The Ace of All Trades Movie: Too Hot For Theaters!

The Ace of All Trades Movie: Too Hot For Theaters! (also known simply as The Ace of All Trades Movie) is a 2010 American animated comedy film based on the hit ??? animated series Ace of All Trades. Written, directed and produced by the series creator Joesph von Calbury, the film features the voices of Sean Schemmel, Hynden Walch, Quinton Flynn, Wally Wingert, Tom Kenny and Veronica Taylor reprising their roles from the original series, with Tina Fey, Brie Larson and Will Ferrell joining as guest stars. The events take place during the fifth season of the series.

The story of the movie follows the three main characters, Elijah, Rikku and Loki from the series. All the stories are linked in specific ways. In Rikku's story, Alfred V. Ile plans on becoming the president of Dynastar with help from his partner-in-crime Cecil S. Neak. Rikku's storyline revolves around trying to stop them. In Elijah's storyline, after being crushed by his own boxes, Elijah is under the impression that Mr. Careidere (a parody of Mr. Belvedere, a character from 80's TV) has kidnapped his girlfriend Sophia Sammy. Elijah searches for his nemesis through the movie. And lastly, in Loki's storyline, Loki is arrested for apparently robbing the mansion of prize-winning celebrity Cassandra Swanson. Loki, who did not, must find the real culprit.

The Ace of All Trades Movie: Too Hot For Theaters! was released theatrically by Universal Pictures on April 2, 2010 to positive reviews from critics and audiences. It grossed $206.5 million worldwide on a budget of $72 million. The success led to a renewal for a sixth season of the series.

Plot
Rikku Kinokan (Quinton Flynn) sets up a petition to make Lena Faye (Tina Fey) the president of Dynastar, but however, his petition is interrupted by Alfred V. Ile (Tim Curry) and Cecil S. Neak (Andy Dick), who claim that Alfred should be president of Dynastar. After making his way to the box room, Rikku decides that he would rather fail at petitions than let the president role fall into Alfred V. Ile's hands, and self-destructs the box room. However, Alfred reveals that he has come to trick him into destroying the box room. He then leaves in his helicopter (ridden by Cecil S. Neak), and blasts Rikku off the roof. To discover Alfred's plans, Rikku infiltrates his hideout in the sewers. There, Rikku finds the location of Alfred's new hideout and promptly lays waste to the facility. Rikku finds Alfred and Cecil at the top of a missile silo, planning to launch the rocket into orbit so he can project his message around the world. To add insult to injury, Clara Knowledge (Veronica Taylor) has been placed inside the rocket. Rikku destroys the rocket, rescues Clara, and has a final battle with Alfred and Cecil at the water tower. Alfred uses a device to grow to tremendous size, but is defeated anyway. Before Rikku can finish him off, he and Cecil get sent to jail afterwards.

Loki's section of the movie sees him trying to prove his innocence when he is accused of robbing the mansion of prize-winning celebrity Cassandra Swanson (Brie Larson). Loki Hantai (Wally Wingert) is forced to escape from prison and follow Cassandra's trails. This leads him to Gilligan Kendoo (Jeff Bennett) and Paxton Annhow (Khary Payton) at the Dynastar News Station, which turns out to be a dead end. Loki's next stop is Dynastar's Got Talent, where Loki, disguised as a food vendor, finds some footprints of some strange person. He takes Cassandra's place in the catwalk, wins (by drugging the other celebrities), and draws the thief out. Loki reveals that the thief behind the robbing the mansion of Cassandra Swanson is Bucky Breakout (Eric Bauza), thereby clearing his name.

