Dance
15. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 15 - Barbara Refuses Tin Soldier's Proposal / The Rat King's Death
16. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 16 - Returning Home / The Spell it's Broken / Happy Ending
17. "The Tin Soldier Prince (1990)" Part 17 - End Credits (♪ Always Come Back to You ♪)

## Gallery:

### Characters Gallery:

Tin Soldier (Timeless Tales) as Hans (Nutcracker)Barry Allen / The Flash (G2) as Hans (Nutcracker) (Human)Barbara Gordon / Batgirl (G2) as ClaraGiovanni Zatara as Uncle DrosselmeyerT.J. Detweiler as FritzWendy Corduroy as LouiseCommisioner James Gordon (G2) as Dr. Carl StahlbaumEileen Gordon as Mrs. Ingrid StahlbaumOliver the Kitten as PavlovaPrincipal Celestia as TrudyDon Andres Artasanchez as PantaloonRarity as MarieThe Rat King (Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur) as the Mouse KingJulia Brain as the Mouse Queen
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### Scenes Gallery:

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