Grouches: (singing) Bring in the junk, step on a crack, step in the gunk. Grizzy: You go there, you might never make it back home again. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Oscar! (Bug makes a nervous sound) Now get in the cartoonishly evil vehicle and drive! Huxley (real name: Hugo Huxley) is the main antagonist of the 1999 theatrical feature-length film, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. Queen of Trash: 100 raspberries. NC: (looking uneasy as the caption of what he is saying is shown) Problematic. They're right there. Grizzy visits the jail and tells Elmo's friends that he went to Huxley's castle. I definitely prefer something like Follow That Bird, which I found was more difficult to make jokes for, because the characters still felt so real so many years later. Sonia Manzano reprised her role as Maria and Roscoe Orman reprised his role as Gordon. Now! Oscar convinces all of the Grouches to cooperate, as it is the only way they can stop Huxley from stealing any more of their trash. Telly Monster, rollerskating out of control, accidentally swipes the blanket leading to a chase around Sesame Street. This is a grown man reviewing Elmo in Grouchland. NC (vo): And that was The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. NC: Okay, that one's literally Oscar, just with a nose! Sesame Street: All Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! Zoe: (holding the blanket) Wow. is shown, and it does sound slightly like "Kill him!"). Oscar the Grouch: It's over, Huxley! When we come back, we see Elmo's mine cart breaking through the dead end, freeing Elmo from the cave and allowing him to continue on his way, much to Huxley's shock and annoyance). Just passed a kidney stone. Telly Monster accidentally pulls it away from them both while rollerskating uncontrollably. Bug is revealed to be at the controls of the helicopter, and refuses Huxley's demand for the blanket, instead returning it to Elmo. (All the Grouches sing "Welcome to Grouchland". NC: (as Ernie) You did a lot more in this movie than we did. (Back to the current scene, where the raspberry counter has reached 90 due to the combined efforts of Elmo and the viewers) Oh, I love raspberries! Wait. SpongeBob and Elmo launches a basket over Huxley's shoulders, … This album, released in 1999, is the soundtrack to The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. (Beat) You have one job, Sesame Street: teach anything, and you can't even do that! File:The Adventures of Tails in Grouchland.png. Bert (voiced by NC; off-screen): And our faces are a lot more than your lives. (Transforms into his superhero form). Things could be worse. (Starts making raspberries, causing the counter to go up). NC (vo): ...and he orders his henchmen to watch Elmo. Elmo launches a basket over Huxley's shoulders, incapacitating him. NC quickly puts a "LAME" caption onto the poster, causing the audience to boo). He is portrayed by Mandy Patinkin who also portrayed Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride. Newspaper grouch: I'd love to, but I don't speak English. But because his dead eyes, squeaky chalkboard voice, and demon-red face stared at me wherever I went, he did get under my skin a bit. Channel Awesome is a FANDOM TV Community. Huxley: (singing) When umbrellas disappear, they're not lost, they're all here. YOU WILL DIE! (The CD now moves to the center) There you go. The blanket falls into the hands of Oscar the Grouch, who drops it in his trash can. (A giant red helicopter suddenly arrives and rampages around Grouchland, stealing all sorts of items from various Grouches. (The real-life Tickle-Me Elmo fight is shown again) That's power you can't buy! What are your thoughts? NC (vo): All right, this scene could be saved if a certain dick-nosed puppet enters the picture... (An image of Gonzo the Great is about to be shown, until it is suddenly replaced with an image of...) Alf. NC: I'm so looking forward to that crossover. NC (vo): The film officially opens with our die-hard Tiger Woods fan... NC (vo): ...waking up and addressing the audience. NC (vo; in a cool-sounding voice): Daniel Day-Lewis in his finest role. (Elmo is then shown washing his blanket at the laundromat, where the rest of the gang from Sesame Street are also at, dancing and making music) And it does make more sense to bring his blanket to life than, say, Big Bird's socks. NC (vo): Elmo ends up in Grouchland, which is, of course, messy, disgusting, and unpleasant. Meanwhile, Elmo's friends follow him to Grouchland and try to find him. Bug guides Elmo to a direction where the Queen of Trash is, saying it's a quicker way to Huxley's castle). I mean, it’s…not good, but…like the Barney movie, how can I be that mad at it? Guided by fireflies, however, Elmo notices a mine cart in a track, and begins riding on it). Uranimated18's spoof for The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (AlexBrattenRockz Style) is A Sesame Street Movie from Columbia Pictures, Jim