''The Ballad of Nessie'' is a 2011 traditionally animated short film produced by

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. It was directed by Stevie Wermers-Skelton and Kevin Deters, and produced by the team behind Disney's 2007 animated short film '' How to Hook Up Your Home Theater''. The short, narrated by

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, is a Disney adaptation of the origin of the

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, Nessie.

Plot

A gentle creature named

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lives happily in a small pond with her best friend MacQuack, a

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. When rich developer MacFroogal destroys the pond and land surrounding it to build a giant

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course, Nessie is forced to search for a new home. She finds rejection everywhere, and is always ordered to keep a stiff upper lip whenever she feels like crying. Finally, Nessie loses all hope and starts crying for weeks on end. When she cannot cry anymore, she finds that her tears have created

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, a new home for her and MacQuack. A

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reveals that MacFroogal's golf course is flooded out as well. MacFroogal breaks down in tears as he and his assistants sail away on part of a large sign, while the water knocks off some of the letters on the remaining part, leaving the word "MacFool" behind.

Release

The short premiered on March 5, 2011, at Anima 2011, the International Animation Film Festival of Brussel. In the US it accompanied the theatrical release of ''

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'', which premiered on July 15, 2011.

Home media

The short was released on October 25, 2011, as a bonus feature on the Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download release of ''Winnie the Pooh''. ''The Ballad of Nessie'' was released on the ''Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection'' Blu-ray on August 18, 2015.

Award nomination

''The Ballad of Nessie'' was nominated for a 2012

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References

External links

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