I am known as... the magical Spring Sprite; A Dryad-like creature from Greek Mythology... The legendary spirit... and beautiful young girl... of Nature... beauty... love... life... renewal... and rebirth. But most people also call me "Mother Nature".
—Spring Sprite in her water form, introducing herself to the Elk.
The Spring Sprite is a legendary green female spirit, and magically beautiful young girl who can make everything grow in the forest. She appeared in Fantasia 2000 segment, "The Firebird suite" or L'oiseau de feu sequence, inspired by the 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens as the main protagonist.
You have brought me to eternal life... from my peaceful rest.. my savior. I am ever so much thankful of you.
—A grateful Spring Sprite, in her water form, to the Elk.
The Spring Sprite is a benevolent force of life and creation. She loves the forest and its creatures, and is happy to bring spring every year. When she was awakened by her friend, the Elk, she felt very grateful of him as he gave him a embracing hug. As a force of creation, she has a creative and artistic side, seen when she forms a flower, has a second thought, and then turns it into a dazzling sight, and revitalizes a barren tree with gorgeous blossoms.
The Sprite displayed a distinct sense of curiosity, as she was puzzled as to why she could not make flora grow on a mountainside, and studied, only to unintentionally unleash her polar opposite, the Firebird, a living primal force of destruction, and horrified by the destruction that followed.
Once the disaster ceased, she was crippled with grief at the loss of so much life, and guilt-ridden for causing it by awakening the Firebird. The Elk, however was able to cheer her up and give her hope when she saw her tears began to heal the land, and rejoiced when she was able to restore the forest.
All in all, the Spring Sprite is truly a loving being of creation and life, and found strength and hope in realizing that no matter how much is lost to Destruction, Creation is limitless, as is the constant renewal of Life.
Physical appearance[]
[giggle] Yes... I am beautiful. Because as a magical spirit, I look and feel that way.
—Spring Sprite, in her water form, to the Elk.
Formerly as a regular human being, the Spring Sprite, is a British-American young woman with white skin, brown flowing down her back, all the way to the ground, with a red flower on the left edge of her head. Like Tarzan, she wears a loincloth in the color green, with a green-colored broth on her breasts. And unlike her nature spirit self, she later wore a magical, and beautiful ball gown in green color.
As a nature spirit, the Sprite is an attractive young woman-like creature. In her most common form, she has light green skin and long bushy hair, that flows down her back to the ground, of the same color. Her eyes have the color that stands between yellow and light orange, and above them are thick black eyebrows. She is slender. Sometimes, between her hips and arms is a kind of curtain made of leather, that she uses to make flight easier, but she can remove it if she want. Her size varies, but she usually the size of a young girl. Considering she is a nature spirit, she has no clothing and walks around naked.
Depending on her surroundings, she can take on various forms and colors; in water form, she is blue, in ice form, she is brighter blue, in rain form, she is light blue, in nature form, which is her most commonly used form, she is green, in the end of the sequence, she is yellowish green; even brighter, and in ash form, she is dark gray. When in ash form, if smoke is around, she is light brown, and when fire is around, she is blood red, after the forest was burnt and destroyed, she is cool gray.
Powers and Abilities[]
Oh... such beautifully... unlimited... magic. What a magical sight.
—Spring Sprite in her rain shower form, casting thunderstorms with heavy rain
The sprite's tears healing the forest by magic
The Spring Sprite has all sorts of abilities all mammals and human beings can do. For examples, when in the water, she can swim just like fish and mermaids. When in the air, she can fly afloat just like birds. Like human beings, she can walk and run. Like squirrels, she can climb up walls and trees. However, she has different abilities of magic. While spreading her curtain connected to her arms and hips, she can make layers of flora and grass grow. She can grow plants like flowers, trees, and lots of others. Depending on her surroundings she changes colors. Her tears can heal the the forest that was burned to ashes. Having to restore the forest, she makes huge showers of rain from her curtain. And she can communicate with insects. Huge and long twigs of leaves can mostly grow on her hair.
Weaknesses[]
Fire: Like other humans, the sprite fears fire, magma and lava, and would flee from the Firebird.
History[]
Early Life[]
Elk: You don't seem like you're from this forest. Spring Sprite: That might be where I'm from and where I live. Elk: Is that so? Spring Sprite: Mmhmm. My earliest memory from a thousand centuries ago is arriving.
—Spring Sprite (in her water form) about to tell her backstory to the Elk.
