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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })The Black Cauldron is a 1985 animated film, and the 25th entry in the Disney Animated Canon. It is the story of Taran, a young Assistant Pig Keeper who desperately wants to be a great warrior. He is charged with hiding Hen Wen, an innocent-looking pig - who is actually an oracle. The Big Bad, the Horned King, wants the pig because she can uncover the location of the Black Cauldron, with which he will bring to life an army of invincible, undead warriors to conquer the world.Along the way, Taran meets Gurgi, a cowardly, furry creature who is always looking for food to eat, Princess Eilonwy, who aids him in his escape from the Horned King's dungeon, and the wandering minstrel Fflewddur Fflam.Disney Animated Canon's succeeding film, The Great Mouse Detective, is often thought to be the first animated film to have CGI, but in fact it was The Black Cauldron that used it first. note — Chuck Jones once argued that technically 101 Dalmatians was the first to use CGI as back then, xerox machines were classified as a type of computer. —Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })The film was also adapted into a computer game released by Sierra On-Line in 1986 (yes, the same folks who produced Space Quest and King's Quest).Based on a series of novels, The Chronicles of Prydain by Lloyd Alexander, The Black Cauldron is easily one of Disney's darkest animated features. It was also the studio's biggest Box Office Bomb and remains something of an Old Shame that the studio has largely ignored for decades.In 2016, it was announced that Disney has re-acquired the rights to the novel series and has plans for it. | |
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Canon Foreigner | |
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Canon Foreigner: Creeper, who was not part of Alexander's original series. | |
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Dirty Coward | |
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Dirty Coward/Lovable Coward: Gurgi always ducks out at the first hint of trouble, much to Taran's fury... until he volunteers to give his life to stop the Cauldron Born. | |
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Creator Cameo | |
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Creator Cameo: Animator Phil Nibbelink snuck a self-portrait in as a red-headed henchman who shakes Creeper and demands "More women!" | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: In comparison to other Disney movies before it. This was the first Disney Animated Canon movie to earn a PG rating, and fittingly so, given its high concentration of Nightmare Fuel. It was very nearly rated R, in fact, and was heavily edited to avoid this fate. | |
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Evil Sounds Deep | |
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Evil Sounds Deep: The Horned King adds a low-pitched voice to his already-formidable ambience of evil. | |
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All There in the Manual | |
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All There in the Manual: Of the Witches of Morva, only one is named; the book names them all. It also mentions that Dallben was essentially raised by them, explains why Fflewddur's harp keeps breaking and how he got it, and includes the detail that he's not really a bard at all, but a king who left his kingdom to become a bard, and failed the academy. | |
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The Cameo | |
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The Cameo: Tinkerbell makes a brief appearance among the Fair Folk. | |
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Marshmallow Hell | |
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Marshmallow Hell: Fflam suffers this from Orwen. | |
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Failsafe Failure | |
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The Cauldron's destruction. In the book it can only reanimate the dead; it cannot animate living beings, because they're already alive, and thus, self-destructs. | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability | |
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Nigh-Invulnerability: The Black Cauldron cannot be destroyed, only its power stopped; the Cauldron Born are invincible — unless someone lays down their life... | |
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Milking the Giant Cow | |
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Milking the Giant Cow: The Horned King loves doing hand gestures during his gloatings or whenever he's excited. | |
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Adaptational Villainy | |
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Adaptational Villainy: The witches. In the books, they're neutral figures who bend their own rules to help Taran and his friends dispose of the cauldron. In the film, they try to trick him into giving up a treasure for the cauldron only to retrieve it later. | |
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Flying Weapon | |
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Flying Weapon: Taran's sword briefly flies out of its scabbard and moves on its own, which is enough to impress three witches into wanting to bargain for it. | |
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Verbal Tic | |
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Verbal Tic: Fflewddur — "Great Belin!" Creeper, with "this isn't my fault!" | |
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Spiritual Successor | |
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Spiritual Successor: Adventures of the Gummi Bears, which debuted just a few weeks after this movie debuted. Though much Lighter and Softer in tone, Gummi Bears would continue with the setting, fantastic elements and even slightly modified versions of Taran, Elionwy and Creeper. | |
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Skull for a Head | |
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Skull for a Head: The Horned King is a horned variation. While he's an undead evil sorceror, the rest of his body looks quite normal compared to his positively skull-like head. | |
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Hostage For Mcguffin: Hen Wen will be beheaded unless Taran makes her reveal the location of the Black Cauldron. | |
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The Punishment | |
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The Punishment: The evil nameless king in the prologue was so tyrannical, he was thrown alive into a crucible of molten iron, the demonic spirit condemned to never pass on, and remain permanently trapped within physical form. Ouch. | |
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Even Evil Has Standards | |
