The story follows Mumble (Elijah Wood), the son of Memphis (Hugh Jackman) and Norma Jean (Nicole Kidman), two top-singing penguins. When Mumble hatches, he is adorable but immediately different. He cannot sing a single note. Instead, he has an uncontrollable urge to tap his feet—rhythmic, complex tap dancing.
His dancing, however, becomes an internet sensation. When a tracking device is attached to him, he is released. He leads humans back to his colony. But upon his return, he is still scorned—until the humans’ helicopters appear. In a moment of grace, Mumble begins to dance. The humans, filming him for a nature documentary, are mesmerized. The footage goes viral, leading to a global outcry and the establishment of fishing limits that save the penguins’ food supply. happy feet full film
Along the way, Mumble encounters a quintet of fiercely intellectual, muscle-bound penguins who worship a large, fallen boulder (whom they call "The Lovelace"). Lovelace (also voiced by Robin Williams) is a pompous, charismatic penguin with a plastic six-pack ring lodged around his neck—a piece of human trash he claims is a sacred amulet. The ring begins to strangle him, forcing the group to seek out "the aliens" (humans) to remove it. The story follows Mumble (Elijah Wood), the son