The Jungle Movie
Arnold's class wins a trip to the country of San Lorenzo, where he plans to look for his long-lost parents,
unaware of who is really sponsoring the trip...and why he needs Arnold
Based on the series "Hey Arnold!" created by Craig Bartlett
Written by Craig Bartlett, Joe Purdy, Laura Sreebny, Justin Charlebois
Co-Director: Stu Livingston
Art Director: Jerry Richardson
Directed by Raymie Muzquiz
Storyboard Artists: Miyuki Hoshikawa, Kahee Lim, Steve Lowtwait, Rufino Roy Camacho II, Abby Davies, Jessie Wong
Since this episode was made 15 years after "The Journal," quite a few cast changes have been made, so the
cast is separated into new voices, returning voices, and miscellaneous characters.
New voices:
- Arnold - Mason Vale Cotton
- Gerald - Benjamin "Li'l P-Nut" Flores, Jr.
- Stinky - Jet Jurgensmeyer
- Eugene - Gavin Lewis
- Nadine - Laya Hayes
- Sid - Aiden Lewandowski
- Curly - Nicolas Cantu
- Oskar, Mr. Hyunh, homeless man - Wally Wingert (note Steve Viksten (the original Oskar) died in 2014)
- Pigeon Man - Stephen Stanton (note Vincent Schiavelli died in 2005)
Original voices:
- Helga - Francesca Marie Smith
- Phoebe, newswoman - Anndi McAfee
- Rhonda - Olivia Hack
- Harold - Justin Shenkarow
- Brainy, Miles, Monkeyman, Abner - Craig Bartlett (although Andy Dick was the original Monkeyman)
- Stella - Antoinette Stella
- Grandpa - Dan Castellaneta
- Grandma, homeless woman - Tress MacNeille
- Big Bob, homeless man, flunky guard - Maurice LaMarche
- Miriam - Kath E. Soucie
- Mr. Simmons - Dan Butler
- Ernie - Dom Irrera
- Eduardo - Carlos Alazraqui
- Big Patty - Danielle Judovits
- Stoop Kid - Danny Cooksey
- Olga - Nika Futterman
- Coach Wittenberg - James Belushi
- Rick Corso - Dino Spumoni
New characters:
- La Sombra - Alfred Molina (actually, La Sombra did have a speaking part in "The Journal," but was uncredited)
- Che, guard, crewman, pirate - Toran Caudell (credited as Lane Toran)
- Paulo, pirate - Jamil Walker Smith
- girl queen (leader of the green-eyed people) - Hope Levy
- Somebody said "died"! For that matter, people actually died - one on screen (the one killed by the arrow trap), no less!
Two pre-teens were shown kissing on the lips! No wonder it was rated TV-PG. Still, there's probably a mother or two on the
phone to Nickelodeon complaining about it.
- Oskar, Ernie, and Mr. Hyunh are at the table eating breakfast, but Suzie isn't in the episode at all; she's not even mentioned.
Did she finally have enough of Oskar and decided to leave?
- Phoebe points out that beepers are outdated, yet the first "smart phone" wasn't invented until 2007. The Simpsons has similar problems
with continuity trying to keep up with real time.
- Actually, beepers still have a use; they are used by restaurants to let customers know that their orders are ready.
- Most schools make it a point not to give a student the same teacher for two different grades in elementary school.
However, Arnold had Mr. Simmons for both fourth and fifth grade. (He was in fifth grade at the start, as it is mentioned
that he is in sixth grade at the end.) This is not the first time this happened; on The Andy Griffith Show, Opie had Miss
Crump as his teacher two years in a row.
- In the series, each class had 16 students, but this one has 12; Arnold, Gerald, Harold, Sid, Stinky, Curly, Eugene, Brainy,
Helga, Phoebe, Rhonda, and Nadine. Note that Sheena and Lila are on the roof when they show the video, but neither is on the trip
(and neither has any lines).
- The class flew on Tuck Air - Tuck Tucker was a longtime director for the show, and was the storyboard supervisor for "The Journal."
- Another inside joke: Helga's "security cameras" being used as the excuse for including the clips from earlier shows,
similar to Gerald's "Neither did I!" response to Arnold's "I didn't know you were Jewish" in the first movie.
- Ernie, Oskar, and Mr. Hyunh say the same things to Grandpa in both breakfast scenes.
- Arnold and Gerald's handshake changes - sometimes, they just "bump fists" when they touch thumbs, but in one scene, they hold each other's hand.
- San Lorenzo is in what is actually part of Guatemala, on the southern border of Belize.
- Er, how did La Sombra survive the first fall - and how did he climb up the cliff to reach the rope?
- How did La Sombra and Arnold get back over the "false floor" trap? Isn't the rope on the other side?
- Doesn't Big Bob's Beepers sell cellphones? (Wasn't Miriam involved in getting some sort of deal in "The Beeper Queen"?)
- For the record: Arnold signs his passport right-handed.
- Although it was widely rumored, and Craig Bartlett may have even said it at one point, this is the first time Arnold's last name is revealed.
He pronounces his name "Short-min" (rather than "Short-man" like Grandpa calls him), and his passport does not list a middle name.