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Even Evil Has Standards: Even The Horned King's men are terrified of the Cauldron Born...and with good reason as they will attempt to transform any human they encounter into one of them. | |
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Closing Credits | |
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Closing Credits: These were absent in previous Disney animated films. From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs through The Fox and the Hound, Disney held onto the old Hollywood format of having a long opening credits sequence with no credits at the end, Alice in Wonderland being the only exception and it was only a cast list. From The Black Cauldron onward, all Disney animated films have closing credits. | |
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Adapted Out | |
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Adapted Out: Quite a few. Prince Gwydion, who in the books was the only one able to defeat the Horned King. Interestingly, he was alluded to in a deleted scene as the king that once wielded the sword Taran has. Also, Achren and Coll. And almost every supporting character from the book called The Black Cauldron, such as Prince Ellydir and King Morgant. The Cauldron's destruction. In the book it can only reanimate the dead; it cannot animate living beings, because they're already alive, and thus, self-destructs. | |
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Batman Gambit | |
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Batman Gambit: The sneakiest of the witches convinces Taran to trade his magic sword for the Cauldron, counting on the notion that he and his friends won't know what to do with it and will eventually give it back — so she and her sisters will own both the sword and the Cauldron! It's then beautifully crippled by Fflewddur, who remembers in the nick of time that if they're going to take back the Cauldron, then they must give the heroes something in return. | |
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Bad Boss | |
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Bad Boss: The Horned King's first response to any setback whatsoever is to strangle Creeper, whether it's his fault or not. Also, his reward to his (deceased) human minions for their service is to turn them into mindless undead warriors instead of giving them a proper burial. Not to mention what would have happened to his living minions had there not been extreme Executive Meddling going on. | |
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Keystone Army | |
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Keystone Army: The Cauldron-Born. When Gurgi sacrifices himself to disrupt the spell, they all fall down. Another change from the book, where the Cauldron is destroyed, but the army is not (the Cauldron's destruction just prevents making more of them). | |
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Deus ex Machina | |
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Deus ex Machina: While the cauldron is the first artifact and/or character introduced, the way it qualifies is how it takes out the Horned King. While it was explained that a living person entering the cauldron of his or her own free will would seal its powers, it is not explained why it kills the guy and destroys the castle. It's implied that it's just that evil, but that's a rather flimsy explanation. It's pretty obvious this was done in desperation to avoid a Kudzu Plot and tie up all loose ends quickly. It is also highly anticlimactic, because the King doesn't get to DO anything, despite being hinted as being a powerful sorcerer, that can teleport at whim. Another is supplied by the witches, who revive the person that jumped into the cauldron. And why is it that the witches have this cauldron in the first place and the heroes practically fall on top of apparently the only society that knows where they are? | |
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Evil Sorcerer | |
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Evil Sorcerer: The Horned King probably wouldn't be a living skeleton if he didn't have magical ability! | |
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The Guards Must Be Crazy | |
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The Guards Must Be Crazy: The first guard introduced is napping while Taran first sneaks in the castle. An angry guard dog viciously barks at the boy, forcing him against the wall and waking the guard up. The drowsy guard fails to notice Taran, assumes the dog to be barking at nothing and drags it with him for a round. | |
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Well, Excuse Me, Princess! | |
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Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Eilonwy never misses an opportunity to remind Taran that he's just an assistant pig keeper. She also makes quite a few references to the fact that she's a princess, something which the original novel character almost never did. Somebody just HAD to go there... | |
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Butt-Monkey | |
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Butt-Monkey: Creeper is always getting abused by the other henchmen, stepped on, strangled by the Horned King, and things tend to fall on his head. | |
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The Stinger | |
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The Stinger: As Taran, Eilowny, Fflewddur and Gurgi are returning, Dallben, Doli, and Hen Wen are observing them through a vision Hen Wen magically produced. | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can | |
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Sealed Evil in a Can: Arawn is speculated to be the evil force within the Cauldron. Though the ancients (or gods) didn't do a very good job of imprisoning him away permanently, and as such, its powers can be unleashed. And even worse is that it can be used to raise an army of the living dead. | |
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Stock Sound Effects | |
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Stock Sound Effects: Starting with this film, Disney begins using more modern, cleaner sound effects in their animated features to replace the stock effects they'd been using for many decades before. Most obvious are the various magic spell effects and the thunder and lightning (contrasting with Disney typically using "Castle Thunder" prior to this). Though a few classic Disney effects do show up here, such as the familiar "wood crash" and dog snarls. The trend continues for many future Disney films up until after The '90s, with many new effects and a few classic ones reserved for comic purposes (although The Great Mouse Detective would make heavy use of the classic effects and Oliver & Company would entirely use the new sound effects.) | |
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Older Sidekick | |
