A/N: This is going to be great! Onward!
Disclaimer: The following is a rewrite of one of RolePlayer48's favorite Christmas movies. That's Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. And we're not talking about the original Rankin/Bass Production adaption with the stop-motion animation that everyone's already familiar with. No, no, no. This is a rewrite of the 1998 animated movie from GoodTimes Entertainment. The film with voice actors like John Goodman (who voiced Santa), Shenzi the Hyena's voice actor, Whoopi Goldberg (who voiced the villain Stormella), and surprisingly, The Great and Powerful Trixie's voice actor, Kathleen Barr, who was actually the voice of Teenage Rudolph. Yeah, if you thought Spike the Dragon (a boy) being voiced by Cathy Weseluck (a girl) was pretty strange, those who are not familiar with this Rudolph movie but are fans of MLP may find this pretty strange too. Anyway, this rewrite is being made specially because of the occasion. What occasion? Christmas, of course! And of course, like the Disney Robin Hood rewrite from last year, this rewrite will most likely focus more on being as hilarious as it can possible get. You know, making sad moments less sad or making already funny moments even more funnier. That sort of thing. And speaking of funny stuff, there'll probably be the odd amount of random stuff thrown in this project too. Just a warning. So, if you haven't seen the Rudolph movie that this is a rewrite of yet, I highly recommend watching it either on DVD or VHS if you have one or on Youtube first. That goes for Dede42 too. We don't own any of the Rudolph characters...or any other random character that may end up in this one way or another knowing us. And when posting a review, please remember, nice reviews only as again, constructive criticism sadly isn't for everyone. This is made for fun purposes only and is not meant to be taken too seriously. So, without further ado, enjoy!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie (1998 Rewrite)
Chapter 1: A Star Is Born!
*Alrighty then. So, where do we begin? Well, like most Christmas movies (or in this case, fanfics), where do you think? Somewhere Christmassy, of course! Where else? And here, we see a very rare falling snowflake in it's natural habitat. The North Pole. But then...snowflakes fall all over the world whenever it's snowing at Christmas time, don't they? Oh, never mind. Snowflakes aren't that rare at all. That doesn't matter right now. What DOES matter right now though is where we are and where this story begins. And right now, we see Santa's Workshop. And above Santa's Workshop, there seems to be some of light show going on. But what can be causing it and what is the occasion? Well, I can definitely answer that first question. The light show is caused by four flying multicoloured fairies with winter coats on. Or as they call themselves, ''The Sprites of the Northern Lights'' who will be our narrators for this movie. Though unfortunately, unlike some interactive narrators I know (one being a rooster and the other a French turtle), these narrators don't really do that much. Seriously, they don't. Watch the film for yourself. You'll see.*
Mrs. Claus: (watches the light show out of the window with Santa) My goodness. The sprites are putting up quite a show tonight.
Santa Claus: (chuckles) I wonder what the occasion is?
*We then cut back to the Sprites, who have finished their light show outside the workshop, and our now flying off on their way to...um...wherever they're going at this particular moment. Oh, by the way, did I mention yet that the Sprites don't really do much in this movie other than SING? Because that's what they're about to do right now...for some reason that they decide not to explain.*
[Aurora]
You know Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen,
Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen.
But do you recall,
The most famous reindeer of all?
Sparkle: (slightly confused) Uh...Aurora?
Glitter: (also slightly confused) What are you doing?
Aurora: Hmm? Oh! Sorry, girls. I was just practicing coming up with lyrics for a song.
Twinkle: (gets excited) Ooh! A song? What about?
Aurora: About the soon to be famous reindeer that we're going to see. Something about him tells me that he's gonna move up in the world some day.
Glitter: What makes you think that?
Alan A Dale: (seemingly appearing from behind a tree and notices the Sprites as well as the cameras that are following them) Because that's exactly what this movie is all about.
The Sprites: (just stop flying and stare confused at this visitor) Huh?
Alan A Dale: Yes sir. There have been many different versions of that famous tale about Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. But right now, you're about to witness the REAL story about him.
Aurora: (just stares at Alan) Uhhhhhh...
Alan A Dale: Oh! Evening, ladies. Wonderful weather we're having, isn't it?
Aurora: Uh...yes, it is. But uh...who exactly ARE you?
Sparkle: And...how did you know who we were going off to see?
Glitter: And how did you know about these cameras that are following us for some unexplained reason making it look like they want to film us for a movie of some kind?
Twinkle: And how could you possibly know that stuff from that famous tale is actually gonna start coming true in real life the same as we know that?
Alan A Dale: Because, like you, I'm a narrator too. Name's Alan A Dale by the way. How'd you do?
Aurora: (even more confused) ''Alan A Dale''? Aren't you that singing rooster from Robin Hood?
Sparkle: You're an awfully long way from Nottingham, aren't you?
Glitter: What brings you to the North Pole?
