Littlefoot's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance is another Land Before Time crossover film planned to be made by Daniel Esposito. It will appear on Pandora.tv in the near future.
Plot[]
In 1939, Danny, an optimistic 30-year old male orange cat, dreams of Hollywood stardom, so he travels from his hometown of Kokomo, Indiana, in hopes of starting a career there. After meeting a new friend Pudge, Danny is selected by agent Farley Wink to feature in a film that is in production at Mammoth Pictures called Li'l Ark Angel, alongside Wink's secretary: a white cat named Sawyer. Upon joining fellow animals; Tilly, Cranston, Frances, and T.W., Danny is dismayed on learning how minor his role is and tries to weasel his way into more time in the spotlight. Danny angers 3-foot tall Darla Dimple, a popular yet spoiled child actress and star of the film, so she assigns her 36-foot tall butler Max to intimidate Danny into no longer trying to enlarge his part.
Danny learns from the studio's mascot Woolie the Mammoth, that human actors are normally given more important roles than animals. He longs for the spotlight and tries to make a plan that will encourage humans to provide animal actors with better scenarios, such as by assembling a massive cluster of animals and putting on a musical performance for the humans.
Later, Danny is given advice by Darla through song on how to interest and satisfy audiences. He takes this information to heart and groups the animals for an audition on the Ark in hopes of attracting the humans' attention. However, Darla, fearing that the animals will jeopardize her spotlight, has Max help her flood the stage with 100,000 gallons of water, fear, deafness, and extreme anger, while L.B. Mammoth, the head of Mammoth Pictures, and Flanagan, the film's director, are giving an interview, getting the animals blamed and dismissed for the collateral damage. The animals are depressed at being barred from acting in Mammoth Pictures, especially Danny, who was convinced by Darla that she was trying to help the animals. Woolie tells Danny to return to Kokomo. Later that night, everyone was at a diner, upset with Danny for ruining everything for them, while Sawyer sings a song about Danny trying to keep their dreams alive. Tilly overhears Sawyer singing and suggests Sawyer to follow Danny. Sawyer arrives to the bus stop, just seconds after Danny left, finding his hat and to-do list behind.
However, after a comment from the bus driver and seeing Pudge wander the streets, Danny stops the bus and comes up with another plan. He secretly invites Sawyer and the others to the premiere of Lil' Ark Angel. After the screening and a battle with Max that sends him flying away on a Darla Dimple balloon, Danny calls the audience's attention. Upon bringing Sawyer, Woolie, Tilly, Cranston, Pudge, Frances and T.W. backstage to help Danny, the eight animals put on a musical performance that entertains and impresses the viewers. Meanwhile, Darla tries to sabotage the show by tampering with the set and special effects equipment, but her attempts instead cause her to enhance the performance.
Darla furiously yells at the animals for foiling her plan when her voice is amplified over the theater's sound system due to a boom mic she had been tangled up with, revealing the truth about the incident to the audience, including L.B. and Flanagan. Darla tries to hide her true colors, but Pudge sends her down a trapdoor. The animals achieve their dreams for larger roles, Danny and Sawyer admit their feelings for each other, and Darla is forced to work as a janitor.
Trivia[]
- Zazu, The Penguins of Madagascar (Skipper, Kowalski, Rico and Private), King Julien, Maurice, Mort, Terk, Tantor, Louis, Sebastian, King Louie, Jack Skellington, Zero, Sharptooth, Ozzy and Strut, Rinkus and Sierra, Red Claw, Screech and Thud, Oogie Boogie, Dr. Facilier, The Grand Duke of Owls, and Team Rocket (Cassidy and Butch) guest star in this film.
- Like both versions of Legoland1085's film Pooh's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance, this is an NTSC film with NTSC bits from The Land Before Time films, The Lion King films, the Madagascar films, Tarzan, Tarzan & Jane, The Princess and the Frog, The Little Mermaid films, The Jungle Book, and The Black Cauldron.
- King Julien, Maurice, Mort, Terk, Tantor, Louis, Sebastian, and King Louie were originally planned to join Simba, Nala, Timon, and Pumbaa in Simba, Timon, and Pumbaa's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance, but they were removed from that film, due to Yakko Warner making it as a past adventure, so they ended up guest starring in this film instead, while Genie will guest star in Bloom's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance.
- Sharptooth, Ozzy, Strut, Rinkus, Sierra, Red Claw, Screech, Thud, Oogie Boogie, Dr. Facilier, The Grand Duke of Owls, and Cassidy and Butch of Team Rocket will team up with Darla and her assistant Max in this film.
- The main reason why Zazu is guest starring in this film, is because the Jungle Book Vultures and Jiminy Cricket are the only team members of Daniel Esposito's Pooh's Adventures projects to guest star in Bloom's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance and Danny, Sawyer, and their friends already met Kronk in Danny and the Emperor's New Groove.
- This will be dedicated in the memory of Natalie Cole (the singing voice of Sawyer) who passed away on December 31, 2015.
- Yru17 originally planned to re-edit this film, but he retired from re-editing anymore crossovers, so Daniel Esposito (who will remake Pooh's Adventures of Cats Don't Dance) will make this film.
- Cats Don't Dance was released in theaters in 1997, the same year The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island was first released directly on home video, The Little Mermaid was re-released in theaters, and The Jungle Book was re-released on home video.
- Cats Don't Dance was first released on DVD in 2002, the same year both The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water and Tarzan & Jane were released directly on VHS and DVD.