Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space

Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space (former known as Pat & Mat 4: Space Adventure) is a 2003 American-Czechia animated comedy sci-fi adventure fantasy family film based on the characters by Lubomír Beneš and Vladimír Jiránek. It features the voices of Tom Kenny, Jim Cummings, June Foray, John Hurt, Joe Alaskey, Tabitha St. Germain, Eric Goldberg, Mr. Lawrence, Carolyn Lawrence, John Goodman, Bill Fagerbakke, Scarlett Johansson, Richard Kind, Jeff Bergman, Peter Sallis, Rodger Bumpass, and Bonnie Hunt. It was a sequel to Pat & Mat 3: Adventure in London.

The film was released on February 27, 2003 in North America and United Kingdom theaters, and on June 4, 2003 in Czechia theaters.

Premise
After the pet rabbit Cuddles passes away, Pat and Mat goes into outer space for their new journey. but they were lost in the moon with a lot of aliens, they must have to find their home before the alien boss comes to get them.

Plot
The film begins with Pat and his grandmother Lucy taking Cuddles to the vet for his treatment, the veterinarian told him that he will be giving his treatment for him. they went back home, and put Cuddles to bed. Pat waited while his grandmother left out, he picked up his pet rabbit Cuddles. he comforted him as he didn’t feel very well, he concerns his friend Mat which it may be look like which they’re brothers or not. then he sees Cuddles rested in his arms, then he sings his song to him. later when his grandmother comes back, Pat finds out that Cuddles had passed away in his arms. he and his grandmother Lucy went to the place that is located in Brno to bury him, which the funeral was stated to be located for pets. then they leave after the burial, and Pat felt deeply upset about him. then after the opening credits, Pat and Mat were trying to make a spaceship so they can go to space. they haven’t bought a mechanic materials for the spaceship yet, so Pat took a break from building it. the scene is later where Pat is watching SpongeBob SquarePants episode on TV, Lucy and the neighbor Mat entered the house as they asked Pat to think about building a rocket ship. however he petted his dog Sat while he’s asleep next to the couch, so Pat answered to think about it. so him and Mat teamed up to try and continue to build a rocket ship, Lucy believes in every safe travels into space. later that day when Pat and Mat went to buy the mechanic materials for their spaceship, they paid for their Czech money. then they continued to build a spaceship when they got home, they used materials to take spaceship fly into space. the they can wait till they’re done, so they took a little break from building it again. Pat and Mat went to the animal shelter as they saw a calico rabbit who is doing a lot of karate, and some Texan impressions which is a girl rabbit. they have conversations about her, then they left the shelter to continue on building a rocket ship. Pat and Mat were usually trying to build it, then it isn’t doing that much great. they took it to the space station to rebuild it, later when grandma Lucy is walking down the street as she saw Mr. Bigsby as they were talking about journey into space and some solar systems that they spoke about. Lucy forgets about the calico rabbit who is in the animal shelter that she is doing a rodeo cowgirl for the rabbits as much same as the squirrel can ever get, then she and Bigsby does their gesture using their hands (like Pat and Mat did in the series). at the space station, Pat and Mat met Rex Bremé when he was going to see how spaceship works. they haven’t seen him during the days, then they went to the exhibits with him. Karl and Marek were talking about space as they usually may discover the aliens on the moon, they left the space station afterwards as they watched. Pat and Mat sees that they finished building a spaceship with the other’s help, they do hand shaking and the gesture by using their hands. they then later trained as an astronaut as they were ready to be on their journey to space, they went in the spaceship to get inside. then the space journalist counts down to five, then the spaceship launched off to outer space. Lucy is seen waving goodbye with Rex and Mr. Bigsby, they are hoping that they can get to see the solar systems. later they went to space when they’re in the spaceship, Pat and Mat discovers solar systems. then they saw the moon on the last ones as it landed on the moon, Pat and Mat got out of the spaceship as they wore astronaut suits. when they were exploring the moon, they saw a rock. they started collecting some small ones, but they saw a blue alien girl named Sylvia.

