Rudolph and Frosty: Christmas in July.
Long ago, King Winterbolt ruled the North Pole, oppressing the
inhabitants and spreading misery until Lady Boreal, the Queen of the
Northern Lights, ended his tyranny by sending him into a deep sleep.
Soon after, Winterbolt is severely weakened by the act. In Winterbolt's
absence, a young Kris Kringle comes to the North Pole to build his
workshop, and begins his tradition of delivering gifts to the world's
children each Christmas Eve as Santa Claus. Years later, Winterbolt
awakens. He discovers Santa, and consults his Genie of the Ice Scepter
for answers on how to get rid of him. The Genie tells Winterbolt to have
his snow dragons create a blizzard next Christmas to trap Santa and
destroy him, so that Winterbolt can take his place and conquer the
world. Lady Boreal, anticipating this, visits Rudolph as a baby and puts
the last of her power into his nose, making it glow red. However, she
warns Rudolph that if he ever once uses his power for evil, his nose will
stop glowing forever, so he must only use it for good. That Christmas
Eve, Rudolph successfully guides Santa's sleigh through the blizzard.
Winterbolt witnesses this and realizes Rudolph is his only opposition.
One summer, Rudolph visits Frosty the Snowman and his family, despite
Winterbolt's attempt to extinguish his nose. The Genie tells Winterbolt
that Rudolph is still protected by the Northern Lights in their presence,
and advises him to wait for Rudolph to leave the North Pole. Soon, Milton
the ice cream man, who travels by balloon to pick up his ice cream to
take to the seashore for the Fourth of July celebration, arrives
heartbroken because he wishes to marry Laine Loraine, a tightrope
walker and daughter of Lily Loraine, ringleader of the Circus by the Sea.
However, the circus is going bankrupt as a crook named Sam Spangles
wants to take over the show. To help save the circus, Milton suggests to
Rudolph that he should star in the circus, as well as Frosty and his
family. Unfortunately, Frosty denies the offer, saying they would melt
quick until Winterbolt appears and gives them magic amulets to keep
them from melting until the final firework fades on the Fourth of July.
Santa then suggests that he and Mrs. Claus will arrive at the circus to
take Frosty and family back to the North Pole just before the fireworks
end. However, Winterbolt's dragons create another blizzard to stop
Santa and Mrs. Claus from making it to the circus grounds on time. He
then goes to the Cave of Lost Rejections where he recruits an evil,
unintelligent reindeer named Scratcher, who was jealous because he
wanted to be one of Santa's reindeer, but got fired after Santa hired
Rudolph. Scratcher then flies to the circus grounds. After being offered a
job as a roustabout, Scratcher tricks Rudolph into stealing money from
the box office wagon for Spangles, but Frosty catches them. As the
fireworks end, Winterbolt returns and offers to extend Frosty's amulets
infinitely if Rudolph agrees to appear guilty. Rudolph does so, causing
his friends to reject him and his nose to stop glowing. Frosty tries to
reason with everyone, but Rudolph warns him that he and his family will
melt if he does so. Spangles subsequently buys the circus. Rudolph walks
alone to the seashore despondent, though Lady Boreal in the form of the
Northern Lights appears and tries to console him, then Big Ben the
Clockwork Whale visits and Rudolph tells him of his troubles. Big Ben
suddenly leaves, telling Rudolph he has to go to South America.
Meanwhile, Winterbolt asks the Genie about Frosty, who wonders what
he'd give in exchange to help Rudolph. Winterbolt realizes his hat is
what brings him to life and plots to steal the hat, find the secret of its
magic, and duplicate it to bring an army of evil snowmen to life. He
steals Frosty's hat, making him inanimate, but Rudolph ambushes him,
steals the hat back, and regains his nose's glow thanks to his act of
goodness. Rudolph returns to the circus the next day with a policeman,
returning Frosty's hat and is proven innocent. Winterbolt appears and
tries to attack everyone, but Lilly shatters his scepter with her guns,
destroying his magic and causing him to turn into a lifeless tree.
Unfortunately, the ice amulets lose their power and Frosty and his family
melt. Everyone is distraught and knows that only a magic December
wind can bring Frosty back to life. To their joy, Big Ben returns from
South America with Jack Frost, who revives Frosty and his family with
his icy breath. Once Frosty and family are fully revived, Santa and Mrs.
Claus finally arrive to bring them back to the North Pole, while Rudolph
stays with the circus to help them out of debt, which Lily lets him lead
the flying circus parade to thank him.
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