- Okay, I'll ask: how did Phoebe's beeper signal manage to work on every one of Big Bob's beepers (a beeper is like a cellphone - it has a particular number assigned to it),
and even if it did, why wouldn't it have sent the same message to every other beeper in the western hemisphere? (Wait, don't tell me, let me guess: "What other beepers?")
- Apparently, there are two entirely different dishes called "Toad in the Hole"; the "traditional" one, made with sausages,
and the one shown in the movie, although this one has quite a few names.
- Two of La Sombra's crew seemed to know exactly what Arnold and Gerald would be doing, as if they were Arnold and Gerald themselves.
Oh, wait - they were; Che was voiced by Toran Caudell (credited as Lane Toran), and Paulo by Jamil Walker Smith.
- In "The Journal," is La Corazon gold? And aren't you not supposed to look directly at it? ("They say it's too sacred")
- Before the trip, Gerald is seen reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, which is also about someone going into the jungle
looking for someone else, although the story is set in Africa. (The setting was moved to Vietnam during the war there and made
into the movie Apocalypse Now.) Harold's line "The horror! The horror!" in the Season 1 episode "Helga's Makeover" is
from that book.
- There are some reports that Ernie Hudson (one of the original Ghostbusters) was going to voice Harvey the Mailman, but
Harvey has no lines in the final movie.
- "Oh well - if he made scenes that were cut, maybe they'll be included in the DVD. Oh, wait, this is Nickelodeon we're talking about..."
True to form, not only are there no "extras" (if you don't count previews of other shows/movies) on the DVD (and note there is no
Blu-Ray version, either), but there aren't even any chapter stops; you can go directly either to the start of the movie, or the end
(which then brings up the main menu, with its one option - "Play Movie"), but you have to fast forward/reverse to find anything else.
Credits:
Created by Craig Bartlett
Voice Director - Craig Bartlett
Additional Voice Direction - Raymie Muzquiz
Production Manager - Jessica Dalton-Claffey
Production Coordinator - Dan Koskie
Script Coordinator - Christie Insley
Production Assistants - Chelsea Jauregui; Kevin Lam
Story Consultants - Michelle Lamoreaux; Greg Worswick; Jack Ferraiolo
Animatic Editors- Erik Petraitis; Zach Smythe
Casting - Gene Vassilaros, CSA; Shiondre Austin, CSA
Casting Coordinator - Roxanne Escatel
Original Series Casting by Joey Paul Jensen, CSA
Character Designers - Nath Milburn; Steven Russell Wells
Background Designers - Randol Eagles; Jonathan Renoni
Background Intern - Daniella Rosu-Ortiz
Background Painters - Thomas Borowski; Jill Daniels; Bridget Ore
Prop Designer - Tyler William Gentry
Color Stylist - Grace Babineau
Effects Designer - Joseph Mildenburger
Directior of Audio Production / Recording Engineer - Justin Brinsfield
Recording Engineer - Matt Corey
2nd Recording Engineer - Manny Grijalua
Dialogue Editor - Jonathan Hylander
Animation Production Services - Saerom Animation Inc.
Animation Producer - Youngmee Kim
Director, Post-Production - Oliver Pearce
Post-Production Supervisor - Molly Minus
Supervising Picture Editor - Chris Hink
Assistant Picture Editor - Rick Dominicus
Nick Digital CG Animation, Directors - Christian Evans; Pablo Smith
Nick Digital CG Animation, Digital Animators - Tyler Mele; Ilana Schwartz; Jessica von Medicus; Andrea Tomboy er, Yomtob
Production Manager for Nick Digital - Jennifer Gay
Track Recording Services - Slightly Off Track, Inc.
Production Interns - Evan Eley; Peter Egan; Luke Diehl
For Dialogue Recorded At Salami Studios - Jonathan Abelardo; Thomas Maydeck; Mark Mercado; Nico Garofolo
Art Dialogue Mixers - Sean Jacobson; Samuel Porcaro
Post-Production Sound Services Provided by Sabre Media Studios / Hacienda Post
Post Sound Supervisor & Re-Recording Mixer - Timothy J. Borquez
Re-Recording Mixer - Nick Gotten
Foley Crew - Dewey, Noelle, Mickey, and Hughie (oops-wrong Foley Crew) Diane Greco; Bobby Crew
Post-Production Telecine Services - Roundabout Entertainment, Inc.
Telecine Colorist - Dan Hermelin
Digital Intermediate Producer - Crystal Angel
VP, Animation Technology - Eric Swanborg
Digital Operations - Kimberly Madore; Mardine J. Pouryousef
Machine Room - C.J. Kinyon; Gregory Mitchell
Archives and Library - Anna Martino, Senior Manager; Ryan McFadden, Collections and Outreach Coordinator; Jean Paul Fernandez; Michael Pazmino; Kevin Iwaki
Senior VP of Production - David J. Steinberg
VP of Animation Production - Andrew Huebner
Senior VP of Original Movies - Michael Sammaciccia
Executive in Charge for Production - Stephanie Bang
In Loving Memory:
Steve Viksten (writer / Oskar)
Vincent Schiavelli (Pigeon Man)
Kevin Iwaki (archives coordinator)
(what, no love for, say, Lou Rawls (Harvey the Mailman)?)
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