William Hanna And Joseph Barbera

## **OVERVIEW**

William Hanna And Joseph Barbera is the 24th overall and 4th film of Walt Disney Pictures. The Film tells the story of William Hanna, who teamed up with Alex Russo and Mitchie Torres, became a spy when he, Joseph Barbera and the gang are having a trip to complete the race.

## **THE PLOT**

The film opens on a grainy video recording. Vera speaks to the camera saying that her mission has failed and that she needs Alex Russo's help. she jots in his GPS coordinates just as a pair of hatchbacks burst through the doors behind him, a commotion follows, and the video feed dies.

Hawkeye has Alex Russo on board. Hawkeye tells Alex Russo that they've arrived at the coordinates, but there is nothing but water for miles. Quick appears from the shadows. He draws its guns on Hawkeye and demands that him leave immediately. Hawkeye swiftly obeys the order and turns around, and notices that Alex Russo is no longer on board. Quick drifts back to his home base, unaware that Alex Russo has attached herself to the back of the ship using a pair of grappling hooks. The two arrive at a massive oil platform in the middle of the ocean. Alex Russo grapples onto one of the oil platform's supports, engages her legs, swiftly makes her way to the top of the facility.

From above she takes photos and spies on a meeting taking place between dozens of "lemons" (Pacers, Gremlins, etc.). Vera is nowhere to be seen. Maxine Scott appears and pries open a wooden crate revealing the cubed remains of Vera. All laugh maniacally, Alex Russo cringes. Maxine Scott opens a second box, in which Alex Russo sees gun. The lemons are soon alerted to Alex Russo's presence and a massive chase/firefight ensues. Alex Russo is soon cornered on the top-most platform of the oil rig. She peels out, plunging hundreds of feet into the water below. Alex Russo sprouts water in legs, making her to run fast. Maxine Scott's henchman take off after her. A massive rocket locks in on Alex Russo and explodes, leaving a pile of smoking wreckage floating on the ocean surface. Alex Russo has in fact, survived the explosion. She transforms herself into a mermaid and silently escapes. The Lemons think Alex Russo has died when water skis appear on the sea.

In Grenada, William Hanna has resumed his towing job and is rescuing a stranded human on the side of the highway. This human has a tendency to broken leg, unlike William Hanna who has never had broken-part body problems. William Hanna tows him back to town and realizes that Joseph Barbera is back after winning his fourth Piston Cup. The two reminisce by visiting the Grenada museum which is dedicated to the memory of the now-deceased their fathers. William Hanna has exciting plans for them both, but Joseph Barbera cuts him off, saying that he would love to spend some time with William Hanna, but also wants to spend time with June Foray.

That evening, Joseph Barbera and June Foray head to the Wheel Well, which has now become a bustling hang-out and restaurant for tourists. William Hanna arrives, dressed as a waiter, and interrupts the date. They take his intrusion with stride and order a couple of drinks. William Hanna heads to the bar where Mel Blanc is acting as a bartender. On TV, Martin Luther King, Jr. is speaking to Paula Richards. Paula Richards tells Martin of her plans to hold a World Grand Prix, wherein all the contestants will race using Allinol. One of the contestants, Pharrell Williams, boasts of his speed and strengths and vows that he is unbeatable. Martin swiftly answers a call on the air; it's William Hanna. William Hanna claims that Joseph Barbera is superior to Pharrell Williams in every way and would drive circles around him. Pharrell laughs off the claims and challenges Joseph Barbera to enter the race. Joseph Barbera takes William Hanna out the booth and talks to Pharrell and accepts the challenge on the air.

At the airport, Joseph Barbera bids a farewell to June Foray as he and his pit crew: William Hanna, Mel Blanc, Walt Disney, Tex Avery and Thurl Ravenscroft board a jumbo jet heading to the first leg of the Grand Prix: Japan. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera take in the sights of Tokyo, and head to a lavish party put on by Paula Richards. Elsewhere, Alex Russo and Mitchie Torres learn that an American spy is at the party and their job is to intercept her and receive a package. At the party, William Hanna's antics prove embarrassing. He first mistakes Wasabi for pistachio-flavored ice cream, and goes screaming through the building and ultimately plops down on the stage between Joseph and Paula upon whom she mistakenly leaks a dirt on him. Joseph Barbera angrily tells William Hanna to go to the bathroom and clean himself up, while Pharrell teases both from afar.

