Rugrats Go Wild
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Plot synopsis:
The Rugrats go on an adventure through the safari. Tommy impersonates Nigel Thornberry, who is his role model and spoofs his nature show. However, the babies' broadcast is cut short when they come across a tiger and then a crocodile, both of which threaten them. Just as they begin sinking in quicksand and are nearly attacked, this is revealed as only imagination; the babies and their families are about to go on vacation on the Lipschitz cruise ship.
When the families arrive at the dock, they miss the Lipschitz cruise. Tommy's father, Stu, has rented a ramshackle boat called the S.S. Nancy which he reveals to be their real mode of transportation, and their real vacation. The families are angered that Stu did not consult them on his plans, and soon the boat is flipped over by a wave during a tropical storm. Everyone is forced to abandon the ship and board a life raft as the ship sinks. Everyone blames Stu for causing all of this and lose hope of being saved. Things start looking up when Angelica sings about having hope on the karaoke machine she brought until she drops her Cynthia doll into the ocean and starts crying.
The next morning, they arrive on a small, seemingly uninhabited island (possibly in Southeast Asia). The adults argue about who should be the leader. When it gets out of hand, Betty suggests an unusual test: she draws a circle around the fighting adults and tells everyone to step out of the circle, saying that it is the bad circle. They all step out and say that they all feel better, except Stu, and make Betty the leader, much to Stu's anger.
On the opposite side of the island is the famous globe-trotting family the Thornberrys (out to film a clouded leopard). Tommy, Chuckie, and the rest of the kids, except for Angelica, set off to find them, for they suspect they are somewhere on the island. Along the way, Chuckie gets lost and runs into the Thornberry's Tarzan-like child Donnie, who steals Chuckie's clothes.
Meanwhile, Eliza, the gifted Thornberry, is exploring about the jungle with Darwin, her chimpanzee companion and runs into Spike, the Pickles' dog. Since Eliza can talk to animals, Spike (now voiced by Bruce Willis) talks for the first time; he informs her that his 'babies' are lost somewhere on the island. Under the impression that Spike means he is looking for puppies, Eliza (and a reluctant Darwin) agree to help him find them. Following a close encounter with Siri, an angry clouded leopard whom Spike believes to be just a regular domestic cat, they learn that he meant the human babies.
Simultaneously, Eliza's father, Nigel, finds the lost babies. He heads in their direction but ends up tumbling down a hill and suffers amnesia after a coconut falls on his head. Angelica (going by "Angelitiki, the Island Princess") runs into Debbie, the teenage Thornberry, and takes off with Debbie in the Thornberry's all-purpose mobile communication vehicle (commvee). While not paying attention, the two girls sink the commvee.
With the other parents' help, Marianne Thornberry, the mother of Eliza and Debbie as well as the wife of Nigel, raises the commvee and uses the automatic-retrieval system to rescue Nigel, who has regained his memory, and the babies. Nigel and the kids see a giant squid on the way to the surface. They are reunited with their families and forgive Stu, and everyone finally gets on board the Lipschitz cruise. Spike vows never to lose his babies again.

Review: The end credits for "Rugrats Go Wild!" include a section headed "Klasky Csupo Accounting," which unfortunately figures; this third theatrical outing for the Rugrats and second one for the Wild Thornberrys plays more like a marketing exercise than an actual movie.With this big-screen crossover of two TV shows, you'd think that they'd both get equal time, but due to their show having been more successful and having their full name in the title (it was originally called "Rugrats Meet The Wild Thornberrys" before someone decided that was too obvious), Tommy, Chucky and the rest get more time on screen than the far more appealing Eliza Thornberry and Co; it's not until near the end that they're on anything like equal footing, and by then the movie's been sabotaged by a plot that's too skimpy for words (the Pickles, Finster and DeVille families - plus Susie - get stranded on the same island that the Thornberrys have pitched up on for their latest jaunt, and cue much running around and shrieking), an ounce of actual amusement amongst a ton of shrill and strained gags, too many characters squeezed into too little time, and far too many songs, pop or otherwise (Chrissie Hynde.
Why?).Having Bruce Willis do the voice of Spike doesn't help much, and neither does including some of the most heavy-handed movie references this side of a Leslie Nielsen comedy.
In fact, the movie officially becomes a waste of time when their boat capsizes and it turns into a mini-homage to "The Poseidon Adventure," capped by Angelica singing "The Morning After" in her toy karaoke machine.
I saw this film with my daughter (6 years old) and her friend (7), none of whom are Rugrats fans, mostly because they consider the Rugrat's humor to be too immature and inappropriate.
