Pibby: Apocalypse (film series)

Pibby: Apocalypse (also known as the "Apocalypse" trilogy) is a trilogy of epic live-action/adult animated action-adventure science fiction films directed by Ethan Vasquez, based on the short film Come and Learn with Pibby! by Dodge Greenley. It is the last trilogy of the VPZverse.
Produced by VPZPictures and distributed by Paramount Pictures and Touchstone Pictures with the co-production of Annapurna Pictures and Uniworld Pictures, the films feature a large ensemble cast including Halle Bailey, Kimiko Glenn, Josh Hutcherson, Melissa McCarthy, Michael Cera, Zack Shada, Justin Roiland, Florence Pugh, Scott Eastwood, Bella Ramsey, Teresa Gallagher, Lonnie Chavies, Dove Cameron, Jason Ritter, Dakota Fanning, Brenda Song, Ashly Burch, Izabella Alvarez, Tom Holland, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Emma Watson, Jeremy Shada, John DiMaggio, Ben Affleck, Pedro Pascal, J.K. Simmons, Jackie Buscarino, Taron Egerton, Alex Hirsch, and Tara Strong. 
Set within the fictional multiverse of VPZverse, the trilogy follows the journey of preschool cartoon protagonist Pibby as she embarks on a mission to avert Dark Bill's apocalyptic plan to wipe out the entire multiverse with the Glitch virus pandemic.
The three films plays with changing aspect ratios and switches between color and black and white depending on the fictional parallel universe and/or different timeline the scene is currently taking place in, akin to how the film Everything Everywhere All at Once handles changing aspect ratios.
All the three films of the trilogy comments on various mature topics including psychological trauma, war, death, religious themes, mental illness, the human condition, and philosophical themes such as existentialism, nihilism, surrealism, and absurdism, as well as sensitive themes such as depression, psychology, and LGBT culture.
The trilogy garnered widespread acclaim with singled out praise towards its direction, script, cast acting, originality, imagination, creativity, editing, musical score, character designs, animation, emotional depth, and production values overall, with critics praising the culmination from the VPZverse's fifteen previous installments within the trilogy's story. Although the excessively graphic violence and the amount of fan service was criticized.
==Films==
===Part One===
===Part Two===
===Part Three===
==Cast==
Over 200 characters are expected to appear throughout the trilogy.
===Main characters===
====Toons (voice cast)====
* Halle Bailey as Pibby: A 12-year-old lesbian preschool cartoon girl whose world got infected by the Glitch. Not only does she have the determination to save the multiverse, but she is also looking to help her friend, Bun Bun, and is also looking to Douglas' community in Ferndale so that she and the people she saves from the virus can all have a new home, after her and others' worlds all fell to the Glitch virus. Pibby is also intended to have alot of character development throughout the three films, like going from a cute preschool cartoon character in Part One, to a traumatized lost child in Part Two, to a fearless tomboyish badass in Part Three. She also becomes Kiff's girlfriend in Part Two.
*Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley: A 13-year-old anthropomorphic squirrel who gets a bigger role in Part Two. She also hides feelings for Pibby before the two begin dating in Part Two.
*Melissa McCarthy as Melira: A vain Disney-esque millionaire anthropomorphic grey cat. However, to show her heroic side - whether on purpose or not, she befriends Pibby and Alan to rid the worlds of the Glitch virus, which comes from the menacing Judge Dark. Her character design is inspired by Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, and Ursula from The Little Mermaid.
*Michael Cera as Alan Xavier / Alloy Boy: A superhero who used to be the sidekick of Captain Platinum before Platinum was infected.
*Zack Shada as Unipuppy: A half-dog half-unicorn host of an animated talk show.
*Justin Roiland as Rick Sanchez: A 70-year-old alcoholic mad scientist who sends both Pibby, Melira, Alan and Unipuppy on a mission to save everyone in the multiverse, and also sends the location of Ferndale, which he claims is a place where perhaps all the people that Pibby saves, can stay.
*Bella Ramsey as Hilda Foulke: A 14-year-old half-human half-fairy girl.
*Teresa Gallagher as Penny Fitzgerald: A 13-year-old shape-shifting yellow fairy.
* Lonnie Chavies as Darwin Watterson: An 11-year-old anthropomorphic goldfish.
*Dove Cameron as Fionna Campbell: An 18-year-old swordswoman.
