Two young ladybirds Tim and Mia are unexpectedly taken into a human family’s house together with a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Tim and Mia set about seeking the way back to the forest.

Somewhere in Europe by a great sea stands a small village, where inventing all manner of domestic gadgets is held in great esteem. Every year the villagers organize an annual competition of new inventions. One of the best inventors in the village is Oskar, Lotte's father. His primary rival is Adalbert, whose wife also partakes in the competition. On the eve of the next competition, Lotte and her friend Bruno find a book soaked in the sea, from which Susumu, a gardener from distant Japan, climbs out. Susumu teaches the villagers some judo throws before a big judo competition, which the latter will eagerly use to facilitate their daily lives.

这是一部精美绝伦、富有黑暗色彩的粘土动画。橙子一族为了获得自由逃到海上，却遭遇了海难，唯有马洛橙和他的海螺得以幸免。不幸的是，当他踏上一片新的土地，柠檬地主再次让他成为了奴隶。地主的女儿丽莎檬碰巧拾获了会唱歌的海螺，准备沿着马洛橙的足迹找到他；而马洛橙也对丽莎檬一见钟情。此后，获得了爱情的动力的马洛橙联合自己的橙子兄弟推翻了柠檬地主，与丽莎檬喜结连理，然而故事到此其实才刚刚开始……