#cg! Larry

[wolfy-star1401]

Some agere fanfic Prompts Part 2 :

The amazing world of Gumball :

After another failed trap attempt for this nemesis, Rob regressed in front of gumball & darwin

Gumball & darwin coming across some childhood stuff which makes them a bit nostalgic resulting them unknowingly regressing

Little! Rob woke up from a nightmare {from his time at the void}, fortunately mr. Small is there to help

Anais plays with little! Gumball & pup! Darwin

Little! Rob‘s first outdoor outing while little {Larry & Mr. Small are reassuring him}

The tale of Despereaux {the movie adaptation} :

Little! Roscuro playing make believe

Despereaux seeing Roscuro regressed

Botticelli trying to bond with the younger one

{Human/Modern AU} after hearing about an knight game, Roscuro decided to try it out himself, but unfortunately it scares him so much that he ending up regressed

Barbie in the nutcracker :

Y/N got hurt in training, so the mouse king comes to check on them

The mouse king regressing after an angry outburst, tries to calm himself down

The Mouse king leaving pimm in charge of Y/N while he’s dealing with his duties

After an outburst Little! Mouse king ties to calming himself down in his room

Pimm’s looking after The little! Mouse king, but the little rascal really likes to driving the bat insane

@sw124 @i-ate-your-children @i-love-the-little-things @dragon-queen21 @babyspace-sfw @beautifulcrownmusic @nottapossum

[buttercupagere]

larry dimmick as a caregiver <3

"alright, pal. you've been so brave today. now you can just relax, okay? yeah. all i want you to do is relax. we can sit on the couch, or we can sit in bed, or we can sit on the floor, what do you want? the bed? sounds good to me. let's go rest in bed, i can tuck you in all nice and tight, and we can just lie back and be cozy. it's okay to be scared. you can go ahead and be scared, because you know what? you're tough, and you can make it through anything. i've got ya."

requested by the lovely anon who told me to make whatever i wanted :)

ouuughhh,, larry would be such a good cg. if you just listen to his dialogue with freddy, ignoring the context of course... "who's a tough guy? who's a tough guy? you're a tough guy... you're a real tough guy. just hold on, buddy boy. look. we're in the warehouse. we made it. we have made it. .... you go ahead and be scared. you've been brave enough for one day. i just want you to relax now, okay?"

i mean, come on!!!?!?! he's so kind and comforting. wagh,...,,,.,

[tgcg]

ill break your shit adam

warning for adult lang

fuck you adam sandler

youre lucky karkat likes you

stupid fuck sees an amnesiac girl

and asks her can i marry you

that lady got issues mentally

you still down to do shit anally

deplorable zit on the ass of romanza

karkat told me to put that shit in this stanza

do raps even count as having stanzas

slam poetry tyke at preschool im no manza

youd probably jack it to a log with holes if they were wet ones

sitting on that stupid dock with her papa cracking cold ones

piece of shit id push you off that dock and watch you bubbling

kick your ass like her shitty bro failed when you were troubling

penguins dont quack like fucking ducks you dumbass

thats not part of the rap i just think that youre a dumbass

back to the rap sandler i bet you couldnt drop a single bar

too busy picking up stupid women at the stupid women bar

who even let you into hawaii

also did i say karkat liked you i was kidding he wants to kick your heinie

seriously watching that shit again made him start slamming his head into the cushions and screaming i had to pry them out his hands and he almost bit me

sorry i forgot i was rapping again

piece of shit forgot that you can like women while dating other men

still not over that chuck and larry shit adam

if you just said to the gov you were bi you coulda had em

firefighter of the year? well try putting out this heat

karkats gonna beat your ass like you do every night to your meat

gotta ask is this shit wish fulfilment for you

gotta say larry deserved better than you

i could treat him way better than you not in a gay way though

i just mean youre a massive sleaze basically the worlds shittiest bro

back to 50 first dates man sandler your shit is a bore

the stupid bits with schneider got my ass addicted to snore

if i was that stupid walrus id tear your ass to shreds

if i was that penguin i would also tear your ass to shreds

itd be harder but id still do it

bro fuck adam sandler im through it

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TT: Wow. Bravo, Dave. You've outdone yourself.

