Original title
Angelina Ballerina
Released
5/4/2001
Origin country
GB
Genre
Action & Adventure, Animation, Family, Kids
Production companies
Connecticut Public Television, HiT Entertainment, Grand Slamm Children's Films
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
2
Number of episodes
39
Set in Chipping Cheddar, a place similiar to 1920s London, Angelina Ballerina features Angelina Mouseling, a bold little mouse with big dreams - she hopes to become the greatest ballerina in Mouseland.
The Cinderella Mouse Ballet is showing in the Theatre Royal, directed by Ivor Operatski, a rather strict director. Priscilla Pinkpaws gets the main part but not Angelina because she cannot sing very well. Distraught that her rival is Cinderella Mouse while she is the Wicked Stepmouse, Angelina tries to prove to Mr. Operatski that she can do it, but without success, so Angelina storms off in a fit of temper. Meanwhile, Henry is unable to withstand Mr. Operatski's angry demands. A sledging accident results in Miss Lilly's ankle broken. Ashamed of her selfishness, Angelina manages to get the show back on track, with Ivor Operatski having a change of heart. Angelina gives it her best shot as the Wicked Stepmouse, resulting in a spectacular performance.
Miss Lilly has an exciting opportunity to take Angelina and her class to the Queen Seraphina's Castle for a grand performance, with Angelina as the director and Sammy in charge of special effects. Queen Seraphina also wants Angelina to let her daughters Valentine and Sophie participate in the dance. Unfortunately, Valentine and Sophie are not talented dancers and quite demanding. Things come to a head when the princesses' and Angelina's demands become overwhelming. However, the sisters realise their mistakes and make it up to Angelina and the rest of the dance class. The show commences wonderfully with a surprise appearance of Princess Phoebe.
Miss Lilly has a wonderful surprise to take Angelina and her class to (fictional) Dacovia for Ivor Operatski's Ice Fairy Princess performance. On the five-day journey on board the Royal Stilton, Angelina sympathises for Miss Lilly's nephew Yuri being pushed around by the captain and in his love for the captain's daughter. Angelina carries out a plan to resolve this, but only gets Yuri into trouble. When a storm comes, the ship gets wedged between two very big icebergs. To make matters worse, the Pinkpaws Twins have broken the radio. The dance performance takes place on the ship instead, but Angelina eventually gets an idea that enables the ship to get back on course and gets Yuri a well-deserved appreciation from the captain. They arrive at Dacovia in time for Ivor Operatski's Ice Fairy Princess performance.
Angelina wants to be the new Sunbeam but the part goes to little Henry. Angelina must overcome jealousy and help Henry or he will lose the part.
Angelina finds a butterfly and takes it home. Henry lets it loose.
Angelina paints a picture for Miss Lilly as a Christmas present, then learns that The Pinkpaws will give Miss Lilly an expensive necklace
The mouselings vie in a treasure hunt in teams of two. But The Pinkpaws cheats on Angelina and Alice, who vow revenge.
Angelina has to look after her young cousin, Henry at the Fair.
Alice and Angelina miss their chance to get tickets to the ballet dance and their efforts to find a way all fail. But Angelina's father has a big surprise for the both of them.
Angelina and her friend Alice accidentally destroy Mrs. Hodge Podge's prize cauliflower. However, Sammy gets blamed for the accident.
Miss Lilly is leaving to teach at a new school. The ballet class is very upset with this news and try to persuade her to stay by giving her gifts and showing her how wonderful the town and her current students are.
Miss Lilly is coming to dinner at Angelina's cottage and Angelina wants everything to be perfect to impress her after a talk with the twins. Angelina makes Cucumber Soup for Miss Lilly. The dinner seems to end in a disaster, but Miss Lilly comforts Angelina and lets her know that cucumbers give her the hiccups.
Angelina comes across a coin she thinks is a Lucky Penny, helping her regain confidence and neglect her dance practice. Then she loses the coin, but she harnesses enough self-confidence to do the dance perfectly for her audition.
Garden gnomes are being stolen in Mouseland. Inspired by Monty the Mouse Detective, Angelina becomes a detective. At first, she finds nothing, but she soon discovers that Mrs. Hodgepodge is secretly mending the stolen garden gnomes.
Angelina is looking forward to the dress rehearsal but her tutu rips!
Angelina and troublesome Sammy need to learn how to work together in the boat decorating contest or all of their hopes will be washed downstream.
Angelina is disappointed that she cannot join the adults at The Costume Ball. Mrs. Hodgepodge is babysitting her and Alice, as she is the only adult in Mouseland who is not going to The Costume Ball. Alice and Angelina decide to disguise themselves as an adult to attend the costume ball but while Angelina wants to dance, Alice just wants some food. Sadly they both get caught and are made to clean up the Halle and eat cabbage jelly sandwiches.
Angelina and Henry are camping. Is a fearsome black cat stalking the hills?
