An All Dogs Christmas Carol is a 1998 direct-to-video animated film which was originally aired on television as the final episode of the animated television series All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series. It is the third and final installment in the All Dogs Go to Heaven film series. Unlike the first two films, Carface is the story's main character. Usually, the main character is Charlie.
Synopsis
The film opens with angel puppies talking to Annabelle (Bebe Neuwirth). They ask her to tell them a story. She begins to tell them about how Carface saved Christmas with a little guidance from Charlie (Steven Weber) and Itchy (Dom DeLuise).
The movie begins in an alleyway with Charlie, Itchy, Sasha (Sheena Easton) and their friends decorating for a Christmas party. Everyone is enjoying themselves as Charlie and Itchy tend to the young pups. Charlie checks on Sasha and the money collection for Timmy the puppy's operation for his bad leg. Unfortunately, Carface (Ernest Borgnine) and Killer (Charles Nelson Reilly) arrive and start collecting debts from everyone. After Charlie refused to pay back Carface, Killer blows a strange whistle that hypnotizes all the dogs and causes them to give Carface all of their money. Before leaving, Carface and Killer make off with all the food, the presents, their money which includes Timmy's operation money and head off cackling.
After failing several times to get the stolen goods from Carface, it is revealed that Carface is working for Annabelle's demonic cousin, Belladonna (also Neuwirth), who plots to use a massive version of the cursed whistle to hypnotize every dog in the city into stealing the Christmas presents, causing them to be thrown out of their houses and abandoned, much in the same way Carface was when he was a puppy. Charlie plots to scare "the Dickens" out of Carface and asks Annabelle for some aid, resulting in them being transformed into characters from "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens. Itchy becomes the Ghost of Christmas Past, Sasha becomes the Ghost of Christmas Present, and Charlie becomes the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (and a parody of The Mask). The three of them visit Carface and make him feel guilty about stealing the items, especially the operation money; Sasha tells Carface that without it Timmy will die, but Timmy's death will cause another --- his own, as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows him that because of his actions, he will cause his own death, and he will be condemned to Hell for eternity.
Carface, having seen himself in Timmy, stops the whistle just in time to prevent the dogs from stealing the gifts. Belladonna flies into a rage and is about to kill Carface when she is frozen solid by a massive amount of snow caused by Anabelle.
Meanwhile, with Charlie and the gang, it starts to snow. Everyone celebrates, but Itchy remarks that it's a shame that they didn't have any presents to give the pups. Just then, Carface appears on a sled pulled by Killer, and gives them all the presents back, and more. He even gives them Timmy's money box back, which is filled up full. Carface turns to leave, and Sascha asks him to stay and join the party. Carface refuses, saying he's going to visit his mom.
And Annabelle finishes the story by saying "Merry Christmas!"
Voice cast
Trivia
- This is the only film in the series that something good happens to Carface in the end. He dies (offscreen) in the first movie, where he is eaten by King Gator. In the second movie, Red drags Carface down with him to Hell.
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