My daughter and I did, however, mostly enjoy last year's The Wild Thornberrys Movie.The plot is a literal and figurative shipwreck.
The Rugrats and their parents end up on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific, on which the Thornberrys happen to be.
By the time Nigel Thornberry gets knocked on the head and reverts to the mental age of a 3 year-old, I had lost track of who was looking for whom and why.
For example, in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, considerable attention was given to Darwin the monkey, who is one of the more interesting characters in this entire assembly (Darwin is smart and makes very insightful observations of human behavior, but he can only communicate with one person, Eliza - to everyone else, he is a dumb monkey).
So, unless you are already familiar with all the characters, and don't expect much in terms of character development, you'll be disappointed.I think there was a moral to the story (something about leadership and redemption), but I was nodding off by the end of the movie, having lost track of the plot.
On the way home, we listened to the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack, which has much better songs than the few musical numbers in this movie.I'm not giving this movie the worst rating, because it might be enjoyable for a few Rugrat fans.
And the Rugrats' potty humor is not as bad as it could have been, although there are diaper jokes, bird droppings, and Spike the dog raises his leg a few times..
which I really like, all 3 of them.The whole movie is packed up with lots of funny jokes and some good songs.I think talking Spike, was just little two odd for me.Like how they put both Rugrats and The Wild Thornberrys together was great idea.A Lots of kids would love this movie, I am 24 years old and I found some of these scenes to be very funny,did make me laugh out loud.
I am 16, and like the Rugrats very much, but I love the Wild Thornberrys.
This was infinitely better than I expected, if not quite as good as anything to do with the Wild Thornberrys or Rugrats.
My favourite characters were Spike, Nigel, Angelica and Debbie.For the first time, we hear Spike talk, and he was brilliantly voiced by Bruce Willis, who put some of his previous films into this, and that was perfectly refreshing.
It was a shame though that Curry was reduced to talking childishly for a good bit of the movie, and don't expect too much from the plot.The humour was also not bad.
And the animation is true to the style of both shows, colourful and crisp, plus the time goes by quickly.As for the songs, they were the weakest category of the film, but they had so many funny lyrics.
Plus, we get to hear Bruce Willis sing, which for me was the biggest surprise of the film, because he can actually sing.In conclusion, a movie that was much better than expected.
The Rugrats and family become stranded on an island after Stu (Voiced by Jack Riley) promises his family and friends a wonderful vacation but instant he rented an old boat ship instead going on a cruise ship.
Spike (Voiced by Bruce Willis) loses his sense of small due to sneezing.Angelica (Voiced by Cheryl Chase) meets an equally but older bratty teen by the name of Debbie Thornberry (Voiced by Danielle Harris).
But an intelligent little girl by the name of Eliza Thornberry (Voiced by Lacey Chabert), who can talk to the animals will try to find the babies before Siri does and adventurer Nigel Thornberry (Voiced by Tim Curry) becomes amnesic after finding the babies and the situation doesn't go well for the Pickles, The Finster's, Thornberry's and De Ville's family.Directed by John Eng and Edmund Fong made an amusing family animated film that is an improvement (For some fans) over the second "Rugrats" film.
This is the last film for the "Rugrats" teamed with the equally popular "The Wild Thornberrys" T.V. Series.
It was really cool seeing the Rugrats meeting The Wild Thornberrys.
Love the voice acting, but the story...garbage.The wild thornburys and rugrats stuck on an island, Angelica singing horribly, the lead thornbury losing his memory, spike talking.This is when I knew, Rugrats died on me (as well as all grown up) I would stop right after Rugrats in Paris.
The movie introduces the babies in a jungle pretending to be like The Wild Thornberrys, which happens to be a fake-out.
Spike runs into Eliza, and Spike starts to speak for the first time (since Eliza is capable of talking to animals) and Nigel Thornberry suffers amnesia and goes on adventures with the toddlers.
Angelica, since she is pretty much a b****, becomes good friends with Debbie, due to them sharing the same type of personality.Nigel and the babies try and find the clouded leopard named Siri.
I have luckily escaped seeing any of the Rugrats movies, and have watched the series now and then with my kids.
Not a great classic kids movie by any means, but okay to watch.
While the adults come to terms with never making it off the island alive the babies are pumped about the whole thing, with Tommy convinced that he can find his idol, Nigel Thornberry somewhere in the rain forest.Having found the other two Rugrats movies to be reasonably colourful and fun I decided to give this franchise amalgamation a try despite my low expectations.