Before the ballet of Igor Stravinsky, the Firebird Suite segment of Fantasia 2000 began, her backstory took place a thousand centuries and twenty-five ago, in the same forest, before Mount St. Helens rose. She was born at the start of spring, the fourth human girl, out of four children (1st girl born in summer, 2nd born in fall, and 3rd born in winter), when her mother died in childbirth, and after her father died in the hands of a grizzly bear, before the bear was shot to death at the man's hands himself, having to be caught on bear traps. The girls however, was so lucky, lots of the forest's animals and insects found them. They, along with Mother Earth, and her husband, Aquarius decided to raise the girls in the forest like one of their own. The girl's nursery, the Sky took her and her sisters to seperate empty thickets where no deer lived in, and put a sleeping spell on each of them, that would keep her aging every year. The girl slept and grew up for twenty-five years, until the spell was broken, one by one in each season, just at the very start of springtime. Her three sisters, all became nature spirits who would their own seasons to life after the centuries would pass (1st girl for summer, 2nd for fall, and 3rd for winter). She may have been naked the whole time, but Mother Gaia created her a green loincloth and green broth, perfect for the girl to wear on the first half of the springtime (similar to what Tarzan, and his wife, Jane Porter both wore in the finale of Disney's Tarzan), then a big blueish-green ball gown on the second half. Through the season, the girl treated every insect and animal with care, even frindly misquiotes, and spiders, including a humanzied spider, Charlotte (from Charlotte's web), didn't even hurt her; they nible on her limbs a bit, which kinda tickles her.
On the day after the start of spring, the girl was just about to be attacked by a hungry gray wolf, when a young adult boy, stabbed the wolf in the body with a sword, having mastered swordsmanship, saving the girl's life. They eventually both fell madly in deep, and desperate love, because the boy was born human who grew up after thirty years under a sleeping spell, without his mother and father, and will soon become a nature spirit in the autumn, the "Autumn Sprite". While they were looking into each other's romance hearted eyes, they both came too close, and they bumped into a hug, and a kiss with each other. And sometime, when they both meet each other again, as nature spirits of their seperate seasons, they would eventually be married and have a newborn child or more.
At the very end of spring, just before the next summertime, that evening, the girl found a sign and read "Follow the trail under nature hypnosis to the moment you'll make yourself a nature spirit. Only a mammal will awaken you after thousands of centuries." which was written by her nursery, and the girl remembered that time her adoptive mother told her husband the nursery, that on the day after twenty five years, at the end of spring, she'll become a nature spirit of spring. A glowing yellow spiritual orb was obsorbed the girl's head and brain, and hypnotized her; her black eyelids in the center of her eyes turned yellow; the same color as her eyes. And she finally believed that her dream to become a nature spirit is about to come true, as she walked through the forest on the trail all the way to a dead hollowed tree standing on the other side of a huge lagoon. She walked on the water, entered a cave, and kept walking until it got extremely dark and quiet in there.
The girl was given to a glass cup with a liquid potion by her witch-godmother; a wise, and kind old witch-like hag (similar to Queen Grimhilde's disguise, but a real witch hag) to transform her mortality into more beautiful dormant immortality; change her mortal raiment to a nature spirit's camaflouge of color change, with the following ingredients in a recipe: "Rainbow Dust", to color her entire self into one full color, and change her colors (Blue for water, green for nature, gray for ash, brown for smoke, orange/red for fire) a "Giant Eagle's wings", to gain a leather curtain with elasticity, connected to her hips and arms, some "Justin Beaver's Beauty" to grow her hair stretching it to the ground, making it wavy and bushy, a "Ghost call of the Force", to make her voice reverbant with quick, but calm and quiet echoes, the "Love of Spring" to melt snow, and make grass grow with the power from her curtain, and lastly, a "Sleeping Beauty's Sigh" to be awoke from being sealed away, and to be revived from being burned to ashes. Before the witch gave the potion, she combined its ingredients with a blast of wind, to fan her care, and a thunderbolt, to mix it well. Just after the girl drank the entire potion, and after the witch took the cup back from her, the girl's eyes slowly closed completely, unable to move, or reopen her eyes, and felt a glimmer of yellow light underneath the water where she was standing. Waves of water surrounded the girl with magical magic, while she facepalmed, and slowly spun around, transforming her, dissapearing and disolving into the water (similar to how Princess Odette was turned into a swan), becoming a nature spirit, and sealing her fate forever inside the tree. During her transformation, the witch told the girl, she will make a wonderful nature spirit and said "You shall be called the 'Spring Sprite'", and the girl moaned "Oh, my dear old witch-godmother... thank you... so much! My dream has finally come true...!" Just as her transformation was complete, and after disappearing and disolving into the water with a massive splash, her sealed fate was revealed that the sprite was again under a sleeping spell that would make her sleep forever, imprisoned in an itty bitty living space inside the Hollow tree (not inside a soiled oil lamp, a bottle, a ring, a vase, or a treasure chest, any genie resides), and the Witch assured the sprite will rest well in eternal peace, before disappearing with a cackle.
A thousand centuries have passed, as the Firebird Suite segment was about to begin concluding Fantasia 2000; the elk the Sprite hoped for is on his way to find, awaken, and rescue her. The spirit of her 25 year old mortal self, eventually, remains in the heavens high in the skies.
