New Mushroomton is the fantasy city in the 2020 Disney•Pixar animated feature film, Onward. It is home to many fantasy magical creatures including elves, trolls, centaurs, satyrs, dragons, unicorns, mermaids, fairies, goblins, gnomes, cyclopes, minotaurs, and talking trees.
Background[]
Long ago, New Mushroomton was established in the Third Age.[1] Itwas once home to a land of mythical creatures where magic still existed. Throughout time, magic slowly became scarce across the world with modern conveniences. In the world where modern society arrives, mythical creatures live in areas with modern conveniences, such as buildings, schools, parks, electronics, etc. Ever since modern technology rose across New Mushroomton, magic was slowly dying across it. New Mushroomton borders Path of Peril and Knolling Hills according to the map.
When Ian and Barley brought magic back to the land of mythical creatures, New Mushroomton started changing with magic back in the mythical world.
Locations[]
Major[]
- Burger Shire - A fast food restaurant. It is where Ian met Wilden Lightfoot's classmate Gaxton who went to Willowdale College with him before he died.
- Manticore's Tavern - The tavern run by Corey the Manticore.
- Mushroom neighborhood - A suburban neighborhood where all the houses resemble mushrooms.
- Lightfoot House - The house where the Lightfoot family lives. Like all the households, the house has red mushroom tops for roofs. It is located on 313 Pennybun Lane.[1]
- New Mushroomton High School - The high school Ian goes to. Next to it is a nearby park where an ancient fountain lives.
- New Mushroomton Park - A location where a historic fountain containing the Phoenix Gem is at, about to be torn down by construction to which Barley Lightfoot attempts to stop it from being torn down, much to the construction workers' chagrin. It is located directly across from the front of the high school. It can be reached by the Road of Ruin. After the events of the movie, the fountain was declared a historic landmark.[2]
- The Labyrinth Mall - A mall that was once an actual labyrinth, at the center of which was a minotaur. It is now a normal mall, and at its center is a children's play area with a minotaur statue, underneath which is an entrance to an underground chamber containing Chantar's Talon, a magical object said to bring endless prosperity to its owner. The Lightfoots entered the chamber and defeated a giant spider that guarded the talon. A minotaur works here as a security guard.[3]
Minor[]
- Arcade - The full name of the arcade includes the owner's name, but it is illegible. Located near Donut Manor.
- Coast/Ocean - New Mushroomton is a coastal town situated directly next to an ocean to its West. The high school and park are very close to cliffs overlooking the ocean, and elsewhere in town there is likely a beach.
- Journey Mart - A market, at which a talking tree known as the Whispering Elm works and hands out flyers. The Lightfoots got directions from Elm and another talking tree, Willow, to the Labyrinth Mall in their quest for Chantar's Talon.[3]
- Lake - Seen on both Corey's real map of the Western Realm and the children's menu map from her tavern. It is unnamed, but located near the top of the city. It has a river that runs out of the city, through the mountains of the Knolling Hills, through the Brave Wilderness and just next to Loch Lake to the North, and into the ocean to the West.
- New Mushroomton Water Tower - A water tower whose roof is red with white spots, resembling a mushroom cap.
- Pharmacy - Located near The Tipsy Troll and Donut Manor.
- Restaurants
- Burger Shire - A fast food restaurant. It is where Ian met Wilden Lightfoot's classmate Gaxton who went to Willowdale College with him before he died.
- Fry Fortress - A fast food restaurant located across from the pharmacy. Colt Bronco ordered food here while on the phone with Laurel when she arrived at the Manticore's Tavern.
- Donut shops
- Donut Dungeon - Located directly next to Mr. Donuts
- Donut Manor: Coffee & Pastries
- Mr. Donuts - Located directly next to Donut Dungeon.
- Mystic Donuts - Located at the end of a line of businesses, directly next to Master Froyo.
- Master Froyo - A chain restaurant with two locations. One is located in a line of businesses, between Sir Snipz A Lot and Mystic Donuts. Another is in another line, directly next to Donut Dungeon.
- Sword and the Scone - Located at the start of a line of businesses, directly next to Sir Snipz A Lot.
- The Tipsy Troll Lounge - A kind of bar that serves alcoholic beverages. Located near the pharmacy and Donut Manor.
- Road of Ruin - A road that leads to New Mushroomton Park.
- Sir Snipz A Lot - A hair and fur salon located in a line of businesses, between Sword and the Scone and Master Froyo. Its phone number is 555-0134.
- Various other locations - Numerous areas in New Mushroomton are used to make it fit the fantasy world in a modern society format. These areas include restaurants, retail stores, schools, etc.
