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The Magic Roundabout, (released in France as Pollux, le manège enchanté and in North America as Doogal), is a 2005 British computer-animated film based on the television series of the same name. The film was produced by Action Synthese and released by Pathé on February 11, 2005 in the United Kingdom and France, and The Weinstein Company on February 24, 2006 in North America. The plot concerns a dog named Dougal (Doogal in North America) who has to save his best friend, Florence, as well as the whole world, from being frozen by an evil spring named ZeeBad. The film was received positively in the United Kingdom, but the American edit was largely panned in the United States.
The film begins with a shaggy, candy-loving dog named Dougal trying to get sweets from a candy cart. He goes so far as to place a tack in the road to pop its tire, thinking to be rewarded for watching the cart. After convincing the driver to leave, Dougal is trying to decide which candy he will request when he accidentally starts the cart up again and causes it to collide with the titular magic roundabout at the center of the village. A blue jack-in-the-box-like creature emerges from the top and flies away, snatching a decorative Foot Guard figurine from the roundabout before leaving. The roundabout freezes over, trapping repairman Mr. Rusty, Dougal's young owner Florence, and two other children named Basil and Coral within an icy cell.
Dougal, a shaggy, candy-loving puppy, embarks on a dangerous journey with a group of friends in an effort to imprison their oppressor -- the evil ice sorcerer Zeebad (Zebedee's evil twin). The world is placed in mortal danger as Zeebad wants to freeze everything there is; Dougal and his friends must recover three diamonds in order to stop him.
Keywords: cart, cgi-film, computer-animation, cow, diamond, dog, friendship, good-versus-evil, guitar, jack-in-the-box
ZeBadDee: When I leave someone for dead, I expect them to die! Can't even do that right, heh?
Train: Now, for my impression of a sleeping train...
Ermintrude: Surely it's only a short hop for such a brave bunny.::Dylan: More like a long drop for a dumb rabbit.
Dylan: So close, and yet so far out!
ZeBadDee: Today, one soldier, tomorrow, the world! And then perhaps... three more soldiers!
Dylan: Chill out guys, I've got something stashed that just might help.::Brian: Dylan, we don't have time to indulge in recreational activities...
Brian: Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me.::ZeBadDee: Very well! Sam, bring out the sticks and stones!
[Zebedee is explaining Zebad's evil plan]::Zebedee: Nothing will grow. Not even grass.::Dylan: No grass? Right we've got a problem, man.
Brian: [to Moose] Have you seen our friend Dougal? Big black noise, looks like a bad hair day on legs.
ZeBadDee: Give me that map... please?::Brian: Over my dead body!::ZeBadDee: Sam, get out the garlic butter. I'm feeling a little peckish.::Brian: You're bluffing!::ZeBadDee: Try me, you spineless slime-spreader!
Stop your tears from hiding,
See them mesmerise your skin,
It's all that I can do to keep away from going in,
I fed the ghost of plenty as the perfume turned to grey,
If life is still worth living, how come I feel afraid?
One day, some day, I will take from the air,
The only way out, I can't deny the honesty,
I want to stay but it's more than me
I'm losing all the reason, keep forgetting what I've said,
Oh I try to bring it closer but there's nothing in my head,
I don't believe in ever and I don't believe in now,
If life is still worth living, how come I feel alone?
Suddenly, if it comes then I'm gone
Whey don't you talk to me, see I'm not your enemy?
I am right by your side,
I want to stay but it's more than me.
Each time you go down, don't forget to remember
Everything is easy, most of all believing,
It will take you over, it will bring you down,
It's hidden in the language, it's in the words I say (I say so).
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