The Simpsons Movie 2: Steamed Hams

The Simpsons Movie 2: Steamed Hams is a 2024 American animated adventure comedy film based on the Steamed Hams meme of the same name, directed by Matthew O'Callaghan from a screenplay by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, who co-wrote the story with Brian Lynch. It stars Colin Ford and Grace Rolek as the respective voices of the titular characters, and are joined by Chris Parnell, Allison Janney and Peter Greene. In the film, siblings Dash and Dot live happily in their neighborhood with their parents, Dennis and Denise. But when they return from school after the last day of it to see that their parents are gone, they find out that they were taken hostage by a criminal named Mason, who demands a ransom of $5,000. Not willing to let him get away with kidnapping their parents, Dash and Dot set out beyond their neighborhood to save them.
Produced by Gracie Films as its second theatrical animated film after 2006’s , the film was released in the United States on July 2, 2024 by 20th Century Studios after having its premiere in Crystal City, Virginia on July 4. It received mostly positive reviews, with praise given to the voice acting, charm, Randy Newman's musical score and animation, the last of which was reminiscent of the meme from 2018, while some critics had more divisive feelings on the film, criticizing its somewhat derivative story, darker moments and the way it handled the titular characters. Grossing $281 million worldwide against its budget of $45 million, The Simpsons Movie 2: Steamed Hams became the first PBS Kids film to become financially successful.
In the years following its release, it has become a cult classic among the Steamed Hams community, with home media sales making $80-125 million in revenue. A short film taking place after the events of the film, titled Steamed Dimension was released on September 3, 2024 as a special exclusive on the film's DVD release.
==Plot==
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==Cast == 
*Harry Shearer as Seymour Skinner, a Ham Steamer
*Hank Azaria as Gary Chalmers, a Superintendent
==Production==
===Development===
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===Casting===
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===Animation===
The Simpsons Movie 2: Steamed Hams was animated in traditional animation by Primal Screen, Yowza! Animation, Premise Entertainment, Neomis Animation, Fat Cat Animation, Duncan Studio, Bardel Entertainment, Wang Film Productions, July Films, Sunwoo Entertainment, TMS Entertainment, Toon City Animation, and Rough Draft Studios. Pre-production was done in-house at 20th Century Animation while visual effects, compositing, and ink & paint services were provided by Mercury Filmworks and Warner Bros. Animation. CGI animation by Reel FX Creative Studios was used to create certain effects, environments, scenes, and transitions.
To reflect the look and feel of the Steamed Hams meme of the same era, the animation style was heavily inspired by those bumpers, as well as the art styles of other PBS Kids programs such as (1996-2022) and (2006-2022). This style of animation was used to draw viewers of the channel's programming block to the theaters.
==Music==
The film's score was composed by Randy Newman.
==Release==
===Marketing=== 
*The teaser trailer was released on May 11, 2024.
*The first theatrical trailer was released on June 5, 2024, and was shown before films such as , , , and . The trailer featured clips from the film, including scenes that never made the final trailer
*Handman Murr 2 teamed up with Gracie Films and 20th Century Studios with the promoting of 10 collect-them-all figurines of the characters featured in Dash and Dot's Wild Ride.
* McDonald's and Burger King began a tie-in campaign with Gracie Films and 20th Century Studios with included toys in their Happy Meal and King Jr. meals, with two rare and exclusive holographic figurines of Seymour Skinner and Superintendent Chalmers.
*TV spots promoting the film aired from June to July 2024.
==Tropes==
For the tropes of the film, see them here.
==Transcript==
===Main===
For the main transcript of the film, see it here.
===Trailers===
For the transcript of the trailers, see them here.
==Credits==
For the credits of the film, see them here.
==Gallery==
For the film's gallery, see it here.
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