Snow White's Unofficial Sequel 

Snow White & the almost copyright infringement

This seems like a better use of public domain stuff than "what if child friendly public domain thing....was an edgy horror?!" trend.

So filmation managed to beat Disney in having a sequel with the original main villain having a random never before seen or mentioned equally evil sibling.

"The ghost of a company that died years ago releasing a movie." That's Nimona.

Scowl the Owl looks like the love child between Archimedes and Iago.

"I could just kill you, o Prince, but instead I think I'll turn you into Orko!"

"The prince with no name" actually sounds like kind of a badass moniker.

Westinghouse: “why do you of all companies want the Filmation library?” Lòréal: “I just think they’re neat”

I might be in the minority But I prefer when Phelan goes full detective mode And Gives us the full spill I think doing so is therapy for him

In addition to sounding obviously evil, Malus is also a type of apple tree, so make of that what you will.

"Mirror mirror, on the wall. Whose the funniest RU-vidr of them all?" Magic Mirror: "Wabu... I mean Phelous."

I hear "filmation's challenge of Cinderella", and i just imagine Cinderella being forced to hang out with skeletor

I absolutely loved this movie as a kid. I loved all the different female dwarfs, the hippie Mother Nature, the outrageously evil brother of the evil queen, and how kind and strong Snow White was. The owl scenes were annoying though lol

Snow White: [Casts Fist[ Lord Maliss: "You must be the Belmont"

...I kinda wish we'd gotten The Challenge of Cinderella, ngl. I'm sure it would've been terrible, but I feel like I _need_ to know what it would've been about at least.

R.I.P Irene Cara. She died from the same thing my dad did. What a great voice she had.

I loved Irene Cara’s voice acting in this. It was so soothing to me as a boy.

This movie needs a Blu-ray release ASAP and I don’t care what anyone says.

Dom de Louise’s voice is my childhood . He had such a unique & very friendly voice that always stuck out to me. Two of my favorites , American tail & the secret of nimh.

I'm all for headcanon-ing the prince's name as Prince-Prince. Owner of Moon-Moon. Brother of Lord-Lord. Friend of Miu-Miu.

Isn't it ironic how the only "unofficial Disney sequels" Filmation made were not only based on Walt Disney's first two animated movies but also how Disney *NEVER* made official sequels to them despite their Direct-to-Video craze in the 90s and 2000s? I guess Filmation got lucky that their "sequels" ended up being the only "sequels" we got to those movies.

while not subtle in the slightest, there IS a bit of genius to calling the villain "Lord Maliss": the whole idea that the Fruit of Knowledge from the story of Adam and Eve is an apple when, iirc, apples wouldn't have been known in that region at that time is actually a Latin pun from when they were translating the Bible into that language, since the Latin for "evil" is identical to the Latin for "apple", "mal", and of course that's where "malice" comes from, too (if you're curious, there's really no description of the Fruit of Knowledge beyond it being exactly that. i've heard that a more likely candidate for what it could really look like would be a pomegranate, or that it could've actually been _wheat_ and the whole story is a metaphor for the Neolithic agricultural revolution)

It’s pretty sad that all these Animation studios that were peak in the 80s met a pretty anti-climactic demise. Rankin Bass last project is Santa Baby! A pretty mid Christmas movie that isn’t well known. Filmation last project is a Snow White “sequel” movie that is a huge mess. And Sunbow Entertainment last project….is the Cramp Twin.

NGL, "20 Million Leagues Across the Universe" sounds like a pretty cool Treasure Planet-style Adaptation

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the dumbest henchmen of them all?" Magic mirror: "That cigar chomping owl and his batty friend."

have to admit, Scowl's body rotating around to match his head while he's yelling at Batso is pretty funny ;)

5:04 Katzenberg, the King of Petty said that? That’s odd considering he made Dreamworks to directly compete with Disney and was one of the producers of Shrek.

I remember loving this movie as a kid. I had it on a disk and every character (even female ones) was voiced by the same nasal man.

I actually really like the idea of all the henchman having a party after the main baddie is dead. "WOOOO! DAY OFF!!!"

