Better 2000s

The New York Times Times wrote; "Indeed, it is very likely that the first ten years of this century will go down as the most dispiriting and disillusioning decade Americans have lived through in the post–World War II era." There was 9/11, Anthrax Attacks is prevented in 2001-present, Anthrax Panics is prevented in 2001-present, the War in Afghanistan, Iraqi Wars is prevented, the 2008 financial crisis is prevented, the Ponzi schemes prevented that October, the fall of the Detroit auto industry is prevented, the brutality at Guantanamo Bay is prevented, and so much more. In some nations like Brazil and China there was a fairly good economy - both in culture, conflict is prevented, natural disasters is prevented, etc.

## **What is Better? Guidelines for Contributors**

* **Rule 1** - Only events of the 2000s may be altered be they choices you made in that decade or the choices others made in that decade.
* **Rule 2** - Good Ending: In this extended universe scenario, Bush allows the monarchy of Afghanistan to be restored as the official government of Afghanistan. This would trigger Pakistan into invading Afghanistan, but Bush would wage war against Pakistan instead of Iraq. The British would install the Mughal Dynasty as the ruling royal family of a Pro-West Pakistani monarchy that would prevent the rise of the same fundamentalist factions that ruled Pakistan from ever taking power again in order to prevent them from aiding the Taliban. However if Afghanistan and Pakistan were prosperous under their respective monarchs, it would result in the triggering of Monarchist Revolutions in the Indian subcontinent, Iran, the Middle East, Africa, Burma and Laos as they would desire to restore their monarchs in hopes of enduring an era of prosperity and freedom from authoritarian dictators. This series of Monarchist Revolutions. A lack of Iraq invasion is going to prevent both the wider Arab spring and ISIS. Bush after the successful victory in Afghanistan and Pakistan would be called a hero by the American people and the Republican party would be popular. Sadly the popularity of Bush and the Republicans would result in opposition against Bush himself becoming more radical and more intense. Lives Saved thus far: 3,486 (includes the 2,980 people [not including the 16 hijackers] saved on 9/11). Al Qaeda plot the FBI claimed to have foiled in the years following the 9/11 attacks and there's no weapons, no plots, and no Al Qaeda.
* **Rule 3** - Protecting the North America & Europe & China from natural disasters are satellites on September 17, 2001 to present.
* **Rule 4** - The New Normal Fastest Road in North America & Europe & China on September 17, 2001 to present.
* **Rule 5** - The New Normal Fastest Light Traffic on Highway in North America & Europe & China on September 17, 2001 to present.

## **Timeline**

Lives Saved thus far: 3,486 (includes the 2,980 people [not including the 16 hijackers] saved on 9/11).

### **January**

* 1st -  Kipawa earthquake never occurs in Ontario and Quebec, Canada.
* 5th- 2000 al-Qaeda Summit foiled: A police officer in Kuala Lumpur overheard the planning of conference of future attacks the day before and tells the city police the next day to raid the city hotel room, uncovering plans of then unidentified attacks, the officer doesn’t realize that he saved over 2000 lives.
* 18th - Prevention of The Tagish Lake meteorite impacts the Earth.
* 19th - Boland Hall arson attack avoided. (Three people be alive in the extended timeline). Police escorted the two OTL perpetrators to the county jail for public intoxication in New Jersey. Instead of five years of prison, all three graduated in the class of 2003.
* 30th - Due to prevent a bit of electrical fault on Kenya Airways Flight 431 upon takeoff. However, upon approach to Jomo Kenyatta Airport, an electrical fault is never occurs (as the nose is never dips down) leading to prevent a false stall warning. (169 are alive)
* 31st - Preventing The Tragic Downfall Of Alaska Airline Flight 261.

### **February**

* 1st - Cylcone Eline never forms.
* 6th- Brhül Train disaster avoided. Station workers in the station told the train operators to stop when they realized the speed it three times over it. (9 people in OTL who died survived in Better 2000s) Within 5 km (3.107 miles) the train stopped in a quick pace, though some minor injuries were reported, but with some nurses board the train. The train was on time, though this close call happened
* 9th - Prevention of The Flooding in Moçambique.
* 29th- Kayla Rolland’s death averted. (In The Extended Timeline she is on her way to graduate college) When the bell rang for a change of classes, her OTL murderer, a Michigan boy tried to bring a handgun, some students wrestled the gun from him and took a knife. The police took the child to the Genesee County Family Independence Agency. The school never closed down and demolished throughout the decade.

### **March**

* 7th - Nickleback's The State album is re-released for the second time - this time with the cover art being a boy outside a jail cell rather then the original 1999 cover art.
* 2000 Phillips Explosion avoided. Following a fire in the year before, the company trained workers properly was a key avoided the explosion and fire. As a result, 71 people who were dead in OTL would be alive today.

### **April**

* Immigrant Attorney Richard Baumhammers sent to another psychiatric ward for the

### **May**

* 5th - A rare conjunction of celestial bodies (Sun, Moon, Mercury, Saturn) occurs during the New Moon.

### **July**

* 14th - prevent the disastrous effects of solar storms.

### **August**

* 24th - Typhoon Prapiroon is never develops.
* 31st - Typhoon Prapiroon is never makes landfall in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Typhoon Saomai is never develops.

### **September**

* ? - Tyhoon Samoai is never makes landfall in South Korea.
* 27th - Prevention of the Typhoon season.
* 28th to October 6th - Hurricane Keith is never forms.

### **November**

* 2nd - First resident crew enters the International Space Station.
* 16th - The Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations along with the World Food Program delivers a report on the situation in the DPRK. They report that due to droughts in the 90s the DPRK has been expecting a rough winter and in 1999 had begun a program to double harvests in 2000. With the resent Typhoons some of the final crops before winter have been destroyed along with villages belonging to local collective farmers. The DPRK had been diminishing funding to its food distribution network as part of programs aimed at (like China) opening its market to private individuals with in the state. The most effective distribution of aid has been coming from private citizens of the DPRK in light of the down size in the state's Food Distribution system. With the harvest being 25% lower then the FAO estimated it would be in 1999 the FAO recommends continuing foreign aid to the DPRK in light of the conditions that can be expected in the coming winter. [source]

### **December**

* 25th - Avoided Luoyang Christmas Fire; the man tasked with welding is another worker then the one tasked in OTL who nervously is careful and while told to work faster later he unknowingly avoids a disaster that would have seen the loss of 309 lives. Unintentional side effect: Without this disaster the Ministry of Public Security doesn't release an urgent request for local governments to spare no expense for safety during the holiday season. As a result many - though smaller - accidents take place over the holidays but none resulting in fatalities.

### **February**

* 9th - Avoided USS Greenville doesn't accidentally strike Japanese fishing ship Ehime Maru near Hawaii (In OTL this collision was caused by, based on court findings, multiple negligence with Commander Scott Waddle's insistence on rushing a demonstration to civilians onboard being at fault. Scott's 'rush' was caused by his joy at the excited eagerness of the guests and in this euphoria which had also held members of the sonar crew the Commander decided to demonstrate an emergency breach. Scott in our timeline did perform a brief scan rather then the 360 mandated by protocol and in his own words is certain that ship was only slightly farther to the right then he had scanned. In this timeline a brief passing of words by a visitor prior evoked Commander Scott Waddle to carry out the 360 scan despite being behind schedule for the sake of the visitor's enthusiasm. In doing so he spotted the Ehime Maru and while the USS Greenville returned from its Visitor's Excursion slightly behind schedule a comment regarding this by his superiors is far better then the disaster known in OTL. In OTL this event aroused suppressed resentment carried over from the 2nd World War causing some animosity between individuals ranging from victims of Japanese Occupation to Veterans of the Pacific War. Visitor Excursions also became fewer depriving some civilian families the experience of touring a submarine in the service and thus the wonder that had given Waddle and his guests pleasure. Waddle's mission was of education much as the Ehime Maru for aboard the fishing ship were High School Students learning about the fishing industry under the supervision of teachers. In total, the death toll was nine [three crew members, four students and two teachers] - lives not lost in the Better 2000s).

### **June**

* 8th - Averted Osaka School Massacre (see Mamoru Takuma; eight are alive who are dead in OTL). Unintended Consequence: Public interest in mental health policy, school ground accessibility, security at public schools, and the rights of victims and criminals doesn't rise this year.

### **August**

* 26th - Spider-Man 2 Enter Electro is published by Activation (it is not pulled from the stores in September nor altered post release)

### **September**

* 10th - Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld announces that as the Department of Defense was unable to trace 2.3 trillion dollars and would be cracking down on Pentagon Bureaucracy as wasted funds could be a "matter of life or death". (this happened in OTL but was overshadowed as a potential news story by the 9/11 attacks the next day when such cracking down on misspending was suppose to take place. With those attacks such action was stopped as the Department of Defense became invested in other matters of national security.)
* 11th - Nickelback releases the album Silver Side Up having finished recording on the 30th of June.

### **October**

* 3rd - Grand Theft Auto III is published by Rockstar Games (in OTL the game was delayed until the 22nd as the studio's offices were very close to 'ground zero' making work on the project difficult but the team decided that they had to move forward regardless and with mild changes released the game on the 22nd. Those changes, which don't occur in this timeline involved removing one mission as it mentioned terrorists and altering the LCPD vehicles so they no longer resembled those used by the NYPD. This earlier release will of course effect the game's reception as the market will be different).

### **February**

* 1st - It's 8 AM at Mission Control; Flight Director LeRoy E. Cain has just polled the control room for a go/no-go for Columbia's de-orbit burn. In OTL the de-orbit burn was go due to weather conditions being within guidelines - but in this timeline the concerns of Linda Ham and others have infiltrated the control room - enough to generate a feeling of dread. The poll returns as a 'no-go'. LeRoy is stuck in a predicament; no one wants to be the guy to declare something costly without reason - but in the past NASA had to do so. LeRoy wasn't at NASA when the Challenger Disaster happened. He joined NASA in 1988; two years after Challenger. The call is ultimately his but if he overrides the poll and gives the go-ahead and something does happen it will undoubtedly be his doing. In this moment of decision LeRoy announces the 'no-go' and calls a meeting. The footage of the launch is reviewed, the fact that Columbia can remain in orbit until the 15th is noted. John C. Harpold says; "You know, there is nothing we can do about damage to the TPS [Thermal Protection System]. If it has been damaged it's probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don't you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?" [source] Someone at the meeting finally has had it with this type of talk - which was widespread. This person knows what the control room is feeling, and makes a stand for something to be done. What happens in the meeting next isn't widely known to the public but in a move that would come to be criticized as perhaps costly needless a rescue mission involving Space Shuttle Atlantis is okayed. This reaches news sources becoming the story of the day with opinions in various directions; though largely against the move and critical. Those at Houston against the move belittle those among them who have caused this media storm.
* 10th - The Rescue of Columbia is carried out successfully - the empty shuttle is remotely de-orbited and as videos watch disintegrates upon re-entry. Mission Control is in a state of silence; with those who had opposed the Atlantis Rescue realizing that such could have been the death of the crew nine days before. Some of those who had fought for the rescue to happen shed tears at having been right, and mistreated for it. In the days to come changes would be made to NASA; though not as sever as in OTL. This becomes the first, and only, Rescue Mission involving the US Space Shuttle program. With the loss of Columbia, and Atlantis's launch this month missions to the Hubble telescope are delayed along with missions to the ISS for the purpose of assembly. As in OTL the events around Columbia signal the eventual cancellation of the Shuttle Program with the costs of the rescue, loss of Columbia, and the delay prompting approval of the Constellation Program which is design to lower the cost of space exploration. Interest in X-38 is increased (so as to avoid another rescue mission of such a large scale) and with a positive outcome to the ordeal there isn't as strong a push to budget the program (as those with such a goal do not have a tragedy to springboard from - rather then tragedy they have a rescue mission that upon completion and despite criticism prior to such completion succeeded with a finale demonstrating its necessity with a happy ending for the crew; which isn't something one can easily use to rally against funding the program save in the 'theoretical' sense of a disaster that could have been).

**March**

## **Space Jam**

Space Jam is a 1996 American live-action/animated sports comedy film directed by Joe Pytka and written by Leo Benvenuti, Steve Rudnick, Timothy Harris, and Herschel Weingrod. The film stars basketball player Michael Jordan as a fictional version of himself; the live-action cast also includes Wayne Knight and Theresa Randle, as well as cameos by Bill Murray and several NBA players, while Billy West, Dee Bradley Baker, Kath Soucie and Danny DeVito headline the voice cast. The film follows Jordan as he is brought out of retirement by the Looney Tunes characters to help them win a basketball match against invading aliens intent on enslaving them as amusement park attractions.

Space Jam was the first film to be produced by Warner Bros. Feature Animation and was released theatrically in the United States on November 15, 1996, by Warner Bros. under its Family Entertainment label.

### **Plot**

In 1973, a young Michael Jordan tells his father, James, about his dreams of playing in the NBA. Twenty years later, following James's death, Jordan retires from basketball to pursue a career in baseball.

In outer space, the amusement park Moron Mountain is in decline. The proprietor, Mr. Swackhammer, learns of the Looney Tunes from the Nerdlucks, his quintet of minions, and orders them to abduct the Looney Tunes to serve as attractions. The Nerdlucks enter the Looney Tunes' universe underground and hold them hostage before Bugs Bunny convinces them to allow the Looney Tunes to defend themselves. The Looney Tunes challenge the Nerdlucks to a basketball game, noting the latter's small stature. The Nerdlucks research the sport and infiltrate various games, stealing the talents of Charles Barkley, Shawn Bradley, Patrick Ewing, Larry Johnson, and Muggsy Bogues. The Nerdlucks use these talents to transform into gigantic, muscular creatures known as the Monstars, and the Looney Tunes realize that they need professional help.

The Looney Tunes pull Jordan into their universe as he golfs with Bill Murray, Larry Bird, and Jordan's assistant, Stan Podolak. Bugs explains their situation to Jordan, who is initially reluctant to help. However, Jordan agrees after a confrontation with the Monstars, and forms the Tune Squad with the Looney Tunes; they are joined by Lola Bunny, with whom Bugs is enamored. Jordan is initially unprepared, and sends Bugs and Daffy Duck to his house to obtain his basketball gear. Jordan's children aid them and agree to keep the game a secret, while Stan, searching for Jordan, notices Bugs and Daffy, follows them to their world, and joins the team. Meanwhile, the incapacity of the five NBA players results in a national panic that culminates in the season's suspension. The players try to restore their skills through various methods, with no success.

