VHS Cover of the film.
The Adventures of Ronald McDonald: McTreasure Island is a video special that was released on February 7, 1990.
Plot[]
"Ronald McDonald and his friends Grimace, Hamburglar, and Birdie were all having fun together when they discover a secret book that transports them to a place called Treasure Island."
it begins with Ronald and Grimace walking in the McDonald Land park where Ronald shows some magic tricks that starts with a coin in the hat trick, such as Hamburglar being the first being coined. As Mr. Oak an Oak tree congratulates Ronald for his performance, Birdie the Early Birdie flies down but loses control and is saved by Mr. Oak. As Ronald shows more of his tricks such as an Arabian Snake charm trick (minus the snakes), then a scarf trick with Hamburglar doing jump rope with Grimace. Thus accidently running into a old friend of the Captain Crook (who is just called the Captain) named Salty Jack who was bringing mystical books to him until the Captain returns but tells them not to look into them. Ronald Agrees to look after them but Salty Jack sneaks away as if they were cursed. Mr. Oak agrees to look after them, but Birdie sneezes by thoughtlessly brushing the book in mid air known as Treasure Island and drops and breaks the seal, but Hamburglar's poor listening skills causes him to be sucked into the book.
Ronald and the gang go into the book which closes behind them, they save Hamburglar when his cape gets caught on the edge of the plank. When the storm stops they are threatened by Long John Silver, Tom Morgan, George Marry, and all the pirates believing them to be stowaways. Grimace was the first to be pushed onto the plank then the others would follow, as Ronald tries to use the scarf he then realizes that the book is closed. As they were going to be fed by Sharks, Captain Smollett stops Silver from the misunderstanding. Grimace has fun on the plank only for him to bounce up and land on the arrogant Long John Silver (getting even with him for the plank). Ronald meets a open-hearted, yet clumsy boy named Jim Hawkins who explains before they got there that he gained it from Billy Bones (perhaps Salty Jack maybe this films version) at the Benbow Inn. Grimace and Hamburglar get seasick and go up on the surface. Ronald and Hamburglar then overhears Long John Silver's plan to take over the ship, causing Ronald to realize that they tricked Libsey and Tralawny into hiring them. Ronald warns Jim Hawkins but then the bumbling cabin boy knocked the apples to alert the pirates, as they hide Jim learns his old friends mistake and warns them as Grimace breaks the lifeboat down with his weight. Birdie then sights Treasure Island, but Ronald spots poor Grimace and uses the scarf to take himself, Hamburglar, and Birdie to Grimace to save him. As they save Grimace, Smollett and Hawkins were ambushed by Silver and his crew.
As Ronald and the gang explore as they reach the island, then they hear Jim's call for help and try to save him from Long John Silver, but Grimace ends up tying his shoes only to fall into a hole he makes with the log. Ronald and the others follow only to find Captain Flint's trove. Hamburglar was going to grab some doubloons from the chest to be shouted at by a marooned Sailor named Ben Gunn. At first they assumed he was a greedy hermit trying to scare everyone from the treasure until he told them about Flint and that he marooned him with the treasure. Ben now regretting his greed for moving the treasure after hearing Silver's threat on what will happen to Jim if the treasure is not at the X marks the spot, he then agrees to help Ronald find the spot and through a swamp. the flute trick saved their lives from the quicksand, allowing them to reach Silver in time pretending to be the dead spirit of Flint, Silver out of the bunch was not superstitious was not swayed. The branch fells causing Ronald and Ben to fall on Silver causing him to roll with his crew into the spot. Smollett meets with Ben and agrees to take him off the island. Meanwhile the Captain meets with Mr. Oak and is shocked that Salty Jack tricked them into watching them he then tries to find the chapter their in. In Treasure Island Silver tries to threaten them again only for the first trick in the beginning of the movie causes Ronald to place a Gold Doubloon in Silver's hat, making the crew assume he was lying to them and using them chasing him away to hang him as they threaten earlier. The Captain finds the chapter and helps Ronald and the gang out, with Ronald revealing to Jim that the true treasure was their friendship. Glad to be back in McDonaldland the gang admitted it was the best adventure to date, Ronald revealed that Jim reunites with his mother at the end of the book ending the movie.
Cast[]
- Squire Fridell as Ronald McDonald
- Howard Morris as Hamburglar/Ben Gunn
- Tim Blaney as Grimace/Long John Silver/Captain Smollett
- Russi Taylor (who also plays Minnie Mouse) as Birdie the Early Bird/Parrot
- Lennie Weinrib as Captain Crook/Pirates/Salty Jack
- Susan Blu as Jim Hawkins
Characters in the Book[]
Salty Jack (Billy Bones)
Jim Hawkins
Long John Silver