LazyTown: The Movie

* Original Cut
* Director's Cut

***LazyTown: The Movie*** (Icelandic: ***Latibær: Kvikmyndin***) is a 2017 Icelandic-American animated action comedy film directed by Aaron M. Thompson. It was the first feature film he was able to complete and is based on the children's TV show *LazyTown*. The film centers on Sportacus as he defends his home city of LazyTown from the sinister Robbie Rotten.

The film was released in separate videos from June 4, 2017 and was complete on October 19, 2017. A supercut of the film was published on YouTube on December 13, 2019. A director's cut of the film started production on September 2, 2018 and was completed on October 7, 2018.

The original cut received generally favorable reviews. However, it has shown its age over the years, according to fans and DBG himself. The Director’s Cut has received more acclaim. A (now unconnected) sequel, *LazyTown 2: Trashy's Revenge*, was released to worse reception. Another sequel, *LazyTown 3: Mindgames*, started production on April 29, 2019, but was cancelled on July 13, 2020.

In 2021, DBG announced the development of a new sequel titled *LazyTown II: The Rotten Chase*, which is to ignore the events of *Trashy's Revenge* and *Mindgames*.

## Plot

In LazyTown, Iceland, Robbie Rotten becomes annoyed by how active the kids are being and plans to make monsters to keep them indoors. The two monsters he has created are named Trashy and Evil Stephanie, the latter of which being a clone of one of the kids, both of which fail their mission due to Sportacus defeating Trashy at Stingy's house and Stephanie beating up her evil clone. Robbie then has the monsters rob a bank. Ziggy witnesses the robbery and spreads the word to Stephanie, who spreads the word to Sportacus, who goes to stop the robbery assisted by Stephanie. A battle ensues and the monsters get handcuffed. While Sportacus and Stephanie celebrate, the monsters break out of their cuffs and escape with their loot of gold.

The monsters are then given another mission. They are assigned by Robbie to capture all the kids and put them in cages so they will be forced into laziness. They succeed in this task and Robbie records himself on an electronic bulletin board with a message to Sportacus, saying the kids will be released on the grounds that Sportacus forces the citizens of LazyTown into unhealthy and lazy routines. Upon hearing this, Sportacus swears death upon Robbie for his dastardly plans.

Once Sportacus reaches Robbie's lair, the two fight each other and in the end, Sportacus discovers that with the money the monsters robbed, Robbie was able to build a vast mansion connected to his lair where the kids are being held captive. Back at the lair, Robbie hypnotizes Ziggy into thinking he was a war soldier who caused a lot of casualties in his battles and sends him to kill Sportacus. The two fight and after Sportacus manages to return Ziggy to his senses, the two sit down on the couch to watch TV, but Robbie sends a signal there and hypnotizes Ziggy into thinking he is Superman and Sportacus is a bad guy. Ziggy knocks Sportacus out and brings him to Robbie, who erases his memory and tricks him into thinking he receives universal hate from the town and he needs to go on a murder spree to take his revenge.

Stephanie manages to escape from Robbie's prison and news gets around about Sportacus' behavior. Stephanie manages to return Sportacus to his senses and the two travel to Robbie's lair. After Stephanie sets all the other kids free, she is forced to fight Evil Stephanie while Sportacus fights Trashy. Both monsters are defeated and Robbie gets sentenced to 50 years in federal prison.

In a scene after the credits, Trashy breaks out of the cell he was put in and works on a weapon in Robbie's lab so he can get his vengeance on Sportacus.

## Characters

Sportacus - The central character of the film and the hero of LazyTown.

Stephanie - One of the children of LazyTown who accompanies Sportacus in stopping Robbie Rotten's evil plans.

Robbie Rotten - The antagonist of the film who plans to conquer LazyTown and enforce laziness upon the citizens.

Trashy - One of Robbie Rotten's two monsters. He possesses super strength and shares the same hatred for Sportacus that Robbie has.

Evil Stephanie - One of Robbie Rotten's two monsters. She is an evil clone of Stephanie and wants to make her life as miserable as possible.

Other kids from the show make an appearance, such as Stingy, Ziggy, Trixie, Pixel, and Mayor Milford Meanswell.

## Reception

### Critical reception

Based on 27 assessments on the like-to-dislike ratio system, 92% of assessments were positive (25 likes and 2 dislikes).

DBG's current opinion on this film was, "Eh, it’s okay... I’ve definitely improved my filmmaking skills overtime, and being that this is my first film, yeah, it isn’t perfect... I am NOT proud of some scenes in this film, like Sportacus going on a killing spree and the 'Marrying the mountain' scene (I cringe looking back on it), but there’s still bits and pieces that I still like to this day." He has even mentioned a few times that the film hasn't aged well and some fans of his agree. However, even to this day, viewers find this film to be decent.

The Director’s Cut of the movie received more acclaim. Based on 42 assessments on the like-to-dislike ratio system, 94% of assessments were positive (41 likes and 1 dislike).

### Legacy

Production on a (now unconnected) sequel, *LazyTown 2: Trashy's Revenge*, started on November 13, 2017 and after multiple delays, hiatuses and procrastinations, DBG has finally completed it on April 5, 2019 and released a supercut version to Youtube on February 21, 2020. *LazyTown 2* was often declared by himself to be his worst work and to this day, he feels personally ashamed for making it. Its reviews were initially mixed, but later grew more negative as time went on.

Production on a third film, *LazyTown 3: Mindgames*, began on April 29, 2019. Like with *Trashy's Revenge*, the third film faced many hiatuses and delays. Eventually, on July 13, 2020, DBG announced the cancellation of the project in favor of *Happy Wheels 3: Multi-Insanity.*