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''[[The Elm-Chanted Forest]]'' is a Yugoslavian/U.S. joint-produced animated film from the 1980s. In fact, it was the first feature-length animated film produced in what is now Croatia. And it proves that the Croatians can [[Widget Series|weird it up with the best of them]]. It is also known as ''Fantasy Forest,'' but the pun is more distinctive.
The enchanted forest is protected at all times by the great and mighty enchanted elm tree that watches over it. But the nefarious Emperor Spine, the King Cactus, watches it from afar, and he wants to turn it into a desert land that he can rule. As it happens, an [[Unlucky Everydude|exceedingly mild-mannered]] painter named Peter wanders into the forest from a nearby village to paint the elm tree. When he falls asleep under it, the elm tree grants him a passel of magical powers with which to protect the forest: [[Speaks Fluent Animal|the ability to talk to animals]] and [[Art Initiates Life|a magical paintbrush]]. At first Peter is content to simply hang out with the local wildlife, but soon the Cactus King bears down on him and his friends. ([[Incredibly Lame Pun|The bear almost does, but he's more of a good guy.]]) Soon Peter is teaming up with animals, spirits, and even a beleaguered wizard named Thistle to stop the Cactus King, enchanted upheaval and... [[Wacky Wayside Tribe|literally magic mushrooms]]? Hey. We warned you it was weird.
It managed to spawn a sequel, ''The Magic Hat'', but that one never really made it overseas. It starred Thistle the wizard.
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* [[Adipose Rex]]: The water king; probably because he sleeps in all day. Emperor Spine, too, but then again, many types of cactus ''are'' that round...
* [[Art Initiates Life]]: The Enchanted Elm gives Peter a magical paintbrush that can paint living pictures.
** Though mostly they [[Power-Up Letdown|move slightly for a second or two then stop]].
* [[Artistic License: Biology]]: Thistle reasons that the reason the Cactus King is so mean is that {{spoiler|he has never blossomed before, and is thus unfulfilled}}. However, when {{spoiler|he finally does blossom, the flowers come out of his ''spines''. Cacti flower from specially grown stalks off their bodies, not their spikes}}!
* [[Berserk Button]]: Do NOT mention beavers in front of the Cactus King.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|The Cactus King is reformed, and the forest is saved... but the powers Peter received from the elm tree have worn off, and he must go back to his village, as he can no longer understand his new animal friends.}}
* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: Fifi, of course.
* [[Dance Party Ending]]
* [[Disney Acid Sequence|Disney 'Shrooms Sequence]]: The "Truffle Shuffle" done by the mushroom tribe. They must be inhaling their own spores all the time!
* [[Everything's Worse
* [[Funny Afro]]: The mushroom singers, especially Michael J. Mushroom. While this is actually a reasonable approximation of the way [[wikipedia:Truffle (fungus)|truffles]] look, the fact that the mushrooms seem to otherwise be in [[Blackface]] could be considered somewhat [[Unfortunate Implications]].
* [[Gratuitous French]]: Fifi the fox. Even her [[Leitmotif]] sounds French!
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Thistle does one rather early in the film. Early enough that it's not really a spoiler. {{spoiler|It is, however, a spoiler that the ''Cactus King'' does one, too.}}
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The Cactus King constantly uses [[Incredibly Lame Pun|some very sharp words to make a point.]]
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Peter slips into this. Early on, the animals go to more lengths than they should need to to keep him from walking into the Cactus King's lair -- just because the king offered Peter lunch.
* [[Mind Screw]]
* [[Kill It
* [[Large Ham]]: Baron Burr. "IF you listen VERY CAREFULLY, the WIND will SPEAK TO YOU!"
* [[Leitmotif]]: Both Peter and Thistle have them.
* [[Lip Lock]]: Parts of the animation are sped up in the English dub to match the new dialogue.
* [[Mushroom Samba]]: There is a ''literal'' one, the "Truffle Shuffle", about how awesome it is to be a mushroom. At the end of the routine, they all suddenly grow fangs. It's loosely implied that this is because of something they gave Peter to turn him into a mushroom himself.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: "The Cactus King." Sounds real friendly, doesn't he?
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Baron Burr ''can't'' speak at anything below a shout.
* [[Prophecies Rhyme All the Time]]
* [[Show Some Leg]]: Well, if one of the assets to your evil-fighting team is a sexy French fox, you might as well.
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: J. Edgar Beaver's whiskers do this {{spoiler|when he encounters the female beaver.}} Yes, really.
* [[Speaks Fluent Animal]]: Peter gains the power to talk to animals.
* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: Firebug ssspeaksss like thisss.
* [[Spikes of Doom]]: The name "Emperor Spine" really kind of says it all.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: The three hedgehogs.
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: When Thistle initially goes to the bear for help, said Bear tells him to relax a bit, then randomly breaks into song that has nothing to do with what ''either'' of them were saying. And no, it is not brought up ever again.
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: This is as much Thistle's story as it is Peter's.
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Peter takes it quite in stride when he finds out he can paint living pictures and talk to animals.
* [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]]: The mushrooms.
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