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Older Sidekick: Fflewddur Fflam. In the books, he's only around 30 years old. | |
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PantyShot | |
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Panty Shot: The dancer with the distended belly performing for the Horned King's minions gives one when she twirls around. | |
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Adaptation Distillation | |
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Adaptation Distillation: One of the weirdest Disney examples; it cobbles together the characters from the first book and story elements of the first and second novels, leading to something of a strangely mixed, 85-minute film version of the first two novels. | |
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Scry vs. Scry | |
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Scry vs. Scry: Implied to be the way the Horned King found out about Hen Wen. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5c53c410 | featureConfidence |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5c53c410 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5fcedca | type |
Big Eater | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5fcedca | comment |
Big Eater: Gurgi is always on the lookout for "munchings and crunchings". | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5fcedca | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_5fcedca | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_61e3b6ae | type |
It's a Small World, After All | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_61e3b6ae | comment |
It's a Small World After All: Taran apparently lives a brisk walk away from the Horned King's castle. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_61e3b6ae | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_61e3b6ae | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_626b202b | type |
The Necrocracy | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_626b202b | comment |
The Necrocracy: The Horned King is an undead lich ruling from a dark fortress. His humans minions are quite alive, but the King desires to rule over a world of mindless undead warriors because he wants to be worshipped as a god by his subjects. Made quite clear when he triumphantly declares that "our" time has come as he raises the skeletal army. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_626b202b | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6439de78 | type |
Heroic Sacrifice | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6439de78 | comment |
Heroic Sacrifice: Gurgi throws himself into the cauldron, destroying it at the cost of his own life. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6439de78 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6439de78 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_65163c3a | type |
Evil Tower of Ominousness | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_65163c3a | comment |
Evil Tower of Ominousness: The Horned King rules from a castle that qualifies. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_65163c3a | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_65163c3a | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_660cf7ab | type |
GagBoobs | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_660cf7ab | comment |
Gag Boobs: Orwen of the three witches, who is on the heavier side and well-endowed enough to lose track of a frog in her cleavage. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_660cf7ab | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_660cf7ab | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_660cf7ab | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_68cac7e0 | type |
Animate Dead | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_68cac7e0 | comment |
Animate Dead: The Horned King's reason for seeking the eponymous Black Cauldron is because it's a magical Artifact of Doom which can create an undead skeletal army known as the Cauldron Born for the summoner to conquer the world. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_68cac7e0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | type |
Knight of Cerebus | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | comment |
Knight of Cerebus: Things get much darker when the Horned King is around. He's a meta-example as well; in the films following Walt's death, the majority of the Big Bad villains became less and less threatening with each release. The Horned King's role in the film is arguably what got villains in subsequent films to become Darker and Edgier as a result. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a47a1e2 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a79a4a4 | type |
MacGuffin Delivery Service | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a79a4a4 | comment |
MacGuffin Delivery Service: Not long after the heroes get the Cauldron, the Horned King's men capture them and bring the prize to their master. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a79a4a4 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a79a4a4 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6a79a4a4 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6bda9a30 | type |
Meaningful Name | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6bda9a30 | comment |
Meaningful Name: An unintentional example, if such a thing exists: Gurgi's voice sounds like a gurgle one might make with their throat. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6bda9a30 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6bda9a30 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e60e40a | type |
Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e60e40a | comment |
Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: Creeper was comically drawn (by comparison) and cowardly, but he routinely suffered the abuse of the terrifying Horned King. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e60e40a | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e60e40a | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e6b8ca7 | type |
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e6b8ca7 | comment |
Tertiary Sexual Characteristics: You can tell Hen Wen's female, because she has eyelashes. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e6b8ca7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e6b8ca7 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6e6b8ca7 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6ef6417b | type |
Disney Death | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6ef6417b | comment |
Disney Death: Heroic Sacrifice necessary? No worries. Gurgi jumps into the cauldron; subverted when Taran offers to trade the cauldron in exchange for bringing Gurgi Back from the Dead. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6ef6417b | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6ef6417b | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_6ef6417b | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_70af5e15 | type |
