Totally Spies! The Movie
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Totally Spies! The Movie (also known as Totally Spies! Le Film in France) is a 2009 French animated action
comedy film
produced by Marathon Media
and Studio 37. The film is an adaptation of the Totally Spies! series and reveals the origins of the three secret agents, how they meet and their first mission as members of WOOHP.
In the United States
, it was released on Cartoon Network a year later from the original release date.
After training, they are thrown into their first mission when famous celebrities, like rockstar Rob Hearthrob and animal psychologist Peppy Wolfman, have been mysteriously abducted. This also shows how the girls obtained their differently colored uniforms (thanks to a design suggestion by Clover). They later find that each went through a make over by a mysterious machine called the "Fabulizor", discovered thanks to security footage in Wolfman's office. They later see that everyone at school also had gone through the Fabulizor, having the same look the next day. This is after nearly being blasted by one of Fabu's minions in a fighter jet while being flown back to school and after nearly avoiding Miss Skritch as they sneak back into school. Tailing Mandy that night, they find that all of those who went through the Fabulizor became hypnotized by a special chip in their cheek bones prior to the make over and were abducted to a strange space station out in space. They then meet the mastermind behind the entire affair, Fabu, a runway model who quickly lost fame in five minutes on the runway and was ashamed of not being apart of the crowd during his childhood. The spies accidentally expose themselves and are captured by Fabu's strongest henchmen. He then relates his entire plan, to abduct everyone who went through the Fabulizor and place them inside a special space station which he calls Fabutopia to live out new lives in the posh surroundings, then use a missile to destroy all of Earth, before using his Fabulizor in reverse and give the girls each horrible make overs (Sam gets green skin, Clover grows a unibrow and Alex gets massive pimples). He then sets them to be blasted back to Earth in rockets. But just as he leaves, things get more difficult when Tad meets the girls again while they are still imprisoned and says he will let them fail the mission and stop Fabu himself, taking all the credit and regaining his "favorite agent" status with Jerry.
But after a fight with Fabu, Tad is strapped to the missile bound for Earth. The girls manage to escape and, after fixing the Fabulizor's damage to themselves, go after Fabu. They are unable to stop the missile from taking off but hitch a ride as it is rocketing towards Earth with Tad still attached to it. They are able to turn the missile around to destroy the station, surprising the girls since they had no idea of how to stop it earlier and Alex whacks at the control panel with the WOOHP manual. They then are picked up by a surprise appearance from Jerry in one of WOOHP's ships and rescue the kidnapped people from aboard the station (freeing them of the hypnotic trance by destroying Fabu's signal beacon in his staff) and evacuate safely before the missile explodes and destroys the station in a firework finale. They then chase after Fabu's ship, manage to destroy it and catch Fabu in his escape pod. After the mission, Clover is offered a date by Rob Hearthrob and Alex is invited for a session with Wolfman over the phone. But before that, they later return to school to face punishment from the principal for the "damage" they caused when trying to avoid her earlier on in the movie (thanks to Sam using a laser lip stick to cut an escape hole in the wall earlier). But fortunately, it seems that thanks to WOOHP, they have a new principal, whose name is not revealed, and seemingly does not know about the girls' punishment and gives Sam high praise.
Miss Skritch had been transferred to another school in Siberia
in an igloo, Fabu, his henchmen and Tad are later imprisoned and set for punishment by WOOHP and everyone who was rescued from aboard Fabu's space station have their minds erased (including Mandy). But just after the girls celebrate getting even with Mandy for the last time, courtesy of one of WOOHP's gadgets, they are sucked away to another mission. The girls are quick to bring up personal appointments, but soon find themselves running from a WOOHP jet as it prepares to suck them aboard. But the girls are ready for their mission as they change into their spy uniforms and exclaim their friendship as the movie ends.
On 14 October 2009 the movie hit the Netherlands and stayed there for seven weeks. On 10th March 2010 the movie came out on DVD in the Netherlands.
on 27 February 2010, a week later than the première of the season finale adaptation of its spin-off, The Amazing Spiez!
. Prior to the film version, Disney Channel Asia has made two compilation movies of the TV series. The first one covers the 3rd season finale (Evil Promotion Much? Part 1-3) and the second one covers the 4th season finale (Totally Busted! Part 1-3).
The film was first shown in the US on Cartoon Network on April 25 at 7pm.
Vendetta Films, a new New Zealander film distributing company, has recently confirmed the release date of the Totally Spies: The Movie! DVD. It will be released on 1 April, nothing else has being announced. Vendetta can ship overseas. It was also announced that it will cost $24.99 ZND. Marathon currently has no plans to release it in any North American country other than Mexico.
On 30 March 2010, news was obtained that Cartoon Network have the rights to release the Totally Spies! The Movie in America including the spin-off, The Amazing Spiez!
. To be exact, the song Walk Like an Egyptian
by the Bangles was used in the movie. Gold Guns Girls by Metric
was also used for the End Credits.
