Big Mama introduces him to a female fox named Vixey. He is offered shelter from a friendly porcupine. Seeking shelter from a coming thunderstorm he is ousted by a old angry badger. Tweed, now realizing that her pet is no longer safe with her, leaves him at a game preserve. Copper and Slade blame Tod for the accident and swear vengeance. Chief maintains his pursuit onto a railroad track where he is struck by an oncoming train and wounded. Copper lets Tod go then diverts Chief and Slade. Chief awakens and alerts Slade, a chase ensues and Copper catches Tod. Copper explains that while he still values Tod as a friend, he is now a hunting dog and things are different. On the night of Copper's return, Tod sneaks over to meet him. Meanwhile, Big Mama, Boomer, and Dinky explain to Tod that his friendship with Copper cannot continue, as they are natural enemies, but Tod refuses to accept this.Īs months pass, both Tod and Copper reach adulthood. Hunting season comes, and Slade takes his dogs into the wilderness for the interim.

After a brief argument, Slade says that he will kill Tod if he enters his farm again. Slade and Chief chase him until they are confronted by Tweed.

While playing with Copper at his home, Tod awakens Chief. Slade grows frustrated at Copper for constantly wandering off to play and places him on a leash. Tod and Copper become playmates and vow to remain 'friends forever'. Meanwhile, Tweed's neighbor, a hunter called Amos Slade, brings home a young hound puppy named Copper and introduces him to his hunting dog Chief. Tweed names him Tod, since he reminds her of a toddler. A Direct-to-video followup, The Fox and the Hound 2, was released to DVD on December 12, 2006.Īfter a young red fox is orphaned, Big Mama the owl, Boomer the Woodpecker, and Dinky the finch arrange for him to be adopted by Widow Tweed. At the time of release it was the most expensive animated film produced to date, costing $12 million. The film is directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich and Art Stevens and features the voices of Kurt Russell, Mickey Rooney, Jack Albertson, Pearl Bailey, Pat Buttram, Sandy Duncan, Richard Bakalyan, Paul Winchell, Jeanette Nolan, John Fiedler, John McIntire, Keith Coogan, and Corey Feldman. The 24th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film tells the story of two unlikely friends, a red fox named Tod and a hound dog named Copper, who struggle to preserve their friendship during their childhood despite their emerging instincts and the surrounding social pressures demanding them to be adversaries. Mannix novel of the same name, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released in the United States on July 10, 1981. The Fox and the Hound is a 1981 American animated drama film based on the Daniel P. Mannix, see The Fox and the Hound (novel).

The fox and the hound fight