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The Swan Princess Christmas
The Swan Princess Christmas
Directed by	Richard Rich
Written by	Yuri Lowenthal
Produced by	Jared F. Brown; Richard Rich; Seldon Young
Starring	Elle Deets; Yuri Lowenthal; James Arrington; G.K. Bowes; Sean Wright
Edited by	Joe Campana
Music by	Vassal Benford
Production; companies	Crest Animation Productions; Nest Family Entertainment
Distributed by	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment; Stage 6 Films
Release date	November 6, 2012;
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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The Swan Princess Christmas is a 2012 American computer-animated family/fantasy film produced by Crest Animation Productions, distributed by Stage 6 Films, and directed by Richard Rich. It is the fourth film in The Swan Princess series. Out of the cast members James Arrington was the only cast member to return from the original film and its sequels, Doug Stone reprised his role as speed from the sequels and Steve Wright reprising his role of Rothbart from The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom. The film will be followed by a fourth direct-to-video The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale (2014).

Plot

Princess Odette and Prince Derek are on their way to Queen Uberta's castle to celebrate their first Christmas together. Unbeknownst to them, the enchanter Rothbart has put in a motion a plan to return from the dead, enlisting a black cat named Number 9 to help by promising him extra lives.

Number 9 succeeds in luring Derek to the cellar of Uberta's castle where he opens a chest with the initial R on it. At first there is nothing inside, but once Derek leaves, Rothbart emerges from the chest as a ghost. From here, Rothbart moves to the next portion his plan, which is to destroy the Christmas spirit of the kingdom (the only thing more powerful than the Forbidden Arts) which will give him the power to be revived in physical form. Rothbart is able to cast small spells that cause people to fight. He does this to Queen Uberta and Lord Rogers, and later to the villagers until almost the entire village is in disharmony.

Derek and Odette learn of Rothbart's return when windchimes playing "Far Longer than Forever" make him visible and hold him. They set up chimes all around the castle, but Rothbart eventually re-enlists the help of Bridget (his hag henchwoman from the first film who had turned good) and she helps remove the windchimes for him.

As part of the Christmas festivities, Uberta and Rogers are staging musical performances, but because of Rothbart's spell have become aggressive and competitive with each other. Odette, who has been invited to stage her own song, invites orphans to perform "Christmas is the Reason" which momentarily weakens Rothbart's power over Uberta and Rogers. Odette follows up on this by inviting Uberta and Rogers to give gifts and food to the poor. This time the good will breaks the spell on the whole kingdom, and Rothbart is rendered nearly powerless.

Rothbart's last chance to ruin Christmas spirit is to sabotage the royal Christmas tree. He sends Number 9 to steal one of the Christmas lights, and Rothbart casts a spell on it that will destroy the tree. Derek learns of this plan thanks to Bridget who has double-crossed Rothbart and traps him inside a giant chime.

Derek rushes back to the Christmas Eve party to stop the tree from being lit, but they are too late. The enchanted light bulb bursts the tree and its ornaments into flames. Rothbart becomes fully physical, takes Uberta's crown, and kidnaps Odette where he takes her back to Swan Lake.

At Swan Lake, Rothbart turns Odette into a swan and traps her inside a cage made of roots. He then casts a spell on the moonlight, so that when it touches Odette's wings, she will turn into a golden swan-shaped Christmas ornament forever. Derek arrives to rescue Odette and Rothbart has assumed the form of the Great Animal again to fight Derek. At first Derek is overpowered, but then Odette starts singing "Seasons of Love" which weakens Rothbart until he eventually bursts into flames. With Rothbart defeated, Odette changes back into a human. Derek dies in her arms due to his injuries, but when Odette sings again, the spirit of Christmas magically returns him to life and restores the royal Christmas Tree.

At the Christmas Eve party, the kingdom puts up a new Christmas ornament on the tree, honoring Derek and Odette.

Cast

Elle Deets as Odette
Yuri Lowenthal as Derek
Jennifer Miller as Queen Uberta
Joseph Medrano as Lord Rogers
Sean Wright as Rothbart
David Lodge as Number 9, Footman #1
Catherine Lavine as Bridget the Hag
James Arrington as Chamberlain
Clayton James Mackay as Jean-Bob
Gardner Jaas as Puffin, Sir Peter
Doug Stone as Speed, Footman #2, Sir Peter
Joey Lotsko as Bromley, Butler, Footman #3
Brian Nissen as Ferdinand the Chef
Maxine Blue as Wood Cutter's Wife
G.K. Bowes as Caretaker
Gabriela Miller as Orphan Girl
Catherine Parks as Maid
Ashley Spain as Girl
Joseph Van de Tacht as Boy