In the bathroom, William Hanna briefly meets eyes with an old yellow jalopy washing his hands. William Hanna enters a stall and is confused by the technological complexity of the bathroom stall. Outside of the stall the yellow beater sheds its skin revealing a shiny blue Dodge Challenger beneath named Rod "Torque" Redline: the American Spy.

Two other lemons appear in the bathroom, and a gunfight takes place. Midway through the ruckus William Hanna exits the stall and apologetically makes his way to the exit, unaware that during the commotion Torque passed the package to William Hanna, by placing it on his undercarriage. Micthie Torres arrives, and using her GPS locator, she is shocked to discover that the presumed American spy is William Hanna. Shocked, she follows him. Through sheer luck, William Hanna manages to answer her coded questions, further "proving" his spy identity to Alex and Mitchie. She sets up a rendezvous with William Hanna, who mistakes it to be a date, and they part ways.

Later that evening, Torque finds himself tied up and surrounded by Lemons in a warehouse. Maxine Scott mans the mysterious typical-looking television camera which is aimed directly at Torque. Maxine explains that the device is not actually a camera, but an electromagnetic pulse emitter, which, when aimed at him a gun, will cause the fuel to boil dangerously until it explodes. They show Torque surveillance footage of the prior night's bathroom fight. They demand him to point out the other spy who received the package. Torque refuses, but he twitches emotionally when Mater appears on screen. William Hanna catches his reaction and orders his minions to find William Hanna and kill him. He then turns the camera weapon on at full power, causing Torque to burst into flames, killing him.

The following morning, the race is ready to begin. In the pit, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's crew all wear headset microphones. The race begins. Above the race, Alex and Mitchie are surprised to see William Hanna attending the race in such a conspicuous manner. The two spot an unusually large concentration of lemon cars around the track. The girls battle the lemon cars in spectacular fashion and save William Hanna, but not before he incoherently narrates the strange goings-on of Alex and Mitchie. William Hanna's incoherent babbling, being fed to Joseph Barbera through his headset, cause him to lose the race. Pharrell repeatedly teases him for losing. Joseph Barbera is angry at William Hanna.

The next morning, Joseph Barbera's pit crew is preparing to go to Italy while William Hanna has purchased a one-way ticket to Grenada. At the airport, William Hanna is escorted passed security by a disguised Alex Russo who is still convinced that William Hanna is the American spy they are looking for. Two of Maxine Scott's Lemons arrive and a chase takes place on the airport tarmac. Alex Russo's private jet pilot, Thomas appears overhead, and the two manage to safely get on board. Back at the airport, Joseph Barbera and his pit crew read a poorly scrawled note of William Hanna's telling him that he's gone back to Grenada after causing Joseph Barbera to lose the race. Joseph Barbera feels rotten for blowing up at William Hanna.

On board Alex Russo's plane, Mitchie Torres examines the package given to William Hanna by Torque. It is revealed to be a single photo of God. William Hanna comments that the engine is nothing special. Also photographed are a few human parts, Alex knows are only sold in Paris. Aboard the jet, Mitchie Torres fits Mater with a voice activated disguiser which will change his outward appearance to whatever he tells it to do. She also seeks to repair a large zit on William Hanna's forehead. He refuses, saying that the dent is a part of him, and he would never repair it. The three head to Paris where they track down Alex Russo's boyfriend, Mason, who is revealed to have sold the Big Boss those parts.

Through their investigation, it is revealed that the owner of the engine is a lemon, one of history's loser racers which are the very same ones the agents have been dealing with. It is also revealed that they will hold a meeting along with in Italy on the same day as the Grand Prix race, which most likely the boss will attend as well. After watching from the computer and seeing some of the lemons arrive, it is decided that William Hanna will be disguised as one of guards and will gain access to the meeting where he can identify the leader of the lemons and owner of the engine.

