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Our hero Albert the Wolf gets arrested… but it isn’t his fault at all. By chance, he just happens to look like the double of Fangoz, a terrible dog bandit wanted by all dog hunters in the entire nation. Unfortunately, his presence has been noted in the vicinity of the farm. Poor Albert is taken to the “maximum security kennel” called Algatraz, where the episode then becomes a humorous parody to the tune of “The Escape From Alcatraz.” Meanwhile, in his hideout at Algatraz, the real Fangoz finds out that an idiot who looks like him has been arrested in his place, in so ruining his tough-guy reputation. So, being less than eager to see his big name get spoiled, the dog bandit decides he'll see to his double's escape. Too bad he tries to get into the kennel on the same night that Moses the Sheepdog aids and abets Albert’s escape. A catastrophic chain reaction of mistaken identities, misunderstandings and devastating blows quickly ensues…
A mysterious individual comes to live in a villa not far from the farm. He is actually Mike Wood, the super-famous singer-guitarist from the band “Solid Garbage” who has retired to the country in search of peace, having inherited the villa from an old uncle of his.
The farm’s inhabitants notice Mike’s presence, and someone actually recognizes him for who he in fact is, but he is left in peace, surrounded by bodyguards. Only Henry the mole can get near the Rockstar; with his ability to burrow underground and then jump out at the wrong time in the wrong situation, each time trying to bust out a riff from one of his terrible compositions, equipped with his small electric guitar and crackly speakers. This occurs until Mike Wood finally runs away exasperated.
At this point however it is already too late, as poor Mike already has the stupid melody fixed in his head.
Henry must go the city to oversee a few legal matters regarding the use of the soil under which he makes his lair. However, being afraid of the city and in need of two witnesses, he wants both a friend and a bodyguard to accompany him on his trip. He ultimately succeeds in convincing Albert (a.k.a. Beppe), and Moses to go with him, but they miss the last bus and will have to spend the entire night in the city… And it will be one night they never forget!
It is dawn at the McKenzie Farm, and everyone is sleeping contentedly. The rooster hurries toward the fence in preparation to sound the wakeup call, but gets cut off by a smooth and gentle voce. It happens to be Pavanotti, the rigid peacock with a robust voice. He is the new neighbor, training his voice in preparation for his next tournée. Of courteous demeanor, he immediately conquers the adornment of the females who group up near the fence asking him to continue, while the rest of the farm goes back to its daily occupations… But all of this will unleash Albert and Henry’s outmost jealousy.
All the animals of the McKenzie farm are preparing for a grand singing festival set to take place on the farm itself under the aegis of tenor Pavanotti who has just concluded his last tournée, already a real sensation for everyone. At first, the reactions of the various farm-dwellers during the rehearsal only provoke the sarcasm of Henry and Alberto, but this quickly becomes a real source of anger for them. On top of everything else, these two aren’t even invited to the grand event… The two partners then decide to wage war on their own turf with a grand strategy that will make them look ridiculous in front of everyone….
Moses receives a package gift from a mysterious
cousin who’d emigrated to Australia: a boomerang that will soon become
the terror of both Albert the wolf, as well as the entire McKenzie farm.
Albert will attempt to parry the threat by setting a few traps, does succeed
in getting possession of the item, but then has difficulty actually using
it. Ultimately, the hellish gadget easily returns to the hand of its owner,
who, meanwhile has picked up a baseball bat….
Constant nocturnal raids carried out by
unknown suspects, presumably the crows from the hill, disrupt the grain
harvest. Everyone’s favorite wolf is a bit hard up for cash, and so
takes up Moses’ job: it will be he him in the flesh, posing as a scarecrow
to pass his winter nights out in the open, eyes gaping wide, ready to blanket
the threat of the crows.
Unfortunately for him, however, he’s not alone out there: at his side
is the figure of a masked executioner, called forth for duty and ready to
assist the champion of the McKenzie farm. The two each take short turns
on lookout and set traps for the seemingly invisible crows… Until
one night when they discover that Mr. McKravitz, the owner of the emporium,
is caring out incursions from above in a hot air balloon, simulating the
behavior of a crow and destroying the harvests of the local small farms
in order to better-sell his own crops.
Moses takes out a box of tempera colors,
a palette, and a brush. Outfitted with an easel and canvas, he sets out
to wander within the near vicinity of the neighborhood, crossing a little
bridge running across the tiny stream of the McKenzie farm. He will spend
the rest of the day relaxing, and decides he’ll pick up his old hobby
again: painting.
