Responsibility (3 Sep. 1996)

Annie agrees to put her brand-new bike to good use by delivering cakes from her mom's bakery, but can't resist Zach's offer to race - and is angry with him when her bike crashes and the ... See full summary »

Director:

Joanna Romersa

Writers:

William J. Bennett (book), Bruce D. Johnson (creator),

Stars:

Jim Cummings, Tim Curry, John Forsythe

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Jim Cummings	...	Ari / Alfred the Great (voice)
Tim Curry	...	King Minos (voice)
John Forsythe	...	Daedalus (voice)
Nancy Linari	...	Woodcutter's Wife (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Plato (voice) (as Kevin M. Richardson)
Julian Sands	...	Henry (voice)
Pamela Adlon	...	Zach Nichols (voice) (as Pamela Segall)
Carolyn Seymour	...	Emma (voice)
Charles Shaughnessy	...	Charles (voice)
Kath Soucie	...	Annie Redfeather / Aurora (voice)
Frank Welker	...	Sock / Minotaur (voice)
Elijah Wood	...	Icarus (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Brad Boyer	...	(redubbed version) (voice)
Joe Murray	...	Plato / Sock / Ari (redubbed version) (voice)
Chuck Powers	...	(redubbed version) (voice)

Storyline

Annie agrees to put her brand-new bike to good use by delivering cakes from her mom's bakery, but can't resist Zach's offer to race - and is angry with him when her bike crashes and the food is ruined. Plato and Aurora try to convince her that responsibility is always handy to keep around as shown in "Icarus and Dedalus" where a boy had too little responsibility to obey his father and paid for it, or the legend "King Alfred and the Cakes" where even a renowned ruler was forced to admit he neglected his simple duty. Ari tells "The Chest of Broken Glass", where a mother reminds her family what rewards responsibility versus irresponsibility bring and how much can be owed to those in a family. Even the poem "If You Were" sums up what responsibility everyone has to humanity to make the world better.

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Plot Keywords:

responsibility | cake | chest | bakery | glass | 

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Genres:

Animation | Family | Fantasy

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Details

Release Date:

3 September 1996 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

PorchLight Entertainment

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Plato gives Annie a hand standing, there is no wire draped over his side shoulder, but when Sock comes over, it is there and he removes it.

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Quotes

Plato: [after he reads The Chest of Broken Glass] Beautifully told, Ari.
Sock: [crying] Yeah. Not bad for a prairie-dog.

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Soundtracks

"Responsibility"
Music and Lyrics by J.A.C. Redford and Marcus Hummon
Performed by Oren Waters, Julia Waters, Maxine Waters Willard (as Maxine Waters), and Bobbi Page

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