Frozen Fever (2015)

On Anna's birthday, Elsa and Kristoff are determined to give her the best celebration ever, but Elsa's icy powers may put more than just the party at risk.

Directors:

Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Writers:

Chris Buck (story by), Jennifer Lee (story by)

Stars:

Kristen Bell, Idina Menzel, Jonathan Groff

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kristen Bell	...	Anna (voice)
Idina Menzel	...	Elsa (voice)
Jonathan Groff	...	Kristoff (voice)
Josh Gad	...	Olaf (voice)
Santino Fontana	...	Hans (voice)
Chris Williams	...	Oaken (voice)
Paul Briggs	...	Marshmallow (voice)

Storyline

It's Anna's birthday and Elsa plans to throw her the perfect surprise party with the help of Kristoff and Olaf. However, after planning the huge party and as Anna is being led on a "party treasure hunt," Elsa finds that she has caught a cold. She starts sneezing and produces a group of small, cute snow people, much like Olaf, with each sneeze. After some near-misses, a very exhausted Elsa finally makes it with Anna to the courtyard where the party has been arranged. It is a big hit, and at last Anna manages to convince Elsa into letting her to lead her to bed and take care of her. Meanwhile, Olaf has taken the tiny snow creatures under his wing and takes them to Elsa's ice castle with the help of Kristoff.

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Plot Keywords:

surprise party | sneezing | disney princess | disney animated cgi musical film | disney animated musical universe | 

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Genres:

Animation | Short | Adventure | Comedy | Family | Fantasy | Musical

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 March 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Frostfeber

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

8 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos Datasat (uncredited) SDDS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.24 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the first Frozen short to be rated G by the MPAA, unlike the Frozen film which was rated PG.

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Goofs

In the first scene Sven is standing with four buckets (full of paint) hanging from his antlers. We see Elsa scolding Olaf for eating the cake for a few seconds, and then cut back to Sven: now the buckets have disappeared. It would be logical for Sven to have put them down at this point since Kristoff had just finished painting, but the buckets are nowhere to be seen on the ground or the tables, and Sven and Kristoff were standing too far from the entrance of the castle for either of them to have brought the buckets back inside in that short a time-frame.

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Quotes

[at Elsa's ice palace where Marshmallow the giant snowman lives, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf visit, bringing with them the Snowgies]
Olaf: [escorting the Snowgies in] This way, Sludge and Slush and Slide and Ansel and Flake and Fridge and Flurry and Powder and Crystal and Squalor and Patch and Sphere and William...
Kristoff: [to a perplexed Marshmallow] Don't ask.
[Marshmallow grunts in confusion]

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Crazy Credits

During the Disney logo shown at the end, the shooting star that typically flies over the castle is replaced with a snowbie that jumps over the castle, and if you listen carefully you can hear soft chimes playing the tune of "Do You Want To Build A Snowman?", from the movie.

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Connections

Referenced in Most Craved: How to Save Spider-Man, Disney's New "Frozen" Short + Star Wars Standalone (2015)

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Soundtracks

Happy Birthday to You
Written by Mildred J. Hill and Patty S. Hill

User Reviews

Beloved characters in their best form

Preceding "Cinderella" in its theatrical release is "Frozen Fever," a short film revolving around the characters from the hit Disney film "Frozen." The short involves Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and her friends Hans, Sven the moose, and Olaf the snowman (Josh Gad) preparing a surprise party for her younger sister Anna (Kristen Bell). Elsa, however, has a cold, where every sneeze produces several tiny little snowmen, sort of resembling Olaf, but she persists on, taking her sister through all of the little decorative zones she has set up for her before taking her to the final party. The short reinforces my believe that the "Frozen" characters are best in small doses, and I only wish now that instead of the "Frozen 2" we all knew was coming, we'd see these characters populate several, extremely fun shorts like this.