Role in the Firebird suite segment of Fantasia 2000[]
The Sprite first appears in the sequence where snowmelt drips down in a hidden pool. In the form of a Water Sprite, she merges from the pool to meet the Elk and he leads her out of the hidden alcove and she gets to work, her body turning green and melting the snow away for the coming of the Spring season, covering the forest in fresh foliage. Going up a nearby mountain though, her abilities aren't following her up the slope. Curious as to what's going on, she looks inside the massive crater of the mountain at a small volcanic stone. Touching the stone, it awakens the Firebird, who rises from the ash, smoke and magma to attack the Sprite and destroy the forest. Running for dear life from the flames and lava flows, the Firebird eventually chases her up a tree where the monster rises up for one final attack. Cutting to the aftermath where the landscape has turned grey and ash-covered, the Elk finds a burnt out and grey Sprite, in Ash form. The Elk helps her up and gives her a ride on his antlers as the Sprite cries from the destruction she unleashed. Soon she realizes her tears are healing the land and takes back to the sky in a Rain form, bringing a healing shower down upon the valley. Continuing her work, she bring the plant life back to the forest, restoring the trees and finally covering the volcano in a fresh layer of grass, her confidence fully restored. She then later, magically disappeared in a flash, after bursting out a joyous laughter.
Role after the segment[]
At some point before the spring sprite was reunited with her boyfriend, she was zapped by a sealing spell imprisoning her in a huge water crystal ball where the autumn sprite, that disolved into water, rests, along with the girl herself. It turns out it was wicked wizard who obtained the crystal ball to imnprison the two sprites, and disolve them into water. The Elk however, sensed the sprite's distress calls and raced to the rescue. He was quick, agile, fast, and unstopable at avoiding the wizard's attacks. The struggle wasn't long when a young Tarzan appeared, and stabbed the wizard on the chest, throwing a stick with a sharp edged knife on the top edge of it. with his powers gone, the wizard vanished without a trace. Tarzan, then travelled back to his own time in the jungle in africa, before the elk set the sprite free. The Spring Sprite is in luck, she was reunited with the Autumn sprite, and finally married. After two and a half months of pregnancy, the spring sprite gave birth to her daughter, chara, and apprentice "Blossom".
Disney Parks[]
Disneyland Resort[]
The Spring Sprite has a role in the World of Color show at Disney California Adventure where she begins the "Colors of Earth" sequence, where she drops into the lagoon, begins creating flowers before eventually creating an entire forest that leads into a sequence based on "Just Around The Riverbend" and appears as part of the character curtain call at the finale.
Tokyo Disney Resort[]
The Spring Sprite also appears in the Tokyo Disneyland parade "Jubilation!" as part of the Forest Friends float.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Mother Earth and Aquarius[]
Mother Earth and Aquarius are the immortal adoptive subjects the sprite and her sisters cared for when they raised her in the forest.
Sky[]
The sky is the sprite's nusery, who would ensure she would become a nature spirit herself.
Summer, Fall, and Winter Sprites[]
At first, before the girl became the spring sprite, she never knew her sisters, but she has been dreaming about getting along with them, during their age-continuing sleep for 25 years. Just after becoming a nature spirit, having being sealed away during her transformation, she finally saw, and got to remember, and recognize her sisters as nature spirits of their own seasons; summer, fall, and autumn. For ten thousand centuries, until their awakenings, the spirit girls of their seasons are the four sisters who would always care for each other.
Her Witch Godmother[]
Her witch godmohter in the form of Snow White's stepmother's, disguise, was a wise and kind old hag, and was the only one who had to fulfill the Spring Sprite's dream to become a nature spirit herself, when she was human.
Romance[]
Autumn Sprite[]
The handesome Autumn Sprite, was once the Spring Sprite's boyfriend when they first met and fell in love as humans, after the boy saved the girl from a hungry wolf. They later were finally married as nature spirits, just by the time the elk rescued and awakened them again, from an wicked wizard. They would date, dance with each other, and work together on bringing the girl's season of spring to life. When the Spring Sprite became pregnant, it means she, and her husband will give birth to a new child, and it turns out, it was a girl, who they called her "Blossom". However, her prgnancy didn't last 9 months before her daughter's birth, that magic was gained inside her to give birth to the child after 2 months and a half, giving her birth faster.
Children[]
Blossom[]
The Spring Sprite's chara, daughter, and apprentice, "Blossom" is the child she and the Autumn Sprite, gave birth to and would care for, like the child herself cared for her parents forever. She would carry her child clutched tight to her breasts, while bringing the time of spring to life.
Friends[]
The Elk[]
You have meant so much of everything to me... and now it is my time to return the favor. I care not what happens to my home... But I shall be happy for you to support me.
—The Spring Sprite in her water form to the Elk.
As the sprite's master, This Elk is the only one who can seem to awaken her from slumber after the winter has come to an end. A loyal and best friend, and mentor, this creature accompanies and protects the sprite as much as he can. Guiding her to the trees that need her attention the most.
Forest Insects[]
Why hello... my little friends.
—The Spring Sprite with long twigs of leafs insects on her hair.
Like the Disney princesses with animal kindness, the Sprite always cares about her insect and animal friends who can help her through tough times, since they raised her in the forest like one of their own, while she brings the life of spring to the forest. She communicates with butterflies, dragonflies, mantises, honey bees, bumblebees, ladybugs, beetles, and every other forest creature she likes. She also helps newborn insects transform faster, like from caterpillars to beautiful butterflies, ladybirds to pretty ladybugs, naiads to dragonflies, and dozens of other insects.
