Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out

Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out is a 2005 American live-action/animated comedy film directed by Todd Holland and Mike Minchin, written by Karey Kirkpatrick, R. Lee Fleming, Jr., John Gatins, Jon Vitti, and Mike Reiss, and stars Hugh Jackman, Tina Fey, Jim Carrey, Joan Cusack, Alicia Silverstone, Liam Neeson, Whoopi Goldberg, and Patrick Warburton, with the voices of Tom Kenny and Phil LaMarr. The film was theatrically released on July 1, 2005 with mixed-to-positive critical reception. Financially, the film was a box office bomb, grossing $106 million worldwide against an $70 million budget.

Plot
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Cast

 * Hugh Jackman
 * Tina Fey
 * Jim Carrey
 * Joan Cusack
 * Alicia Silverstone
 * Liam Neeson
 * Patrick Warburton
 * Whoopi Goldberg

Voice cast

 * Tom Kenny as Felix Fox / Melvin the Mouse / Max Hat
 * Phil LaMarr as Benjamin Bird
 * Jeff Bennett as Furious Freddie / Ren the Rooster / Additional voices
 * Tara Strong as Laura Reed / Additional voices
 * Janet Waldo as Lucille
 * Billy West as Larry Watson / Additional voices
 * Danny Mann
 * Frank Welker
 * Joe Alaskey as Edward the Eagle
 * Catherine Cavadini as Alaina Gleen
 * Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson / Additional voices
 * Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson

William P. Wolf appears in the film, but does not speak.

Development
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Animation
While the film was produced by 20th Century Fox Animation, the animation was mainly outsourced to Yowza! Animation in Canada. Additionally, the animation was also outsourced to Saerom Animation in Seoul, South Korea and Wang Film Productions in Taipei, Taiwan. Fox hired James Baxter, Mike Reeves, and Walt Disney Feature Animation's Mark Henn to direct the animation.

Soundtrack
Released on June 28, 2005, by Varèse Sarabande, the music for the film was composed by John Debney.

Marketing
Accompanied with the theatrical release, Fox released a series of plush items, toys, activity sets, keepsakes and apparel.

Coinciding with the film's release, Burger King released eight toys in their Kids' Meals. A video game adaptation was released on July 5, 2005 on the PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, PC, and Macintosh and was developed and published by Vivendi Games. Xbox and Game Boy Advance versions were planned, but were cancelled due to the financial failure of the film.

Trailers
The teaser trailer was released on September 17, 2004, and was later attached to theatrical screenings of The Alaina Gleen Movie and it was later shown in front of The Incredibles, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events, and Fat Albert.

The theatrical trailer was released on January 14, 2005, and was attached to Racing Stripes, Are We There Yet?, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Because of Winn-Dixie, Robots, and Fever Pitch.

The second theatrical trailer was released on April 29, 2005 and was attached into The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith, Madagascar, and The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl.

Release
Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out was released on July 1, 2005. The film was originally scheduled for release on May 6, 2005, but on December 11, 2004, the film's release date was pushed back to a few months later to July 1, 2005. On June 26, 2005, the film premiered at Mann's Grauman Chinese Theater in Los Angeles, California, with the cast and filmmakers as attendees.

Critical response
Critical response aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gave the film an approval rating of 54% based on 131 reviews. The site's critical consensus reads: "The plot is a frantic, hyperactive jumble and the gags are relatively uninspired compared to the classic Twentieth Toons cartoons". Metacritic gives it 51/100, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade "B-" on an A+ to F scale.

Commercial box office
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Home media
Twentieth Toons: Tooned Out was released on VHS, DVD and UMD Video on December 13, 2005, by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. It included a sneak peek of Puppet Pals (2006). It was later released on Blu-ray with bonus features on May 22, 2012.

Main
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Trailers
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