The Rescuers Down Under is a 1990 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and the sequel to The Rescuers (1977). In the film, Bernard and Bianca travel to the Australian Outback to save a young boy named Cody from a villainous poacher who wants to capture an endangered golden eagle for money. It was directed by Hendel Butoy and Mike Gabriel and written by Jim Cox, Karey Kirkpatrick, Byron Simpson, and Joe Ranft. Bob Newhart and Eva Gabor (in her final film role) reprise their roles as Bernard and Bianca respectively, with John Candy, Tristan Rogers, Adam Ryen, Wayne Robson, and George C. Scott in supporting roles.

Plot

In the Outback, a young boy named Cody rescues and befriends Marahute, a rare golden eagle, who shows Cody her nest and eggs and gives him one of her feathers. Cody later falls into an animal trap set by Percival C. McLeach, a local poacher who killed Marahute's mate and is wanted by the Australian Rangers, while rescuing a mouse who was the bait in the trap. Realizing Cody has Marahute's feather and must know her location, McLeach kidnaps the boy and throws his backpack to a float of crocodiles to fake his death to the Rangers.

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