So, while the dog prepares to enjoy himself, getting a little well-deserved
rest, we find Albert and his hen a few kilometers away, taking a run by
the big county-market to go to a small antique auction in the hopes of finding
something of interest. An old school bus they see there brings back old
memories for both of them, and the two decide to purchase it, outfitting
it as a holiday camper. The negotiating isn’t difficult, but once
purchased, Albert discovers that his beloved school bus is missing an engine…
not to mention brakes. Albert and Martha find out they’ve been tricked,
and this will be at the at the expense of Moses and his painting.
In fear of not having enough wood supplies for winter at the McKenzie farm, Moses puts together a small group of lumberjacks and marches toward the hill. He decides to cut down as many trees as possible, until his attention is drawn toward the most impressive tree in all the woods, namely the Great Orson, an immense sequoia symbolizing the entire forest.
Albert and Henry do everything possible to put an end to Moses’ plan however, until the Sheepdog comes across a stick of dynamite… it is then that an owl dwelling in the coveted sequoia, thoroughly exasperated by the raucous, will intervene. This fellow goes into action, seizing the explosive, and hurling it at the offenders. The dynamite winds up rolling toward a nearby dam, but then blows up air, spraying a ton of water over the valley, flooding it.
By the story’s end, the McKenzie farm, half-submerged, all the animals will retreat to the hill, their homes reconstructed on the branches of the Great Orson, the most robust tree in all the forest.
Christmas is already just around the corner, and just like every year, all the animals at the McKenzie farm are organizing a grand party for all the younger animals. Yet the goody-chest with all the letters addressed to Santa Claus is dramatically empty due to a terrible attack of the gout that has laid the turtle-postman flat on his shell, rendering him unable to take back the youngsters’ mail to Santa Claus. Without their letters, Moses and the gang won’t know to whom they must distribute the younger animals’ presents. Albert the Wolf dressed up as Santa Claus, accompanied by Henry standing in as a gnome, will set out to collect letters from everyone.
It is then after many mishaps, such as nearly getting run over by a truck which had lost some cargo as it swerved to avoid them, just as the clock is ready to strike 12, in the house of Moses where the animals have reconvened, that Santa and his gnome-helper (who are actually Albert and Henry) make their grand entrance, a bit roughed up, but seemingly jovial. And with them, aside from the youngsters’ letters which have arrived in their possession safe and sound, is a huge surprise: an enormous case stuffed with toys, which had fallen off the truck earlier.
The toys are new and beautiful, and will be in the hands of the young and eager McKenzie animals for some time.
To slip into the McKenzie farm unnoticed,
Albert will use a “gastro-aerial” tactic against Moses, leading
him as far away as possible, laying around the farm delicacies of every
kind, with a pre-arranged route that will lead them far away from Martha’s
house. The trip, however, will cause Moses to have terrible indigestion
that could prove fatal.
Albert, with the help of Henry the mole and one of his inventions that inflates,
rather than deflates, Moses’ stomach, will try to undue the damage
wrought by the mole’s contraption, by inserting himself inside Moses’
body.
In the end, Moses will reach colossal proportions, sitting in the center of the McKenzie farm (with a napkin around his neck made up of sheets stitched together), along with a host of animals that will shuttle back and forth between the dog and the pantry in order to feed him.
A nasty surprise is waiting for Albert and all the animals of the McKenzie farm. In record time, Moses has constructed a deep moat surrounding the farm in order to keep the blue wolf at bay. A big wooden box then arrives at the farm with a label on which the name “FILIPPO” is written. The most dull-minded crocodile ever seen answers to the name, coming across as incredibly stupid, despite how ravenous and ferocious he would appear to be. Moses gives this fellow the duty of guarding the moat surrounding everyone, and Filippo scrupulously obeys.
Moses unleashes the crocodile unto the swampy moat, and he will serve as
the blue wolf’s number one deterrent, but in the end, also for everyone
else at the McKenzie farm… And only Albert can save them!
The dog offers precious compensation for Albert’s assistance, or rather
the chance to see Martha whenever he wants. The blue wolf then discovers
Filippo’s weak spot… a female crocodile that will save Moses
by his very own grand strategy. But this won’t save Moses from the
rage of Albert the wolf when Moses doesn’t keep his promise…
The pretext is a film festival organized by Kant in the granary. The pig had great projects, but because he’s short on funds, he can only rent an old projector with no sound and dusty reels for the series entitled “The Classics Of Good Humor.”