Action film
Action film is a film genre where one or more heroes is thrust into a series of challenges that require physical feats, extended fights and frenetic chases...
comedy film
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
produced by Marathon Media
Marathon Media Group
Marathon Media Group is a worldwide French television production company based in Paris that produces shows for all ages: children, teenagers and adults....
and Studio 37. The film is an adaptation of the Totally Spies! series and reveals the origins of the three secret agents, how they meet and their first mission as members of WOOHP.
In the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, it was released on Cartoon Network a year later from the original release date.
Plot
The movie begins with Sam, Alex and Clover starting their new lives in Beverly Hills, CA. As each of them were about to cross paths outside a sushi restaurant, nearby WOOHP agents (including Jerry) purposely cause the giant sushi roll above the entrance to break off and chase after them. The three girls are able to avoid it, save the life of a small pig (which Alex later adopts and names "Oinky") and destroy the sushi roll before it causes any damage. After that, Alex, Sam and Clover introduce themselves and this starts their friendship when they later see each other again at their new school, meet the current principal Miss Skrich and their future rival Mandy. Clover offers her new friends a change of clothes after Mandy sprays them with a smoothie machine, but they find themselves sucked in through a locker and into one of the offices of WOOHP. It's there that they meet Jerry and fellow WOOHP agent Tad. Jerry reveals that WOOHP had been observing the three of them secretly since childhood, showing videos of each girl, and picking them as prime recruits for the organization. However, the girls are quick to reject the invite and refuse to join. However, they later are "forced" into training after each having traumatic experiences that seemingly relate to WOOHP. They agree to go through training and in 48 hours, complete the training.After training, they are thrown into their first mission when famous celebrities, like rockstar Rob Hearthrob and animal psychologist Peppy Wolfman, have been mysteriously abducted. This also shows how the girls obtained their differently colored uniforms (thanks to a design suggestion by Clover). They later find that each went through a make over by a mysterious machine called the "Fabulizor", discovered thanks to security footage in Wolfman's office. They later see that everyone at school also had gone through the Fabulizor, having the same look the next day. This is after nearly being blasted by one of Fabu's minions in a fighter jet while being flown back to school and after nearly avoiding Miss Skritch as they sneak back into school. Tailing Mandy that night, they find that all of those who went through the Fabulizor became hypnotized by a special chip in their cheek bones prior to the make over and were abducted to a strange space station out in space. They then meet the mastermind behind the entire affair, Fabu, a runway model who quickly lost fame in five minutes on the runway and was ashamed of not being apart of the crowd during his childhood. The spies accidentally expose themselves and are captured by Fabu's strongest henchmen. He then relates his entire plan, to abduct everyone who went through the Fabulizor and place them inside a special space station which he calls Fabutopia to live out new lives in the posh surroundings, then use a missile to destroy all of Earth, before using his Fabulizor in reverse and give the girls each horrible make overs (Sam gets green skin, Clover grows a unibrow and Alex gets massive pimples). He then sets them to be blasted back to Earth in rockets. But just as he leaves, things get more difficult when Tad meets the girls again while they are still imprisoned and says he will let them fail the mission and stop Fabu himself, taking all the credit and regaining his "favorite agent" status with Jerry.
But after a fight with Fabu, Tad is strapped to the missile bound for Earth. The girls manage to escape and, after fixing the Fabulizor's damage to themselves, go after Fabu. They are unable to stop the missile from taking off but hitch a ride as it is rocketing towards Earth with Tad still attached to it. They are able to turn the missile around to destroy the station, surprising the girls since they had no idea of how to stop it earlier and Alex whacks at the control panel with the WOOHP manual. They then are picked up by a surprise appearance from Jerry in one of WOOHP's ships and rescue the kidnapped people from aboard the station (freeing them of the hypnotic trance by destroying Fabu's signal beacon in his staff) and evacuate safely before the missile explodes and destroys the station in a firework finale. They then chase after Fabu's ship, manage to destroy it and catch Fabu in his escape pod. After the mission, Clover is offered a date by Rob Hearthrob and Alex is invited for a session with Wolfman over the phone. But before that, they later return to school to face punishment from the principal for the "damage" they caused when trying to avoid her earlier on in the movie (thanks to Sam using a laser lip stick to cut an escape hole in the wall earlier). But fortunately, it seems that thanks to WOOHP, they have a new principal, whose name is not revealed, and seemingly does not know about the girls' punishment and gives Sam high praise.
Miss Skritch had been transferred to another school in Siberia
Siberia
Siberia is an extensive region constituting almost all of Northern Asia. Comprising the central and eastern portion of the Russian Federation, it was part of the Soviet Union from its beginning, as its predecessor states, the Tsardom of Russia and the Russian Empire, conquered it during the 16th...
in an igloo, Fabu, his henchmen and Tad are later imprisoned and set for punishment by WOOHP and everyone who was rescued from aboard Fabu's space station have their minds erased (including Mandy). But just after the girls celebrate getting even with Mandy for the last time, courtesy of one of WOOHP's gadgets, they are sucked away to another mission. The girls are quick to bring up personal appointments, but soon find themselves running from a WOOHP jet as it prepares to suck them aboard. But the girls are ready for their mission as they change into their spy uniforms and exclaim their friendship as the movie ends.