Anthropic Principle | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_70af5e15 | comment |
Anthropic Principle: It would have been a far shorter movie if Taran had taken the powerful sword of the good king up the stairs on a direct assault on the Horned King, rather than only striking fear into his mooks and then running away. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_70af5e15 | featureApplicability |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_70af5e15 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7142b38a | type |
The Grim Reaper | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7142b38a | comment |
The Grim Reaper: The Horned King looks like the Reaper's brown-robed twin but with horns. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7142b38a | featureConfidence |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7142b38a | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7286e96d | type |
Idiot Ball | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7286e96d | comment |
Idiot Ball: The three witches grab it pretty hard when they trade the Black Cauldron to Taran in exchange for the magic sword. They assume that after getting it in trade, the heroes will be forced to return the cauldron when they learn that they can't use it without sacrificing a willing life, allowing the witches to keep both the sword and the cauldron. They don't take into account that the heroes could just refuse to give the cauldron back for nothing, and lo and behold, when the witches try to retrieve it at the end of the movie, Flewdur refuses to let them have it without payment. Dallben grabs it earlier in the movie when he makes the decision to send Hen Wen to his secret cottage and has Taran, a boy who daydreams constantly and easily loses track of what's going on around him, supervise her. What happens soon after they leave? Taran loses Hen Wen who then gets kidnapped by gwythaints. This one doubles as Fridge Brilliance, as it sets off the chain of events that leads to the Horned King's death and the destruction of the Black Cauldron's evil power. A major misstep is committed by the Horned King and Creeper who leave the Cauldron unattended, giving the protagonists an unwritten invitation to screw up all his plans. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7286e96d | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7453bc5b | type |
Spared by the Adaptation | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7453bc5b | comment |
The Cauldron that tried to absorb Taran doesn't get destroyed, even though in the book it most certainly gets annihilated. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7453bc5b | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7453bc5b | featureConfidence |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7453bc5b | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_75898be8 | type |
Tomboy Princess | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_75898be8 | comment |
Tomboy Princess: Eilonwy, although heavily watered down from her original characterization, which fits this more. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_75898be8 | featureConfidence |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_75898be8 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77c9a628 | type |
Your Soul Is Mine! | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77c9a628 | comment |
Your Soul Is Mine: The heavily implied fate of the Horned King. After Gurgi sacrifices himself, the demonic spirit within the Cauldron will soon no longer be able perform any evil, or hurt anyone anymore, making it completely worthless and powerless. It'll be cold and alone... for all eternity. In desperation, it pulls anyone it can into it. It wants to absorb the evil necromancer's soul, though he doesn't come quietly. Interestingly all imperfections are removed from it after having its little China-Syndrome incident. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77c9a628 | featureApplicability |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77c9a628 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77e8d49d | type |
Clingy MacGuffin | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77e8d49d | comment |
Clingy MacGuffin: Eilonwy's "bauble", which floats around chasing rats. This is (again) a huge departure from the books, in which the bauble was neither sentient nor able to move under its own power, but had many other magical properties. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77e8d49d | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_77e8d49d | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7d7f4e4f | type |
Magical Girl | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7d7f4e4f | comment |
Magical Girl: Only a minor example; Eilonwy's magic is only evident in the magical bauble that accompanies her and is the reason the Horned King kidnapped her. In the original novel series, she performs much greater magical feats and in fact is descended from a long line of enchantresses. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7d7f4e4f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7d7f4e4f | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | type |
NiceJobBreakingItHero | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | comment |
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!: After Taran and his friends first escape the Horned King, they seek out the Black Cauldron and eventually find it in the home of the three witches—which plays right into the Horned King's hands, as he simply has his minions trail the heroes and take the Cauldron. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_7fbb2a3 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_816a4e80 | type |
Star Wars (Franchise) | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_816a4e80 | comment |
The magic sword Taran finds glows when in use and makes noises reminiscent of a lightsaber. Also, the Horned King's habit of throttling Creeper whenever he thinks Creeper has failed him. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_816a4e80 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_816a4e80 | featureConfidence |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_816a4e80 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8797239c | type |
Bait-and-Switch | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8797239c | comment |
Bait-and-Switch: When Creeper informs the Horned King that Taran has escaped, the lich beckons Creeper forward with his finger. Afraid of being choked again as punishment, Creeper starts choking himself, hoping it to suffice. Turns out the Horned King isn't going to punish Creeper and instead orders him to unleash the gwythaints to trail Taran so that the boy can lead them to Hen Wen. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8797239c | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8797239c | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_87f943a7 | type |