It is a peculiar comic, a sort of chain gag along the lines of a “young, romantic, beggar who wishes to conquer the heart of a sweet maiden, but is opposed by a more well-to-do man who bullies him around.” The poor bloke is… Albert the wolf, the sweet maiden is Martha, and the big, bad bully is naturally Moses with a big mustache. They are of course accompanied by all the other typical dim-witted film characters, such as the policeman, the businessman, the drunk, the masked thief in a stripped vest, the litigious couple, the friendly fat lady, etc., who are the inhabitants of the McKenzie Farm.
A mysterious individual wanders onto the
vicinity of the farm. His name is Pelone, the renowned leading player from
“Pelone The Bear With a Sweet Tooth,” an idol worshipped by
both young and old.
Unfortunately, he isn’t very happy, having been trapped in the same
role for too long, playing a character he doesn’t seem to like one
bit or even resemble. So strong is his distaste, that he is driven to escape
and take refuge nearby the McKenzie farm, his place of early childhood…
Yet the peace doesn’t last very long, because his producer has a good
hunch where to track down “his” star who, meanwhile, is violating
a contractual commitment. To get him back, the producer dispatches a group
of terrible Russian thugs specialized in retrieving missing people, better
known as the Gulash bros.
Pelone finds refuge in the house of a rabbit family, where a young band of unrestrained bunnies let him know just how much they adore the adventures of “Pelone The Bear With The Sweet Tooth.” Rather touched, Pelone then spontaneously gives himself up to the producer
The first prize lottery ticket has purchased on the farm
emporium. The thing is that no one knows just whose ticket it is, so an inquiry
looking into the matter then gets underway involving a news crew. At first
it would appear that Albert the wolf is the only one not involved in the mad
search, until suddenly, convinced that he accidentally might have thrown the
ticket away, he ends up looking through the farm dump to find it, at which
point he then has a tragic, comical encounter with a gang of rats. After various
ups and downs, the ticket is located, however it turns out to be the wrong
one!
Finally the big surprise… In Henry the mole’s living room, while
putting the contents of his chest of drawers in order, Esther asks: “Henry!
Should we throw this out or what? What if it’s the winning ticket?”
Henry replies: “Don’t be ridiculous! This is 1890 and the winner
was 0681.” In the end, it would appear that Henry was one donut shy
of a dozen since he’d read the ticket upside down before tossing it
away!
Following a violent run in with Moses, in which Albert is dealt a heavy blow, the blue wolf lies still on the ground. The fact that some animals who have taken notice of Albert’s condition are growing concerned catches the worry of Moses as well. Terrorized by the idea of having committed an act he’ll never be able to undo, the dog plunges into a state of despair, breaking his club, and making a solemn promise that it will never be used for such a dastardly deed ever again. Yet Albert, meanwhile, has already regained consciousness, after having assisted the tear jerking scene done by Moses, decides to take advantage of his adversary’s good heart, but his strategy will backfire in the end.
The McKenzie animals discover they must deal with an unimaginable problem: according to Glycerin, an invasion of alien geese that have just stepped off a spacecraft and formed a blockade, prostrating themselves in front of Joseph the goose, are chatting all at once so that their words are indiscernible. It is soon clear that the alien geese were mistaken for the aliens’ mythical ancestors, the first individuals of a race that later dispersed themselves among the stars.
Glycerin enjoyed having absolute power, while the aliens, who bear close semblance to her herself, go around the farm behaving partly like conquistadors, and partly like Japanese tourists. Glycerin, who is basically cherished and respected by her fellow alien geese, goes around the farm, aboard a flying stretcher, fidgeting with sophisticated instruments until she finally presses the wrong button… a move that will unleash the aliens’ utter fury.
Albert and Martha’s intimate dinner
is destined to end due to an unexpected clash between them and Moses. Fed
up by the state of things, she sets out to find something that can keep
Moses away from Albert, hopefully forever.
She arranges a date with a one of her friends named Agnes, a single (cocker
spaniel) who is always in search of the perfect match.
After having given her last hints of advice and having told her friend how Moses, dressed in stitches and terribly shaken up, will have to go wait at the bus stop, Martha prepares to pass a calm, tranquil night in the company of her beloved Albert. And while the two approach a restaurant for a cherished dinner, Moses goes to meet his blind date… and after asking various pessimistic candidates, Moses gets a female dog to accept his dinner invitation, which is naturally set to take place her favorite spot. Unfortunately, it will be the same spot where Martha and Albert are
Moses has just received the notification for a selective exam conducted at a big farm where he’d presented a request to be hired as director of security some time ago. The problem is that, now, the sheepdog is no longer certain he wants the job anymore. In fact, the idea that he’ll have to subject himself to an exam utterly terrorizes him… so much, in fact, that the farm’s doctor confirms he’s got a case of “Canine Hysteria.” Ironically, it will be Albert himself who, with every mean in his disposal, trying to help Moses get through the crisis and find his inner-confidence needed to face the test… However, not long after Moses sets out, Albert discovers that, due to a snafu the postman had made, the letter forwarded to Moses was not for him, but rather for the caretaker of the neighboring farm. This lands Albert right back in trouble.
