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Mumble happy feet costume9/15/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mumble watches with horrified fascination as it sinks into the sea, then calls to the Amigos to help him discern its mysteries. At the tip of the mountain, however, their shenanigans start a mini-avalanche, revealing a huge tractor. Together, the new friends slide on their bellies down steep mountainsides, impressing one another with their daring and finesse. The Amigos explain that their superior charisma lures the ladies even without a nest, and to prove their claim, they dance Mumble's steps for three females, who respond favorably. They invite him back to their colony, where tens of thousands of Adelie males are building nests of pebbles to attract a mate. The rambunctious males, whom Mumble dubs the "Amigos," join Mumble in taunting the seal, then admire Mumble's masterly footwork. After a harrowing chase, Mumble escapes by jumping onto the shore, and finds there five Adelie penguins, a smaller, beach-dwelling species. He sleeps alone on an ice floe, waking when a monstrous leopard seal attacks. That night, Gloria leads the adolescents in a rousing song, but when Mumble sings along, the whole pack complains and demands that he leave. When she refuses it, however, a bird snatches the fish from Mumble's mouth, lifting him into the sky and dropping him to the ground with half of the fish intact in his mouth. ![]() Spotting a few fish nearby, the penguins compete to grab one, and when Mumble succeeds, he gives it to Gloria. Regardless, Norma Jean urges her son to join his peers in their celebration, and he follows them out to their party by the sea. Each day at school, he stands silently at the back of the class, and when their education is finished, Noah does not allow Mumble to graduate. When the bird then returns to the task at hand, Mumble flees, eluding his captors by hiding in an ice crevice. As their boss pins him down, Mumble, hoping to "appeal to his better nature," inquires about the identification tag on his ankle, prompting the skua to wax eloquently on the "aliens," actually humans, who abducted him. Norma Jean pronounces Mumble's dancing cute, but Memphis takes his cues from the other penguins and declares that "it ain't penguin." Over the weeks, Mumble finds isolated areas to dance unobserved, and one day, is set upon by four predatory skua birds. She counsels him to summon up his deepest emotions, but when Mumble eagerly tries, his feet unwittingly start tapping, and upon hearing his voice later, Mrs. Viola meets with Norma Jean and Memphis, who lies that Mumble's incubation was entirely normal, and Mumble is brought to the special education teacher, Mrs. Mumble is entranced with Gloria, who already evidences a lovely singing voice, but when he is called on, his singing is a painful screech. All of the children attend school led by Miss Viola, who teaches them that without their heartsongs, they cannot be truly penguin. Soon, the females return, and although Memphis is embarrassed by Mumble's constantly shuffling feet, Norma Jean adores her son without reserve. The baby, christened "Mumble" by another new baby, Gloria, soon breaks free of his shell and tap-dances with happiness, causing the other penguins and his father to squirm in discomfort. Memphis has almost given up hope for his still, silent egg when it cracks and two feet emerge. When summer finally returns, the eggs begin to hatch. Horrified, he snatches it back up and returns to the group. Memphis, lovesick, envisions Norma Jean and sings passionately, causing him momentarily to lose hold of his egg, which rolls into the freezing snow. Directed by their venerated leader, Noah, they sing to make their task more palatable and invoke their spirit guides. Throughout the winter, the males huddle in a large mass, taking turns braving the outer rim and then moving inside the group for warmth. They, like every other emperor couple, soon produce an egg, after which each father cradles his egg between his legs to incubate it over the long, brutally cold winter, while the mothers leave for the open sea to hunt for fish. One much-wooed female, Norma Jean, wanders alone until she meets Memphis, the only male whose song inspires her. Despite the lean times, they continue to embark upon their main mission in life: to find their mate by singing their individual "heartsong," which expresses their soul. In Emperorland, thousands of emperor penguins are suffering from a shortage of fish to eat. ![]()
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