Who Framed JC Kanary

**Who Framed JC Kanary** is a 2025 American fantasy comedy mystery film directed by Seth MacFarlane and written by MacFarlane, Alec Sulkin, and Wellesley Wild with using of traditional animation and live action, with elements of film noir, and stars John Cleveland Kanary, Beverly Kanary, Charles Kanary, Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane, Amanda Seyfried, Giovanni Ribisi, Jessica Barth, Patrick Warburton, John Slattery and Morgan Freeman.

## Plot

Three years after the events of the first film, Ted marries his girlfriend, Tami-Lynn. Meanwhile, his best friend, John Bennett has been divorced from Lori Collins for six months. Following a heated argument after being married a year, they decide to have a child. As Ted cannot father a child, John agrees to help find a sperm donor. They ask Sam J. Jones, but he declines due to a sperm count of one. They ask Sam J. Jones, but he declines due to a sperm count of one. Then they unsuccessfully try to break into Tom Brady's house and steal his sperm. Ultimately, John offers to donate his sperm.

Despite Ted and John's efforts, Tami-Lynn's history of drug use has rendered her infertile (despite having been clean for an extended period of time) and they decide to adopt. The background checks put Ted's legal status as a person into question. The state authorities of Massachusetts declare Ted property rather than a person; consequently, he loses his job at Bay Colony Grocery Store, his credit card and bank accounts are terminated and his marriage to Tami-Lynn is forcibly annulled. and also, JC is looking for his parents to take him home.

John suggests that they take the state to court. They ask the best lawyer they can find, but he offers to assign their case *pro bono* to his niece Samantha "Sam" Jackson, a novice lawyer. They are initially reluctant due to her lack of pop culture knowledge, but bond over their love of marijuana as they prepare to present the case.

Meanwhile, Donny, Ted's life-long stalker, is a janitor at the headquarters of toy company Hasbro, in New York City. He convinces the company CEO to hire an expert attorney to ensure that Ted maintains his status as property, leaving him open to seizure by the firm to create more living teddy bears.

Despite Sam's best efforts, the court rules against Ted. Disheartened and desperate, the trio contact Patrick Meighan, a highly respected civil rights attorney, to help overturn the court's decision. Driving to Manhattan, the trio meet Meighan, who is sympathetic to Ted's plight but ultimately refuses the case, as he believes Ted has not significantly contributed to humanity due to his lifestyle.

Furious at the injustice and jealous of Sam and John's relationship, Ted takes his frustrations out on them and angrily storms off, wandering into the New York Comic-Con. However, Donny discreetly follows him. Once inside, Donny disguises himself as Raphael and tries to kidnap Ted, who runs off, takes refuge under a Bumblebee statue, and contacts John for help. John and Sam arrive and find Ted, just as Donny is about to cut him open. Ted apologizes to John and Sam for snapping at them and make their leave, but Donny severs the cables holding up a model of the USS *Enterprise* with a knife and it swings towards Ted. John pushes Ted out of the way, takes the hit, gets knocked unconscious, and falls into a coma. JC identifies Donny from a group of Ninja Turtle cosplayers through his irresistible urge to dance to "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany and Donny is arrested.

At the hospital, John is still in a coma, and he flatlines. The next day, the doctor informs JC, his parents, Sam, Ted and Tami-Lynn that John "didn't make it", shocking the group. The doctor also suggests they can go in and say goodbye to John. In the room, the group is tearfully saying goodbye to John. However, he unexpectedly wakes up and scares the group, and Ted realizes that John had faked being dead as payback for Ted pretending to be mentally brain dead and Ted applauds John for his realistic acting. Although Sam is initially furious over this, she and John kiss as the group rejoices. Meighan decides to take the case, inspired by John's selflessness and Ted's emotions over John, who managed to avoid death. Meighan successfully gets the ruling overturned by demonstrating that Ted is self-aware, that he feels complex emotions, and is capable of empathy. Outside the courthouse, Ted re-proposes to Tami-Lynn. After they are legally remarried (though it's unknown if Ted ever got his job, credit card and bank accounts back), Ted and Tami-Lynn adopt the surname of "Clubber Lang", and adopt a baby boy, who they name Apollo Creed, while John and Sam happily pursue their own relationship. and see Donnie's death is dip from Who Framed Roger Rabbit the toons from Nickelodeon and Nick Jr. came to see the dip at the scene, John and Ted reveals Doom as Acme's murderer to everyone, clearing JC's name. John also discovers that Roger inadvertently wrote a letter for JC's mom and dad on Acme's will, which was written in disappearing/reappearing ink, and Toontown's ownership is handed over to the toons. Having regained their sense of humor now that he has fight with Tami-Lynn. and John kiss JC in the face, John, Sam, Ted, Tami-Lynn, JC, and his parents are all happily enters Toontown with the toons and sing "Smile Darn Ya Smile" while Porky Pig says his famous catchphrase, "That's all folks!", closing the film on a high note.