Inside a large black car, three hyenas are eluding a police
car. The thugs decide to shake them off by throwing their stolen loot from
the car and it lands n a ditch near a fence…
Some time later, Martha, having returned from a commission of some sort, notices
a package hidden between the shrubs, liberates it from the bushes and then
heads home with it. However, it is actually being spied on by the Hyenas,
who have come to take back their loot. A short while later they break into
her house, steal it back, and because they realize that the hen “knows
too much,” decide to kidnap her right in front of everyone. Albert and
Moses will join up in order to order to track her down, until they find that
Martha has basically converted the gangsters’ boss and discover that
the mysterious loot that the thugs had parted ways with was none other than
a precious framed picture of the their boss with his mother’s boss,
stolen from the pound shop, where it had been given away a long time ago in
order to buy the first machine gun.
Albert the wolf has just stamped a letter with a precious
stamp that had been a birthday present for Martha’s cousin Einstein,
a philatelic expert, whose birthday is the next day! The blue wolf tries to
get the letter back, but arrives at the train station, but the train with
the post wagon has already departed.
This drives him to make the extreme decision of jumping right on top of the
train, as a stowaway. After a series of ups and downs, Albert recoups the
envelope he’d sought and returns home, only to find that the stamp that
has been used can loose 99 % of its collection value.
At the beginning, a nice adolescent animal of the farm convinces
Albert the wolf and Henry the mole to try out his new virtual console, namely
the videogame called Drastik Kombat.
So, Albert and Henry gear up with a helmet and a pair of VR gloves…
They then find themselves navigating various levels with zombies, monsters,
and ninjas, etc… The results are a bit ridiculous since their behavior
isn’t typical of digital superheroes. The game ends with the last and
most difficult stage, in which they face a monstrous giant who is none other
than Moses himself! Moses tries to keep them from reaching their goal (and
largely succeeds), their goal being a sweet little princess that closely resembles…
Martha! Albert, like always, takes a beating from Moses, while Henry the mole
seizes the opportunity in to complete the game…
It’s Halloween night and the entire McKenzie farm is
celebrating the craziest night of the year. Moses is particularly on guard,
and will have the worst trouble from a couple of menacing thieves, made up
of a cat and a fox (Gideon and Jasper respectively), wanted by the entire
county. Meanwhile, Henry the mole, dressed as masked executioner rushes into
a pumpkin patch, then stumbles into what appears to be a gigantic watermelon,
more precisely the fabled pumpkin of Halloween night. The enormous, shiny
pumpkin gives the masked-executioner the opportunity of his life to try out
something he’d always wanted to do. And Henry, choking on his pride,
decides to be a true superhero for just one night… Halloween night.
However, each true superhero must have an assistant, and Henry can’t
seem to get his friend Beppe, (a.k.a. Albert the Wolf) to go along with his
wish to team up in a no-holds-barred match against the cat and the fox.
In order to help the most needy animals that live along the
outer boundaries of the farm, the hens organize their “lunch for the
poor,” during which the more fortunate animals offer generous meals
to those who don’t get to eat every day. Through a raffle where a guest
and a host are paired off, everyone will have to make a contribution to the
great initiative. Moses, putt off by the indifference shown by the animals,
decides to take the first step, choosing a ticket and counter offering that
he will offer the poor guy not just a lunch, but an entire week at his or
her house.
The first pick is an old friend of his: Albert the wolf. From this moment
on, Moses will try to free himself of the wolf in every way possible.
There’s nothing better than spending some quality time
doing some outdoor camping during the most beautiful part of the season, and
the McKenzie animals know this all too well. We rejoin Albert, Marth, Alice,
and Glycerine in a clearing just beyond a deserted beach. Moses, who has put
down his club for a while, out to take in some R & R, then accompanies
them, looking forward to being able to take a break from it all. And yet,
in the near proximity of a boy-scout camp, some little tapirs will transform
the little outing into a nightmare: the total safeguard of the nature considered
by the little tapirs will lead the McKenzie animals into a gradual path of
destruction.
Not until after a long series of skirmishes will a final clash lead straight
toward a grand finale without any winners, nor even a concise victory, but
with only one clear result in the end: a ruined vacation.