TG: i wrote this one exceptionally fucking terrible to represent my inner darkness

TG: i can never unwatch those cinematic fossilized turds theyre like time capsules devoted to everything wrong with america

TG: you dont even understand how egregious that was

TT: I can sense the utter malaise and contempt in every word. It's beautiful.

TT: One particularly interesting point I'd like to make is the fact that you managed to refer to butts in a song about a male target, 10 times in the span of 37 lines. It's not an exorbitant amount, but it appears to be a running theme in your works. Very interesting, if you ask me --

TG: nooooo

TG: nope no

TG: not this shit again

TG: listen one of them is karkats fault

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CG: ROSE, YOU JUST DON'T FUCKING UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S DOING HERE AT ALL.

TT: No? Please, enlighten me Karkat.

CG: GLADLY.

CG: HE STARTS OUT WITH THE FRIGGIN WORD "ANAL" PRECEDING ALL OF THE OTHER MENTIONS, OF COURSE IT'S ON PURPOSE. IT INSTILLS THAT IMAGERY IN YOUR NUGBONE THROUGHOUT THE TRACK.

CG: AND YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A RECURRING USE OF THE WORD "SHIT", IN TANDEM. BOG-STANDARD FOR DAVE, RIGHT? NO! IT'S PART OF THE EFFECT!

CG: MY THESIS: ADAM SANDLER MOVIES ARE PIECES OF ABSOLUTE SHIT AND THE REFERENCES TO WORDS LIKE "LOG" AND "SHIT" AND "ASS" ARE TO INVOKE THE SENSE OF TAKING A MASSIVE DUMP THROUGHOUT THE SPAN OF THE RAP, WHICH BY ALL MEANS WOULD BE AN EQUAL OR GREATER USE OF YOUR TIME THAN WATCHING THOSE MOVIES.

CG: RIGHT, DAVE?

TG: … yeah

TT: Okay, I'm willing to concede to that. On this subject matter, as an avid terrible movie enjoyer, you admittedly know better than myself.

CG: SHOULD KNOW BETTER.

TT: And you love them anyways.

CG: YEAH.

TG: hes right

TG: you hear that shit hes right

TG: fuck death of the author im verifying that interpretation

[ouppy-dog]

thinking about little!Adam and cg!Lawrence... Adam regresses to ages 6-8 and he's the most chaotic and rambunctious kid ever. Larry has to be watching him at all times so he doesn't end up breaking something

[littlebabyself]

heey! could you write something with cg!sal fisher pls??

Sally face caregiver headcannons!

HII!! Ya!! I’d love to :] 🫶🫶

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hey btw, I see Sal and the area he lives in as very Midwest emo, small town USA core. so you’ll def see hints of that

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• unironically says “rad”

• lets Larry babysit ofc ofc

• very chill, maybe a lil too chill

• very protective at times

• he loves to paint his littles nails

• chronic hanger of drawings on the fridge

•makes up songs to get his little to do things like shower, sleep, brush teeth, ext.

• prefers quiet over loudness

• loves to watch old 90’s cartoons with his little

• he loves to take his little out and walk around town with them, Larry joins sometimes too.

• big user of bad words :,) (but never at his little)

• very good at handling overstimulation and meltdowns

• uses names like baby, honey, gorgeous, handsome, sweetheart, kiddo, squirt,

• he’s always nervous to let his little see his face without the mask

• always smells like roses

• loves to pick you up on his shoulders and swing you around in his arms

• has a box of Polaroid photos of his favorite memories of you and him

• hums you to sleep

• makes you costume stuffies ((they are very ugly but he tries))

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[shhtickerbook]

Wonka Found Family CG headcanons!

These are my individual CG headcanons for each of the “scrub crew” caregiving to a regressed Willy Wonka. I’m planning to continue my fanfiction, in which over time they would find out about the chocolatiers regression. But I can’t wait to share each of their different ways of caring for the little that they love so very much.

Abacus Crunch:

Abacus is one of Wonkas Primary caregivers, it was he who first discovered about his regression, so they have a very close bond. Willy also had zero father figure in his life, his own having left before he was even born.

Abacus is also one of the only people that Willy trusts with a problem he has at night sometimes. His room was thankfully next to his at Scrubbits, Abacus promising that at any time he can just knock on his door and he will help take care of any damp sheets. Usually when this happens Willy needs a lot of comfort and help cleaning up, which abacus is more than happy to do so.

