Draft:Stravinsky and the Mysterious House

Stravinsky and the Mysterious House is a 30 minute 2012 computer animated production by Hope Animation. The story follows four Anthropomorphic animals discovering and exploring the titular "Mysterious House."

According to the official Hope Animation website, Stravinsky and the Mysterious House is "Inspired by the Chronicles of Narnia, Walt Disney animated musicals and The Parables by Jesus Christ. This is said despite few genuine elements of any of the afforementioned stories in place.

This short movie is mostly known for it's cast, primarily the creature known as "The Globglogabgalab", Voice Acted by Tony Halstead.

Cast

Written, Directed and Animated by David Hutter

Lucy Stiles as Stravinsky

James Cole as Narrator

Thia Maidment as Elbo

Gulbert Bibberkrall as Jonathan Lambert

David Playle as Klopstock

Eric Clayton as The Ratking

Andrew Baker as Harald

Bridget Bree as Cello

Fran Penberthy as The Scarlet Queen

Tony Halstead as The Globglogabgalab

Plot

The movie starts with The Narrator giving a showcase as to where Stravinsky and his friends live on a map of the fantasy world of Ram, ruled by King Elohim, who does not appear.

This is followed by a montage of short clips taken from the rest of the production and opening credits.

The Narrator explains that Stravinsky the Mole and his 3 friends, Elbo the Rabbit, Klobstob the Tortoise and Harold the Hedgehog are walking to school, but detour to the forest where they stumble across a large house. The group share a short set of dialogue, debating on entering, before deciding to go into the house.

While going in, Elbo trips over a small lump of dirt, which Stravinsky digs up, uncovering a small bag of gold. Apart from this, nothing stops the group entering the house. Again, there is a short debate on where to go, but Stravinsky decides upon going to the Basement in search of books. In the Basement, there are "Millions" of Books, which get up and sing a song in which they asked to be read by the group.

Immediately after, Guilbert Bibberkrall the Troll demands that the group leave, after appearing in the doorway. After the group ask about the house, Guilbert performs a musical number about how mysterious and scary the house is.

Stravinsky asks if the afforementioned bag of gold was his, to which Guilbert says yes, and explains he was given it by The Scarlet Queen to multiply, but he was unable, and expresses his fear that she will beat him.

Guilbert runs out of the room, and Stravinsky grabs the bag of gold and walks out the room to try and find him. He goes upstairs, because he heard music from upstairs, where he finds a depressed cello who is always alone.

Stravinsky asks where the smell of tea comes from, and The Cello says that the troll occasionally comes up and makes tea with her and The Globglogabgalab.

Stravinsky asks who the Globglogabgalab is, and the cello responds saying he is "Very big and looks like a lump of dough".

She is cut off by Stravinsky's friends shouting for help, so Stravinsky goes downstairs and discovers that, in the basement, there stood The Globglogabgalab. The Globglogabgalab sings a song about being the Globglogabgalab and being full of Schwimble-Glimber kind. The Globglogabgalab goes into a book and emerges back out.

When Stravinsky asks why, The Globglogabgalab responds saying he "Doesn't read them, but consumes thier thoughts."

Stravinsky realises that his friends are missing, suggesting The Rat King kidnapped them. His friends are huddled in a corner, frozen completely stiff, staring at open books. Stravinsky tries to talk to them, but they don't move an inch. Stravinsky knows he needs the Scarlet Queen's help, much to the Globglogabgalab's dismay. Stravinsky sings a plea for The Scarlet Queen's help.

As the pair leave, Guilbert the Troll bursts into the room, warning that the Scarlet Queen is coming to the house, to The Globglogabgalab's further dismay, because if The Scarlet Queen arrives, he must choose between serving The Rat King or King Elohim, neither of which he wants to do. Stravinsky sings in praise of The Scarlet Queen, to cheer up Guilbert and The Globglogabgalab.

Moments later, The Scarlet Queen appears. Stravinsky leads her to his friends, and The Scarlet Queen unfreezes them. However, The Rat King appears out of a cabinet and sings a song about how scary he is, then leaves.

The Scarlet Queen goes upstairs to grab the Cello, who go out to the garden, say goodbye, and inexplicably float away. Stravinsky, his friends, The Globglogabgalab and Guilbert all share dialogue and express how happy they are and that everything worked out well.

Stravinsky goes back home to his bed, where he reflects on the Events of the movie, eventually falling asleep and ending the Movie.

Reception

2.8/10 on IMDB

There are few trustworthy sources as to the reception of the film, as the vast majority do not rate it genuinely, instead giving it the maximum possible rating due to internet memes surrounding The Globglogabgalab.However, IMDB has almost all of thier ratings made genuinely, so it is possible to see how the film was actually received by audiences.

Many criticized the movie for its numerous songs, shaky camera, and animation. Some thought this was harsh, considering the movie was made on a budget of only $10000.

The most praised aspect was the Voice Acting, which was above the standard of anything else, according to critics.

Globglogabgalab Memes

The primary reason Stravinsky and the Mysterious House was discovered by the majority of people is because of memes of The Globglogabgalab on Youtube.

The original video by Hope Animations was published in 2018 and gained 9.8 Million Views as of April 2025. There were numerous remixes, such as Lil Globglogabgalab by grandayy, which notably was even sampled by famous artist Drake and 2 remixes by The Living Tombstone.

Notes

Hope Animation is a Christian animation company.

The movie is available on the official Hope Animation website.