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#Hero of the kingdom 3 cauldron location movie#

The Cauldron has the power to raised the dead as a mindless horde in exchange for a sacrifice, the only way to reverse it being someone willingly sacrificing themselves to it.

Artifact of Doom: The titular Black Cauldron was forged when a King so evil "that even the Gods feared him" was thrown into a crucible of molten iron, the King's blackened soul was infused into the cauldron itself.

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.

#Hero of the kingdom 3 cauldron location movie#

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.Considering what a Bad Boss the Horned King was, it's really no wonder. And There Was Much Rejoicing: After the Horned King's demise, Creeper mourns for only a moment, then seems to have an epiphany and starts laughing maniacally.Alliterative Name: Orddu, Orwen, and Orgoch and Fflewddur Fflam.

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.

All There in the Manual: Of the Witches of Morva, only two are named the book names them all.

It's implied this was a very difficult thing for them to do.

All Deaths Final: Subverted the witches say they cannot bring back Gurgi but then Fflewddur manages to goad them into doing so anyway.

In the book it can only reanimate the dead it cannot animate living beings, because they're already alive, and thus, self-destructs.

And almost every supporting character from the book called The Black Cauldron, such as Prince Ellydir and King Morgant.

Interestingly, he was alluded to in a deleted scene as the king that once wielded the sword Taran has.

Prince Gwydion, who in the books was the only one able to defeat the Horned King.

In the film, they try to trick him into giving up a treasure for the cauldron only to retrieve it later.

In the books, they're neutral figures who bend their own rules to help Taran and his friends dispose of the cauldron. Considering how relatively slow the eliminated portions are (especially given the necessity of quick, visually exciting subject matter that animation usually demands), the idea makes a certain amount of sense, and could have worked, but it simply wasn't executed well. Adaptation Distillation: One of the weirdest Disney examples it cobbles together the characters from the first book and story elements of both the first and second books, leading to something of a strangely mixed, 85-minute condensation of the first two novels.Accidental Kiss: Taran and Eilonwy are sort of tricked into one of these at the end, not that they particularly mind.Absurdly Sharp Blade: The sword that Taran finds can slice through solid metal.Abhorrent Admirer: Orwen takes a shine to Fflewddur Fflam, and he is visibly put off by her attentions.note Chuck Jones once argued, though, that technically 1961's 101 Dalmatians was the first to use CGI, as back then xerox machines were classified as a type of computer. The 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. 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.Īlong 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.

He is charged with hiding Hen Wen, an innocent-looking pig - who is actually an oracle. It is the story of Taran, a young Assistant Pig Keeper who desperately wants to be a great warrior. Released on July 24, 1985, The Black Cauldron is the 25th entry in the Disney Animated Canon.