Critical Reception

The Swan Princess Christmas has received generally negative reviews from viewers, who heavily criticized the film's poor animation, disappointing script and weak character development.^{[citation needed]}

References

External links

The Swan Princess: Christmas at IMDb

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-'''''The Swan Princess Christmas''''' is a 2012 American computer-animated family/fantasy film produced by [[Crest Animation Productions]], distributed by [[Stage 6 Films]], and directed by [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]]. It is the fourth film in ''[[The Swan Princess]]'' series.  [[James Arrington]] was the only cast member to return from the original film and its sequels and [[Doug Stone (voice actor)|Doug Stone]] reprised his role as speed from the sequels.
+'''''The Swan Princess Christmas''''' is a 2012 American computer-animated family/fantasy film produced by [[Crest Animation Productions]], distributed by [[Stage 6 Films]], and directed by [[Richard Rich (director)|Richard Rich]]. It is the fourth film in ''[[The Swan Princess]]'' series. Out of the cast members [[James Arrington]] was the only cast member to return from the original film and its sequels, [[Doug Stone (voice actor)|Doug Stone]] reprised his role as speed from the sequels and Steve Wright reprising his role of Rothbart from ''[[The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom]]''. The film will be followed by a fourth direct-to-video ''[[The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale]]'' (2014).
-The film will be followed by a fourth direct-to-video ''[[The Swan Princess: A Royal Family Tale]]'' (2014).
 ==Plot==
-Princess Odette and Prince Derek are on their way to Queen Uberta's castle to celebrate their first Christmas together. Unbeknownst to them, the evil [[Magician (fantasy)|enchanter]] Rothbart has put in a motion a plan to return from the dead, enlisting a [[black cat]] named Number 9 to help by promising him extra lives.
+Princess Odette and Prince Derek are on their way to Queen Uberta's castle to celebrate their first Christmas together. Unbeknownst to them, the [[Magician (fantasy)|enchanter]] Rothbart has put in a motion a plan to return from the dead, enlisting a [[black cat]] named Number 9 to help by promising him extra lives.
-Number 9 succeeds in luring Derek to the cellar of Uberta's castle, where he opens a chest with the initial R on it. At first there is nothing inside, but once Derek leaves, Rothbart emerges from the chest as a ghost. From here Rothbart moves to the next portion his plan, which is to destroy the Christmas spirit of the kingdom, the only thing more powerful than the Forbidden Arts, which will give him the power to be revived in physical form. Rothbart is able to cast small spells that cause people to fight; he does this to Queen Uberta and Lord Rogers, and later to the villagers until almost the entire village is in disharmony.
+Number 9 succeeds in luring Derek to the cellar of Uberta's castle where he opens a chest with the initial R on it. At first there is nothing inside, but once Derek leaves, Rothbart emerges from the chest as a [[ghost]]. From here, Rothbart moves to the next portion his plan, which is to destroy the Christmas spirit of the kingdom (the only thing more powerful than the Forbidden Arts) which will give him the power to be revived in physical form. Rothbart is able to cast small spells that cause people to fight. He does this to Queen Uberta and Lord Rogers, and later to the villagers until almost the entire village is in disharmony.
-Derek and Odette learn of Rothbart's return when windchimes playing "Far Longer than Forever" make him visible and hold him. They set up chimes all around the castle, but Rothbart eventually re-enlists the help of Bridget, his henchwoman from the first film who had turned good, and she helps remove the windchimes for him.
+Derek and Odette learn of Rothbart's return when windchimes playing "Far Longer than Forever" make him visible and hold him. They set up chimes all around the castle, but Rothbart eventually re-enlists the help of Bridget (his [[hag]] henchwoman from the first film who had turned good) and she helps remove the windchimes for him.
-As part of the Christmas festivities, Uberta and Rogers are staging musical performances, but because of Rothbart's spell have become aggressive and competitive with each other. Odette, who has been invited to stage her own song, invites orphans to perform "Christmas is the Reason", which momentarily weakens Rothbart's power over Uberta and Rogers. Odette follows up on this by inviting Uberta and Rogers to give gifts and food to the poor. This time the good will breaks the spell on the whole kingdom, and Rothbart is rendered nearly powerless.
