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The Raccoons and the Lost Star
Title screen
Directed byKevin Gillis
Written byKevin Gillis
Juliet Law Packer
StarringRich Little
John Schneider
Dottie West
Release date
1983
Running time
60 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The Raccoons and the Lost Star was a precursor TV Special[1][verification needed] to the critically acclaimed animated series The Raccoons and debuted in 1983. It came after the first two Raccoons seasonal specials, which were The Christmas Raccoons in 1980 and The Raccoons on Ice in 1981. There are some thematic elements that don't exist in the first specials, such as the Raccoons' world being separate from that of the humans. In the United States, where The Raccoons specials were in the top 10 in Nielsen ratings, The Raccoons and the Lost Star was the number one children's show in syndication at the time.[2]

Plot

One night in the Evergreen Forest, Schaeffer the sheepdog is playing with his human owners, Dan the Forest Ranger and his children Tommy and Julie when there is a surprise that takes the humans inside their cabin in the Evergreen Forest. As things progress, a plane lands in front of the cabin which takes Schaeffer to a strange jungle planet. Upon his arrival, he's chased by the forces of the general Cyril Sneer, but manages to lose them. While exploring the jungle, Schaeffer runs into Sophia Tutu, a friend of his from the planet Earth, although Sophia doesn't seem to know Schaeffer. Sophia takes Schaeffer to meet Broo, her pet sheepdog puppy. Meanwhile, we find out that Cyril Sneer plans to conquer Earth with the help of a magic star (which Broo wears around his neck). The star has enough power to fire up his war machines and missiles to raid the planet. He sends out his army to hunt down every animal in the jungle, in case if they know the whereabouts of the star.

Meanwhile, Sophia, Broo, and Schaeffer are captured by the Raccoons: Bert Raccoon, Ralph Raccoon, and Melissa Raccoon. The trio are the only animals left in the jungle, and plan to put an end to Cyril Sneer's evil ways. They free Sophia, Broo, and Schaeffer after they find out that they are on their side. Sophia then meets up with her boyfriend Cedric Sneer and finds out that Cyril is Cedric's father.

The Raccoons and Schaeffer plan to free all the jungle animals from Cyril's clutches and successfully do so. However, Cyril eventually sends his army to round up the animals again, which gets the Raccoons to do the same thing all over again. Cyril discovers a "jungle rendezvous" Cedric is having with Sophia and he follows him to a place where he can get the star. After foiling their meeting, Cyril captures the Raccoons, Sophia, Schaeffer and Broo while seizing the star en route to destroying earth. Nevertheless, Broo initiates their escape and Bert, who has always had aspirations of being a pilot helps the Raccoons and the other animals escape from Cyril's clutches while destroying his fortress in the process.

After everyone and everything is safe, Schaeffer feels a longing to go back to Earth, so Bert flys him back via airplane. It turns out that all of this was a dream and none of the events had happened. Schaeffer awakes from his sleep and sees that Dan, Tommy, and Julie reveal their surprise to him, which turns out to be Broo. Schaeffer realizes that maybe his adventure wasn't a dream after all.

Cast

Songs And Performers

  • John Schneider - "Calling You", "Shining", "One More Night" (duet), "Friends" (duet)
  • Dottie West - "Lions & Tigers", "Fallin', Fallin'"

References

  1. ^ "Raccoon toys, games emerge from TV show". Ottawa Citizen. Retrieved 2010-10-30.
  2. ^ "Raccoons Land A Disney Series". Google News. Montreal Gazette. December 8, 1984. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
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