*Jason Ritter as Dipper Pines: A 14-year-old teenage human boy.
* Dakota Fanning as Star Butterfly: A 14-year-old magical girl who comes from the dimension of Mewni.
*Brenda Song as Anne Boonchuy: A 24-year-old Thai-American human woman who used to work as an amphibious herpetologist.
* Ashly Burch as Molly McGee: A 26-year-old Thai-American female human girl.
*Izabella Alvarez as Ronnie Anne Santiago: A tomboyish 12-year-old Mexican-American punk human girl.
*Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Uzi Doorman: A rebellious Worker Drone.
*Emma Watson as Phoebe Branton / Flame Princess: A 24-year-old Fire Elemental woman who was introduced as a major character in Part Two and afterwards. Even though she has a short temper and volatile personality; also usually has a calm demeanor, though with rather frequent tendencies to sudden and violent mood swings. She is also one of the survivors of the Glitch pandemic.
*Jeremy Shada as Finn Mertens: An 18-year-old swordsman who was infected by the Glitch virus before becoming one of the first test subjects to be successfully cured by FIX-021, which is a medicine that turns a Glitch-infected person back to normal.
*John DiMaggio as Jake: A yellow anthropomorphic dog who has a unique set of abilities that allow him to manipulate the shape and size of his body, coming in handy on innumerable occasions throughout his and Finn's adventures. He is also one of the first test subjects to be successfully cured by the FIX-021 medicine that turns a Glitch-infected person back to normal.
*Ben Affleck as Patrick Fitzgerald / Lord Celestial: An omnipotent deity who is Penny's father and the leader of the "Order of the Divines". He once was a scientist who suffered a laboratory accident, which gave him godlike powers. After gaining his god-level powers, he now lives somewhere beyond the multiverse's surface and works as a superbeing who watches the multiverse.
*Pedro Pascal as Jésus Hernández / Arturo Santiago / King Arthur: The human leader of an alternate universe known as the Wasteland, and the son of Darwin Watterson and Ronnie Anne Santiago, and is surprisingly both the great-great-great-great-grandfather and also the father of Ronnie Anne Santiago herself. Albeit coming from an alternate timeline, Jésus was born in September 13, 1843, but traveled forwards in time from December 18, 1848 to the day of December 18, 1980.
*J.K. Simmons as Ford Pines: A paranormal investigator with polydactyly in his late 60s who is a survivor of the Glitch pandemic and Rick Sanchez's best friend.
*Jackie Buscarino as Pacifica Northwest: A 12-year-old rich girl.
*Taron Egerton as Miles Branton / Firey: A Fire Elemental guy in his early 30s who was introduced as a major character in Part Two and afterwards, and is also revealed in Part Three to be Flame Princess' and Viktor Abadeer's son from the future.
====Humans (live-action)====
* Josh Hutcherson as Douglas Green: A fictionalized version of Pibby's creator, Dodge Greenley, who is tormented by the trauma over the death of his 7-year-old daughter, who was a fan of Douglas' own show, Learning With Pibby. After his daughter's death, Douglas gains psychic abilities which allow him to travel through and/or see events in the "multiverse" that happens in either the past, present and future.
*Florence Pugh as Olivia Green: Douglas Green's wife, who seemingly disappeared during the Glitch virus outbreak that happened in February 22, 2022, only to be revealed in Part Two that she was actually under ninja training in a secret island near Tokyo, Japan.
*Scott Eastwood as Edward Green: Douglas Green's older brother who joins Douglas' community of survivors of the Glitch outbreak, who are all residents in the small town of Ferndale, California and are all being protected from the infected, by Douglas himself.
*Tom Holland as Arthur Abadeer / The Vampire King: A 256-year-old man (25 in vampire years) suffering from a rare blood disease whose biological father's attempt to cure Arthur afflicts him with a form of enhanced transgenic vampirism, gaining all the superhuman abilities but none of the superstitious weaknesses associated with vampires. After his biological parents died, he was adopted by Marceline and Bonnibel.
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===Supporting cast===
====Toons (voice cast)====
*Olivia Olson as Marceline Abadeer: One of Arthur Abadeer's two adoptive mothers. She gives the power of an enhanced, near-invulnerable vampire to Arthur as a gift of what she calls "eternal youth and infinite power". She appears at the end of Part One and is given a slightly larger role in Part Two.