This was an enjoyable ride and equel to the first movie and the sequel to it.In this 3rd rugrats movie, all the rugrats and their families plan to go on a cruise, but end up on a deserted island were they meet the wild thornberries.Ignore all the negative reviews.
This is a sure family favorite and kids who like the show will highly relish this funny Rugrats movie!RUGRATS GO WILD!: 7 out of 10PG; mild crude humor..
I really enjoyed it and so did my sister and our friends.This movie wasn't as good as the previous two, but it was still very funny and well made.
However I was upset when, Lil one of my favorite characters, didn't eat the bug.(What happened?) Overall this was a really good movie and all Rugrats fan should give it a try.
I enjoyed the early seasons of both Rugrats & Thornberries, plus the previous movies.
My concern was that late episodes of Rugrats just did not have room for all the characters, while late Thornberries concentrated more on Eliza growing up, than adventures with animals.
Little Tommy Pickles (Daily) worships plummy explorer Nigel Thornberry (Curry), and wishes he could join him on his adventures - much to the disdain of his sister, the brattish Angelica (Chase): "You're just a backyard baby with a diaper full of dreams." He soon gets his chance when the Rugrats are stranded on a jungle island, where the Thornberrys are tracking a rare and dangerous leopard.Judging by the critical reception heralding Rugrats' arrival, you'd be forgiven for thinking this should join the ranks of that very special genre: films so toxic they ought only to be handled with asbestos mittens.
Comments like "Dull, forgettable tripe" and - Lord save us - "A monstrosity", certainly don't inspire confidence.In fairness, Rugrats Go Wild really isn't that bad; it just doesn't hold a candle to 2002's charming and superior The Wild Thornberrys Movie, possibly accounting for the hysterical sense of betrayal.
As with most post-'The Simpsons' animations, spoofy references abound; everything from The Poseidon Adventure to Taxi Driver and From Here To Eternity is duly - if unimaginatively - sent up.If the rather more interesting Thornberry family have been more or less shunted into second billing, Willis almost redeems this shrill, mismatched affair with his powerhouse turn as Spike, the Rugrats scatologically-minded family dog - particularly when sparring with deadly leopard Siri (Hynde, on sexily malevolent vocals).But if Willis gets the best lines, it's Red Hot Chilli Peppers' bassist Flea, as the pint-sized tornado Donnie Thornberry, whose crazed, unintelligible gibberish leaves the most exhilarating impression..
When I told this to a friend of mind she said why, you're pushing 40...I went because I thought I would laugh....I did for the whole movie.Its great, its wonderful, its not Rugrats in Paris or Wild Thornberry's the Movie, but its a fun 90 minutes thats better for adults who know the references...the Poseidon Adventure song for example.
(And even the filmmakers know this isn't high art when one of them in mid-panic says haven't we don this before- a reference to the first Rugrats movie) Most of the new songs suck, but the use of old ones such as "Atomic Dog" and "Should I Stay or Should I Go" was choice.
I also loved who ever covered "Message in a Bottle".Any movie that lets Bruce Willis and Tim Curry riff wildly can't be all bad.The film was in ordorama--- but no one got the cards.
I would probably look pretty stupid going by myself.With that said, this film filled the bill as far as classic Rugrats `epic' adventures.
As with all Rugrats films, it was laced with `adult' humor that's extremely funny and flies over the heads of the little ones.My favorites were the references to `Titanic', and the `Poseidon Adventure'.A must see for all..
which is the final movie for both the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberrys.
The story is about the Rugrats who have booked a nice holiday at a Cruise Ship, but are instead, stranded on a deserted island and are trying to find their way out somehow.
However, little do they know that the Thornberry family are there too, apparently looking for a Clouded Leopard to film and the Rugrats are desperate to seek for any sort of help.
Maybe people are so negative on this film because with 2 successful children shows which are of course the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberry's, it had a great potential to produce a fantastic movie and yes that's understandable, but like I have said, the Rugrats go wild is pretty decent for what it is.
the Rugrats go wild is not a bad film which unfortunately, many people make out to be..
Rugrats Go Wild is a another stupid crossover film that is barely amusing and excruciating to watch.
The crossover of two franchises is more of an appeal to younger kids seeing possibly two of their favorite shows coming together in one special/movie, but from what this is, no matter which angle it's at it sucks.
When used in Rugrats Go Wild, many complaints derived from the card being defective and not smelling like the said picture.
