Pablo And Tyrone's Epic Escape

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***Pablo And Tyrone's Epic Escape*** is a 2023 American animated adventure film written, produced, and directed by Jonah Campbell. It is the second installment in *The Adventures of Pablo and Tyrone* and the sequel to *The Sad Story of Pablo and Tyrone* (2023). The film stars Oddcast Tom, Oddcast Steven, Microsoft Betty, Streamlabs Salli, and Oddcast Julie (Tom, Steven, and Julie all in their final roles before their retirement in October of 2023), who reprise their respective voice roles of Pablo, Tyrone, Mabel, Zoey, and Zara. They're joined by new characters voiced by Oddcast James, Hank Azaria, Seth Green, Mila Kunis, and Oddcast Samantha. *Pablo And Tyrone's Epic Escape* takes place following the events of the first film, with Pablo and Tyrone ditching school and going to the Vyondville International Airport, where they catch a direct flight from Washington to Maine so they can be with Mabel and get away from Zoey and Zara. The film also marks Leonard Nimoy and George Carlin's last acting roles before their deaths, and the film was thus dedicated to their memories.

*Pablo And Tyrone's Epic Escape* premiered at YouTube on November 17, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST, and was released in theaters in North America on the same day.

## Synopsis

Pablo and Tyrone plan to catch a direct flight from Washington to Maine, where their elderly friend Mabel lives. The boys are told by their two nasty, abusive aunts that they can't go to Maine, because not only do they have to go to school, but also because a 6-month-long thunderstorm is on its way to the East Coast. Pablo and Tyrone suddenly come up with both an excellent idea and a brilliant plan to escape from the school undetected - and in a way, they somehow may still be able to visit Mabel, and maybe even live with her permanently... What will these two brave, adventuring teenagers do? Watch the movie to find out!

## Characters

### Starring roles

* Pablo
* Tyrone
* Mabel Griffin
* Zoey Balkin
* Zara Dawson

### Featuring

* Mr. Thompson
* Principal Skinner
* Chris Griffin
* Meg Griffin
* Violy Anderson

### Appearing roles

* News anchor
* Caillou Anderson (non-speaking cameo)
* Airline gate agent
* Airport intercom announcer (voice only)
* Flight attendant
* Colonel Sanders
* Adoption agent

## Plot

Two months after getting kidnapped by Zoey Balkin and Zara Dawson, Pablo and Tyrone wake up out of bed on an early Wednesday morning. After looking out the window, Pablo discovers that the sky is really dark and cloudy, indicating that Vyondville is possibly going to get bad weather very soon. Wondering what they're going to do while the upcoming weather occurs...

Mabel finds Zoey and Zara in her bedroom, where she asks them who they are and why they're in her house. It's at this point where the girls reveal themselves to be the FBI-wanted Zoey Balkin and Zara Dawson. Mabel retorts by revealing herself as a former U.S. Army soldier. The girls explain their evil plot to kidnap the boys again and escape from the United States, where they also reveal to Pablo and Tyrone that they are the ones who are ultimately responsible for the deaths of both their families, as well as Dallas and Gwen. Enraged by the revelation, Mabel and the boys retaliate. A battle breaks out, and the boys run to hide inside the attic, where they find Zoey and Zara's robbery collection and a huge white cage. Zoey and Zara attempt to hide in the living room, but are cornered by Mabel. The girls beg for mercy, to which Mabel decides to spare their lives until she refuses and plans to execute the girls. Zoey and Zara attack Mabel, but she eventually grabs her rifle and attempts to shoot the girls while accidentally blowing numerous holes in the walls and ceiling in the process. Swinging from the chandelier, Zoey and Zara barely escape one last gunshot as they both crawl through an open air vent to hide inside the attic. This last gunshot causes a big chunk of the ceiling to crash down onto to the living room floor, with Zoey and Zara, their robbery collection, and the boys falling with it. Zara catches the boys, locks them in the cage, and prepares to take them on the world tour. The girls begin to escape from the house, but Mabel still doesn't leave her infestation to that. She straps on her gas mask and hard hat, and starts spraying a gaseous rat poison at the girls. Zoey and Zara quickly gather up the last of their robbery collection and head toward the lake near the field that they slept in the other night, with Mabel in pursuit. The girls narrowly escape to the Atlantic Ocean inside the hijacked boat after Mabel eventually runs out of ammo. When she loses the girls, Mabel quickly goes back to her house, starts up her car, and plans to head toward the harbor where she can rent a boat of her own and continue to chase after Zoey and Zara across the ocean. As Mabel frantically drives her car through the crazy weather, Pablo and Tyrone unexpectedly show up from the backseat. It's revealed that since Pablo and Tyrone are Backyardigans, they can get out of a cage very easily. As Mabel begins parenthood, she happily takes the boys out to do as many fun things as they want. Meanwhile, Zoey and Zara (still driving the boat across the ocean during the raging thunderstorm) tell the boys that if they behave, they'll allow them to call the girls their "aunts" again. As it turns out, Pablo and Tyrone replaced themselves with the talking plush toys of their *Backyardigans* counterparts that Mabel purchased from Target the day before. The girls uncover the escape and discover a letter that the boys left behind for them, making Zoey and Zara lonely and miserable for the rest of their lives.