Theatrical
The movie was released in France on 22 July 2009 in 272 theatres.On 14 October 2009 the movie hit the Netherlands and stayed there for seven weeks. On 10th March 2010 the movie came out on DVD in the Netherlands.
Television
The film aired on Disney Channel AsiaDisney Channel Asia
Disney Channel Asia, a franchise of Disney Channel, airs in most parts of Southeast Asia.- Programming :Disney Channel Asia airs a variety of shows, aimed particularly at children and teenagers. Most of the programming is similar to the American counterpart with some shows exclusive to the Asian...
on 27 February 2010, a week later than the première of the season finale adaptation of its spin-off, The Amazing Spiez!
The Amazing Spiez!
The Amazing Spiez! is an animated television series produced by the French company Marathon. It is a spinoff of Totally Spies!.The show had its world premiere on Disney Channel Asia on March 15, 2009. The series premiered on Cartoon Network in the USA on April 26, 2010 at 8:30 am. After...
. Prior to the film version, Disney Channel Asia has made two compilation movies of the TV series. The first one covers the 3rd season finale (Evil Promotion Much? Part 1-3) and the second one covers the 4th season finale (Totally Busted! Part 1-3).
The film was first shown in the US on Cartoon Network on April 25 at 7pm.
DVD release
A DVD of the movie in its original language, French, was released in France on the 3rd of February through Fox Pathe Europa. It topped charts in the French Amazon in the week of its release, and it can currently be purchased there for €14.99 in The Netherlands. The movie came on DVD on the 10th of March.Vendetta Films, a new New Zealander film distributing company, has recently confirmed the release date of the Totally Spies: The Movie! DVD. It will be released on 1 April, nothing else has being announced. Vendetta can ship overseas. It was also announced that it will cost $24.99 ZND. Marathon currently has no plans to release it in any North American country other than Mexico.
On 30 March 2010, news was obtained that Cartoon Network have the rights to release the Totally Spies! The Movie in America including the spin-off, The Amazing Spiez!
Soundtrack
There was also an official soundtrack released in FranceFrance
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. To be exact, the song Walk Like an Egyptian
Walk Like an Egyptian
"Walk Like an Egyptian" is a number-one hit from the album Different Light by The Bangles in 1986.-Origin:Liam Sternberg wrote the song after seeing people on a ferry walking awkwardly to keep their balance, which reminded him of figures in Ancient Egyptian reliefs. The opening lyrics state, "All...
by the Bangles was used in the movie. Gold Guns Girls by Metric
Metric (band)
Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...
was also used for the End Credits.
Box office
The film grossed $571,695 on the first weekend, ranked at number #9 at the French box office with the average of $2102 per theater. The gross was $196,514, $89,106 and $29,083 on the second, third and fourth weekend, the total gross was $1,186,742.Continuity
- This film can be considered the "origin story" of Sam, Alex and Clover, three girls who meet courtesy of WOOHP.
- The movie reveals that Alex, Sam and Clover were all transfer students to Beverly Hills High. Where it is each girl transferred from is unknown. However, Clover does say that when she is looking in a store window, she sees shoes that they didn't have in her old "hood".
- The origins of the girls' uniforms is revealed. All three of them each wore yellow jumpsuits before Clover suggested different ideas for the uniforms. Her rejected ideas included a super hero attire and a uniform similar to the Sailor Senshi of Sailor MoonSailor MoonSailor Moon, known as , is a media franchise created by manga artist Naoko Takeuchi. Fred Patten credits Takeuchi with popularizing the concept of a team of magical girls, and Paul Gravett credits the series with "revitalizing" the magical-girl genre itself...
. It should be noted that Alex's voice in the film, Katie GriffinKatie GriffinKatie Griffin is a Canadian actress, voice actress, and singer. She is most famous for voicing Alex in Totally Spies! and Sailor Mars in Sailor Moon. She is also the voice of Yoko in Team Galaxy and Laugh-a-Lot Bear in Care Bears: Journey to Joke-a-lot and as a plush toy...
, had previously provided the voice of Sailor Mars from Sailor Moon. - Although properly named the Compowder, the gadget shown in the movie uses the X-powder design. It also did gain the ability to instantly change the spies' appearance.
- As this is considered the prequel to the Totally Spies TV series, much of the continuity problems stem from the movie using design elements from the later seasons. For example, Jerry's office was sparse and had a pink crash pad until season three, when the current design (used in the movie) was introduced. The shopping center The Groove was also introduced in later seasons but is shown multiple times in the movie.
- Like the series, the girls are dragged into the WOOHP office through some sort of slapstick style (in this case, being sucked in through a locker).
- Even though Sebastian Saga was the villain of the first episode of the series, named "A Thing for Musicians", Fabu is technically the girls' first enemy.
- Mandy's two following yes-women Caitlin and Dominique appear with Mandy in the movie as well. Though they seem to play no real part in the story other than being Mandy's friends, they are caught with Mandy when Clover gets her revenge towards the ending.
- During a scene when Alex flies a plane, she states that she just got her driver's permit, but during the series, Alex doesn't get her permit until an episode of the first season titled Aliens.