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''Napoleon'' is a 1995 Australian family film directed by Mario Andreacchio, and written by Mark Saltzman about a golden retriever puppy who runs away from his city home to the wild dogs. == Plot summary == The story begins in Sydney, Australia, where Napoleon aka "Muffin", is living with a human family and his own mother. Napoleon wishes to be with the wild dogs he can hear howling in the distance. The family has a birthday party and one of the decorations is a basket with balloons strapped to it. Out of curiosity, Napoleon hops inside but the basket, untied from its tether begins to float. Napoleon flies out high above the city heading out to sea. Terrified of the water, Napoleon panics but suddenly a galah named Birdo, drops down on the side of his basket and offers to help him get down. Birdo's idea of help is to pop the balloons suspending the basket, causing Napoleon to land unharmed on a beachhead. Napoleon thinks he can finally seek out the wild dogs and heads into a nearby forest, ignoring Birdo's suggestion to return home. At night, Napoleon starts to fear being alone. A mopoke in the forest warns Napoleon of terrible things that can happen to pets in the wild, Napoleon ignores him as well and continues on his way. He discovers a large tree that appears to have been used as a home for someone, a small patch of food. A psychotic cat spots Napoleon and thinking he is a mouse chases him. Napoleon narrowly escapes when the mopoke pushes the cat into a pond. The mopoke then warns Napoleon that the cat won't rest until he is dead. As Napoleon runs off, the cat pulls herself from the pond angrily swearing revenge. Morning finds Napoleon at his next challenge--a river. Passing a group of annoying rainbow lorikeet mimicking everything he says, Napoleon crosses rather proud of himself. Meeting Birdo again, Napoleon reveals his nickname 'Muffin' but is overheard by the annoying birds and a green tree frog who all begin to sing and make fun of him. Embarrassed and ridiculed, Napoleon walks out onto a log near the water when he starts drifting. Birdo persuades him to swim and successfully does so. Afterward, Birdo decides to help teach Napoleon to live in the wild. Napoleon learns hunting by practicing on a group of rabbits; but is unable to catch one and ends up to eating moss. Birdo's next lessons about friendly and dangerous animals and snowy weather are also ignored. Napoleon is nearly killed when a herd of wild horses stampede towards him but unharmed he goes off on his own again. Smelling sugar and thinking it to be candy, he finds a tall sugar cane field and proceeds inside. Suddenly a brush fire burns the sugar cane, threatening to burn him as well, but with Birdo's help, he manages to escape. As the two are talking, the cat returns attempting to attack Birdo, but fails. Birdo reunites with his lost flock but the cat has found them too. Napoleon notices and saves them with a warning of the cat. After encountering a rude lizard, Napoleon hears the howls again and Birdo again suggests that Napoleon go home. The two sadly part ways as Napoleon wants to seek the wild dogs and Birdo wants to rejoin his flock. While resting under a tree, Napoleon sees a perentie and hears loud barking coming from it. When he speaks with it, it reveals that it makes many different noises, including the howls leading Napoleon to believe that the howling he's been hearing was just the lizard. Napoleon is heartbroken and saddened. As the area begins to flood, he runs for shelter and discovers two dingo puppies inside a damp cave and assumes they are lost like him. The water floods in and sweeps away Nancy, one of the pups. Napoleon dives into the water and rescues her out. The pups' mother returns and Napoleon realizes that he has found the wild dogs. Surprised, he faints. When he awakes he asks to live with the mother and her pups and she agrees. While out together; the mother asks why Napoleon wanted to be with the wild dogs. He explains his disappointments, but confesses he always wanted to feel brave by going on his journey. The mother comforts him by reminding him it was his courage that led him out here and helped him save her children, which represents the true spirit of the wild dogs. Wanting to go home, Napoleon has a rather bumpy return in an eccentric kangaroo's pouch. After briefly standing up to some of the animals who ridiculed him before, he returns to the shore and discovers his basket inhabited by a feisty penguin who resembles his past self; wanting to be a wild and brave creature. Night falls and Napoleon readies to sail back to the city with the basket but his plan is interrupted by the cat's final return. A battle ensues and Napoleon tries multiple times to stop the cat but the cat comes back again and again. Before she can kill Napoleon, the cat becomes distracted by the penguin, who shouts at her with taunts. Napoleon takes advantage of the distraction and knocks the cat into the basket and she disappears over the waves as she's carried away. Napoleon looks up to a cliff side to see an image of a wild dog howling, symbolizing Napoleon's understanding his bravery of being a wild dog inside. Napoleon, still needing a ride back to the city is saved when Birdo reappears with a turtle who takes Napoleon back to the city. He returns home to open paws from his mother, who consents to calling her boy Napoleon and no longer Muffin. (Just before the credits, the cat reappears one last time climbing over a wall, saying "Not a mouse, but dog... dog must die!") 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Napoleon (1995 film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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