The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
Tags: satire

Plot synopsis:
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.
The appliances subsequently contact Wittgenstein, an old supercomputer from the previous film, per Ratso's suggestion, by connecting a computer to a security camera in the museum that acts as a phone, between them and Wittgenstein. Upon informing him of their situation, Wittgenstein informs them that in order to travel to Mars, they must attach a ceiling fan to a laundry basket, with cheddar cheese flavored popcorn acting as fuel (due to the fuel source needing to be 'organic'). Furthermore, Wittgenstein supplies Calculator with the necessary power required to be the appliances' navigator. The appliances follow Wittgenstein's instructions, advising Ratso (who, being a mammal, cannot breathe in space) and Blanky (as it would be 'too scary' for him) to stay behind and prevent the baby monitor in Robbie's empty crib of alerting Rob and Chris of their son's disappearance. The appliances then set off to Mars, but not before they find that Blanky has stowed away in the laundry basket.
During their flight through space, the appliances run across a pack of sentient balloons who have been let go by human hands and now float endlessly through the cosmos ("Floating"). Eventually, due to a mistake of Blanky's part, the appliances crash land on Mars, where they encounter multiple satellites sent from Earth (among them being Viking 1), in addition to a Christmas angel named Tinselina who was sent to Mars with the former. However, soon following their arrival, the appliances and Tinselina are taken hostage by a gang of military toasters, who are part of a large group of appliances known as the 'Wonderluxe appliances' and led by an enormous refrigerator known as the 'Supreme Commander'. Tinselina subsequently reveals to the appliances that the Wonderluxe appliances were deliberately built poorly by a corrupt manufacturer, designed to fail from the get-go under a scheme of planned obsolescence. When the company inevitably failed, the useless appliances were used as extra weight by the military in rocket launches, being abandoned afterwards on Mars, now harboring an extreme hatred of humans. The Earthling appliances learn that the angry, rejected Wonderluxe appliances are plotting to blow up the Earth via use of a large missile because the Wonderluxe company threw them out when they failed. Seeing the issues with the Wonderluxe appliances, Toaster decides to fight for the role of Supreme Commander in an attempt to talk them out of destroying the Earth, while Blanky and Robbie, concealed within a protective bubble, happily reunite. Meanwhile, Toaster and the Supreme Commander stage an election and display their differing opinions on humans ("Humans"). During the election, Robbie is able to push a hand out of his bubble. His hand touches Supreme Commander, and the refrigerator inexplicably begins to turn pink. He smiles at the child, before returning to his original color.
Following the election, Toaster emerges victorious and becomes the new Supreme Commander. They then rediscover the grief-stricken Supreme Commander, who allows the appliances to discover what is behind his doors. Subsequently, the appliances venture into the freezer of the Supreme Commander and find that the Supreme Commander's true form is the brother of Hearing Aid, who he has not seen in sixty years. Hearing Aid's brother then reveals that he also originally belonged to Albert Einstein, but fell into the hands of a Nazi leader, whose ideals influenced him, leading him to become disillusioned with humans and to escape to Mars. When asked by Toaster why he changed his mind about blowing up Earth, he says "the touch of the small boy's hand" reminded him that not all humans are bad. With the conflict resolved, the appliances and Robbie, now joined by Tinselina and Hearing Aid's reformed brother, are about to return to Earth when suddenly Hearing Aid's brother realizes he forgot to deactivate the missile set to destroy the Earth. The missile counts down as Toaster jumps off the 'spacecraft', with Hearing Aid's brother contained within his crumb drawer, and destroys the missile. Toaster is almost left on Mars, but the others come back for him. After Toaster is on board, Tinselina gives up her clothes and hair so the spacecraft can be provided with organic fuel necessary to return to Earth.
The appliances happily ride back to Earth as the sun sets. ("Home Again"). The appliances return to Earth just in time as the baby monitor that Ratso has been restraining all night, finally wakes Rob and Chris up. One day, when they are taping Robbie, Rob finds Tinselina, now stripped of her beauty and deemed 'worthless' by herself, in a garbage can and restores her. The film then concludes happily as Rob, Chris, Robbie and the appliances celebrate Christmas, with Robbie demonstrating his appreciation for the five appliances that rescued him, stating his first word ('Toaster'), and Tinselina finally fulfilling her function and being placed on top of a Christmas tree, while Ratso, Hearing Aid and his brother, Calculator and the other appliances celebrate in their own ways, such as engaging in games of tic-tac-toe and playing cards.

