Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure

**Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure** is a 2007 made-for-television animated adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and is the first made-for-television film based on the animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, the second being Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen. Big Boogey Adventure premiered in the United States on March 30, 2007, and in the UK on February 14, 2007, and was released on DVD in the U.S. on April 3, 2007.

## Plot

When the underworld strips Grim of his powers, Billy, Mandy, Grim and Irwin must race the Boogey Man and a crew of monster pirates to capture a powerful artefact capable of making whoever wields it into the scariest being alive.

## Why It Rocks

1. This is the first movie from The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy franchise, and it’s actually good, considering this takes place during season 6.
2. The characters, like the Grim Reaper, Irwin, Billy's parents, Fred Fredburger, and Dracula are likable here. Billy and Mandy are also likable here, being their normal, charming and hilarious selves before they got flanderized.
3. The voice acting is still amazing.
4. The animation is awesome and it’s slightly better than the TV show.
5. Many hilarious moments, like when the skeleton person (one of the Boogeyman’s crew after jumping in) saying "Come in, the lava’s fine" not minding the lava, as well as Billy’s silly goofy pirate song which fits with his normal hilarious personality, and Irwin kissing Mandy to wake her up from the sleeping spell.
6. The future parts were spooky and interesting, especially when future Billy warned the present group about Mandy’s plan, and when the post-credits scene had Fred Fredburger be the ruler, which was hilarious.
7. Creative and adventurous plot where Grim loses his job because of Billy and Mandy going too far, and they and Irwin are under the Boogeyman’s custody, and they must find a way to escape and help get Grim us job back.
8. The Boogeyman is a passable character here, where he showed some decent villain traits, and he was defeated in the end.
9. Kuki Sanban/Numbuh 3 from mh:besttvshows:Codename: Kids Next Door makes a cameo appearance as Grim’s temporary replacement, and in the end, was just too pure to be like the Grim Reaper. Her cameo was nice though.
10. Another reason Billy and Mandy are likable in the movie is that they care about their friends, like how Billy cared about helping Grim get his job back, and how Mandy showed sympathy towards Billy when she thought that the sea monster ate him.
11. The puppetry during the puppet part was done really well and was also very funny.
12. The heroes were able to win the very fun and creative spooky boat race against the Boogeyman.
13. The overcoming fears part was pretty good and funny, as Grim was the only one who got through it since living with Billy and Mandy is his worst fear and he’s already living it.
14. The moment where Grim exploded was pretty scary and emotional.
15. **Billy: Um, Mandy? This isn’t fun anymore.
Mandy: Billy, for once I completely agree with you.**
16. Grim’s plan was clever as he turned the Horror’s Hand off and tricked Boogey, as Grim exploded on purpose and easily reassembled himself, which shows Boogey that he really wasn’t scary.
17. Billy’s speech was actually pretty good, even for a dumb, happy go-lucky boy like him.
18. Grim got his job back, thanks to Mandy telling the Underworld Court about him saving everyone from the Boogeyman, much to Grim’s joy.
19. The ending was good, where Grim put away the Horror’s Hand in his trunk, and the gang is back home and everything is back to normal.
20. The credits showing what each character did after the events of the film was pretty interesting.
21. As mentioned above, the post-credits scene where Fred Fredburger was the ruler of the future was hilarious.

## The Only Bad Quality

1. Like the TV show, there is excessive amounts of gross-out and toilet humors alike.

## Reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Dennis Prince of DVD Verdict reviewed the movie saying, "All told, Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure is a gift from Atoms, and an indulgence of all the goodness and gooeyness that has made the series a top draw on Cartoon Network. Despite the boogers, bare buttocks, and boorish humor, this court finds no real crime has been committed. Case dismissed". MaryAnn Johanson, of The Flick Filospher reviewed the movie saying "'Full-length movie. Full of boogers!' promises the blobby green sticker on the DVD. And it's true. But somehow, the tons of gross-out potty humor manages to be delightfully goofy -- perhaps it's the irresistibly cheerful spin cartoonist Maxwell Atoms puts on his demented twisting of kiddie cartoons". It was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production. Common Sense Media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny". DVDverdict.com gave the movie a good review as well.

## Trivia

* When Boogey enters the pipe, the Warp Pipe sound effect from mh:awesomegames:Super Mario Bros. is played.
* The keys that Creeper uses to release the Krakken makes a sound of the car key vibration to open the headlights of a sedan.

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