Charlotte A. Cavatica[]
The humanized Charlotte has been the Sprite's best, and closest spider friend before she became a nature spirit. The Charlotte everyone else remembers is different than the real spider, because this Charlotte was an ageless humanized spider, and lived forever, after her magical humanized transformation, being revived from the dead, and she has the capability to change sizefrom normal human size to her spider size. Since the sprite in her mortal state first met Charlotte, the spider knew and hoped that the girl would soon be a nature spirit of spring. When shrunken in her spider size, Charlotte would nible on her limbs a bit, which kinda tickles the Sprite. Charlotte would even remain on one of the sprite's shoulder, as her partner. While tha sprite was in her mortal human state, and while Charlotte is in human size, the spider girl would create a massive web for each of them to rest on for the night. Charlotte as a matter of fact waited for a thousand centuries for a mammal to find and wake up the Spring Sprite, until it was a happy elk who came.
Enemies[]
The Firebird[]
While not exactly an enemy of the sprite, she is fearful of coming near him again after what happened. Knowing very well that he's able to destroy her home in a heartbeat. Closer than the outer wall of the mountain she won't go because of that. Afraid she would disturb him again and events will repeat themselves.
Quotes[]
Before the Main Events[]
(moans, and then yawns, while stretching) A lovely nap, before waking up after twenty-five years.
—Human Spring Sprite waking up after her 25-year sleep, breaking the sleeping spell.
(Charlotte: Goodness, I can't believe I'm revived, becoming a humanized spider, being sent back in time to over a thousand centuries, coming to see you at the age of 25. I even have powers to shrink back to my spider size, and back to human size.) Oh, Charlotte... I'm so happy you're revived being humanized. I know you were a real spider, before long ago, before passing away at the end of the story. But even spiders like you don't eat people like me, especially creatures big and small, they just nible on their limbs a bit. (giggles) It kinda tickles me when you do that, and I love it! (giggles) (Charlotte: I'm sure you like being tickled by friendly spiders. And I bet spiders nibling on Snow White's limbs a bit also tickles her.) Trust me, I remember Snow White; she ate a poisoned apple because of her wicked stepmother and lived to tell her fairy tale. She kept a cottage full of seven dwarfs orderly and on task. She even survived a haunted forest! (Charlotte: (giggles) Of course!)
—Human Spring Sprite to a humanized Charlotte A. Cavatica.
Do I hear growling? I don't think my stomach's rumbling, even because I never starve to death. If I had to guess, I'd say there must be... (Hears a wolf howl) A wolf. A hungry wolf by the sounds of growling and even howling. [spots the wolf staring at her] (gasps) Uh-oh! [runs for her life, away from the wolf)
—Human Spring Sprite before being chased by a wolf.
[her eyes changed into hearts] Oh, my goodness! (Human Autumn Sprite: [his eyes also changed into hearts] Holy beauty!) You saved my life! (Human Autumn Sprite: And I've been thinking about a beautiful girl like you, my whole life. I've been under a sleeping spell for thirty years. And someday we'll both be nature spirits, and live happily ever after.) Yes. [She and her new fiance got bumped into a kiss with each other]
—Human Spring Sprite falling in love with the Human Autumn Sprite after being saved from the wolf.
(under magical hypnosis) Wha-? What... is... happening to me?
—Human Sprite hypnotized by the yellow orb from her nursery.
Who are you? (Old Hag: As your witch godmother I may look like Snow White's stepmother's disguise, but I'm a real, wise, and kind old hag-like-witch. Your nusery told me that you will be a nature spirit of spring time. And as a matter of fact, it is happening now.) Wow, you think so? (Old Hag: Yes! I have the formula to to transform your mortality into more beautiful dormant immortality; change your mortal raiment to a nature spirit's camaflouge of color change, with the following ingredients in a recipe: "Rainbow Dust", to color your entire self into one full color, and change your colors; Blue for water, green for nature, gray for ash, brown for smoke, orange/red for fire. a "Giant Eagle's wings", to gain a leather curtain with elasticity, connected to your hips and arms, some "Justin Beaver's Beauty" to grow your hair stretching it to the ground, making it wavy and bushy, a "Ghost call of the Force", to make your voice reverbant with quick, but calm and quiet echoes, the "Love of Spring" to melt snow, and make grass grow with the power from her curtain, and lastly, a "Sleeping Beauty's Sigh" to have you awoke from being sealed away, and to have you revived from being burned to ashes. Now, I must combine them together. before I give the potion to you. A blast of wind... [Wind blows in from a window inside the cave] to fan her care! A thunderbolt... [a thunderbolt strikes the potion combining the ingredients] to mix it well! (gives the potion to the girl) Now, girlie... begin thy magic spell.) Very well, ma'am.
—Human Spring Sprite's realizing her witch godmother; an old witch-like hag is surely fulfilling her dream to become the nature spirit of spring.