The game between the Tune Squad and the Monstars commences, with Swackhammer arriving to observe. The Monstars dominate the first half, lowering the Tune Squad's morale. During halftime, Stan surreptitiously learns how the Monstars obtained their talent and informs the Tune Squad. Disguising a bottle of water as "secret stuff", Bugs and Jordan motivate the Tune Squad, who improve in the second half using their cartoon physics. During a timeout, Jordan raises the stakes with Swackhammer: if the Tune Squad wins, the Monstars must relinquish their stolen talent, and if the Monstars win, Jordan will become a new Moron Mountain attraction. On Swackhammer's orders, the Monstars become increasingly violent, injuring most of the Tune Squad.

With ten seconds left in the game, the Tune Squad is down by one point and one player, with only Jordan, Bugs, Lola, and Daffy still able to play. Murray unexpectedly arrives and joins the team. In the final seconds, Jordan gains the ball with Murray's assistance but is pulled back by the Monstars. On Bugs' advice, Jordan uses cartoon physics to extend his arm and achieve a slam dunk, winning the match with a buzzer beater. After Swackhammer scolds the Monstars for their failure, Jordan helps them realize that they only served him because they were once smaller. They insert Swackhammer inside a missile that sends him to the moon. After relinquishing their stolen talent, the Nerdlucks decide to join the Looney Tunes. Jordan and Stan return to Earth and return the talent to the five players, whose remarks convince Jordan to return to the NBA.

### **Live-action**

* Michael Jordan as himself
* Wayne Knight as Stan Podolak, a publicist and assistant who aids Jordan
* Theresa Randle as Juanita Jordan, Jordan's wife
* Charles Barkley as himself
* Muggsy Bogues as himself
* Shawn Bradley as himself
* Patrick Ewing as himself
* Larry Johnson as himself

Space Jam's cast includes Manner Washington, Eric Gordon, and Penny Bae Bridges as Jordan's children, Jeffrey, Marcus, and Jasmine, respectively. Brandon Hammond plays the ten-year-old Michael Jordan. Larry Bird and Bill Murray appear as themselves, and Thom Barry portrays Jordan's father, James R. Jordan Sr. Several NBA players make cameo appearances in Space Jam, including Danny Ainge, Steve Kerr, Alonzo Mourning, Horace Grant, A. C. Green, Charles Oakley, Luc Longley, Cedric Ceballos, Derek Harper, Vlade Divac, Brian Shaw, Jeff Malone, Bill Wennington, Anthony Miller, and Sharone Wright, as do coaches Del Harris and Paul Westphal, and broadcasters Ahmad Rashad and Jim Rome. Dan Castellaneta and Patricia Heaton cameo as fans at a game between the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns.

### **Voice cast**

* Billy West as Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd
* Dee Bradley Baker as Daffy Duck, Tasmanian Devil, and Bull
* Danny DeVito as Swackhammer, the proprietor of Moron Mountain, an intergalactic amusement park
* Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, Tweety, Marvin the Martian, Barnyard Dawg, Hubie and Bertie
* Bill Farmer as Sylvester, Yosemite Sam, and Foghorn Leghorn
* Maurice LaMarche as Pepé Le Pew
* June Foray as Granny
* Paul Julian as the Road Runner (archive recordings) (uncredited)
* Kath Soucie as Lola Bunny

The Nerdluck voices include Jocelyn Blue as their orange leader, Pound, Charity James as the dim-witted blue Blanko, June Melby as the neurotic green second-in-command Bang, Colleen Wainwright as the diminutive red Nawt, and producer Ivan Reitman's daughter, Catherine, as the eccentric purple Bupkus. Their transformed "Monstar" versions are voiced by Darnell Suttles (Pound), Steve Kehela (Blanko), Joey Camen (Bang), Dorian Harewood (Bupkus), and T.K. Carter as Nawt. Wainwright also voices Sniffles, Kehela also voices Bertie's announcer voice, and Frank Welker voices the Jordan's bulldog, Charles.

### **Release**

Warner Bros. released Space Jam through its Family Entertainment division on November 15, 1996.

### **Home media**

Warner Home Video released the film on VHS, DVD, and LaserDisc on March 11, 1997.

### **Soundtrack**

Space Jam: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture is the soundtrack album of the 1996 film of the same name starring Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes cast. An album featuring the film's score by James Newton Howard was also released. The soundtrack was released by Warner Sunset and Atlantic Records on November 12, 1996. The worldwide hit "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly was first released on the soundtrack.

### **Track listing**

1. "Fly Like an Eagle" (Seal) Steve Miller Seal 4:15
2. "The Winner" (Coolio) Artis Ivey Jr., Brian "The Wino" Dobbs & Curtis Mayfield Dobbs 4:03
3. "Space Jam" (Quad City DJ's) Jay McGowan, N. Orange & V. Bryant Jay "Ski" McGowan 5:07
4. "I Believe I Can Fly" (R. Kelly) Robert Kelly R. Kelly 5:22
5. "Hit 'Em High (The Monstars' Anthem)" (B-Real, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, LL Cool J & Method Man) Louis Freese, Trevor Smith, Artis Ivey Jr., Todd Smith & Clifford Smith Poke and Tone 4:18
6. "I Found My Smile Again" (D'Angelo) Michael Archer D'Angelo 6:16
7. "For You I Will" (Monica) Diane Warren David Foster 4:56
8. "Upside Down ('Round-N-'Round)" (Salt-N-Pepa) Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Cheryl James & Sandra Denton Rashad Smith & Armando Colon 4:17
9. "Givin' U All That I've Got" (Robin S.) Robin Stone & Todd Terry Terry 4:04
10. "Basketball Jones" (Barry White & Chris Rock) Thomas Chong &Cheech Lou Adler & Jamey Jaz 5:40
11. "I Turn to You" (All-4-One) Diane Warren James Harris III & Terry Lewis 4:53
12. "All of My Days" (R. Kelly featuring Changing Faces & Jay-Z) Robert Kelly, Shawn Carter Robert Kelly 4:02
13. "That's the Way (I Like It)" (Spin Doctors featuring Biz Markie) Harry W. Casey & Richard Finch Danny Kortchmar& Peter Denenberg 3:50
14. *"Buggin'" (Bugs Bunny) Lyrics by Carter & Music by James Newton Howard Dominique Trenier and Dominique Owen 4:15*
15. 1m0 Space Jam Main Title
16. 1m1 Just One More Shot
17. 1m2 Outer Space
18. 1m6 Back To Earth
19. 2m2 Crash Landing (Part 1)
20. 2m2 Crash Landing (Part 2)
21. 2m3 We Seek Bugs Bunny
22. 2m3a Nice House
23. 2m4 Charles
24. 3m1 Toonland Meeting
25. 3m1c General Bugs
26. 3m3 Alien Realization
27. 3m4a Disguise Intro
28. 3m4 Disguise
29. 3m5 Alien Transformation
30. 4m1 Hole In One
31. 4m3 Michael In Toonland
32. 4m4 Spit Shine
33. 4m5 The Monstars
34. 5m1b The Toons Practice
35. 6m1a Stealing The Shorts
36. 6m2r The Ducks
37. 6m4 Let Me Help
38. 7m3-4 The Game Begins
39. 7m5 Monstars Locker Room
40. 7m7 Secret Stuff
41. 8m1 The Second Half
42. 8m2 You Get Me?
43. 8m3 Crush 'Em
44. 8m6-7 How'd He Do That? / Bill Murray is Here
45. 9m1 You The Duck
46. 9m2 Air Jordan
47. 9m3 Not Good At Cheatin'
48. 9m4 The Monstars Gives Back The Stolen Talents
49. 9m5 Looneytoon Theme
50. 9m5 Looneytoon Theme (Alternate)
51. 9m6 Stay Outta Trouble
52. 9m7 Spaceship Returns
53. 10m1 Michael Jordan Gives Back The Stolen Talents

### **Complete Score**

Space Jam: Complete Motion Picture Score is the soundtrack album. The soundtrack was released by Warner Sunset and Atlantic Records on March 16, 1997. The worldwide hit "I Believe I Can Fly" by R. Kelly was first released on the soundtrack. watch the entire film without the dialogue, without the sound effects. DVDs with Score & Songs Only tracks of Space Jam (1996).

1. Warner Logo (0:12)
2. Summer 1973 (I Believe I Can Fly) Feat. R. Kelly (1:12)
3. Space Jam (Main Titles) Feat. Quad City DJ's (3:38)
4. Moron Mountain (1:32)
5. We Need Something…Looney (0:32)
6. Get the Looney Tunes! (0:44)
7. Baseball Time (0:11)
8. Stam Podolak (0:50)
9. Spacecraft Down to Looney Town (2:38)
10. Charles the Dog (2:02)
11. TV’s Bad Jordan (0:50)
12. Road Runner (0:20)
13. Toons Reunion (0:34)
14. Basketball It Is! (2:46)
15. Hacking Power (2:58)
16. Basketball Monstars (2:06)
17. Golf Ball (0:43)
18. The Abduction of Michael (0:09)
19. Michael In Looney Town (2:29)
20. Spit Shine (0:54)
21. Here Comes the Monstars (1:05)
22. Scared (1:03)
23. Tests for Players (Basketball Jones) Feat. Barry White and Chris Rock (2:47)
24. Schlesinger Gym (1:57)
25. Michael’s House (2:00)
26. Into the House (1:09)
27. Daffy, Bugs &…Charles! (1:21)
28. Back to the Hole / Training (Fly Like an Eagle) Feat. Seal (1:33)
29. Scat Here (0:51)
30. The Ultimate Game (Pump up the Jam) Feat. Technotronic (1:18)
31. Buuuugs Buuuuny!!! (0:14)
32. The Game Begins (3:29)
33. Half Time (2:35)
34. The Secret Stuff (2:04)
35. Second Half (1:51)
36. New Deal (1:20)
37. Crush Them (3:11)
38. Bill Murray is Here (1:30)
39. Flying an Score! (3:34)
40. Back to Baseball (I Believe I Can Fly) Feat. R. Kelly (2:45)
41. Power are Back (2:15)
42. End Credits (Songs Medley) (8:53)

## **Rugrats in Paris: The Movie**

Rugrats in Paris: The Movie is a 2000 animated comedy film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series Rugrats and the second film in the series. This film marks the first appearance of Kimi Watanabe and her mother, Kira. The film also marks the appearance of the first significant villains in the Rugrats franchise, the child-hating Coco LaBouche and her accomplice, Jean-Claude. The events of the film take place before the series' seventh season. The film was released in the United States on November 17, 2000.

The film was released in the United States on November 17, 2000, almost two years after the release of The Rugrats Movie in 1998. Rugrats in Paris: The Movie was more well-received than its predecessor and grossed over $103 million worldwide against a production budget of $30 million.

### **Plot**

At the wedding reception party of Lou Pickles and his new wife Lulu, a mother-child dance saddens Chuckie Finster and his father Chas with memories of Chuckie's mother and Chas's wife, who died shortly after he was born. The following night Tommy Pickles' father Stu is summoned to EuroReptarland, a Japanese amusement park in Paris, to fix a malfunctioning Reptar robot he built for the park's stage show.

The entire Pickles, Finster and DeVille families travel to EuroReptarland, where Angelica overhears a videophone conversation between the park's head - bad tempered and child-hating Coco LaBouche - and Mr. Yamaguchi, the president of the Reptar corporation. Coco wants to be the next president but when Yamaguchi tells her his successor must love children, she lies and tells him she is engaged to a man with a child. Angelica is then discovered and saves herself from being euthanized by telling Coco about Chas and how he is considering re-marrying.

Coco begins pursuing Chas with the help of her put-upon but kindhearted assistant, Kira Watanabe, who tells the babies the origin of Reptar - that he was a feared monster until his gentler side was revealed by a princess. Hearing this, Chuckie decides he wants the park's princess to be his mother and goes in search of her with the babies and Kira's daughter, Kimi, when spending the day in the park with Chas and Coco. Meanwhile, the Pickles' dog Spike gets lost in the streets of Paris in pursuit of a stray poodle named Fifi.

While Coco wins over Chas, Chuckie remains deeply distrustful of her. At the Reptar show's premiere Angelica informs Coco of Chuckie's wish to have the princess for his mother, prompting Coco to infiltrate the show disguised as the princess. She lures Chuckie on stage and into her arms, where he is horrified to discover the truth, but seeing his son embrace Coco confirms to Chas that she is right one for his family and decides to marry her immediately.

On the day of the wedding Coco has her accomplice, Jean-Claude, kidnap the babies and Angelica to keep them from intervening and Kira, threatening to reveal Coco's plan, is left on the streets of Paris en route to the ceremony. Jean-Claude locks the babies in the warehouse where the show's robots are kept, where Chuckie starts to cry in despair at his dad marrying a woman who doesn't like him. Angelica, in a rare display of guilt, reveals Coco's plan and her part in it then apologises to Chuckie. Now knowing the truth, Chuckie rallies the others to hurry to Notre Dame and stop the wedding in the Reptar robot, picking up Kimi along the way. Jean-Claude follows piloting Reptar's nemesis, Robosnail, but is defeated when Reptar knocks him into the Seine River.

The babies arrive in time to interrupt the wedding, with Chuckie bursting in screaming "No" (which is his first word to be understood by the grown-ups). Chuckie is followed by Jean-Claude who reveals Coco's true colours, leading Chas to call off the wedding in disgust. Mr. Yamaguchi, who is in attendance, fires Coco after Angelica betrays her former boss and informs him about Coco’s plan. Then Angelica steps on Coco's wedding dress, causing it to rip to have her underwear shown in front of everyone, including some people with cameras. Coco storms out of the cathedral humiliated and defeated while Spike chases Jean-Claude away, and both are later arrested and sent to prison for fraud and kidnapping.

As Chas apologizes to Chuckie for everything Coco has put them both through, Kira returns Chuckie's teddy bear taken from him by Coco and apologizes to Chas for not speaking up sooner. There, Chas and Kira realize they have feelings for one another and she, Kimi and Fifi (who they adopt) leave a ruined Paris for America, Returning home, they marry and the Finsters and Watanabes (who also adopt Fifi) become a new family. where Chas and Kira eventually marry. During the new family's first dance together, the entire reception party erupts into an all-out food fight instigated by the babies.