The Italian race has begun as Alex and Mitchie stay to watch the race, and look out for lemons, while William Hanna infiltrates the meeting in disguise. In the meeting, it is revealed that all the lemons' heads are present and wanted in several countries as William Hanna is terrified at this. Maxine Scott arrives and tells the lemons the Big Boss is present. A TV appears overhead upon which William Hanna sees a live-video of the Big Boss' engine apologizing that he can't attending in person, due to engine trouble. Big Boss' engine then goes over his plan and it is revealed he and the rest of the Lemons are the owners of the world's largest untapped oil deposit, in the middle of the ocean. Paula Richards and her crew alternative fuel are threatening to put the Big Boss out of business, so they will use the camera/heat gun to destroy the WGP racers during the race broadcast, including Joseph Barbera. The world will assume that Allinol is dangerous and will continue to use gasoline. William Hanna is afraid for Joseph Barbera.

Back at the race, Joseph and Pharrell are neck and neck, but Joseph Barbera manages to beat Pharrell Williams on his home turf, to the latter's annoyance. They soon wonder about the other racers before they watch the screens in horror, as the rest of the racers explode by way of Maxine Scott gun. For Joseph Barbera the win is bittersweet, given the amount of carnage that took place on the track. The Big Boss and his cronies anxiously watch the sports report. Paula Richards appears and reluctantly declares that Allinol must be too dangerous and tells the world that the final leg of the race will be run on gas. This pleases the Lemons as they celebrate on their fortune, as Mitchie Torres contacts William Hanna to tell him to leave as Alex Russo was captured before she is captured herself. Moments later, Joseph Barbera is interviewed, and asked if he too will run on gas. Joseph Barbera refuses, saying that he will continue to use Allinol.

This angers the lemons and the Big Boss, who collectively orders Maxine Scott to kill Joseph Barbera as his subordinate announces this to all. William Hanna is shocked and accidentally sheds his disguise and recognized as the spy. The lemons draw their weapons, while William Hanna accidentally draws his weapons and a firefight happens. This little problem saves William Hanna and he flees using a parasol and flies directly for Joseph Barbera, who is still swamped by press. William Hanna breaks through barricades and crowds, and is about to warn Joseph Barbera when he is kidnapped by lemons, he is replaced by William Wallace who distracts Joseph Barbera while William Hanna is thrown into a cargo container. Maxine Scott taunts him over her care for Joseph Barbera and his failure to warn him in time before William Hanna sprayed with knockout gas, rendering him unconscious.

While knocked out, William Hanna dreams of his own foolishness and lack of maturity, as demonstrated from scenes earlier in the film. He awakens inside of Big "Bentley" Clock Tower in London. He is tied up and is dangling a hundred feet over a dangerous set of gears. Below him, Alex and Mitchie are also tied up, about to be smashed by a pair of intersecting gears. As they are held captive, William Hanna bemoans the situation as he finally tells Alex and Mitchie he is not a spy and they now understand that William Hanna's "foolish act" is not an act at all and that William Hanna is just a creator. William Hanna puts the blame on himself for what happened to his friend before two lemons appear, they see William Hanna is awake and tell him that they have the gun aimed at Joseph Barbera who is still alive sitting at the starting line. The two Lemons brag that they're going to kill William Hanna and Joseph Barbera is to watch at Maxine's order, this horrifies William Hanna.

At the pits for the race, Joseph Barbera talks to the others about Joseph Barbera as they state Mel Blanc and Walt Disney are looking into for help. The talk is interrupted as Paula Richards comes to their pit stall to thank him for his decision, because of how the fans reacted to the race in Porto Corsa. He even hoped Joseph Barbera will win so that his creation will be given the popularity it deserved. June Foray tells Joseph Barbera to race for William Hanna which he agrees too.