[The girl feels her eyes close completely, and is unable to reopen them] I feel... strange... I can't move... nor reopen my eyes... I'm about to... transform. (She feels a glimmer of yellow light underneath the water where she was standing, and suddenly, Waves of water surrounded the girl with magical magic, while she facepalmed, and slowly spun around, transforming her] (Old Hag: You are going to make a wonderful nature spirit, my dear girlie. You shall be called... the "Spring Sprite". Enjoy your dream fulfilment.) Oh, my dear old witch godmother... (pants) thank you... so very much for this! (pants) My magical dream... (pants) has finally... (pants) co-ho-ome ttrrruuuueeee...! *POOF, SPLASH!!!* [dissapeared and disolved into the water, sealing herself away into an itty bitty living space inside the dead hallowed tree] (Old Witch: (chuckles) Sleep well, magical girlie. And rest assure, a mammal will wake you up upon the world. (disappears into a huge explosive red cloud, cackling))
—The human Spring Sprite's last mortal words as she magically transforms herself into the nature spirit she was meant to be, being sealed away back into slumber, thanks to the old witch hag.
Firebird Suite[]
[As the Elk's breath touches an icicle, the beautiful voice of a beautiful young woman's slow, calm, peaceful, and happy moaning and groaning quietly echoes from the cave] ...ohh, perfect temperature of breath, master...! The snowmelt dewdrop is falling from the icicle quickly... and once it plops into water below... it will reform into myself... rrriiiggghhhttt about nnnooowww...! [a dewdrop drops from the icicle, then plops into the water of the lagoon, while the female voice wails like a ghost, with the water unsettling, but slowly moving while forming and growing into the spirit of a colorful, magical, and beautiful young adult girl] Oh... wonderful... My slumbering seal... has finally been broken. At long last... I... am... completely... reborn... and free... having awakened... by birth... from my wonderful rest... after all these centuries. I have been waiting for this moment... all my life. (sighs) Now... I shall greet the master... who woke me up... upon the Earth... [Swims at surface out of the cave]
—Spring Sprite's first words as she was being awakened from the snowmelt dewdrop at the lagoon where the dead hallowed tree stood.
Hello there... my master... (Elk: Hello.) [hugs the Elk by the head, with a long embrace, holding onto him] You have brought me to eternal life... from my peaceful rest.. after a long time. I am ever so much thankful of you. That is why I called to you for the rescue, didn't I? (Elk: I... guess so. [Really slowly and carefully lifts her out of the alcove] (giggle) You have some tall pair of antlers. Are you an elk? (Elk: Excellent observation. I am. By the way, you can always call me "Elk", if that's okay.) Mm, hmm. I am known as... the magical Spring Sprite; A Dryad-like creature from Greek Mythology... The legendary spirit... and beautiful young girl... of Nature... beauty... Spring... love... life... renewal... and rebirth. But most people also call me "Mother Nature". As an attractive woman-like creature... I bring my beautiful season to life. It is wonderful to meet you. (Elk: Same to meet you, as ever.)
—A grateful Spring Sprite when she first greeted the Elk who awoke and resurrected her from slumber.
(Elk: My, my... You are incredibly beautiful.) (giggle) Yes... I am beautiful. Because as a magical spirit, I look and feel that way. [makes a mirror at her heights and widths appear with her magic] Just look at me. I am a magical, and ageless young adult female human being... all formed out of water... especially from the snowmelt drop... with beautiful yellow eyes... a huge leather curtain hung onto my arms and hips... allowing me to fly... and such lovely... wavy... and bushy hair flowing down my back... all the way to the ground... perfect for long twigs of leafs to grow on. But I am also quite nude, as in naked, which is because I do not wear clothing. I am a spirit of nature, that is. And that is what I am always... meant to be. (giggle) I even transform into such beautiful colors depending on my surroundings. (Elk: Very nice.) Well, I thank you for your commentary.
—Spring Sprite to the Elk about herself, when he commented on her beauty.
