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Spirit & Friends9/3/2022 After the release of DreamWorks' animated feature SPIRIT UNTAMED back on June 4, 2021, it has been a bit silent around the SPIRIT franchise. The last season (season 8) of SPIRIT RIDING FREE ended back in April, 2019, and although it was succeeded by SPIRIT RIDING FREE: RIDING ACADEMY, we haven't heard about that one since its last season (season 2) from September, 2020. Until DreamWorks did an interesting anouncement on their @DreamWorksTV Twitter account, on February 9, 2022: It looks like DreamWorks is continuing the SPIRIT franchise with something new, titled SPIRIT & FRIENDS. The episodes, "exclusive shorts" according to DreamWorks Spirit's YouTube channel, seem to be in the style and setting of SPIRIT RIDING FREE, but are good old 2D animated. However, the little SPIRIT UNTAMED logo (Lucky's headshot cut out of Spirit's) can be seen in the SPIRIT & FRIENDS title. We have to wait and see to be sure in which timeline this new online series takes place. So far, eight of these exclusive shorts have been released under the SPIRIT & FRIENDS name. You can watch them below, or click the button (lower left corner on the video) to get redirected to the specific episode on DreamWorks Spirit's YouTube channel. Chompy the Baby Mountain LionReleased February 12, 2022 Spirit and the PALs stumble upon an injured baby mountain lion! Whilst the PALs are doing chores around the stable, their horses behave strangely. The PALs find out that a hurt mountain lion cub, which they call Chompy, is hiding in a nearby try. Will the PALs be able to tend to its wounds? And what will Chompy's mother think about the PALs' actions? Baby DucklingsReleased February 19, 2022 The PALs discover a nest of duck eggs and vote to take care of them until they are ready to be released back into the wild! What an egg-celent surprise! During one of their riding trips, the PALs and their horses come across an abandoned nest of duck eggs. The PALs decide to take responsibilty over the eggs - and the horses join in! Boomerang is excited with their new friends, but will Chica Linda be as charmed with the little ducklings? Baby Bunny Breakout!Released February 26, 2022 When Lucky loses a litter of baby bunnies the PALs work to get them back! Lucky gets adorably exhausted during bunny-watching. Whilst Pru and Abigail train with their recently rescued foal Niña, Lucky falls asleep and.. Loses the bunnies! Are the PALs and their horses able to find all the bunnies, with a scary snake lurking around in the area? Lamb Lost on the RangeReleased March 5, 2022 The PALs help a lost lamb return to his herd! On a scouting mission, Lucky and Spirit encounter a rancher who's missing a little lamb - and the PALs decide to go search for it! Will they be able to find the lost lamb and reunite it with its family? And will Abigail be able to improve her 'sheepish'? Bunny Gets His Bounce BackReleased April 2, 2022 The PALs help an injured rabbit rehab its leg so it can go back to being a happy, bouncy bunny! Whilst on the road, the PALs encounter grown-up Silver - and discover he has a sprained leg! Will they be able to nurse Silver back to health, so Silver can bounce back into the wild? Foal's First Check UpReleased April 9, 2022 The PALs discover a painful splinter in Corazon the foal's hoof and must help her recover! It's check up day at the ranch, and foal Corazon's first time! After a hard start, the PALs discover a splinter in Corazon's hoof. Will they be able to help her, and check up all the other animals at the ranch? Keeping Up with a Three-Legged PupReleased April 16, 2022 The PALs invent a device to help Pace, a three-legged pup, keep up with the world around him! Puppy Pace is adjusting to life on three legs. Excited to explore the world around him, Pace can't keep up with one leg missing. Will the PALs be able to help him out, so he can live his life the fullest? Marshmallow MishapsReleased April 23, 2022 Get ready for s'more stories from Abigail and Boomerang! Abigail and Boomerang get distracted when they prepare for s'mores night. Will they reach Lucky and Pru in time - and will they have enough marshmallows for s'mores night? All released episodes are directed by Andrew Wilson. Part of the SPIRIT UNTAMED cast returns for SPIRIT & FRIENDS: Isabela Merced (Lucky), Marsai Martin (Pru) and Mckenna Grace (Abigail) return to reprise the voices of the PALs. All crew is listed beneath every episode, together with the series' description: Lucky, a gutsy 12-year-old girl, befriends a wild mustang she names Spirit. With her two best friends Abigail and Pru and their horses by her side, they explore a world filled with endless adventure, magnificent horses and never ending fun! Besides recurring webisodes, Mattel's YouTube Channel teased SPIRIT & FRIENDS themed playsets on February 25, 2022. For now, the sets include Lucky's Foal Nursery, Lucky & Spirit, Pru & Chica Linda, and Abigail & Boomerang. All the girls' dolls wear their SPIRIT & FRIENDS outfit, which differs from their SPIRIT UNTAMED outfits. The SPIRIT & FRIENDS playsets can be recognized from SPIRIT UNTAMED playsets because of the slightly different logo and an even more colourful layout of the sets (see pictures below). SPIRIT UNTAMED (left) compared to SPIRIT & FRIENDS (right) (click to enlarge) Another foal was released in Mattel's Spring-Summer 2022 catalogue. This was the first packaging with the SPIRIT & FRIENDS layout, even before the new series of webisodes was teased. The set has the same product number as the earlier SPIRIT UNTAMED foals (GXD92). Curious about SPIRIT & FRIENDS? Make sure to check out DreamWorks Spirit's YouTube channel weekly for new episodes! SPIRIT: HOMELAND will try to keep you updated as well, of course!
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Guestbook20/10/2020 Did you enjoy my fansite? Anything you'd like to share about it, or about your experience with SPIRIT? Please leave a message below, I'd love to read them! Thank you so much for visiting! AboutI'm Julie, a huge fan of the SPIRIT: STALLION OF THE CIMARRON movie and franchise. Ever since I watched the movie for the first time, I absolutely loved it. There was a time a watched it every single day. Nowadays, everything that has to do with SPIRIT gives a deep nostalgic feeling. This movie will always have a special place in my heart. This fansite is a way of showing the appreciation and love I have for SPIRIT. This fansite is a redo of my former fansite at Webs (click).
My former fansite was created early 2013. This redo was created on October 19th, 2020. It was last updated on April 4th, 2022. |