Review: Like "To the Rescue", this is another rather bland sequel.
This was released as the second film in the "Brave Little Toaster" trilogy, but is actually the final adventure.
The third film, "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue", takes place in between the original and this one.
After all these years, I've finally seen the two late 90's direct-to-video sequels to the barely theatrical 1987 original, which I saw many times in my childhood, probably mostly before the sequels were made.
I knew these two sequels weren't that popular, so I didn't have very high expectations for them.
As it turns out, it's good I didn't, or I would have been let down.
Neither of them is any match for the bizarre 80's Hyperion Pictures production, though both of them have their moments.
"The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" might be the worst of the three.Rob, known as "The Master" to his childhood appliances, has graduated from college and become a veterinarian.
He is now married to his long-term girlfriend, Chris, and they live in rural house, along with Rob's old appliances (Toaster, Blanky, Kirby, Lampy, and Radio), and Ratso.
One day, the couple returns home with a new baby boy, Robbie.
At first, the appliances are not sure how this will work out for them, but soon find themselves enjoying the company of the "Little Master".
One night, the Hearing Aid, who lives in the kitchen drawer, sneaks upstairs while everyone else is asleep.
The Toaster wakes up and can tell he's up to something, so he tells the others about it the next day.
The following night, they all witness Robbie being sucked out the window in a beam of light, and soon learn that he has been taken to Mars!
In order to try and get the baby back before his parents wake up and realize he is gone, the Red Planet is where the appliances must go!Like the other two installments in the trilogy, this one features a bunch of songs.
The baby song near the beginning seemed awfully sappy for a "Brave Little Toaster" song to me, but I guess the rest of them aren't that bad.
I thought it would be kind of interesting seeing our appliance heroes on their only adventure away from Earth, but to me, it wasn't too entertaining after all.
Neither of the sequels' plots can match the appliances' first adventure.
The part where the appliances (original and new ones) are on their way to Mars and meet a bunch of helium balloons floating in space I found to be a weak moment, but I guess it's more for kids.
"The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" also lacks humour, much like "To the Rescue", but maybe even more so.
There were parts I found amusing, such as Ratso making baby sounds into the intercom, but I don't think there were too many others.
With Wayne Knight providing the voice of the Microwave, the character definitely could have been funnier.I probably would consider this sequel slightly inferior to "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue", but I feel I could give it the same rating, 6/10, instead of 5.
Looking back, it doesn't seem all that bad, and has a pretty good ending.
However, I certainly couldn't give either sequel the 8/10 I gave to the original.
I haven't read Thomas M.
Disch's "Brave Little Toaster" books, which the films are based on, but now that I've seen the entire film trilogy, I think the 1987 original was aimed at all ages, whereas the two late 90's sequels are more for kids.
I'm not saying all adults should avoid them like the plague, I've seen worse kiddie flicks, but if you're an adult fan of the original, you could easily be disappointed by them.
Regardless of your age, if you're going to watch all three movies, I suggest you watch this one last (even though it came in the middle), after you've seen the original and the other sequel, or else you could get confused..
Stick with the first one..
Let me just say that the original "the Brave Little Toaster" is *still* one of the most charming animated features I've ever seen.
It is, by turns, adorable, funny, sweet, and thrilling, and it didn't surprise me at all that some of its production team went on to produce "Toy Story", another one of my favorites.With all that said, this sequel has some really big circuits to fill.
It is a big disapointment.
It's cute but instantly forgettable, and while the first movie had fantastic music (the score is one of the most hauntingly beautiful I've ever heard for an animated film), the songs in this outing will *really* make your toes curl.
As if that wasn't enough to insult us fans of the original movie, for some reason they didn't think we'd notice that Radio has a different voice and that Chris and Computer have been totally redesigned (for the worse).
What does it say that the best part of the video is the preview for "Kiki's Delivery Service"?
Go watch that movie instead..
Better Than It Looks At First Glance.
When I first saw this movie, I felt it was not very good at all: a thin plot, new characters with no introduction, and so on.But then I saw Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue.
If you watch Rescue between the original film and this one, then this one makes a lot more sense..
Doesn't live up to the original.
