<P> Over Rudolph's first year of life, Donner trains him in the basics of being a reindeer, including hiding from the Abominable Snow Monster of the North . Rudolph enters the reindeer games, competing against his fellow fawns and befriends a young buck named Fireball . During flight practice, Rudolph meets a doe named Clarice who tells him he is cute, and kisses him, which causes an elated Rudolph to fly higher and faster than everyone else . However, while celebrating with Fireball, Rudolph's nose cover pops off, and Fireball and the others react with fear, then scorn and finally rejection as Comet expels Rudolph from the Reindeer Games . Walking away, Rudolph walks with Clarice, who supports him, until her father firmly tells her to never have any more contact with a red - nosed reindeer . Then, Rudolph meets up with Hermey, an elf who ran away from Santa's workshop because he wanted to be a dentist instead of making toys, and they decide to run away together . The pair then meet a prospector named Yukon Cornelius, who has fruitlessly searched his whole life for silver and gold . After escaping the snow monster on an ice floe, the trio crash land on the Island of Misfit Toys where unloved or unwanted toys live with their ruler, a winged lion named King Moonracer . The king allows the group to stay one night on the island in exchange for returning to Christmastown to ask Santa to find homes for the unwanted toys . However, Rudolph leaves the island in the middle of the night on his own, fearing that his nose, which attracts the snow monster, will endanger his friends . </P> <P> Time goes by and Rudolph grows into adulthood; he tries and fails to find a place to settle where he will be accepted despite his nose and eventually decides to return home . There, he finds that Fireball continues to bully him and that his parents and Clarice have been out looking for him for months; he sets out once again to find them, only to discover that the snow monster has captured them . Rudolph tries to save Clarice and his parents, but the monster hits him in the head with a stalactite, knocking him unconscious . Hermey and Yukon arrive, and discovering Rudolph's plight, they hatch a plan to save him: Hermey lures the monster out of his cave by posing as a pig, Yukon drops rocks on his head to knock him out, and Hermey then pulls out all the monster's teeth . When the monster awakens, it has also lost its confidence, and Yukon effortlessly scares the beast off a cliff, himself falling off with his pack of dogs in the process . Mourning Yukon's presumed death, Rudolph, Hermey, Clarice, and the Donners return home . After hearing the group's story, everyone apologizes to Rudolph and Hermey for their mistreatment, and Santa welcomes them back to Christmastown, promising that he will find homes for the Misfit Toys; in addition, Hermey opens his own dentist's office, and Clarice's father apologizes for being so hard on Rudolph . Yukon then returns and shows the wary Christmastown residents that the now - tamed snow monster can be useful by having it trim a Christmas tree . Santa interrupts the celebration, grimly informing everyone that because of the storm, he is forced to cancel the Christmas trip . Santa is soon distracted by Rudolph's red nose and realizes that its light could cut through the storm . He asks Rudolph to lead the sleigh and Rudolph agrees . The team then flies off to the island and pick up the toys . The special ends with Santa wishing the viewers a merry Christmas as he and Rudolph fly off into the night . </P> <Ul> <Li> Billie Mae Richards voices Rudolph, a reindeer of formidable acumen (he learns to speak shortly after birth) and physical strength who is shunned for his nonconforming red nose, but later saves Christmas . </Li> <Li> Stan Francis voices: <Ul> <Li> Santa Claus, portrayed in the special as a moody, nervous and "skinny Santa" whose fears are only allayed when he conjures the idea of using Rudolph's nose to lead the sleigh . </Li> <Li> King Moonracer, a winged lion who rules the entire Island of Misfit Toys . King Moonracer's voice uses a reverb effect to distinguish it from Santa Claus . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Paul Kligman voices: <Ul> <Li> Donner, Rudolph's father and Santa's most prized reindeer . While he loves and accepts Rudolph, he shows great concern that society will reject him for his nose and tries to protect him by creating a nose cover . </Li> <Li> Comet, head coach of the Reindeer Games . </Li> <Li> Clarice's unnamed father, who forbids Clarice from shaming the family by associating with a red - nosed reindeer . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Burl Ives voices Sam the Snowman, the narrator . </Li> <Li> Paul Soles voices Hermey, an elf who dreams of pursuing a career in dentistry and "feels different" from the other elves . He eventually is forced out and runs off with Rudolph . </Li> <Li> Janis Orenstein voices Clarice, a female reindeer who is the only one of Rudolph's age to not reject him . She later joins Rudolph's parents in the search party . </Li> <Li> Larry D. Mann voices Yukon Cornelius, the "greatest prospector of the North" who joins Rudolph and Hermey on their journey but never finds the silver and gold he seeks . </Li> <Li> Peg Dixon voices: <Ul> <Li> Mrs. Claus, a pushy wife who mocks her husband's lack of appetite . </Li> <Li> Mrs. Donner, a loving and mostly submissive wife . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Carl Banas voices: <Ul> <Li> The Head Elf . For the Head Elf's voice, Banas uses a meek Bill Thompson - like voice when speaking in front of Santa Claus, but turns into a ruthless boss with a voice similar to Mel Blanc's Yosemite Sam or Cosmo Spacely when Santa is not around . </Li> <Li> Various Misfit Toys, including a Spotted Elephant, King Moonracer's footman; a bird that swims, a cowboy who rides an ostrich, a train with square wheels on his caboose, two teddy bears (one on a bicycle and one with wings), a boat that doesn't float, a set of clown nesting dolls with a wind - up mouse as the last one, a water pistol that shoots jelly, a plane that can't fly, a toy car that only drives in reverse, and a scooter with two wheels in front and one in back . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Alfie Scopp voices: <Ul> <Li> Fireball, who introduces Rudolph to the opposite sex, but later snubs Rudolph when his red nose is revealed . </Li> <Li> Charlie - In - The - Box, the island's sentry . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> Corinne Conley voices Dolly, a seemingly normal girl rag doll on the Island of Misfit Toys . Her misfit problem is never explained on the special; many decades later, on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! news quiz show (broadcast December 8, 2007), Rudolph's producer, Arthur Rankin Jr., noted that Dolly's problem was psychological, caused by being abandoned by her owner (named as Sue in the special) and suffering depression from feeling uncared - for . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Billie Mae Richards voices Rudolph, a reindeer of formidable acumen (he learns to speak shortly after birth) and physical strength who is shunned for his nonconforming red nose, but later saves Christmas . </Li>

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