My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime (commonly referred to as just Escape from Cluster Prime) is a 2005 American 2D/3D animated science-fiction adventure crossover film based on the Nickelodeon animated television series My Life as a Teenage Robot. The film was directed and co-produced by Rob Renzetti. It features the series' regular voice cast consisting of Janice Kawaye, Candi Milo, Chad Doreck, Audrey Wasilewski, Quinton Flynn, Moira Quirk, Cree Summer, Eartha Kitt and Thora Birch, and guest stars Gilbert Gottfried, Willem Dafoe, Nicolas Cage, Annabella Sciorra, Mark Strong, Brendan Fraser, Alyson Hannigan, Emma Thompson, Amber Benson and David Tennant voicing new characters.
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime premiered at Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando, Florida on August 5, 2005, and was released theatrically in North America the following week by Paramount Pictures, with Universal Pictures handling international distribution. It received generally positive reviews and grossed $97.2 million worldwide on a $54 million budget. Despite turning a profit, its box office take was lower than expected and was below Nickelodeon's expectations. However, it would end up seeing better success on its international side of the box office and its home media release (in the US and IN) and was nominated for a number of awards, including five Annie Awards as well as a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 78th Academy Awards, losing to DreamWorks and Aardman's Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
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Synopsis[]
Scorned by Tremorton after ruining the town's 300th anniversary celebration during a fight with Vexus, Jenny gets fed up with being unappreciated by humans and soon finds herself in Cluster Prime, the capital of Vexus' empire. She finally gets a chance to live with other robots like her, but soon discovers there's more to Cluster Prime than meets the eye.
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- Janice Kawaye - Jenny, Baby
- Ewan McGregor
- Robin Williams
- Chad Doreck - Brad, Drab, French Citizen, Chubby Guy, Drone#2
- Candi Milo - Mrs. Wakeman, Little Boy, Robot Teacher, Kid#1
- Audrey Wasilewski - Tuck, Citizen#1, Phone Booth Robot
- Quinton Flynn - Sheldon, Shell, Don Prima, Plumber, Drone#1
- Eartha Kitt - Vexus
- Thora Birch - Vega
- Steven Jay Blum - Smytus, Teacher, Used Car Salesman, Port-A-Lod, Robot
- Jim Ward - Tuff, Bike Guy, Guard#2, Krackus, Snarus, Guard#3
- Billy West - Razinsky, Guard#1, Professor, Pizza Guy, Car, Vacubot
- Moira Quirk - Brit, Woman#1, Nurse
- Cree Summer - Tiff, Girl
- Janice Kawaye
- Ewan McGregor
- Robin Williams
- Candi Milo
- Chad Doreck
- Audrey Wasilewski
- Quinton Flynn
- Moira Quirk
- Cree Summer
- Eartha Kitt
- Thora Birch
- Gilbert Gottfried
- Willem Dafoe
- Nicolas Cage
- Annabella Sciorra
- Mark Strong
- Brendan Fraser
- Alyson Hannigan
- Emma Thompson
- Amber Benson
- David Tennant
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Paramount and Universal Pictures collaborated in distributing the film; Paramount released the film in the United States, while Universal distributed the film internationally.
My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime premiered on August 5, 2005, at Nickelodeon Family Suites in Orlando, Florida. It was released in the United States on August 12, 2005. The film's theatrical release was accompanied by an original short film, Sparkles & Gloom (in North America) while internationally, it was accompanied by the 1952 Woody Woodpecker cartoon, Termites from Mars.
The film was released on VHS and DVD on December 14, 2005, in wide-screen and full-screen editions, by Paramount Home Entertainment. The VHS release is known for being the last animated film by Nickelodeon Movies to be released on the platform. The DVD release consists of widescreen and pan and scan fullscreen versions and is THX certified, The DVD also features a bunch of special features like the audio commentary by the directors, a behind the scenes documentary, deleted scenes, an artwork gallery, concept art, supplement details about the film’s development and it uses an optional DTS 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1 tracks as well, which the latter is THX certified.
Paramount re-released the film for the first time on Blu-ray in North America on October 12, 2010. It was later released on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray on August 11, 2020, for its 15th anniversary.
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Trivia[]
- In the international prints, the Paramount Pictures logo in the intro is swapped out for Universal's logo.
- This is Vega's first and only appearance in the entire series along with Drab, Shell and Tuff.
- Smytus' army somewhat resemble insectoid versions of the Stormtroopers from Star Wars, though they're influenced more on the battle droids from Episodes I-III.
- One of the Cluster Prime billboards has a silhouette that resembles that of Mickey Mouse, this is likely a nod to the fact that most of the film's animators formerly worked for Walt Disney Feature Animation.
- One of the background robots has an A113 plate on it's chest.
- The man using the telephone booth during the start of the Cluster's invasion was the dynamite salesman from The Great Unwashed, the only difference is that he has blonde hair and mustache were as before he had black.
- The old rainbow colored Apple logo makes a cameo appearance on the last food tray on the canvader belt when Jenny blended in on one of the others.
- The scene in which Sheldon and Ms. Wakeman are arguing, "You got your time capsule in my quantum difibulator." "Oh, yeah? Well you got your quantum difibulator in my time capsule." is a reference to the classic commercial for Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
- When Jenny is drinking oil with the robot versions of her friends, she comically utters the line, "Could have had a V8."
- When Jenny's identity is revealed on Cluster Prime, a robot points at her and lets out a loud distorted shriek. This is a reference to the 1978 film, Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
- The famous Robby the Robot from movies and shows like Forbidden Planet makes a cameo when Jenny is in the scrapyard.
- Cluster Prime bears a resemblance to Cybertron from the Transformers franchise.
- During pre-production, the scene in which Jenny is being sucked into the teleporter was originally in a different way, as seen from it's storyboard it shows Jenny holding on directly on top of the teleporter about to suck her in, it is unknown why the scene was scraped away.
- Also, as seen on the pre-production storyboard, the original working title for the film was going to be called "Prime Time" and was then officially changed to better fit the tone of the story and to avoid confusion with another project Unreal: A Gametoons Movie.
- Though the name is never heard of from any of the robots of Cluster Prime, Jenny is known as "Cluster Girl" in her disguise as officially for this production.
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