Elijah Eubank (Sean Schemmel), after being smashed on the head by his own boxes, wakes up in the hospital and finds a ransom note done by Mr. Careidere (a parody of Mr. Belvedere, a character from 80's TV). Believing that Careidere has kidnapped his girlfriend Sophia Sammy (Hynden Walch), Elijah rampages across town in an effort to destroy him and save his girlfriend. He eventually arrives at Pizza Slice Palace, where he is hit in the head by the doors, opened by several African-Americans. Elijah takes on the persona of Kevin Eubank and destroys the entire arcade before waking up in the closet. Seeing that another ransom note done by Mr. Careidere states that he's at Tokyo, Elijah travels there (with help from Computero Botbolt (Tom Kenny). As he enters, he takes another blow to the head when a yakuza unknowingly knocks him down. Elijah becomes Yakuza Elijah and destroys the town of Tokyo. He then takes a fourth blow to the head, now seeing that yet another ransom note done by Mr. Careidere states that he's at the docks. As he arrives, the debris of Alfred's rocket crashes on him, and Elijah emerges as RoboEubank, an android programmed to destroy Mr. Careidere. Crossing the dock and the beach, Elijah arrives at a cave and is forced into battle with what appears to be a black knight-looking dude named "Sir Dante Dangeresque" (Will Ferrell). Peter defeats Sir Dante Dangeresque, but takes a final blow to the head when Sir Dante Dangeresque's helmet falls off and hits him. When he comes to, Sophia confronts him, furious that Elijah had destroyed half of Dynastar (and the world) looking for Careidere.

In the final part of the movie, Elijah decides to go home. There, he is confronted by Careidere, who rips off a disguise revealing none other than Lenard Flatts (Thomas F. Wilson). In the final battle of the movie, Elijah defeats Lenard, and just barely escapes a massive explosion in a penthouse, landing safely on top of the body of Golemo the Large Yet Clueless (Jim Cummings) who, along with the rest of Elijah's friends and family members, had inexplicably been standing in the middle of the street. After getting up from Golemo's body and rejoining his friends and family, Elijah sees another ransom note done by Mr. Careidere which turns out to be Matt Damon working on the ransom notes. Lenard, as always, ends up surviving.

Voice cast

 * Sean Schemmel as Elijah Eubank
 * Hynden Walch as Sophia Sammy
 * Quinton Flynn as Rikku Kinokan
 * Wally Wingert as Loki Hantai
 * Tom Kenny as Computero Boltbot
 * Veronica Taylor as Clara Knowledge
 * Tina Fey as Lena Faye
 * Brie Larson as Cassandra Swanson
 * Will Ferrell as Sir Dante Dangeresque
 * Tim Curry as Alfred V. Ile
 * Andy Dick as Cecil S. Neak
 * Lacey Chabert as Selena Rugby
 * Rachael Lillis as Matilda McFancy
 * Billy West as Gabe Steemi
 * Eric Bauza as Bucky Breakout
 * David Wills as Hubert Hique
 * Jeff Bennett as Gilligan Kendoo
 * Khary Payton as Paxton Annhow
 * Thomas F. Wilson as Lenard Flatts
 * Jim Cummings as Golemo the Large Yet Clueless
 * Matt Damon as himself/Mr. Careidere
 * Keith Silverstein as the Pizza Slice Palace Owner
 * Lex Lang and Kyle Hebert as the Identical Japanese Bodybuilder Duo 34 and 82
 * Brian Doyle-Murray as Captain Scribblebeard

Additional voices

 * Charlie Adler
 * Mark Atherlay
 * Dee Bradley Baker
 * Jim Cummings
 * Ali Johnston
 * Tom Kenny
 * Roger L. Jackson
 * Danny Mann
 * David Mann
 * Rob Paulsen
 * Robbie Rist
 * Andre Stojka
 * Doug Stone
 * Tara Strong
 * Richard Tatum
 * Billy West
 * Wally Wingert

Production
In 2006, shortly after the second season has finished, ??? wanted to do a movie based on Ace of All Trades. Series creator Joesph von Calbury was hired to write and direct the feature film. Animation production was done by Universal Animation Studios in the headquarters of North Hollywood, California.

Release
The Ace of All Trades Movie was originally scheduled for a theatrical release on November 25, 2009, but production setbacks resulted in a push-back to March 5, 2010, while Woo La La was moved to fill in for the film's absence. The film was then moved back to April 2, 2010 to avoid competition with Alice in Wonderland.

Marketing
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Home media
The Ace of All Trades Movie was released on DVD and Blu-ray on July 6, 2010 by Universal Studios Home Entertainment.

Box office
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Critical response
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Accolades
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Main
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Trailers
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