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The Brave Little Toaster

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In this animated film, five sentient household appliances -- Toaster, Blanky, Radio, Lampy and a vacuum cleaner named Kirby -- living in an abandoned cabin have grown lonely. Longing to reunite with their owner, a young man named Rob, the appliances set off on a harrowing trek through the wilderness, surviving as best they can despite limited sources of electricity. Worse yet, when they arrive in the big city they discover they may no longer be useful because of new, modern appliances.
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Steve Warren Bay Area Reporter Dec 13, 2024
Lacking the polish of its bigger-budgeted competition, The Brave Little Toaster has its own kind of charm -- as fits its plot, a celebration of low-tech. Go to Full Review
Rachel Wagner Rachel's Reviews (YouTube) Feb 12, 2019
7/10
I think it really works. Go to Full Review
Rob Humanick Projection Booth Mar 20, 2008
A
Disney can't touch this. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jun 6, 2005
2/5
Jeffrey Westhoff Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) Feb 17, 2005
3/5
Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality & Practice Mar 27, 2004
1/5
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Robert P @Superbad 1 day ago The Brave Little Toaster = a *4* star Movie! See more Steven S @G0dJester Aug 28, 2026 Incredibly dark and disturbing for a children’s movie. Don’t get me wrong this is actually fantastic but there are some moments that would fit seamlessly into a horror film. Beautifully animated with an incredible voice cast and a story that is heartwarming and simultaneously terrifying. Elevated even farther by some fabulous musical numbers this continues to be well worth watching. I’m extremely glad I decided to revisit this and dig into the impact this had on me as a kid. Would Recommend See more Elijah D @M0vieWatxher Aug 23, 2026 I’m turning 15 and I still watch this every year when I go up to my cottage with my family. Absolutely fantastic and is scary for a kids movie which makes it even better. They don’t do stuff like this anymore 😓 Highly recommended watching, and yes, your kids can absolutely watch this despite it being a tab bit scary. People over exaggerate on how "scary it is". See more Kevin P @RT55971421 Jul 20, 2026 A fun prototype to Toy Story that was created by many Pixar founders before they became famous. The movie is full of colorful and expressive animation. The main characters are all very likable with unique little quirks as living everyday household items such as a toaster, a lamp, an electric blanket, a radio, and a vacuum cleaner. The Movie has a solid voice cast. Despite the innocent title, the movie is surprisingly full of a lot of scary imagery, such as a scary clown. The soundtrack is great, with a good balance of quiet atmospheric tracks and some really catchy 80's music (especially the song "Worthless"). The story is very familiar, riding on the Toy Story logic of the living household items journeying trying to find their owner. But the execution is pretty good. The sassy air conditioner is hilarious and his death was genuinely shocking. I loved all of the creative designs for all of the electrical appliances brought to life. Very underrated unofficial Disney movie in my book! See more Sean M. @goofyodeler Jun 21, 2026 Grew up with this movie and molded my childhood. I loved it very much. Especially helped me fall in love with monster trucks. See more rielly W @RT90837018 Jun 14, 2026 Good god this movie is horrifying! Do NOT let your kids watch this under any circumstances! It deals with incredibly dark subject mater, multiple scenes portray suicide, themes of abandonment and for some reason a demon clown that hangs the toaster above the bathtub. They also end up in an appliance repair shop and watch as someone disassembles a blender to take out the motor but scene heavily implies that the technician murders it and mutilats the body The final scene of this movie is horrific. They end up in a junkyard with a sentient magnet crane loading sentient cars into a crusher, while the cars are singing about being worthless. Effectively a car genocide. The movie concludes with the "master" about to go into the crusher and the toaster jumping into the gears of the machine to stop it, Effectively crushing him. This movie should not be on any streaming service as it looks like a harmless kids movie but its incredibly dark and traumatic See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis In this animated film, five sentient household appliances -- Toaster, Blanky, Radio, Lampy and a vacuum cleaner named Kirby -- living in an abandoned cabin have grown lonely. Longing to reunite with their owner, a young man named Rob, the appliances set off on a harrowing trek through the wilderness, surviving as best they can despite limited sources of electricity. Worse yet, when they arrive in the big city they discover they may no longer be useful because of new, modern appliances.
Director
Jerry Rees
Producer
Donald Kushner, Thomas L. Wilhite, Cleve Reinhard
Screenwriter
Jerry Rees, Joe Ranft
Production Co
Hyperion Pictures
Genre
Kids & Family, Fantasy, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Mar 2, 2004
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Surround
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