Rugrats Go Wild
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| Rugrats Go Wild | |
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| Directed by | John Eng Norton Virgien |
| Produced by | Gabor Csupo Arlene Klasky |
| Written by | Kate Boutilier |
| Starring | Elizabeth Daily Nancy Cartwright Kath Soucie Dionne Quan Cheryl Chase Tim Curry Bruce Willis |
| Music by | Drew Neumann |
| Editing by | John Bryant Kimberly Rettberg |
| Release date(s) | June 13, 2003 |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie The Wild Thornberrys Movie |
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Rugrats Go Wild is a crossover 2003 Nickelodeon animated film, with two animated television shows Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys.
Tagline:The family vacation just went overboard.
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[edit] Plot
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.
[edit] Reception
Rugrats Go Wild was originally made by Klasky Csupo's television unit, (directed by Mark Risley and written by Kate Boutilier) but after wildly successful screenings, Paramount decided it should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 and Blockbuster released a scratch and sniff piece of cardboard that was to be scratched and sniffed during the run of the movie. The film made about $39,402,572 in domestic grossing and $55,405,466 worldwide, making it a box office disappointment, and didn't make a box office hit like the previous two movies(as result of Rugrats's Popularity being as it's peaked and the downfall of 2-D animation films like Treasure Planet(2002) Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003)}} and Home on the Range (2004).
[edit] Guest stars
Besides the regulars on both shows (see the respective articles), this film featured all of four non-regular voices:
- Bruce Willis - Spike
- Chrissie Hynde (of The Pretenders fame) - Siri the leopard
- Tony Jay - Dr. Lipschitz
- Ethan Phillips - Toa
[edit] Trivia
- 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.
- The first and only Rugrats film to carry a PG rating by the MPAA.
- In the first, early trailers for the film, it had the title of The Rugrats Meet the Wild Thornberries.
- Suzie Carmichael had a small part in the first and second Rugrats movies, but she was one of the main characters in Rugrats Go Wild.
- Clouded leopards cannot roar like the one in this movie does.
- This is the third Rugrats movie Tim Curry appeared in. The first two being the first Rugrats Movie and the second Rugrats Movie. Tim Curry is the only actor to not have a regular role in the show, but appear in all three movies.
- Nigel states that the giant squid had never been seen alive before. Live giant squid have since been spotted and studied.
[edit] External links
- Rugrats Go Wild! at the Big Cartoon DataBase
- Rugrats Go Wild! at the Internet Movie Database
- The Unofficial Rugrats Online page on the movie
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