Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out

Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out is a 2005 American live-action/animated action-adventure comedy film directed by Todd Holland and Mike Minchin, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Jon Vitti, and Mike Reiss, and stars Hugh Jackman, Uma Thurman, Jim Carrey, Joan Cusack, Alicia Silverstone, Liam Neeson, Eric Idle, and Whoopi Goldberg, with the voices of Tom Kenny, Phil LaMarr, and Tara Strong.

Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out premiered in Hollywood on July 7, 2005, and was theatrically released in the United States on July 22 with mixed-to-positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation, some of the performances (notably Jackman, Thurman, and Carrey), metacommentary, and score but criticized the story and unimaginative humor compared to the classic cartoons. Financially, the film was a box office disappointment, grossing $106 million worldwide against a $70 million budget. This was also the last theatrically released feature film to prominently feature the Twentieth Toons characters until 2022’s Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple.

Plot
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Cast

 * Hugh Jackman
 * Uma Thurman
 * Jim Carrey
 * Joan Cusack
 * Alicia Silverstone
 * Liam Neeson
 * Patrick Warburton
 * Whoopi Goldberg
 * Eric Idle
 * Matthew Broderick (cameo via archive footage from Toonlympics)

Voice cast

 * Tom Kenny as Felix Fox / Melvin the Mouse
 * Phil LaMarr as Benjamin Bird
 * Jeff Bennett as Furious Freddie / Ren the Rooster / Additional voices
 * Tara Strong as Laura Reed / Additional voices
 * Bob Bergen as Tom Turtle
 * Janet Waldo as Lucille
 * Billy West as Larry Watson / Additional voices
 * Frank Welker as Charlie Cassowary (vocal effects)
 * Jim Cummings as Butch Bandicoot
 * Joe Alaskey as Edward the Eagle / Sebastian Solar
 * Bill Farmer as Marvin Mole
 * John DiMaggio as Winston Weasel

William P. Wolf appears in the film but does not speak.

Cameos

 * Catherine Cavadini as Alaina Gleen
 * Tom Kenny as Max Hat
 * Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson / Additional voices
 * Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson
 * John Leguizamo as Sid
 * Chris Wedge as Scrat

Development
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Animation
While the film was produced by 20th Century Fox Animation, the animation was mainly outsourced to Yowza! Animation in Canada. Additionally, the animation was also outsourced to Saerom Animation in Seoul, South Korea, and Wang Film Productions in Taipei, Taiwan. Fox hired James Baxter, Mike Reeves, and Walt Disney Feature Animation's Mark Henn to direct the animation. Sid and Scrat's cameos were done by Blue Sky Studios, who animated the original Ice Age film.

Soundtrack
Released on July 19, 2005, by Varèse Sarabande, the music for the film was composed by John Debney.

Release
Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out was originally going to be released on July 8, 2005, but in February 2005, the film was pushed back to July 22, 2005 as Fox rescheduled Fantastic Four for the original date instead. The film had its official premiere at the Mann Grauman Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California on July 7, 2005, with the cast and filmmakers as attendees.

Home media
Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out was released on VHS, DVD, and UMD Video on December 13, 2005, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. It included a sneak peek of Puppet Pals (2006). It was later released on Blu-ray with bonus features on May 29, 2012. Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out was released for the first time on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on April 25, 2022.

Marketing
The film's teaser trailer was released on September 16, 2004 and was attached exclusively into The Alaina Gleen Movie a day later. Another teaser trailer was released on November 3, 2004 and was attached into The Incredibles and The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The first full trailer was released on February 9, 2005. The final trailer was released on April 29, 2005, and was released theatrically in front of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

Coinciding with the film's release, Burger King had a promotional tie-in with six toys with a paid Kids' Meal order, and ran a series of Twentieth Toons-themed television adverts to promote this. Customers could also purchase one of four different Twentieth Toons-themed watches for $1.99 with the purchase of a value meal. Doughnut chain Krispy Kreme also served a limited-edition "Tooned-Out Doughnut" in July 2005. Fox Family promoted the film with several promotional spots, alongside the sweepstakes for the film's merchandise and a trip to Hollywood, which appeared on FoxFamily.com but later expired on August 31, 2005. A new balloon themed after Felix Fox and Benjamin Bird debuted at the 2004 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Fox had also released a series of plush items, toys, books and activity sets, keepsakes, and apparel. Additional marketing partners for the film included General Mills, Kraft Foods, Pepsi, MasterCard, and Kodak.

Ice cream chain Baskin-Robbins also promoted the film for its new Felix Fox's Loaded Sundae, a combination of Oreo Cookies 'n Cream ice cream, hot fudge, crushed chocolate cookies, whipped cream, and sprinkles. Sony also produced a limited edition Twentieth Toons PlayStation Portable console. This was to support the film's DVD/VHS release,

Video game
A video game adaptation was released on July 12, 2005, on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and Macintosh and was developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment. Xbox and Game Boy Advance versions were planned but were canceled due to the film's financial failure.

Box office
Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out had grossed $56.3 million in North America and $49.7 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $106.5 million, against a budget of $70 million.

In the United States and Canada, the film was released alongside Bad News Bears, The Devil's Rejects, Hustle & Flow, and The Island as well as facing competition to War of the Worlds, Batman Begins, the American release of The Magic Roundabout, Sky High, The Dukes of Hazzard, The Diablos, and Fox's own Fantastic Four during the late summer season of 2005. It grossed a combined total of $21,311,374 in its opening weekend at 3,603 theaters, finishing third at the box office, behind Wedding Crashers and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

Fox was hoping to start a revitalized franchise of Twentieth Toons media and products with the success of Tooned Out. New animated theatrical shorts and a Bird Busters TV series were commissioned to tie in with Tooned Out. However, due to the film being unable to recoup its $70 million budget, the Twentieth Toons franchise remained primarily on television for nearly 17 years. Fox would not produce another theatrical Twentieth Toons film until Twentieth Toons: Quest for the Toon Temple, which was released in April 2022 and became a huge box office hit.

Critical response
Critical response aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 54% based on 131 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "The plot is a frantic, hyperactive jumble and the gags are relatively uninspired compared to the classic Twentieth Toons cartoons." Metacritic gives it 51/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B-" on an A+ to F scale.

Main
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Trailers
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