Piper Benz:

When Willy is little and Piper is around, you can be sure that she will have already commandeered him onto her hip. She adores carrying him around, as the chocolatier is rather lightweight. Loving to carry him about whilst she works, explaining and teaching him about how each mechanic works.

Lottie Bell:

At first Willy was a little apprehensive of being regressed around Lottie. Not for any terrible reason, just there was just something about her that reminded him of mamma. But when she took care of him one night, he felt more than comfortable around her. Although she was very quiet when they first met, one thing Lottie loves to do is sing. She especially loves to sing lullabies to Willy, her soft voice soothing him so, and often to sleep.

Noodle:

At first Willy wasn’t sure about sharing his regression with Noodle. After all, he has been the one to take care of her, being her big brother. He didn’t want to change that relationship they had. But when Noodle eventually found out (by accident) she was alright with it after a little explanation. Noodle isn’t so much of a caregiver, but more of a babysitter / big sibling sometimes. She likes to continue her lessons with him, but a little more simplified. ABCS, shapes and colours!

Larry Chucklesworth:

whilst Larry’s standup comedy routines aren’t the most successful with his adult audience, it doesn’t really take too much to make little wonka laugh. He is his best audience, silly voices, peekaboo and more. Larry loves to entertain the little, and even practice new material.

[puppamoon]

Fictional agere challenge day 2, "A character you hc as a caregiver"

CG Larry (pokemon) ! (๑′ᴗ‵๑)

Headcanons :

burnt out dad esque

loves spending time with littles, even if he isnt enthusiastic about it

tries to be as energetic as he can for the littles. Always putting a friendly smile on his face

sneaks in an extra nap time during the day

goes to the cafe daily

needs to be reminded to do something or else he'll just keep saying "I'll do it in a minute..."

lets his Staraptor look after littles when he needs to work

makes THE BEST toast

when he's doing a gym battle he lets the littles watch

had a coloring area added to the restaurant his gym is in

art in banner done by xitsensunmoon

☕️ - 💼🪶💼 - 🪶🪶 - 💼🪶💼 - ☕️

[canidkid]

A continuation of -> this post (kinda)

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Regressor!Ahkmenrah

(Yes. The guy from the funky museum movies.)

-> If you wanna get into technicalities, I'd say Ahk would fall under being a "perma regressor." He's forever a teenager !! There's no more going forward from here.

-> I'd peg him anywhere between 18-0, which is a really broad range. His childhood holds some of his most intense living memories. Its only natural to relive them physically, too.

-> he's very scared of the dark when he's little. It bothers him even when he's in adult headspace. But when he's anywhere under 12, it gets very difficult to put him to bed at the end of the night.

^ Larry had started calling Ahk's return to his sarcophagus "going to bed". Especially when he's small. Even if the blanket and stuffie can't stay in there- he's still getting tucked in with them. Yeah, it's weird taking those things away from an unmoving mummy...but it's best just not to think about it too hard !!

-> Larry, Nicky, and Teddy know him best.

Nicky has always been a bio brother to him anyway! So it's easy when the two have to "swap roles" sometimes.

Teddy's always there! With a kind word and a pat on the back. Even when the little prince wants nothing but to be held and carried. Ted is on board.

Larry is basically everyone's CG anyway. He's a father, and he's been taking care of all the museum's inhabitants. It's not a big surprise or adjustment when he finds out his glittery fancy Pharaoh needs some downtime to be a kid.

-> Larry is the one getting Ahk his gear (duh). The first thing he gets him is actually a sketchbook and pencils! Ahk loves to draw. Sometimes, he's just drawing colorful shapes to stim, or even some pretty impressive realistic artwork! He mostly has art supplies, plushies, and random trinkets. He'll play with anything so there's little need for real toys.

^ he does use pacis! But he prefers things like stim toys and chewlery.

-> little Ahk is a really fussy kid. He doesn't mean to be annoying or bratty, but lots of things just upset him. Bright lights, flashing, banging..construction down the street becomes an enemy if he happens to be teeny. He's largely mute, can't, or won't speak. But will cry. He's picky about his clothing, his toys, what rooms he's in...better not to do anything without consulting him first !