*Hynden Walch as Bonnibel "Princess" Bubblegum: One of Arthur Abadeer's two adoptive mothers. Previously, she ruled the Candy Kingdom before it was destroyed by the Pandemic Glitch. She has a slightly important role in Part Two.
*Alex Hirsch as Dark Bill Cipher
*Tara Strong as Bun Bun
====Humans (live-action)====
*Vivien Lyra Blair as Rosie Green: Douglas and Olivia's deceased 7-year-old daughter who was a fan of Learning With Pibby.
==Themes==
All three films in the Pibby: Apocalypse trilogy incorporate elements from various film genres and media, including science fiction, fantasy, martial arts films, apocalyptic films, horror, thriller, drama, action-adventure, war (only in Part Three), the mix of live action and both traditional and CGI animation, and the constant changes of the cinematographic style that depends on the fictional universe and/or alternate timeline in which the scene is present.
All the three films of the trilogy comments on various mature topics including psychological trauma, war, death, religious themes, mental illness, the human condition, and philosophical themes such as existentialism, nihilism, surrealism, and absurdism, as well as sensitive themes such as depression, psychology, and LGBT culture.
==Accolades==
===Part One===
====Academy Awards==== 
*Best Picture - Pibby: Apocalypse - Part One (Nominated)
*Best Director - Ethan Vasquez (Nominated)
*Best Actor - Josh Hutcherson as Douglas Green (Nominated)
*Best Actress - Halle Bailey as Pibby (Won)
*Best Adapted Screenplay - Ethan Vasquez, Adam Parker, Erik Zander, Dodge Greenley (Won)
*Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat (Won)
*Best Cinematography - Ethan Vasquez (Won)
*Best Animated Feature - Pibby: Apocalypse - Part One (Won)
*Best Visual Effects - Ethan Vasquez, Dodge Greenley, Adam Parker (Won)
===Part Two=== 
*Best Actress - Halle Bailey as Pibby (Nominated)
*Best Supporting Actress - Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley (Won)
*Best Adapted Screenplay - Ethan Vasquez, Adam Parker, Erik Zander, Dodge Greenley (Nominated)
* Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat (Won)
*Best Cinematography - Ethan Vasquez (Won)
*Best Animated Feature - Pibby: Apocalypse - Part Two (Won)
*Best Visual Effects - Ethan Vasquez, Dodge Greenley, Adam Parker (Nominated)
===Part Three=== 
*Best Picture - Pibby: Apocalypse - Part Three (Won)
*Best Director - Ethan Vasquez (Won)
*Best Actor - Josh Hutcherson as Douglas Green (Nominated)
*Best Actress - Halle Bailey as Pibby (Won)
*Best Supporting Actress - Kimiko Glenn as Kiff Chatterley (Nominated)
*Best Adapted Screenplay - Ethan Vasquez, Adam Parker, Erik Zander, Dodge Greenley (Won)
*Best Original Score - Hans Zimmer, Alexandre Desplat (Won)
*Best Cinematography - Ethan Vasquez (Won)
*Best Animated Feature - Pibby: Apocalypse - Part Three (Won)
*Best Visual Effects - Ethan Vasquez, Dodge Greenley, Adam Parker (Won)
==Parental Guidance==
=== Part One===
====Classification====
*Argentina: +16
*Australia: MA15+
*Belguim: 18
*Brazil: 16
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 18
* Colombia: 15
*Denmark: 15
*Finland: 16
*France: -16
*Germany: 16
*Hong Kong: III
*Italy: 18+
*Japan: R15+
*Mexico: B-15
*New Zealand: RP16
*Portugal: M/18
*Spain: 18
*United Kingdom: 15
*United States: R
====Sex and Nudity (Mild)====
*It is suggested that Pibby and Kiff are lesbians and have romantic thoughts for each other.
====Violence and Gore (Severe)==== 
* Constant very strong gory violence is seen throughout most of Part One.
*The glitch-infected creatures are very hostile towards those who remain uninfected.
*The way the glitch zombies infect survivors is a horrific form of body horror, as the visual context of the spread is literally the zombie violently and repeatedly biting the uninfected all over their bodies. The transformation is very fast and you can clearly see how they mutate, starting to have black veins all throughout the body, a distorted face, glitchy static onto the entire body, cracked bones and an impossible form of body structure (ex: long arms, long mouth and very humped columns).
