The Brave Tin Soldier

[jeremysnyder89]

It looked really wrong when he grew his new leg in Toy Heaven.

[algerra]

Well nice try

[50percentGrey]

This cartoon must have been banned for obvious reasons.

[sociopathicregret]

6:43 grew a dick

[SteinUndStahl666]

lol, I knew they would change the ending to make it less depressing.

[MMKursch]

aaarw they're even wearing the old Danish royal army uniforms:3

[VGRetro]

Were the screams at 6:06 added in? I never heard them before.

[gracygoo432]

Nothin' like an old cartoon :D

[onwebcameron]

Animated by legend Jimmie, 'Shamus' Culhane, who as Shamus Culhane gives a series of interviews on here talking about his long career in animation.

Way too harsh for a kids cartoon, though I had to laugh at his 'other leg' growing at the end I wasn't too sure what had grown at first!! Now that would've been 'heaven' for them! ;)

[frunklewaff]

this video is probably why im messed up today!

[bojanglesme]

and they live happely ever after

[freetobeme03]

Since when do toys hold court? Grr...makes me mad. If my toys did this and I found out about it, I'd have a barbque in my backyard.

[biryanifan]

@freetobeme03 Just because your toys came to life, you'd eat them? It's not like they've suddenly become farm animals.

[JEMAKINEN]

i remember watching this when i was little and not understanding anything of it.. and as said already, this has very little to do with the original story :D

[Christianchic907]

"The Brave Tin Soldier very closely follows the original story by Hans Christian Andersen."

Um, no it doesn't. Not at all actually.

[ariadneugene]

you right! though the adaptation is reallly funny

[Christianchic907]

:] That was way to sad for a cartoon...

[shermanvermin76]

@Christianchic907 Well, the highlight of the ending is the Brave Tin Soldier got his other leg back! It was even the only WAY for this to happen.

Anyway, when the toy maker finished making the 'tin soldiers', why did one of them fall out of the box when they hadn't come to life yet?

[angierre]

Ah, I like the Russian version (Olobyannui Soldatik) much better--especially the music; it's so sweet and tragic and much more appropriate for this sad little story.

[b0gAtYr]

This is so sad. That poor soldier.

And I don't see the lesson in this...

[Papelucho1971]

Is this a Wald Disney cartoon?

[bajiz123]

the original is so much better in my opinion, but the cartoon is fun to watch anyway

[iplehguitar]

lawl

"ma ma"

"da da"

"ssony boy!!"

[lemonrind]

The tin soldier is a terrorist.

[Anastasia467able]

i can't believe little kids would watch this...despite it's tragedy, it was happy? weird but i like it :)

[MartyMcflyGirl]

I loved the story!

[nflarsen]

That was an wonderful cartoon, but it does not follow the H.C. Anderson story at all really.

[Tanith62]

the org. story was my fav. as a child

[NoBamaisGoodBama]

wow, that was the most ghoulish kid cartoon I've ever seen. And it's still better than any cartoons out there today. Sad isn't it?

[clatutunka]

omg i love it how they are holding onto each other before they died... :'( the screaming almost sounded real

[NoBamaisGoodBama]

I'm wondering why the screams would be your favorite part.

[clatutunka]

cuz they seemed kinda real....at first they did, it was scary

[hadryannah]

"Give him a fair trial, then we'll shoot him." D:

This cartoon is my childhood trauma. I cried a river every time I watched it. And at the same time, I liked it. It's so delightfully tragic.

[Sandro1988T]

crtani je strasan bedak... muka ziva...

[VGRetro]

I remember having this cartoon when I was younger.

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

This is 1 of my favorite works by: UB Iwerks!

[FelixBrazil]

The Marx Brother in the jack-in-the-box is Harpo, not Groucho.

[VGRetro]

But Harpo didn't talk.

[FelixBrazil]

It doesn't matter, the likeness in the box is clearly Harpo, and looks nothing like Groucho.

[gittepige07]

They were both there, Groucho as the judge and Harpo was teasing the soldier (2:42)

[Guillermoamartinez]

Increible y dramatico a la vez, Ub Iwerks parece que predijo la Segway (!) en el final???. Otro corto que me dejo un poco "diferente" es uno de Casper llamado "There's Good Boos Tonight" de (1948), tiene un final "alegre", pero la muerte del zorrito no la salva de un final deprimente.

[shel89]

i use to have this on vhs as well..i miss it

[PacificBlueNavyBlue]

This was wonderful! Thanks for posting it. I think showing the execution and fire scene made the story even more beautiful.

[angie4777]

one of the greatest storytellers of all time the snow queen was my favorite

[cookie10160]

i use to have this on vhs.

[gandovli]

Thank you for uploading, it one of my favorites.

[Fenderkicksass]

haha toy heaven

[mintybassman]

Thank you, i had this on VHS when i was small.

[Idtelos]

where can I buy this movie?

[GOTHMIDNIGHTMERMAID]

You can buy this either on the Cartoons that time forgot volume 1 or volume 2. (There are 4 volumes.) I'm pretty sure it's on volume 1.

[cha5]

Thanks for the information.

[FANESTE123]

This brings back memories.

[NONIDAGOO]

yeah!!!this is so much better than the sad ending!!!thanks ^-^

[igatcli2]

i like it very much

[spherique]

Nice video! See my version of the brave tin soldier, too!

[Kiddo226]

I feel sorry for the cat at the end!

[CidSilverWing]

Eh? Aren't the tin soldiers firing corkscrews or something like that?

[KBboomerang7]

WOW! They really wouldn't air this cartoon nowadays! I can't believe they showed the soldier and ballerina being shot into the fire and then melting together... I'm not sure what to say, I know the story but still... WOW!!! @_@

[TeganFromNowhere]

whoa- the kings advances on the ballerina seem a little innapropriate- they couldn't put that in a cartoon nowadays!

[Ferco1976]

The song in the palace was also in the Donald and Goofy cartoon: Polar trappers.Where Donald pipe the pinguins with him.

[Ferco1976]

I hear also Beethoven in it

[helgaleenas]

Did I see Max Fleischer's Koko the Clown come out of the clock.

[Ferco1976]

lol,Oliver Hardy as Humpty Dumpty

[TheSpinningBrain]

"Give him a fair trial, then we'll shoot him." Sure thing.

[Stickylabel]

My grandad had this on a video with some other animations, and me, my brother and sister used to watch it all the time. It scared me half to death! Still does!

[JA268]

I love Hans Andersen's fairy tale and this is very charming cartoon directed UB Iwerks - The father of Mickey Mouse