Feel free to RB, comment, send asks, etc!! I love talking about my weird little niches :]

[aew-kun-age-regression]

Hello! Idk if you're still taking requests for mood boards but if so, can you do a cg!Larry Daley one? Thank you! (If your requests are closed, you can ignore this)

Hiii- I hope this is okay, I kinda struggled on what to add for this- 😅

[wolfy-star1401]

day 6 : an "unfitting" character (a villain, someone from horror, etc) that you hc as a regressor

Little! Rob :

Little age : 1 - 3, regress due to trauma of his time spent at the void

His caregivers are Mr. Small {his main cg} & Larry {his secondary cg}

He still enjoys video games but he also likes games that are nostalgic to him

Has a biting problem, that why he was some tethers with him.

Pacifier helps him deal with anxiety

Padding helps him regress & keeping him secured

Has play dates with Gumball & Darwin

In Rob‘s case : He might be an Antagonist who had done some bad things in the show but seeing his backstory & his development in the show made me {and a lot of {Rob} fans} wish he gets his happy ending & a chance of a happy childhood. And with the announcement of season 7 of tawog, I really hope we get to see Rob again

@theogclownboy @nottapossum @nottamoxxie @babyspace-sfw @h3ll0everybby1 @i-ate-your-children @i-love-the-little-things @dragon-queen21

[theogclownboy]

*puts little!max, neil, nikki, little!sallyface and little!travis in the same room* whats gonna go on

can you also put headcannons for cg!sal and baby regressed!travis

Headcannon time!

-sal is a very chill caregiver to Travis

-no super strict rules or punishments unless it's something big like if Travis hurts himself or someone else

-Travis didn't want anyone to know but sal found out in accident when he saw a regressed Travis crying with a pacifier in his mouth

-Travis is scared of most physical touch but he always wants cuddles so it can change

-Travis is scared of loud sounds and most sudden movements, he will start crying

-if sal can't take care of Travis then usually Larry will have to babysit even if Travis complains

-sal will try to teach Travis things like video games and just little kid games like tag

[tyummyz]

‘ ‘ SMOKING CIGARETTES ON THE ROOF . . . ’ ’

character intros #5!

BENJAMIN DE ALMEIDA ; little

BEN . . . cameras , weird stuffed animal hoarder , big smiles , loud giggles , super shy in little!space . . . “‘ook! ‘s jeremy!” *holding a funky looking stuffed animal*

QUENLIN BLACKWELL ; caregiver

QUEN. . . defo protective when it comes to her friends , best cook you’ll ever meet , shopping trips , helpful cg , fashion icon , ‘quenissance’ QUEEN . . .“yess! jeremy is adorable!”

LARRI MERRITT ; caregiver

LARRAY . . . chill cg , hyping anyone and everyone up , driving around , blasting music , roblox player (claims he only plays with ben or quen) , jewelry . . . “what the hell is THAT…? i absolutely love jeremy.”

[1stupidrat]

Learned Mortality | Day 1 | Artwork post!!

Here's a compilation of all the character graphics / in-game artwork I did for the first episode of my survival horror TTRPG, Learned Mortality, over on YouTube @ Sequence Break~

The game is set in Antarctica, and follows a group of rescuers trying to save a research base from supernatural monsters of ice that attack the base at night, while under the time limit of the oncoming polar night (6 months of pure darkness).

Check it out if you haven't!

Without further ado, here's the list of art!

Spoilers ahead, duh. ^-^

Here are all the CG from the animatic intro, featuring Dr. Camilia Tiller. I definitely didn't have to make this intro so complicated, but I wanted to anyways.

Next up, the player characters. Mike's hardened war vet, Larry Alan!

Amy's streamer E-Girl, Seiko Wowaka, and her stand [Rolling Girl] and [Rolling Gold]~

Dr. Camilia Tiller, eternally tired microbiologist studying the microbiomes in Antarctica. Bacteria, viruses, and phytoplankton are her interests and sleep is her disinterest.

Shinzo Murphy, the pessimistic and laid back private jet pilot who shuttles people too and from Eso-Tiller. He's sure to be a new best friend for everyone!

Dean B.B. Rock! The Base's new hireee, a receptionist and surveillance worker. She's also got a knack for over the counter medicare~

Professor Bliss Eso, the second of two founding scientists at Eso-Tiller. He's a marine biologist and has showed up previously in the series as an ice cream salesman in Summer in the Sun. Man the years have changed but he's still the same wise crack guy~

It should also be mentioned I made the custom token borders for this game~

Systems engineer Valencia Downberry. Old and experienced. Word says she was a demolitionist in her younger years?