Fun Fact: Disney's version of Frollo in Hunchback was their attempt to make a male version of The Evil Queen.

anyone else think Maliss being able to turn into a dragon is kinda evocative of Rothbart in that _Swan Princess_ animated movie? (though i guess it's the other way around given when each movie came out :P)

Malcom McDowell going full scenery devouring mode is always fun

That bit where she's hitting Malice and he's not phased, giving me Castlevania flashbacks XD

15:44 I'm so glad the "who are you? big daddy?" is a staple joke now

Wait, that thing wasnt official?! But the shady fat guy with a cigar in his teeth told my parents that it's a Disney cartoon movie?!

14:53 man, that is some 4KIDS level editing right there!

It’s embarrassing how long I’ve hoped Phelous would cover this goofy childhood fav of mine 😂

This one is a guilty pleasure. Rented it a lot from blockbuster as a kid.

I still have a HUGE soft spot for HAPPILY EVER AFTER as something I used to watch on VHS as a preschooler. It's not a great film but it has a lot of little fun elements to it. Like as an autistic kid who had a lot of trouble in a school environment I related quite a bit to Thunderella having trouble with her powers while wishing I was as cool as Critterina. I revisited this movie in college watching it with my roommates who had never heard of it, & we all LOVED Lord Malice in his evil giggling ways. Very Vincent Price-ian. Personally I still love that regardless of her effectiveness, Snow White was willing to fight back & she's technically the one who killed him with him own magic cape. (I always found it so unsettling that it's implied he killed his own goofy minions with that cape.) Rest in power, Irene Cara. "Flashdance (What A Feeling)" is one of my favorite songs, & I still love the ending theme she sang for this movie.

Irene Cara is the highlight of this forgotten gem. She's lovely as Snow White and "Love is the Reason" is a beautiful song.

Filmation also made a sequel to the Wizard of Oz with Journey back to Oz in 1972. It even features the Wicked Witch herself Margaret Hamilton. But she plays Aunt Em.

You said almost perfectly the name of "Gábor Zsazsa"-in Hungary the family name proceeds the given name-. Well done!

A funny thing is, with the way I told the Snow White tale to my daughter, Filmation could have filmed a "Snow White in High School" sequel, as I always said Snow White waited until she finished high school before she married the Prince.

Only Disney could sue a company for using properties they don't even own

Clearly Loréal didn't think Filmation was worth it

I have quietly waited what feels like a decade for you to review this. Bless you Phelous for making my dreams come true.

18:09 Oh, BTW, Muddy is voiced by Carol Channing. Oops! LOL

16:14 - 16:17 I strangely appreciate how they synced the thud sound with Malice bending his knees

*Rest in peace Irene Cara the voice of Beauty, Snow White and Leonette from Jungle King🩵💙💐*

Oh man, the owl rapping song is a HUGE meme among me and my classmates, we made so many gifs on Scowl. That song was like the new Batty rap for us. If there's anything to understand from my experience in animation school, the older, more obscure animated films are kind of like a hidden treasure to us, and that owl with lung cancer was a hit. :)

Kinda want to see Snow White and the Emperor of the Night Edit: have every Disney protag fight Emperor of the Night

Hilarious, but also fascinating and informative about how Filmation went down. Love their list of planned but unproduced films. Filmation also did "JOURNEY BACK TO OZ", with Liza Minnelli, Judy Garland's daughter, as the voice of Dorothy. Voice actors were recorded in 1962, with the film not released until 1974.

I remember renting this movie as a kid. I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird anti-smoking thing with Scowl at the end, where someone takes his cigar away and suddenly the cough he's had throughout the movie is gone and he can instantly breathe better.

That book sounds really fascinating

I always forget how many 80s cartoons used Star Wars sound effects, like the light saber clashing sound when the Prince gets zapped in this, and Transformers G1 used a LOT of stock Star Wars SFX, as did the other Sunbow shows at the time. I tried looking up if Lucasfilm had a licensed sound library at the time but couldn't find anything conclusive, they have one now but apparently not back then? Just something I noticed, those OT Star Wars sound effects are indelibly burned into my brain so they always stand out when they're in something else.

I really enjoy this series of Pseudo Sequels to Disney's classics. If they did their own thing I feel they'd be a lot better. Like the titular Emperor of the Night was actually pretty cool.

Still can’t believe that Irene Cara died two years ago, I didn’t even know until last year.

The dwarfelles seem like a cross between the Chippettes and the students from Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School.

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus was actually given a special by Rankin Bass in 1985.