+As part of the Christmas festivities, Uberta and Rogers are staging musical performances, but because of Rothbart's spell have become aggressive and competitive with each other. Odette, who has been invited to stage her own song, invites orphans to perform "Christmas is the Reason" which momentarily weakens Rothbart's power over Uberta and Rogers. Odette follows up on this by inviting Uberta and Rogers to give gifts and food to the poor. This time the good will breaks the spell on the whole kingdom, and Rothbart is rendered nearly powerless.
-Rothbart's last chance to ruin Christmas spirit is to sabotage the royal Christmas tree. He sends Number 9 to steal one of the Christmas lights, and Rothbart casts a spell on it that will destroy the tree. Derek learns of this plan thanks to Bridget, who has double-crossed Rothbart, and traps him inside a giant chime.
+Rothbart's last chance to ruin Christmas spirit is to sabotage the royal Christmas tree. He sends Number 9 to steal one of the Christmas lights, and Rothbart casts a spell on it that will destroy the tree. Derek learns of this plan thanks to Bridget who has double-crossed Rothbart and traps him inside a giant chime.
-Derek rushes back to the Christmas Eve party to stop the tree from being lit, but they are too late. The enchanted light bulb bursts the tree and its ornaments into flames. Rothbart becomes fully physical, takes Uberta's crown and kidnaps Odette, taking her back to Swan Lake.
+Derek rushes back to the Christmas Eve party to stop the tree from being lit, but they are too late. The enchanted light bulb bursts the tree and its ornaments into flames. Rothbart becomes fully physical, takes Uberta's crown, and kidnaps Odette where he takes her back to Swan Lake.
-At Swan Lake, Rothbart turns Odette into a [[swan]] and traps her inside a cage made of roots. He then casts a spell on the moonlight, so that when it touches Odette's wings, she will turn into a golden, swan-shaped Christmas ornament forever. Derek arrives to rescue Odette, and battles Rothbart, who has assumed the form of the Great Animal again. At first Derek is overpowered, but then Odette starts singing "Seasons of Love"<!-- She did NOT sing Far Longer Than Forever! Please pay attention to the movie before writing this in.--> which weakens Rothbart until he eventually bursts into flames. With Rothbart defeated, Odette changes back into a human. Derek dies in her arms due to his injuries, but when Odette sings again, the spirit of Christmas magically returns him to life and restores the royal Christmas Tree.
+At Swan Lake, Rothbart turns Odette into a [[swan]] and traps her inside a cage made of roots. He then casts a spell on the moonlight, so that when it touches Odette's wings, she will turn into a golden swan-shaped Christmas ornament forever. Derek arrives to rescue Odette and Rothbart has assumed the form of the Great Animal again to fight Derek. At first Derek is overpowered, but then Odette starts singing "Seasons of Love"<!-- She did NOT sing Far Longer Than Forever! Please pay attention to the movie before writing this in.--> which weakens Rothbart until he eventually bursts into flames. With Rothbart defeated, Odette changes back into a human. Derek dies in her arms due to his injuries, but when Odette sings again, the spirit of Christmas magically returns him to life and restores the royal Christmas Tree.
 At the Christmas Eve party, the kingdom puts up a new Christmas ornament on the tree, honoring Derek and Odette.
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 * Joseph Medrano as Lord Rogers
 * Sean Wright as Rothbart
-* [[David Lodge (voice actor)|David Lodge]] as Number 9, Footman #1
+* [[David Lodge (voice actor)|David Lodge]] as Number 9, [[Footman]] #1
-* Catherine Lavine as Bridget the Hag
+* Catherine Lavine as Bridget the [[Hag]]
-* [[James Arrington]] as Chamberlain
+* [[James Arrington]] as [[Chamberlain]]
 * Clayton James Mackay as Jean-Bob
 * [[Gardner Jaas]] as [[Puffin]], Sir Peter
-* [[Doug Stone (voice actor)|Doug Stone]] as Speed, Footman #2, Sir Peter
+* [[Doug Stone (voice actor)|Doug Stone]] as Speed, [[Footman]] #2, Sir Peter
-* [[Joe Ochman|Joey Lotsko]] as Bromley, Butler, Footman #3
+* [[Joe Ochman|Joey Lotsko]] as Bromley, Butler, [[Footman]] #3
-* Brian Nissen as Ferdinand the Chef
+* Brian Nissen as Ferdinand the [[Chef]]
 * Maxine Blue as Wood Cutter's Wife
-* [[G.K. Bowes]] as Caretaker
+* [[G. K. Bowes|G.K. Bowes]] as Caretaker
 * Gabriela Miller as Orphan Girl
-* Catherine Parks as Maid
+* Catherine Parks as [[Maid]]
 * Ashley Spain as Girl
 * Joseph Van de Tacht as Boy