### **Voice Cast**

* Christine Cavanaugh as Chuckie Finster
* E. G. Daily as Tommy Pickles
* Cheryl Chase as Angelica Pickles
* Kath Soucie as Phil DeVille, Lil DeVille and Betty DeVille
* Tara Strong as Dil Pickles
* Dionne Quan as Kimi Watanabe
* Jack Riley as Stu Pickles
* Melanie Chartoff as Didi Pickles
* Michael Bell as Chas Finster and Drew Pickles
* Julia Kato as Kira Watanabe
* Tress MacNeille as Charlotte Pickles
* Phil Proctor as Howard DeVille
* Susan Sarandon as Coco LaBouche
* John Lithgow as Jean-Claude
* Joe Alaskey as Grandpa Lou Pickles
* Debbie Reynolds as Lulu Pickles
* Cree Summer as Susie Carmichael
* Kenan Thompson as Himself
* Mako Iwamatsu as Mr. Yamaguchi
* Marlene Mituko, Darrell Kunitomi and Goh Misawa as the villagers of the "Princess Spectacular" show
* Tim Curry as a sumo singer
* Billy West as a sumo singer
* Kevin Michael Richardson as a sumo singer
* Paul DeMeyer as the street cleaner and dog catcher
* Phillip Simon as the animatronic bus driver
* Richard Michel as the French worker
* Charlie Adler as the inspector
* Phillipe Benichou as the ninja
* Dan Castellaneta as the priest
* Lisa McClowry as the princess
* Casey Kasem as the wedding DJ
* Roger Rose as the Finster wedding DJ
* Margaret Smith as the stewardess

### **Release**

The film was released on November 17, 2000, by Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon Movies.

### **Home media**

Paramount Home Entertainment released the film on VHS and DVD on March 27, 2001. In 2009, Paramount released the film via iTunes and the PlayStation Store.

### **Soundtrack**

watch the entire film without the dialogue, without the sound effects. DVDs with Score & Songs Only tracks of Rugrats in Paris: The Movie (2000).

### **Order In The Film**

Here's the approximate order of the songs in the film itself, and where to find them. Songs in appear on the soundtrack; songs marked with a " \*\* " are reprises -- songs played a second time around in the film.

1. "That's The Way I Like It" (performed by Tracey Amos; played while Grandpa & Lulu dance)
2. "Big Time Operator" (performed by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; played while Grandpa & Lulu dance, following the DJ's intro
3. "These Boots Are Made For Walking" (played later at that same party)
4. "When You Love" (played during the kids' dance with their moms, with Chuckie sitting out)
5. Reptar musical number -- "Our Village Will Be Fried" (???) (sung shortly before the Reptar robot broke down)
6. "Packin' To Go" (sung by the pre-Kimi Rugrats; the only all-Rugrats number; sung as the gang prepares for their trip)
7. "My Getaway" (song that Angelica listened to on her walkman on the plane, then played while the Rugrats made a mess)
8. "I Want A Mom That Will Last Forever" (played while Chuckie looks at the clouds from the plane)
9. "L'Histoire D'Une Fée, C'est..." (played as Muzak at the Paris airport as the gang arrives)
10. "Who Let The Dogs Out" (played when Spike & Fifi met for the first time, leading to a chase)
11. "Final Heartbreak" (played in the background at the Karaoke restaurant)
12. "Bad Girls" (sung at the Karaoke restaurant by Angelica and the sumo waiters)
13. "I'm Telling You This" (???)
14. "You Don't Stand A Chance" (played in the background at the Karaoke restaurant)
15. "Oooey-Gooey World" (performed by 16 people; background music played there)
16. "Life Is A Party" (played while ninja security chases the Rugrats around)
17. "Chuckie Chan" (played during Chuckie's martial arts dream)
18. "J'ai Deux Amours" (performed by Debbie Davis & Kamil Rustam; played as Spike & Fifi dine on a pizza)
19. "Reptar, I Love You" (performed by Lisa McClowry, then by Susan Sarandon; sung by the princess, and then Coco, at the musical)
20. "I Love You Truly" (performed by Tracey Amos; sung at Coco & Chazz's ceremony)
21. \*\*"When You Love" (played during the kids' dance with their moms at Kira & Chazz's reception party)
22. \*\*"Who Let The Dogs Out" (played first during the closing credits)
23. \*\*"My Getaway" (2nd song in the closing credits)
24. \*\*"When You Love" (3rd and last song in the closing credits; also, last song in film)

## **Spider-Man (2002 film)**

Spider-Man is a 2002 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character of the same name, created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. Directed by Sam Raimi from a screenplay by David Koepp, it is the first installment in Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Marvel Enterprises and Laura Ziskin Productions, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing. The film stars Tobey Maguire as the titular character, alongside Willem Dafoe, Kirsten Dunst, James Franco, Cliff Robertson, and Rosemary Harris. The film chronicles Spider-Man's origin story and early superhero career. After being bitten by a genetically altered spider, outcast teenager Peter Parker develops spider-like superhuman abilities and adopts a masked superhero identity to fight crime and injustice in New York City, facing the sinister Green Goblin in the process.

Development on a live-action Spider-Man film began in 1975. Filmmakers Tobe Hooper, James Cameron, and Joseph Zito were all attached to direct the film at one point. However, the project would languish in development hell due to licensing and financial issues. After progress on the film stalled for nearly 25 years, it was licensed for a worldwide release by Columbia Pictures in 1999 after it acquired options from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) on all previous scripts developed by Cannon Films, Carolco, and New Cannon. Exercising its option on just two elements from the multi-script acquisition (a different screenplay was written by James Cameron, Ted Newsom, John Brancato, Barney Cohen, and Joseph Goldman), Sony hired Koepp to create a working screenplay (credited as Cameron's), and Koepp received sole credit in final billing. Directors Roland Emmerich, Ang Lee, Chris Columbus, Barry Sonnenfeld, Tim Burton, Michael Bay, Jan de Bont, M. Night Shyamalan, Tony Scott, and David Fincher were considered to direct the project before Raimi was hired as director in 2000. The Koepp script was rewritten by Scott Rosenberg during pre-production and received a dialogue polish from Alvin Sargent during production. Filming took place in Los Angeles and New York City from January to June 2001. Danny Elfman was hired to compose the film's score, while Sony Pictures Imageworks handled the film's visual effects.

Spider-Man premiered at the Mann Village Theater on April 29, 2002, and was released in the United States on May 3, 2002. The film received positive reviews from audiences and critics who praised Raimi's direction, the story, the performances, visual effects, action sequences, and musical score. It was the first film to reach $100 million in a single weekend, as well as the most successful film based on a comic book at the time. With a box office gross of over $825 million worldwide, it was the third highest-grossing film of 2002, the highest-grossing superhero film, and the sixth-highest-grossing film overall at the time of its release. The film garnered nominations for Best Sound and Best Visual Effects at the 75th Academy Awards, among numerous other accolades. Spider-Man is credited for redefining the modern superhero genre, as well as the summer blockbuster. After its success, the film spawned two sequels, Spider-Man 2 (2004) and Spider-Man 3 (2007). Maguire and Dafoe later reprised their roles in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) film Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021), which dealt with the concept of the multiverse and linked the Raimi trilogy to the MCU.

### **Plot**

On a school trip, high-school senior Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory with his friend Harry Osborn and his love interest Mary Jane Watson. There, a genetically engineered "super-spider" bites him, and he falls ill upon returning home. Meanwhile, Harry's father Norman Osborn, a scientist and the founder and owner of Oscorp, tries to secure an important military contract. He experiments on himself with an unstable performance-enhancing chemical and goes insane, killing his assistant.

The next day, Peter finds he is no longer near-sighted and has developed spider-like abilities: he can shoot webs out of his wrists and has quick reflexes, superhuman speed and strength, and a heightened ability to sense danger. Brushing off his Uncle Ben's advice that "with great power comes great responsibility", Peter considers buying a car to impress Mary Jane. He enters an underground wrestling event to win the money for it and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his earnings. When a thief robs the promoter's office, Peter allows him to escape. Moments later, he discovers Ben was carjacked and killed. Peter pursues the carjacker, only to find out it was the thief he let escape. The thief attempts to flee but dies after falling out a window. Meanwhile, a crazed Norman interrupts a product test by Oscorp's rival Quest Aerospace and kills several people.

Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight injustice, donning a spandex costume and the masked persona of Spider-Man. J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the Daily Bugle newspaper, hires Peter as a freelance photographer, since he is the only person providing clear images of Spider-Man. Upon discovering that Oscorp's board plans to oust him to sell the company to Quest, Norman assassinates them. Jameson dubs the mysterious killer the "Green Goblin."

The Goblin offers Peter a place at his side, but he refuses. They fight, and Peter is wounded. At Thanksgiving dinner, Peter's Aunt May invites Mary Jane, Harry, and Norman. During the dinner, Norman sees the wound and realizes Peter's identity. Thinking the only way to defeat Peter is to attack those special to him, Norman later attacks May, forcing her to be hospitalized. While visiting Aunt May at the hospital, Mary Jane admits her infatuation with Spider-Man, who has rescued her on two occasions. Harry, who is dating Mary Jane, sees her holding Peter's hand and assumes she has feelings for him. Devastated, Harry tells his father that Peter loves Mary Jane, unknowingly revealing Spider-Man's biggest weakness.

Norman holds Mary Jane and a Roosevelt Island Tram car full of children hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge. He forces Peter to choose whom he wants to save or drops them both. Peter saves both Mary Jane and the tram car. Norman then throws him into a nearby abandoned building and brutally beats him. Peter gains the upper hand, and Norman reveals himself and begs for forgiveness while subtly getting his glider ready to impale Peter from behind. Warned by his spider-sense, Peter dodges the attack, and the glider impales Norman instead. Norman tells Peter not to reveal his identity as the Goblin to Harry before dying. Peter takes Norman's body to the Osborn house and is confronted by Harry, who pulls a gun on him, but Peter escapes.

At Norman's funeral, Harry swears vengeance on Spider-Man, whom he falsely holds responsible for his father's death. Mary Jane confesses to Peter that she loves him. Peter, however, feels he must protect her from the unwanted attention of his enemies, so he hides his true feelings and tells Mary Jane that they can only be friends. As Peter leaves, he recalls Ben's words and accepts his new responsibility as Spider-Man.

### **Cast**

* Tobey Maguire as Peter Parker / Spider-Man:

An academically gifted high school student who is socially inept. After a genetically engineered spider bites him, he gains spider-like powers, including super-strength, enhanced reflexes, a "spider sense" that warns him of incoming danger, and the ability to climb walls and shoot spiderwebs (in a departure from the comics, where he utilizes web-shooters). Following a personal tragedy, he decides to use his newfound powers for good, and begins fighting crime and injustice as Spider-Man.

* Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn / Green Goblin:

A scientist and the CEO of Oscorp who tests an unstable strength enhancer on himself and develops a crazed alternate personality. He later becomes a costumed villain using advanced Oscorp armor and equipment, such as a weaponized glider and pumpkin-shaped explosives; the media dubs his alter-ego the "Green Goblin". Norman develops animosity for Spider-Man after the hero refuses to join him, and makes constant attempts to get back at him. Ironically, he quickly takes a liking to Peter, and sees himself as a father figure for the boy, while ignoring his own son, Harry.

* Kirsten Dunst as Mary Jane "MJ" Watson:

Peter's love interest ever since he was six years old. Mary Jane has an abusive father, and aspires to become an actress, but gets a job as a waitress at a run down diner, a fact she hides from her boyfriend Harry. She later develops feelings for Peter as they spend more time together, and for his alter-ego, after he saves her on multiple occasions.

* James Franco as Harry Osborn:

Peter's best friend and flatmate, Mary Jane's boyfriend and Norman's son who is envious of his father's apparent closeness with Peter. Before being cast as Harry, Franco had screen tested for Spider-Man himself.

* Cliff Robertson as Ben Parker:

May Parker's husband and Peter's uncle, a laid off electrician who is trying to find a new job. He is killed by a carjacker whom Peter had earlier refused to stop, and leaves Peter with the message, "With great power comes great responsibility."

* Rosemary Harris as May Parker:

Ben Parker's wife and Peter's aunt.

J. K. Simmons portrays J. Jonah Jameson, the grouchy publisher of the Daily Bugle newspaper who considers Spider-Man a criminal. Ron Perkins portrays Mendel Stromm, Osborn's head scientist, while Gerry Becker and Jack Betts play board members Maximillian Fargas and Henry Balkan. Stanley Anderson plays General Slocum and Jim Ward plays the Project Coordinator. John Paxton portrays Bernard Houseman, the butler to the Osborn family. Joe Manganiello portrays Parker's bully and rival Flash Thompson, while Sally Livingstone portrays Liz Allan. Jason Padgett portrays Flash's Crony. Bill Nunn, Ted Raimi and Elizabeth Banks portray Daily Bugle editor Robbie Robertson, Daily Bugle employees Ted Hoffman, and Jameson's secretary Betty Brant, respectively. Michael Papajohn appears as "The Carjacker", the robber who kills Ben Parker. Bruce Campbell, a long-time colleague of director Sam Raimi, cameoed as the announcer at the wrestling ring Parker takes part in. Raimi himself appeared off-screen, throwing popcorn at Parker as he enters the arena to wrestle Bonesaw McGraw (played by former professional wrestler "Macho Man" Randy Savage), while Jack Murdock (played by former professional wrestler Scott L. Schwartz) is carried off on a stretcher. Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee briefly appears in the film to grab a young girl from falling debris during the battle between Spider-Man and the Green Goblin at the World Unity Fair in Times Square. Raimi originally thought Stan Lee doing a cameo in the film was a bad idea.