Holding Back the Phlebotinum | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_87f943a7 | comment |
Holding Back the Phlebotinum: The very story-breaking magic sword only sees some action during the escape from the Horned King's castle. Taran exchanges it for the Black Cauldron and doesn't ever get it back. | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_87f943a7 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8967e17f | type |
Back from the Dead | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8967e17f | comment |
Back from the Dead: Gurgi, who jumps into the cauldron to stop the undead armies, which demonstrates the sincerity of his friendship to Taran through his sacrifice, prompting Taran to persuade the witches to resurrect Gurgi. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8967e17f | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8967e17f | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8c681acc | type |
Third-Person Person | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8c681acc | comment |
Third-Person Person: Gurgi always refers to himself in the third person. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8c681acc | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8c681acc | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8c681acc | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8ca20b69 | type |
Out-of-Character Moment | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8ca20b69 | comment |
Somewhat baffling for the villain, considering he desires to rule over men as a god, not commit outright genocide. Then again it is a villainous breakdown so he may not have had a clear head. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8ca20b69 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8f612013 | type |
Token Good Teammate | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8f612013 | comment |
Token Good Teammate: Orwen, the heavyset member of the witch trio. She has genuine affection for Fflewddur Flam, and in general seems kinder than her sisters. This is confirmed in the ending—when Orddu is busy making up excuses as to why she can't give Taran his sword back, Orwen interrupts her and simply conjures the sword herself, suggesting that she's the most willing to honor their bargain. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8f612013 | featureApplicability |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_8f612013 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_90d44f44 | type |
Karmic Death | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_90d44f44 | comment |
Karmic Death: Subverted. The Horned King is killed by the Cauldron he tried to control. But since the Cauldron is a Greater-Scope Villain it's a case of the Big Bad getting curb stomped by a bigger Big Bad. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_90d44f44 | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_90d44f44 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_90d44f44 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_920ca805 | type |
Night of the Living Mooks | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_920ca805 | comment |
Night of the Living Mooks: The Cauldron Born are an army of unstoppable skeletal warriors, mindless automatons serving their summoner the Horned King, who wants to use them to conquer the world. They can expand their ranks by devouring living people whole (also a deleted scene showed the green mist coming from the cauldron was deadly and implied to reanimate people it kills), and can be stopped only by undoing the Cauldron's spell. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_920ca805 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_920ca805 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
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The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_920ca805 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_944eb8fb | type |
All Deaths Final | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_944eb8fb | comment |
All Deaths Final: Subverted; The witches say they cannot bring back Gurgi but then Fflewddur manages to goad them into doing so anyway. It's implied this was a very difficult thing for them to do. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_944eb8fb | featureApplicability |
-0.3 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_944eb8fb | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_944eb8fb | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_957e5fc2 | type |
Villainous Breakdown | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_957e5fc2 | comment |
Villainous Breakdown: Somewhat baffling for the villain, considering he desires to rule over men as a god, not commit outright genocide. Then again it is a villainous breakdown so he may not have had a clear head. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_957e5fc2 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_957e5fc2 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_957e5fc2 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_970c8f99 | type |
BigHam | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_970c8f99 | comment |
Big Ham: The Horned King, primarily. "Get up you fools!!! KILL!!!!!!!" | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_970c8f99 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_970c8f99 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_970c8f99 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9afa05c7 | type |
Family-Unfriendly Death | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9afa05c7 | comment |
Family-Unfriendly Death: The Horned King is absorbed into the cauldron, his clothing, blood and flesh are sucked into the demonic spirit and destroyed (since it wants his soul, not his body), leaving but a disturbingly smiling skeleton, which explodes after having its spirit yanked straight out. Scenes of the Cauldron Born tearing apart the Horned King's living minions were cut to keep it from getting an R rating. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9afa05c7 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9afa05c7 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9b06e314 | type |
Greater-Scope Villain | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9b06e314 | comment |
Greater-Scope Villain: The spirit trapped inside the Black Cauldron counts as one. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9b06e314 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9b06e314 | featureConfidence |
1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9b06e314 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9c209a57 | type |
The Hecate Sisters | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9c209a57 | comment |
