The Forest Animals are minor characters featured in Disney's 2007 animated/live-action film Enchanted and its 2022 sequel Disenchanted. They are a group of animated animals who raised and supported Giselle in the kingdom of Andalasia.
Background[]
The forest animals are a group of animated animals living in the kingdom of Andalasia where the animated sequences take place. They consist of various animals showing a curious personality towards Giselle decorating a mannequin of Prince Edward. Whenever Giselle vocalizes, they respond to her singing back showing that they are very supportive of her.
Appearances[]
Enchanted[]
Two bluebirds are seen decorating a mannequin of Prince Edward, Giselle's love interest, followed by a rabbit putting two jewels for the mannequin of Prince Edward where the animals watch in awe and upon noticing the mannequin of Prince Edward lacking lips, a fawn comments on Giselle, asking her to know if the mannequin of Prince Edward has to have lips, while a turtle, squirrels, a skunk, and a raccoon listen to Giselle which she sings the musical number "True Love's Kiss" where she sings to the animals about true love's kiss. While singing, she, two bluebirds, the fawn, and the chipmunk Pip approach an owl where Giselle gives him a smile followed by a turtle giving her a rose to remind her of true love's kiss about her longing to fall in love with Edward. Princess Giselle calls the other animals for help to which as she sings, pheasants, squirrels, raccoons, deer, birds (such as sparrows and nightingales), hedgehogs, badgers, ducks, boars, skunks, foxes, chickens, weasels, frogs, hares, rabbits, and storks arrive and decorate the mannequin of Prince Edward to give it lips which neither of them (a crab and a caterpillar) fit his lips while Prince Edward himself is on his way to encounter Giselle while a troll follows along which as the troll arrives at Giselle's house, the animals scatter in fear only for the troll to be foiled in fear just as Giselle encounters Edward who is riding on his horse while Pip tells the other forest animals to follow the couple just as they follow alongside Giselle and Edward into the sunset while Queen Narissa watches over the two and plans to make sure they never marry or else she will lose her throne.
As Giselle prepares for her wedding, various animals scatter out of the coach wagon to await the wedding between between Giselle and Edward while Nathaniel notices the animals scattering out of the coach while two rabbits and two bluebirds get her dress ready for the wedding and just as the animals enter the attempt to enter, Nathaniel closes the door to prevent the animals from entering. However, Narissa instead sends Giselle to fall into a magical well leading to Times Square in New York City, finding herself in live-action form.
During the end of the film, white doves fly past the wedding between Nancy and Edward where various animals are seen watching their marriage which Nancy throws her phone which interrupts the marriage for a while just as she throws away her phone which the animals treat Nancy's cellphone as a strange object they have never seen before in their kingdom which Nancy suddenly falls in love with Prince Edward. Later, Pip sells books to various other animals which he titles "Silence isn't Golden" published by Pip himself.
Disenchanted[]
In the prologue of the film, it is revealed that the animals adopted and raised Giselle as a foundling.
When Morgan Philip is sent to Andalasia to help save Monroelasia, it is discovered that because of Giselle's wish, the population of the critters has since dwindled and are smaller in numbers. This was most likely reversed after the wish was undone.
Trivia[]
- When one of the frogs jumps into Giselle's tub, he comes out wearing suds resembling a crown, a nod to Prince Naveen in his frog form in The Princess and the Frog, which was still in production at the time of the film.
- At the end of the film, a boar resembling Pumbaa from The Lion King can be seen amongst the crowd of animals in line waiting to get his own copy of a book by Pip himself.