(Elk: You don't seem like you're from this forest.) That might be where I'm from and where I was born to live there. (Elk: Is that so?) Mmhmm. My earliest memory from a thousand centuries is arriving. (reveals a hologram of a flashback a thousand centuries and twenty-five years ago) I was the fourth girl, along with my three sisters who were also born to be nature spirits; one of summer, one of fall, and one of winter, to be born in a forest, but our mother died in childbirth and our father died at the hands of a grizzly bear, at the same time the bear died the same way. But I was so lucky, the forest's insects, along with a spirit woman, Mother Earth AKA Gaia, and her husband, Aquarius, found us. They raised us like one of their own, and someday, we would make ourselves their magical nature spirits. My nursey, Sky cast a spell that would not only put us to sleep, but also still make me age as other humans would usually age. After twenty-five years, the spell was broken, and I was wearing loincloth and a broth for the the first half of spring, and then a ballgown for the second half. I treated every animal and insect with care, even spiders, like Charlotte, and even misquiotes didn't hurt or bother me. When I was about to be attacked by a hungry wolf, a young adult boy saved me from the wolf, and we suddenly fell madly in deep and desperate love. He was actually born human and will soon be a nature spirit, too. Mostly only for autumn. He was a very romantic, and kind man. Even I was surprised the first time I met up and fell in love with him. When I see him as a nature spirit, we will be married soon. Anyway, at the end of spring I read a sign that would lead me on a trail to my fate to become a nature spirit. And suddenly, I felt hypnotized, as I started following the trail to this tree. It seems like my dream of what I was meant to be has come true; After entering the cave, I kept walking until it was very dark and quiet for a short time. Thanks to an old witch hag, who believed in me, gave me a potion that had the formula to transform my mortality into more beautiful dormant immortality; change my mortal raiment to a to a nature spirit's camaflouge of color change. I turns out thanks to the hag, I finally made myself a nature spirit. She named me the "Spring Sprite", because my dream to have that name becoming a nature spirit, has finally come true. I slept inside the tree to await the day to break my slumbering seal for ta thousand centuries, until I found out that it was you, that I hoped, Mr. Elk. (Elk: Quite a story, huh?) Indeed. (Elk: Now look, you're somehow, a beautiful woman in the form of a human-like creature. And whatever you do for springtime, humanity likes it, right?) ...yes. This could definitely work. (Elk: Anyway... Do you think you could.. proceed thru the forest and show me your magic as you bring it here for me?) [short giggle] Yes... I will do so... as long as you wish. It's my only job and career, of course. It has been such a long and beautifully cold winter. And since winter is about to come to an end... the moment I have awakened from my sealed fate... from quite an extremely long... long time... has finally arrived... and brought me joy to my magical heart and soul. Springtime is only about to be the beginning. You have meant so much of everything to me... and now it is my time to return the favor. I care not what happens to my home... But I shall be happy for you to protect and support me. So... if you would move aside... please. You shall witness me... and my magic... as I leave the lagoon... and bring the beautiful life of spring... to my forest, so you can live happily. [after a brief second, she closes her eyes] Here it goes... I shall leap out of the water from the lagoon... cover the ground with huge floras of fresh layers green grass... melt all the snow away... by bursting all into beautiful growth... and make my season of such beautiful love and springtime... come to life... and make the forest itself... enchanted... for the first time... in forever... once more.
—Spring Sprite telling her backstory to the Elk, and before she departs the lagoon to bring the life of spring to her home.
Ahh... what a magically beautiful day... (sigh)
—Spring Sprite as long twigs of leafs grows from her hair before it hides her head.
[peaks her head out from hiding in her hair full of and butterflies, dragonflies, beetles, ladybugs, and bees, and opens her eyes] Why hello... my little friends. [after a brief thirty seconds, she shakes her head off like a beautiful beauty, sending her insect friends flying around] (giggles)
—Spring Sprite meeting her insect friends.
(Charlotte: Salutations, my sweathert Spring Sprite.) (giggles) Hello, Charlotte. It has been a long time, huh? (Charlotte: I'm just happy your dream to become a nature spirit, came true, and you woke up, thanks to your elk companion.) Mmhmm. Unleashing me back upon the world is all absolutely thanks to an Elk.
—Spring Sprite's reunion with the Spider-Humanized Charlotte.
There we go. This golden flower is much better.
—Spring Sprite after rethinking for a better flower.
(Elk: This Tree seems beat up. Do you think you should do some tinkering on it, too?) You are right... Elk. This tree is very barren. Perhaps I believe it should be added with beautiful pink blossoms. That shall be perfect, too.
—Spring Sprite before adding pink blossoms to a tree.
Ka-poof!
—Spring Sprite blooming blossoms everywhere from the blossomed tree.
Oh... I love it when life at my home happens.
—Spring Sprite enjoying her time at her forest bringing her season to life.
Hmm? Strange... and curious. the grass will not follow me on the ground anymore... And why won't it? This is basically a mountain... right? Maybe... something is wrong.
—Spring Sprite noticing the grass stops growing on the bottom of the mountain, before ascending to the top of the mountain.
There is something down below inside it.
—Spring Sprite curiously investigating what's in the mountain, before descending inside the mountain and transforming colors from green to dark gray.
I do not know why the grass won't follow me up the mountain... but one little touch on that gigantic barren rock cannot hurt.
—Spring Sprite before accidentally awakening the firebird.
(gasps) Wh-what did I do?! Did I awaken something?
—Spring Sprite witnessing smoke and ash from the mountain.
EEK! Wh--wha-What is that Monster?! Gotta run!
—Spring Sprite upon her first sight of the firebird.
Oh no... He's burning everything in the forest!
—Spring Sprite before she was chased by the lava burning the forest.
I cannot believe it... My home forest burning on fire to ashes like this...!? [The Firebird appears chasing her] AAHH! Mr. Elk... Help me! I can't get away!
—Spring Sprite being chased by the firebird.
I'M TOO BEAUTIFUL TO DIIIEEE...!!!
—Spring Sprite as the Firebird makes its final attack, leading to her death.
I... beg of you... Help me...
