- The ChubbChubbs!
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The ChubbChubbs! 
The ChubbChubbs! film posterDirected by Eric Armstrong Produced by Jacquie Barnbook Written by Jeff Wolverton Starring Bradford Simonsen
Jeff Wolverton
Eric Armstrong
Mortonette Jenkins
Peter Lurie
Rick ZieffMusic by Chance Thomas Editing by Robert Gordon Studio Sony Pictures Imageworks Distributed by Columbia Pictures Release date(s) July 3, 2002 Running time 5 minutes Country United States Language English The ChubbChubbs! is a 2002 American computer-animated comedy short film by Sony Pictures Imageworks. It was directed by Eric Armstrong,[1] produced by Jacquie Barnbrook, and written by Jeff Wolverton.[2]
The ChubbChubbs won an Oscar for Best Animated Short in 2002.
The short "was originally conceived as a pipeline test to help determine the studio’s strengths and weaknesses in producing all-CG animation within the Imageworks production environment."[3]
Contents
Plot
Meeper, the janitor of an alien pub, (Ale E Inn) has higher aspirations - a karaoke performer. After an accident involving a bucket of water, an electric cord, and an electrocuted singer, Meeper is booted from the pub with Boris. Outside, he is told by a dying Jar Jar Binks that "THE CHUBBCHUBBS ARE COMING!!!" Meeper sees in the distance an aircraft landing, and huge, weapon bearing monsters exiting the craft. He assumes these are the ChubbChubbs. He rushes to warn the pub, but before he can shout a warning, he has further injured the singer and is once again booted from the club. Outside, he finds a handful of cute chicks pecking at the ground. The monsters are getting closer. He tries to warn the pub a third time, once more trashing the singer, when someone bursts through the door and yells "THE CHUBBCHUBBS ARE COMING!!!". The pub is emptied, and everyone takes off into the night, leaving Meeper behind. The monsters (called Zyzaks) are almost at the pub. Meeper hides the chicks (ChubbChubbs) under his pail in a hope to save them, and then launches into a rendition of Why Can't We Be Friends? until, so caught up in the song, he trips over the pail, revealing the chicks. The Zyzak monsters all flee, screaming, "It's the ChubbChubbs!!!!" The chicks reveal their razor sharp teeth and devour the monsters. They gather around Meeper, who says, "So... You guys into Karaoke?" As the credits roll, Meeper and the ChubbChubbs sing a rewrite of Aretha Frankin's Respect in the pub. When the song is finished, there is dead silence. The ChubbChubbs glare and reveal their teeth, and the crowd hastily bursts into applause.
Cast
- Meeper - Brad Simonsen
- ChubbChubbs - Jeff Wolverton
- Singing Diva - Mortonette Jenkins
- Zyzaks - Peter Lurie
- Bouncer - Rick Zieff
- Glorfs - Dustin Adair, Eric Armstrong, Yakov Baytler, Mary Biondo, Sumit Das, Layne Friedman, Robert Gordon, Sully Jacome-Wilkes, Franco Pietrantonio, Rick Richards, Chance Thomas, Julie Zackary
- Various Aliens - Evan Wu
Release
The ChubbChubbs! was theatrically released on July 3, 2002, along with film Men in Black II, and because of its success, re-released on July 19, 2002, with film Stuart Little 2.
The short got a DVD release on November 26, 2002, as a bonus attached to Men in Black II.[4] On April 11, 2003, the short was released on its own DVD.[5] The ChubbChubbs! and its sequel The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas were on October 9, 2007, for the first time available on Blu-Ray, attached as a bonus to Surf's Up.
Sequel
The sequel The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas was released On August 8, 2007 along with Daddy Day Camp.
References
- ^ Eric Armstrong homepage
- ^ Jeff Wolverton homepage
- ^ Raugust, Karen (2006-05-30). "The Value of Shorts". Animation World Network. http://www.awn.com/articles/value-shorts/page/2%2C1. Retrieved 2011-07-22.
- ^ Siechen, Todd (2002-11-26). "Men in Black II". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/5199/men-in-black-ii/. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
- ^ Kleinmann, Geoffrey (2003-04-15). "The Chubbchubbs!". DVD Talk. http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/6144/chubbchubbs-the/. Retrieved 2010-11-07.
External links
- The ChubbChubbs! page at Sony Pictures' website
- The ChubbChubbs! at the Internet Movie Database
- The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas page at Sony Pictures Imageworks' website
Sony Pictures Animation Feature films Released- Open Season (2006)
- Surf's Up (2007)
- Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
- The Smurfs (2011)
- Arthur Christmas (2011)
Upcoming- The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists (2012)
- Hotel Transylvania (2012)
- The Smurfs 2 (2013)
- The Familiars (2014)
Direct-to-video - Open Season 2 (2008)
- Open Season 3 (2010)
Short films - The ChubbChubbs! (2002)
- Early Bloomer (2002)
- Boog and Elliot's Midnight Bun Run (2006)
- The ChubbChubbs Save Xmas (2007)
- The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol (2011)
Franchises - Open Season (2006–present)
Academy Award for Animated Short Film (2001–2020) For the Birds (2001) · The ChubbChubbs! (2002) · Harvie Krumpet (2003) · Ryan (2004) · The Moon and the Son: An Imagined Conversation (2005) · The Danish Poet (2006) · Peter and the Wolf (2007) · La Maison en Petits Cubes (2008) · Logorama (2009) · The Lost Thing (2010)
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