Twinkle: Are you here to steal our jobs as narrators?
Alan A Dale: No. But I am here because I've been getting into the whole ''narrating fairytale stuff that apparently does happen in our worlds'' thing since a bunch of random cameras kept following me and all the Nottingham folk and I acted like a narrator in front of them because I started realising that the Robin Hood fairytale was actually happening in our reality and...I guess I've become obsessed with being camera-struck that...I've decided to travel to other worlds and narrate what goes on in front of THOSE cameras.
Twinkle: I knew it! You ARE here to steal our jobs!
Alan A Dale: No, I'm not! I assure you! Though being honest, by the looks of you, you don't look like narrators that would do much other than sing a random song at a random place as time goes by rather than actually NARRATING or taking part in a story.
(Seriously though, he's right. That IS what The Sprites actually do in this movie. They barely narrate at all! They just sing! How weird is that?)
Aurora: Well, maybe WE are DIFFERENT kinds of narrators who do things DIFFERENTLY compared to how YOU do things. And if you're going to just appear out of nowhere and give us a lecture about how differently we all do our jobs, can it please wait until AFTER we see baby Rudolph?
Alan A Dale: Oh. Of course. Sorry. Don't let me keep you.
Aurora: Thank you. Come on, girls.
*They all continue flying off to where they were supposed to go. And that is...wherever our main star of this movie is right now or wherever Mr. Stork has dropped him off. Alan A Dale decides that maybe he picked the WRONG place to be part of another movie and starts digging a tunnel somewhere else to see if he'll have any better luck there.*
(Possible foreshadowing to a possible rewrite of Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers that may be done sometime in the future. That's another film I, RolePlayer48, have also been taking another look at quite a bit this year as well as Sword in the Stone and Oliver and Company. So, hey, you never know. It may happen. It may not happen. It all just depends on how busy Dede42 and I get with our MLP/Timon and Pumbaa related stuff. By the way, this is pretty much all you'll ever see of Alan A Dale in this fanfic. I did say there'd be the odd amount of our usual dose of randomness involved in this.)
*At last, the Sprites finally arrive at their destination. The home of one of Santa's reindeer. Who? (Sighs) Why do I even bother asking these questions when I keep making random characters give everything away already? It's Blitzen's house...okay, it sort of looks like a barn considering reindeer live in it...but it's still a house regardless.*
Aurora: Well, girls, here we are.
Sparkle: And not a strange talking rooster in sight.
*They all fly into the...um...barn...house through the open window and pass a crooked picture frame of Santa Claus and a younger looking Blitzen that Aurora briefly stops and goes back to make it look less crooked again. Then, they go up on a wooden ledge to watch. Oh, and uh, prepare for the second shock of the day. Because right near the fireplace where Blitzen and his friend Mitzi are stands Mr. Stork from Dumbo with a baby reindeer who's name I shan't say mostly because you know who he is already.*
Mr. Stork: Well, here he is. One newborn baby reindeer you asked me to pick up from the baby reindeer store and deliver to you as per requested. Will there be anything else you two'll be needing from me or is that it?
Mitzi: (looks at the small little buck) Awww, isn't he adorable? I think that will be all. Thank you very much, Mr. Stork.
Mr. Stork: You're welcome. And now, with your permission, I shall now sing a little poem to you about my delivery.
Mitzi: Uh, are you sure you want to do that?
Blitzen: Is that REALLY necessary?
Mr. Stork: Quite necessary actually. It's something I do whenever I deliver a baby animal to someone. I did it to Mrs. Jumbo after all. Ahem! Here is a baby with eyes of blue, straight from heaven right to you.
Mitzi: (takes a quick look at the color of baby Rudoloh's eyes) ...uh...but...his eyes are brown, aren't they? They don't look blue to me.
Mr. Stork: They're not blue? (Takes a look himself) Oh yeah. Right. My bad. Um...okay, I've got another one! Uh...straight from heaven, up above, here is a baby for you to love. How's that? Any better?
Mitzi: Much better. Thank you.
Mr. Stork: Good. (Gets out a thing for Mitzi to sign her name on) Just sign here please before I have to leave?
Blitzen: Are you kidding me right now? Reindeers don't even have fingers! How is she gonna sign her name on that?
Mr. Stork: (takes a good look at Mitzi'z hooves) Oh, bother. I hadn't thought of that. Uh...you know what, how about I just sing Happy Birthday to the little buck instead?
Blitzen: (groans) Must you really?
Mitzi: (ignoring Blitzen) I think that's a sweet idea. Don't you agree, little one? (Rudolph just nods his head and squeaks) Go ahead, Mr. Stork.
Mr. Stork: Right. Here we go. (Blows on his tuning whistle) Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday to you. Happy Birthday, Dear...Dear...oh, bother. Not this again. Name, name! Quickly, what's the name? This is the second time this has happened to me in a middle of a song!