## Cast

### Live-action cast

* John Cleveland Kanary as himself
* Beverly Kanary as herself
* Charles Kanary as himself
* Mark Wahlberg as John Bennett
	+ Bretton Manley as Young John Bennett
* Amanda Seyfried as Samantha Leslie Jackson
* Giovanni Ribisi as Donny
* Jessica Barth as Tami-Lynn McCafferty
* Patrick Warburton as Guy
* Cocoa Brown as Joy
* John Carroll Lynch as Tom Jessup
* Bill Smitrovich as Frank Stevens
* Sam J. Jones as himself
* Sebastian Arcelus as Dr. Ed Danzer
* Morgan Freeman as Patrick Meighan
* Dennis Haysbert as Fertility doctor
* David Hasselhoff as himself
* Tom Brady as himself
* Taran Killam as himself
* Jimmy Fallon as himself
* Jimmy Kimmel as himself
* Bill Maher as himself
* Jay Leno as himself
* Kate McKinnon as herself
* Bobby Moynihan as himself
* Lenny Clarke as Cop
* Liam Neeson as Customer
* Jessica Szohr as Allison
* Jay Patterson as Karl Jackson
* Michael Dorn as Rick
* Curtis Stigers as Wedding singer
* John Slattery as Shep Wild
* William Zifaras as Bostom Guy
* Nana Visitor as Adoption agent
* Ralph Garman as Stormtropper and Steve Bennett
* Alec Sulkin as Obi-Wan Kenobi
* Ron Canada as Judge Matheson
* Craig Ricci Shaynak as Blind Guy
* Alex Borstein as Helen Bennett
* Joshua Dela Cruz as Josh
* Steve Burns as Steve
* Donovan Patton as Joe
* BD Wong as Director
* Alex Winter as Cap Driver
* Steven Pasquale as Janitor
* JC's Classmates as themselves
* Kevin Michael Richardson as School Bus Driver
* Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Anthony Field and Greg Page as The Wiggles
* Paul Paddick as Captain Feathersword
* Caterina Mete as Miss Sunshine
* Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom
* Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
* Vanessa Annie Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
* Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
* Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
* Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth
* Monique Coleman as Taylor McKessie
* Olesya Rulin as Kelsi
* Mike O'Malley as Jimmy Hughes
* Liza Snyder as Christine Hughes
* Joel Homan as Dominic Hughes
* Alexander and Shawn Shapiro as Logan Hughes

