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.
In the cold land of Antarctica, the Emperor Penguins each express their
true love with a special heartsong of their own that expresses their very
being. However, the misfit Mumble cannot sing, but instead has an
extraordinary talent to tap dance with almost magical energy and
expression. Nevertheless, the deeply conformist leadership of the colony
fearfully blames the young penguin's unorthodox ways for the lean fishing
that threatens them all. Defiant in the face of unjust rejection, Mumble
and his true friends set out to find the true cause of the famine. Through
the motley crew's trials and perils, Mumble learns many things about his
frozen world, not the least of which being that his toe tapping talent may
be what he needs to save his people.
Set deep inside the icy land of Antarctica, two emperor penguins have a
baby named Mumble. Hatched upon his feet, he has an amazing skill for
tap-dancing. However, penguins are not supposed to tap dance. Even worse,
he cannot sing. All emperor penguins are supposed to have a heart song, and
he has a try at it - with awful results. Torn apart from his mom, dad, and
best friend, Gloria, as a teenager who still has his adolescent feathers,
his ventures off into the icy landscape. He is rescued from a leopard seal
from a group of Adelie penguins, whom which the leader is Ramon. They take
Mumble to their home and discover that all of their fish is being taken
from an unknown 'alien' source. They ask Lovelace, an unwise and cocky
leader of the Adelies, to help them. Unfortunately, he proves no help.
Leading on an incredible adventure, they try to discover the threat of
their food source and survival. Using courage and bravery, Mumble begins to
teach everyone begins to learn that uniqueness isn't a burden, but is a
gift to be treasured.
