Danny and the Brothers Meet Ogre

***Danny and the Brothers Meet Ogre*** is an animated horror themed direct-to-video film based on characters from *Danny and the Brothers*. It was released on VHS in 1999, on DVD (included in the *Halloween Fun Pack*) in 2004, and again on DVD (included in the *Scare-Riffic Double Feature*) in 2007.

## Plot

The Brothers are performing at a theme park called Majestic Movie Studios, a spoof of Universal Studios Hollywood "Things out There." After one of their shows, in which Danny accidentally scares a small boy, they go off for a break. Meanwhile, Doctor Muppet has come and is inhabiting a new attraction called "Muppet's Castle" as he makes another monster. The Brothers get lost, and eventually get locked inside the park (not to mention, they missed their show, so it was canceled). They find that one light is still on, in the castle, where Dr. Muppet is working on the monster. The Brothers witness the monster being resurrected. But Corey drops his rabbit plush, and when Danny gets it, Dr. Muppet steps on his cap (Danny hates when people touch his cap). He sends the monster after them on a wild goose chase through the park. Eventually, they end up on a roller-coaster with the monster on their tail. They lose him when he gets scared and stops the car, then when he finally lets go, the car lurches forward going faster than the ride was engineered. This causes the roller coaster to go off its tracks into the park sidewalks. They climb out and run out of the park. In the ruckus, Corey drops his rabbit plush, and the monster finds it.

When the boys get home, they try to tell Jeff what happened but he doesn't believe them. They then go up to their room, get ready for bed "If a Monster Came In," and go to sleep, and the monster finds their house and returns the rabbit plush to Corey. It starts to rain, and Corey feels bad for him, so he lets him sleep in his bed that night. The next morning, Jeff goes to the park to consult with the manager to book them for the premier that night of the new Bud Wiley movie. Meanwhile at home, the Chipmunks take the monster (Corey refers to him as "Ogre Boy") to the park and teach him about being kind and making friends "If You Wanna Have Friends." When the sun is setting, the four are heading home to cook dinner for Jeff. They make lasagna, but Frankie accidentally takes it out of the oven without gloves and burns his hands. In the process, he throws the lasagna out the window. Danny goes out to retrieve it, but is kidnapped by the Doctor and taken to his lab in the theme park. Jeff comes home, and Marlon and Corey, are told by him they are playing at the premiere. They then run off to the park with the monster to rescue Danny.

At the park, Dr. Muppet makes Danny drink a purple concoction. Then the doctor electrocutes him with 50,000 volts to "complete the process" as he says. The Brothers then burst through the door and knock over a few bottles of brains to distract Dr. Muppet as they rescue him. When they get out, Marlon steals the book Ogre was using. He reads that the doctor fed him "Cartoon Monster Maker" which instructs to serve cold with 50,000 volts of electricity, then to wait three minutes. Marlon checks his watch. The three minutes are up. Just then, Danny grows to an enormous size, then shrinks down to his normal size. But he is not his normal self, and now resembles a cartoon character. He has a spiral for one eye, and his nose has grown and it is shiny. He runs away in a cloud of smoke.

At the premiere, he causes chaos, like a crazy cartoon character. He destroys a table with a circular saw, defaces the movie's poster, and pops inside peoples wardrobe and messes up their hair. Marlon and Corey make an antidote from food on the buffet and go to feed it to him. But he must be upside down for it to work. When Bud Wiley arrives, Danny closes his autograph book around his face. Bud begins chasing him, and they end up on top of a cut out of Wiley 100 feet in the air. Danny is upside down when it begins to collapse, so Marlon and Corey throw it at him, and he drinks it. When he becomes normal immediately, he helps Bud by holding on to him when he almost falls. Jeff and the boys make a trampoline out of a tablecloth and rescue them both.

In the theater, Dr. Muppet manages to sneak in dressed up in a costume of Stu Beaver (the park's mascot, whom he despises) after being denied entrance to the party. He sees that Danny is cured, but realizes if he shocks Danny, he can turn him back. He turns the mic to a high revere so when Danny touches it, he would be shocked. But then the Monster turns up, and grabs the doctor. As he is carrying him, he slips and Dr. Muppet grabs the microphone to steady himself and gets shocked. The people see the monster and start to run away from him, but Corey tells everyone if they are kind to him, he will be kind to them. Dr. Muppet awakens and tries to get the costume off, but can't.

In the end, Dr. Muppet is now the new entertainer, still stuck in the Stu Beaver costume, the Monster gets a job as a bus driver for tourists around the sets (though since Danny taught him how to drive, he is a rather reckless driver, not to mention he has a brother voice). At night, the sounds are still heard in Muppet's Castle.

## Cast

* James Arnold Taylor as Danny Murphy
* Michael Huang as Marlon Murphy
* Cary Huang as Corey Murphy
* Jeff Bennett as Jeff Murphy and Mr. Jerry Noman
* Michael Gough as "Ogre Boy" (the Monster) / Man dressed up as Ogre / Stu Beaver / Movie Director
* Tom Kenny as Doctor Muppet
* Mary Kay Bergman as Miss Griffin / Mother
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Banks Turner / Bodyguard
* Clancy Brown as Peter, the Tour Guide

## Songs

* "Things out There" - The Brothers
* "If a Monster Came In" - The Brothers
* "If You Wanna Have Friends" - The Brothers
* "Dry Bones" - The Brothers

## Trivia

* Marlon wears black glasses instead of blue-framed.