#rj over the hedge

[alltears]

picture this…

- sneaky loner who narrowly escapes the clutches of his wealthy tormentor

- meets group of bumbling do-gooders

- manipulates them into helping him by pretending he cares about them

- group trusts and accepts him

- accidentally starts liking the group back and feels guilty

- is faced with a choice: gain all the power and wealth he’s ever craved, or turn it down to protect his friends and his morality

- chooses morality

- saves the day and embraces family

i didn’t say his name, but he popped into your head, didn’t he?

rj overthehedge

[denerturee]

Transmen energy

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Part 1

[jtheplante]

made some for Over The Hedge too

[superbutterscotch]

Homosexual Tension

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[alexgrin]

[radiantrookie]

Vincent redeems himself in the Over the Hedge video game

[jtheplante]

there's no way he's only 20. He's at LEAST alcohol age (21). The voice acting influences this perception too. It's hard to imagine a young man in his early 20s having a voice as mature as Bruce Willis'. That & he's also incredibly clever & witty. I HC RJ at ~28 years old. Altho, I agree his character arc is more fitting of a very young adult (18-21). But b/c we're given next to nothing for his backstory, we can easily write this off, & say that his adult life up to this point has just been busy/Complicated - Avril Lavigne.

Also, the way RJ treats Hammy & refers to him is almost like a father/son relationship. I HC Hammy at ~24 years old, & most people who voted on my YT polls also agree he's in that age range. So RJ's gotta be older than that.

As for RJ x Heather, I also shipped them at first. But I evolved to imagine them as just friends, + RJ is mostly gay

RJ's Age

So how old is RJ actually? I know we all collectively agree he's in his 20s but that's a very broad range. My headcanon for him has gotten younger and younger over time where now I'm at about the youngest possible age he can be (20 in the movie).

If we're assuming Heather was going to be a potential love interest character - which I've heard float around about the movie's production/sequel plans and is suggested by the last level of the game - I don't think he can be any older without entering dicey territory. We don't know Heather's exact age except that she's not an adult.

Then again, Heather could've been older at some point in production. If you look past the haha meta Avril Lavigne teenager jokes, she fits the stereotypical opossum mother archetype to an extent, which would be weird to put on a kid. Just the way she always holds her hands together suggests this. I don't think so, but we don't know for sure. Or they could've wanted to make it into a one-sided thing where Heather just has a crush on RJ and RJ doesn't feel anything for her. That sounds more likely now that I say it. I've had a crush on someone a few years older than me before.

If we try to solve this logically, we can pull out a few clues. He has to be pretty young - and Verne has to be pretty old - to push the "old vs. new generation" theme the movie has. If we think about that, that puts him at being younger than every other adult and older than the broad "kid" group (Heather, Hammy, and the 3 kids). The characters most hesitant on switching to RJ's side in the Heist montage are Stella and the porcupine couple (and we can assume Ozzie is so quick to be on RJ's side so he can watch Heather). That covers all the adults. The kids are the ones to be with him right off the bat. It makes sense for him to be the in-between point.

RJ could be younger than we think. "Coming of age" doesn't sound like the right way to describe it but what if this is supposed to be representative of his early early adulthood? He grew up without a family and now he's become an adult and he gets one. Idk. Makes sense to me. I'm making him 20, dammit

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Wha. Why do people think there's ship tease between RJ and Heather??? AT WHAT POINT IN THE FILM WAS THERE SHIP TEASE???????

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Favourite animated movie: 006

directed by Tim Johnson and Karey Kirkpatrick (2006)

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Over the Hedge | [RJ x Verne] | Behind These Hazel Eyes

Movie club's annual amvember event is over so now I get to share my magnum opus. Please enjoy

[jtheplante]

Christmas RJ and KJ

[tauskis]

Over The Hedge Fanart

So here's RJ as a human fanart! My sister said she would simp him if I drew this and here we are:

Don't mind the random finnish texts pls xD

[alexgrin]