Ole’ Albert the wolf, caught by Moses the guard dog for the umpteenth time, prefers to negotiate the terms of his penalty: rather than suffer some heavy blows, he opts for doing community service. So, we next find him, along with Moses, taking part in the construction of new greenhouses, while Henry the mole, who is restructuring his house, then causes a big mess of things. A huge battle soon begins between Moses, Albert, and Henry, in which they exchange some foul blows as the farm is transformed into a battleground… Until Albert and Moses conquer their goal, with the help of a particular kind of South American Dancing Pumpkin will win the challenge.
A crew of TV cameras arrives in the country when the helicopter from the TV Show “Musk” lands right in the center of the McKenzie farm. Watched by many, the TV program examines the beauty of nature, capturing some the most secluded corners of the county, documenting the ways and customs of those who live in the great, wide open. However, the encounter between TV and the country is destined for a fall when the animals become acquainted with the ever-popular Aldo, the host of the show, a rather scornful Hyena from the city who is interested in documenting the dastardly deeds of the ferocious wolf infesting the area. Notwithstanding, the McKenzie animals try to persuade him that not there isn’t any bad wolf on the premises, but the hyena will follow Albert the wolf like a shadow throughout the remainder of the episode, distorting the reality of his ways, trying to make him out in front of everyone to be some sort of wild beast… that is until Martha teaches the treacherous Aldo, his TV crew, and the free-roaming Moses a rather LOUD lesson, with a final surprise in the end…
Longing to be the center of attention, Henry the mole sends a letter to the most popular TV show at the time called “The Fearless Ones,” asking to participate. The show itself features an extreme competition fought record after record and absurd undertakings carried out against the invincible host of the show, none other than Oliver Bloom, a rather athletic and charming cat. To everyone’s surprise, those tuned into the show come to find out that the show will be coming to the McKenzie farm where no one wants to expose himself so much on TV, except Albert the wolf, who, along with Henry the mole, will accept the cat’s challenge and win.
In the end, the wolf and the mole will in fact receive their nine zero winnings. Oliver Bloom, defeated but satisfied, does cut them a check, but the two will discover that they’ve been had: for the amount written on the check is exactly what the cat had promised the winners— nothing more than nine zeros, or more precisely, no money at all!!
Henry’s consort must leave the mole for half an hour to go see to some business, entrusting him with the kids. The mole would like to take care of this like adults often do indeed, so he places the youngsters in front of the TV, but there are no programs suitable for the target audience, and the household video library isn’t all that impressive. Thus, pressured by the young bunnies who seek to be entertained. Henry starts to recount a story set in the Wild West, where a lonely cowboy (Albert) and his faithful helper (himself) stumble into an farm town, oppressed by a cruel villain (Moses) who is imposing unjust taxes in exchange for “protection” and forcing the farms of the town to sell their parcels of land to him at ridiculously low prices. The town sheriff (Glycerin) is frightened, incompetent, and moreover, rather dimwitted. The mayor (Alice) is too cowardly to take action, enhancing Moses’ capacity as a villain.
The only one who takes a stand is the beautiful and cunning Martha, who, in her attempt to conquer Albert’s heart, convinces the blue cowboy to grab his pistols and deliver justice to the dastardly villain.
The visit of a county inspector disrupts the tranquil existence
of Moses the sheepdog, for it is brought to light that he’s missing
a rather important prerequisite to be the farm’s watchdog: a school
diploma.
At first, the inspector is rather hard on poor Moses: no diploma, no work.
However, when all the residents of the farm go to vouch for Moses, the inspector
offers the dog a way out of the mess: he will have to go to school for a week,
and then take the test. So, one spring morning, the little animals of the
school, held just outside the farm, find that a companion has joined them
who is much, MUCH bigger and older. He will have to confront on the testing
ground, Henry, who is determined to take his place as a guard.
A verbal clash between Albert and Moses about their respective roles soon turns into a physical confrontation, ending in the blue wolf getting knocked to the ground… The day after, Albert and Moses discover, with horror and surprise, that they’ve been victims of a terrible twist of fate: they have been mysteriously imprisoned in the body of their archrival (but they will keep their own voice in order to be recognized by the. After many problem, and innumerable scenes strikes, however, the whole thing turns out to have been just a bad dream… Albert screams in his sleep all laid out on the ground, in a state of delirium following the blow he’d suffered. When he finally does comes to in a dazed state and realizes he’s back to reality, he is overcome with bliss, in spite of the blow he’d been dealt by the rage of Moses.
