Endgame: The Time Warped Movie

***Endgame: The Time Warped Movie*** is a 2002 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Bear Bones Productions and based on the studio's animated television series *Time Warped*. It was directed by Sid John and Dan Darlene.

*Endgame* was initially set to be released as a direct-to-video film, but was instead theatrically on December 18, 2002 by Columbia Pictures, and received mixed reviews from critics. The film fell short of Columbia's financial expectations earning less than three hundred dollars worldwide on its $180 million budget making it a box office bomb. It also served as the series finale of the *Time Warped* series, as no further episodes were made to continue from where it left off.

## Plot

Siana and her friends play with Nathaniel's pocket watch, ignoring all the possible consequences of altering time, which results in time freezing. Kyle comments that all the consequences resulted in time standing still, and the kids attempt to fix the pocket watch to no avail. Frustrated, Siana breaks the pocket watch, resulting in the shattered pieces spreading the kids at various points in time, with the Hutchinson kids ending up in a white void. Aggravated at his sister frequently nearly destroying all time, Nicolas thrashes Siana, culminating in him throwing her over the edge of the void and all existence, stating that she ruined what was a good life.

In the bottomless pit, Siana comes across several capsules containing objects that were the result of her messing with time. When she attempts to open a capsule containing clone of Kyle, the Time Lord stops her and orders his minions to catch her brother before she finds the true object that will wish her back into existence: her teddy bear.

Meanwhile, the other kids and Hum attempt to convince Nicolas that he needs his sister more than ever, with Nicolas refusing to believe them. During the argument, the Time Lord appears and kidnaps Nicolas, leaving the other kids and Hum behind.

During Nicolas' plight to escape the void, he meets up with Siana.

## Voice cast

* Charlie Adler as Nicolas
	+ Nancy Cartwright voices a younger Nicolas
* Cree Summer as Siana
	+ Aria Curzon voices a younger Siana
* Carlos Alazraqui as Handy
* Lauren Tom as Greta
* Billy West as Kyle
	+ Pamela Hayden voices a younger Kyle
* Pamela Adlon as Kara
	+ Emily Hart voices a younger Kara
* Frank Welker as Hum
* Jason Marsden as Sam
* Cam Clarke as Time Master
* Peter Renaday as Time Lord
* Tom Kenny as Victor
* Debi Derryberry as Ally
* Candi Milo as Petra
* Anndi McAfee as Erika

## Production

### Development

Creators Amile John, Jacob Navin and Finley Small wrote a treatment for a *Time Warped* feature film during development on the series in 1993. In 1996, John, Small, Navin and the Bear Bones staff began working on a feature-length film based on *Time Warped* by putting their finances into Script Development. In December 1997, Bear Bones officially announced that *Time Warped* was to have a feature film, which was planned for release in late 2001.

## Release

*Endgame* was set for release as a direct-to-video film for a late 2000 or 2001 release. When the film was moved to a theatrical release, it was set for a February 2002 release; Columbia moved the release to an unspecified summer 2002 release, which was moved to August and later December, where it was released against New Line Cinema's *The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers*.

## Marketing

### Trailers

The teaser trailer was released on BearBones.com on April 16, 2002, and the official trailer was released on August 21, 2002.

### Home media

*Endgame* was released on VHS and DVD on August 19, 2003 by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment. In 2009, the film was released on Blu-ray. The film was released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in March 2019.

### Video game

*Main article: Endgame: The Time Warped Movie (video game)*
A video game tie-in was released by Ubisoft in November 2002.

## Reception

The film received generally mixed reviews from critics, praising the film's animation but criticizing its humor and story. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 58% based on 73 reviews, with an average rating of 1.8/10. The site's consensus reads: "*Endgame*'s sparkling self-image won't compensate for a uneven story stretched way too low to meet the theatrical-length standards." Another review aggregator, Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 54 out of 100.

Claudia Puig of *USA Today* stated that "With so many brain-dead ideas for its story, *Endgame* has completely killed the entire *Time Warped* name. It feels like an one-hour series finale that should've made DVD and video instead of movie theaters." Peter Travers of *Rolling Stone* gave the film one star, stating, "*Endgame*, Bear Bones' first truly negative response, has a predictably weird plot that even tries hard enough to follow the usual wit of the show, but rather ends up being a 'last call' for the time traveling gang we all know in love." *Entertainment Weekly* critic Owen Gleiberman said, "If it's not as charming as the show, then the movie is just a complete waste of time and money."

Conversely, Roger Ebert of the *Chicago Sun-Times* gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, saying "*Endgame* is a truly touching and hilarious family adventure featuring the Hutchinson's and their friends with a blast of humor and soundtrack, as well as a comical plot from the folks at Bear Bones". Jeffrey Lyons from NBC-TV also enjoyed the film and considered it "sharp, but not witty."