====Profanity (Moderate)==== 
*The titular character of the film, Pibby is the only character that does not cuss at any moment of Part One due to her being a preschool show character, however, Douglas and some of the other characters are heard with plenty of uses of bad words such as "f*ck", "sh*t" and "c*nt" among others.
====Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Mild)==== 
*Rick Sanchez is pretty much the character that is shown drinking throughout Part One.
====Frightening and Intense Scenes (Severe)==== 
* Strong body horror alongside elements of psychological horror, a strong and disturbing portrayal of psychopathy and cruel instances of graphic violence and gore add to the weight of the film making it only for mature audiences.
*This film is absolutely NOT meant for an audience of young age since the film deals with scenes of graphic bloodshed, gore, hangings, murder, zombies, cannibalism and disturbing imagery.
*The glitchy zombies have inspiration from elements of a set of famous analog horror series. (ex: Mandela Catalogue, The SMILE Tapes, The Macabre Experiment)
===Part Two===
==== Classification====
*Argentina: +18
*Australia: MA15+
*Belguim: 18
*Brazil: 16
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 18
*Colombia: 18
*Denmark: 15
*Finland: 18
*France: -16
*Germany: 18
*Hong Kong: III
*Italy: 18+
*Japan: R15+
*Mexico: C
*New Zealand: RP18
* Portugal: M/18
*Spain: 18
*United Kingdom: 15
*United States: R
====Sex and Nudity (Moderate) ==== 
*Flame Princess' breasts are seen in a sex scene with her on top of Arthur Abadeer, who appears to be nude on a bed. However, no male private parts or genitalia are shown.
*Pibby and Kiff share a lesbian kiss. Nothing too sexual though.
====Violence and Gore (Severe)==== 
*A large infected creature tears off its own face revealing 3 rows of jaws and then removes all the skin from its own body. Raw and exposed flesh infected with the Glitch virus are shown. And then the creature opens someone's mouth and crawls into it. Easily one of the scariest scenes in the entire film.
*A man commits suicide by using a piece of broken pottery to make a deep cut in his neck, resulting in tons of blood oozing out. Pools of blood are shown. This scene is incredibly disturbing and bloody.
====Profanity (Severe)====
*Part Two has much more harsh language than the first part.
====Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (Mild)==== 
*Rick Sanchez commits suicide by drug overdose.
====Frightening and Intense Scenes (Severe)==== 
*Part Two has several scenes that use severe strobe light effects, which may result in seizures towards those with history of epilepsy.
*Part Two is more intense, disturbing, graphic and terrifying than the first part.
===Part Three===
====Classification ==== 
* Argentina: +18
*Australia: MA15+
* Belguim: 18
*Brazil: 16
*Canada: 18A
*Chile: 18
*Colombia: 18
* Denmark: 15
*Finland: 18
*France: -16
*Germany: 18
*Hong Kong: III
*Italy: 18+
*Japan: R15+
* Mexico: C
*New Zealand: RP18
*Portugal: M/18
*Spain: 18
*United Kingdom: 15
*United States: R
====Sex and Nudity (Mild)====
*Several characters have romantic crushes, however, nothing too sexual is seen other than an implied scene of Flame Princess giving birth to her son, Miles (also known as Firey).
====Violence and Gore (Severe) ==== 
* The battle scenes are very graphic, realistic, and absolutely spine chilling to watch. They are long, and filled with bloody gunfire, graphic stabbings with knives and bayonets, and many explosions which separate limbs and leave blood everywhere. Guts, limbs, intestines, and blood everywhere.
*Over-the-top violence with guns, swords and fantasy sorcery. Many people die bloody deaths.
*The body count is high in Part Three: multiple people are killed with bloody results and they fall to the ground. Most of the deaths in the movie are similar to this and a few are somewhat graphic.
====Profanity (Severe)==== 
*The film contains frequent (also occasionally aggressive) use of the f-word and derivatives, as well as the s-word and "damn".
====Alcohol, Drugs and Smoking (None)==== 
*No one is seen nor drinking, neither smoking nor doing drugs in Part Three.
====Frightening and Intense Scenes (Severe)==== 
*Part Three is the least terrifying film in the trilogy due to the third film moving away from the apocalyptic horror genre of the last two films, causing Part Three to feature themes of action films and war films with some aspects of a drama film, however, Part Three is still the most intense and graphic film in the trilogy due to the battle sequences.
==Trivia==
*The entire trilogy was heavily censored in some countries due to its extreme violence.
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