Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (1999) (TV)

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Genre:

Short | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Every Hand Has A Thumb...

Plot:

In a sendoff of the original Star Wars, several fingers and thumbs are used to act out the roles of would-be heroes and villians as the forces of finger and thumb clash of an evil super-weapon. |

Plot Keywords:

Thumb | Captain | Smuggler | Hologram | Battle

Cast

Steve Oedekerk	...	Loke Groundrunner / Beboobeep / Unwise Council Member / The Puppet / Gabba the Butt / Big Toe & Yes Man / Aunt Gonnabiteit (voice)
Andrea Fears	...	Princess Bunhead (voice)
Ross Shafer	...	Hand Duet (voice) (as Ross Schaefer)
Rob Paulsen	...	Oobedoob Benubi / Thumbtrooper (voice)
Paul Greenberg	...	Prissypeo (voice)
Jim Jackman	...	Crunchy / Lieutenant (voice)
Mark DeCarlo	...	Black Helmet Man (voice)
Jim Hope	...	Commander Cuticle / Annoying Pilot / Effeminate Thumb / Instructor (voice)
David Floyd	...	Brave Pilot / Uncle Soondead / Fighter / Thumb Council Member (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Megan Cavanagh	...	Fighter Pilot #2 (voice)

Also Known As:

Thumb Wars (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

29 min | Japan:26 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Certification:

Germany:12 | UK:PG | USA:Not Rated

Company:

O Entertainment

Trivia:

The animation format used to animate thumbs was later used to animate Steve Oedekerk's tongue in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002).

Quotes:

Oobedoob Benubi: Come now, touch your tongue to mine.
Loke Groundrunner: What?
Oobedoob Benubi: Your tongue - touch it to mine.
Loke Groundrunner: Why?
Oobedoob Benubi: To make it official!
Loke Groundrunner: To make what official?
Oobedoob Benubi: You know, ALL OF IT!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Kureyon Shin-chan: Shin Wars (#2.1)" (2008)

Spoof At Its Best

Spoofs are a very hit and miss thing type of movie background. When done right, it can be a zany adventure that you seem to have a permanent smile whacked on your face from start to finish like Flying High, Miss. Cast Away and to a much lesser extent, Scary Movie.

But when spoofs are done badly, it really shows. They can go from being an enjoyable film that makes fun of other films to being one reference of movie after movie with stupid pop culture references that are vomit inducing (Friedburg, Seltz).

This is a great spoof, it has zany humor, accomplishes what is promised and best of all, has the smile on face factor that makes this type of movie, however stupid the humor is, very, very enjoyable.

This is, by the way the first in the 6 part series of Thumb movies and this is probably the best (Maybe not as good as Part 6, Thumbtanic) and is an all round good way to spend 21 minutes. It is worth a watch for fans of the art of spoof.

Overall, give it a try, and if you cant find it on DVD, it is on Youtube.

I rate this 69%.