Milli Eso-Ono, the daughter of Bliss & Hiroto, and the base's communications expert! She wrote the Millenium AI, a program that is used to analyze the frostbitten and exploit their weaknesses.

Goose Wowaka, the sleepy botanist who's dedication lies 1 step further into making cucumbers than any functional human being should.

And finally, some of the logos used in the game~

Episodes of the game are going up every other week on Sequence Break! Check it out if you get a chance, this game means so much to me!!

[kaifish-pond]

Howdy Hai! I’m Kai (Oshun/Fox also work!)

I’m a regressor, but this blog is not ONLY regression, but I try and keep it PG, PG-13 at absolute most (Social Justice Stuff gets posted here which is why it gets bumped in rating)

I don’t often look at messages, but I dont mind if you send me a message, it just may take a LONG time for me to get back to you!

I am a relic in internet terms ig. I’m 27 (So I’m a Zillennial, was born at the VERY tail end of ‘96)

I am nonbinary, I was raised as a woman, and still ID strongly with femininity and girlhood, BUT I am still nonbinary bc I do not feel fully woman. I’m like a femme genderflux person with a leaning towards agender. I also use Neopronouns; Pupself and Oceanself, but you can also use She/They and sometimes he

This account is my main account and is the one I follow from. 

I LOVE invertebrates! Right now I’m obsessed with Eresus hermani and Arthrosphaera fumosa. They are BOTH so cute it's maddening! My Nonnie says in the next couple years I will be able to build my own Invertebrate shed!

I have a GREAT love for the Devonian Period, it is ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING! My favorite animal from the period is Dunkleosteus, they were TANKS, just so badass! I also have a soft spot for Tikaaliks (Look em up! They are so cute)

Disability Corner!

I have several Disabilities/Disorders here’s a short list:

AuDHD, BPD, Schizoaffective, C-PTSD, Colitis, NAFLD, COPD, Spondylolisthesis (Anterolisthesis), Asthma, GERD and more :/

I am considered Medically Crippled as I have a disc slippage and pars defect. The cushioning thats supposed to be inside my disc or whatever is squeezed out and pressing against my spinal cord/nerve…

My Pain Management Doctor suggested I get a cane/walker. So hopefully next month I can get a walker/cane

I was kicked in the head by my old horse when I was in the 6th grade and got some nice TBI from it. So I’m a bit messed up in the head, and it kinda changed my personality as well as gave me severe memory loss

I have Learning Disabilities, and was supposed to be on a IEP growing up, but my grandma wouldnt allow me to be placed on one bc I was also very smart in other aspects, such as being incredibly Hyperlexic and teaching myself to read and talk, etc

If I tag something incorrect PLEASE gently correct me, I promise it was NOT intentional. I just am incredibly new to this and social media in general as I grew up UBER religious and was not allowed to have social media much, and when I would sneak and get on it, I would be punished and yelled at. 

I LOVE learning and getting better as a person!!

My Regression Fandoms

Just a smol list of fandoms I like to create Age Regression content for!

ATLA (regressor Zuko and cg Sokka are my faves, but also Flip Katara and Regressor Aang! And Regressor Toph and Cg Sokka)

Scooby Doo (I havent watched every movie/series/etc. I WILL NOT do content for that Velma Show on Max)

Breaking Bad (Transmasc Flip Jesse Pinkman FOREVER + CG Jane)

Dr Who (I have BARELY watched this show, but it consumes my brain)

Sally Face (I havent watched a Sally Face Playthrough since I was a kid and really dont remember much beside wanting Larry/Sal to be my big brothers)

Steven Universe (I have SEVERE issues with this show, but I still love it)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid (I’ve only seen the first movie, but Devon Bostick as Rodrick was AMAZING + Him as a big brother CG would be AWESOME)

Metalocaylpse (Toki is a canon age regressor!!) 

The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings (I havent read/watched in FOREVER, i used to use the movies to help me fall asleep tho xD)

Degrassi (OMG THIS SHOW RULES MY LIFE! I’ve watched from Jr High to Next Class COUNTLESS TIMES)

Teen Titans (Basically any one being a CG for Regressing Raven!! SSsssssSSssoooo CUTE!)