So I guess it's one more thing another movie did better, have a working marketing item.This movie is the last Rugrats film to be made to date which means probably no more will be made.
this animated offering from Nickelodeon features the Wild Thornberry family and The Rugrats together.now,i know i'm not the target audience,but this is as pretty slow,lame movie.plus,it's so negative.you'd think a movie with these two families together would be pretty decent,but it isn't.i'm pretty certain a lot of kids will find it the same way,at least the older ones.the younger kids might be entertained.anyway,i was very disappointed.for a really great,funny, entertaining animated movie that the whole family will enjoy,try Recess: Schools Out instead and leave this one alone.for me, The Rugrats go Wild is a 4/10.
The reason is, I don't like the The Wild Thornberries animated TV show.
Let me first confess that I'm a Rugrats and Thornberries fan so a vehicle that brings them together has got to attract my attention.The preview for this film (in Turkey) begins with a disembodied Bruce Willis voice complaining how he's never been able to express himself before.
But what the hey, this is a Rugrats movie and the babies can make up any adventure they want.The animation particularly intrigued me.
So, I recommend this movie to children that love the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberrys..
The only downside to the movie was the fact The Thornberries, clearly more interesting than the Rugrats, seemed to take a backseat during much of the film.
However, I will say Bruce Willis' turn as Spike the Dog still proves he is still good at doing voice-overs like when he made the `Look Who's Talking Movies.' This is a decent kids film to say the least, but it clearly looks like the franchise is running out of ideas..
But it's a harmless time filler for tots who enjoy both animated Nickelodeon series, and will enjoy references made to other films and Willis' voice work as talking mutt Spike.
And what will become of THE WILD THORNBERRYS, they will go into an adventure that references such films as THE LOST WORLD, or JOURNEY TO THE BEGINNING OF TIME?
In Nickelodeon's fifth theatrical movie based on their world famous Nicktoons, the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberrys come together.
Rugrats, SpongeBob, Ren and Stimpy and Wild Thornberrys were Nickelodeon's most famous shows, so, that being said, you can see why I think this is a gimmick.
The movie starts like the other two: with the babies believing their in a parody; this time it's a very loose reference to The Wild Thornberrys.
In a completely unrelated plot, Stu takes all the families on a cruise, but they all end up on an island where the Thornberrys picked for their next expedition.
(A bit too coincidental, don't you think?)The adults try to plan ways to get out of their island prison while the babies go off on another weird and somewhat gross adventure, this time they come face-to-face with their amnesiac hero, Angelica is with Debbie and we finally hear what Spike has to say while he talks with Eliza.
Not two babies.I liked the Rugrats in Paris movie and The Wild Thornberrys Movie better than this one.
It made me feel a bit nostalgic.Having said that, I think that both shows are great, but when put together, it didn't make the best movie.
They shouldn't have done a cross-over.If you're a Rugrats and/or The Wild Thornberrys fan, you may consider trying this.
You're better off watching The Rugrats Movie, Rugrats in Paris or The Wild Thornberrys Movie..
A shameless cash in on two franchises 'The Rugrats' and 'The Wild Thornberry's' this film is entertaining enough for kids, but perhaps not as much for their parents who got dragged along to see it.We do get to see (or hear to be precise) Bruce Willis as the voice of Spike the dog, and that adds something to this rather lacklustre affair.It's made for kids, and they enjoyed it, that's the main thing..
Being a huge fan of both Nickelodeon animated 1990s television series, Rugrats and the Wild Thornberrys.
The movie is about the Rugrats families going on a cruise, that Tommy's father, Stu (voiced by Jack Riley) has rented.
Another is the crossover idea, the movie is mostly about the Rugrats as the Thornberrys are pretty much, just shunted into second billing.
Eliza Thornberry (voice by Lacey Colbert) doesn't do much, but babysit Spike, most of the film.
Honestly, the whole Thornberry family really don't play a part in the film, until 15 minutes in.
Most kids will probably think the Rugrats meeting The Wild Thornberrys would be a match made in heaven, and it almost could have been with more effort put in.
While the parents try to find a way off the island, the babies, Tommy Pickles (Elizabeth Daily), Chuckie Finster (The Simpsons' Nancy Cartwright), twins Phil and Lil DeVille (Kath Soucie), Didi Pickles (Melanie Chartoff), Charlotte Pickles (The Simpsons' Tress MacNeille), oh and Angelica (Cheryl Chase) go off to find Mr. Thornberry, or "Mr. Strawberry".
When the Rugrats crash on the island that the Thornberries are filming on, the adults join together to find a way out.
Alizza is out with her chimp, and she runs into Spike, played by the always good acting Bruce Willis, and for the first time, you hear him talk.A deserved 2/10 (because it had the Thornberries, which are better).