The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

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The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
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Directed byRobert C. Ramirez
Screenplay by Willard Carroll
Based onCharacters
by Thomas M. Disch
Produced byJohn Bush
Donald Kushner
Tom Wilhite
Starring Deanna Oliver
Tim Stack
Thurl Ravenscroft
Brian Doyle-Murray
Chris Young
Eddie Deezen
Alfre Woodard
Jay Mohr
Jonathan Benair
Andy Milder
Jessica Tuck
Eddie Bracken
Aretha Franklin
Edited byJulie Lau
Music byAlexander Janko
William Finn
Production
companies
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment [a]
Release dates
  • May 20, 1997 (1997-05-20)(United Kingdom)
  • May 25, 1999 (1999-05-25)(United States)
Running time
74 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue is a 1997 American animated musical film. Unlike other installments in the Brave Little Toaster lineup, it is the only film not to be based on the novella of the same name by Thomas M. Disch. It is the sequel to The Brave Little Toaster (1987). The film was released direct-to-video on May 20, 1997, in the United Kingdom and on May 25, 1999, in the United States by Walt Disney Home Video.

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A sequel, The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars , was released in 1998.

Plot

Rob McGroarty, the owner of the appliances, and the one referred to as "The Master", is in his last days of college while simultaneously working at a veterinary clinic. One night, while finishing his thesis, his computer crashes due to a computer virus. The appliances, along with a rat named Ratso, seek to help Rob by finding and reversing the effects of his computer virus. Meanwhile, Mack, Rob's lab assistant, plots to sell the injured animals Rob had been tending to a Santa Clarita laboratory named "Tartarus Laboratories". The appliances discover an abandoned, old prototype TLW-728 supercomputer named Wittgenstein in the basement. Wittgenstein reveals that he is living on one rare vacuum tube, a WFC-11-12-55, due to being infected by a computer virus. The appliances learn that unless they find a replacement quickly, Wittgenstein's vacuum tube will blow and lead to his death.

In an attempt to return Wittgenstein to his full capacity, Radio and Ratso go to the storage building of the college to find the WFC-11-12-55 tube. However, when Radio and Ratso return with the tube, they accidentally break it during an argument. Wittgenstein does his best to survive, but the virus causes him to blow his remaining tube and he dies. Guilt-ridden over condemning the animals to their doom at Tartarus Laboratories, Radio gives up his own tube, sacrificing himself. The appliances install Radio's tube in Wittgenstein and he wakes up with boosted power that regenerates all of his other tubes and destroys all the viruses within him. The appliances and Wittgenstein alert Rob and his girlfriend, Chris, to Mack's scheme. The appliances create a makeshift vehicle out of a modem, an office cart, and a car battery and pursue Mack's truck with Rob, Chris, and some guard dogs sent by Wittgenstein following them. They manage to lure the police to the front of the truck (causing the appliances to crash into the back) and have Mack arrested. After discovering the appliances in the truck, Rob and Chris assume that Mack had also planned to sell Rob's stuff, but Rob wonders where Radio is. Later, they discover Wittgenstein and Radio in the basement, but Rob is dismayed that Radio's tube is missing. Rob proposes to Chris and she replaces Radio's tube with a new one she found in Nome, reviving him. Wittgenstein restores Rob's thesis and is later sold to a museum to be upgraded with modern technology. In the end, all of the animals are adopted by new owners except Ratso, who Rob and Chris decide to keep as their pet. They leave college with their appliances and Ratso, planning to start a new and happy life together.

Voice cast

Production

Music

Alexander Janko composed the film's score. In addition to the original songs, "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits is played at the film's opening.

All lyrics are written by Ellen Fitzhugh; all music is composed by William Finn

No.TitlePerformer(s)Length
1."Remember That Day" Alfre Woodard, Eddie Bracken, Andrew Daly, Danny Nucci & Chorus 
2."Super Highway" Aretha Franklin [ citation needed ] & Chorus 
3."Chomp And Munch" Brian Doyle-Murray & Chorus 
4."Hang In There, Kid"Cast & Chorus 

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