She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Bratty Regressor Catra and Stern CG Adora)

[kylesvariouslistsandstuff]

Lately, I've been enjoying a little documentary called ROTTEN: BEHIND THE FOODFIGHT.

Put together by Ziggy Cashmere, who cobbled together the great book DRAWING FOR NOTHING, it's an hour-long and wild look at the making of an infamous animated travesty. A troubled production of epic proportions...

Strangely, this thing is like the anti-THIEF AND THE COBBLER. Their basic production storylines have a very similar turning point, which is all kinds of wild. They also took forever to come out in some form.

The stark difference is, of course, the sheer prowess of THIEF AND THE COBBLER director Richard Williams and the utter incompetence of FOODFIGHT! director Larry Kasanoff.

Richard Williams initially got onboard a doomed animated adaptation of Arabian Nights folklore in the late 1960s, the stories of a particular character named Nasruddin. When that all fell out in the early 1970s, Williams took the characters he came up with for that picture - such as the titular thief - and started his own Arabian Nights-inspired dream tale... And self-funded this passion project throughout the 1970s and into the mid 1980s, directing so many commercials and the occasional bigger project in-between. It was his impressive, comprehensive reel and his direction on WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT's animation that landed him a Warner Bros. gig, who were at the time trying to get more committed to making feature animation in the wake of Disney's newfound success and the rise of Don Bluth.

Williams, unfortunately, missed the deadline for completing THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER. Williams had a history of not completing films on time, such as his Oscar-winning A CHRISTMAS CAROL adaptation and the 1977 film RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE, and with THIEF, he was very deep into it. He also, unusually, didn't do any storyboards for the film. A method that he was said to have found "too controlling". When it came time to show a rough cut of the film, they had to force him to get storyboards done and fill in the 15 minutes of gaps. Another story details how he liked a particular scene, and had the crew extend it, and extend it again, regardless of runtime and pace. Williams himself likened his process to working away at a painting or a pot, like an old master craftsman. Laboriously making fine art, but as a film... which isn't the most conducive way of doing things when your animated film - with promotional deals and marketing in place - is expected to be completed within a deadline. It did, however, make for such incomprehensibly amazing visuals that continue to *floor* me to this day.

By contrast, Kasanoff didn't know anything about making animated features, and couldn't be bothered with storyboards. He thought you could just go about it as if it were a live-action film... If FOODFIGHT! was conceived this decade and was being "made" right now? Larry would absolutely have tried using AI to do it. That's more or less the attitude he had when he shifted the production to being a motion-capture film, after a few slow years of it being a CG film with Looney Tunes-esque slapstick, with squash-and-stretch movements.

Both films were made at studios founded/owned by their directors. Richard Williams Animation Ltd., and Threshold Animation... and both films were seized by insurance companies, companies in the movie industry that are meant to step in when a film misses its deadline.

In THIEF's case, it was... The Completion Bond Company. They took the film from Williams and most of his crew in May 1992 after a disastrous screening of the workprint, and with the looming release of Disney's very similar ALADDIN later that year. Handing it to TV animation veteran Fred Calvert, the company's mandate was to have the film finished quickly and cheaply... Ironically, it took Calvert til September 1993 to "finish" the film. After a year and a half of re-imagining most of it, cutting a lot of stuff, giving mute character Tack a voice, adding musical numbers, and animating a bunch of new stuff...

That version of THIEF was damaged goods, and few wanted to release it. It didn't help that ALADDIN had been out for a while at that point. It got out, as THE PRINCESS AND THE COBBLER, in Australia and South Africa. A Philippines release around this time kept the original title... Miramax, owned by Disney, acquired U.S. distribution rights at the end of 1994 and Harvey Scissorhands butchered it even further, and that was released theatrically as ARABIAN KNIGHT in summer 1995... And then on video as THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER...

It's quite something how PRINCESS AND THE COBBLER and ARABIAN KNIGHT flopped and sunk into obscurity, while the original Williams film - in its incomplete form - became beloved over time. I also heard somewhere that Williams, prior to his passing, made peace with the film being incomplete. The unfinished film had garnered a fitting subtitle: A MOMENT IN TIME...

