Rudolph's Shiny New Year

Release: December 10, 1976

The animated sequel to the classic 1964 holiday special. Rudolph has just gotten back from helping Santa deliver presents when he gets an alarming message from Father Time, Happy the Baby New Year has run away after everyone made fun of his large ears, even though not serious. If he is not returned home by midnight on December 31, the new year will not begin, the old year will remain, and Aeon the Buzzard will rule forever! Father Time tells Rudolph that Happy may be hiding in the Archipelago of Last Years, where old years go to retire. Rudolph goes aided by General Ticker, the Great Quarter-Past Five and Big Ben. They must go to stop Aeon from kidnapping Happy to stop the New Year from coming as Aeon's eon is set to end this year after which he will disintegrate.

Trailers

"Monday [12/'97]" DC'sMWoD promo, opposite 'R&F'sXmasInJuly'

"Tonight [12/6]" ABCf's 25DaysXmas'03 primetime lineup promo

December 6, 1982 ABC-TV promo

1989 Disney Channel promo.

Posters

Quotes

Rudolph: "Aw, now don't get upset because I laughed. I couldn't help myself. Those ears made me feel so wonderful that all the happiness inside me just - just had to pop out. Same way with everybody else. Those ears, why they make folks... happy."

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Santa, Father Time, One Milion: "Happy New Year!"

Rudolph: "And may it be shiny, too!"

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Rudolph: "You wanna see something? Look. (his nose glows) Go right ahead, laugh right out. Doesn't bother me anymore. But when I was little, it sure gave me one heck of a time."

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One Million: "Hey, wha, what's that for?"

Big Ben: "Look at my clock"

Sev: "11:30, New Year's Eve."

Sir 10-2-3: "Zounds, gadzooks, and odds bokins, we have but one half hour!"

Rudolph: "We've got to be quick then. Come on, men, let's get Happy."

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Sit 10-2-3: "We must pursue them. Yes, we must after them. To the ends of the earth, till victory is ours, for each dawn we die, we must after them!"

Sev: "But how? It's night. We can't see a thing."

Rudolph: "That's where I come in."

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Rudolph: "You see? I stuck it out. And when I grew older, I found that this nose was the most wonderful thing in the whole world because it was a different nose from everybody else's. And it was all mine. It was really me. And heck, you know, with those ears, why you're going to be the happiest New Year ever."

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Santa Claus: "If I can travel all over the world in one night, I ought to be able to get you to Father Time in a few bongs."

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Aeon: "Haha, they're all buried alive. Your last hope is gone and you'll live here with me as my slave. And all time will stop and I will never turn into ice and snow. Safe, safe, safe at last!"

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Big Ben: "Now Rudy, so's old Eon don't see us coming, you'd better dowse your nose; but keep that hope burning bright inside."

Rudolph: "Okay, Big Ben!"

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Rudolph: "1893 never heard of him. 1492 was too busy discovering things even to talk to us. 1965 was too noisy. And all 4000 B.C. could think about was building pyramids."

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Father Time: "Oh, but I'm getting ahead of myself. Running a little fast, as it were."

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Rudolph: " I wish he would have come to me first. I know just how he felt. I bet they called him names and wouldn't let him play in any New Year games."

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Baby Bear: "Somebody's been eating my porridge and look--they ate it all up!"

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Rudolph: "We've got to find Happy!"

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Rudolph: "I'm not just any ordinary reindeer, I'm Rudolph!"

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Father Time: "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!"

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General Ticker: "You're the only reindeer with a shining nose!"

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