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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."''
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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As the unbeatable Cauldron Born set out to destroy all life and take over the planet, there is only one way to stop them. Someone must jump into the cauldron, at the cost of their life...
Based on a series of novels, ''[[
* It is the first Disney animated feature to be rated PG in the USA... and the reasons why are evident.
* It is the first Disney animated feature to have ''absolutely no singing''; thus, there is one less element available to alleviate the movie's dark elements.
A common misconception is that ''[[The Great Mouse Detective]]'' was the first animated Disney movie to use CGI. Actually, it was this movie - the Bauble, boat, explosions, and cauldron itself were animated with CGI.
''[[The Black Cauldron (
A 25th anniversary edition was released on September 24, 2010, so it seems Disney is confident of some demand for it among audiences.
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: One of the witches to Fflewddur Fflam.
* [[Accidental Kiss]]: Taran and Eilonwy are sort of tricked into one of these at the end, not that they particularly mind.
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* [[Bad Boss]]: The Horned King's first response to ''any'' setback whatsoever is to strangle Creeper, whether it's his fault or not.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Eilonwy. Don't ever be sexist (Taran) in her presence. Nor take the side of said sexist (Fflam).
** Also, the Horned King is quite calm and cold-blooded, but if you spoil his plans he
* [[Big Eater]]: Gurgi is always on the lookout for "munchings and crunchings".
* [[Brick Joke]]: Hen Wen is left under the guard of the [[Fair Folk]] when the heroes go after the Cauldron; she doesn't turn up again until the very end of the film, where she's shown back at Dalben's house, revealing to [[The Obi-Wan]] what happened to his student. Doli's there, too, indicating that, unsurprisingly, he got stuck with the job of [[Incredibly Lame Pun|going wee wee wee all the way home]]...
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* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Creeper, who was not part of Alexander's original series.
* [[Cartoon Creature]]: Gurgi is a strange example of this trope, looking something like a cross between an Old English Sheepdog, a marmot, and a gibbon.
* [[Closing Credits]]: Notable due to their absence in previous Disney animated films. From ''[[Snow White and
* [[Collapsing Lair]]
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: Quite a few.
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** And almost every supporting character from the book called ''The Black Cauldron'', such as Prince Ellydir and King Morgaunt.
* [[Clingy MacGuffin]]: Eilonwy's "bauble", which floats around chasing rats. This is (again) a huge departure from the books, in which the bauble was neither sentient nor able to move under its own power, but had many other magical properties.
* [[Composite Character]]: The book's Arawn and the Horned King are combined into one in the movie. Though the filmmakers work Arawn in by alluding to him as the [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Dem Bones]]: The Cauldron Born.
* [[Dirty Coward]]/[[Lovable Coward]]: Gurgi always ducks out at the first hint of trouble, much to Taran's fury...until he volunteers to give his life to stop the Cauldron Born.
* [[Disney Death]]: [[Heroic Sacrifice]] necessary? No worries.
* [[Due to
* [[Dueling Movies]]: With [[Care Bears|''The Care Bears Movie'']], its polar opposite. [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show|Guess which was the more successful film!]]
* [[Everything's Better
** In the books, she is known as a Princess of Llyr. She's actually the daughter of the Princess Angharad, who fell in love with a commoner and ran away from her royal family to marry him. Eilonwy is kidnapped from her parents and orphaned as a very young child. In the books, after the first adventure, she goes to live with Taran and Dallben at the farm Caer Dallben. Anyone who wants to belittle her calls her a "scullery maid", in reference to the chores she does there. The film reflects this point but fails to explain or develop it.
* [[Evil Brit]]: The Horned King (being voiced by [[John Hurt]]). Of course, most of the good guys also have British voice actors.
* [[Evil Gloating]]
* [[Evil Overlord]]
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: The Horned King
* [[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.}}
* [[Farm Boy]]: Taran
* [[The Film of the Book]]: Of the books, more accurately. This film is a bit of a mash-up of elements from the first two books of the Prydain series, ''The Book of Three'' and ''The Black Cauldron''.
* [[Gag Boobs]]: Orwen of the Three witches, who is on the heavier side and well-endowed enough to lose a frog in her bodacious bosoms.
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* [[Horned Humanoid]]: The Horned King.
* [[Hostage for McGuffin]]: Hen Wen will be beheaded unless Taran makes her reveal the location of the Black Cauldron.
* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]?: Gurgi.
* [[Implacable Man]]: The Cauldron Born are the Implacable ''Army''.
* [[Karmic Death]]
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Constantly.
* [[More Expendable Than You]]
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: Averted: They explicitly say the Horned King is going to kill them all. One more nail in the coffin of family-friendliness.
** The Horned King trying to raise his defeated Cauldron Born: "GET UP! '''KILL!!!'''"
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: The Black Cauldron cannot be destroyed, only its power stopped; the Cauldron Born are invincible -- unless someone lays down their life...
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* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: The Horned King's eyes literally light up whenever he gets excited.
* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Taran.
* [[Redhead in Green]]: Taran.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[The Renfield]]: Creeper.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shout
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* [[Significant Green-Eyed Redhead]]: Taran.
* [[Spoony Bard]]: Fflam isn't much use for most of the story.
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** Also Creeper, with "this isn' my fault!"
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]:
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* [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]]: The Fair Folk.
* [[Wandering Minstrel]]: Fflewddur Fflam.
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