Octavia Spencer appears as a staff member at Parker's wrestling match. Tig Notaro was offered the role by Raimi and auditioned, but lost it to Spencer. R&B/soul singer Macy Gray appears as herself performing at the World Unity Fair. Lucy Lawless also appears as a punk rock girl who says "Guy with eight hands... sounds hot." She did the appearance as a favor to her husband, Xena: Warrior Princess creator Rob Tapert, on which Raimi had served as an executive producer alongside Tapert. One of the stunt performers in this film is actor Johnny Tri Nguyen. Kickboxer Benny "The Jet" Urquidez has an uncredited cameo as a mugger who attacks Mary Jane. Comedian Jim Norton shows up in one scene as a truck driver who has an unfavorable opinion of Spider-Man. R.C. Everbeck was intended to play Eddie Brock, but his scenes were unreleased; Brock eventually appeared in Spider-Man 3, portrayed by Topher Grace. Sara Ramirez appears as a police officer at Uncle Ben's death scene. K. K. Dodds plays Simkins, Scott Spiegel plays a Marine Cop, while Larry Joshua plays a promoter who cheats Parker out of his winnings. Hugh Jackman, who played Logan / Wolverine in Fox's X-Men film series was planned to have a cameo appearance as the character, with Jackman even arriving in New York to shoot the scene, only for it to be scrapped after the production team realized they did not have the character's suit.

### **Filming**

With Spider-Man cast, filming was begins to build in November 2000 in New York City and on Sony soundstages. The film was set for release on May 3, 2002, due to Prevention of Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild strikes.

Principal photography officially began on January 8, 2001, in Culver City, California. After the September 11 attacks happened that year, certain sequences were re-filmed, and a shot of the Twin Towers was removed from the film which can be found on the Sony Stock Footage website. Sony's Stage 29 was used for Parker's Forest Hills home, and Stage 27 was used for the wrestling sequence where Parker takes on Bonesaw McGraw (Randy Savage). Stage 27 was also used for the complex Times Square sequence where Spider-Man and the Goblin battle for the first time, where a three-story set with a breakaway balcony piece was built. The scene also required shooting in Downey, California. On March 6, 45-year-old construction worker Tim Holcombe is saved when a forklift modified as a construction crane never crashed into a construction basket that he was in. The following court case led to the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to fine Sony $58,805. Raimi rented out a Warner Bros. Studio lot for the set to use to film the upside down kiss scene. Kirsten Dunst said that filming the upside down kiss scene was not so romantic, she said that Maguire could not breathe as water was pouring down into his nose while hanging upside down. Dunst also called shooting the scene "awful". Maguire also said that he was gasping for air. He and Franco had tension on set due to Franco's infatuation with Dunst, who was dating Maguire at the time. Randy Savage refused a Stunt Double to do a mid-flip so Savage did the stunt and injured himself.

In Los Angeles, locations included the Natural History Museum (for the Columbia University lab where Parker is bitten and receives his powers), the Pacific Electricity Building (the Daily Bugle offices) and Greystone Mansion (for the interiors of Norman Osborn's home), the latter of which was the set that was used for Batman. In April, 4 of the Spider-Man costumes were stolen, and Sony put up a $25,000 reward for their return. They were recovered after 18 months and a former movie studio security guard and an accomplice were arrested. Production moved to New York City for two weeks, taking in locations such as the Queensboro Bridge, the exteriors of Columbia University's Low Memorial Library and the New York Public Library, and a rooftop garden in the Rockefeller Center. The crew returned to Los Angeles where production continued, filming wrapped on October 28, 2001. The Flatiron Building was used for the Daily Bugle.

### **Design**

The Green Goblin's original headgear was an animatronic mask created by Amalgamated Dynamics. Dafoe described it as a "Halloween mask" and "kind of silly-looking", and the designers instead came up with a modern, angular helmet. Dafoe also wanted the costume to be flexible enough to allow him to do splits.

To create Spider-Man's costume, Maguire was fitted for the skintight suit, being covered with layers of substance to create the suit's shape. One concept costume designer James Acheson became fond of was the idea of having a red emblem over a black costume. Another, which would eventually lead to the final product, featured an enlarged logo on the chest and red stripes going down the sides of the legs. In early development, Acheson experimented with a potential helmet-like design for the suit, which was then scrapped. It was designed as a single piece, including the mask. A hard shell was worn underneath the mask to make the shape of the head look better and to keep the mask tight while keeping the wearer comfortable. For scenes in which Spider-Man would take his mask off, there was an alternate suit where the mask was a separate piece. The webbing, which accented the costume, was cut by computer. The mask eye lenses were designed to have a mirror look.

### **Visual effects**

Visual effects supervisor John Dykstra was hired to produce the film's visual effects in May 2000. Dykstra met with Raimi while he was filming The Gift (2000). He convinced Raimi to make many of the stunts computer-generated imagery, as they would have been physically impossible. Raimi had used more traditional special effects in his previous films and learned a lot about using computers during production. Raimi worked hard to plan all the sequences of Spider-Man swinging from buildings, which he described as, "ballet in the sky." The complexity of such sequences meant the budget rose from an initially planned $70 million to around $100 million. Shots were made more complicated because of the main characters' individual color schemes, so Spider-Man and the Green Goblin had to be shot separately for effects shots: Spider-Man was shot in front of a greenscreen, while the Green Goblin was shot against bluescreen. Shooting them together would have resulted in one character being erased from a shot.

Dykstra said the biggest difficulty of creating Spider-Man was that as the character was masked, it immediately lost a lot of characterization. Without the context of eyes or mouth, a lot of body language had to be put in so that there would be emotional content. Raimi wanted to convey the essence of Spider-Man as being, "the transition that occurs between him being a young man going through puberty and being a superhero." Dykstra said his crew of animators had never reached such a level of sophistication to give subtle hints of still making Spider-Man feel like a human being. When two studio executives were shown shots of the computer generated character, they believed it was actually Maguire performing stunts. In addition, Dykstra's crew had to composite areas of New York City and replaced every car in shots with digital models. Raimi did not want it to feel entirely like animation, so none of the shots were 100% computer-generated.

### **Director's Cut**

A Director's Cut of Spider-Man DVD of the film was released in the US on November 23, 2002.

### **Director's Cut Plot on DVD**

On a school trip, high school senior Peter Parker visits a Columbia University genetics laboratory with his best friend Harry Osborn and his crush Mary Jane Watson. There, a genetically engineered "super-spider" bites him, and he falls ill upon returning home. Meanwhile, Harry's father Norman Osborn, a scientist and the founder and owner of Oscorp, tries to secure an important military contract. He experiments on himself with an unstable performance-enhancing chemical and goes insane, killing his assistant.

The next day, Peter finds he is no longer near-sighted and has developed spider-like abilities: he can shoot webs out of his wrists and has quick reflexes, superhuman speed and strength, and a heightened ability to sense danger. Brushing off his Uncle Ben's advice that "with great power comes great responsibility", Peter considers buying a car to impress Mary Jane. He enters an underground wrestling event to win the money for it and wins his first match, but the promoter cheats him out of his earnings. When a man robs the promoter's office, Peter allows him to escape in retaliation. Moments later, he discovers Ben was carjacked and killed. Peter pursues the carjacker, only to realize it was the man he let escape. The carjacker flees but dies after falling out a window. Meanwhile, a crazed Norman interrupts a military experiment by Oscorp's corporate rival Quest Aerospace and kills several people.

Upon graduating, Peter begins using his abilities to fight injustice, donning a spandex costume and the masked persona of Spider-Man. He swings through the city fighting criminals and saving people. He even stopped some bank robbers by trapping their helicopter in a giant web between the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. J. Jonah Jameson, publisher of the Daily Bugle newspaper, hires Peter as a freelance photographer since he is the only person providing clear images of Spider-Man. However, Jameson uses the pictures to discredit Spider-Man, believing he is a menace. Meanwhile, Peter decides to move to an apartment with his best friend and Norman's son Harry. Peter attends the World Unity Fair, taking photos for the Daily Bugle after proving to his boss, J Jonah Jameson, his skill as a photographer. Mary Jane Watson, attending the Fair with her new boyfriend, Harry Osborn, falls from a balcony during the Green Goblin's attack. Slipping into his suit, Spider-Man fights off the Green Goblin and rescues several people from falling debris. He also saves a young boy from getting crushed by the collapsing structures and takes him back to his mother. Then, Spider-Man catches Mary Jane before falling to her death. Then, Spider-Man defeats the Goblin but is forced to let him flee. After rescuing her from the Green Goblin's attack on Times Square, Spider-Man drops Mary-Jane at Rockefeller Roof Gardens. Later, Green Goblin attacks the office of J Jonah Jameson, demanding to know the identity of the photographer who captures the pictures of Spider-Man. Jameson makes an attempt to lie to the Goblin, but Peter once again saves the day by appearing as Spider-Man just before the Goblin kills Jameson. The Green Goblin uses a sleep paralysis gas on Spider-Man and brings him to a secluded space to offer a deal of working together. The Goblin gave Spider-Man a few days to think over a "generous-proposal," arguing that there's nothing that people like more than seeing a hero fail and they'll turn against him one day.Several days later, J. Jonah Jameson publishes slanderous newspapers calling Spider-Man a menace, believing he and the Green Goblin are working together, and the city calls for his arrest. Spider-Man saves Mary Jane in a dark alley after seeing her being assaulted by men in raincoats. Mary Jane, still unaware of Spider-Man's true identity, pulls part of his mask down and shares a passionate kiss with her savior upside down in the rain, before he web-swings away. A few days later, the Green Goblin starts a fire in a crowded apartment building to lure Spider-Man into a trap. Spider-Man saves a baby from the inferno but returns to the blaze at the call of one remaining victim. But, The Green Goblin reveals himself as the last "victim" and when Spider-Man refuses the Goblin's proposal to team up, the two engage in a fight. Spider-Man sustains a deep cut on his left arm from one of the Goblin's weapons. With the Goblin's weapons and combat, he gains a slight advantage but Spider-Man finishes the fight and escapes due to the building being weakened by the fire and collapsing, leaving Goblin in anger from Spider-Man's choice. At Thanksgiving dinner, Peter's Aunt May invites Mary Jane, Harry, and Norman. During the dinner, Norman sees the wound and realizes Peter's identity. Thinking the only way to defeat Peter is to attack those special to him, Norman later attacks May, forcing her to be hospitalized. Harry, who is dating Mary Jane, sees her holding Peter's hand to comfort him and presumes she has feelings for him. Devastated, Harry tells his father that Peter loves Mary Jane, unknowingly revealing Spider-Man's biggest weakness. Norman holds Mary Jane and a Roosevelt Island Tram car full of children hostage alongside the Queensboro Bridge. He forces Peter to choose whom he wants to save and drops them both. Peter saves both Mary Jane and the tram car. He manages to rescue both, while civilians nearby side with Peter and taunt the Goblin. Enraged, he grabs Peter and takes him to the abandoned Smallpox Hospital, where he brutally beats him. When Norman says how he intends to kill Mary Jane, Peter regains his strength and gains the upper hand. Norman reveals himself to Peter and begs for forgiveness while subtly getting his glider ready to impale Peter from behind. Warned by his spider-sense, Peter dodges the attack and the glider fatally impales Norman, who asks Peter not to reveal his identity as the Goblin to Harry before dying. Peter takes Norman's body back to the Osborn house just as Harry arrives and, believing Spider-Man to have killed his father, pulls a gun on him, but he escapes. At Norman's funeral, Harry swears vengeance toward Spider-Man, whom he deems responsible for his father's death. Mary Jane confesses to Peter that she loves him. Peter, however, feels he must protect her from the unwanted attention of his enemies, so he hides his true feelings and tells Mary Jane that they can only be friends, causing her to be heartbroken. As Peter leaves, he recalls Ben's words and accepts his new responsibility as Spider-Man.

### **Soundtrack**

Music from and Inspired by Spider-Man is a 2002 soundtrack album for the film Spider-Man directed by Sam Raimi. It was released on April 30, 2002.

### **Soundtrack Tracklist**

1. Theme from Spider Man (1:00)
2. Hero (Chad Kroeger Feat. Josey Scott) (3:19)
3. What We're All About (Sum 41) (3:34)
4. Learn To Crawl (Black Lab) (3:35)
5. Somebody Else (Bleu) (3:37)
6. Bug Bytes (Alien Ant Farm) (3:30)
7. Blind (Default) (3:10)
8. Bother (Corey Taylor) (3:59)
9. Shelter (Greenwheel) (3:31)
10. When It Started (The Strokes) (2:54)
11. Hate To Say I Told You So (The Hives) (3:20)
12. Invisible Man (Theory Of A Deadman) (2:39)
13. Undercover (Pete Yorn) (3:56)
14. My Nutmeg Phantasy (featuring Angie Stone & Mos Def) (Morello Mix) (Macy Gray) (4:27)
15. I-IV-V (Injected) (3:02)
16. She Was My Girl (Jerry Cantrell) (4:17)
17. Theme from Spider Man (Aerosmith) (2:56)
18. Main Titles (Danny Elfman) (3:42)
19. Farewell (Danny Elfman) (4:43)

### **Unreleased Original Score**

*Spider-Man: Unreleased Original Motion Picture Score* is the soundtrack for the 2002 film *Spider-Man* directed by Sam Raimi. It was released on June 4, 2002.