A week later, Mabel's house finishes getting mended as the now-adopted brothers are seen sitting on the couch in Mabel's living room together. As it turns out, the TV news has found out about Pablo and Tyrone. Reporters from every channel are telling the story of how the boys flew all the way across the country all by themselves and finally got adopted by who was once considered one of the best U.S. Army soldiers, along with escaping from two FBI-wanted criminals who just barely escaped from getting executed for their numerous crimes. Headlines are being made on newspapers, and authors all over the United States are requesting to write stories about Pablo and Tyrone's huge adventure and have them published as books, in which Pablo and Tyrone don't mind at all if that happens. Mabel comes into the living room and says to the boys that dinner is ready. Pablo tells her that they'll be in the dining room in just a minute. Mabel agrees, and goes to finish setting the table. The movie ends with Pablo and Tyrone still feeling heavily traumatized after almost getting kidnapped a second time, but happy that they've finally been adopted (and also that Uniqua, Tasha, and Austin are all moving to Maine to live close to them). Staring out the living room window at the raging thunderstorm, the boys wonder what's next for Zoey and Zara.

## Voice Cast

1. Oddcast Tom as Pablo
2. Oddcast Steven as Tyrone
3. Microsoft Betty as Mabel Griffin
4. Streamlabs Salli as Zoey Balkin
5. Oddcast Julie as Zara Dawson
6. Oddcast James as Mr. Thompson
7. Hank Azaria as Principal Skinner
8. Seth Green as Chris Griffin
9. Mila Kunis as Meg Griffin
10. Oddcast Samantha as Violy Anderson
11. Streamlabs Matthew as the news anchor
12. Streamlabs Joey as the airline gate agent
13. Cepstral Dallas as the airport intercom announcer
14. Jonah Campbell as the flight attendant
15. Leonard Nimoy as Colonel Sanders
16. George Carlin as the adoption agent

## Gallery

### Concept art

A promotional image of the 5 main characters from the film. From left to right: Pablo, Tyrone, Mabel, Zoey, and Zara.Zoey and Zara eavesdropping on MabelZoey and Zara roasting marshmallows on the roof of Mabel's house when the thunderstorm's comingMabel getting ready to shoot Zoey and ZaraMabel pursuing Zoey and Zara through the stormy countrysideZoey and Zara's actual hair
### Screenshots

Zoey and Zara laying in a field unconsciousLeonard Nimoy and George Carlin's dedication card at the end of the film
## Technical Specifications

* Release Date: Friday, November 17, 2023
* Rating: PG
* Protagonists: Pablo, Tyrone, and Mabel Griffin
* Antagonists: Zoey Balkin and Zara Dawson
* Duration: 2 hours, 16 minutes, 36 seconds
* Footage: Color
* Sound Mix: Dolby Atmos®
* Theatrical Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1

## Trivia

### General

* The film takes place 2 months after the events of *The Sad Story of Pablo and Tyrone*.
* By the time of this film, Pablo now wears his baseball cap forward instead of backward.
	+ In addition, Tyrone also has darker eyebrows.
* This film is the second installment in *The Adventures of Pablo and Tyrone*, and also Jonah Campbell's second feature-length movie overall.
	+ *Pablo And Tyrone's Epic Escape* was originally going to be the first installment in the trilogy until the announcement of *The Sad Story of Pablo and Tyrone*, which was released 2 months before this film and ended up becoming Jonah's first movie ever created.
* Due to their deaths in *The Sad Story of Pablo and Tyrone*, Dallas, Glenn, Zack, and Erika do not return in the film. Oddcast James, Streamlabs Joey, Streamlabs Matthew, and Oddcast Samantha do return, however, as new characters: Mr. Thompson, the airline gate agent, the news anchor, and Violy Anderson.
* Chris and Meg both speak only once in the entire film.
	+ Meg's only line is, "Mr. Thompson, we haven't seen Pablo and Tyrone all day today. They were both supposed to come to school today like all the other students at the Vyondville High School."
	+ Chris's only line is, "Well yeah, Mr. Thompson, they did. But something's telling me that they were faking feeling sick with the flu just so they could ditch school and go do something fun like playing at the arcade or something. Because believe it or not, they were both actually feeling completely fine this morning when we all rode the school bus together."
* This is the last film associated with Alex Does GoAnimate Pictures before the company rebrands to ADGStudios.
* At the very end of the closing credits, there's a dedication to Leonard Nimoy (1931-2015), George Carlin (1937-2008), and the text-to-speech voices from Oddcast (2017-2023), the voices of Colonel Sanders, the adoption agent, Pablo, Tyrone, Zara, Mr. Thompson, and Violy in the film.

### References

* Certain context/scenes throughout the film are based on similar concepts from a few of Jonah Campbell's favorite films.
* This film references *Ratatouille*, *The Golden Girls*, *The Lion King*, *Madagascar*, *Ice Age*, *Over The Hedge*, *Home Alone*, and *The Polar Express*.

### Goofs/Errors

* Meg and Principal Skinner pronounce the "Th" in "Thompson" incorrectly.
* Although the film's ending takes place 1 week after the final battle, the time card seen during the final transition claims for it to be 2 weeks. Or, when Pablo says, "That final battle last week was both epic and insane," it is possible that he meant "last week" as in "the other week" or "2 weeks ago".