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Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie
Directed by	Mark Gravas
Produced by	Evan Bailey; Ralph Guggenheim; Sandra Walters
Written by	Thornton W. Burgess; Screenplay; Kirk De Micco; Jenny Tripp; Evan Gore
Starring	Miranda Cosgrove; Tom Kenny; Roger Moore; Molly Shannon; Christopher Lloyd
Distributed by	Classic Media
Release date(s)	2005
Running time	76 min.
Language	English

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie is a 2005 computer animated film, based on the 1970 Rankin/Bass TV special, Here Comes Peter Cottontail. It was released by Classic Media. It made its television debut on 14 April, 2006 on Cartoon Network. It includes several songs, into a pop rock version of the original song..

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Peter Cottontail has married his sweetheart, Donna, and is still the Chief Easter Bunny of April Valley. The two have had a son, Junior, who annoys his father by making impractical and outlandish inventions instead of doing his duty as the nougat supervisor at the candy factory. After a particularly massive disaster that results in the nougat catching on fire, Peter, in an attempt to teach Junior about responsibility, assigns his son to clean the Clock of Spring.

Meanwhile, January Q. Irontail, last seen having been demoted to the janitor of April Valley, approaches Jackie Frost, the queen of winter, with a proposal. Jackie wants it to be winter forever, and Irontail, who knows of the Clock of Spring's existence, decides to team up with her to steal the golden spring which powers it. They do so when Junior irresponsibly runs off with his friends Chunk and Sophie, and as soon as the Spring of Spring has been purloined, March gains extra days.

Realizing the whole mess is his fault, Junior leaves his parents a note and sets out to find Irontail and Jackie and get the Spring of Spring back. Along the way, he teams up with a clumsy Robin named Flutter and a perpetually hungry mouse named Munch. As it turns out, Junior's desire to stop Irontail and Jackie couldn't have come at a better time, as the pair now plan to also steal the Sun of Summer and the Leaf of Fall! Meanwhile, a distraught Peter sends Antoine the caterpillar out to search for his son.

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[edit] Returning Characters

Peter Cottontail - Peter is still the Chief Easter Bunny, and has grown into a much more responsible - if easily irritable - adult.
Donna - It is not actually said whether or not this is Donna from the first film; her name is never given and in the credits she is identified as "Mama Cottontail," however because Donna was the only known romantic interest of Peter, it's a safe bet this is meant to be her.
Seymour S. Sassafrass - Our humble narrator is still a jovial and eccentric inventor who supplies April Valley with the colors they use to paint Easter eggs with, except now he has orange skin and pointy green hair. He is possibly a cross between Willy Wonka and the Oompa Loompas with qualities of Doctor Emmett Brown (coincidentally played by Christopher Lloyd).

Seymour S. Sassafrass was redesigned due to fears of being sued by the Danny Kaye Estate.

Antoine - Despite turning into a butterfly at the end of the last film, Antoine has been retconned so he's a caterpillar once again. No longer Sassafrass's assistant, he lives in April Valley with Peter.
January Q. Irontail - The evil metal-tailed rabbit returns for revenge against Peter. Here, we learn his name was originally "Fluffy" before he lost his tail and changed his name to January Q. Irontail.
Montresor - Irontail's bat assistant is back too, except now he is depicted as being much too small for Irontail to ride around on as he did previously.

[edit] New Characters

Peter Cottontail, Jr. - Peter and Donna's son, commonly referred to as simply Junior. He strives to improve things, but his inventions always lead to disaster.
Flutter - A young robin who joins Junior on his quest after he literally runs into him.
Munch - A female mouse who is rescued from a hawk by Junior and Flutter, and subsequently comes along for the adventure.
Jackie Frost - The self-described Queen of Winter, apparently a descendant of Jack Frost, who wishes it were winter forever. She is a blue-skinned female elfin being with brittle, icey hair and is accompanied by several penguin servants. This character was to be originally called ‘Jill Chill’ until it was discovered that the name was already owned by someone else.
Chunk - One of Junior's friends in April Valley, a sleepy-eyed brown boy rabbit.
Sophie - Another one of Junior's friends, a white-furred girl rabbit usually seen with Chunk.
Elroy - Peter's assistant at the candy factory, possibly a relative to Colonel Bunny's assistant in the original film.
Wind - A large, goofy octopus-like being who inhabits the clouds and creates winds by huffing and puffing. He helps Junior, Flutter and Munch out in their quest.

[edit] Cast

Actor/Actress	Role
Tom Kenny	Peter Cottontail / Junior / Antoine
Roger Moore	January Q. Irontail
Molly Shannon	Jackie Frost
Christopher Lloyd	Seymour S. Sassafrass
Miranda Cosgrove	Munch
Kenan Thompson	Flutter
Greg Berg	Montresor
David Koechner	Elroy / Wind
Dee Bradley Baker	Chunk
Terri Douglas	Sophie
Niecy Nash	Mama Robin
Jill Talley	Mama Cottontail
Mona Marshall	Mother Mouse

[edit] Songs

Peter Cottontail

[edit] Trivia

A deleted scene is presented on the DVD, featuring a longer introduction to both April Valley and the cast of characters. We see, among other things, Mr. Sassafrass drinking from the river of lemonade (deleted for fears that children will drink urine), Peter and Junior playing with a radio-controlled toy boat, and Peter and Sophie watching Chunk "play" a flower like a flute. We also see more of the candy factory and are introduced to the Clock of Spring sooner.

[edit] External links

Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie at the Internet Movie Database

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