Wayside: The Movie
| Wayside: The Movie | |
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Wayside: The Movie title card
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| Created by | Louis Sachar |
| Developed by | John Derevlany |
| Written by |
John Derevlany Lin Oliver |
| Directed by | Riccardo Durante |
| Voices of |
Michael Cera as Todd Martin Villafana as Myron Lisa Ng as Dana Denise Oliver as Maurecia Kathleen Laskey as Mrs. Jewls Kedar Brown as Principal Kidswatter Sergio Di Zio as Louis Jayne Eastwood as Miss Mush |
| Composer(s) | Scott Bucsis |
| Country of origin | Canada, United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Scott Dyer Doug Murphy Lin Oliver |
| Producer(s) | Lin Oliver |
| Running time | 48 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Nelvana, Nickelodeon Productions |
| Release | |
| Original network | Teletoon (Canada), Nickelodeon (United States), KidsCo (worldwide) |
| Original release | November 19, 2005 |
Wayside (also known as Wayside School) is a Canadian/American animated television film created by Louis Sachar, and developed by John Derevlany for Canadian television channel Teletoon, and the American cable channel Nickelodeon. The film follows Todd, a transfer student, who attends Wayside, a 30-story-tall grammar school that has a reputation for the ridiculous. After a mix up with the contractor, the school was built sideways with the room were stacked on top of each other instead of side-to-side, resulting in an Escher-esque design revolved around a fantasy environment and kid logic.
Wayside was conceived to be a series in 2004 by Derevlany and the movie was a pitch for Teletoon. The series was approved for 26 episodes spread across two seasons in 2007. Despite mostly positive reviews, the series was ultimately cancelled in 2008.
The movie starts with Todd transferring to Wayside school and enters Mrs. Jewls's class. After failing to adjust to Mrs. Jewls's style of teaching, he gets his name written on the discipline list and receives a check mark next to it. Todd is then warned that another disruption would cause his name to get circled and as punishment he would get sent home early on the kindergarten bus. While Todd tries to maintain good behavior, he interrupts the class once it appears that the walls of the class are closing in during Mr. Kidswatter's, the principal, announcement on the PA. Mrs. Jewls then sends Todd home early. He meets Wetnose. The next day, when Todd arrives at school, he meets Miss Mush, Wayside's lunch lady. After avoiding her corrosive Mushroom Surprise, Todd rushes to class but misses the classroom election. Due to a tie, there was going to be a re-vote the next day. Once Mr. Kidswatter comes on the PA, the walls again begin to close in on the classroom. Todd cries out in warning, but Mrs. Jewls sees this as a disruption and sends Todd home early again. He meets Wetnose again. The next day everyone attempts to run for classroom president, including Mr. Kidswatter and Miss Mush. The out of control election results in a game of dodge ball to decide who would be president. The game ends with Dana becoming president. Todd is then sent home again after the walls of the room begin to close in on the classroom. He instead sneaks back into school once he finds out that Mrs. Jewls's class is actually a trash compactor. With help from Louis, Todd attempts to rescue the class during a long winded announcement over the PA. Todd uses Miss Mush's corrosive Mushroom Surprise to melt through Mrs. Jewls's locked door and rescues the class. Todd is then given a new desk as he is welcomed to the class which he throws out the window.
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