The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue

The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
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Directed by	Robert C. Ramirez
Screenplay by	Willard Carroll
Based on	Characters by Thomas M. Disch
Produced by	John 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 by	Julie Lau
Music by	Alexander Janko William Finn
Production companies	Hyperion Pictures The Kushner-Locke Company
Distributed by	Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Release dates	May 20, 1997 (1997-05-20) (United Kingdom) May 25, 1999 (1999-05-25) (United States)
Running time	74 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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

• Deanna Oliver as Toaster, an inspiring pop-up two-slice toaster who is the leader of the clan of small appliances. Toaster is lion-hearted, rational, kind, contemplative, and caring.
• Timothy Stack as Lampy, an easily impressed yet slightly cranky desktop gooseneck lamp. He is bright but tends to be ironically clueless, though he has a couple of good points.
• Roger Kabler as Radio, a smart-alecky dial A.M. radio alarm clock whose personality parodies noisy and flamboyant announcers.
• Eric Lloyd as Blanky, an electric blanket with a naive demeanor. Lloyd replaces Timothy E. Day from the original film.
• Thurl Ravenscroft as Kirby, a very deep-voiced, individualistic upright vacuum cleaner who dons a negative, grouchy attitude towards the other appliances.
• Brian Doyle-Murray as Wittgenstein, a prototype vacuum-tube-based supercomputer. He is powered by a very rare cathode radio tube called the WFC-11-12-55. He was outmoded when transistors were invented. By the start of the film, he is infected with a computer virus, causing him to function improperly.
• Chris Young as Master Rob McGroarty, a university student, and the original human owner of the five appliances.
• Jessica Tuck as Chris, Rob's tomboyish, protective girlfriend.
• Alfre Woodard as Maisie, she is a sweet cat and watchful of her three kittens. Though she initially did not like Ratso because of his discourteous behavior, by the end of the film, he makes amends with her.
• Andy Milder as Ratso, a rat who is irascible about being kept as a pet by Rob in the first place. He is discourteous to almost everybody, but as the film progresses, Ratso begins to fix his attitude.
• Jonathan Benair as Jim Bob, the assistant of Mack McCro. He and Mack plan to take the animals to Tartarus Laboratory.
• Eddie Bracken as Sebastian the Monkey, an elderly monkey who was the victim of the inhuman experiments of Tartarus Laboratories and as a result has a mutilated and bandaged hand.
• Andy Daly as Murgatroid, a companionable snake who speaks with a heavy sibilance.
• Eddie Deezen as Charlie
• Paddi Edwards as Lab Computer
• Marc Allen Lewis as Security Guard
• Ross Mapletoft as Modem
• Kevin Meaney as Computer, a home computer who lives in Rob's house.
• Victoria Jackson as Mouse, a mouse.
• Jay Mohr as Mack McCro, the former assistant of Rob McGroarty. Unlike the latter, he doesn't care about animals' feelings. He only cares about making money and wants to sell the animals (which Rob has taken care of) to Tartarus Laboratories.
• Danny Nucci as Alberto, a Chihuahua with a broken leg who speaks with a Mexican accent.
• Laurel Green as Campus Student
• Neil Ross as Security Camera and Police Man
• B.J. Ward as Police Lady
• Frank Welker as the Dobermans
• Nancy Cartwright as Virus
• Aretha Franklin as Homebuilt Computer

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.	Title	Performer(s)	Length
1.	"Remember That Day"	Alfre Woodard, Eddie Bracken, Andrew Daly, Danny Nucci & Chorus
2.	"Super Highway"	Aretha Franklin & Chorus
3.	"Chomp And Munch"	Brian Doyle-Murray & Chorus
4.	"Hang In There, Kid"	Cast & Chorus

External links

• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue at IMDb
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue at AllMovie
• The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue at Rotten Tomatoes