### **Unreleased Original Score Tracklist**

1. World Premiere Recording Of The Score Presentation: Main Titles (Film Version)\* - 3:41
2. On The Bus\* - 0:40
3. Spider Bite (Film Version)\* - 2:05
4. Deadlines\* - 0:21
5. Transformations (Film Version)\* - 3:50
6. A New Man\* - 1:37
7. Catching The Bus\* - 0:22 [Rename to "Catching The Bus (Main Titles, Revenge, Spider Sensation Mix) [Full Film Version]"
8. Something’s Different\* - 1:21
9. First Web\* - 1:00
10. New Powers (Film Version)\* - 2:13
11. Web Slinger\* - 1:18
12. Backyard Connection (Film Version)\* - 2:12
13. Costume Montage (Film Version)\* / Web Practice\* - 1:57
14. Goblin Begins To Emerge\* - 0:26 [Rename to "Goblin Begins To Emerge (Norman Gets The Boot) [Full Film Version]"]
15. Harsh Words\* / Peter Wins (Unused)\* - 0:57
16. Revenge (Film Version)\* - 6:53
17. Enter The Goblin\* - 0:20
18. Alone\* - 1:38
19. City Montage\* - 1:52
20. City Stinger\* - 0:11
21. Moondance\* - 0:49
22. Photographing Spider-Man\* - 0:42
23. City Stinger 2\* - 0:16
24. Norman Gets The Boot\* / Spidey-Sense (Unused)\* - 0:40
25. Parade Attack (Film Version)\* - 5:07
26. Specter Of The Goblin (Film Version)\* - 2:20
27. Roof Chat\* - 3:05
28. Hint\* / Trouble\* / Kiss\* - 3:21
29. The Fire (Film Version)\* - 2:51
30. Drop Of Blood\* - 0:50
31. The Clue\* - 1:12
32. Norman’s Troubles\* - 1:30
33. The Revelation\* - 1:10
34. Getting Through (Film Version)\* - 2:13
35. Father And Son (Film Version)\* - 0:59 [Rename to "Father and Son (The Clue) [Full Film Version]"]
36. On The Bridge\* - 1:51
37. To The Rescue (Film Version)\* - 4:45
38. Final Confrontation (Film Version)\* - 4:18
39. Farewell (Film Version)\* - 4:43
40. End Credits (Film Version)\* - 0:46
41. Bonus Cues: Main Titles (Album Version) - 3:42
42. Spider Bite (Alternate Segment)\* - 2:06
43. New Powers (Alternate Ending)\* - 2:12
44. Backyard Connection (Alternate)\* - 2:42
45. Costume Montage (Alternate)\* - 1:45
46. Revenge (Alternate Opening)\* - 7:12
47. Parade Attack (Alternate Segment)\* - 5:06
48. Specter Of The Goblin (Alternate Opening)\* - 2:09
49. The Fire (Alternate Segment)\* - 2:50
50. Norman’s Troubles (Alternate)\* - 2:04
51. Getting Through (Alternate)\* - 2:14
52. Father And Son (Alternate)\* - 0:20
53. To The Rescue (Alternate Segment)\* - 4:44
54. Final Confrontation (Alternate Opening)\* - 4:22
55. Farewell (Album Version) - 4:43
56. End Credits (Alternate)\* - 1:55

\*Previously Unreleased Tracks

### **Complete Score**

Spider-Man: Complete Motion Picture Score is the soundtrack for the film of the same name directed by Sam Raimi composed by Danny Elfman. It was released on November 6, 2002, on Audio CD and Compact Cassette. watch the entire film without the dialogue, without the sound effects. With only the isolated dvd score & songs tracks of Spider-Man (2002). "Hello, my dear." This part of the music plays when Green Goblin attacks Time Square and Spider-Man battles him for the first time. This is part of the music has been released in the official album, so I had to shorten it and customize it. Please be warned, this score contains without sound effects. Enjoy... "You've spun your last web, Spider-Man." This part of the music plays when Spider-Man fights Green Goblin for the last time. This is part of the music has been released in the official album, so I had to shorten it and customize it. Please be warned, this score contains without sound effects.

### **Complete Score Tracklist**

1. Isolated DVD Score & Songs by Danny Elfman Tracks: Main Titles (Film Version)\* - 3:42 [Rename to "Main Titles (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
2. On The Bus (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:40
3. Spider Bite (Film Version)\* - 2:05 [Rename to "Spider Bite (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
4. Deadlines (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:21
5. Transformations (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 3:50
6. A New Man (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:37
7. When It Started (Performed by The Strokes / Isolated DVD Songs)\* - 2:56
8. Catching The Bus (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:22 [Rename to "Catching The Bus (Main Titles, Revenge, Spider Sensation Mix) [Full Film Version]"
9. Something’s Different (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:20
10. First Web (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:00
11. New Powers (Film Version)\* - 2:13 [Rename to "New Powers (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
12. Web Slinger (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:44
13. Backyard Connection (Film Version)\* - 2:12 [Rename to "Backyard Connection (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
14. Costume Montage / Web Practice (Film Version)\* - 1:57 [Rename to "Costume Montage / Web Practice (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
15. Goblin Begins To Emerge (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:26 [Rename to "Goblin Begins To Emerge (Norman Gets The Boot) [Full Film Version]"]
16. Harsh Words (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:33
17. Panorama (Performed by Laibach / Isolated DVD Songs)\* - 4:57
18. Jimmy Shaker Day (Performed by Oleander / Isolated DVD Songs)\* - 3:31
19. Revenge (Film Version)\* - 5:57 [Rename to "Revenge (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
20. Enter The Goblin (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:21
21. Alone (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:39
22. City Montage (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:52
23. City Stinger (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:11
24. Moondance (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:49
25. Photographing Spider-Man (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:42
26. City Stinger 2 (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:16
27. Norman Gets The Boot (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:26
28. My Nutmeg Phantasy (Performed by Macy Gray Featuring Angie Stone and Mos Def / Isolated DVD Songs)\* - 4:55
29. Parade Attack (Film Version)\* - 4:56 [Rename to "Parade Attack (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
30. Specter Of The Goblin (Film Version)\* - 2:20 [Rename to "Specter Of The Goblin (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
31. Roof Chat (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 3:05
32. Hint / Trouble / Kiss (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 3:21
33. The Fire (Film Version)\* - 2:30 [Rename to "The Fire (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
34. Drop Of Blood (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:50
35. The Clue (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:12
36. Norman’s Troubles (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:30
37. The Revelation (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:10
38. Getting Through (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 2:13 [Rename to "Getting Through (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
39. Father and Son (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 0:59 [Rename to "Father and Son (The Clue) [Full Film Version]"]
40. On The Bridge (Isolated DVD Score)\* - 1:51
41. To The Rescue (Film Version)\* - 4:28 [Rename to "To The Rescue (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
42. Final Confrontation (Film Version)\* - 4:18 [Rename to "Final Confrontation (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
43. Farewell (Film Version)\* - 4:34 [Rename to "Farewell (Isolated DVD Score) [Full Film Version]"]
44. End Credits (Film Version)\* - 5:17 [Rename to "End Credits (Isolated DVD Score & Songs) [Full Film Version]"]

\*Isolated DVD Score & Songs (44 Tracks)

### **Home media**

Spider-Man was released on DVD and VHS on November 1, 2002, in North America and Australia, and on November 25, 2002, in the UK. A Director's Cut DVD of the film was released in the US on November 23, 2002. Now this is what this board is all about! Here’s the details on Sony’s SPIDER-MAN DVD. Happily, watch the entire film without the dialogue, without the sound effects. DVDs with Score & Songs Only tracks of Spider-Man (2002). Read on!

2002 DVD Menus

Menus: Features

Scene Selection: 1. Start

2. Columbia University Research Lab

3. Bitten by a Spider

4. Norman Tests the Performance Enhancers

5. A Big Change

6. Great Reflexes

7. Fight with Flash

8. Scaling the Heights

9. With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility

10. The Wrestling Match

11. Enter the Thief

12. The Death of Uncle Ben

13. Chasing Uncle Ben's Killer

14. Spider-Man to the Rescue

15. J. Jonah Jameson

16. Peter's Photos of Spider-Man

17. World Unity Festival

18. Battle Over Times Square

19. Norman Meets the Goblin

20. Goblin Terrorizes the Bugle

21. The Goblin's Proposal

22. The Alley Kiss

23. Hot Time with the Goblin

24. Thanksgiving Dinner

25. Goblin Attacks Aunt May

26. The Queensboro Bridge

27. A Final Battle

28. Norman's Funeral

Audio Set-Up: English 5.1 Dolby Digital

French (Canada) 5.1 Dolby Digital

Subtitles: English

French

Spanish

Special Audio Features: Isolated Music Score & Songs Only Track (presented in Dolby Digital 5.1)

Dialogue and Sound Effects Only Track (presented in Dolby Digital 5.1)

Special Features: Filmmakers' Commentary

SFX Commentary

Spider-Sense Pop-Up

"Weaving the Web" Pop-Up Factoids

DVD-ROM

Quick Navigation

Theatrical Trailer

Music Videos: "Hero" by Chad Kroeger and Featuring Josey Scott

"What We're All About" by Sum 41

TV Spots: Amazing

Epic

Thread of Hope

Kids Suit Up

Upside Down

Suit Up

Blockbuster Countdown Thursday

Destiny Cutdown

Cingular

Changing Kids Cutdown

Review #1

Web of Spider-Man: The Comic: Spider-Man: The Mythology of the 21st Century

Spider-Man Archives

Artists Gallery

Comic Book Artist Gallery

Rogue's Gallery

The Loves of Peter Parker

DVD-ROM

Activision Game: Hints and Tips

Goblin's Lair: The Movie: HBO Making of Spider-Man

"Spider-Mania", an E! Entertainment Special

Director Profile: Sam Raimi

Composer Profile: Danny Elfman

Gag/Outtake Reel

Screen Tests: Tobey Maguire

J. K. Simmons

CGI Spider-Man

Makeup and Costumes

### **Sequels**

Main articles: Spider-Man 2 and Spider-Man 3

Two sequels to Spider-Man were produced and directed by Sam Raimi: Spider-Man 2 was released on June 30, 2004, while Spider-Man 3 was released on May 4, 2007.

## **Lilo & Stitch (2002 film)**

Lilo & Stitch is a 2002 American animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The 42nd Disney animated feature film, it was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois (in their directorial debuts) and produced by Clark Spencer. It features Daveigh Chase and Sanders as the voices of the title characters, and also features the voices of Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, and Kevin Michael Richardson. It was the second of three Disney animated feature films (the first being Mulan, and the third Brother Bear) produced primarily at the Florida animation studio in Disney's Hollywood Studios (named "Disney-MGM Studios" during its production) at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida.

The film's story revolves around two individuals: a Hawaiian girl named Lilo Pelekai, who is raised by her older sister Nani after their parents' deaths, and the extraterrestrial creature Experiment 626, who is adopted by Lilo as her "dog" and renamed "Stitch". Stitch, who was genetically engineered to cause chaos and destruction, initially uses Lilo to avoid recapture by the intergalactic federation, but they develop a close bond through the Hawaiian concept of ʻohana, or extended family, causing Stitch to reconsider his intended destructive purpose in order to keep his newfound family together.

The film is based on an idea by Sanders, who originally conceived the character Stitch in the 1980s, and the film's design and aesthetics are based on his personal art style. Lilo & Stitch premiered at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles on June 16, 2002, and was released worldwide on June 21, 2002. The film received positive reviews from critics, who praised its story, humor, charm, and originality. Produced on an $80 million budget and promoted with a marketing campaign that played up its oddities, it was a box-office success, grossing over $273 million worldwide. It was nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 75th Academy Awards.

The film's success made it one of Disney's few successes during its post-animation renaissance era in the 2000s, spawning a franchise that includes three direct-to-video sequels, starting with Stitch! The Movie, and three television series, including the sequel series Lilo & Stitch: The Series and spin-offs Stitch! and Stitch & Ai.

### **Plot**

Dr. Jumba Jookiba is convicted by the United Galactic Federation of illegal genetic experimentation; he has created Experiment 626, an aggressive and near-indestructible creature with great learning capabilities. Before 626 is to be exiled to an unpopulated asteroid, he escapes and crash-lands on Kauaʻi, Hawaii where he is hit by passing trucks and placed in an animal shelter. The Federation's Grand Councilwoman offers Jumba an early release if he assists the council's Earth expert, Agent Pleakley, in capturing the experiment.

On the island, Nani Pelekai struggles to take care of her rambunctious but lonely younger sister, Lilo, after their parents died in a car crash. Social worker Cobra Bubbles expresses concern over whether Nani can take adequate care of Lilo, and threatens to place Lilo in foster care if their situation fails to improve. After overhearing Lilo praying for a friend, Nani decides to let her adopt a dog. At the animal shelter, Lilo takes an interest in 626, who impersonates a dog to avoid Jumba and Pleakley, who have already landed on Earth. Despite Nani's doubts, Lilo adopts 626 and renames him "Stitch". That evening, at the restaurant where Nani works, Jumba and Pleakley attempt to capture Stitch while in disguise. The owner blames the ensuing destructive chaos on Stitch and fires Nani. The next day, Bubbles repeats his earlier warning and tasks Nani with finding a new job. Stitch's antics while evading his two pursuers persistently ruin Nani's chances of finding work.

Nani's friend David Kawena invites her, Lilo, and Stitch to enjoy a day of surfing to improve their mood. While Nani, Lilo, and Stitch ride a huge wave, Jumba and Pleakley try to capture Stitch, causing Stitch to unintentionally pull Lilo underwater. They survive, but Bubbles witnesses this event and decides to retrieve Lilo the following morning. Feeling guilty over how much trouble he has caused, Stitch runs off into the night. The next morning, the Grand Councilwoman fires Jumba and Pleakley and gives the assignment to Captain Gantu, incidentally freeing them both to pursue Stitch using less covert methods. Meanwhile, David informs Nani of a job opportunity, which she rushes off to pursue. Hiding in the nearby woods, Stitch encounters Jumba and Pleakley, who chase him back to Nani's house. A fight between Stitch and Jumba culminates in an explosion that destroys the house. Nani sees the chaos and rushes back home to see Bubbles arrive to collect Lilo.

As Nani and Bubbles argue over Lilo's well-being, Lilo runs away into the woods and finds Stitch, who, in shame, reveals his alien identity before Gantu captures them. Stitch escapes from Gantu's ship but fails to rescue Lilo. Nani confronts him, having witnessed Lilo's kidnapping. Before he can explain, Jumba and Pleakley capture Stitch themselves. Nani demands that they help her rescue Lilo, but Jumba and Pleakley insist they only came for Stitch. When Nani breaks down, Stitch reminds her about ʻohana, a term for "family" he learned from her. Stitch convinces Jumba to help rescue Lilo. Jumba, Pleakley, Stitch, and Nani board Jumba's personal spaceship and pursue Gantu, rescuing Lilo.

Back on the shore, the Grand Councilwoman arrives to take Stitch into custody personally, and she fires Gantu for endangering Lilo and failing to capture Stitch. However, she realizes that Stitch is now civilized when he displays his newfound respect and compassion, and recognizes that Stitch is Lilo's legal property. The Grand Councilwoman decrees that Stitch will live out his exile on Earth and that his family will be under the care of Bubbles, a former CIA agent who had previously met the Grand Councilwoman during the Roswell incident. Stitch, Jumba, and Pleakley, having joined Lilo and Nani's family, rebuild their house with David and Bubbles' help.

