Moshi Monsters Jollywood

Dec 04, 2013 Moshi Monsters, the biggest U.K.-based Internet phenomenon you've probably never heard of, makes the transition from games and merchandise to the big screen in this rainbow-bright adventure.

Moshi Monsters: The Movie is a 2013 British-Koreananimatedmusicalcomedy film directed by Wip Vernooji and Morgan Francis and based on the virtual world of Moshi Monsters, which existed from 2007 until 2019. The film stars Katsuma, Poppet, Diavlo, Luvli, Furi, Zommer, Dr. Strangeglove, Sweet Tooth, Bobbi Singsong, Mr and Mrs Snoodle, Buster Bumplechops, and more monsters along with a load of Moshlings. The film was released to UK and Irish cinemas on 20 December 2013.

The film was later released to China and Korea cinemas on 1 February 2018. Earning $2.9 million worldwide, it was a box office flop.

Despite not seeing a release in North America, it has been broadcast on Starz in May 2019, and is also available on Hulu and Sling TV.^[5][6][7]

Plot[edit]

The film takes place in Monstro City, a peaceful island in the ocean. Monsters Poppet, Katsuma, and Mr. Snoodle are at home. Katsuma starts talking about starring in Roary Scrawl's documentary about Monstro City. The trio goes into town to meet him. In Monstro City, a strange-looking Flumpy escapes with Fifi through the sewers. Poppet, Katsuma, and Mr. Snoodle enter the diner. Roary Scrawl introduces them to Zommer, Furi, Luvli, and Diavlo. He says he wants them all to star in his movie, which angers fame-hungry Katsuma. The news reports the missing Moshling epidemic and says that arch-criminals Dr. Strangeglove and Sweet Tooth are still on the loose. The news cuts to Buster Bumblechops (who broke his leg during his adventures) talking about a mysterious Great Moshling Egg, which is now on display at his museum. Poppet thinks the egg is an addition to the movie, so they go to visit Buster. Dr. Strangeglove is seen spying in the sewers with the strange Flumpy, who turns out to be his sidekick Fishlips. Fifi is put in the Glumping machine. Dr. Strangeglove and Fishlips steal the egg. Later, the six Moshi Monsters, Blinki, and Roary arrive at the museum. Buster wants to show them the egg only to find it's not there. They find out that the egg was replaced by a Glump. In its place is a holographic kit left by Dr. Strangeglove, ordering them to find three items by midnight - fried Oobla Doobla, a Blue Jeeper's tears, and Frosted Rainbow Rox, which together will make the component to hatch the egg.

The monsters decide to go on a quest to retrieve the three artifacts, get the egg and defeat Dr. Strangeglove. The first stop they went to is Gombulagombula Jungle. The Oobla Doobla is in the Wooly Blue Hoodoo Village [that can communicate whistles]. Poppet and Zommer went separate ways, but Katsuma and the others got captured. Poppet and Zommer soon found them. The Wooly Blue Hoodoos challenge them to a game of limbo. Poppet fails but Zommer wins by using his body parts. The monsters end up getting the first artifact.

During the path, the monsters fall into a trap and an underground candy cave and get stuck in hard candy. Sweet Tooth is revealed to be the one who tricked them. While she was distracted Diavlo melts the candy and gets everyone into the carts and they all flee from Sweet Tooth. Diavlo and Luvli escape but they get captured by Dr. Strangeglove, who then kidnaps Zommer. Later, Katsuma, Poppet, Mr. Snoodle, and Furi get to Jollywood. They soon meet Bobby SingSong. Poppet spies a Blue Jeeper, who likes music and are rare, and tries to catch it. Katsuma falls in an accident, causing the keeper to laugh cry, and Poppet catches the tears by using the bottle. Now that Poppet and Katsuma have two artifacts, they try to get help searching for the last piece, but Furi wanders off (as he is captured) and Katsuma, Poppet and Mr. Snoodle are teleported to the cold mountains after being distracted during Bobbi Singsong's kerfuffle.

Poppet and Katsuma begin to climb up the mountain, but Katsuma and Poppet have an argument and Katsuma shouts, causing an avalanche to begin. Before the three monsters can get buried in snow, Katsuma pulls Poppet and Mr. Snoodle into a cave. The snow covers the entrance up. Katsuma says it was all his fault because he ruined everything and caused awful things to happen. Poppet cheers him up by singing the song We Can Do It and they manage to find the Frosted Rainbow Rox. Katsuma, Poppet and Mr. Snoodle go to a wooden hut where Dr. Strangeglove stands in front of them. Soon, they fight over the egg, and Strangeglove escapes but Mr. Snoodle attacks him. Dr. Strangeglove asks Mr. Snoodle if he remembered when deep down he was a good guy. But before Mr. Snoodle can reply, Dr. Strangeglove says that he lied and pushes Mr. Snoodle out of the hut and he falls to his death. Poppet mourns over him and now Katsuma and Poppet are captured.

