Dr. Slump 2: OH NO! WE GOT TO THE SEQUEL!

Dr. Slump 2: OH NO! WE GOT TO THE SEQUEL! would be a 2030 American musical romantic comedy film directed by Stella Meghie, and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, Toei Company, Lord Miller Productions, Outler Society Productions, Amblin Entertainment, and Blur Studio. It would be a sequel to Dr. Slump: Arale's First Live-action Movie. The first film's directors, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, would produce the film alongside Jenkins, Kevin Feige and the franchise's creator Akira Toriyama, while the film would be written by Bill Kelly, who previously co-wrte the first film, and Meghie. 
The film would star Shahadi Wright Joseph, Skai Jackson, China Anne McClain, Will Smith, Jim Carrey, and the voices of John Cleese, Lena Waithe, Seth Rogen, and Alan Menken in his first non-documentary role. Menken would also co-wrote the film's songs alongside recurring colaborator Stephen Schwartz, as well as the score alongside Michael Giacchino.
Plans for a Dr. Slump sequel would be first announed during the San Diego-Comic Con 2027, with Meghie being set to write, produce, and direct the project. Filming began in August 2028 and ended in June 2029. Disney's 2007 film, Enchanted, which parodied several animated Disney films, would serve as an inspiration for the film's tone and style. The filmmakers would consult with GLAAD in order to potray accurately LGBTQ+ characters in the film.
The film would be released on December 22, 2030, and would became a critical and commercial success, grossing 1.5 billion dollars over a worldwide budget of 177 millions, and being praised for its direction, LGBTQ+ themes, script, humor, performances, and musical numbers. The film would earn two Academy Awards for Best Original Song and Best Original Score, as well as a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Film – Wide Release.
== Synopsis ==
A few years after the first film (obviously, it can't be set five minutes after it. Wait, can it?), Arale finds her life suffering another radical change: She finds love (aaahhh) in the girl of her dreams, Obotchawoman (well, the change in name is obvious). However, while Obotchawoman does feels the same, all her life she was given perceptions about love that could threaten this romance from flourishing (DRAMA!!!). Can this love survive its obstacles, or shall they destroy not only their feelings, but themselves too? (Now this sounds interesting).
== Cast ==
*Shahadi Wright Joseph as Arake Noriamki:A robot who was created by Dr. Senbei Norimaki, and who develops feeling for Obotchawoman. Fortson would say that, in the film, Arale would "discover that love isn't exactly like in the fairy tales", while director Stella Meghie would say that "Arale here finds out that love is more than just liking a person very much or sharing interests. It's showing empathy, faith, understanding, and caring to your loved one even in the hardest times". 
*Skai Jackson as Obotchawoman:A lesbian and a young cyborg who has been told all of her life that her homosexuality is a sickness, and Arale's love interest. The character's gender would be changed because the filmmakers felt that the film lacked the "social commentary tone" of the first film, to which the filmmakers would change her gender to add LGBTQ+ themes in the film. Meghie said that her arc is "one about self-acceptance, and learning that the only rule love has, is that it has 0 rules".
*Jim Carrey as Dr. Mashirito, a mad scientist and homphobe who has promised Obotchawoman to "cure" her of her homosexuality if she brings both Arale and certain technological objects to him, secretly planning to kill both of them, as well as all homosexuals and robots.
*China Anne McClain as Turbo Norimaki, Arale's older sister.
*Will Smith as Senbei Norimaki, Arale's creator and Turbo's father. 
===Voices===
*Lena Waithe as Rezu, an antropormorphic meerkat and Obotchawoman's closest friend, who tries to convince her to embrace her lesbianity instead of getting rid of it.
*Ernie Sabella as Mr. Pig, the mayor's spokeperson, who always gives the latest news on Penguin Village.
*Alan Menken as Ken, an antropomorphic harpsichord who is preparing his first ball ever. The film would mark the first time Menken voices a character in a film, as well as his first time appearing in a non-documentary film.
*Lynn Chen as Tori, an anthropomorphic bird who serves as the film's "Greek chorus", acting as both a friend of Arale's, and the film's narrator.
