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{{quote|''"Whosoever uses the Black Cauldron for evil will be all-powerful, for my blood will flow with his, and together we will either rule the world or destroy it."''
|The [[Curse]] of the Black Cauldron}}
Meet [[Disney|Disney's]] [[Redheaded Stepchild]] and the 25th entry in the [[Disney Animated Canon]], 1985's ''The Black Cauldron''. It is the story of Taran, a young Assistant Pig Keeper who desperately wants to be a great warrior. He is charged with hiding Hen Wen, an innocent-looking pig -who is actually an oracle. The [[Big Bad]], the Horned King, wants the pig because she can uncover the location of the Black Cauldron, with which he will bring to life an army of invincible, undead warriors to conquer the world.
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* [[Evil Minions]]: The henchmen and the Cauldron Born
* [[Executive Meddling]]: The film was originally intended to be the beginning of a [[Darker and Edgier]] Disney, aimed more at teens and young adults. It was originally much more graphic and violent. However, at the last minute, the Disney execs changed their minds and cut several completed scenes.
* [[Expy]] Imagine Gurgi meeting Gollum from [[The Lord of the Rings]].
* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]: The Horned King. And ''[[Body Horror|how]]''!
* [[Failure Hero]]: Taran so wants to be a [[Knight in Shining Armour]], but at almost no point in the film does he successfully do anything useful with his own skills: He loses Hen Wen almost immediately after being entrusted with her; when held captive by the Horned King he only escapes with the help of Eilonwy and the magic sword; and he unwittingly brings the Black Cauldron into the Horned King's hands by getting it from the witches with whom it probably would've been completely secure. At the end of the film, Taran actually acknowledges that he's a failure as a warrior and forfeits his chance to become one in order to {{spoiler|resurrect Gurgi.}}
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[[Category:The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
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