The date between Martha and Albert must be postponed because the later hasn’t shown up, cut of by Moses and forced to loose precious time. Martha is furious and doesn’t want to hear Albert’s excuses. The heated discussion concludes with an agreement: Albert will have to set aside one of his Saturday nights to go to the theater, where the latest rendition of a comedy that particularly interests Martha is set to take place, and from that moment on, the hen doesn’t believe Albert’s promises. For once, it will be her to rejoin the wolf; nevertheless, as she starts to prepare herself for the evening with much with much time to get ready on her hands, a series of setbacks will make her life quite difficult… In the end, the hen will meet up with the wolf (who in the meantime had fallen asleep in the middle of the night.
Everything is set for the hot-air balloon contest among the
farms. Moses will participate with a McKenzie-sponsored hot air balloon, along
with his small crew. However, for the fault of his crew, the balloon takes
off into the blue, and carries away Moses. A rescue operation is urgently
needed.
He proceeds with Henry the Mole, this time dressed up as an air hero and asks
Albert for help. In spite of their intervention, Moses will wind up at the
bottom of a well, and their situation is not any better— in fact, the
wolf and the mole will wind up taking flight à la Mary Poppins, attached
to an umbrella given to Martha to keep her dry from the rain. The story then
begins anew.
Henry the mole took a course by mail on how to be a jinx for which he earned a diploma with full votes. Now, suited up in a black hat, black classes, and black jacket, wielding a knob-shaped stick, he is ready to apply his know-how to the community, but especially for Albert who will use him against Moses. Until the mole won’t create too many problems for the wolf as who must choose to ally himself with Moses against the mole, finally ridding himself from both.
A dancing party is set to take place on the grounds of the
McKenzie farm that night. Moses knows this will be an occasion Albert will
not want to miss, and so keeps a lookout for him. The dog’s logic is
exact, because Albert is on his way to pick up Martha for the paty. The wolf
doges the dog and his traps, then makes it to his hen with the idea of carrying
her away on his head, but like a wet bar of soap, she slides right out of
Alberto’s grip, thanks to having used too much body cream according
to her. Martha Admits that she must have used too much cream however, because
the body cream makes her quite slippery.
Moses then turns up unexpectedly, and the wolf takes to his heels, retreating
to the hills with a great idea. In fact, the wolf had already come up with
a great way to never get caught by Moses: he’ll smother his body in
suntan oil, making himself slippery as an eel… however, this plan will
soon backfire on him.
Over the course of a quick introduction, we see Martha with her latest purchase, a curious, exotic plant that will soon reveal itself as being a carnivore. This plant, resting on the windowsill of Martha’s home, quickly grows, displaying its formidable appetite early on. The plant then puts on a particularly bad mood, and the victims waist no time in letting him hear about it, but Martha appears to be unyielding… until the plant then disappears one night. The next day, in front of a rather desperate and indignant Martha, the animals of the farm assemble in their place of the disappearance, just as baffled as the hen herself. Moses, who is leading the group’s investigation into the disappearing plant, then joins them with some discouraging news: after a quick reconnaissance mission which had turned up no plant, and quickly confirming that none of the animals on the farm had anything to do with the incident, the case is hastily closed, declared unsolvable. But then Esther, known to have loved the plant, intervenes leading a scientific inquiry of her own, the kind to which the investigators had gotten accustomed … until she discovers that Henry had snatched the plant for use on his visiting mother-in-law.
A letter reaches the farm, delivered by a traveling vulture.
It concerns the arrival of count Norman Rotula III, the mysterious occupant
of a gloomy mansion located not too far away of the other side of the hill.
In the letter, the noble count explains that he’d like to get to know
the McKenzie farm animals. So, with their newly established relationship,
the good neighbors offer the count a dinner and dancing party. A group of
animals prepares for the count’s arrival— a group of which includes
the presence of Albert the wolf, as the legitimate chaperone fiancée.
The count himself turns out to be none other than a slender-bodied, bald-headed
bat with droopy eyes and enormous ears… leading Henry the mole to determine
that the count is also a vampire! Fear takes hold of the bystanders, who flee
in every direction, but it isn’t him they should be scared of, but rather
the count’s house., which, feeling alone, is jealous and will procure
strong emotions from those invited… Until it becomes a playground and
Amusement Park for the county’s younger animals who will have great
thrills inside its walls.
Apparently disillusioned, Moses sees a deodorant commercial on his TV screen, and won over by his unmentionable weakness of vanity (helped by a the fact that he can see a small female puddle passing by through his window), then decides to purchase 3 cans of deodorant, which is delivered the next day.
