Having A Ball
- Studio
- DiC Entertainment, Nintendo of America, Saban Entertainment
- Animation studio
- Spectrum Animation Studio
Synopsis
Mother Brain fires King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard for failing to steal the Triforce from Hyrule. Meanwhile, Lana decides to throw a royal ball just for the sake of having fun. While Link and Zelda are at the ball, King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard steal the Triforce for themselves and use it against Mother Brain. They drop one, which the N Team finds. Zelda grows weak because the pieces are separated. The N Team finally gets all three pieces back, and Zelda recovers. Mother Brain rehires King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard, and continues to mistreat them.
Characters
King Hippo, Eggplant Wizard, Kevin "Captain N" Keene, Simon Belmont, Link, Princess Zelda, Princess Lana, Duke, Mother Brain
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chuck Patton
- Live-Action Title Sequence Directed By
- Kit Hudson
Producing
- Producer
- Michael Maliani
- Executive Producer
- Andy Heyward
- Supervising Producer
- Michael Maliani
- Associate Producer
- Kenneth T. Ito
- Live-Action Sequence Produced By
- Jamie Edlin
- Coordinating Producer
- Robby London
Writing
- Writer
- Dennis O'Flaherty
Voices
- Voice
- Garry Chalk (as Gary Chalk) (King Hippo), Michael Donovan (as Mike Donovan) (Eggplant Wizard), Matt Hill (Kevin "Captain N" Keene), Alessandro Juliani (Kid Icarus [credit only]), Andrew Kavadas (Simon Belmont), Doug Parker (Megaman [credit only]), Jonathan Potts (Link), Cynthia Preston (as Cyndy Preston) (Princess Zelda), Venus Terzo (Princess Lana), Frank Welker (Gameboy [credit only]), Tomm Wright (Duke), Levi Stubbs (as Levi Stubbs Jr.) (Mother Brain), Doc Harris (Narrator), Long John Baldry, Don Brown, Babs Chula, Ian James Corlett, Violet Crumble, Marcy Goldberg (as Marcie Goldberg), Antony Holland, Lee Jeffrey, Al Jordan (as Al Jorden), Annabel Kershaw (as Annabelle Kershew), Colin Meacham (as Colin Meachum), Shane Meier, Alvin Sanders, Mark Weatherly, Kurt Weldon
Music
- Music
- Michael Tavera
Editing
Crew
- Story Editor
- Dorothy Middleton
- Production Assistants
- Grant Leavins, Danielle Ferraro, Irene Toporzysek
- Voice Director
- Greg Morton
- Casting
- Stu Rosen
- Talent Coordinators
- Wendi Laski, Josanne B. Lovick, Doug Parker, Marian Sloan, Randall Wade
- Recording Assistants
- Anne Mathisen, Alvin Sanders
- Cast
- Gary Chalk, Mike Donovan, Doc Harris, Matt Hill, Alessandro Juliani, Andrew Kavadas, Doug Parker, Jonathan Potts, Cyndy Preston, Venus Terzo, Frank Welker, Tomm Wright, Levi Stubbs, Jr., Dorian Barag as "Kevin"
- Additional Voices
- Long John Baldry, Don Brown, Len Carlson, Babs Chula, Ian James Corlett, Violet Crumble, Marcie Goldberg, Antony Holland, Lee Jeffrey, Al Jorden, Annabelle Kershew, Colin Meachum, Shane Meier, Alvin Sanders, Mark Weatherly, Kurt Weldon
- Storyboards
- Tim Burgard, Michael D. Diederich, Robert L. Dranko, William T. Hurtz, Budd Lewis, Steven Dean Moore, Tom Nesbitt, Michael Swanigan
- Storyboard Clean-Up
- Stephen Burpo, Ken Harsha
- Character Supervisor
- E. D. Lee
- Character Design
- Fil Barlow, Joe Barruso, E. Michael Mitchell, Maureen Trueblood, Jiunn Yu
- Background Design
- Drew Graybeal, Gary Montalbano, Steve Olds, Sean Platter
- Prop Design
- Gil Hung, Larry Nelson, Steve Swaja
- Color Background
- Timothy Barnes, Brooks Campbell, Tim Flattery, Bari Green, Tim Maloney, Hector Martinez, Richard Ziehler-Martin
- Color Design
- Derdad Aghamalian, Allyn Conley, Suzette Darling, "Puppy" Hutchins
- Lip Assignment
- Sandi Hathcock
- Main Title Producer
- Jamie Edlin
- Main Title Director
- Kit Hudson
- Coordinating Producer
- Robby London
- Executive in Charge of Production
- Winnie Chaffee
- Production Supervisor
- Brian A. Miller
- Script Supervisor
- Lori Crawford
- Assisted by
- William A. Ruiz, Eben F. Eldridge, Quentin Kniola, Kimberly R. Cronin, Judy Sampson-Brown, Melissa Gentry
- Translation
- Minoru Terao, Noriko Norvell, Kazuko Yamamoto
- Production Staff
- Trace Ellis, Chris Hammond, Brian McGowan, Vickie Yeo
- Executive in Charge of Post Production
- Thierry P. Laurin
- Supervising Editor
- Richard S. Gannon
- Film Editors
- Gregory K. Bowron, Richard Bruce Elliott, Allan Gelbart
- Dialogue Editors
- Heather C. Elliott, Theresa M. Gilroy, Donald P. Zappala, Ron Fedele, Robert O'Brien, Peter Tomaszewicz
- Supervising Music Editor
- Stuart Goetz
- Music Editors
- Gregory K. Bowron, Daniel J. Johnson
- Sound Effects
- Bill Koepnick
- Re-Recording Engineer
- Jim Hodson
- Supervising Sound Engineer
- Michael J. Cowan
- Format Editors
- Mark A. McNally, Susan Odjakjian, Warren Taylor
- Assistant Editors
- Trudy Alexander, Kris Gilpin
- Videotape Supervisors
- Mario Di Mambro, Dennis Graham
- Post Production Coordinator
- Fifun A. Amini
- Music by
- Michael Tavera
- Music Supervisor
- Joanne Miller
Companies and other credits
- Live-Action Main Title Designed and Produced by: I Square Communications
- Cast: Louie from Critters of the Cinema as "Duke-The-Dog"
- Captain N Overseas Animation by: Spectrum Animation Studio
- © 1990 Nintendo of America
- Inc
- Produced by DiC Enterprises
- Inc./DiC Animation City
- This program utilizes characters created by Nintendo
- The trademark and all the rights therein are the property of Nintendo. All rights reserved
Reviews
Having A Ball
Having a ball was always my favorite Captain N episode. The cross-over of Zelda and Link with Captain N occurred in 4 episodes, but this was the best one in my opinion. These cartoons are truly classics; and if they were ever brought back, I'm sure that the ones that grew up with then, and the younger generations now, would enjoy them as well. This was Nintendo in its prime.