The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
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| Directed by | Robert C. Ramirez |
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Donald Kushner John Bush Tom Wilhite Kurt Albrecht Executive: Peter Locke Willard Carroll |
| Written by | Willard Carroll |
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The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars by Thomas M. Disch |
| Starring |
Deanna Oliver Thurl Ravenscroft Roger Kabler Timothy Stack Eric Lloyd Russi Taylor Chris Young Jessica Tuck Carol Channing Farrah Fawcett DeForest Kelley Alan King |
| Music by | Andrew Belling Alexander Janko |
| Edited by | Julie Ann Lau |
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| Distributed by | Walt Disney Home Video |
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76 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars is the name of both a children's book by Thomas M. 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 produced by Hyperion Animation and distributed by Walt Disney Home Video and released in 1998. It featured the last performance of actor DeForest Kelley before his death in 1999.
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. Ratso also refers to him as "our old college buddy"; Rob is in college in the previous film.
Now newly married and having moved to a new home, the 'Master' of the appliances Toaster, Lampy, Kirby, Radio and Blanky, Rob, and his wife Chris have an infant son named Robbie. At first the appliances all fear that Rob and Chris will pay more attention to him but later grow accustomed to him ("I See a New You"). Later that night, Hearing Aid, an ancient hearing aid left in the house's kitchen junk drawer by the previous owner escapes the drawer and sneaks past the sleeping appliances, However, Toaster sights him and follows him up to the attic, where he witnesses Hearing Aid receiving a message which appears to be transmitting from space.
The next morning, Toaster informs the other appliances and Ratso, the family's pet rat, of the events occurring the previous night, leading to the appliances and Ratso agreeing to carefully watch the junk drawer in case of Hearing Aid suspiciously escaping again. Later, at midnight, everyone falls asleep just as Hearing Aid escapes from the drawer. Suddenly, Robbie, dubbed "the Little Master" by the appliances, is awakened by the sound of the transmission, climbs out of his crib and follows Hearing Aid. The appliances awaken, find Robbie going up the stairs and pursue him, leading them to enter the attic just as a beam of light appears. The shocked appliances pursue Hearing Aid, but in spite of this, Robbie is beamed into space. Following this, Calculator, another appliance from the kitchen junk drawer, interprets the signals transmitting to Hearing Aid onto his screen, revealing that Robbie has been transported to Mars.
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