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jormis29
Since: Mar, 2012
12th Feb, 2024 11:55:12 AM
Could it be The Real Story of Sur le Pont d'Avignon from The Real Story Of series by Cinar?
sohibil
Since: Dec, 2020
14th Feb, 2024 07:42:13 AM
^ Looks like it. thanks.
Humankind is like a train. No matter how powerful the locomotive is, it can only travel as fast as its slowest car allows it to.
There was this animated series somewhere around 90's of the last century.
One episode was about a medieval fair taking place on a stone bridge. The king himself attended the fair and had some bags of gold hidden behind his throne. The jester stole one bag and hid it in the street organ. When the guards searched for the culprit, they found the gold in said street organ and accused the organ player, who in turn cursed the entire fair using said organ. before finishing the score, he tore the punch sheet and let it go off into the wind. The stone bridge collapses and everybody disappears.
Years later in modern day a young boy finds said organ in his grandfather's cellar (who was a descendant of accused player) and tries cranking it. The score being played rematerializes the bridge and enables the malicious jester to escape into reality. He then goes onto causing rampages all over the town. The boy must chase after him and get back the rest of the torn score sheet. In which he ultimately succeeds and breaks the curse by finishing the score allowing the cursed people to pass on peacefully.
Does this ring any bells?