In Strangeglove's ship, the monsters are now in a cage ready to be killed while Dr. Strangeglove and Fishlips take the ingredients to the egg. Suddenly, Poppet hears a noise and it is revealed that Mr. Snoodle survived the fall. He explains through his trumpeting that he survived by whistling. He landed safely in a balloon and flew back down to the Moshis. Katsuma doesn't know how to open the lock, because he can't whistle but only blows raspberries, but Mr. Snoodle can. They all free the Moshlings and attack the Glumps, defeating Dr. Strangeglove.

When they return to Monstro City, the Moshi Monsters bring the Great Moshling Egg back to the museum, just before it hatches. The creature is revealed to be a Mrs. Snoodle, and Katsuma whistles for the first time. Deep in the jungle, there are more rare eggs waiting to be hatched in the temple at the beginning of the movie. During the first part of the credits, Mr. Snoodle and Mrs. Snoodle do the Snoodle Doodle, and then pictures showing the aftermath of the film are shown on the left side of the screen while an instrumental of We Can Do It plays.

UK Voices[edit]

• Emma Tate as Katsuma and Luvli
• Phillipa Alexander as Poppet
• Ashley Slater as Dr. Strangeglove and Zommer
• Boris Hiestand as Fishlips and Newsreader
• Tom Clarke Hill as Furi and Roary
• Keith Wickham as Buster Bumblechops and Diavlo
• Rajesh David as Bobbi SingSong
• Steve Cleverley as Sweet Tooth

Korean Voices[edit]

• Jeon Tae-Yeol as Katsuma
• So-Young Hong as Poppet
• Hwan Chin Kim as Diavlo
• Ham Soo-Jeong as Luvli
• In-guk Seo as Zommer
• Kang Dong Ho as Furi
• Young Sam On as Dr. Strangeglove
• Sang-Hyun Yoon as Sweet Tooth
• Mi Ja Lee as Mr. Snoodle
• Won Ju as Glumps
• Goo Ja-Hyeong as Roary
• Kim Il as Bobbi SingSong
• Sin Yong-woo as Fishlips
• Jeong-ho Choi as Newsreader
• Won-jang Lee as Buster Bumblechops

DVD release[edit]

Moshi Monsters: The Movie was released on DVD on Monday 14 April 2014 in the UK. It comes with either a Jackson or Mrs Snoodle trading card and a Mrs Snoodle code for online and the Moshi Village app.

Reception[edit]

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Based on 9 reviews, the film has a 67% rating on aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with an average rating of 5.1/10.^[2] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian claimed that 'fans of the online game Moshi Monsters may find the film version an incredibly annoying and baffling bore.' English critic Mark Kermode gave the film 1 star, believing it may entertain very young children, but 'will leave adults bored, stupefied, revolted and appalled'.^[8] Despite the disparate reception from critics, the film has been disliked by audiences, garnering a 3.2 rating on IMDb.^[3]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abWolfe, Jennifer (20 August 2013). 'Mind Candy Confirms First Ever Moshi Monsters Movie'. Animation World Network. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
2. ^ ^abhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/moshi_monsters_the_movie/
3. ^ ^ab'Moshi Monsters: The Movie (2013)'. IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
4. ^'Moshi Monsters: The Movie'. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
5. ^'STARZ - Exclusive Originals, Hit Movies'. Starz.com. Retrieved 16 May 2019.
6. ^'Watch Moshi Monsters: The Movie Streaming Online | Hulu (Free Trial)'. www.hulu.com. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
7. ^watch.sling.comhttps://watch.sling.com/browse/my-tv/details/program/fa39f45d6bd149bc94fe954f1e38daef. Retrieved 29 February 2020.Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. ^https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/dec/22/moshi-monsters-the-movie-review

External links[edit]

• Moshi Monsters: The Movie on IMDb

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/MoshiMonsters

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Go To

While Moshi Monsters aren't as scary as some other monsters, the site is not without scary moments.