The race begins as the lemons aim the ray gun at Joseph Barbera and pull the trigger, while a horrified William Hanna looks on as the ray is to fire. To their surprise, Joseph Barbera does not explode and they are confused as Maxine Scott contacts them and angrily questions this before telling them to go to the back up plan. William Hanna questions this plan and they tell him that they've planted a bomb in Joseph Barbera's pit and it will explode. The two Lemons quickly leave to meet with Maxine Scott. William Hanna manages to free himself from his bonds and offers to save Alex and Mitchie, but he is told instead to go save his friends at the pit stop. William Hanna obliges and takes off to the race. In the clock tower, Alex and Mitchie are seconds from being smashed when she manages to turn back time in Big "Bentley" Clock Tower, which sends it in reverse and saves them both. Now free, the two notice William Hanna's jacket on the ground. They both realize that the bomb isn't in the pit stop; it's on William Hanna, in place of his air filter. Mitchie Torres rides on her horse and Alex, too, to both save William Hanna and stop Maxine Scott from exploding the bomb.

William Hanna haphazardly makes his way onto the track and arrives at the pits, he is shocked to see all of his friends are there and warns them of the threat before Alex Russo contacts him and tells him the bomb is on William Hanna. William Hanna, now aware of where the bomb is, seeks to outrun Joseph Barbera who spots him and tries to apologize. Joseph Barbera takes himself a hand to William Hanna who sprouts a pair of rocket boosters installed by Mitchie Torres, and the two burst through the track wall into the streets of London. Maxine Scott tries exploding the bomb, but by now William Hanna and Joseph Barbera is well out of range. The girls arrive, with the latter ordering Mitchie Torres to handle William Hanna's situation while she goes after Maxine Scott and a chase takes place between the two of them. Meanwhile, the lemons go after William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Maxine Scott arrives at the London docks, where Quick is waiting for her to board but Alex Russo is close behind and manages to grapple herself to Maxine Scott's buttock. Quick produces a giant magnet and a tug of war between the ship and Alex Russo occurs. In the streets of London, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera continue to travel as William Hanna tells him to let go, but is refuse. Alex Russo is ultimately able to project a few grenades at the ship's magnet, which causes it to explode. Mitchie Torres catches up to the boys, she tells him to stop, but he refuses and she is forced to stop the lemons from earlier to prevent them from attacking William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. The two lemons crash into a bar and waste the drinks of other humans who angrily beat them up for it.

In the center of London, they finally stop as Mitchie Torres states they have to disarm his engine-mounted bomb as Joseph Barbera is shocked at this situation and questions who put a bomb on William Hanna. Alex Russo then arrives towing a tied-up Maxine Scott who angrily questions Joseph Barbera on why his death ray didn't kill him, as Joseph Barbera is further shocked to hear this. At Alex Russo's demands, Maxine Scott reveals the bomb is voice activated which means it can be deactivated by voice. Using voice activation, William Hanna quickly attempts to disarm the bomb but discovers that the bomb has a fail-safe for such a scenario. It begins counting down from 4 minutes. Maxine Scott states the bomb can only be disarmed by the car's voice that armed it, as Mitchie Torres threatens Maxine Scott to disarm it. He obliges, but the good guys are shocked to find the clock tick from 4 to 3 minutes; meaning that Maxine Scott did not arm the bomb. When she asks if anyone else tries, Mitchie zaps her unconscious with her Taser, defeating her once and for all as Alex and Mitchie are pleased.

As they wonder what to do, the lemons and their army arrive to make sure the bomb goes off as McQueen notes they are the ones who want him dead which they confirm but states its not personal. William Hanna tries to talk them out of it though his explanation of becoming rich and powerful only further encourages them, but luckily everyone from Grenada show up and helps them defeat the criminals. As the remaining lemons try to flee from the area, Walt Disney appears with the British military who presumably take the villains into custody.

Afterwards, everyone tries to unscrew the bolts of the bomb on William Hanna, but nothing works. With less than two minutes left, William Hanna soon wraps his mind around the situation, and believes that he's discovered the identity of the Big Boss, who should be able to disarm the bomb using his voice. William Hanna, using his rockets and parachute, blasts himself and Joseph Barbera across London to the race's finish line. There he finds Paula Richards, and the Queen of England.

