Line #46 WesternAnimation/SpiritUntamed


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2	[[caption-width-right:350: ''[[TagLine Become Your Own Legend.]]'']]
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4	->''Say you'll see me again...''
5	->''Even if it's just in your wildest dreams...''
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7	''Spirit Untamed'' is a [[FilmsOfThe2020s 2021]] animated film produced by Creator/DreamWorksAnimation and distributed by Creator/UniversalPictures. The film was released on June 4, 2021.
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9	An [[TheMovie adaptation]] of ''WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree'' and a [[StandaloneEpisode standalone]] {{Sequel}} to ''WesternAnimation/SpiritStallionOfTheCimarron'', it specifically serves as [[RecursiveAdaptation an adaptation of events from the first season]], making the series the first Netflix[=/=]Dreamworks show to receive a feature-length film.
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11	After the death of her mother, Lucky Prescott moves from the city to the country, specifically to Miradero, a small town on the edge of the wide-open frontier to live with her father Jim and Aunt Cora. Much like her mother, Lucky isn't exactly a fan of rules and restrictions and is unsurprisingly unimpressed with Miradero. That is, until she meets Spirit, a wild Mustang who shares her free-spirited and independent personality, and befriends two local horseback riders, Abigail Stone and Pru Granger. So, when a notorious horse wrangler and his group plan to capture Spirit and his herd and auction them off to a life of captivity and hard labor, Lucky enlists her new friends to help her bravely embark on the adventure of a lifetime to rescue the horse who has not only given her freedom and a sense of purpose, but also helped Lucky discover a connection to her mother's legacy that she never expected...
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13	'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3h8h-0QEVQ Trailer]]
14	!!Voice cast:
15	* ''Creator/IsabelaMerced'' as '''Lucky Prescott'''
16	* ''Creator/JakeGyllenhaal'' as '''Jim Prescott'''
17	* ''[[Series/{{Blackish}} Marsai Martin]]'' as '''Pru Granger'''
18	* ''Creator/MckennaGrace'' as '''Abigail Stone'''
19	* ''Creator/JulianneMoore'' as '''Aunt Cora'''
20	* ''Creator/AndreBraugher'' as '''Al Granger'''
21	* ''Creator/EizaGonzalez'' as '''Milagro Navarro'''
22	* ''Creator/WaltonGoggins'' as '''Hendricks '''
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24	!!''Spirit Untamed'' provides examples of:
25	* AdaptationalBadass: Lucky straight-up fights a trio of villains in the first official trailer, even performing a RoundhouseKick to the train conductor. [[spoiler: In the movie, it's shown to be an ImagineSpot.]]
26	** [[spoiler:Cora goes along with Jim and Mr. Granger to rescue Lucky and even knocks out some bandits with a boat oar.]]
27	* AdaptationalDyeJob: Snips is a blonde instead of a redhead.
28	** Snips' donkey, Senor Carrots is gray instead of brown.
29	** The wild herd foal and his mother are palominos instead of a pale brown color.
30	* AdaptationalIntelligence: Abigail Stone seems just slightly less [[TheDitz ditzy]] than her [[WesternAnimation/SpiritRidingFree television counterpart]], as she seems to have more of a head on her shoulders than Lucky initially.
31	* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Aunt Cora is a DownplayedTrope. She witnessed Milagro's performances calling her a "legend" and is much more open to Miradero, [[spoiler:even declaring that she was going to stay with Lucky at the end of the movie]].
32	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul:
33	** In the show, Jim and Lucky were shown as extremely close due to him raising her as a single parent with help from his sister Cora. Here, he's been an AbsentFather for most of Lucky's life and the two struggle to connect for most of the movie.
34	** Downplayed with Spirit and Lucky. In the show, Spirit and Lucky form a connection almost immediately and he lets her ride him fairly soon. Here, Lucky needs to slowly earn his trust and it's not until he sees how she's willing to go help his herd does he willingly let her ride him. [[spoiler:Also, Spirit stays with his herd rather than go with Lucky, although the ending implies a change of heart.]]
35	* AdaptedOut: Kate Flores, Maricela, Turo, Mary-Pat, Bianca, Grayson and Butch [=LePray=].
36	* AllGirlsLikePonies: Lucky, Pru, and Abigail are all very affectionate with their respective horses.
37	* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Will Spirit become Lucky's horse? In their last scene together, they part ways because Lucky realizes that he needs to stay wild, but a GilliganCut to Spirit several minutes later when Abigail says Lucky will need a horse implies that will return to Miradero, as happens in the source material.]]
38	* AnachronismStew: Like the original film and series, the timeline is around the mid to late 19th century (1910s at the latest), but the regular wardrobe of Lucky (as seen on the poster above) and her friends looks very 21st century.
39	* BaitAndSwitch: Jim initially seems disappointed in Lucky for causing a squirrel fiasco in her grandfather's mansion. [[ActuallyPrettyFunny He turns out to be amused]].
40	* BigBad: Hendricks, the leader of a gang of horse wranglers.
41	* BigWhat: Jim utters one when Snips informs him that Lucky is riding a horse.
42	* CanonForeigner: Hendricks is an original character made for this movie to fill the role of a prominent antagonist.
43	* ChanceMeetingBetweenAntagonists: Lucky first meets Hendricks on her train ride to Miradero. He just so happens to save her when she almost falls off the train looking at Spirit.
44	* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler: At the end of the film, Lucky, her friends, and her father attend a festival in Miradero where Jim sings his late wife's song and Lucky dances with her friends and the other residents of Miradero.]]
45	* FromNewYorkToNowhere: Lucky and her aunt Cora move from a lavish east coast city to the rural community of Miradero after Lucky [[spoiler: causes a local politician to look like an idiot due to her shenanighans]].
46	* GenerationXerox: Lucky's dad and others comment on how much she looks and acts like her mother.
47	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Both Lucky and Cora decide to stay in Miradero with Jim.]]
48	* InkSuitActor: Jim's appearance in the movie has him look a lot like his voice actor, Jake Gyllenhaal. Just take a look [[https://usercontent.one/wp/washingtonlatest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/1622847032_Jake-Gyllenhaal-And-Julianne-Moores-Spirit-Untamed-Characters-Went-Through.jpg here]].
49	* TheLostLenore: Jim's parenting style in the film differs from the series because of how his late wife's demise differs. In the series, it was never stated how Milagro died. In the start of the film, however, her death is the result of an accident while riding her horse. This is why Jim forbids Lucky from riding horses.
50	* MissingMom: Crosses over with DeceasedParentsAreTheBest. Lucky's mother died before the events of the film, but it's clear that Lucky herself remembers her fondly even after her passing. She even tells her as a baby to "stay wild".
51	* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Senor Carrots, the donkey accompanying Snips, has a disproportionately large head compared to the rest of his body, which stands out from animals like the horses that have more realistic proportions.
52	* PapaWolf: Jim Prescott and Al Granger both qualify in the climax. Jim saves Lucky from drowning. Al defends Pru, along with Abigail, by throwing a barrel at the two bandits who lasso their horses.
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54	-->''"Stay wild..."''

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