Rugrats Go Wild
| Rugrats Go Wild | |
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 Poster for Rugrats Go Wild | |
| Directed by | John Eng Norton Virgien |
| Written by | Kate Boutilier |
| Produced by | Gabor Csupo Arlene Klasky |
| Starring | Elizabeth Daily (voice) Candi Milo (voice) Kath Soucie (voice) Dionne Quan (voice) Cheryl Chase (voice) Tim Curry (voice) Bruce Willis (voice) |
| Edited by | John Bryant Kimberly Rettberg |
| Music by | Drew NEUMANN |
Release date | June 13 2003 |
Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Rugrats Go Wild is a crossover 2003 Nickelodeon animated film, with two animated television shows Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.
Plot summary
In the story, the Rugrats and their parents are on a ramshackle boat Tommy's father, Stu, has rented in the South China Seas. Naturally, the boat shipwrecks, leaving them deserted on a small island. On the same island, but on the other side, are the famous globe-trotting family, the Thornberrys (out to film a leopard). The babies set off to find them, for they suspect they are somewhere on the island (as it happens, Tommy treats Nigel like an idol). Somewhere along the way, Chuckie gets lost and runs into the Thornberrys' Tarzan-like child, Donnie, and the two switch clothes. Meanwhile, Eliza, the gifted Thornberry, is tramping around the jungle and runs into Spike, the Rugrats dog. Since Eliza can talk to animals, Spike tells her that the babies are lost somewhere in the island. Also, her father, Nigel, sees them. After a bonk on the head (with a coconut) however, Nigel has amnesia. Angelica runs into Debbie, teenage Thornberry, and she takes off with Debbie in the Thornberry's all-purpose Comvee. While not paying attention, the bumbling twosome sink the Comvee and generally cause havoc. Meanwhile, pop culture references to just about anything about castaways on an island (in particular, Gilligan's Island, Survivor, and Lord of the Flies) ensue. Also, unlike the previous movies, Susie tags along with a Polaroid-like camera in hand, and doesn't have her parents traveling with her.
Rugrats Go Wild was originally made by Klasky Csupo's television unit, (directed by Mark Risley and written by Kate Boutilier) but after wildly successful screenings, Paramount decided it should be shelved and remade into a feature film. The television version, a 90 minute special, still exists somewhere in the Klasky Csupo/ Nickelodeon vaults. This film was produced by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies, released in the summer of 2003 to lukewarm reviews, and opened at #4 at the box office, and ended up grossing about $40m, the same amount as The Wild Thornberrys Movie. Among the biggest hype this movie received was Bruce Willis voicing Spike, and the use of "Odorama" cards to enhance the viewing experience, Burger King released a scratch and sniff piece of cardboard that was to be scratched and sniffed during the run of the movie.
Voice actors and their characters
Besides the regulars on both shows (see the respective articles), this film featured all of four non-regular voices:
- Bruce Willis - Spike the Dog
- Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders fame) - Siri the leopard
- Tony Jay - Dr. Lipschitz
- Ethan Phillips - Toa
Taglines
- The family vacation goes overboard.
- Wassup Dog?
- Help the Rugrats find their parents.
Nick Movies
We see a moon shape, then gets crazy to form the logo. At the end, the big ball closes the screen and the little ball goes back in place.
Trivia
- In the beginning, Angelica's cat turns out to be the tiger that chases the Rugrats, and the tiger that pulls Tommy's pants down.
- This movie had its Nickelodeon debut on Thursday, November 22, 2007 (Thanksgiving Day). However, unlike the channels broadcasts of the previous two movies (one of which featured a previously deleted scene), this movie was edited for time.
- Right after the crew boards the boat, Angelica holds Cynthia on the front of the boat, making an obvious resemblance to the movie Titanic, going so far as to proclaim "I'm queen of the world!".