No joke, I've been wanting to see you review this movie since 2016 and yeah the wait was worth it! It's over 30 minutes, it's well-researched, it dedicates a good bit of it to the movie's backstory (including some details I didn't know from Lou Scheimer's book!) and, y'know, it's funny and entertaining like always! Also, it's funny how you mentioned Grumblebee making a cameo alongside Igor because the Sunflower is voiced by the same actor, Jonathan Harris... yeah, he was kind of a Filmation regular at the time, the more you know!

“Thunderella’s Song” still slaps.

Rankin-Bass adapted The Life And Adventures of Santa Claus and it was pretty badass.

Also, what's with animated villains and having evil siblings who only show up to revenge their deaths? Along with Maliss, you also have Nasira (Jafar's sister), Clayton's sister, Morgana (Ursula's sister), Cooler (Frieza's brother), and even Zira, though she was more Scar's mate than a relative of his.

Snow White in the Land of DOOM, with the 7 mini DOOM guys. THAT'S the Snow White videogame I want, because it's actually just another version of DOOM.

Filmation sure loves their He-Man designs. Now I really wanna see Stinkor and Plundor has one of Bambi's friends in that cancelled Bambi sequel.

Wow what a sequel. I actually like Snow White's appearance and that she does something besides sleep. I also love the title "Snow White - in the land of doom". This sounds actually cool.

This traumatized me as a child. Like, full-on running away from the VHS cover in Blockbuster level fear.

The ending with the cape traumatized me as a kid! So glad to see Phelous review it.

Next, we'll get Winnie the Pooh's unofficial sequel... Oh wait

I'm surprised you didn't comment on Mark Elliot voicing one of the trailers. Mark Elliot was pretty much THE Disney VA for trailers, so Filmation (or whoever did the ads for this film) getting him definitely makes it seem like a Disney-cash-in even more.

Honestly I like the idea of the Princess being the one to save the Prince for once. It flips the cliche of fairytales on its head and is always a nice change of pace. This is why I’ve always liked the games where Princess Peach is one of the hero’s and fights the main villain. The change I would have made is give Snow White Thunderella’s arc of not being confident with herself and abilities and the Dwarfelles all encouraging Snow White to overcome her fears. She is unsure of herself and doesn’t think she has what it takes to be a hero because she’s a Princess and that Princesses can’t be brave and fight evil. This way we have a more compelling reason for the Dwarfelles to be there and also promote some girl power without it being too sexist or in your face.

6:13 "Land of Doom: Happily Ever After" would've beeen the perfect mashup name lol.

11:52 Bats are associated with vampires and are a common visual motif in horror.

13:09 Don't let the good Doctor hear you talking about Latveria that way. He might have to get his best buddy Goron involved.

0:35 In the lower left corner, we have Wabuu during his audition for the role of Emperor of the Night.

You know what would be ironic? If RU-vid put a L'Oreal ad in this video! Because you're worth it, too! 😅

I always appreciate the background details Phelan provides for his reviews! Gives much better context for the material he's reviewing compared to the effort certain other reviewers bother to make.

YES, YES, YES!!! AND A MILLION TIMES YES!! This the review I have been waiting for since the start of the Dingo/Goodtimes era...I remember having this on VHS as a child and watching it a couple dozens of times! ..and cannot wait to watch this review a couple dozens of times as well (at least) !! 😁😁

The fact that filmation was sold from an appliance company to a cosmetics company tickles me pink. I'm a fan of westinghouse vintage/antique appliances so I giggled when I heard they owned filmation initially.

Muddy should have told snow white to marry the mole.😮

Filmation: (titles movie Happily Ever After) Intern: why would you call it that? Filmation: I call it covering my tracks. And then the studio went down in flames

I’ve seen the movie when I was a little girl and I knew right away that it’s not a sequel. Reasons, 1.Snow White’s Dress 2.The Queen’s Brother 3.The Seven Dwarfs Cousins

Been sick and bedbound since wednesday, so it's a delightful surprise to see a new video by you! I only know Filmation from He-Man so it's interesting to learn more about them.

Has Phelous ever don a reveiw of Golden Films red shoes? It is mostly is typical golden films quality but I love the opening music.

Truly Malcom McDowell is an international treasure. I couldn't be happier that you injected the Halloween 2 clip in there XD Dom DeLuise though just brings back the horror of some of his....less than stellar Don Bluth roles to mind, so a bit of a mixed bag here.