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Voice cast

 * Tom Kenny as Pat
 * David Nykl as Pat (singing voice/flashback only)
 * Jim Cummings as Mat
 * Peter Alton as Mat (singing voice/flashback only)
 * June Foray as Grandma Lucy
 * John Hurt as Cuddles (his final appearance in the film)
 * Joe Alaskey as Dr. Bigsby
 * Tabitha St. Germain as Sylvia, a blue alien girl who is a friend of Pat and Mat.
 * Eric Goldberg as Danny, a green alien who is Sylvia’s love interest.
 * Mr. Lawrence as Tanner, a king alien who is Sylvia’s father.
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Sandy B. Cuddly, a calico rabbit which Pat adopted her near the end of the film.
 * John Goodman as Wilbur, an alien who is served for Tanner’s assistant.
 * Bill Fagerbakke as Martin, the guy who serves to adopt pets to the families.
 * Scarlett Johansson as Sally, a Queen pink alien girl who is Sylvia’s mother.
 * Richard Kind as Karl Mirova
 * Peter Sallis as Rex Bremé
 * Jeff Bergman as Marek Miler
 * Rodger Bumpass as Tucker, a main antagonist who is a giant alien boss.
 * Bonnie Hunt as Veterinarian, who takes care of Cuddles.
 * Frank Welker as German Shepherd, and Corgi
 * Sat was voiced by the dog who makes barking and whining sounds.

Additional voices

 * Dee Bradley Baker as News reporter
 * Brian Cummings as TV announcer
 * Rob Rackstraw as A man with the top hat
 * Brian Doyle-Murray as The space journalist
 * Tim Conway as The businessman and Mr. Slovenkins
 * Mary Jo Catlett as Anička Melodie and Mrs. Denisa
 * Jill Talley as little girl, Anně Sunne and Mária Milena

Production
In 2001, Don and Phil directed and produced the fourth film as Toby Bluth joined the production, the script and animation was filmed and the voices were recorded on the studio.

Release
The film was released on February 27, 2003 in North America and United Kingdom theaters. the film was served to be released on June 4, 2003 in Czechia theaters. the theatrical short contains the short Gone Nutty which is in the British cinema, and there’s the theatrical short which therefore called Alf Jr’s Wild Warrior Tale that was premiered in some international cinemas. plus that The Invisible Pat came out as reissue release in American theaters, just as it was attached to American home video release.

Marketing
Teaser trailer was released on November 23, 2002 and was attached to Dusk and Dawn and Treasure Planet. The official trailer was released on January 3, 2003 and was attached to Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie.

The merchandise containing plush items, toys, puzzles, books, video game, and keepsakes.

Home Media
Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space was released on VHS and DVD on June 24, 2003 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, the same distributor has given the DVD and Blu-Ray release on July 28, 2009 along with the two sequels. which contains the animated short Pat & Mat and the Tractor Attack which it’s on DVD and VHS, and was attached to the 2005 film Robots in United States and Canada. in Australia and UK only, it was attached to the 2006 film Ice Age 2: The Meltdown as in the international title.

In 2022, it was announced that Disney+ released the first five Pat & Mat films on March 23 of that year. it was digitally remastered when 20th Century Studios produced the 2021 remake of the original film, however 2009 film was also streamed on Disney+. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on June 28 of that year according to Disney Movie Club.

Box Office
Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space hits $800.22 in United States and Canada as the highest box office, it also hit $820.66 million outside United States and Canada. it was received $89 million total.

Critical Response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has given approval of “100%” rating based on its reviews since for its “10.9/10” ratings for the audiences. the critics say that “The film was better than Hey Arnold!: The Movie since Pat and Mat went to space, then they have to stop the evil alien boss to defeat him.” as the film was scored with grade “A+“ since 2004.