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The Secret of NIMH
Why this pick
Like The Brave Little Toaster, it gives a small, vulnerable group an unexpectedly serious journey, balancing handcrafted animation, peril, loyalty, and sincere emotion.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1987 1h 30m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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AdventureAnimationComedyFamilyFantasy
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The Iron Giant
Why this pick
Its retro Americana, tender friendship, and surprisingly weighty feelings echo Toaster’s ability to make an animated adventure feel wistful, funny, and deeply humane.
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The Adventures of Mark Twain
Why this pick
This offbeat stop-motion odyssey shares Toaster’s childlike sense of travel and wonder, while venturing into distinctly eerie, melancholy imagery beneath its playful surface.
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The Chipmunk Adventure
Why this pick
For another distinctly 1980s animated road adventure, this offers an earnest group dynamic, musical buoyancy, and escalating mishaps without losing its warm family-film spirit.
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The Raccoons and the Lost Star
Why this pick
Its modest animation and sincere animal-character adventure have the same cozy, slightly melancholy charm as Toaster, with friendship and persistence driving the journey.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Toaster is the leader of a gang of appliances consisting of a radio, a lamp named "Lampy", a blanket named "Blanky", and a vacuum cleaner named "Kirby" who belong to their "master"; a young boy named Rob. They wait every day at Rob's cottage for his return with an increasing sense of abandonment, which causes Blanky to hallucinate about finally seeing Rob coming back. On the second day of July, the appliances are devastated to learn that a real estate broker is selling the house. Not wanting to accept the fact that the Master would abandon them, Toaster decides that the group should head out and find Rob. The appliances connect a car battery to an office chair pulled by Kirby and set out into the world, following Radio's signal broadcast from the city where Rob has moved to.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Phil Hartman
Air Conditioner / Hanging Lamp (voice)
Deanna Oliver
Toaster (voice)
Thurl Ravenscroft
Kirby (voice)
Judy Toll
Mish-Mash / Two-Face Sewing Machine (voice)
Wayne Kaatz
Rob (The Master) (voice)
Jim Jackman
Plugsy (voice)
Jack Angel
Lamp (voice)
Jon Lovitz
The Radio (voice)