The Chubbchubbs! (2002)

Director:

Eric Armstrong

Writer:

Jeff Wolverton (writer)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi | Short | Family

Tagline:

Deciding to be an hero is the easy part...

Plot:

A janitor at an alien night-club gets his wish to be a singer.

Plot Keywords:

Alien | Planet | Singer | Janitor | Nightclub

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 nominations

Cast

Bradford Simonsen	...	Meeper (voice)
Jeff Wolverton	...	ChubbChubbs (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dustin Adair	...	Glorf (voice)
Eric Armstrong	...	Glorf (voice)
Yakov Baytler	...	Glorf (voice)
Mary Biondo	...	Glorf (voice)
Sumit Das	...	Glorf (voice)
Layne Friedman	...	Glorf (voice)
Robert Gordon	...	Glorf (voice)
Sully Jacome-Wilkes	...	Glorf (voice)
Mortonette Jenkins	...	Singing Diva (voice)
Peter Lurie	...	Zyzaks (voice)
Franco Pietrantonio	...	Glorf (voice)
Rick Richards	...	Glorf (voice)
Chance Thomas	...	Glorf (voice)
Julie Zackary	...	Glorf (voice)
Rick Zieff	...	Bouncer (voice)

Also Known As:

The Chubb Chubbs! (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Australia:G | Germany:o.Al. | Spain:T | UK:U | USA:G | Poland:(Banned) (TV rating)

Company:

Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI)

Trivia:

Contains many references to sci-fi movies: - Gort the robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) can be seen holding an oil can. - One of the aliens has a Princess Leia "cinnamon buns" hairdo. - An alien from Alien (1979) is drinking at the bar. - Darth Vader is arm-wrestling Yoda. - The two dancing robots are Robbie from Forbidden Planet (1956) and the Robot from "Lost in Space" (1965). - The alien who warns Meeper about the Chubbchubbs is Jar Jar Binks. - One of the escaping spaceships is a Martian War Machine from War of the Worlds (1953). - An escaping alien is riding a bicycle with E.T. in the basket. John Williams "E.T." score is also referenced.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Meeper gets thrown out of the inn for the second time, we can hear a distinctive sound of the door being locked. However, a minute later, when Meeper gets inside again through the roof, a messenger comes in opening the door from the outside without any problems.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Meeper: Excuse me. Coming through.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The War of the Worlds (1953)

Soundtrack:

Respect

Beware of the Chubbchubbs!

My parents dragged me to cinema because of "Stuart Little 2" - while this movie was not a bad one the opening was worth all the money.

The opening turned out to be a (sadly) short movie titled "The Chubbchubbs". It was more than entertaining - the animated characters were downright funny (for example, you can see Darth Vader and Yoda arm wrestling).

It is obvious that the creators of this movie put a lot of effort into it. Both graphics and story (short as it is) were excellent. The movie made me laugh continuously and I don't think I was the only one who wished there had been more once it was over.

Now I just have to convince my Granny to give me one of those Chubbchubbs for Christmas.

What? You want to know what a Cubbchubb is? Well, I certainly won't spoil you the fun of finding out for yourself. All I can say is that I highly recommend this movie if you like to laugh. And who doesn't?