The Hecate Sisters: The three witches who guard the Black Cauldron: Orwen is the Maiden (flirtatious and youthful) Orddu is the Mother (leads the witches and is the most knowledgeable about magic) Orgoch is the Crone (greedy and conniving) In an interesting interpretation of this trope, Orwen's large build is typically associated with the Mother; while Orddu is by no means beautiful, her thinness is a trait often held by the Maiden. | |
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1.0 | |
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The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9c209a57 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9d12bbc1 | type |
Foreshadowing | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9d12bbc1 | comment |
Foreshadowing: Taran being bested by a goat, who he pretends is the Horned King, shows that things will not go well for him when he actually tries to fight. | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9d12bbc1 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney | hasFeature |
The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9d12bbc1 | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9f6fb586 | type |
Leitmotif | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9f6fb586 | comment |
Leitmotif: Most of the characters (and even some of the artifacts) have one: Taran: An idyllic theme representing Taran's youth and plucky optimism. A heroic version of it plays whenever Taran uses the magic sword. Gurgi: A playful theme reflecting Gurgi's mischievous nature. Eilonwy: A romantic, ethereal theme befitting the kind princess and her magic bauble. The Horned King: A grim theme often played as a bombastic fanfare; denoting The Horned King's evil nature and delusions of godhood. The Cauldron-Born: A haunting piece accompanied by a chanting choir. The Horned King's theme plays alongside it, reflecting his association with them. Creeper: As the Horned King's comedic servant, he gets a lighthearted theme that often plays with dark undertones. The Black Cauldron: An ominous four note tune. The magic sword: A triumphant fanfare with heavy brass and percussion. | |
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The Weird Sisters | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_9fb41dce | comment |
The Weird Sisters: Orddu, Orgoch, and Orwen of Morva, who have the Black Cauldron in their possession. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a03b1d9f | type |
Failure Hero | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a03b1d9f | comment |
Failure Hero: Taran so wants to be a Knight In Shining Armour, but at almost no point in the film does he successfully do anything useful with his own skills: He loses Hen Wen almost immediately after being entrusted with her; when held captive by the Horned King he only escapes with the help of Eilonwy and the magic sword; and he unwittingly brings the Black Cauldron into the Horned King's hands by getting it from the witches with whom it probably would've been completely secure (as well as giving away the potentially story breaking magic sword in the process). At the end of the film, Taran actually acknowledges that he's a failure as a warrior and forfeits his chance to become one in order to resurrect Gurgi. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a0b0840c | type |
More Expendable Than You | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a0b0840c | comment |
More Expendable Than You: This is Gurgi's rationale for jumping into the cauldron in Taran's place; He declares that Taran has lots of friends, but he has none, so he must do it instead. | |
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Grumpy Old Man | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a1154544 | comment |
Grumpy Old Man: Doli, in probably the only characterization completely faithful to the books other than the species switch from dwarf to fairy. | |
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Due to the Dead | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a679184b | comment |
Due to the Dead: Eilonwy disapproves of Taran taking the sword from a grave. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a6c69bd | type |
MacGuffin | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a6c69bd | comment |
MacGuffin: Hen Wen and the eponymous Black Cauldron. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a70223 | type |
Karma Houdini | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a70223 | comment |
Karma Houdini: The Witches that transform countless people into frogs to eat them afterwards get off the hook. The Cauldron that tried to absorb Taran doesn't get destroyed, even though in the book it most certainly gets annihilated. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a939a527 | type |
Red Eyes, Take Warning | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_a939a527 | comment |
Red Eyes, Take Warning: The Horned King's eyes light up whenever he gets excited. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_ac781948 | type |
Cartoon Creature | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_ac781948 | comment |
Cartoon Creature: Gurgi is a strange example of this trope, looking something like a cross between an Old English Sheepdog, a marmot, and a gibbon. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_ac7b87df | type |
Off-Model | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_ac7b87df | comment |
Off-Model: On the poster above as well as the official soundtrack cover (which uses the poster's art), Eilonwy's dress is blue instead of violet and pink. On the 25th Anniversary DVD cover, Gurgi has brown eyes and Hen Wen has black eyes instead of them both having blue eyes. The Horned King's first scene has him twitching because the animation looped at the end. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b0b8970e | type |
Recycled Animation | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b0b8970e | comment |
Recycled Animation: When Taran looks for Hen-Wen in the Forbidden Forest, the same animation is used as Wart going to retrieve Kay's arrow from The Sword in the Stone. When Hen Wen reveals that the Horned King is searching for the Black Cauldron, the animation of the ghostly Horned King was borrowed from similar horse-riding spirits in Fantasia. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b0cd3349 | type |
Fridge Brilliance | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b0cd3349 | comment |
This one doubles as Fridge Brilliance, as it sets off the chain of events that leads to the Horned King's death and the destruction of the Black Cauldron's evil power. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b15b6a35 | type |
Cosmic Plaything | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b15b6a35 | comment |
Cosmic Plaything: The film takes an almost uncanny pleasure in watching Taran screw up or falter multiple times. Then again, the Horned King's Butt-Monkey assistant Creeper has this too, in spades. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b1619b3c | type |
Omnicidal Maniac | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b1619b3c | comment |