• In the 'Welcome to Jollywood' mission, when Big Cheif Tiny Head captures your monster, Bobbi Singsong and Dr C Fingz, the ceiling starts to lower while you're still inside. Made even worse by the fact that spikes are on the ceiling. Luckily, Elder Furi shows up and saves the day.
• C.L.O.N.C. can be pretty creepy. They often kidnap Moshlings and either enslave them or turn them into Glumps, which alters their appearance, intelligence and mindset.
• This Paranoia Fuel line from 'The Doctor Will See You Now'
  Dr Strangeglove: 'So peek outside your window and check behind the door. Is Dr Strangeglove lurking or has he called before?'
• 'Super Weapon Showdown' and 'Cosmic Countdown' are both pretty creepy. They involve a Doomsday device that's set to destroy the world. They never outright say it but it could kill everybody if it worked. Thankfully, C.L.O.N.C. never wins.
• The final mission in 'Moshis vs Ghosts' features the ghost of Strangeglove's missing hand.
• The description for Dearly Departed Nibblies say that they eat other Moshlings. Yikes!
  • Speaking of Moshlings being eaten, there's Oddie, who apparently has to spend his life avoiding getting eaten. Also yikes!
  • During the Twistmas song, a Psycho Ginger Boy is seen being shaken upside-down with a bite out of his forehead. He's also frowning.
• At the end of 'Super Weapon Showdown', Elder Furi's fate is left ambiguous as for all the player knows, he was blown up along with the Fiery Castle. Luckily, he shows up in Season Two.
• The fact that two C.L.O.N.C. labs exist behind the Underground Disco, as evidenced in 'Pop Goes the Boo Boo'.
• Some Katsumas will if left unattended, first look to their left and right, then stare straight at the screen in a way that makes their head look bigger, which can be an effective Jump Scare.
• The Hatekeeper. He's like the Gatekeeper but he looks and sounds even more intimidating and he's evil.
• The Hoodoo Stew you buy at a store has a skull and bones in it and the description says 'No Hoodoos were harmed in the making of this stew—we hope!'. Are they implying that a Hoodoo may have fallen into the stew and died?
• The Foot Chair says 'Now made with real feet'. Umm, where would you get real feet from?
• The Fiery Castle. It is an ominous-looking red and black castle situated in an area that has black rocks, no plants, fire popping out at random places, and lacks the sillier aspects of the rest of the world Moshi Monsters is set in. It is also guarded by the Hatekeeper, the Gatekeeper's evil cousin. There's also lava everywhere. It's seeping through several holes in the roof, one of which is pactched up by a sticking plaster. They enslave Moshlings there and you have to be quick to dodge a security camera that's shaped like an eye or else an alarm sounds. Of course, there's lava at The Volcano too but that's ruled by Elder Furi, who's the Big Good and has powerful magic. C.L.O.N.C., however, have no remorse, especially not for Super Moshis...
• The Gatekeeper's loud, slow, booming voice and his mouth that doesn't move sideways could be scary on first glance. However, there's a bit of Nightmare Retardant in the fact that he's Elder Furi's assistant and actually quite virtuous.
• That spice from 'Welcome to Jollywood'. It can turn your skin red if you eat it. Like, completely red. Like a strawberry. That's not natural.
• Bubba the Bouncer's voice in 'Moptop Mischief'. It's a slow, gravelly monotone that just repeats 'berb' over and over. That combined with his stern personality and frown can make him seem creepy.
• Frau Nau Brownkau can be quite creepy. She has a stern voice, intimidating muscly looks, never smiles or laughs and she's willing to abuse Moshlings for her own use.
• While otherwise a silly mission, Candy Catastrophe has the main villain hypnotise the miners against their will into poisoning candy, which manages to get sold and make monsters sick.
• One of the Jelly Fuzzes on Gift Island is a shovel-worker named Elwood. He is very clumsy, which is normally Played for Laughs, but on his profile, it says that he gets concussed on the regular, which leads to short-term memory loss. Brain injuries on a kids' site! Yikes!
  • Speaking of background characters, there's also Skeeter Rydell, a postie. He is apparently on the lookout for a wife and seven children, but still hasn't found them. Imagine being married and having children and they've been missing for more than a week and you have no idea where they are!

• The scene where the monsters are locked in a dungeon and on a Conveyor Belt o' Doom headed towards a furnace. Luckily, they escape.
• When the Hoodoos throw the Moshlings into the soup. Especially how Katsuma says, 'They're having us for dinner', hinting at Sapient Eat Sapient.
• A minor one, but at one point, Poppet asks Zommer if he's still 'on' the Wobble-ade. Does that mean he's The Alcoholic?
• The scene on Sillimanjaro just before the We Can Do It song is this and Tear Jerker. The nightmare fuel comes from the fact that Blinki and Mr Snoodle sort of have hypothermia (Blinki's frozen and Mr Snoodle has turned blue). While this in itself might not be very scary, Poppet says that Blinki needs defrosting 'fast' and Mr Snoodle 'might not make it'. Jeepers, is she implying they might have died?

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