Soon, Moses notices that he has been granted a superpower thanks to the spray can, and will try it out for his next confrontation with the legendary blue the wolf who that, on a dog’s break to recharge, will discover its secret (the effect of the product has a limited duration and it is necessary to reapply it). Albert will then discover an incredible secret: he sneaks himself inside the dog’s house, and procures another can of spray that will be used in a series of strikes against Moses as they fight on equal footing.
The story has just begun as the premises of the McKenzie farm are chosen for the set of “Tempestuous Hearts,” the new film by the renowned director and producer Oscar Van Globe, who is trying to choose extras he can use for the film from among the locals. Those chosen will then have the honor of reciting a line alongside the star of the film. The film itself is a mad melodrama, a big hit along the lines of “Gone With The Wind” and “Titanic,” full of madrigal scenes sure to cause torment throughout its entire duration, but Henry the mole will ruin everything… Yet when the level of chaos reaches its maximum level, we discover that the scene at hand is actually being projected on a movie screen, where the public meets it with both laughter and applause, helping “Tempestuous Love” be the season’s biggest comic success.
Henry and Esther risk being evicted from their home over
a bureaucratic quibble. More precisely, they haven’t got a certain certificate—the
deed of sale for the subsoil— without which their residence will be
unauthorized. To get the certificate will require two witnesses who must accompany
him to the city in order to witness the signing of the deed. Inevitably, Henry
chooses Moses to legally represent the farm, along with Albert the wolf.
And so it follows during the course of their bus trip that Henry will reveal
the worst of himself… The heart of the story will unfold inside a maze
and a surreal, ministerial office… After various ups and downs, and
thanks to an act of force on the part of Henry, our heroes will obtain the
certificate one minute before the office closes.
Moses, who is trying extremely hard to conquer the heart of the neighbors’ dog who is a poodle, falls under the influence of the powerful magician Mefistos (alias Henry the mole at his best interpretation) who is carrying a desk full of potions. The mole sells Moses a supposed love filter, but in truth, Mefistos, lacking in the ways of dioptre, has filled a prescription with a concoction that will trigger much different side effects.
During the nights that ensue, Moses undergoes a terrible metamorphosis, something like Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde, transforming himself from a grumpy ole’ sheepdog to an affected, irksome, intrusive poodle— one that has taken particular sympathy in Albert the wolf, who, while interrogating Mefistos, then discovers what has occurred.
Only one person can find a cure, this being the mole himself. During a turbulent ending, with bottles constantly being mistaken for antidotes and counter antidotes, Moses returns to being just Moses… while Albert suffers a fate similar to that of Moses in the midst of the confusion.
Life on the farm will be shaken up a bit by the arrival of
someone new, one by the name of Dr. Nirvana, who is a little Oriental hamster
and guru who preaches his philosophy in Zen with a completely peaceful, non-violent
manner.
Converted to a path of non-violence, the blue wolf finally succeeds in dissuading
Moses the sheepdog, who, after beating him with his stick for good without
noticing any reaction on the part of the wolf, decides to retire his club
to the shelves from the moment in which he says “… It isn’t
fun like this any more.” That is until the animals come to find the
hamster is in fact a lowdown dirty playboy… And they will do everything
possible to boot him off the farm.
A mystery is waiting for Albert in the farm. The wolf stealthily slips through the farmhouses like always, then has a heart murmur when Alice and Martha don’t recognize him. The two hens, with windmill eyes, are evidently hypnotized. With mechanical gestures, they then prepare their baggage, as though they were getting ready to depart for a long trip. Something clearly isn’t right, and Albert decides to look into the matter more deeply… Indeed, he will come to discover that the witty hamster, Nirvana, had hypnotized his own patients so as to convince them to be in perfect shape. Well there’s nothing wrong with that per se if Nirvana only hat done just that, but the Hamster, with a post-hypnotic command, persuades his victims to leave all their valuables to him, including their own houses! His ultimate dream is to take over the farm, and control all the animals, that have mistakenly fallen under his power… However, Albert will teach him a lesson….
Moses is completely in love with the neighbors’ poodle, and his feeling has made him grow kind of pudgy, like a giant amoeba, as well as incapable of hearing and wanting. At first, Albert the wolf is happy with this, since for him this is an occasion to roam around the farm freely, and to make public jokes about his old enemy. Yet, as time passes, the wolf too comes to realize that the current situation won’t do. Without Moses to look after the grounds of the McKenzie farm, everything falls apart, even if Albert won’t admit it. In spite of everything, it turns out that Albert was a bit fond of Moses, and is sorry to see him down and out. It would appear that the only solution is to arrange a meeting with the neighbors’ poodle for Moses.
