GoAnimate: The Movie

GoAnimate: The Movie is a 2006 animated action-adventure fantasy comedy film based on the website GoAnimate, founded by Alvin Hung; and directed by Brian Sharp. GoAnimate Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation produced this film.

The film centers on how PC Guy takes a toy he wants from Walmart without paying for it. Eric and Victor try to take the toy away from him so he can get prosecuted, while PC Guy tries to stop them and restore his reputation. However, someone evil, that is Mr. Keebler, the man who had to destroy Eric, PC Guy, and the rest of the cartoons. Now, Eric is the one who could stop him from taking over the entire balance of the world.

Produced by GoAnimate Studios and Twentieth Century Fox Animation, Twentieth Century Fox released the film on July 28, 2006. The film received mixed reviews from critics and GoAnimators (animators that use GoAnimate) and grossed $613 million against its $23 million budget making it a box office success. It became the second highest grossing animated film of 2006, behind another animated Fox film, Ice Age: The Meltdown.

A sequel, titled GoAnimate The Movie 2: Eric Out Of The City, has been set for a 2015 or 2016 release. The film was intended to be an improvement to the first film. At the same time, a threequel, titled GoAnimate: Call Of Duty, was being planned until it was cancelled with the second film. Both films have been reinstated when Wesley Vianan announced the release dates for them.

Plot
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Production
Production lasted for 15 weeks (began in 2004). There was some trouble behind the scenes, information is shown below:
 * Eric Nagler was originally supposed to voice not just Eric, but also Victor and PC Guy, but the casting director realized that would confuse the viewer if they would watch it with audio only, so they were given their own distinct voices, with Carlos Alazraqui as Victor and Brian Sharp as PC Guy.
 * It was not intended for the Sing-Along Songs with Simon segment to be in this film, as it was just going to be another music video to promote the film, but it was put into the film by accident, and Caleb Elbourn (the editor) had little time to fix it, so it ended up in the final cut.
 * [Cook|Warren Cook] was supposed to play a huge role in the film, being Mr, Keebler's sidekick, but then Rigge Diamond thought the real Warren Cook would be very upset over the character should he see it, so he was replaced by another character, Rentro, which explains why he is voiced by Brian Sharp (who also voiced Cook), the only line he said they changed was "No do it yourself, I have just had enough of you. I'm just going to go home, and make VHS Openings, Real, not Fake." They removed the VHS openings line so no one would think he was Warren Cook in disguise.
 * There was originally a character named One-Eyed Pete who would be the real main antagonist, he would be a rival to Eric and Victor, but he was removed because of Sharp's parents thinking he was too scary for the kiddies.
 * Stick Guy was originally going to sing "I'm the Map" from Dora the Explorer, but it was changed to "Here's the Mail" from Blue's Clues before animation started.

Release
Twentieth Century Fox released the film in theaters on July 28, 2006, and on YouTube on August 30, 2013. The film version is increasingly hard to find, nowadays.

Marketing
Burger King promoted the film with a set of 8 kids meal toys featuring the characters from the film.

Baskin-Robbins promoted the film with it's new GoAnimate EXTREME Sundae that comprises of crushed Hershey's chocolate, hot fudge, crushed chocolate cookies, whipped cream, squiggly gummy worms, and chocolate syrup.

A large marketing campaign backed the film with toys, books, games, clothes, and many other items becoming available throughout 2006.

Trailers

 * The announcement trailer was released on March 11, 2005 and was later shown in theaters with other films such as Robots, Ice Princess, TJ's World: The Movie, Madagascar, Wondercolts, M.I.S.S.I.O.N., Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Valiant, Corpse Bride and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit.
 * The film's Bunny trailers were released on November 4, 2005, and were later released with Chicken Little, Zathura: A Space Adventure, Metro Cone, Yours, Mine, & Ours, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Marcus Troy and the Kingdom of the Crown, and Hoodwinked!.
 * The official trailer was released on February 10, 2006, and was shown with Curious George, Doogal, Aquamarine, The Shaggy Dog, Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, The Wild, Over the Hedge, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cars, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Nacho Libre, Puppet Pals, BJ & Wally, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, High School Whenever 2, and Monster House.
 * TV spots began to air between June 22 and August 11, 2006.

Home media
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment released the film on DVD and VHS on December 12, 2006, the VHS is one of the last releases by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment on such a format.