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The Velveteen Rabbit

AnimationFamilyFantasy

Directed by Jennifer Perrott

When seven-year-old William receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, he discovers a lifelong friend and unlocks a world of magic. From TMDB

27 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Oct 5, 2026 · last updated Oct 10, 2026 · How this works

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The Velveteen Rabbit is a 2023 animation family fantasy film, directed by Jennifer Perrott, starring Phoenix Laroche, Alex Lawther and Samantha Colley.

  • 23 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy
  • posts span Aug 16, 2023 to Oct 5, 2026

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  • 🏳️‍⚧️Mel💜they/them🏳️‍⚧️ @meltheparadox.bsky.socialBluesky · May 22, 2026

    “But these things don't matter at all, because once you are Real you can't be ugly, except to people who don't understand.” The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (1921) This book/movie deeply touched me as a child. And still does today. So much so that I still have my original copy of the book.

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  • Sara Habein @sarahabein.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2026

    Atrax in Neverending Story (the movie) for sure In books, in The Velveteen Rabbit, putting all of the sick kid's toys in the fire FELT like a death.

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  • Elevator7009 @[email protected]Lemmy · Mar 14, 2025

    List of fictional works about bunnies. Will update as I become aware of more, feel free to chime in with some! Must be bunny-centric. If a bunny is an important side character but not the main thing, it doesn't go here; for example, I won't add Looney Tunes *in general*, but Looney Tunes things centered specifically on Bugs Bunny have made it on the list. Bunny bunnies included, bunny *girls* or bunny-people of any gender really (think human-with-bunny-ears-and-tail) excluded. Humans in bunny…

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  • R.A. Young @raynos.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    For #StartingOffWrite I'll continue working on my current novel. It's The Velveteen Rabbit x Card Captor Sakura x A.I. the 2001 movie. When a girl names her AI assistant, it thinks it is a magical girl mascot guiding her through trials. But neither magic or the assistant is real, right?

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  • Frankie Huang 黄碧赤 @ourobororoboruo.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 18, 2024

    I kind of think the Barbie movie is a version of “The Velveteen Rabbit”

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  • Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 22, 2023

    Nobody told me that the Barbie movie would be so much like The Velveteen Rabbit. Or that she’d have the same origin story as the Buddha.

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  • R.A. Young @raynos.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 15, 2024

    #StartingOffWrite I get my inspo from books, cartoons and live-action shows! Books: The Velveteen Rabbit Cartoons: Card Captor Sakura, Miraculous Ladybug Live-action: Sabrina the Teenage Witch, A.I the 2001 movie for the bits where it's the AI who thinks magic is real.

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  • Bucky Deerling/Ricky the Rubber Rocket Rattata @buckydeerling.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 17, 2024

    Santa Bucky, A Narrative Part 9: Much like how Santa Bucky’s early life parallels The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus, Jackee’s life parallels another story/film, The Velveteen Rabbit/The First Easter Rabbit. Born from a toy made with love, Jackee was later turned real by his mother.

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  • Trapped O'Brien, Please Free Me From This Prison @radobrien.myatproto.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2024

    He also wanted to do Beauty and the Beast and East of the Sun, West of the Moon, Hansel and Gretel, the Velveteen Rabbit, and a Fantasia movie with Michael Jackson using Beatles Music? Apparently his career fell apart after Titan AE tanked and now we'll never see any of these😭😭😭😭

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  • Eli Belt @elibisme.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 24, 2024

    Admittedly I never saw the film, but come on it’s a film about the adventures of a children’s toy brought to life and probably not as tender as The Velveteen Rabbit. I don’t get the perspective of people up in arms over this.

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  • Marie C 🐝🦋🌻 @mariecarnes.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 16, 2023

    The Velveteen Rabbit movie, 1985 version 😢

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  • Toscha 🍂 @poemless.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 5, 2026

    Both about the same time: Watching the Velveteen Rabbit film in Kindergarten, and some show on PBS our babysitter let us watch that had a spectral white horse in it (the internet suggests it was The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes "The Horse of the Invisible.")