—Spring Sprite's whisper cry after the destruction of her home forest before being resurrected.
(sob) (Elk: Lady, What happened here?) I'm... sorry. (Sob) I could not... escape. My opposite counterpart... (sniff) the Firebird... has... caused destruction... to... my forest. (sob, and sniff) Look at what it has done to the trees... (sniff, and sob) All because I awoke him, that he cause a lot of destruction... (sob) ...I am so crippled. (sniff) Ashamed. (sob) This is all my fault. I just wanted life... (sobbing) [The Elk glances around and looks at the ruined blossomed tree, then turns back to the Sprite, who looks back at him] (Elk: I have faith in you. You bring life to things once dead. You can make this new.)
—Spring Sprite crying about the destruction of her home forest, after she was resurrected from the ashes, before the Elk cheers her up.
(Elk: Lady, LOOK!) (sniff) Hmm? [witnesses plants growing from underground because of her teardrops] (relieved; gasps) My goodness... How wonderful! My tears! I feel SO much better and happier seeing life heal the forest. Oh... I feel peace... hope... and prosperity returning to all of the Earth. I thank you so much, for cheering me up. And of course, resurrecting me again... Mr. Elk. [giggles] Now... I shall make magical rain shower storms... to heal all of what's left of the forest... and I shall cover the mountain with grass... once again! Teeheeheehee, YAY...!
—Spring Sprite during her ride on the Elk, before lifting off from the Elk's antlers to make healing showers.
Oh such... beautifully... limitless... magic! What a magical sight!
—Spring Sprite showering rainy thunder storms in the sky.
BOOM!
—Spring Sprite resurrecting Trees each with a burst.
(Whistles) It is all safe... for you to come out... and worship me once again... my little insect friends! (giggling and laughing)
—Spring Sprite summoning thousands of her insect friends, like butterflies, bees, mosquitoes, dragonflies, ladybugs, and beetles.
Oh, Goodness, gracious! Everything is so BEAUTIFUL! I do not believe it! [laughing]
—Spring Sprite finishing with adding pink blossoms to the dead tree again.
(laugh) WOO! I cannot believe everything so beautiful is happening! (laugh)
—Spring Sprite restoring the deserted forest.
(laughing) YES! IT IS FINALLY WORKING SO BEAUTIFULLY! (laughing) That shall put an end to the firebird from destruction! (laughing)
—Spring Sprite finally covering the mountain with grass.
AAHHA... (Triumphantly bursting out a joyous laughter) I HAVE DONE IT...! (laugh) I have finally brought my beautiful season to such magical life...! (laugh) I feel SO happy to be free from the Firebird's reign! (laugh) I thank you ever so much once again... (laugh) for coming to me... (laugh) bringing me back to life... [laugh] and of course... guiding... (laugh) rescuing... and protecting me... (laugh) my wonderful Elk friend! (laugh) You have been rewarded magically to live happily in the forest! (laugh) ♫Goodbye for now!♫ (continuously laughing joyfully) [soars away into the sky, disappearing in a flash] (Elk: Farewell, my fair lady.) (Charlotte: Sayonara, sweatheart.)
—Spring Sprite's last triumphant words, biding the Elk goodbye, before taking off in a flash in the end of the "Firebird Suite".
After the Main Events[]
Spring & Autumn Sprites: [smooching and kissing each other on the lips, by the time they slowly appeared in reformation] Elk: Lady, who are you kissing? Another nature spirit, like a man? Autumn Sprite: [chuckles] Can you believe we're reunited and married together and forever, Spring, since we're freed?! Spring Sprite: [giggles] I'm just as so happy to see you as a spirit, my beloved! Elk: He was a man who saved you from that wolf before you two became spirits, wasn't it? I mean, falling in love with each other with a kiss on the lips as humans, and now, a kiss on the lips again, as spirits?! It's insanity! Spring Sprite: Oh, Mr. Elk, not only did you awake and rescue us from our disolved watering seal, but you also awoke our magical marriage; this the Autumn Sprite, and we are now... married! [laughs, as she embraces the Elk, with a hug] I thank you ever again, ever so much for the rescue, we thought we were done for to death! Elk: You're most welcome at anytime.
—Sprite after her freedom along with her new husband's by the Elk from the wicked wizard.
Spring Sprite: Oh, Blossom... my beautiful dear child... you've been in my belly, forming into yourself quickly for two and a half months, and now you're about to emerge from it. And it's finally my time to give birth to you. I care not what happens to me, even since I'm still an immortal spirit, but head my beautiful call. My new daughter... come out... and arrive in this forest... to me... to my beloved... to my master... to my family... to my friends... to all of us...! [moans and groans with happiness] Blossom: [emerges from her mother's belly reforming in pink color, until a beautiful "poof" showing a cute and small smile, and after a ten seconds, she opens her eyes, still smiling] Hi, mother. Spring Sprite: (giggles) Hello, Blossom. Blossom: (giggles) Why, I don't mind a name like that, now that you gave birth to me as a spirit, no problem. (giggles shortly)
—Spring Sprite as she immediatley gives birth to her new child; Blossom.
