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Top Cat: The Movie (also known in Spanish as Don Gato y su Pandilla, literally "Top Cat and His Gang") is a 2011 3D Mexican-Argentine flash animated family action comedy film based on the Hanna-Barbera cartoon series, Top Cat, which ran from 1961 to 1962 on ABC in the United States. The film was produced by Ánima Estudios and Illusion Studios and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.[1] Top Cat: The Movie premiered in Mexico in 2D and 3D theaters on September 16, 2011. It was a huge commercial success, earning $43,536,074 pesos on its opening weekend at the domestic box office and became one of the biggest box-office openings in Mexican cinema history.[2]
The English version was released in the United Kingdom on June 1, 2012, distributed by Vertigo Films, in RealD 3D and 2D theaters.[3] It was largely panned from critics, but was a moderate box-office success, grossing £2,824,893, the highest amount for a Mexican production.[4][5] The film had a limited release in the United States on August 2, 2013, starring the voices of Rob Schneider and Danny Trejo.[6][7]
A computer-animated prequel to the film and the series, titled Top Cat Begins,[8] was released on October 30, 2015.[8][9]
Plot
During lunch with Benny, Top Cat spots a female cat walking by them. Excusing himself, Top Cat quickly runs after the female cat, interrupted by Griswald, but soon gets him out of the way and meets up with the female cat, who introduces herself as Trixie. While she finds him amusing, an alley cat isn't her type.
At the alley, Top Cat catches news of the Maharajah of Peekajoo, known for his generosity and his rubies are just what Top Cat needs to impress Trixie. Top Cat and his gang head to the Connity Hall to meet the Maharajah, running into an obnoxious man named Lou Strickland. The gang steal his tickets and get him sent away. While the gang distract Officer Dibble who is the Maharaja's escort, Top Cat makes a bet with the Maharaja and gets out of him a Maharaja Talk 5000 device with many functions, as the Maharaja hasn't any rubies.
The next morning, Officer Dibble is summoned to the police station to work for the Chief's son-in-law Strickland, who is taking over for the retired Chief. Strickland has replaced the staff with robots which he believes are more competent. Top Cat thwarts Strickland's attempt to evict him, preventing Strickland from getting the Mayor's funding for a robot police army. Strickland uses Trixie to keep Top Cat away from the alley while he carries his out his plan. Top Cat returns to the alley getting shunned by his gang, arrested by police and after an unfair trial, convicted to the Dog Jail on charge of stealing money from an orphanage.
With the arrest of Top Cat, Strickland is granted the Mayor's funding and establishes a robot police army and a major scale surveillance camera system which restricts privacy for the city. Meanwhile, Top Cat tries to keep a low profile in dog jail but later becomes popular having turned the jail into a paradise for the convicts. As for Top Cat's gang they are struggling and begin to express their disbelief in him, which Top Cat notices from the one of the security cameras.
Strickland abuses his authority and starts coming up with ridiculous laws to take absurd amounts of money off people for every thing they do, intending to spend it on making himself even more 'handsome'. Tired of Strickland's tyranny, Trixie quits her job, Strickland fires her and turns to Officer Dibble and shows him evidence that a robot Top Cat sent by Strickland robbed the orphanage proving Top Cat's innocence. However, Strickland arrives and reveals his true intentions to Dibble, and that he's not the old chief's son-in-law. Dibble escapes to pass this to Top Cat's gang, but Trixie is captured by the police robots.
After Dibble tells the gang what really happened, they all head for Big Gus to help them break Top Cat out of prison, as he owes Top Cat. Big Gus leads them through an underground passage to the dog jail and leaves. The gang apologises for their doubts about Top Cat. With their cover blown by the dogs knowing they've got cats with them, the gang and Dibble escape through a sewer hole arriving at Strickland's HQ.
The gang infiltrate the building in robot guises finding Strickland has imprisoned everyone in the city and stolen the city's cash. While Dibble distracts Strickland, the gang under the guise of robots make their way to Strickland's control centre, but Top Cat's gang are locked in Strickland's vault having tripped a silent alarm, Top Cat remaining outside. When Strickland arrives, he orders Top Cat to be annihilated by the robots. As a single robot enters, Top Cat realises the whole security system was manufactured by the Maharajah of Pookajee. Top Cat takes out the Maharajah Talk 5000 which presumably controls all robots to get Strickland. In panic, Strickland self-destructs the robot army except the single one, revealed to be Fancy-Fancy still in his robot guise. Everyone imprisoned and Top Cat's gang is released in the self-destruction process. Strickland is rendered helpless and Dibble arrests him and (on Top Cat's suggestion) sentences him to the Dog Jail.
Top Cat and Trixie renew their relationship, Officer Dibble is promoted as the new Chief of Police, the gang enjoy themselves, and finally Griswald asks for a place in Top Cat's gang, which Top Cat accepts.
Cast
| English Name | Spanish Name | Spanish Voice Actors | English Voice Actors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Top Cat | Don Gato | Raúl Anaya | Jason Harris Katz |
| Benny the Ball | Benito B. Bodoque | Jorge Arvizu | TBA |
| Choo Choo | Cucho | Jorge Arvizu | TBA |
| Fancy-Fancy | Panza | Eduardo Garza | TBA |
| Spook | Espanto | Luis Fernando Orozco | TBA |
| Brain | Demóstenes | Jesús Guzmán | TBA |
| Officer Dibble | Oficial Carlitos Matute | Sebastian Llapúr | TBA |
| Lou Strickland | Lucas Buenrostro | Mario Castañeda | TBA |
| Griswald | Rugelio | Ricardo Tejedo | TBA |
| Trixie | Trixie | Rosalba Sotelo | TBA |
| Judge | Juez | Rolando de Castro | |
| Police Chief | Jefe de Policia | Israel Magaña | TBA |
| Mayor | Alcalde | Francisco Colmenero | TBA |
Trivia
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Production
Release
Reception
Prequel
References
- ↑ Calderón, Lucero (September 14, 2011). "Don Gato y su pandilla, más historia para México". Excélsior. Retrieved January 10, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Hecht, John (September 20, 2011). "Mexican Animated Film 'Top Cat' Breaks Record at Box Office". Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
- ↑ "Top Cat: The Movie to hit UK cinemas in 3D, Vertigo films confirms | Metro News". Metro. January 24, 2012. Retrieved December 2, 2013.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ James Young (December 1, 2012). "Mexican animator adds English". Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Eddie Mair. Top Cat the Movie – "there must be something to recommend this film?". Archived from the original on July 6, 2012.
- ↑ "Rob Schneider and Danny Trejo lending their voices for TOP CAT: THE MOVIE | Alien Bee Entertainment News". Alienbee.net (July 14, 2013). Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
- ↑ Lesnick, Silas (May 7, 2013). "Check out a Trailer and Clip from the Animated Top Cat Feature Film". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 de la Fuente, Anna Marie (September 17, 2014). "Anima Brings 'Top Cat Begins' to the Bigscreen". Variety. Retrieved September 18, 2014.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ ""Don Gato 2" se estrenará el 7 de agosto del 2015. Con René Franco". Radioformula.com.mx. Retrieved on February 26, 2015.
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