Disney Production Original Animation Cel Mickey's Christmas Carol 1983

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On December 16, 1983, before the 1983 re-release of. It is an adaptation of the. As his namesake and inspiration Ebenezer Scrooge and. This film was based on a 1972 audio musical entitled.

Disney's A Christmas Carol. While Scrooge's selfish thoughts cascade in his head, Bob Cratchit (Mickey Mouse), exhausted and underpaid (a meager two shillings and a ha'penny per day), continues to work long and hard for him.

Cratchit hesitantly asks for a "half day off" for Christmas, to which Scrooge replies it will be unpaid. When collectors Rat and Mole, along with beggars on the streets, kindly ask for a simple donation, Scrooge responds to Rat and Mole that if he does, the poor will no longer be poor and thus they (the collectors) will be out of work, and you [can't] ask me to do that, not on Christmas Eve. Scrooge's cheery nephew Fred (Donald Duck) invites his crotchety uncle to a holiday feast fit for a Roman emperor-roast goose with chestnut dressing, candied fruits, and cinnamon cake with lemon glaze. Scrooge turns him down flat, stating that such rich festive cuisine gives him digestive and other health difficulties. Later, the ghost of Jacob Marley (Goofy), Scrooge's greedy former business partner who had died seven years earlier, visits Scrooge. Due to his cruelty in life, he is doomed to wear heavy chains for eternity. He warns that a similar fate will befall Scrooge unless he changes his ways and three spirits will visit that Scrooge. Marley then leaves, falling down the stairs when he tries to avoid tripping over Scrooge's cane again (complete with the "Goofy holler"). At the stroke of 1:00, the first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past (Jiminy Cricket), shows Scrooge his past.

At the stroke of 2:00, the second spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Willie the Giant), arrives and shows Scrooge the poverty-stricken Cratchit family, who still keep a festive attitude in their home despite their hardships. Bob's young son, Tiny Tim, is revealed to be ill, and Willie foretells tragedy if the family's hapless life does not change. However, just when Scrooge is desperate to know Tim's fate, the Ghost of Christmas Present disappears, and the house goes into complete darkness. Finally, the third and final spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Yet to come (a hooded figure later revealed to be Black Pete), takes Scrooge to the future in a graveyard.

When he sees Bob mourning Tiny Tim's death, Scrooge is horrified and asks whether this future can be changed. Two gravediggers Weasels from The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad are amused that no one attended someone's funeral while digging a grave. After the weasels leave to take a break from their work, the ghost reveals the grave to be Scrooge's by lighting a match. The ghost shoves him into his grave calling him the richest man in the cemetery.

Despite his pleas that he will repent, Scrooge falls into an empty coffin, which bursts open to Hell. However, Scrooge suddenly awakens on Christmas Day. He tries to play a joke on Bob, dragging in a large sack supposedly filled with laundry and announcing gruffly that there will be extra work in the future.

However, to the Cratchits' joy, the sack is instead filled with toys and a big turkey for dinner. Scrooge gives Bob a raise and makes him his partner in the counting, and Tiny Tim proclaims God bless us, everyone!

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Type: Production Cel
Animation Studio: Disney
Brand: Fox
Year of Production: 1986
Tradition: Anime
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Item Height: 16 in
Theme: Animation
Title: The Great Mouse Detective
Features: Framed, Matted, Studio Seal Included
Item Length: 20 in