Angelina gives away her old rag doll Polka, but later she really wants her toy of memories back. While teaching a preschool class how to dance, she realises that the new owner Mary needs it more.
The boys are teasing William for doing ballet.
A new Chipping Cheddar resident called Anya is introduced and quickly befriends Angelina. However, Anya is ostracised by Sammy Watts and the Pinkpaw twins for prejudicial reasons. Angelina clears Anya's name and helps her to fit in with the other mouselings.
Prickled by the attention the Pinkpaws are getting for their newborn brother, Angelina fibs she's going to have one too. She has great difficulty confessing but finally does when she thinks the Pinkpaws' party is all about her new baby sister.
Miss Lilly chooses Angelina to be The Rose Fairy Princess, but Angelina is nervous about the flying stunt. Determined not to let Miss Lilly down, Angelina goes along with the stunt and overcomes her fear.
Alice gives Angelina a new gym bag, but when she mislays it, Alice thinks Angelina gave it away and doesn't appreciate her and the two friends fall out, until Henry finds the bag and Angelina and Alice make up.
Chipping Cheddar have been asked to enter a team in the Icepuck League, but girls can't play.
It's Valentine's Day, and Angelina has made cards for all her favourite people.
Miss Lilly takes Angelina to dance for Queen Seraphina and Princess Valentine. Unfortunately, they soon get lost after their train breaks down, but Doctor Tuttle rescues them in his balloon and they reach the palace ready for the grand banquet.
Alice is selected for the All Mouse Gymnastics Championships.
Angelina now has a baby sister named Polly. Unfortunately, Angelina's parents are too preoccupied with Polly to give Angelina attention and are quite disorganized. Angelina then becomes jealous, frustrated, neglected and upset, and starts whining and crying as usual, and goes as far as to destroying her room out of jealousy because she feels like her family doesn't care about her anymore. Can the whole Mouseling family sort out the problem and reassure to Angelina that they still love her? Will Angelina accept her new sister?
Angelina thinks that Miss Lilly is going to marry Ivor Operatski. While trying to stop the proposal, she nearly gets him drowned. Miss Lilly then reveals that Angelina is the leading bridesmaid for Ivor Operatski's new dance.
William is prompted by his father to star as a magician for a charity event. When he practices the disappearing trick on Angelina, he and Henry believe that she has disappeared for real. Angelina shows up in time to begin her performance with William Longtail.
A 300-year-old oak tree has meant a lot to Angelina and her friends. When Priscilla Pinkpaws breaks her left arm from falling out of the tree, Mrs. Pinkpaws insists that the tree has to be removed forever. In response, Angelina and her friends attempt to save it, but by the last minute, the tree collapses by itself before becoming a wooden playground.
Angelina and her friends start up a film based on Thomasina Tuttle, using Doctor Tuttle's video camera. Angelina becomes bossy, then falls down a hole. Her friends rescue her—all the while filming, which wins them an award.
With no holiday available, Angelina works with her father at the press. She gets into the reporter business and after some effort, she picks up a scoop from the opera singer Maria Mozzarella.
Preparations for Queen Seraphina's visit are made. Disaster strikes when Louis and Maurice break the Queen's statue. Thinking Henry broke it, Alice and Angelina try to mend it. At the unveiling of the statue, Queen Seraphina is flattered.
Angelina has to bring Polly to Miss Lilly's dance party. Angelina takes her mother's silver locket without asking her. She then loses the necklace and fails to find it. She is on the verge of confessing, when she finds that Polly had the silver locket all along.
Angelina wants Miss Lilly to be dedicated as Mouse of the Year. Miss Lilly gets so preoccupied with preparations for the award, that her dance class is in disarray. Miss Lilly turns down the award for her class' sake and Angelina feels upset about it.
Henry spots what he thinks is The Chipping Cheddar Witch. Henry and William follow the witch, then Henry winds up with a few mishaps frightening Angelina and Alice and they all realize the witch is actually Miss Lilly.
Anya comes for a visit as she wants to stay in Angelina's cottage. Angelina soon becomes jealous of Anya as she is getting better attention. She then snaps at her and Anya stays away from her. Eventually the duo get together again and enjoy themselves.
Angelina brings Polly to school for her Show and Tell with Ms. Chalk. But on her way into class, Angelina loses Polly and she begins to worry. However, Sammy Watts manages to find Polly for Angelina just in time for Show and Tell.
William wants to be part of Sammy's club. He gains acceptance when Sammy is in need of a new trolley from Mr. Longtail. He ends up letting Angelina and Miss Lilly down, but his and Sammy's lot make up for it.
Tomorrow is Angelina's grandparents 50th wedding anniversary. Grandma is unhappy that her husband is going to forget the event. Angelina tries to sort it out, but she ends up neglecting her dance practice. However, Grandpa has a nice surprise for his wife, Sophia.
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