Mitzi: Oh! Uh, about that...um...we haven't really decided what to name him yet.
Mr. Stork: You haven't?
Blitzen: Well, you did only JUST bring him here. It's not like we thought of naming him just before you were sent off to pick him up for us.
Mr. Stork: Oh. I-I see. Um...well, we can't have a newborn reindeer with no name. That would be like...an elephant without ears or...Dumbo without a magic feather or...an elephant that can't even fly!
Blitzen: (confused) What are you going on about? Elephants can't fly! (Pauses) Can they?
Mr. Stork: Oh. (Laughs) I'll tell you all about what went on in my world next time we meet. You'll understand then. But about this name you're supposed to give him...
Mitzi: Hmm. (Gasps as she thinks of something) I know! How about ''Rudolph''?
Blitzen and Mr. Stork: ''Rudolph''?
Blitzen: What kind of name is that?
Mr. Stork: Well, what kind of name is ''Blitzen'', Blitzen?
Blitzen: (just stares at him for a few seconds) Touché.
Mitzi: Well, I think it's a fine name. (Baby Rudolph nods his head and squeaks in agreement causing her to chuckle) And he thinks so too.
The Sprites: (still watching the whole thing from above the wooden ledge) Awwww!
Mr. Stork: Well, that settles that then. Now, where was I? Think, think, think. Ah, yes! Now, I remember! (Blows his tuning whistle again) Happy Birthday, Dear Rudoloph. Happy Birthday...TOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
Blitzen: (covers his ears with his hooves) OW! Hey! Do you mind? What do you call that?!
Mr. Stork: Oh, that was my big finish. I did the same thing when I delivered Mrs. Jumbo's...
Blitzen: (growing impatient) Will you just get outta here?
Mr. Stork: Fine, fine. I will. (Begins grumbling as he flies out the open window) I don't know. You do your job, you deliver a baby animal to some bigger animal, you sing a song and then what happens? No respect! You hear me? (Voices starts getting quieter and quieter as he flies further and further away) No respect at all!
*Suddenly, very, very carefully, Rudolph starts getting up on all fours. And nearly stumbles over in the process. But then, what do you expect? He's only a baby after all. And a pretty adorable one at that.*
Mitzi: (notices her baby standing up and gasps) Oh, Blitzen. Look.
Blitzen: Come to papa, Rudolph. Come on.
*Rudolph begins taking very small baby steps towards Blitzen's direction until he briefly stops as it's his very first time trying to walk somewhere and he's worried that his legs at this age won't work properly if he goes any further.*
Mitzi: Go on, Rudolph. You can do it.
*Not quite the pep-talk one would normally get to boost his or her confidence in a situation like this, but as it's his mother saying he can do it, Rudolph puts on a brave face just for her as a random fanfare followed by a drumroll both randomly play out of nowhere in the background. He takes one step and then...well, if you remember what happened to Bambi the moment he walked on the ice, then you can probably guess the result of what happens here. Rudolph trips over and tumbles all the way into the hay on the other side of the barn...house...thing! Luckily, he isn't hurt.*
The Sprites: (all gasp in horror as Blitzen and Mitzi go see if he's alright)
Mitzi: Rudolph! A-are you alright, my dear?
*Rudolph just pops his head out of the hay with a rather dazed look on his face. He spits a bit of hay out of his mouth, does a cute little sneeze, and then smiles at his parents as a sign to reassure them that he's alright.*
Mitzi: (sighs in relief) Thank goodness.
Baby Rudolph: (starts getting another ticklish feeling inside his nose from the hay) A...A...ATCHOO!
*Ooh! What a sneeze! Didn't think hay could do that to you. No wonder Tigger claims no one can find a needle in a haystack in the lyrics of his ''Private Ear'' song. That sneeze was so big and loud, it causes the room to briefly vibrate as if there was a random earthquake causes by a migration of dragons from MLP. And considering how small The Sprites are, it sure feels like an earthquake just passed as Sparkle nearly falls off the wooden ledge. Oh yeah. Also, Rudolph's nose begins glowing...for no reason other than because...he sneezed. I don't really know why but...this is starting to make me think of something else. Something from another film that's unrelated to this one.*
(See what I mean when I said to Dede42 that in places of this film, there are moments that are similar to Dumbo? I mean, why do you think I got Mr. Stork involved in this?)
Mitzi: (just stares at the glowing nose of Rudolph's) Bless you.
Blitzen: (just looks at her) I-is that all you can say right now?
Mitzi: Well, what do you expect me to say? He sneezed!
Blitzen: It's not the sneeze I'm referring to!
*Zoom in on Rudolph's nose. Yeah...that's totally not weird at all.*
A/N: And I declared this chapter to be done, and it's off to a great start, isn't it? (winks at the camera) I will see you all later! Bye for now! R&R everyone!