*Michael Giacchino, Stephen Schwartz, and Lin-Manuel Miranda as Mic, Steve, and Lin, a trio of instruments who work as Ken's band.
== Music ==
Michael Giacchino, who previously composed the first film, and Alan Menken would compose the film's score, which would contain motifs and elements from both the original anime and the Dragon Ball anime's score by Shunsuke Kikuchi. Giacchino's involvement in the score would consist on giving the score continuity with the previous film's, while Menken's work on the score would consist on "making sure the songs blend in perfectly witht he score". Giacchino, due to his use of puns in the title of his scores' tracks, would be the one to name the score tracks in the soundtrack.
Menken and lyrcist Stephen Schwartz would also write several songs for the film, which would be performed by the film's cast. Menken and Schwartz would be hired due to their work on Enchanted, as that film's songs were parodies fo several Disney songs, something which director Stella Meghie would see as fitting with the franchise's humor style. Menken and Schwartz would use several Disney songs as inspiration while writing the songs for the film, with the two particularly writing Mashirito's number, "The Sickness In You" as a spoof of their song "The Court of Miracles" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and using the Menken-co-written song "Beauty and the Beast" as an inspiration for the ballad song "Love". Celene Dion, Ariana Grande & John Legend, and Zhavia Ward would also perform songs for the film's end credits.
== Reception ==
=== Critical reception ===
The film would have an aproval rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 8/10. The critical consensus would read, "As timely and humorus as its predecesor, Dr. Slump 2 manages the hard thing for sequels and brings a fresh story in a fresh style, but with an old tone." On Metacritc, the film would have an weighted average score of 90 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
== Sequel ==
In January 1, 2031, it would be reported that a third Dr. Slump film would be in development, with Phil Lord, Christopher Miller., Akira Toriyama, and Kevin Feige set to return as producers, while Stella Meghie would be in talks to return as director for the film. The film would be officially announced during the San Diego Comic-Con 2031, with the title Dr. Slump 3: The Third in a Row, with Meghie set to write and direct the film, and Pharrell Williams and "Weird Al" Yankovic set to return from the first film as songwriters. Most of both films' cast would reprise their roles in the film.
== Trivia ==
* This would be the first Dr. Slump-related media to feature openly LGBTQ+ characters
**This would also be the first Dragon Ball-related media to star LGBTQ+ characters in a protagonist role.
**In addition, this would be the first Dragon Ball-related media to have a black director.
*This would be the first Dragon Ball-related media to be a full-length musical film.
*As a promotion for the film, Disney would arrange for a concert in which the cast sings songs composed by co-composer/co-songwriter/star Alan Menken.
**During the concert, Will Smith would perform the Aladdin (1992) songs "Friend Like Me" and "Prince Ali", which he previously performed in the 2019 live-action Aladdin remake. China Anne McClain would also perform The Little Mermaid song "Poor Unfortunate Souls", which she previosuly performed in the televiso film Descendants 2 (2017).
=== Easter eggs ===
*The film would start with its title sequence featuring the credits and a chorus, as well as a narration sequence with a Dr. Slump manga. This would be an homage to films such as Lady and the Tramp (1955) and Sleeping Beauty (1959).
*During the ball sequence, Arale and Obotchawoman would be seen dancing in a cloud, a reference to both the ending of Sleeping Beauty and a deleted song from Cinderella (1950) named "Dancing in a Cloud".
*During one of Obotchawoman solos, she would enter into a fantasy sequence, which would feature parodies of films such as The Little Mermaid (1989) and The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996).
* The scene where Ken and his band perform a song to distract Mashirito's guards would be inspired by the "live bait" sequence from The Lion King (1994).
** Additionally, the song they would perform would be "Fathoms Below" from The Little Mermaid (1989).
*During the final battle, Obotchawoman assumes she killed Mashirito when she makes him fall from a tower, a reference to how most Disney villains were killed due to falling from great heights.
*During the final battle, Mashirito uses a dragon-like vehicle to attack Obotchawoman and Arale, a parody of the climax of Disney's Sleeping Beauty (1953).
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