### **Voice cast**

* Chris Sanders as Stitch/Experiment 626, a blue koala-like illegal genetic experiment with the ability to create untold chaos.
* Daveigh Chase as Lilo Pelekai, an eccentric young Hawaiian girl on the island of Kaua'i who adopts Stitch as her pet dog.
* Tia Carrere as Nani Pelekai, Lilo's stressed-out older sister and legal guardian after the death of their parents in a car accident.
* Jason Scott Lee as David Kawena, Nani's hapless surfer boyfriend and love interest.
* David Ogden Stiers as Dr. Jumba Jookiba, a Kweltikwan mad scientist employed by Galaxy Defense Industries who created Stitch.
* Kevin McDonald as Agent Pleakley, a Plorgonarian Galactic Federation agent who acts as the expert of Earth.
* Ving Rhames as Cobra Bubbles, a social worker in charge of Lilo's welfare and Nani's duties as her guardian.
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Captain Gantu, the respected but arrogant Shaelik second-in-command of the Galactic Federation.
* Zoe Caldwell as the Grand Councilwoman, the Grey leader of the Galactic Federation.
* Miranda Paige Walls as Mertle Edmonds, Lilo's classmate from their hālau hula who despises and derides her.
* Kunewa Mook as Moses Puloki, Lilo's hula teacher.
* Amy Hill as Mrs. Hasagawa, an elderly woman who runs a fruit stand.
* Susan Hegarty as Rescue Lady, who runs the animal shelter where Lilo adopts Stitch.

### **Development**

In 1985, after graduating from California Institute of the Arts, Chris Sanders had created the character of Stitch for an unsuccessful children's book pitch. He said, "I wanted to do a children's book about this little creature that lived in a forest. It was a bit of a monster with no real explanation as to where it came from." But he found it difficult to condense the story and abandoned the project. In 1987, Walt Disney Feature Animation hired him for their newly formed visual development department. His first project was The Rescuers Down Under (1990), but he soon transitioned into storyboarding. After that, Sanders storyboarded sequences for Beauty and the Beast (1991) and The Lion King (1994), and was promoted to Head of Story on Mulan (1998).

In 1997, several executives at Disney Feature Animation were invited to a retreat at Michael Eisner's farm in Vermont to discuss the future animation slate beyond adapting preexisting legends, folklore or classic novels. At the retreat, Thomas Schumacher, then-executive vice president of Disney Feature Animation, suggested they produce a film that would be the "Dumbo for our generation", compared to the large-budget Disney animated features they had already done. Schumacher approached Sanders about producing the film, telling him: "Everybody wants this next film to be you."

During a karaoke dinner at the Walt Disney World Swan Resort, Schumacher asked Sanders, "Is there anything you would like to develop?" Sanders remembered the children's book project he had initially developed. At his next meeting, Sanders pitched a remote, non-urban location, with Stitch crash-landing into a forest and interacting entirely with woodland animals, being ostracized by them, and living on his own at a farm in rural Kansas. But Schumacher suggested that Stitch should interact with people instead: "The animal world is already alien to us. So, if you wanna get the best contrast between this monster and the place where it lives, I would recommend you set it in a human world."

For three straight days in his Palm Springs, Florida, hotel room, Sanders created a 29-page pitch book drawing conceptual sketches and outlining the film's general story. He initially revised it by adding a boy character. But as the character of Stitch evolved, Sanders decided he needed to be contrasted with a female character: "I think Stitch represented a male character so the balance would be to put him with a little girl. We wanted someone who was going to be in conflict with Stitch, and we realized a little boy might be a comrade." Sanders then glanced at a map of Hawaii on his wall, and recalling he had recently vacationed there, he relocated the story there. Not well versed in Hawaiian culture, Sanders turned to a vacation roadmap and found the names "Lilo Lane" and "Nani" there. After finishing the booklet, he shipped it to Burbank, and Schumacher approved the pitch with one condition: "it has to look like you drew it."

### **Writing**

Dean DeBlois, who had served as "story co-head" for Mulan, was brought on to co-write and co-direct Lilo & Stitch after Thomas Schumacher allowed him to leave production on Atlantis: The Lost Empire, while Disney executive Clark Spencer was assigned to produce. Unlike several previous and concurrent Disney Feature Animation productions, the film's pre-production team remained relatively small and isolated from upper management until the film went into full production.

Originally, Stitch was the leader of an intergalactic gang, and Jumba was one of his former cronies summoned by the Intergalactic Council to capture Stitch. Test audience response to early versions of the film led to changing Stitch and Jumba into creation and creator.

While the animation team visited Kauaʻi to research the locale, their tour guide explained the meaning of ʻohana as it applies to extended families. This concept of ʻohana became an important part of the movie. DeBlois recalls:

No matter where we went, our tour guide seemed to know somebody. He was really the one who explained to us the Hawaiian concept of ʻohana, a sense of family that extends far beyond your immediate relatives. That idea so influenced the story that it became the foundation theme, the thing that causes Stitch to evolve despite what he was created to do, which is destroy.

The island of Kauaʻi had also been featured in such films as Raiders of the Lost Ark and the Jurassic Park trilogy. Disney's animators faced the daunting task of meshing the film's plot, which showed the impoverished and dysfunctional life that many Hawaiians lived during the then-recent economic downturn, with the island's serene beauty. The actors voicing the film's young adults, Nani and David, were Tia Carrere, a local of Honolulu, and Jason Scott Lee, who is of Hawaiian descent and grew up in Hawaii. The voice actors assisted with rewriting the Hawaiian characters' dialogue in proper colloquial dialect, and with adding Hawaiian slang terms.

One innovative and unique aspect of the film is its strong focus on the relationship between two sisters. Making the relationship between sisters into a major plot element is very rare in American animated films.

### **Casting**

Chase earned the role of Lilo in the fall of 1998 against 150 other candidates.

Stitch was initially intended to be a non-verbal character, but Sanders said he realized "he'd have to say a few things, so we made sure that we kept it to a minimum." Instead of hiring a professional actor to voice Stitch, DeBlois suggested Sanders take the role. According to Sanders, Stitch's voice was the one he regularly used "just to bother people at the studio. I'd call people on the phone and do that voice and annoy them."

Carrere was originally considered for the title character in Mulan (1998), but lost the role to Ming-Na Wen. After learning Disney was doing a Hawaii-set film, Carrere sought a voice role and was hired to voice Nani. She spent two years recording her part in Los Angeles, Paris, and Toronto.

Chris Williams, then a storyboard artist, suggested McDonald for the part of Agent Pleakley. After McDonald read for the part, he was cast.

Cobra Bubbles was initially envisioned as more of a nebbish, with Jeff Goldblum in mind for the role. But Goldblum declined the role, and Bubbles was reconceived as a more intimidating character. Sanders and DeBlois recalled Rhames's performance in Pulp Fiction (1994) and cast him.

### **Design and animation**

In a deviation from several decades' worth of Disney features, Sanders and DeBlois chose to use watercolor painted backgrounds for Lilo & Stitch, as opposed to the traditional gouache technique. Watercolors had been used for the early Disney animated shorts, as well as the early Disney features Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937), Pinocchio (1940), and Dumbo (1941), but the technique had been largely abandoned by the mid-1940s in favor of less complicated media such as gouache. Sanders preferred that watercolors be used for Lilo & Stitch to evoke both the bright look of a storybook and the art direction of Dumbo, requiring the background artists to be trained in working with the medium.

The animation itself was all based on 2D work, as the budget was too small for computer generated imagery. The character designs were based on Sanders's personal drawing style, rather than the traditional Disney in-house style. To assist the animators with adapting Sanders's style, Sue C. Nichols, the film's visual development supervisor, created a manual, Surfing the Sanders Style. Because of the limited budget, details like pockets or designs on clothing were avoided in the animation process, and as they could not afford to do shadows throughout much of the film, many of the scenes took place in shaded areas, saving shadows for more pivotal scenes.

The film's extraterrestrial elements, such as the spaceships, were designed to resemble marine life, such as whales and crabs. One altered scene in the film involved Stitch, Nani, Jumba, and Pleakley hijacking a Boeing 747 jet from Lihue Airport that scrapes against buildings through downtown Honolulu. But after the September 11 attacks, with only a few weeks left in production, the climax was reworked to have them use Jumba's spacecraft instead. The location was also shifted to have them fly through the mountains of Kauaʻi. Regardless, the final design still has engines that resembled the 747's jet engines, according to Sanders.

Even after this adjustment, the team had enough budget for about two additional minutes of animation, which was used to create the epilogue montage of Lilo, Nani, and Stitch becoming a new family.

### **Production Timeline**

* January 9, 1998 - The pitch book for the film is created
* Fall 1998 - Chase earned the role of Lilo in the fall of 1998 against 150 other candidates
* April 1999 - An impromptu story meeting takes place in Hawaii. The production team goes to Kauai for a research trip
* August 5, 1999 - Production begins on Disney's animated feature Lilo & Stitch
* September 15, 1999 - Zoe Caldwell records her lines as the Grand Councilwoman
* October 1999 - The story is pitched to Disney
* August 2000 - Animation work on the film begins
* September 2000 - Daveigh Chase records her lines as Lilo. The storyboards are reviewed
* October 2000 - David Ogden Stiers has his scratch session as Jumba
* January 2001 - Art from Lilo and Stitch was unveiled in the Disney Animation building of the new Disney's California Adventure in January 2001.
* January 16, 2001 - Ving Rhames records his lines as Cobra Bubbles
* March 2001 - David Ogden Stiers records his lines as Jumba
* April 2001 - Chris Sanders uses his dog Theodore to record the vocal effects for Stitch
* May 2001 - Tia Carrere records her lines as Nani. Production on this project was supposed to wrap in May 2001, but due to budget cuts was reportedly only completed in late summer/fall 2001.
* May-June 2001 - The crew claims that the whole film was "Yadda, Yadda, Yadda"
* Summer 2001 - Production ends on Disney's animated feature Lilo & Stitch (pushed back from May 2001 to late Summer/Fall 2001 due to budget cuts)
* July 5, 2001 - The music for the opening scene was composed at Todd-AO Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, California in late November 2001.
* July 2001 - The 747 scene was animated
* August 2001 - The scene where Lilo, Stitch and Nani come home after Nani loses her job is animated.
* September 2001 - Jumba's ship was rendered. The crew had to rework the 747 sequence
* September 20, 2001 - the Orlando Weekly reported on September 20, 2001 that "Disney's extraterrestrial animated feature, Lilo & Stitch, also may get a makeover. After all, the climax of this feature-length 'toon, produced entirely at the backstage animation facility at Disney/MGM Studios, was built around the then-comical notion that a cute little alien would sneak on board a Boeing 747 jet, then take the Boeing 747 jet for a joy ride through the towers of Honolulu. Stitch is the launched out of Boeing 747 jet and lands on Gantu’s ship but he is blown off and lands on the road. Gantu is able to find Stitch by using his computer. He tries to shoot the alien but misses. A truck comes close to Stitch and he commandeers it. Stitch drives over a volcano and dumps the fuel into it. This shoots Stitch up like a rocket and he lands on Gantu’s ship. Crashes through the windshield into the cockpit, Furiously trying to pound Stitch with his fist, Grabs Gantu's hand. and throws him through the windshield onto the wing of Boeing 747 jet below, Gantu tries to shoot Stitch, Stitch breaks the capsule with his head and takes Lilo out. Lilo kisses Stitch’s nose as he jumps off, When Stitch saves Lilo and they jump back onto Boeing 747 jet and destroy Gantu's ship. Boeing 747 jet falls into the ocean, knocking David off his surfboard. David: (swims up to the surface) Auwe! (goes to his surfboard) David: (notices the Boeing 747 jet) Hey, Lilo. Lilo: Can you give the rest of us a ride to shore? David: Uh... (looks at the aliens) Sure! But I have to make two trips. That sequence, which had gone over great with test audiences, now may be sacrificed." Disney supposedly asked screenwriters to rewrite the last scenes and find a twist that would affect neither the movie's continuity nor the designer's work. Nevertheless, it was confirmed in November 2001 that "the climax with the airplane has not been removed from the film... they replaced the airplane with a spaceship which Stitch takes for a joyride."
* October 2001 - Kevin McDonald records his lines as Pleakley
* November 2001 - The 747 is transformed into Gantu's ship
* November 26, 2001 - Some of the music is composed at Todd-AO Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, California. Alan Silvestri completed the recording of the score at Todd-AO Scoring Stage in Los Angeles, California in late November 2001.
* November 30, 2001 - The scene where the ship flies off is animated
* December 2001 - The Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus records "He Mele No Lilo"
* May 2002 - The film premieres at the Cannes International Film Festival

### **Director's Cut**

The Director's Cut of Lilo & Stitch and include all the sequences was originally intended fully reintegrated and restored, The Scenes I'd added are the completed fully animated parts that were cut (The original jet plane/and the original Jumba's attack with the original coloring). Lilo & Stitch is an American animated science fiction comedy-drama film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released on June 21, 2002. The 42nd animated feature in the Disney Animated Canon, it was written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois and features the voices of Chris Sanders, Daveigh Chase, Tia Carrere, David Ogden Stiers, Kevin McDonald, Ving Rhames, Jason Scott Lee, and Kevin Michael Richardson. A Director's Cut DVD of the film was released in the US on December 22, 2002.

### **Director's Cut Plot on DVD**

The trial of Stitch as the defendant, and Jumba is not present. while Experiment 626 is sentenced to exile on a desert asteroid. 626 manages to steal a spaceship and activates the hyperdrive, causing its guidance systems to malfunction and randomly set a course for Earth. 626 crash-lands on Kauaʻi, Hawai'i only to be knocked unconscious by passing trucks and taken to an animal shelter. The Grand Councilwoman dispatches Jumba and Agent Pleakley, the Council's expert on Earth, to the planet to have 626 captured discreetly.

On Kauaʻi, a young woman named Nani has been struggling with caring for her rambunctious, disobedient, and lonely younger sister, Lilo, following the death of their parents. A social worker named Cobra Bubbles expresses increasing concern that Nani is unable to take adequate care of Lilo. To reduce Lilo's grief of not having any friends, Nani decides to let Lilo adopt a dog. At the shelter, Lilo immediately takes a keen interest in Experiment 626, who is impersonating a dog. Despite Nani's doubts, Lilo names 626 "Stitch" and shows him around the island.

