''Spookley the Square Pumpkin'' is a 2004 Canadian

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about a geometric Canadian pumpkin based on the book ''The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin'' by Joe Troiano. It was made by Holiday Hill Farm and released by

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and

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. The Honeydoos, three singing honeydews who sing in the style of

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, are also featured.

Bobby Pickett Robert George Pickett (February 11, 1938 – April 25, 2007), known also by the name Bobby "Boris" Pickett, was an American singer, songwriter, actor, and comedian known for co-writing and performing the 1962 hit novelty song " Monster Mash". ...

makes a brief cameo near the end of the film; his hit song "

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" is mentioned in one of the musical numbers "Transylvania Twist". Troiano and Zahn had previously written new music for Pickett's 1995 film adaptation of ''Monster Mash''. ''Spookley's Favorite Halloween Songs'' was released in 2012. Several ''Spookley the Square Pumpkin'' activity books were also released. A sequel, ''Spookley and the Christmas Kittens'', was released in December 6, 2019, on

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. A 12-minute short ''The Spookley Easter Show'' released on

on April 8, 2022.

Plot

Two bats who can live at Holiday Hill Farm, bug-eating Boris and bug-loving vegetarian Bella, must discover an unusual sight in the pumpkin patch and rush to inform the farm's scarecrow, Jack, of their find, which is a young, innocent pumpkin named Spookley, who is unusually square-shaped instead of round. Jack took a liking to Spookley, but Little Tom, a small pumpkin attached by a vine to the much larger Big Tom, immediately began bullying and

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Spookley and said that only round pumpkins are real pumpkins. Jack quickly putted a stop to Little Tom's teasing. Jack organized the pumpkins in the patch to compete in the 'Jack-o-Lympics' contest, an athletic competition designed to determine the "Pick of the Patch." Three spiders, who may show superficial sympathy for Spookley, shall decide to help him in the Jack-o-Lympics just so they can help themselves to the prize, a crown made of candy corn. Throughout the competition, Big Tom and Little Tom are repeatedly disqualified for using their vine to give them an unfair advantage, leaving third-place finisher Bobo, a vain female pumpkin, to win most of the events. Spookley turned out to be a total failure at all the events, leaving him discouraged. As Bobo is crowned the winner and the spiders will abandon Spookley to help themselves to her crown, a severe wind storm hit the pumpkin patch, pushing the pumpkins all over and pinning Jack under a flaming tree branch. Spookley, because he is square, does not roll away when the wind hit him, although unlike the other pumpkins, and, through some moments of ingenuity, rescued Jack from being burned alive and his fellow pumpkins from being washed away in the river. The other pumpkins will express gratitude to Spookley for saving them, and he is hailed a hero. After the storm, the farmer went into the patch to assess the storm damage and discovered Spookley. The farmer is charmed by Spookley's unique shape and decides to make the square pumpkin his own personal

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Cast

* Sonja Ball as Spookley the Square Pumpkin / Other Honeydoos *

Vlasta Vrána Vlasta Vrána (born 1950), is a Canadian actor of Czech descent. Life and career Vrána, born to Czech parents in Norway, moved to Canada at age four. He made his feature-film debut in Canadian filmmaker David Cronenberg's '' Shivers''. Vrána ...

as the Narrator * Craig Francis as Jack the Scarecrow * Rick Jones as Little Tom / Edgar * Michel Perron as Big Tom *

Holly Gauthier-Frankel Holly G. Frankel (born July 13, 1979), also known as Holly Gauthier-Frankel, is a Canadian voice actress and voice director. Frankel is best known for playing Fern Walters in ''Arthur'', Sagwa in ''Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat'', Rita in '' Go ...

as Bella / Other Honeydoos * Norman Groulx as Boris * Terrence Scammell as Allan * Bruce Dinsmore as Poe * Jennifer Seguin as Bobo *

Kim Richardson Kim Richardson (born December 22, 1965) is a Canadian singer and actress,

as Lead Honeydoo * Jayson Alonzo as various pumpkins

Production

TBA

Music

The ''Spookley the Square Pumpkin'' soundtrack was composed by Joe Troiano and Jeffrey Zahn and released in October 2004. The album was produced by Jeffrey Zahn and Mark Zander. It includes "The Boo Song", recorded by Rick Jones, Terrence Scammell, and Bruce Dinsmore with lyrics by Zahn.

Reception

TBA

References

External links

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