Merry Madagascar (2009)
While trapped on the island of Madagascar, the Central Park Zoo escapees receive a visit from Santa--crash landing on their territory and getting amnesia to boot! The animals must help Santa assume his rightful place in the universe, while King Julian laps up the opportunity for his subjects.
In Merry Madagascar, consciousness is carried by animals — a plane of “anthropomorphic animal island”. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing culture, holiday, friendship, identity, community.
Same rung, same subject
Films fighting at the same level of reality, about the same things.
The Secret Life of Pets (2016)E8/E9 · community, identity
Kung Fu Panda (2008)E8/E9 · culture, identity
The Angry Birds Movie (2016)E8/E9 · community, identity
Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)E8/E9 · community, identity
Horton Hears a Who! (2008)E8/E9 · community, identity
The Jungle Book (1967)E8/E9 · culture, identityAlso hides consciousness here
Other films that move a human interior onto the same kind of thing.
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic forest
Charlotte's Web (1973)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic barn
Open Season 3 (2010)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic forest
Pooh's Heffalump Movie (2005)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic forest
Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001)consciousness in animals · animal clubhouse
Finding Nemo (2003)consciousness in animals · anthropomorphic oceanSame subject, different mask
The same preoccupations carried by a different kind of thing — grief told through the dead, an animal, a machine.
Minions & More 2 (2022)consciousness in monsters · culture, friendship
Wreck-It Ralph (2012)consciousness in machines · culture, identity
Cars (2006)consciousness in machines · community, identity
Hellboy II: The Golden Army (2008)consciousness in monsters · culture, identity
The Lego Batman Movie (2017)consciousness in objects · community, identity
Partly Cloudy (2009)consciousness carried elsewhere · community, identity