That evening, at the restaurant where Nani works, Jumba and Pleakley try but fail to capture Stitch. The resulting chaos is blamed on Stitch, causing Nani to be fired. The next day, Cobra warns Nani that if she does not find another job, Cobra will have to place Lilo with a foster family. However, Stitch's antics, including evading Jumba and Pleakley, ruin Nani's chances of finding work.

Lilo tries to teach Stitch civility by informing people of the Tsunami Sirens on the beach. Nani's boyfriend, David, invites her, Lilo, and Stitch to take a break and enjoy a day of surfing. While Nani, Lilo and Stitch ride a huge wave, Jumba makes one final effort to capture Stitch from underwater, causing Nani to wipe out, and Stitch unintentionally pulls Lilo down with him. Although everyone survives, Cobra witnesses this event and tells Nani that although she means well, Lilo will have to be taken away. Seeing how much trouble he has caused, Stitch runs off.

The next morning, the Councilwoman relieves Jumba and Pleakley of their assignment and gives it to the galaxy's militant captain, Gantu, instead, freeing Jumba to pursue Stitch using less covert methods. Meanwhile, David informs Nani of a job opportunity, which Nani rushes to pursue. Stitch, hiding in the nearby woods, encounters Jumba, Jumba attacking Stitch in Lilo's home. Cobra arrives to collect Lilo and take her away. As Nani and Cobra argue, Lilo runs away and encounters Stitch, who reveals his alien identity moments before Captain Gantu captures both of them. Stitch manages to escape before Gantu's ship takes off and is confronted by Nani. Before he can explain, Jumba and Pleakley capture Stitch themselves. Nani demands that they help her rescue Lilo, but Jumba insists they only came for Stitch. When Nani breaks down, Stitch reminds Nani about ʻohana, a term for "family" he learned from Lilo, and convinces Jumba to help rescue Lilo. Stitch, Nani, Jumba and Pleakley hijack a Boeing 747 jet from Lihue Airport and flying it through downtown Honolulu rescue Lilo. Stitch is the launched out of Boeing 747 jet and lands on Gantu’s ship but he is blown off and lands on the road. Gantu is able to find Stitch by using his computer. He tries to shoot the alien but misses. A truck comes close to Stitch and he commandeers it. Stitch drives over a volcano and dumps the fuel into it. This shoots Stitch up like a rocket and he lands on Gantu’s ship. Crashes through the windshield into the cockpit, Furiously trying to pound Stitch with his fist, Grabs Gantu's hand. and throws him through the windshield onto the wing of Boeing 747 jet below, Gantu tries to shoot Stitch, Stitch breaks the capsule with his head and takes Lilo out. Lilo kisses Stitch’s nose as he jumps off, When Stitch saves Lilo and they jump back onto Boeing 747 jet and destroy Gantu's ship. The Boeing 747 jet then crashes into the ocean near David on his surfboard. Lilo asks if he will give them all rides back to shore.

The Grand Councilwoman appears and prepares to take Stitch into custody and retire Gantu for kidnapping Lilo, but Lilo insists that, as Stitch is her pet under local law, he cannot be taken away. Impressed with Stitch's newfound civility and empathy, the Councilwoman decrees that Stitch will live in exile on Earth and be entrusted into the care of Lilo and Nani, and asks Cobra, who is revealed to be a former CIA agent whom she met in 1973, to watch over them. Together, they rebuild the house, and Jumba and Pleakley become members of Lilo and Stitch's family. The film ends with various footage and pictures of Stitch and his new family's life together.

### **Music**

Lilo & Stitch: Motion Picture Score & Songs is the soundtrack to Disney's 2002 animated feature Lilo & Stitch. It was released by Walt Disney Records on June 11, 2002, on Audio CD and Compact Cassette.

### **Tracklist**

1. Experiment (4:21)
2. Escape (3:13)
3. Escape (Alternate) (3:13)
4. Jumba's Deal (1:36)
5. He Mele No Lilo (2:30)
6. Better Not Have Rabies (1:45)
7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (2:16)
8. Bubbles In The House (2:32)
9. Nani Chases Lilo (0:40)
10. I Shouldn't Have Yelled (2:48)
11. Dog Pound Newcomer (0:22)
12. Failed Pound Escape (0:12)
13. Lilo's New Doggie (1:41)
14. Far Too Hazardous (0:17)
15. Barking At Nothing (0:33)
16. Island Getaway (0:51)
17. Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (2:27)
18. Chicken Leg Bait (0:39)
19. Lilo's Bedroom (1:04)
20. Mini San Francisco (0:19)
21. Stitchzilla (0:26)
22. Mosquitos (0:27)
23. Shadow Scare (0:11)
24. What It Must Be Like (0:40)
25. Ugly (0:46)
26. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (3:25)
27. Devil In Disguise - Elvis Presley (2:33)
28. Mayhem In En Playa (1:05)
29. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (3:30)
30. Near Drowning (1:09)
31. What's Best For Lilo (1:46)
32. Glade (2:26)
33. Glade (Alternate) (2:26)
34. Fired And Prison Bound (0:44)
35. You Can Never Belong (3:06)
36. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (2:30)
37. House Explodes (1:58)
38. Don't Turn Left (1:04)
39. Stitch Transforms (0:22)
40. Gantu Kidnaps Lilo (1:04)
41. We're Just Here For Him (3:01)
42. The Rescue (2:48)
43. The Rescue - Part 2 (2:42)
44. Stitch Arrested (3:27)
45. Burning Love - Wynonna (3:11)
46. Can't Help Falling In Love - A\*Teens (3:08)

### **Complete Score**

Lilo & Stitch: Complete Motion Picture Score & Songs is the soundtrack to Disney's 2002 animated feature Lilo & Stitch. It was released by Walt Disney Records on December 6, 2002, on Audio CD and Compact Cassette. watch the entire film without the dialogue, without the sound effects. DVDs with Score & Songs Only tracks of Lilo & Stitch (2002).

### **Complete Score Tracklist**

1. Experiment 626 (Isolated DVD Score)\* (4:21)
2. Experiment 626 Escapes (Isolated DVD Score)\* (3:13)
3. Experiment 626 Escapes (Alternate)\* (3:13)
4. Jumba's Deal (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:36)
5. He Mele No Lilo (Main Titles / Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:30)
6. Better Not Have Rabies (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:45)
7. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:10)
8. Bubbles In The House (Isolated DVD Score)\* (2:32)
9. Nani Chases Lilo (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:40)
10. I Shouldn't Have Yelled (Isolated DVD Score)\* (2:48)
11. Dog Pound Newcomer (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:22)
12. Failed Pound Escape (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:12)
13. Lilo's New Doggie (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:41)
14. Far Too Hazardous (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:17)
15. Barking At Nothing (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:33)
16. Island Getaway (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:51)
17. Stuck On You - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:27)
18. Blue Hawaii - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:36)
19. Chicken Leg Bait (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:39)
20. Lilo's Bedroom (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:04)
21. Mini San Francisco (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:19)
22. Stitchzilla (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:26)
23. Mosquitos (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:27)
24. Shadow Scare (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:11)
25. What It Must Be Like (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:40)
26. Ugly (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:46)
27. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (3:25)
28. Devil In Disguise - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:23)
29. Mayhem In En Playa (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:05)
30. Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (3:30)
31. Near Drowning (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:09)
32. What's Best For Lilo (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:46)
33. Glade (Isolated DVD Score)\* (2:26)
34. Glade (Alternate)\* (2:26)
35. Fired And Prison Bound (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:44)
36. You Can Never Belong (Isolated DVD Score)\* (3:06)
37. Hound Dog - Elvis Presley (Isolated DVD Songs)\* (2:16)
38. House Explodes (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:58)
39. Don't Turn Left (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:04)
40. Stitch Transforms (Isolated DVD Score)\* (0:22)
41. Gantu Kidnaps Lilo (Isolated DVD Score)\* (1:04)
42. We're Just Here For Him (Isolated DVD Score)\* (3:01)
43. The Rescue (Isolated DVD Score)\* (2:48)
44. The Rescue - Part 2 (Isolated DVD Score)\* (2:42)
45. Stitch Arrested / This is My Family (Isolated DVD Score)\* (3:27)
46. Burning Love - Wynonna (Ending Scene / End Credits / Isolated DVD Songs)\* (3:11)
47. Can't Help Falling In Love - A\*Teens (End Credits / Isolated DVD Songs)\* (3:08)
48. End Titles (Isolated DVD Score & Songs)\* (04:42)

\*Isolated DVD Score & Songs (48 Tracks)

## **The Powerpuff Girls Movie**

The Powerpuff Girls Movie is a 2002 American animated superhero comedy film based on the Cartoon Network animated television series The Powerpuff Girls. It was co-written and directed by series' creator Craig McCracken (in his directorial debut), co-written by Charlie Bean, Lauren Faust, Paul Rudish, and Don Shank, and stars the regular television cast of Catherine Cavadini, Tara Strong, E. G. Daily, Roger L. Jackson, Tom Kane, Tom Kenny, Jennifer Hale, and Jennifer Martin. The film serves as a prequel to the series, and tells the origin story of how the Powerpuff Girls were created and came to be the defenders of Townsville and how Mojo Jojo became a supervillain.

Produced by Cartoon Network Studios as its first theatrical film, and the first theatrical film to be based on a Cartoon Network series, The Powerpuff Girls Movie was released in theaters on July 3, 2002, by Warner Bros. Pictures. Despite positive reviews from critics, the film was a commercial failure is never made, earning $16 million worldwide on the budget of $11 million.

### **Plot**

In the crime and injustice-riddled city of Townsville, Professor Utonium mixes sugar, spice and everything nice, hoping to produce the "perfect little girls" to improve Townsville. However, his laboratory assistant, the destructive chimpanzee Jojo, shoves him, causing him to accidentally break and spill a flask of Chemical X onto the concoction. The experiment succeeds, producing three little girls whom the Professor names Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup. He also discovers that the girls have gained superpowers from the added Chemical X. Despite the girls' recklessness with their powers, they all immediately grow to love each other as a family.

On their first day of school, the girls learn about the game of tag and begin to play it among themselves, which quickly grows destructive once they use their powers. The girls take their game downtown, where they accidentally cause damage to the city until the Professor calms them down. The next day, the citizens of Townsville treat the girls as outcasts due to their destructive behavior, and the Professor is arrested for creating the girls. Believing that using their powers again will only anger the townspeople more, the girls try to make their way home from school on foot, but they become lost in an alleyway, where the Gangreen Gang attacks them. Jojo, who has become superintelligent due to the Chemical X explosion mutating his brain, rescues the trio.

Jojo gains the girls' sympathy by convincing them that he is also hated for his powers and tricks them into helping him build a laboratory and a machine powered by Chemical X, which he claims will earn them the public's affections. Afterward, Jojo rewards them with a trip to the local zoo, where he secretly implants small transportation devices on all the primates there. That night, Jojo brings the primates to his lab and uses his new machine to inject them with Chemical X, which turns them into evil mutants like himself. The next morning, after the Professor is released from prison, the girls show him all the "good" they have done, only to discover that the primates are attacking the city. Jojo, renaming himself as Mojo Jojo, publicly announces the girls assisted him, which damages their reputation further and makes the distraught Professor lose faith in them. Dejected, the girls exile themselves to an asteroid in outer space.

Mojo Jojo announces his intention to rule the planet, planning revenge on the Professor for replacing him with the girls, but becomes frustrated when his minions disobey him and concoct their own plans to terrorize Townsville. Meanwhile, on an asteroid in outer space traveling away from Earth, the banished girls are resigning themselves to isolation. Then, Blossom and Buttercup start arguing and fighting with each other, blaming each other over their game of tag and for trusting Mojo Jojo in the first place, while Bubbles is sobbing and crying.

However, overhearing the turmoil from space, the girls return to Earth and rescue the citizens, realizing they can use their powers to fight the primates. After his army is defeated, Mojo Jojo injects himself with Chemical X and grows into a giant monster, overpowering the girls in an intense battle. Rejecting Mojo Jojo's offer of an alliance to take over the world, the girls push him off a decrepit skyscraper just as the Professor arrives with an antidote for Chemical X to help the girls. Mojo Jojo lands on the Antidote X, which shrinks him down to his original size, battered and defeated.

The girls consider using the Antidote X to remove their powers, thinking they would be accepted as normal girls, but the people of Townsville protest against this, apologize for misjudging them, and their heroism is praised. The Mayor of Townsville requests that the Professor authorize the trio to use their powers to defend Townsville, to which he and the girls agree, becoming the city's most beloved crime-fighting superhero team "The Powerpuff Girls".

### **Voice cast**

* Catherine Cavadini as Blossom
* Tara Strong as Bubbles
* E.G. Daily as Buttercup
* Roger L. Jackson as Mojo Jojo
* Tom Kane as Professor Utonium and Talking Dog
* Tom Kenny as the Mayor of Townsville, Narrator, Mitch Mitchelson, Snake, and Lil' Arturo
* Jennifer Hale as Ms. Sandy Keane
* Jennifer Martin as Ms. Sarah Bellum
* Jeff Bennett as Ace, Big Billy, and Grubber
* Grey DeLisle and Phil LaMarr as additional character voices
* Frank Welker as various evil primates
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Rocko Socko and Ojo Tango
* Rob Paulsen as Hotta Watta and Killa Drilla

### **Production**

During the film's production, series creator and director Craig McCracken did not want it to appeal exclusively to girls, as the series' merchandise made it out to be, choosing to make an action-adventure film that felt closer to his conception of the Powerpuff Girls. When deciding what the final plot would be, the crew had "one that was purely an action show, and then one that was more of a subtle character piece". Cartoon Network liked both of them, so the result is a hybrid. McCracken said that there was no real difference when directing the film in comparison to a standard TV episode:

When we make the TV show, we look at them as mini films. The show is really condensed, it always keeps moving and it's got an energy level to it because of the time limitation, so my first concern was, are we going to lose that pacing going into a long form? But as it turned out, the movie still moves at the same pace that the show does. It still has that distinctive feeling to it.