William Hanna tells everyone that someone is sabotaging the races and he knows who before bowing to the queen revealing the bomb to the guards, causing a panic. Alex Russo arrives telling them William Hanna can't disarm it before Joseph Barbera tells William Hanna to reveal his claims and William Hanna states it was Paulsa Richards. Everyone pays attention as William Hanna states that he figured it out, as the bomb holds the same bolts as the British engine he saw, William Hanna has Mitchie Torres show the picture before states Pauls Richards is the one who put dirt on him at the party in Japan and she had just blamed it on him. Paula Richards denies this by stating humans don't use fart, but William Hanna states Paula Richards is faking being an good guy and says that if they pop up her sweater they'll see the inventions. Paula tries to rebuke this as everyone questions William's theory and he says Paula admitted to this after he used his disguised voice for everyone to hate Allinol so the world would use oil.

William Hanna states that the notion is preposterous as the Queen's grandson wants to get her from the scene but she wants to see where things are going. Alex Russo states to William Hanna that Paula Richards was the one who created the fuel, but William Hanna brings up the possibility of Paula Richards finding the oil wells in the ocean and creating Allinol as a sham to make alternative fuel look bad in order to profit from oil. Paula denies this even asking if William is basing this on a wild theory before The Queen and her guards leave with Paula begging for help, but is ignored. She tells William Hanna to back off as the bomb's timer ticks down from ten as William Hanna's watch with Paula. Everyone braces for the explosion as the timer counts down at 1, before Paula quickly deactivates the bomb and it is revealed William Hanna was right. The bomb shuts off as the guards surround Paula, William Hanna takes the defeated villain's sweater and the inventions is the same as the lemon's big boss which Alex And Mitchie confirm. Axelrod then questions how William Hanna figured out his plan, as Joseph Barbera states he is now coming to all his races which delights William Hanna.

As thanks for stopping Paula Richards's plans, William Hanna is soon knighted by the Queen though he insists on just being called Bill. He soon introduces Joseph Barbera to Alex Russo and back forth before introducing them to the Queen. As punishment for her crimes, Paula was sent to prison, along with Maxine Scott and William Hanna is hailed to a hero, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera reconcile and bumping fist each other as Alex and Mitchie bumping hips each other and the film ends.

## **CHARACTERS**

* William Hanna
* Joseph Barbera
* Mel Blanc
* Walt Disney
* Tex Avery
* Thurl Ravenscroft
* Sofía Espinosa
* June Foray
* Hawkeye
* Alex Russo
* Mitchie Torres
* Vera
* Maxine Scott
* Paula Richards
* Grem and Acer
* Pharrell Williams
* Kate
* Shemaus
* Sheriff
* Queen Elizabeth
* Rod

## **VOICE TALENT**

* Billy Crsytal as William Hanna
* Will Arnett as Joseph Barbera
* Robert Naylor as Mel Blanc
* D.B. Sweeney as Walt Disney
* Jeremy Renner as Tex Avery/Hawkeye
* Kevin Michael Richardson as Thurl Ravenscroft
* Sofía Espinosa as June Foray
* Selena Gomez as Alex Russo
* Demi Lovato as Mitchie Torres
* Della Reese as Vera
* Pat Carroll as Maxine Scott
* Suzanne Pleshette as Paula Richards
* Matthew Broderick as Grem
* Richard Ian Cox as Acer
* John DiMaggio as Pharrell Williams
* Bette Midler as Kate
* Stephen Farrelly as Shemaus
* Frank Welker as Sheriff
* Cate Blanchett as Queen Elizabeth
* James Earl Jones as Rod

## **OPENING CREDITS**

Based On Characters Created by:

William Hanna and Joseph Barbera

Executive Producer:

Harry Ufland

Produced by:

John Lasseter

Associate Producer:

Kathryn Page

Music by:

Paul Intson

Score Composed by:

Michael Giacchino

Casting And Voice Direction by:

Michael D. Weiss

Edited by:

Stephen Schaffer

Written by:

Paul Schrader

Directed by:

Martin Scorsese

## **TRIVIA**

* This is the fourth film of Walt Disney Pictures.
* This is the twenty-fourth film overall.
* William Hanna is the twenty-fourth main protagonist of overall.
* Paula Richards is the twenty-fourth main antagonist of overall.