Hey Phelous, I've eagerly waited for your review of this movie, along with the Pinocchio one. I'm really happy that you brought people's attention to these films since I truly feel they're hidden gems of animation. I weirdly felt like we were ripped off in a way? As in we'll never actually get to see what the other Filmation movies would have been like. I'd truly believe if someone said Katzenberg and Disney did everything in their power in order to put down this studio, so they'd wipe out a new competitor in the market. It's a shame because even though these movies aren't 100% perfect (And of course it's fine if they aren't), there are SO so many things these two movies did right! (I'm writing this while keeping both "Pinocchio" and "Happily Ever After" in mind) For instance! - The voices they pick out for characters are really good in my opinion; - The animation is still really nice and it clearly shows that the animators put a lot more heart and soul into the characters and their movements. It's kind of disheartening and lame if people claimed the animation was "barely above Saturday Morning Cartoons" since animation in itself is difficult. I believe the people working on these films did the best they could with what they were given and it still looks nice and flowy. The character designs are memorable and the backgrounds are very pleasing to the eyes as well; - The villain designs in these movies are SO damn good, they're not -just- memorable, but their deaths/defeats are brutal and awesome. Definitely remind me of classic Disney deaths too (Lord Maliss transforming and becoming trapped as a strange human/dragon statue is just really cool). I give props to the writer(s) of these movies for trying out new things (Even though some of the stuff got censored for dumb reasons, sadly :/), giving their own twists to these stories which gives the movies an additional charm. I know people are easy to diss on movies if there's a bad song in one part, or an odd writing choice in another part (For instance: The ending where Snow White said the Orko lookalike was JUST as dear to her as the Prince WAS odd. This at least could have been improved a little bit if they got more time to spend together? Or if they just changed Snow White's line to something else). Nevertheless, there's a LOT more good in these films than there is bad, and there are many things that are worth appreciating here, instead of just superficially being brushed off as "bad movies". It's a lot easier to point out the wrong in things, but I feel Filmation gave us something fun and memorable that's worth coming back to.

My grandmother that passed away last year had this tape. I know we're all dissing it right now but it brings me very fond memories. I remember it being epic. Then again, I haven't seen it since I was a child so who knows really, haha. I still find it cool that they gave them powers though 😊

In addition to the celebrities, you mentioned, you forgot Carol Channing, who voiced Muddy. Then, there was Linda Gary, who voiced a couple of the dwarfelles; she was probably best known for voicing, Peter Parker‘s aunt May in the 1990s Spider-Man. I never saw the movie as a kid, but it blows my mind on why it took so long for the film to be released to the public. And, of course, it had to be trigger-happy - or in this case, lawsuit happy - Disney. Which relates to why the NES game was canceled. This Atlus-developed game was set to be released in 1991, but an indefinite delay of the film’s North American release resulted in the game’s cancellation.

I didn't realize that it was the same people who did the Pinocchio and Emperor of the Night! That one scared the bejeezus out of me. And yeah it's not a great movie, but my siblings and I liked it.

So the small red bird who is the henchman of a magical being sings an awful song about how bad/selfish he is? Man, I'm glad Disney never stole that idea.... *CoughReturnofJafarCough*

The video store scavanging kid I once was unambiguously loved this movie. Here in Brazil it was simply titled Snow White 2, so I did think it was a sequel to the Disney one. Once I realized it wasn't the case I still ended up liking it a lot (yes, even the evil owl song), to the point where I actually hoped to watch part one someday. It took your coverage to realize there was never a Filmation Snow White 1 to begin with, so thanks for solving this decades long mistery of why I could never find it. Keep up the great work!

I did two things when I saw this thumbnail: -Said "Oh, no" while laughing hysterically. -And clicked, because duh.

Greats edits as always, Phelous, and great info on the history of the production. Nice to know Scheimer also found Eisner to be a Farquaad.

The more I watch these not sequels, the more I appreciate Filmation's work that's not He-Man and She-Ra. Really wish there was more of these even if they weren't good.

The flimation Snow White is a guilty pleasure of mine. I prefer the long hair and soft blue colour scheme to Disney's design.

Snow White In The Land Of Doom is honest such a metal sounding title. I genuinely wish they'd kept that title.

Oh gawd this movie. I remember watching it as a kid.

I saw this for the first time a year or two ago. Malcolm McDowell clearly had so much fun in this

26:35 You'll never see your Prince, AGAAAIN!!! Unless you tune in to He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Saturday Mornings!

"The Mines of Bore-Ya" deserves more recognition than it's getting. xD