The Invisible Pat (1998 short)

The Invisible Pat is a 1998 American traditionally animated comedy short produced by Fox Animation Studios and aiF Studio, therefore the studio “aiF Studio” has declared bankruptcy which served in dedication. the short has been in 10 minutes, and was involved with Pat becoming invisible using the vanishing cream, and goes crazy with Mat, Lucy, Karl, Marek Miler, Mrs. Bleu, and Sandy B. Cuddly.

Plot
When Pat (David Nykl) and Mat (Peter Alton) got home from seeing Karl Mirova, they went to play chess game. when Sandy B. Cuddly (Carolyn Lawrence) is asleep, the vanishing cream drops on the floor. Pat picked up the bottle, and the vanishing cream splattered all over him. causing him to completely become invisible, Mat was afraid that Pat would be a ghost. when Lucy (June Foray) comes home, she is scared of ghosts. Mat told her that “there is no such thing as ghosts”. they saw that Pat is being invisible, pretending to be a ghost. then he went crazy with his friend, along with his grandmother Lucy. when Mrs. Bleu and Karl Mirova (Richard Kind) came to his house, they were scared of the invisible Pat. Marek Miler (Jim Cummings) came in, and he is afraid of it. Mat told them that “there is no such thing as ghosts”, but Pat is still invisible. which Sandy became scared of the invisible Pat, she mistakes him as a ghost. then Mat always know that he would run to the bathroom, and then turn the bathtub on as the water fills it in the tub. Lucy, Karl, and Marek knew that Mat can solve the problem, Mrs. Bleu believed that she saw Pat being invisible as of yet. when Mat ran back to the bathroom, he turned it off. he went back to the living room as he asked Lucy to solve this problem, he went ahead and make the traps for ghosts by using tinned goulash food that was on five plates. Sandy B. Cuddly went back to sleep on her pet bed, she hears Sat barking as he is chasing fake ghost (invisible Pat) as he told him to “stop”. Mat told Pat to get to the bathroom, and then he eats tinned goulash which had in five plates. then he fell into a bathtub as the water splashes, causing the vanishing cream to be cleared. as Pat turned back to his normal self, he is not invisible anymore. so Pat and Mat does their famous gesture, and his friends cheered for them. Pat always thanked for his grandmother Lucy for having the problem solved, so Sat was being happy along with his friend Sandy B. Cuddly. the short ends with when the night came where Pat and Mat were eating dinner with grandma Lucy, along with Sandy and Sat that they were also eating their dinner.

Cast

 * David Nykl as Pat
 * Peter Alton as Mat
 * June Foray as Grandma Lucy
 * Richard Kind as Karl Mirova
 * Jim Cummings as Marek Miler (replacing Paul Winchell)
 * Carolyn Lawrence as Mrs. Bleu
 * Carolyn Lawrence also voiced Sandy B. Cuddly as she made it to the cameo appearance.
 * Frank Welker as Sat

Nominated

 * 1998: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film
 * 2001: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film

Winners

 * 1998: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film
 * 1999: Annecy ‘99
 * 2011: Academy Award—Best Animated Short Film

Release
The Invisible Pat was premiered in theaters on June 19, 1998 which was attached to The X-Files. The short was re-released on February 27, 2003, and it was attached to Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space.

Home Media
The short was attached to Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray which being released in 2003, 2009 and 2022. the short became available on Disney+ on May 23, 2021.

Critical response
The short has been gotten for grade “A” which the short has the “100%” rating on Rotten Tomatoes, the critic reads “This short was better than FernGully 2: The Magical Rescue” which it was given as “A+” in 1999.

Credits
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Gallery
To be added

Trivia

 * This short was dedicated to aiF Studio when the company was declared bankruptcy due to Playing Cards was being made without the Czech heirs’ permission.
 * This is the 2nd short where the two main characters (Pat and Mat) are voiced by David Nykl and Peter Alton, while June Foray voiced Pat’s biological grandmother Lucy and Richard Kind voicing Karl Mirova.
 * This is the final short by aiF Studio before it was liquidated in 2012.
 * Sandy B. Cuddly made a cameo appearance in the said short, she first appeared in the 2002 short The Mapmaker.
 * Following around 2002, the short The Mapmaker has current voice roles Tom Kenny and Jim Cummings (returning, and replacing David Nykl and Peter Alton) has voiced Pat and Mat when the new character Sandy B. Cuddly was voiced by Carolyn Lawrence.
 * The short was attached to The X-Files as it never came out on VHS and DVD when the film came out on the home video, but instead it came out on VHS, DVD, and Blu-ray which is being attached to the 2003 film Pat & Mat: Journey Into Space.
 * The short was similar to The Invisible Man and the 1947 Tom and Jerry short The Invisible Mouse, but the short takes place in Czechia where Pat and Mat lived.