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This is the story of a little penguin named Mumble who has a terrible
singing voice and later discovers he has no Heartsong. However, Mumble
has an astute talent for something that none of the penguins had ever
seen before: tap dancing. Though Mumble's mom, Norma Jean, thinks this
little habit is cute, his dad, Memphis, says it "just ain't penguin."
Besides, they both know that, without a Heartsong, Mumble may never
find true love. As fate would have it, his one friend, Gloria, happens
to be the best singer around. Mumble and Gloria have a connection from
the moment they hatch, but she struggles with his strange "hippity-
hoppity" ways. Mumble is just too different--especially for Noah the
Elder, the stern leader of Emperor Land, who ultimately casts him out
of the community. Away from home for the first time, Mumble meets a
posse of decidedly un-Emperor-like penguins--the Adelie Amigos. Led by
Ramon, the Adelies instantly embrace Mumble's cool dance moves and
invite him to party with them. In Adelie Land, Mumble seeks the counsel
of Lovelace the Guru, a crazy-feathered Rockhopper penguin who will
answer any of life's questions for the price of a pebble. Together with
Lovelace and the Amigos, Mumble sets out across vast landscapes and,
after some epic encounters, proves that by being true to yourself, you
can make all the difference in the world.
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