Crawler, Liger and Ratty: The Three Animals

***Crawler, Liger and Ratty: The Three Animals*** is a 2018 American animated comedy-adventure film produced by Paramount Animation for Paramount Pictures. It is the 67th feature film produced by the studio. The film is directed by Dallas Sharp from a screenplay by Nicholas Stoller, and a story by Sharp and Julie Young. Clancy Brown, Frank Welker, and Hank Azaria reprise their roles as several Paramount animated films. New cast members include Olivia Colman. The film follows three group of animals, Crawler, Liger and Ratty (who had appeared in several Paramount Animation films), who got bought and kept by their evil master DeFelia, who sends them to steal a large motor battery to her for her ultimate invention. But those animals later learned that they've been tricked as their master's invention turns out be a large vacuum to capture and rip all the animals worldwide, and replace them with robots due her hatred over all animal kind, so the three animals must stop DeFelia's master plan to save the animals.

*Crawler, Liger, and Ratty: The Three Animals* was released in the United States on October 12, 2018. It received mixed reviews from critics, as well as praising its story, humor, animation, character design, character development, and voice acting. The film grossed $899.9 million over a $90 million budget, making it the fifth highest grossing animated film of 2018.

A computer-animated standalone sequel, titled *Crawler, Liger and Ratty: Madness in Florida*, is currently in development.

## Voice cast

* Clancy Brown as Crawler
* Frank Welker as Liger
* Tom Kenny as Ratty
* Olivia Colman as DeFelia

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## Production

### Development

In 2003, the Paramount Animation Collection DVD of *Natalia's Story* featured a sneak peek of the proposed direct-to-video film starring the animal henchmen trio from various Paramount films, including new character designs and storyboards. Showing a story with the trio as heroes. It was scheduled to be released in 2004, but it was scrapped due to unknown reasons.

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## Marketing

### Trailers

A teaser trailer for the film was released on March 23, 2018, and was shown alongside *Sherlock Gnomes*. The second trailer (and official trailer) of the film was released on May 28, 2018, and was shown alongside TBD. A sneak peek of the film was released on August 16, 2018. The third and final trailer was released on September 4, 2018, and was shown alongside *Adyora Focus: A Magical War*.

### Merchandise

An estimated $375 million marketing effort helped promote *Crawler, Liger, and Ratty: The Three Animals*, and along with its production budget, the spending has reached $400 million. Paramount's marketing campaign began three months before its release with the campaign focused on Crawler, Liger and Ratty, their personalities, and the humor of the voice cast via custom media promotions. Paramount partnered with more than 30 worldwide, including tie-ins with McDonald's, Ziploc, Coca-Cola, Xfinity, Apple, and Google.

On October 5, 2018, promotional tie-ins on Nickelodeon and Paramount Kids consist of bumpers with Crawler, Liger and Ratty in a movie theater announcing the film. In addition, they host the entire line-up, in intermissions between commercial breaks.

## Release

*Crawler, Liger, and Ratty: The Three Animals* was premiered on September 25, 2018 at the Regency Village Theater, and was released in the United States on October 12, 2018 by Paramount Pictures in 3D, RealD 3D, and Dolby Cinema. In June 2015, Paramount scheduled the film for a February 2, 2018 release. In March 2017, the release date had been moved up to October 12, 2018.

### Home media

The film was released on digital on December 18, 2018, and on DVD and Blu-ray on January 8, 2019, by Paramount Home Media Distribution. On March 4, 2021, the film, along with other Paramount Animation films, became available on Paramount+.

## Transcript

### Main

To see the main transcript of the film, click here.

### Trailers

To see the transcript for the trailers of the film, click here.