Omnicidal Maniac: Implied to be the case with the lich tyrant the Horned King. His goal: raise an undead army to conquer and enslave the world. He sacrifices his living servants to the Cauldron Born and triumphantly boasts that "our" time has finally come when he raises them, meaning he wants to rule as a god-king over the dead. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b8dde2 | type |
Evil Overlord | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b8dde2 | comment |
Evil Overlord: The Horned King already is a king ruling over a castle, and wants to extend his reign over the world with an undead army. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b9af5ef3 | type |
The Film of the Book | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_b9af5ef3 | comment |
The Film of the Book: Of the books, more accurately. This film is a bit of a mash-up of elements from the first two books of the Prydain series, The Book of Three and The Black Cauldron. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bbc79d08 | type |
Everything's Better with Princesses | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bbc79d08 | comment |
Everything's Better with Princesses: Eilonwy, the Red-Headed Stepchild of the Disney Princesses; this being one of the "unpopular movies" mentioned in the trope entry, you won't be seeing her plastered all over your local department store. For added hilarity, in the books, the character was described as having red-gold hair, while in the film it's Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold. A bit meta but regarding the hair color: ironically, people often think Ariel was the first Rebellious Princess and she's a Fiery Redhead; but it's actually Eilonwy who's the first Rebellious Princess but she was changed to a blonde for the Disney movie... In the books, she is the last living member of the royal house of Llyr. She's actually the daughter of the Princess Angharad, who fell in love with a commoner and ran away from her royal family to marry him. Eilonwy was kidnapped from her parents and orphaned as a very young child. In the books, after the first adventure, she goes to live with Taran and Dallben at the farm Caer Dallben. Anyone who wants to belittle her calls her a "scullery maid", in reference to the chores she does there. The film reflects this point but fails to explain or develop it. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bc74ef27 | type |
Berserk Button | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bc74ef27 | comment |
Berserk Button: Eilonwy. Don't ever be sexist (Taran) in her presence or take the side of a sexist (Fflam). Also, the Horned King is quite calm and cold-blooded, but if you spoil his plans he immediately gets enraged and tries to choke you to death. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bd2116fd | type |
Accidental Kiss | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bd2116fd | comment |
Accidental Kiss: Taran and Eilonwy are sort of tricked into one of these at the end, not that they particularly mind. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_be009bbc | type |
Alliterative Name | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_be009bbc | comment |
Alliterative Name: Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch; and Fflewddur Fflem. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bf927e82 | type |
Non-Human Sidekick | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_bf927e82 | comment |
Non-Human Sidekick: Gurgi, an unspecified furry creature, for the hero Taran; Creeper, a goblin, for the villain The Horned King. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c04b1231 | type |
JumpScare | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c04b1231 | comment |
Jump Scare: When Taran first enters the Horned King's castle, he quietly maneuvers past a sleeping guardsman, before hiding behind a stone wall. When he peeks his head out to check if his route is safe, the guardsman's dog suddenly leaps out, barking loudly and violently right in Taran's face. The fact that this scene plays without any discernible music in the background makes it all the more effective. It does it again after Taran finds the magic sword. As he's looking for Eilonwy—again, in a quiet scene—a guard leaps out of nowhere with a roar and tries to cut his head off. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c295cb84 | type |
Evil Minions | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c295cb84 | comment |
Evil Minions: There's already palace guards working for The Horned King by the time Taran meets up with him, and Taran does need to deal with them. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c4eff1b7 | type |
Sorcerous Overlord | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c4eff1b7 | comment |
Sorcerous Overlord: The Horned King, although his magical powers are fairly limited and require complex rituals to realize. This tyrant is a horned, robed member of the undead, probably a lich. He plots to take over the world from his fortress by acquiring an army of skeletal warriors known as the Cauldron Born. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c75df49a | type |
Shout-Out | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c75df49a | comment |
Shout-Out: After the Cauldron-Born start dying: The magic sword Taran finds glows when in use and makes noises reminiscent of a lightsaber. Also, the Horned King's habit of throttling Creeper whenever he thinks Creeper has failed him. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c81e2bba | type |
Necromancer | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_c81e2bba | comment |
Necromancer: The Horned King, and he's the Trope Codifier for Western Animation. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_d9cf40fa | type |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_d9cf40fa | comment |
Screw This, I'm Outta Here!: The Horned King's Mooks choose to run away when the Cauldron Born are brought to life and kill some of them. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_dc1761bd | type |
A God Am I | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_dc1761bd | comment |
A God Am I: The Horned King is ready to kill the world to be worshipped as a god by the dead. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_dd3d1f69 | type |
Wicked Witch | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_dd3d1f69 | comment |
Wicked Witch: 3 for the price of 1! In the books, they're forces of nature inspired by Welsh mythology. The three witches are based on the concept of the triple goddess- maiden, mother, and crone. And really, they're not all that wicked. Jerkasses, yes, but they do bring Gurgi back in exchange for the cauldron. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e294a0be | type |
Our Souls Are Different | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e294a0be | comment |