FOODFIGHT! was wrenched out of Threshold's hands by The Fireman's Fund Insurance Company after several missed release dates sometime in early 2008, and it was handed to a venue that took what was - quite frankly - a very crappy skeleton of a film with the most unpolished mo-cap and visuals... and... I guess, did what they "could" with it, as cheaply as possible. It was finished in late 2008, got an MPAA rating sometime thereafter... And sat... The Fireman's Fund even tried to auction it in late 2011, but... Nothing. Until a very limited UK theatrical (!) release in summer 2012, in addition to releases in Russia and UAE. It was a direct-to-video title here in the U.S. in early 2013... Eventually, some bottom-of-the-barrel distributor picks it up, eh?

Much like FOODFIGHT!, THIEF also has a comprehensive documentary covering its lengthy production and what had happened to it, in the form of Kevin Schreck's PERSISTENCE OF VISION, an absolute must-watch.

Sometimes I think of what would've happened had both films been finished, and in FOODFIGHT!'s case, was at least competent-looking.

THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER - when it was still under Warner Bros. - was apparently aiming for theatrical release in late 1991. This would've put it up against Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and also Amblimation's AN AMERICAN TAIL sequel FIEVEL GOES WEST. Maybe it would've vacated late 1991 and got out in early 1992, much in the same way FERNGULLY and ROCK-A-DOODLE did in the states. Any place away from a big Disney movie, at least...

How would it have done circa 1991/early 1992? That remains to be a million dollar question. THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER in its unfinished state is a work of art, a narratively outre picture, in addition to being a little more "adult" in its presentation. Small little things, like the maiden from Mombasa, some war violence, and a flagpole sticking right through a warrior's chest. Probably wouldn't have gotten a G rating, for sure. Its story quality is sometimes debated amongst animation fans, usually in such a boring binary manner, from my perspective. It's a film that defies the "conventions" of good animated feature storytelling that were somehow cemented in place by the early 1990s by the Disney Renaissance favorites, thus I feel it tends to have that "well, the story meanders and it wasn't very good" nonsense slapped at it... when it's a picture operating on a dream-like, lyrical plane that puts it more in line with early Disney works than BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and ALADDIN. It's not an inferior nor superior form of storytelling, it's just not what American audiences have been used to over the last 35 years.

I think it would've gotten praise for its lovely animation, but mixed reviews for its idiosyncratic storytelling... And audiences probably would've been bored out of their minds watching, say, long and hazy stretches of the thief getting smacked about by polo players or trying to get up the minaret. Warner would've probably mishandled the release anyway, as they had flop after flop during that period. NUTCRACKER PRINCE, ROVER DANGERFIELD, THUMBELINA, etc. A film that absolutely, without fail would've garnered a cult following once it hit video.

FOODFIGHT!, had it been given to someone who actually **knew** how to direct an animated feature, but was still based off of the same script by Larry Kasanoff, Josh Wexler, and co.... Let's just say that it's the version from the late 1990s when protagonist Dex was still a human detective, and it was more PG-13 like it supposedly was aiming to be early on... And released in like 2001/2002... That probably would've also had trouble, I think.

Big-time Western PG-13 animated movies had it hard throughout the '90s and into the early 2000s, films such as BEBE'S KIDS and COOL WORLD. They were a rare breed, at that. Still are, even. One of the only exceptions was, well, a movie based on a very popular animated TV series: BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA. For a more original picture, no, it wasn't easy... And I'm not sure CGI would've helped this version of FOODFIGHT! much, either. It could've done okay in that regard, maybe quite a few notches below a JIMMY NEUTRON gross... It would have to depend on how the visuals looked, too. Then again, look at how HOODWINKED! did in early 2006... Reviews probably would've questioned how FOODFIGHT!'s world works and they likely would've found fault with equating a store-band takeover of a supermarket to freakin' Nazi Germany, so I'd imagine it wouldn't have gotten SHREK or MONSTERS, INC. reception. Another movie that would've probably came and went, and then went on to be a cult DVD rotation for many kids growing up in the 2000s.

THE THIEF AND THE COBBLER and FOODFIGHT! both remain fascinating for these particular reasons, even if the results are a country kilometer from one another...

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Can I get little Larry Trainor getting belly rubs and forehead kisses from CG Rama? Tummy massages are 10/10

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Larry sat in Rama's lap.

"You're a cuddly one today, aren't you?" Rama asked. Larry giggled. Rama kissed his forehead and rubbed his belly. Larry cooed happily. Rama kissed his forehead again.

"My little baby..."