The Tale of Despereaux English Movie

The eponymous hero of the story is Despereaux, a tiny, sickly mouse with huge ears. He is born with his eyes open and, unlike his fellow mice, he is unafraid of carving knives and cats. As such, he is unpopular and shunned by many of those around him.

Despereaux lives in desperate times. A rat named Chiaroscuro ("Roscuro" for short), entranced by the light of a match, explores the castle's upstairs. While there, he accidentally falls into the queen's soup tureen, startling her and causing her to have a fatal heart attack. The grief-stricken king outlaws soup, and orders all rats to return to the darkness. This angers Roscuro, who would like nothing more than to live above ground in the light; he vows revenge on the king and his castle.

Despite the mouse community's general mistrust of humans, Despereaux falls in love with a princess named Pea. Despereaux's interaction with a human thoroughly outrages the mouse community and he is sent to the dungeon, which is filled with rats. He meets the jailer, Gregory, who offers to save him in exchange for being told a story.

Meanwhile, a servant girl, Miggery Sow ("Mig" for short), sees Princess Pea riding by on horseback. This gives Mig hope. Mig has ended up at the palace after being traded into bondage by her father in exchange for a hen, a handful of cigars, and a blood red tablecloth. Mig is set to work in the castle dungeons, where she meets Roscuro. She tells him that her greatest wish is to become a princess. Roscuro manipulates Mig into kidnapping Princess Pea, so that she will remain in the dark forever. The rats capture Princess Pea, and in attempting to save her, Despereaux has his tail chopped off.

Determined to rescue his beloved princess, Despereaux goes to the Threadmaster, who gives him a spool of thread to lead him back into the dungeons. But, when Despereaux loses the spool of thread in the darkness he meets Botticelli. Then the rat Botticelli promises to lead Despereaux to the princess. Despereaux saves the princess and Roscuro's tail is cut off. Despereaux and Pea remain close friends.