The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
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Directed by | Robert C. Ramirez |
Written by | Willard Carroll |
Produced by | Donald Kushner John Bush Tom Wilhite Kurt Albrecht Executive: Peter Locke Willard Carroll |
Starring | Deanna Oliver Thurl Ravenscroft Roger Kabler Timothy Stack Eric Lloyd Chris Young Jessica Tuck Carol Channing Farrah Fawcett DeForest Kelley Alan King |
Edited by | Julie Ann Lau |
Music by | Andrew Belling Alexander Janko |
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Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
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Running time | 75 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars is the name of both a children's book by Thomas Disch, as well as the film made from same. Both are sequels to the book and film versions of The Brave Little Toaster. The film was distributed by Walt Disney Home Video and released in 1998.
The plot takes place after The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue, as the group already knows Ratso the rat, and Wittgenstein the supercomputer, having met him in To the Rescue. They also refer to him as "our old college buddy"; Rob is in college in the other film. Both films were produced at the same time and this one was released first.
Plot
Rob and Chris have a baby boy named Robbie. At first the appliances all think that they will pay more attention to him but later get used to him ("I See a New You"). Later, the Hearing Aid, who was left in a drawer in their new house from the past owner gets out of the drawer and passes everyone who is asleep. Toaster then sees him and follows him up to the attic. Toaster gets very suspicious about him when he was talking to someone in space.
The next morning, Toaster tells what happened last night then they all agree to stay on watch of the drawer till he comes out. Later, when it is midnight, everyone falls asleep just when Hearing Aid escapes from the drawer. The "little master", as they call baby Robbie, awakes to the sound and gets out of his crib and follows Hearing Aid. The appliances awake and find Robbie going up the stairs. Lampy tries to get him down, but is dragged up the stairs and his plug slips out and falls down the stairs. The appliances appear in the room when a big beam of light appears. The appliances chase after Hearing Aid, but then Robbie disappears in a bubble through space. And after that, they all find out that he was sent to Mars.
They get Wittgenstein, the old supercomputer, to help them and gives them advice. They get the microwave and cheddar cheese popcorn to help them fly, as it is organic, a laundry basket, and the ceiling fan. They set off in space to go to Mars and find Robbie. During their flight, a pack of balloons appear who fly endlessly in space from hands who let them go ("Floating"). The appliances crash on Mars and find the baby. They meet a Christmas angel named Tinselina who was sent to mars with Viking 1. The appliances follow a group of military toasters who had just arrived to their leader Supreme Commander who is a huge refrigerator. They then learn that they are going to blow Earth up because their old owners threw them out, and Toaster tries to talk them out of it. In between the fight, Robbie is able to push a hand out of his bubble. His hand touches Supreme Commander, and the refrigerator suddenly begins to turn pink. He smiles at the child, before returning his original color.
Toaster ends up between an election with Supreme Commander ("Humans"). After a while, we learn that Toaster wins the election and is the new Supreme Commander. The appliances go into the freezer of Supreme Commander and find the brother of Hearing Aid. They have not seen each in since sixty years. When asked by Toaster why Surpreme Commander changed his mind about blowing up Earth, he says "the touch of the small boy's hand" reminded him that not all humans are bad. They are all about to return to earth when suddenly Hearing aid's brother forgot to deactivate the rocket. The missile counts down. Toaster jumps off with Hearing Aid's brother and destroys the rocket. Toaster is almost left on Mars, but the others come back for him. After Toaster is on board, Tinselina gives up her clothes so they can have something organic to get back to earth.
The appliances happily ride back to Earth ("Home Again"). The appliances return to Earth just in time as the baby monitor that Ratso, their pet rat, had been restraining all night, finally wakes Rob and Christine up. One day when they are taping Robbie, Rob finds Tinselina in a garbage can and fixes her up. It is a happy ending with Robbie's first word is "Toaster!" and Tinselina's first time on a Christmas tree. It is a happy ending with the appliances having a merry Christmas with the little master.
Voice cast
- Deanna Oliver as Toaster
- Thurl Ravenscroft as Kirby
- Roger Kabler as Radio
- Timothy Stack as Lampy
- Eric Lloyd as Blanky
- Chris Young as Rob
- Jessica Tuck as Chris
- Carol Channing as the ceiling fan
- Farrah Fawcett as Faucet
- DeForest Kelley as Viking 1
- Alan King as Supreme Commander
- Jim Cummings provided the singing voice of the Supreme Commander
- Andy Milder as Ratso
- Kath Soucie as Tinselina
- Wayne Knight as Microwave
- Fyvush Finkel as Hearing aid
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Calculator
- Redmond O'Neal as Squirt
- Russi Taylor as Baby Robbie
- Brian Doyle-Murray as Wittgenstein
Track Listing
1. Opening Credits
2. They All Wake Up
3. Blankey's Waiting for the Master
4. Baby Robbie
5. I See A New You
6. Life Without Robbie
7. Thinking About the Little Master
8. Robbie Decide to go to Mars
9. The Power Ran's Out
10. Floating
11. Welcome to Mars
12. Here for the Little Master
13. Supreme Commander
14. Humans
15. Robbie turns Supreme Commander into Pink
16. Froze Them Up
17. In the Thin Ice Freezer
18. Meeting a Friend
19. The Small Boy's Hand
20. Toaster's Problem
21. Home Again
22. Bringing Robbie Home
23. Merry Christmas
24. End Credits
Musical numbers
- "I See a New You" - Chris, Rob
- "Floating" - Balloons
- "Humans" - Supreme Commander, Toaster
- "Home Again" - Appliances
Reception
The movie got mixed to negative reviews and was widely panned by fans of the first movie.
Comparisons to Book
In the book, only The Fan, Microwave, Hearing Aid, Toaster, Radio, and Blanky (after sneaking on the laundry basket) went to Mars. Lampy and Kirby stayed behind. In the film those same characters go along with Calculator, Lampy, and Kirby.
References
External links
- 1998 films
- 1988 novels
- 1990s animated films
- 1990s science fiction films
- American films
- American animated films
- Direct-to-video films
- American science fiction films
- English-language films
- Children's films
- Children's science fiction novels
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Literature featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Mars in fiction
- Novels by Thomas M. Disch
- Sequel films
- Films distributed by Disney