- For other uses, see The Final Conflict (disambiguation).
The Finale Conflict is the season one finale episode for the Nelvana Redwall TV Series.
Summary[]
The day after Matthias killed Asmodeus and retrieved the Sword of Martin, Cluny the Scourge and his captains kidnapped and enslaved many woodlanders, including Plumpen and his family. At Redwall Abbey, Dunwing reports to Matthias on what she observed. This prompts Matthias to go on a mission with the Guosim and a few Redwall guards. At Cluny's camp, Plumpen begs for his family not to be harmed. Meanwhile, on the ramparts of the wall, Basil Stag Hare supervises the reconstruction of the gates and walls. Plumpen is forced to betray the Redwallers for his family's lives.
Plumpen hops aboard a scaffold that elevates upwards to the ramparts. At the camp, the rats create fake versions of themselves by using straw and twigs, which they sneak to the back of the Abbey. Plumpen opens the door for Cluny and begs him to free his family, but Cluny doesn't listen and boasts that Redwall is now his. At the back gate, Plumpen cries for what he has done and Matthias learns that the vermin at the camp were nothing more than fabrications. Dunwing informs Matthias that he needs to return to Redwall. Matthias devises a plan to take out the Scourge once and for all. He gets one of the vermin to open the back gate for him and the heroes after the rat fall for the trap.
Matthias knocks the vermin out with the hilt of his sword. At the courtyard, the Abbey dwellers are forced to line up to their new master. Cluny orders the Redwallers to kneel to him, but Abbot Mortimer, Constance, and Basil refuse to bow to evil. Upset at the lack of capitulation, Cluny decided to transform the "welcoming ceremony" into a mass execution. However, before Cluny can take his revenge, Matthias, dressed as Martin the Warrior, approaches Cluny, and the big rat cowers in fear.
A battle between the two factions commences. As Matthias pursues Cluny, Constance kills Fangburn by biting him. Cluny takes Cornflower Fieldmouse as a hostage, and Matthias chases Cluny to The Bell Tower. A battle between the pair ensues. Cluny, still holding onto Cornflower, taunts Matthias that he will never surrender, then runs up the stairs to the top of the bell tower and slides down the rope that connects to the bell. Cluny demands that Matthias come down or he'll kill Cornflower. Matthias plays right into Cluny's arrogance by calling him a "Warlord", and falsely states that he'll end the fight. Cluny flattered at the new title, demands Matthias meet him and bring his honor with him. He lets Cornflower go.
Matthias causes the Joseph Bell to fall onto Cluny, killing the rat. On his deathbed, Abbot Mortimer says Matthias cannot be a brother of Redwall, instead he must be the Protector of the Abbey and Cornflower. Peace is finally restored.
Official Synopsis[]
Cluny seizes the family of a dormouse and threatens to kill them unless their father, Plumpen, betrays Redwall and opens the gates to the now huge army of rats. The plan works and Redwall is finally captured. But Matthias challenges Cluny and in a final confrontation, he kills him. Cornflower and Matthias are at last married and Redwall returns to its idyllic lifestyle. Matthias has become like the hero he admired in his childhood.
Differences from Redwall[]
- John Churchmouse states that he is the father of Cornflower and the grandfather of Mattimeo; in Redwall, Cornflower was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fieldmouse.
- Abbot Mortimer takes part in the final battle against Cluny's horde in the TV series; in Redwall he is not involved.
- Dunwing has become Queen of the Sparra tribe. In Redwall, Warbeak becomes queen.
- During the final battle, Cluny the Scourge uses Cornflower as a hostage instead of Friar Hugo.
- Constance kills Fangburn by biting him. However, in the book, she smashes him against a wall several times.
- The deaths of Scumnose, Frogblood, Darkclaw, and Killconey are not shown in the episode.
- Matthias returns to Redwall Abbey from his expedition to retrieve the sword of Martin from Asmodeus Poisonteeth. In Redwall, he returned as Cluny was seizing control of the Abbey. In order to have it more true to the book, a new scene is added in which Matthias, before Cluny begins to take over, goes off to recruit warriors and then returns during the final battle.
- In Redwall, Cluny lashes out at the Abbot and mortally wounds him with his tail-barb, but in the episode, Mortimer dies of an unknown cause.
- During the final battle, Cluny climbs up the bell tower, with Matthias following, before sliding down the bell rope to the floor. In Redwall, Matthias tries to escape Cluny by running up the tower, but Cluny never follows.
- In the TV series, Basil was put in stocks and chains. In the book, no such precaution was taken.
- In Redwall, Constance was sleeping in the grounds when she was netted. In the TV series, she was netted in her bed.
- Cluny's tail is cut off in the bell tower in the series, whereas in the book, it was cut off in the grounds.
- In Redwall, Friar Hugo is taken captive by Cluny and held as his hostage in the bell tower. In the TV series, Cornflower is Cluny's hostage instead.
Streaming[]
The Final Conflict is available for streaming on Nelvana's official Treehouse Direct YouTube channel.
| The Redwall TV Series, Season 1 |
|
01 Cluny the Scourge - part I |
02 Cluny the Scourge - part II |
03 Treachery |
04 Sparra's Kingdom |
05 Cluny's Clowns |