Curious George: Royal Monkey

Curious George: Royal Monkey
Directed by	Doug Murphy
Release date	September 11, 2019 July 1, 2022 (PBS)
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Curious George: Royal Monkey is a 2019 direct-to-video official animated comedy and adaptation of the children's stories originally by H.A. Rey and Margret Rey, also another sequel to Curious George 3: Back To The Jungle.

Summary 

Join your favorite monkey as he takes on his most regal role yet in Curious George: Royal Monkey. After disrupting a meeting with a stuffy royal family, George accidentally trades places with Felipe. While Felipe puzzles Ted with his flawless manners, George travels to the castle where his fun-loving antics raise eyebrows and bring shy Princess Isabel out of her shell. Featuring all-new music from Andy Grammer, this king-sized adventure reminds us ALL THAT doing what you love is the key to happiness.

Plot

The movie begins with George (Frank Welker), who wanted to have pancakes for breakfast, and Ted (Jeff Bennett), who's trying to presenting the new royal exhibit to the snooty royal family of Simiana; King Gustavo (Philip Anthony-Rodriguez), his daughter; Princess Isabel (Daniela Bobadilla), the king's right-hand woman; Ana (Eliza Jane Schneider) and a royal monkey; Felipe (also by Frank Welker), who are dropping off a royal artifact to the museum.

While Ted calms his anger down, George, feeling a little guilty at himself for monkeying around; being a bit messy, playing around with his food and accidentally getting him dirty, watches the new commercial of the new Castle Land amusement park, where all the children can ride horses, riding on rides, making messes and the coronation for everyone much to George's excitement, then Ted came back from showering, apologizing for being angry at and promising that they will do something fun afterwards to George. He called his friend; Sophie (who works in Castle Land) to pick them up after the meeting with the royal family, only if George can be on his best behavior (which of course it's easy for little monkeys to forget).

At the museum, Ted, after noticing the royal family are already arrived, placed George in his office and rushed to them to show the royal exhibit, hoping the exhibit can get on. George, feeling too curious to resist, stepped out of the office, when he sees Felipe, thinking he's his double, and started to monkeying around, yet again, and Ted, slightly annoyed, eventually catches him, accidentally dropped the idol in front of the royal family and placed George outside with Doris, the police officer of the museum and hands him the Castle Land guide map.

But when Ted ran back to clear out the situation, he found out that the royal family are already leaving, getting the exhibit off, announced by an anger Gustavo, who chooses not to donate the artifact, much to his frustration and calls back Sophie to reschedule the trip. Back outside, after accidentally taking down the shade curtain and fell onto the royal family while dancing, Ana gathers George (mistaken him as a snooty royal monkey prince: "Felipe") and brings him to the palace of Simiana while a frustrated Ted, but only really mad because of George's behavior, brings Felipe back home to the apartment building.

In the palace of Simiana, George, thinking that the palace is Castle Land, was having fun and, of course, monkeying around as always, making Isabel laugh and Gustavo and Ana very nervous.

Meanwhile, Ted, having no idea that he had Felipe as "George" by mistake, teaches Felipe lessons by treating him like royalty by "Simiana's Book of Customs", in which Felipe, who rather dismissive to Ted, just following the rules on good behavior, is already royalty and eventually obeyed him, making Ted feel perplexed. Even with all that dynamic learning, he simply tries teaching him good manners, and when he seemingly snubs him, he is now saddened.

At the park, Felipe was not amused at Ted, who feels ashamed for not taking him to Castle Land before, trying to get Felipe, refusing spend time with him, being mischievous again, but yet good natured by having fun, climbing and getting stuck high of a tree. Ted then feels that teaching royal lessons was his fault, claiming himself that he just wants his "old monkey back" that's still happy and Felipe, for the first time, smiles at him, forgiving him and begins learn slowly the meaning of carefree and there's a great sense of care between them.