The Powerpuff Girls was known for its audience being highly composed by "underground" adults, and the film was intended in part to appeal to that demographic. According to Cartoon Network executives, it was also meant to "spark sales of DVDs and home videos, pack in crowds overseas and set kids scrambling to buy cartoon-themed merchandise". Jim Samples, executive vice president and general manager of the network, saw the year 2002 as a good opportunity to bring the show to the big screen, given the success of family features such as Disney's Lilo & Stitch and the live-action adaptation of Scooby-Doo. During production, McCracken was encouraged by Cartoon Network to make an edgier film; he recalled via Tumblr:

When we started the film, I was encouraged by [Cartoon Network] to make the movie for "25 year old guys." So we upped the seriousness and action and down played the funny. By the time we finished, there was a regime change at CN and the new heads of the network were upset we didn't make a poppy, colorful kids movie [...] This was when they first had the idea that they wanted to try producing animation for older audiences, Samurai Jack was a part of this thinking as well. We were sort of the guinea pigs for what would later evolve into Adult Swim.

Like the series, the film's animation was provided by Rough Draft Korea, with additional digital compositing and effects by Mercury Filmworks and additional animation by Savage Frog! and Virtual Magic Animation. All work done overseas was then shipped to Los Angeles, where the main crew put every single shot together digitally at the recently opened Cartoon Network Studios. The film keeps the staple look of the television series with minimal changes, with characters such as the Girls and the Professor having a mostly geometric look. The backgrounds are hand-drawn with some computer-generated enhancements. The movie also went on to have some minor edits in pacing for the final cut, but "nothing so disastrous that it affected the final film", according to McCracken. It was noted that promotion for the film was rather limited when compared to that of other animated films from the same year, such as Hey Arnold!: The Movie. However, McCracken said that Warner Bros. was putting $20 million into promoting the film. Some of the production process was also documented for the film's subsequent home video releases. According to McCracken, 49 half-hour episodes of the TV series had been made up to that point, but production on the show went on hiatus to focus on the making of the movie.

### **Music**

The crew was against including pop songs or any musical numbers that would interfere "in the body of the story", in order to respect audience expectations. However, the end credits are accompanied by a punk rock version of the series' ending theme by Bis, as well as "Pray for the Girls" by Frank Black and "That's What Girls Do" by No Secrets. James L. Venable, who composed the music for the television series, also composed the film's score, blending traditional orchestration with electronica. He had listened to "old monster movie scores" and acts such as The Chemical Brothers and Propellerheads for inspiration in developing the series' musical style, which was then poured into the movie. McCracken thought the band Gorillaz would be fitting to perform the film's ending credits song, considering that the plot is about "evil monkeys attacking Townsville" and that the band members are animated. Gorillaz creators Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn showed interest in composing the song, but their schedule made it impossible to accomplish.

### **Promotion**

By February 2002, the film was already being promoted on Cartoon Network's official website, where details about the "Be an Artist" contest were available, prompting fans in the United States under the age of 18 to send their drawings in the hopes of having it appear in a scene from the movie. The main winner was Laura Krammer, a 13-year-old girl from Ligonier, Indiana, who was chosen by director Craig McCracken. In Latin America, kids could enter a contest in which the first place winner earned three tickets for the movie and a video camera. One of Delta Express' Boeing 737-200 planes featured a special aircraft with Powerpuff Girls-themed livery, and customers were given promotional items regarding the movie, including activity sheets, temporary tattoos and buttons.

Kids' WB aired four episodes of the television show in a marathon to help promote the movie. Prior to the release of the film, Daisy Rock produced a heart-shaped, 3/4 scale, pink guitar featuring all three Powerpuff Girls, and another featuring Mojo Jojo in a "premium alder body" with a 24-3/4" scale. Both instruments had a limited release. Out of the one hundred, some were given to cable viewers during the Cartoon Cartoon Fridays primetime block on May 31, 2002. A few others were available on Cartoon Network's online store for a short period. Artists who participated in the first two Powerpuff Girls soundtracks also got their own copy. From July of that year, Jack in the Box restaurants offered six toys based on the movie as part of their kid's meal menu: Punching Buttercup, Kung-Fu Bubbles, Karate Kick Blossom, Mojo Jojo's Volcano Viewer, Bulging Brains Mojo Jojo, and Skyscraper Mo Mojo Jojo. In July 17, DC published the film's official comic adaptation, written by Amy Rogers and illustrated by Phil Moy, Christopher Cook and Mike DeCarlo.

### **Release**

A premiere screening was held by Warner Bros. in Century City, California on June 22, 2002, which a part of the film's cast and crew attended, as well as celebrities such as Melissa Gilbert, Danny Bonaduce, Christine Lahti, Harry Hamlin, and Lisa Renee Foiles. In the United States, the film was rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) for "non-stop frenetic animated action". The film was released in theaters on July 3, 2002, accompanied by a G-rated Dexter's Laboratory short titled "Chicken Scratch", in which boy genius Dexter gets chickenpox and tries not to scratch to avoid turning into an actual chicken. The Powerpuff Girls Movie later made its television debut on Cartoon Network on May 23, 2003.

### **Home media**

The film was released on Region 1 VHS and DVD on November 5, 2002. The DVD included extras such as deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes footage and audio commentaries. Despite being filmed in 1.85:1 aspect ratio, the DVD and VHS are in fullscreen only, much akin to that of the original series. The Region 2 DVD release presents the film in its original widescreen aspect ratio, but omits the audio commentary and bonus features, and is also in PAL format. As of 2023, the film has not been released on Blu-ray and digital.

## **Space Shuttle Columbia Rescue**

The Space Shuttle Columbia rescue or the Rescue of the Crew of the Columbia is the only ship-to-ship rescue mission involving the United States Space Shuttle Program and the first time two shuttles were in orbit at the same time. NASA TV aired footage of the mission as it took place.

### **No-Go for De-orbit Burn; Plight of Columbia**

8 AM on February 1, 2003 at Mission Control; Flight Director LeRoy E. Cain has just polled the control room for a go/no-go for Columbia's de-orbit burn. In OTL the de-orbit burn was go due to weather conditions being within guidelines - but in this timeline the concerns of Linda Ham and others has infiltrated the control room - enough to generate a feeling of dread. The poll returns as a 'no-go'. LeRoy is stuck in a predicament; no one wants to be the guy to declare something costly without reason - but in the past NASA had to do so. LeRoy wasn't at NASA when the Challenger Disaster happened. He joined NASA in 1988; two years after Challenger. The call is ultimately his but if he overrides the poll and gives the go-ahead and something does happen it will undoubtedly be his doing. In this moment of decision LeRoy announces the 'no-go' and calls a meeting. The footage of the launch is reviewed, the fact that Columbia can remain in orbit until the 15th is noted. John C. Harpold says; "You know, there is nothing we can do about damage to the TPS [Thermal Protection System]. If it has been damaged it's probably better not to know. I think the crew would rather not know. Don't you think it would be better for them to have a happy successful flight and die unexpectedly during entry than to stay on orbit, knowing that there was nothing to be done, until the air ran out?" [source] Someone at the meeting finally has had it with this type of talk - which was widespread. This person knows what the control room is feeling, and makes a stand for something to be done. The result was the decision to hold a rescue mission; a decision that would be criticized until the mission concluded.

### **Mission Planning**

Atlantis, just like Columbia has shown issue with the foam. To avoid having two shuttles in danger the foam issue has to be resolved before Atlantis can take flight. The launch window for the mission is the 9th through the 11th; if the deadline isn't met their will be no option but to attempt Columbia's re-entry. Each launch window is at night hindering visibility.

### **Aftermath**

As the empty Columbia disintegrated upon de-orbit opinion regarding the mission shifted. It's since become an iconic moment of heroism in the face of adversity. It also opened the public's eyes to issues within NASA's organization as those who had voiced criticism of the mission now faced backlash from the public. The state of the US Shuttle Program gave way to the approval of the Constellation Program, and such projects as the X-38 to be utilized by the crew of the ISS (thus saving the cost of another equally costly rescue mission).

### **Mission Crew**

Shuttle: Atlantis

Commander: Terry Wilcutt

Pilot: William Oefelein (see notes)

Mission Specialist: Robert Lee Curbeam, Jr.

Mission Specialist: William S. McArthur, Jr.

### **Developer Notes**

The Rescue solution is one posthumously proposed by the Investigations Board after the Columbia Disaster in OTL. Details such as the 10th being the day of launch for the mission and the Space Shuttle Atlantis being used comes form this solution proposed by the Investigations Board. This link provides the details. The crew is to consist of four astronauts with those astronauts ready for launch being the original Expedition 8 crew (as it was prior to the delay brought about by the Columbia disaster).

While it's challenging to find the original Expedition 8 roaster, it's not impossible. It's come to our attention that this would be William's first flight and thus some explanation for his role as Pilot in relation to the candidate list should be made as presently it doesn't make a lot of sense to those viewing this article.

## **Pixar is Never Ends Filmmaking Partnership With Disney**

Pixar Animation Studios is never halted talks to extend it's nearly 13-year partnership with Walt Disney Co on January 29, 2004. “Prevention of strike a deal with Disney on January 29, 2004,” said Pixar Chief Executive Steve Jobs. Preventing the collapse of the talks for Disney Chairman Michael Eisner on January 29, 2004. Steve Jobs and Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner to the prevention of cease in 2004.

## **PBS Kids**

PBS Kids (styled as PBS KIDS) is the brand for most of the children's programming aired by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) in the United States. Some public television children's programs are not produced by PBS member stations or transmitted by PBS. Instead, they are produced by independent public television distributors such as American Public Television, and are not labeled as "PBS Kids" programming, as it is mainly a programming block branding. The target audience is children between the ages of 2 and 8. The network is also available in sub-Saharan Africa and Australia.

### **PTV block**

PBS had historically aired programs for children such as Sesame Street, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, and Reading Rainbow; prior to 1993, these programs aired under general PBS branding. In August 1993, PBS introduced new branding for their children's programs featuring "The P-Pals", animated characters shaped like PBS logos who encouraged skills such as gathering information, self-esteem, cooperation and achieving goals in specially developed interstitials.

The framework for PBS Kids was established as part of PBS' "Ready to Learn" initiative, a project intended to facilitate access of early childhood educational programming to underprivileged children. On July 11, 1994, PBS repackaged their existing children's educational programming as a new block called "PTV", airing on 11 member stations at launch. In addition to scheduled educational programming, PTV also incorporated interstitial content with the P-Pals in their fictional world "PTV Park" for younger children. Older children were targeted with live-action and music video interstitials.

Apple Computer provided a $1.5 million grant to PTV and became its first national underwriter on June 26, 1995, as part of their "Bring Learning Home" corporate initiative. A "Ready To Learn" grant unveiled on January 8, 1996, supported the development of Dragon Tales and Between the Lions, which premiered in 1999 and 2000, respectively, as well as their online activities and outreach efforts. By September 1996, 95 PBS stations reaching three quarters of the United States were carrying the PTV service. Starting on October 7, 1996, PBS packaged their programs for school-aged children into the block The Game, airing on 31 stations by the end of the year.

PBS announced on January 18, 1999, that it would launch the PBS Kids Channel, meant to be the centerpiece of a larger initiative, in September. On June 9, PBS revealed a wide rebranding of its children's programs and services, known as PBS Kids, at its annual meeting in San Francisco. PBS would also increase its children's programming budget by 25% and commit to two new series: Caillou and Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series.

### **PBS Kids**

On September 6, 1999, PBS launched the 24-hour PBS Kids television network. The separate network (referred to as the PBS Kids Channel in press materials) was available on high-tier subscription providers, and was also offered to PBS member stations for use on a "cablecast" service (a subscription-based local channel provided by the member station) or for use on the member station's free-to-air analog channel to provide a portion of the daytime PBS Kids programming on the station. Participating stations were required to pay an annual fee of $1,000 to use the feed. At launch, 32 PBS member stations had signed up to use the service. The channel was partly created to compete against the Nick Jr. block and its sister network Noggin; at the time, Noggin was co-owned by the Children's Television Workshop (the production company behind Sesame Street) and Nickelodeon. Because the pay-TV rights to the Children's Television Workshop's programs were owned by Noggin, the channel did not broadcast CTW programming, including longtime PBS staple Sesame Street, though an exception was made with Dragon Tales (which premiered on the same day as the launch of the PBS Kids Channel).

The new PBS Kids branding elements began rolling out on PBS stations in October; PBS provided grants to stations who adopted the new branding early. Brand designers incorporated a thought bubble concept across the brand packaging, intended to associate "imagination, thinking and using your head" with PBS Kids. Included with the new on-air appearance was a bright green logo featuring iconic boy and girl mascot characters. The PBS Kids website was relaunched with some new areas on February 1, 2000.

PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch was a three-hour Saturday morning lineup of shows produced by Nelvana and based on the popular children's books Corduroy, George Shrinks, Elliot Moose, Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse, Seven Little Monsters, and Timothy Goes to School. The first season of the Bookworm Bunch premiered on September 30, 2000. The shows that formed the Bookworm Bunch were all based on children's books: Corduroy (by Don Freeman), Elliot Moose (by Andrea Beck), Timothy Goes to School (by Rosemary Wells), Seven Little Monsters (by Maurice Sendak), George Shrinks (by William Joyce), and Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse (by Betty and Michael Paraskevas). When the block premiered, each show was succeeded by a promotional spot for Elliot Moose, then after five-to-ten weeks, replaced with music videos featuring songs performed by Nancy Cassidy. Each of these were a montage of clips of every show that aired on the block at that time set to sing songs, usually coming from albums called Kidsongs.

The first season aired from September 30, 2000 to February 14, 2001, and consisted of this schedule:

8:00am Corduroy: Season 1 (Episodes 1a to 13a)

8:15am Elliot Moose

8:45am Timothy Goes to School: Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 13)

9:15am Seven Little Monsters: Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 13)

9:45am George Shrinks: Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 13)

10:15am Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse: Season 1 (Episodes 1 to 13)

10:45am Corduroy: Season 1 (Episodes 1b to 13b)

Reruns of this season aired, it is never canceled and still exists to this day on October 27, 2001.

The second season aired from November 3, 2001 to October 6, 2003, and consisted of this schedule:

8:00am Timothy Goes to School: Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 13)

8:30am Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse: Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 13)

9:00am Seven Little Monsters: Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 26)

9:30am George Shrinks: Season 2 (Episodes 1 to 26)

Reruns of this season aired, Preventing the cancellation of PBS Kids Bookworm Bunch only at PBS Kids.

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