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Your Friend the Rat

  • Video
  • 20072007
  • GG
  • 11m
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6.2K
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Your Friend the Rat (2007)
AnimationShortComedy
Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans.Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans.Remy and Emile plead the case for rats by illustrating the historical and scientific facts about the species and their interaction with humans.
IMDb RATING
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6.2K
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    • Director
      • Jim Capobianco
    • Writers
      • Jim Capobianco
      • Jeff Pidgeon(story)
      • Alexander Woo(story)
    • Stars
      • Patton Oswalt(voice)
      • Peter Sohn(voice)
      • Lou Romano(voice)
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Jim Capobianco
    • Writers
      • Jim Capobianco
      • Jeff Pidgeon(story)
      • Alexander Woo(story)
    • Stars
      • Patton Oswalt(voice)
      • Peter Sohn(voice)
      • Lou Romano(voice)
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    • 15User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Patton Oswalt
    Patton Oswalt
    • Remy
    • (voice)
    Peter Sohn
    Peter Sohn
    • Emile
    • (voice)
    Lou Romano
    Lou Romano
    • Linguini
    • (voice)
    Tony Russel
    • Disclaimer Guy
    • (voice)
    • (as Tony Russell)
    Sigmund Vik
    • Norwegian Rat
    • (voice)
    Jim Capobianco
    • Director Voice
    • (voice)
    John Ratzenberger
    John Ratzenberger
    • P.T. Flea
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jim Capobianco
    • Writers
      • Jim Capobianco
      • Jeff Pidgeon(story)
      • Alexander Woo(story)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      (at around 9 mins) A 2-D rendering of the title robot from Pixar's next feature project, WALL·E (2008) appears as the driver of a futuristic Mars vehicle during the musical number.
    • Quotes

      [first lines]

      Remy: Hello, I'm Remy and this is my brother Emile.

      Emile: Hi.

      Remy: We're here to speak out on behalf of repressed rats everywhere. Rats who don't have the access to media that our movie escorts us. Yes, we have to. We rats have to take a stand.

      Emile: You said we'd sing something. You know, joke around. You did not say we were going to take a stand.

      Remy: This is important. Humans need to know, humans need to...

      Emile: Feed us. That's what you need to do. Leave some garbage out and we won't bother you. Just leave the lid on top of the can loose.

      Remy: Alright. Moving on.

    • Connections
      Featured in Pixar Short Films Collection 2 (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Plan B
      Music by James G. Dashe

      Lyrics by Jim Capobianco and James G. Dashe

      Arrangement by Jennifer Hammond and Michael Giacchino

      Performed by Patton Oswalt, Peter Sohn, and James G. Dashe

      Music recorded at Skywalker Scoring Stage

    User reviews15

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    If you are a rat lover, you will love this film
    As a previous owner of fancy rats, I thoroughly enjoyed this accurate recap of the history of rats, and the artists' humorous take on it. Rats are a misunderstood species, given their connection to the plague. I think what the writers were trying to do was to point out to Westerners that our view on rats is based on generations of fear and bad information. It's unfortunate that the tone sounded "stuffy" or "preachy" to the other reviewers - I personally didn't think it did at all. Perhaps people were just not expecting a history lesson.

    Rats make great pets - they are independent like cats, smart and loyal like dogs. It still amazes me when people would come over to my house and be shocked that my rat has the run of the place. And shocked that she comes to me when I call her name. I've had to tell them many of the things that were in this film - now I can just refer them to this film and not have to repeat myself over and over.

    Aside from the content, the animation was great - a mix of CGI and traditional styles. I love the angular look of the traditional segments, which were reminiscent of the style of Chuck Jones.
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    • Dec 3, 2009

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    • Release date
      • November 6, 2007 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Din vän råttan
    • Production companies
      • Walt Disney Pictures
      • Pixar Animation Studios
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    • Runtime
      11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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