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion HD (Fan-Extended Edition)[]
Salutations... Mickey Mouse. (Mickey: Heh... Hello, Sprite.) You have awoke me from my slumbering death. I am so most wonderfully thankful. (Mickey: Heh, you're most welcome.) Quite a nice paint brush you've got. (Mickey: Why thank you. It's used to paint anything by restoring, or thinning anything to nothingness. I eventually got it from my master of sorcery, "Yen Sid".) I have never seen any tool quite like it. (Mickey: So, who put you to slumber in death, anyway?) There was this wicked witch, who did that to me. She kidnapped me, and took me to this haunted castle she built. Who exactly is that witch? (Mickey: Her name is "Mizrabel". She also kidnapped other people and toons here. But I've happened to find a safe place for you. There's a fortress down the hall, nearby. I'll make sure you'll be back in your home where you can bring the life of springtime in the other forests in no time.) I thank you so much again for the rescue, Mickey. And of course, Jiminy Cricket. (Jiminy: Anytime, lady.) If you need some special assistance from me, just come and remind me. I shall be waiting. Now, I must fly and be on my way to the fortress.
—Spring Sprite meeting Mickey Mouse, and Jiminy Cricket who rescued her from Mizrabel.
Once Upon a Studio (Fan-Extended Edition)[]
(Mickey: Heads, up ladies and gentlmen!) Sprite: [gasps] Oh my, it's been a hundred years, and now we're having a group photo, and the sun is setting! I'm so excited for that! Are you excited, Mickey?! (Mickey: Absolutely!)
—Spring Sprite emerging from her animated painting.
Come along, my little insect friends. It's time for a 100 year group photo, we're meeting in the lobby. It's time I get the other characters.
—Spring Sprite summoning her adoptive insect friends.
About the Spring Sprite[]
Charlotte: That magical girl sure loves to communicate with insects like me, and mammals like you, Mr. Elk. Elk: Yes. She's quite a special human girl-creature, since I woke her up, unleashing her back upon the world. Charlotte: She's quite special to me, as well. I never bite her, I just nible on her limbs a bit. It kinda tickles her when I do that, and she loves it. Elk: That's true about your close friendship with her.
—Charlotte and the Sprite's Elk compainion about the Spring Sprite after she magically disappeared in a flash into the sky.
Concept Art Description[]
I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores; I change, but I cannot die.
Sprite's Ghost wails as she is being awakened, and resurrected from the snowmelt drop.
Sprite's gasps.
Sprite's shrieks and screams.
Sprite's cries after the destruction of her forest.
Sprite's Sighs of breath.
Sprite's laughs and giggles.
Sprite's Whistle blows using fingers
Sprite's kisses
Heart-Shaped Bangs[]
Leather Curtain/Wing Movement[]
Water Effects/Splashes[]
Weather[]
Magic and Power Triggering[]
Movements[]
Theme[]
Igor Stravinsky's "The Firebird Suite"[]
"The Princesses' Khorovod"[]
"Lullaby"[]
"Finale"[]
Trivia[]
She is voiced by Helena Bonham Carter.
Character animation supervised by Anthony DeRosa.
Her live-action reference is provided by Sherri Stoner.
The original ending of the sequence had the Sprite taking on a Sun form and shining over the valley.
The Spring Sprite behaves in ways similar to animals by the various ways she moves. Sometimes she soars like a bird, floats like a fish or mermaid when underwater, climbs like a squirrel, and runs upright like a human, and even moves in a flowing motion akin to water.
Interestingly, the spring sprite bears an extremely vague resemblance to Miriam, Moses' sister from Dreamworks' The Prince Of Egypt and Merida from Disney / Pixar's Brave according to a few remarks.
The Sprite is similar to Ariel from The Little Mermaid (Curious about new things, not able to speak like Ariel in one point of the movie because of the sprite's british-american accent, but can also swim.), Lady Amalthea from The Last Unicorn (Naked), Chaos from Sonic Adventure (has a loving and gentle personality, and formed out of water), Mata Nui from the BIONICLE universe (born more than a thousand centuries ago), The Ultimate life form: Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic the Hedgehog franchise (ageless, since they were sealed away), Jane Porter from Tarzan, and Rapunzel from Tangled (Artistic, and creative).
Laughs, sighs, gasps, shrieks, screams, cries, and ghost wails are provided by various other actors, and actresses, including a ghostly wail voice from old Obi-Wan "Ben" Kenobi from Star Wars, Bella Hudson, the voice of Shahra from Sonic and the Secret Rings, Eveline Novakovic, the voice of Tiny Kong, and Candy Kong in Donkey Kong 64, as well as Dixie Kong in Diddy Kong Pilot, Samantha Kelly, the current voice of Princess Peach in the Super Mario franchise, and Jack Mercer, the original voice of Spooky the Tuff Little Ghost in the Famous Studios Casper the Friendly Ghost cartoons Hooky Spooky (1957), Which is Witch (1958) and Doing What's Fright (1959) would be used numerous times.