### Voice cast

* Seth MacFarlane as Ted (voice and motion capture)
	+ Zane Cowans as Young Ted's voice
* Patrick Stewart as Narrator and Smart Ass
* John Trauscht as Bob the Tomato and Jimmy Gourd
* Phil Vischer as Archibald Asparagus, Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt
* Mike Nawrocki as Larry the Cucumber and Jerry Gourd
* Lisa Vischer as Junior Asparagus
* Jeff Bergman as Bugs Bunny, Sylvester the Cat, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Yogi Bear and Eustace Bagge
* Eric Bauza as Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd and the Bar's store manager
* Bob Bergen as Porky Pig and Tweety Bird
* Debi Derryberry as Jimmy Neutron
* Tara Strong as Timmy Turner and Daizy (also Ted's "I Love You" function)
* Alex D. Linz as Franklin
* Frank Welker as Scooby-Doo and Fred Jones
* Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers
* Grey DeLisle as Daphne Blake and Wubbzy
* Kate Micucci as Velma Dinkley
* Marty Grabstein as Courage
* April Winchell as Muriel Bagge and Wheezy
* Paul Schoeffler as Katz and Le Quack
* Jeff Bennett as General
* Chuck Montgomery as Lieutenant
* Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants
* Bill Fagerbakke as Patrick Star
* Rodger Bumpass as Squidward Tentacles
* Clancy Brown as Mr. Krabs
* Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy Cheeks
* Mr. Lawrence as Plankton
* Traci Paige Johnson as Blue
* Brianna Bryan as Rainbow Puppy
* Nick Balaban as Mr. Salt
* Ava Augustin as Tickety Tock
* Jacob Soley as Slippery Soap
* Carolyn Ferrie as Dorothy the Dinosaur
* Jeff Fatt as Henry the Octopus and Wags the Dog
* Charles Fleischer as Roger Rabbit, Benny the Cab, Greasy and Psycho
* Lou Hirsch as Baby Herman
* Fred Newman as Stupid
* Kathleen Turner (speaking voice) and Amy Irving (singing voice) as Jessica Rabbit
* Bret Iwan as Mickey Mouse
* Kaitlyn Robrock as Minnie Mouse
* Tony Anselmo as Donald Duck
* Tress MacNeille as Daisy Duck
* Bill Farmer as Goofy and Pluto
* Nancy Cartwright as Toon Shoe
* Frank Sinatra (archival recordings) as the Singing Sword

## Songs

* Celebration
* Steppin' Out with My Baby
* Law & Order' Theme Song
* One Foot in Front of the Other
* Somewhere Out There
* Breaking Free
* The Monkey Dance (Live)
* Hot Potato (Live)
* Toot Toot, Chugga Chugga, Big Red Car
* Hey, Must Be the Money
* Mess Around
* Mean Ol' Moon
* New York
* When There Was Me and You
* What I've Been Looking For
* On Our Way
* Happiness is Magic (audition and Broadway version)
* Smile Darn Ya Smile
* We're All in This Together (plays in the mid-credit scene)
* Mean Ol' Moon (swing version)
* Mean Ol' Moon

## Trivia

* *Main article: List of cameos in Who Framed JC Kanary*
* This is the first and only JC Kanary's live-action/animated hybrid film to be rated PG by the MPAA.
* This is the first and only JC Kanary's live-action/animated hybrid film to use a remake of the original 1988 movie *Who Framed Roger Rabbit*.
* Phil Vischer, Mike Nawrocki and Lisa Vischer reprise their roles as Larry, Junior, Archibald, Pa Grape, Jerry and Mr. Lunt, respectively, but for some reason, Phil Vischer doesn't do the role of Bob, Archibald, Pa Grape, Jimmy and Mr. Lunt (nor Mr. Nezzer or Philippe Pea) this time, even though they are already a voice actor for both of the characters. Instead, Bob and Jimmy have an original voice actor for the very first time (that being John Trauscht); Phil Vischer only does the role of Archibald, Pa Grape and Mr. Lunt.
* Jeff Bergman, Eric Bauza, Bob Bergen, Frank Welker, Matthew Lillard, Grey DeLisle, Kate Micucci and Marty Grabstein reprise their roles as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Tweety, Sylvester, Foghorn Leghorn, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Fred Flintstone, George Jetson, Yogi Bear, Wubbzy, Scooby-Doo, Shaggy Rogers, Fred Jones, Daphne Blake, Velma Dinkley, Courage and Eustace Bagge, while April Winchell is voicing Muriel Bagge taking over Thea White who passed away in 2021, respectively and Candi Milo from The Little Wiggles series and direct-to-video and theatrical films.
* Debi Derryberry, Tara Strong, Alex D. Linz, Traci Paige Johnson, Brianna Bryan, Nick Balaban, Ava Augustin and Jacob Soley reprise their roles as Jimmy Neutron, Timmy Turner, Daizy, Franklin, Blue, Rainbow Puppy, Mr. Salt, Tickety Tock and Slippery Soap.
* Paul Schoeffler, Chuck Montgomery and Jeff Bennett reprise their roles as General, Lieutenant, Katz and Le Quack.
* Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, Rodger Bumpass, Clancy Brown, Carolyn Lawrence and Mr. Lawrence reprise their roles as SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Mr. Krabs, Sandy Cheeks and Plankton.
* On Our Way from Blue's Big City Adventure is to re-use but this time JC and his Classmates along with Miss Sunshine are sing the song.