Henry the mole knowS that the next day will bring about a scorching, blistering-hot sun, thanks to a mini meteorological station he’d purchased by mail: the machine itself looks ridiculously stupid, placed just outside of Henry’s house. As though out of a movie, Henry suffers everyone’s rage, particularly that of Albert the wolf. However, the following day, the hot, hot sun beats down on the earth from a clear blue sky, and, Henry, who is eyed with great suspicion, starts to be believed. He is then considered a deceiver though, when, on a day in which he’d forecasted a storm, the sky is illuminated by a torrid sun … while off in the distance, we can see an oncoming tornado.
Loneliness is never easy, and Alice knows this all too well, passing her days with melancholy sighs, waiting for the “love of her life.” She then puts her hope in astrological studios and horoscopes; things she’ll soon become a little expert on herself. However, her obsession and obstinacy with these things will make her look ridiculous, especially when she greets Glycerin, who, by sheer luck, comes to her door with a bunch of flowers in his hand.
During one of Moses and Albert’s typical clashes, Albert mysteriously disappears. Einstein comes to the scene explaining to Moses that Albert has been sucked into a rift in the “space-time continuum,” and transported to another dimension. In order to study the mysterious phenomenon, Einstein goes through the pulsing, mysterious portal, only to arrive in the Jurassic period… With all the characters of the McKenzie farm dressed up in prehistoric garb…
After yet another lousy encounter with Moses, Albert the wolf catches Henry the Mole who is making off with the teeth he’d lost during the fight with the sheepdog. The wolf follows Henry to discover that the mole has taken up a new pastime, dressed as the tooth fairy, renting and reselling Albert’s molars, canines, and incisors to the youngsters of the McKenzie farm. The young ones, exploiting the tradition whereby each of their lost teeth is worth a gift, fool their parents with wolf-teeth, while Henry receives percentage on what is received by the youngsters so everyone profits, and everyone appears happy with the way things are going. Everyone, that is except for Albert the wolf, obviously who reprimands the all the youngsters and unmasking Henry the mole who will try to move the wolf to tells telling him a false story, yet trying to fool Albert again.
Together around a bonfire, set at the outer range of the farm, we see Albert, Martha, Henry, and Glycerin spending an outdoor evening. There is a story-telling contest in progress, and Albert is asked to tell something special. Without delay, he starts in with a tale about a little bird named Bird who was all alone. In the story, the blue wolf helps the little fellow to fly, until the two are divided by destiny. The plot will then take a final twist that disappoints the other animals, while in reality, something else had actually occurred…
The anniversary of Martha and Albert’s engagement is just around the corner, and the two discover that they are moderately broke, with almost no means to get each other a decent gift. The two of them, concealing the truth of the matter, decide they’ll tune in to the economic advertisements in the Hen House Herald, in search of a quick way to make just enough money for what they need. But their efforts put forth in the course they attend for good manners for Watch Dogs at the Dog School will be futile.
Every year, Einstein is invited to a reunion party held by his university who take turns hosting gatherings in their sumptuous villas. They can already afford to do so because they all have careers.
So, not wanting to be mocked and/or humiliated, Einstien
confronted with such an occasion, tells all his former classmates that he
himself is the boss of the McKenzie farm who oversees the “humane”
resources, as well the one responsible for the economic matters of the old
farming company. Too bad that this year, despite Edward’s wish to oppose
it, his friends want to arrange a gathering at the McKenzie farm, basically
so they can see how the good old chicken is doing in the shoes of a manager.
And so, with much embarrassment, Einstein is compelled to explain his enormous
lie to the animals of the McKenzie farm and ask an enormous, gigantic, ludicrous
favor of them (especially of Moses): during the gathering (set to last one
day), he asks that everyone pretend he, himself, is their boss… but
in the end, good sense prevails…
Albert the wolf and Moses the sheepdog are having another showdown, but the wolf manages to get the better and reaches Martha’s house. However, Moses, hating to be outdone by the wolf, ponders a slow, but decisive way to get even with him. He won’t waste time playing around, but will apply rather a little psychology— basically, he will attempt to bluff the wolf! The day after, Moses positions towers and antennas on top of the barn, constructs a huge wire grid, digs up the yard everywhere, then places “DANGER,” and “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” signs throughout the McKenzie farm.
Alice comes to find out that Moses has put together a lethal weapon that could pulverize the blue “wolfmeister,” who won’t even put a single foot inside the bounds of the farm. Alice is frightened by this and, just as Moses had predicted, immediately tells Martha to warn Albert not to ever dare enter the farm again. However, in the end, Albert will bluff in his own way, making Moses angrier than ever!