"Frankenweenie" is another stop-motion animation by Tim Burton in black and white with a great tribute to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with a happy ending.
A final confrontation ensues, and just as Mr. Whiskers has Sparky cornered, a flaming piece of wood breaks off and impales him. The windmill collapses on Sparky, killing him again. To reward him for his bravery, the townsfolk gather to revive Sparky with their car batteries, reanimating him once more.
Sparky sacrifices his own life to save Victor from a burning windmill, and just when you think it's time to finally say goodbye, he is brought back to life by the townspeople, to everyone's relief. The film ends on a light-hearted note, with Sparky and the neighbor dog/Bride of Frankenstein nuzzling noses.
Frankenweenie is a dark, humorous film that includes scary images and thematic elements, making it unsuitable for young viewers. The film revolves around the loss of a beloved pet and deals with themes of grief and death, which may be overwhelming for children.
'Frankenweenie' is a story of a young boy whose dog is killed, and he is so upset over the loss of his pet that he decides to bring the dog back to life. This is a sad film with a comical twist - there were some funny scenes and some very sad/disturbing scenes too.
Corpse Bride's Victor and Frankenweenie's have pretty much the same character design, with pointy chins, really big eyes, thin noses, dark shadows around the eyes, and small mouths, but they aren't the same character.
"It had to be stop-motion and it had to be black and white. It's hard to put into words, but for me it makes it more emotional," says Burton. "I felt so strongly about it that if the studio had said: 'We'll do the movie but it has to be in colour', I just wouldn't have done it. It was that important."
Victor is just a young boy, but he does have a crush on his neighbor, Elsa Van Helsing. Although Elsa is somber and quiet herself, she seems to have an interest in Victor. Challenge… fitting in, and bringing his dead dog back to life.
After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life—with just a few minor adjustments.
Parents need to know that Tim Burton's black-and-white, stop-motion animated film Frankenweenie is the feature-length version of a short he made early in his career. Like most of Burton's films, Frankenweenie's tone is dark and creepy and will likely scare kids who are sensitive to the macabre.
Shot in color but released in black and white, and animated using stop-motion figures, the film about a boy, Victor Frankenstein, and his (undead) dog actually has its roots in a 1984 short that director Tim Burton made before his career as a feature director took off.
That has left audiences wondering what kind of breed of dog Sparky is. In Frankenweenie, Sparky the dog is actually a bull terrier. And, as it turns out, the inspiration behind the character is actually even more adorable than the Frankenweenie dog himself.
Frankenweenie 2: Bride of Frankenweenie is an American 3D stop motion dark fantasy film produced by Tim Burton, the producer of The Nightmare Before Christmas and directed by Craig Gillespie and was released on October 2019.
Frankenweenie borrows a lot of other things from his childhood. The animated film (a remake of his 1984 live-action short for Disney) was inspired by one of Burton's unusual early friendships—with a fluffy white mutt named Pepe, along with their counter-intuitively named gray dog Frosty.
Although she and Victor may not show it, but the two neighbors appear to be in love, especially since Victor nearly risked his life to save Elsa from death. Elsa sympathizes easily with Victor when he loses Sparky.
Elsa Van Helsing is a character in Frankenweenie. She is a soulful and somber classmate of Victor. She lives next door to him with her grumpy uncle, Mayor Burgemeister, who forces her to be this year's “Little Dutch Girl” at the town's celebration of Dutch Day.
Cousin, adopted sister, and eventually wife of Victor Frankenstein (in the first edition of 1818; in the third edition of 1831, she is a foundling: see 1.1. 3 in both versions of the text). Although Elizabeth does not share Frankenstein's alchemical interests (1.1.
After picking up the ball across the street, Sparky walks back to the field until a car accidentally hits Sparky, killing him. Victor is crushed by Sparky's death and desires to have him back.
Weird Girl, also called Anne Chambers, is a self-proclaimed psychic who is often seen with her pet cat Mr. Whiskers and one of Victor's classmates who attempts to reanimate dead animals in Frankenweenie.
In the film, Sparky bears a strong resemblance to the dog from the "Family Dog" series, a 1993 television show that was produced by Tim Burton. Sparky died and came back to life twice in the movie. Sparky saved Victor twice in the movie when the Vampire Cat tried to attack him.
Jack Skellington has made nine cameos outside of The Nightmare Before Christmas, including in films like Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands. Jack Skellington's iconic face and figure can be spotted in various forms throughout other movies, showcasing Tim Burton's distinctive style and affinity for Halloween.
Is Frankenweenie and Nightmare Before Christmas connected?
Another theory is that Jack Skellington and Zero lived in Frankenweenie's world as humans before coming to exist in Halloween Town, explaining Zero's gravestone in The Nightmare Before Christmas.