Our Souls Are Different: Confusingly different. Souls in this film's logic can take on physical form if sealed into molten iron, thus the metal, like the spirit, is now indestructible. This gives any viewer who cares for detail an ontological headache when they try to consider the anatomy of how the metaphysical and the physical can merge. Not to mention, stating the metal is indestructible, is a really redundant thing to say. Matter and energy ARE indestructible by nature anyway, BUT they must change form. If the Cauldron gets too hot it would melt down, but writers overlook that fact. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e34ada78 | type |
Authority Equals Asskicking | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e34ada78 | comment |
Authority Equals Asskicking: Zig-zagged with the Horned King. He keeps his minion Creeper in check solely by physical threats (see Bad Boss just below), but on the other hand he rarely performs any magic abilities independent from the Cauldron and seems to rule over his barbarian armies only by fear. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e39ce9 | type |
The Face | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e39ce9 | comment |
The Face: Eliowny, as a princess, contrasts the guys of the group and talks reason into the wanna-be hero. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e4965307 | type |
Composite Character | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e4965307 | comment |
Composite Character: The book's Arawn and the Horned King are combined into one in the movie. However, the filmmakers work Arawn in by alluding to him as the sealed evil in the cauldron in the prologue. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e4cf1ef0 | type |
Load-Bearing Boss | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e4cf1ef0 | comment |
Load-Bearing Boss: The Horned King's demise barely precedes the destruction of his entire castle. The Cauldron looks to get extremely hot after it has absorbed the Horned King - hot enough to start a China Syndrome and melt through the floor. This is probably what actually triggered the collapse of the castle, which was already in pretty rough shape. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e5421161 | type |
Expy | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: Eilonwy looks quite a lot like Aurora, primarily in her hair color and outfit design. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e68b72 | type |
TheLoad | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e68b72 | comment |
The Load: Fflewddur, who only proves useful twice in the entire movie: weakly trying to convince the feuding Taran and Eilonwy that they have to work together, and taunting the three witches into trading the restoration of Gurgi's life for the return of the Cauldron. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e8b49369 | type |
Lie Detector | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_e8b49369 | comment |
Lie Detector: Not greatly explored in the film, but Fflewddur's harp breaks whenever he lies. | |
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| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_eaa2b8f8 | type |
Bewitched Amphibians | |
| The Black Cauldron / Disney / int_eaa2b8f8 | comment |
Bewitched Amphibians: Fflewddur gets turned into a frog by one of the witch sisters who wants to eat him, but he gets changed back by the one who has a crush on him. | |
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Sealed Good in a Can | |
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Sealed Good in a Can: It's implied that Taran's enchanted sword houses the soul of the good king (revealed in a deleted scene to be Gwydion) who built the castle that the Horned King eventually took over note In the books this is Dyrnwyn, which becomes the sword of Prince Gwydion, but the sword is never named in the movie, making it the Good Counterpart to the Cauldron. It's indestructible, can cut through anything that's not another Soul Jar, and can never be wielded by the evil. | |
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Jerkass | |
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And really, they're not all that wicked. Jerkasses, yes, but they do bring Gurgi back in exchange for the cauldron. | |
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Evil Brit | |
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Evil Brit: The Horned King (being voiced by John Hurt). Of course, most of the good guys also have British voice actors. | |
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Evil Plan | |
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Evil Plan: The Horned King has a good ol' Take Over the World plot but he needs the Black Cauldron to make it happen. | |
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Great Offscreen War | |
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Great Offscreen War: At the beginning of the film the characters mention that there's a war being fought (presumably against the Horned King, given the context), but we never see any part of it, nor do we even see whom or whatever the Horned King is fighting against. | |
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Magic Cauldron | |
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Magic Cauldron: The titular Black Cauldron, naturally. The film makes the Cauldron more central than it was the books, where it's destroyed in book two rather than at the end of the series, though the Cauldron-Born it has created up until that point continue to operate, the difference being that no more can be made and the existing ones can be destroyed. | |
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Someone Has to Die | |
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Someone Has to Die: The only way to destroy the evil magic possessed by the Artifact of Doom the movie is named after was for a living being to willingly climb into the Cauldron, but whoever did so would sacrifice his life in the process. (Which the three witches who give it to the heroes gleefully tell them.) At first, none of the heroes were willing to do so - or demand such a sacrifice of anyone else. When the Horned King unleashes its power, Taran tries to do so, but Gurgi stops him, and does it himself. The movie has a happy ending, however; when the three witches reclaim the now-worthless Cauldron, Fflewddur goads them into demonstrating their power, and Swiss Army Tears are able to revive Gugri. | |
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Brick Joke | |
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Brick Joke: Hen Wen is left under the guard of the Fair Folk when the heroes go after the Cauldron; she doesn't turn up again until the very end of the film, where she's shown back at Dalben's house, revealing to Dallben what happened to his student. Doli's there, too, indicating that, unsurprisingly, he got stuck with the job of going wee wee wee all the way home... | |
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