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The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile

1979 · 30 min

A gentle, whimsical holiday tale that feels like a warm hug, with simple charms and a touch of melancholy.

Overview
Aunt Agatha threatens to call the police on innocent trick-or-treaters. Her nephew, Ralph, would love to be out with them. But what he wants most of all is a pumpkin. From across the street, Raggedy Ann and Andy watch the drama unfold. Andy is furious at Agatha for preventing the boy from enjoying the wonderful, horrible holiday. Ann, with her irritating insistence on fairness, decides that Agatha has merely forgotten what it's like to be young. The pressing matter ahead is getting Ralph a pumpkin. Andy scoffs at the idea of finding one at this late date. Ann reasons that if there's a little boy who needs a pumpkin, there must be a pumpkin who needs a little boy. She's right. Not far away, a miserable pumpkin is blubbering out pumpkin seed-tears because no one wants him for Halloween.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • friendship
  • redemption
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • animated
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism2
Romance0
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
family, animation
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Written by
Chuck Jones
Starring
June Foray, Daws Butler, Stephen Rosenberg, Les Tremayne, Hobart Donavan
Runtime
30 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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