The Kingdom of Animal Wrestlers - KAW - Match 1: Ringside Rumble
Submision Type
book
Logline
The Kingdom of Animal Wrestlers brings 20 wild animals together for the ultimate wrestling tournament. In each book, one animal-wrestler will prevail and move closer to the championship match, while the other is eliminated. These action-packed books are perfect for young readers!
Genre
Children's,Action
Short Summary
KingdoMania Slam begins with Fang the Wolf vs. Hillbilly Hippo as they battle in Ringside Rumble. Twenty powerful warriors join together in the Kingdom of Animal Wrestlers (KAW), but only one will take home the championship belt. Who is the strongest animal in the Kingdom?
Setting
Classroom, Cemetery, Museum, Symphony, Auto-dealership, Casino, Vet clinic, Supermarket, Roller-skating rink, Swimming pool
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Quest
Plot - Other Elements
Other,Twist
Mature Audience Themes
Information not completed
Main Character Details
Name: Smells the Skunk Referee
Age: 8 years old
Gender: Other
Role: Sidekick
Key Traits: Adventurous,Charming,Decisive,Skillful,Funny,Honorable
Additional Character Details
Name: Animal Wrestlers (20 Animals)
Age: 4 years - 2,500 years old
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Underdog,Villainous,Charming,Confident,Crazy,Decisive,Desperate,Power Hungry,Badass,Aggressive,Flexible,Greedy,Heroic,Honorable,Leader,Funny,Skillful,Outspoken,Strong Moral Code,Lone Wolf
Additional Character Details
Name: The Animal Wrestlers (20 characters)
Age: 4 years - 2,500 years old
Gender: Male
Role: protagonist
Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Badass,Aggressive,Charming,Confident,Crazy,Desperate,Greedy,Heartthrob,Underdog,Villainous,Power Hungry,Outspoken,Skillful,Funny,Heroic,Honorable,Leader,Strong Moral Code,Unapologetic,Lone Wolf
Additional Character Details
The author has not yet written this
Genre
ACTION, COMEDY, DRAMA
Brief
Fang the Wolf squares off in a wrestling match against Hillbilly the Hippo. Smells the Skunk referees. Hillbilly has the strength and force to overpower Fang. But Fang prevails and wins with his cunning and speed.
Overall Rating
FAIR
Narrative Elements
Authors Writing Style: FAIR
Characterization: FAIR
Commerciality: FAIR
Franchise Potential: GOOD
Pace: FAIR
Premise: FAIR
Structure: FAIR
Theme: FAIR
Accuracy of Book Profile
The profile tends to focus on the series rather than the specific book. The appeal of wrestling is also described but the story does not make it apparent which wrestlers the animals represent for audiences not familiar with professional entertainment wrestling.
Draw of Story
The concept is fun in that animals are pitted against one another and their fighting methods mimic their survival skills.
Possible Drawbacks
The characters are not able to have time to develop beyond flat identifying traits and the fight's message is not apparent nor is the tournament's purpose. Adding more character depth and stakes will help increase emotional investment.
Use of Special Effects
THE STORY RELIES A LITTLE BIT ON SPECIAL EFFECTS
Primary Hook of Story
The hook is that a wolf is wrestling a hippo in a animal wrestling tournament.
Fanbase Potential
With more development to the plot, characters and thematic messages, this does have the potential to be marketable as wrestling indeed is a bit of an untapped markets but appeals to families.
Awards Potential
This is unlikely to have awards potential as a children's film unless the themes are developed for a longer animated feature and the characters are made more dynamic.
Envisioned Budget
LARGE BUDGET
Similar Films/TV Series
SING, NACHO LIBRE, ZOOTOPIA, THE FOX AND THE HOUND, THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS, OVER THE HEDGE, AIRBUD
What’s New About the Story
The originality of the story is that it uses the animated animals as a metaphor for humanity to cover a different genre of sports rather than competition or child friendly social issues.
Lead Characters
Fang is stealthy, cunning and swift. Hillbilly is confident, loud and large. Smells is fair and professional.
Uniqueness of Story
This is a fun concept but the series either needs to be expended by story or combined within a single wrestling tournament to make the themes more apparent the characters feel more developed within a cohesive plot.
Possible Formats
Film: Streaming, Indie, Studio
Analyst Recommendation
WORK IN PROGRESS
Justification
While the story has many positive points, it has room for improvement (see possible paths below). If you can't change the story at this point, my suggestion is using your notes as a guide to highlight the best aspects of it when taking the next steps, either putting a pitch page together, a treatment, or a presentation.
Tips for Improvement
Condensing the structure of all the different fights into a single narrative might help the ensemble cast to have more development in their cohesive goal. The story may also slow down its pacing to allow more character development before and during the fights to show inner conflict transformations in order to apply purpose to the objective of winning the wrestling matches.