Back at the palace, George, while riding a goat, and a fun-loving Isabel, while riding her favorite horse; El Fuego, were having fun, but until Gustavo and Ana, while doing the conference for the live news, both caught them red-handed, when they accidentally embarrass him on TV, feeling worry that the upcoming coronation was not going to be quite as planned and embarrassing his daughter, just like his "secret" childhood. Determining to prepare for the ceremony tomorrow, Gustavo, refusing to answer Isabel's single question, strictly Ana to get George, who feels ashamed of himself, and a disappointed and angered Isabel, who blames on George for getting her in trouble, to enter the ceremony "on time".

That night back at Chicago, Ted, calling a special pancake night as a treat and while watching the live news, curiously compares the two monkey look-alikes, then swiftly finally figuring out that he had the wrong monkey before and he and Felipe, starting to warm up when seeing how he was willing to get George back home, both went to the palace of Simiana to bring George back before the ceremony.

The next day in Simiana, Isabel was just about to leave everything she has behind for the coronation, when George came up to cheer her up by entering themselves to the Derpy competition, unknown to Gustavo and Ana, in disguises, and Isabel eventually won the race in first place, perfect timing to prepare herself and George for the coronation ceremony.

After arriving to the palace, the two front palace guards think that Ted is the "intruder", and he and Felipe both hide themselves in the jumbled horse armor, and after the guards left and George and Isabel walked through the same area, the head of a horse armor slipped off and George and Ted are never felt much happier to see each other again and Isabel was puzzled by the two monkeys at first, then she recognized the real Felipe, feeling relief that he was home "safe and sound" and Ted then tells the real George that he missed him so much and promising him not to stop being his "fun little monkey", being forgotten to mention him that he'd reschedule Castle Land.

The guards then heard Ted again through the halls and Isabel swiftly hides them in her father's secret room upstairs in her father's quarters, where George inserted the video tape of Gustavo, in Isabel's age, was playing a tuba very well, then fell into the river, feeling embarrassed and Isabel feels so sorry for her father and realizes that she needs to be at the ceremony on time. After hang-gliding down to exit, Ted, George, Felipe, Isabel and Ana arrived at the royal barge to row across to catch up the ceremony ship just in time before all the citizens of Simiana laughed at the embarrassed king.

Isabel stood up to herself and tells her father that she now understand how he feels, feeling proud that he played the music very well and Gustavo, feeling guilty for not being honesty to his daughter in the first place so long ago, ironically believed his wised daughter and thanked George for understanding him. During the beginning of coronation, Felipe crowned Isabel and Gustavo came out, playing his tuba and everyone, including Ted and George, started to celebrate by dancing through the ceremony day away.

Characters

• Curious George: An original tailless monkey who is the protagonist of the original television show and accidentally swap places while monkeying around the museum
• Ted Shackleford (aka The Man with the Yellow Hat): The museum director, who ultimately leads him to realizing that he, along with Felipe (after knowing he is really him), needs to set out on his own adventure to get his lovable monkey back.
• Ivan (latest appearance): A doorman who makes a cameo when Ted is taking Felipe back to the apartment.
• Ana (only appearance): An assistant of King Gustavo, Isabel and Felipe
• Princess Isabel (only appearance): A shy young princess, who loves to ride horses and has her daring, fun-loving spirit.
• King Gustavo (only appearance): The regal King of Simiana. He struggles with his popularity in the kingdom and tries hard to be the best king he can be.
• Felipe (only appearance): George's first counterpart, who is a monkey prince of King Gustavo, also that takes being accidentally swapped with George, spending some time living with a puzzled Ted to bring out a more carefree and fun-loving side in him and helps him on a quest to retrieve George back.

Voice Casts

• Frank Welker as George/Prince Felipe
• Jeff Bennett as Ted (The Man with the Yellow Hat)/News-porter
• Ed O, Ross as Ivan/Firefighter
• Eliza Jane Schneider as Ana
• Daniela Bobadilla as Princess Isabel
• Philip Anthony-Rodriguez as King Gustavo

Facts/Trivia

The whole story is basically based on "The Prince and the Pauper".

The film made its broadcast debut on July 1, 2022, when it was televised on local PBS stations and the PBS KIDS 24/7 Channel.

Gallery

"For Isabel's sake."

"This is just too awful!"

"are riding in the derpy!"

"I'm sorry, Papa."

"I should've never go out riding with you!"

"We're really doing this!"

Songs

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