Known Citizens[]
Races[]
Individuals[]
- Brushthorn family (elves)
- Sadalia's father
- Sadalia's mother
- Sadalia's older sister
- Corey the Manticore
- Darmot (male elf, Burger Shire sign-twirler and Manticore's Tavern mascot)[4]
- Gooleg (male bog beast)[4]
- Kramm (male troll)[4]
- Lightfoot family
- Barley Lightfoot
- Laurel Lightfoot
- Wilden Lightfoot (deceased)
- New Mushroomton High School staff and students
- Police force
- Rosehammer family (trolls)
- Shrub Rosehammer (male troll)
- Rose Rosehammer (Shrub's sister, female troll)
- Talking trees[3]
- Wardus (male gnome)[5]
- Yaldina (female cyclops)[5]
Role in the film[]
New Mushroomton is introduced as the film's primary setting where the elf brothers Ian and Barley are introduced. When Ian starts a new life, he writes a checklist of what to do ever since his father passed away after a good conversation with Gaxton. Ian's life at school was not successful since he couldn't concentrate in driving properly and his conversation with his fellow colleagues was interrupted with Barley taking him back home. When Laurel gives Ian a birthday present, Ian practices uses a Visitation Spell to revive his late father. However, due to Barley's interruption, the two gaze upon their father's half-completed form. The two plan to go to the Manticore's Tavern via Quests of Yore to begin their adventure just as the brothers leave New Mushroomton to get there via van Guinevere, followed by Laurel catching up.
Ian and Barley manage to survive a dangerous gauntlet at Raven's Point in an attempt to find the Phoenix Gem only to find out that they are at New Mushroomton again. The elf brothers argue that they went on a quest and found nothing just as Ian spends his last moments with his father while Barley uses one of the flower-shaped pieces from one the raven statues to insert it on the fountain he tried to stop from being torn down by a construction site. Finally finding the Phoenix Gem, a dangerous curse is unleashed to summon an artificial dragon that prepares to go after the thief who stole the gem. During battle, Laurel and Corey manage to fight against the Curse Dragon in an attempt for Ian to finish reviving his father. Fortunately, Ian manages to destroy the dragon sculpture, breaking the curse once and for all with Wilden Lightfoot being restored completely just before he passes away again.
With magic brought back to the land of mythical creatures, everything in New Mushroomton started changing thanks to Ian and Barley's plan to bring magic back. After the Phoenix Gem was found, the fountain it was kept in was declared a historic landmark.[2]
Trivia[]
- During the scene where Ian and Barley are leaving New Mushroomton, a Pizza Planet Truck can be seen during the part where the brothers leave the border to get to the Manticore's Tavern.
- One of the restaurants featured in city is called "Pizza Realm", the medieval equivalent to "Pizza Planet". This name change is to match the film's suburban fantasy theme.
- Fitting the film's suburban fantasy aesthetic, New Mushroomton's architecture is a blend of realistic and fantastical:
- The houses in the Lightfoots' neighborhood are, fitting the city's name, shaped like mushrooms. The houses themselves are short and cylindrical, with walls that gently slope diagonally rather than perfectly straight, and the roofs are designed to resemble mushroom caps.
- Similar, the top of the nearby town water tower is red with white spots, resembling mushroom species like Amanita muscaria.
- Many non-residential buildings in the cities, primarily those more than a few stories tall, feature castle aesthetics such as turrets, spires, towers, and battlements on their rooftops.
- The houses in the Lightfoots' neighborhood are, fitting the city's name, shaped like mushrooms. The houses themselves are short and cylindrical, with walls that gently slope diagonally rather than perfectly straight, and the roofs are designed to resemble mushroom caps.
- New Mushroomton is a coastal town located next to an ocean on its West. Its name is shown on the chalkboard in Ian's Geography class, but it is illegible. Although the high school and park are close to cliffs, there may still be a beach in the city based on one of the photographs of Wilden on Ian's cork board.
- After the events of the movie, New Mushroomton declared the park's fountain a historic landmark. There was a scrapped scene of Barley yelling at construction workers because the plaque declaring it such was too small, followed by him chaining himself to the fountain until it was given a bigger plaque while Ian watched, smiling.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Quests of Yore (Ian Lightfoot's provisional driver's license)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://twitter.com/MrDanScanlon/status/1246532766570708992
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Disney*Pixar Storybook Collection (Mighty Mom, by Courtney Carbone)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Onward: The Search for the Phoenix Gem: An In-Questigation (by Steve Behling)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Quests of Yore