The Brave Little Toaster is a must-watch, but don't bother with The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
The latter was a disappointment and has nothing to offer that the original has.
This time, the characters have to go to Mars to save the master's baby.
There are too many characters, and some of the original and lovable characters from the original are over-looked, and there doesn't seem to be a coherent plot or lesson learned.
It's a dull watch, and I personally don't know why they bothered.
(Do note that I only saw this film sometime in my late teens or early twenties.
I have seen the original in the past year, and it's still an adorable film.) However, see The Brave Little Toaster.
Rather bland, but like the first sequel, it's watchable.
I love the first Brave Little Toaster, and saw both its sequels The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue and The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.
Both are rather bland in comparison, but both are watchable unlike some of the other animated sequels I've seen.Its problems are actually similar to the first sequel's.
It is too short, and the story is rather predictable and rushed despite the quite nice ending.
The songs are on the forgettable and unnecessary side too, the one at the beginning especially is the epitome of sap.
Also it is lacking the eerie yet compelling, touching quality the original has.However, apart from some characters being re-designed and looking rather strange and off-model, the animation is not too bad.
The backgrounds are decent enough as are the colours.
The writing isn't as strong, but there are some humorous and poignant ones which I appreciated.
The characters are still likable, and the voice actors do do very well, even the new-comers and replacements.All in all, a bland sequel, but not a bad one.
5/10 Bethany Cox. Crying because emotions.
THIS movie is a ROLLERtoaster of electrifying songs, enlightening LIFE lessons, and mind-zapping use of LANGUAGE, which WILL envelope YOUR heart in a warm, comforting embrace of emotion.
The CHARACTERS are merry and bright with a HINT of cheddar flavouring.
I'm a BIG FAN of this movie because it was LITERALLY cinematic PERFECTION.
The first time I watched this movie, it was in my dad's basement in complete darkness.
He had abandoned me to watch baseball or something, and I was terrified.
This movie quickly became my new dad.I have cried only twice in my life.
The first time was when I lost my 1992 Captain America collector's card.
The second was when I heard the gripping story of WonderLuxe appliances.If you need something to fill the void in your soul, and you've already found Jesus, watch "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars.".
Not the best, but fun for the kids.
My son likes this movie, particularly the music.
I have no strong feelings about it one way or another, except that the adults seem to be far too wide-awake and cheerful to be the parents of a new baby.
My favourite part was hearing DeForrest Kelley as the voice of the Viking spacecraft..
Worst waste of time I've ever seen..
This was horrible.
For a children's movie, it uses terms like Planned Obsolescence and has really odd characterizations.
The first of the series is cute and makes sense.
This one is a horrible waste of time for the viewer and was certainly a waste of time for anyone whose name is in the credits.
If I had been on this project, I would remove my name.
Quite frankly, the plot lacks any depth.
The newly introduced characters are not developed well.
The dialogue is stilted while many terms, such as planned obsolescence, are not understandable to the target audience.
While I understand that talking appliances is a stretch for the imagination, the trip to Mars is even more far-fetched and the team did not do a good job of helping the viewer make the leap..
It's Out Of This World!.
This animated, feature-length "Kiddie" film is definitely cute-cute-cute, but, then again, it certainly could have been a whole lot better, too.Of course, all of your favorite electrical appliances are here, including - Toaster, Lampy, Radio, Kirby, and Blanky - And this tale is to be their bravest adventure yet.Robbie, the master's baby, has been mysteriously beamed up to Mars.
It's now up to our heroes, plus a houseful of new friends, like a fan, and a microwave, to reach the stars and bring the little tyke safely back home to Earth.This is a delightful, little tale that overflows with friendship and courage.So, get ready for a fun-filled mission with the brave, little Toaster, and all of his cool friends!.
This is the suck-est of all.
*THIS MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS,I THINK*First off, This movie has a plot that is almost impossible would take form a few days to a month just to get to the moon.
Now make that a laundry basket, Possibly going 10k per hour, going to mars, staying for a while, then going back in less then 8 hours.
I mean, Really?
And then there's the fact that in the original movie Toaster, in the water fall part, holds his breath under the water, yet then in this movie, you see him telling Ratso that rats would suffocate in space.
This is a real disappointment to me.
I watched it and it sucked.
Especcily the music.
Bottem line: It sucks