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  • bcgm3 @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 30, 2026

    I found several interesting videos about how velvet is made, the song Black Velvet, the movie Blue Velvet, velvet ants, the book The Velveteen Rabbit, the difference between velvet and velveteen, underground dwelling societies, how to build you own underground eel pit, what to do if your coffee grinder isn't grinding your coffee beans to the preferred consistency, Saturday Night Live, live from New York it's Saturday Night, the band Live, living in New York City, the band Live playing live on…

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  • Morbid (Commissions Open) @m0rb1dspade.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 8, 2026

    I think this video and movie discussed makes me think back on The Velveteen Rabbit story, too. Its about a plush toy that becomes roughed up because of years of love, until the childs sick and it must be disposed of. Its not that the kid chooses this, but its tragic.

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  • Brian McCabe @mccabeagent.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    Add one word to a film to ruin it. The Velveteen Rabbit Stew

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  • Valerie @valerien-k.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 3, 2025

    One of my favorite stories is The Velveteen Rabbit. I also love the movie The Secret Garden.

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  • balletLORENT @balletlorent.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2025

    🎬 This week, our studio has transformed into a movie set as we bring The Velveteen Rabbit to life. Our next film release will be The Velveteen Rabbit. A heartwarming tale for the whole family, it’s coming to your screens this #Easter #FamilyFilm #MovieMagic #BehindTheScenes

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  • Starlight @starlight462.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 28, 2024

    Or they watched the Velveteen Rabbit growing up and thought that inanimate objects had feelings. …I don’t remember much about that movie

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  • tv+news · all things tv+ @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 19, 2023

    #TheVelveteenRabbit premieres on #AppleTVPlus this Wednesday, November 22. The special follows 7-year-old William, who receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, discovering a lifelong friend and unlocking a world of magic.

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  • tv+news · all things tv+ @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 6, 2023

    Here is the official trailer for #TheVelveteenRabbit, premiering on #AppleTVPlus November 22. Based on the beloved children's book, the special follows 7-year-old William, who receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, discovering a lifelong friend and unlocking a world of magic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49R6Ri6oV3E

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  • 🏳️‍⚧️LUCRETIA🏳️‍⚧️ @openbsdgirl.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2025

    The Velveteen Rabbit was my favorite movie as a child. It seems silly to adults who have cast off sentimentalism, and taken up consumerism; but when you learn to appreciate having little, you grow attachments. The world would be a better place with less Walmarts, Targets, and Amazons. #poetry

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  • Miakoda :neurodiversity: @[email protected]Mastodon · Mar 10, 2024

    I'm watching The Velveteen Rabbit (1985) https://trakt.tv/movies/the-velveteen-rabbit-1985 #TheVelveteenRabbit #trakt

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  • Jaime “Nightmare” Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2024

    Listening to the Blankies. Griffin just blindsided me with an analogy that connects [a certain bad movie] and THE VELVETEEN RABBIT that I’m going to be kicking myself for the rest of my life for not having thought it up before

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  • consumableJoy @[email protected]Mastodon · Dec 2, 2023

    I just watched The Velveteen Rabbit from #AppleTV. I found that book so traumatizing as a child because I loved my stuffies which were my closest friends. The movie dealt with the issue well and had a sweet ending but i still cried and cried and cried… #movies #TheVelveteenRabbit

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  • tv+news · all things tv+ @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 22, 2023

    #TheVelveteenRabbit has premiered on #AppleTVPlus. The special follows 7-year-old William, who receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, discovering a lifelong friend and unlocking a world of magic.

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  • Screen One @ScreenOneMastodon · Nov 10, 2023

    Apple TV+ release the trailer for The Velveteen Rabbit releasing on 22nd Nov #TheVelveteenRabbit #AppleTVPlus https://screen-one.net/apple-tv-release-the-trailer-for-the-velveteen-rabbit-releasing-on-22nd-nov/

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  • tv+news · all things tv+ @[email protected]Mastodon · Oct 3, 2023

    New holiday special #TheVelveteenRabbit will premiere on #AppleTVPlus November 22. Based on the beloved children's book, the special follows 7-year-old William, who receives a new favorite toy for Christmas, discovering a lifelong friend and unlocking a world of magic.

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Phoenix Laroche
William
Alex Lawther actor profile photo
Alex Lawther
Velveteen Rabbit (voice)
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Samantha Colley
Mother
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Leonard Buckley
Father
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Tilly Vosburgh
Mary 'Momo'
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Helena Bonham Carter
Wise Horse (voice)
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Lois Chimimba
Car (voice)
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Paterson Joseph
King (voice)

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