Re-Animated

Re-Animated is a television film that aired on Cartoon Network on December 8, 2006. It was the first original production on the genre for the network.[1] It was released on DVD on September 11, 2007,[2] and serves as a pilot for the follow-up series Out of Jimmy's Head, which premiered on September 14, 2007.

For the EP by Wednesday 13, see Re-Animated (EP).
Re-Animated
Created byAdam Pava
Tim McKeon
Written byAdam Pava
Tim McKeon
Directed byBruce Hurwit
Starring
Voices of
Theme music composerJohnny Colt
Opening theme"Re-Animated", performed by Johnny Colt
Ending theme"Re-Animated" (Extended)
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Michael Ouweleen
  • Bruce Hurwit
  • Adam Pava
  • Tim McKeon
  • Ashley Postlewaite (for Renegade Animation)
Producers
CinematographyCollin W. Davis
EditorsMichael Kelly, ACE
Running time78 minutes
Production companiesRenegade Animation
Turner Studios (credited as "Appleday Pictures")
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkCartoon Network
Original release
  • December 8, 2006 (2006-12-08)
Chronology
Followed byOut of Jimmy's Head

The film's animation was produced by Renegade Animation, which previously produced Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi for Cartoon Network.

Plot

Jimmy Roberts (Dominic Janes) is a 12-year-old student and a pushover who is often taken advantage of by his peers, even his best friend Craig (Micah Karns). This problem continues during his class trip to Gollyworld, an amusement park themed around animated cartoon characters created by the deceased animator Milt Appleday (Fred Willard). Jimmy misses out on many of the rides because Craig tells the popular kids that Jimmy will hold their items for them. The popular kids then, on Craig's suggestion, tell Jimmy to search for Appleday's frozen brain, which supposedly is hidden somewhere in the ride "Tux's Arctic Adventure". As usual, Jimmy unwillingly gives in, and once there, bumps into Milt's middle-aged, clumsy son Sonny (Matt Knudsen), who is attempting to retrieve the brain from underneath the ice. After being spotted by Sonny, Jimmy quickly flees and during his escape, accidentally runs onto the path of an oncoming train. He is sent to an on-premises hospital operated by park staff who are also secretly certified physicians, where Milt's brain (which one of the doctors keeps in his lunch cooler) is transplanted into his head. He survives the operation with his personality intact (explained by the doctors salvaging his "personality gland"), but he can now see all of Appleday's characters in real life, while no one else can.

With the help of his crush, Robin (Eunice Cho), who is also Craig's sister, Jimmy and the characters learn that the reason they've lost their popularity is thanks to Sonny, who unwittingly ruined their cartoons through his own ideas, especially Golly Gopher, who is crushed to learn that his top spot as most popular cartoon character in the world has been reduced to nothing. However, when Jimmy is hired as the new president of Appleday Pictures, replacing Sonny, Golly believes Jimmy can quickly make him a star again. With Milt's creativity and imagination, Jimmy becomes immensely popular but no longer has time for school or his friends.

Meanwhile, Sonny deceives Jimmy's father into letting him rent out a room in Jimmy's house. Sonny has dinner with the Roberts family and meets Jimmy's alien sister, Yancy (Rhea Lando), all the while constantly scheming to remove Milt's brain from Jimmy's head. He devises a plan to modify Crocco's train to include several dangerous devices that will decapitate Jimmy. However, he yells this plan out loud, and Yancy catches on.

Eventually, Robin attempts to point out to Jimmy that the cartoons are walking all over him just like others used to, but he denies this, claiming that Robin only likes him because he has Milt's brain. He leaves for his television debut, leaving her behind to encounter Sonny, who takes her hostage. At the studio, Jimmy tells Golly that being the president of Appleday Studios hasn't gotten him what he really wanted. Furious, Golly tells him it is impossible for him to say no to anybody. Jimmy finally realizes Robin was right and denounces his position as president on-air. Sonny, however, still wants the brain, and has tied Robin down to the train tracks, forcing Jimmy and the characters to go save her. Golly apologizes for his anger and temporarily changes Jimmy into a cartoon "Knight in shining armor". Jimmy goes inside the train and destroys the engine, saving Robin. Jimmy dresses up as Milt to hide from Sonny, and Sonny is momentarily distracted by his affection for his father. Yancy saves Jimmy using her power of teleportation. Robin and Jimmy return to Craig's house, where he was planning to throw a party with Jimmy as the guest of honor, and they mend their friendship. However, since the partygoers were watching Jimmy's announcement and saw him talk about the importance of friendship, they leave, as they no longer think highly of him.

In an epilogue, while Jimmy is leaving for school, Sonny almost succeeds at extracting Jimmy's brain with a crane-like device but misses.

"Golly Gopher: Hero in Train-ing"

It is an exclusive animated short produced by Renegade Animation which is included as a bonus on Re-Animated DVD; an extract was shown in the movie itself but only after the intro. Its main protagonists are Golly Gopher, Dolly Gopher, Crocco the crocodile, and Tux the penguin.

The plot consists of Golly saving Dolly from an approaching train driven by Crocco.

Cast

Live-action cast
  • Dominic Janes as Jimmy Roberts, a student who has an animator’s preserved brain transplanted into his head, enabling him to experience and interact with visions of cartoon characters.
  • Matt Knudsen as Sonny Appleday, the scheming son of the late Milt Appleday, who is determined to claim his father’s brain for himself.
  • Bil Dwyer as Ken Roberts, Jimmy and Yancy’s father.
  • Eunice Cho as Robin Yoshida, Craig’s sister and Jimmy’s crush.
  • Micah Karns as Craig Yoshida, Robin’s brother and Jimmy’s best friend.
  • Rhea Lando as Yancy Roberts, Jimmy’s adopted older sister from an alien planet.
  • Rachel Quaintance as Louisa Roberts, Jimmy and Yancy’s mother.
  • Tom Kenny as Appleday Board Member.
  • Fred Willard as Milt Appleday, a deceased animator who founded Appleday Pictures and created the characters Jimmy sees. He is loosely based on animator Walt Disney.
  • Stephanie Courtney as Donna.

Voice cast

Two nonverbal cartoon characters, Prickles and Pickles (a porcupine and a pickle, respectively), also appear. They are loosely based on Tom Cat and Jerry Mouse, stars of the Tom and Jerry animated franchise.

Songs
  • "Re-Animated" (Johnny Colt)
  • "The Meat Song" (Jared Forber)
  • "The Party Song" (Matt Crocco)
  • "Mittens' Revenge" (Johnny Colt)
  • "Pure" (Superchick)
  • "Today" (Joshua Rodin)
  • "My Only Friend" (Ronnie Day)
  • "The Love Song" (Matt Crocco)
  • "K.I.T." (Johnny Colt)
  • "Closer" (Joshua Rodin)
  • "I Hope Tomorrow is Like Today" (Guster)
  • "Cha Cha" (Chelo)
  • "It's On" (Superchick)
  • "Greatest Day" (Bowling for Soup)
  • "Yr. My Ringo" (The Face of Hans)
  • "Jimmy Hides" (Sherman Foote)

Reception

The film was given two out of five stars by Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media called it a "brain-swap tale [that] will have tweens' eyes rolling".[3]

References
  1. "Cartoon Network to put 'Re-Animated' in motion". Chicago Tribune. Tribune Company. March 6, 2006. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
  2. Re-Animated Amazon.com B000QBW8Z8
  3. Ashby, Emily (September 10, 2007). "Re-Animated - Movie Review". Common Sense Media. Retrieved 2012-12-11.
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