Henson Pictures, and Children's Television Workshop. (Confused-sounding noises are heard from below NC). Facing life without his cherished blanket, Elmo musters all of his determination and courage and heads off on an action-packed rescue mission that plunges him into Grouchland-a place full of grouchy creatures, stinky garbage and … You know, Sesame Street! http://channelawesome.com/the-adventures-of-elmo-in-grouchland-nostalgia-critic/. NC (vo): But Huxley sees Elmo is on his way. NC: (points to the film's moment of Elmo and Huxley bickering) This! The Humongous Chicken is a giant, slow-witted chicken (referred to by Huxley as "Tiny") who pesters Elmo as he tries to get to Huxley's castle to retrieve his blanket in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland.He mistakes Elmo for a worm. Additional characters performed by: Drew Allison, Bruce Lanoil, Bill Barretta, Bob Lynch, John Boone, Ed May, R. Lee Bryan, Tim Parati, Leslie Carrera, Annie Peterle, Lisa Consolo, Andy Stone, Jodi Eichelberger, Lisa Sturz, Rowell Gormon, Kirk Thatcher, Mary Harrison, Matt Vogel, Rob Killen, Matt Yates. (After the Caterpillar convinces Elmo to believe in himself despite the fact that he's a little monster, Elmo regains his resolve and heads over to Huxley's castle, breaking in and stealing his blanket right from Huxley's hand). Bug: He hugged me. With the keys you cannot find, pens and mittens left behind. NC (vo): After...kissing himself...I'm actually surprised he's the first person I've seen do that... (Images of Jared Leto, Kanye West, and Oprah Winfrey are shown) ...he admits he wanted his singing voice to take him places. Elmo dives into the bottom of Oscar's trash can, where he finds his blanket snagged on a door. However, upon hearing Elmo sing "I'm a Little Teapot" to prove that he isn't a worm, the Humongous Chicken then thinks that Elmo is a teapot and declares that he … (Elmo flies through the colorful portal while spinning around), NC: You must at least be this high in order to watch further. But I am feeling a bit saucy today, eh? Huxley watches this from his TV, satisfied that Elmo is apparently dealt with. NC: (confused) Your guess is as good as mine. Oscar is convinced to help set things right as well as admitting that Elmo is his friend. NC (vo): He asks the kids in the audience to help... NC: I'm starting to see why a lot of parents hated this movie. He spills juice on his blanket and takes it to the laundromat where he encounters his friend Zoe. (A clip from The Princess Bride is shown). But unlike the other Sesame Street characters, that charm doesn’t stretch into adulthood, at least for me, anyway. Grouchland is a world based on the 1999 film, The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. NC (vo): The caterpillar gives him the motivation to keep going, and he bursts in, demanding his blanket back. Truly, the red-headed (ha!) A caterpillar wakes Elmo the next morning. 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(After a beat, he speaks normally as the past clip of him biting his hand is shown in the corner) Sorry, my wrist hurt. The Sesame Street and Grouchland citizens arrive and the Pesties flee in panic. He is Elmo's arch-nemesis, Bill's boss, and the Pesties' former leader. NC (vo): Elmo washes his blanket...oh, we got through the first major conflict of the movie...and he comes across Zoe, who's depressed. In his bedroom wall is a poster of Tiger Woods, which is shown in a close-up). The evil Huxley then arrives to take the various belongings, and takes Elmo's blanket as well. Huxley sees Elmo escape and he unleashes his biggest weapon: a giant chicken. She guides Elmo to the place where Huxley lives, a castle at Mt. Trash Guard: You're going to see our queen. At one point, Elmo, dressed as an Indian flute player, plays the song on a flute, while his blanket rises out of a basket in the manner of a cobra). Zoe: Oh, that's a monkey! Got 'em locked up in a box with a million missing socks. Did You Miss the Most Shocking Film in Years? (Mimics a monkey, getting Zoe in on the fun). 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(Shots of Elmo are shown as soft, gentle music plays), NC (vo): I always saw Elmo as the embodiment of pure innocence. [8], The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland was the only family film playing in most theaters at the time of its release. Huxley then has Bug and the Pesties misdirect Elmo into a garbage dump where he is brought before the Queen of Trash for trespassing. It features the thieving Huxley as he flaunts all of his possessions that he has stolen to his henchmen Bill the Bug and the Pesties. Okay, Vanessa Williams. 1 Cast; 2 Scenes; 3 Movie used; 4 Clip used; 5 Gallery; Cast [edit | edit source] Elmo - Miles "Tails" Prower (Sonic X) Blanket - Carpet (Aladdin) Zoe - Cosmo (Sonic X) Telly Monster - Magilla Gorilla; Big Bird - Arlo (The Good Dinosaur) Grover - Jean Bob (The Swan Princess) Ernie and … (Gets up and leaves). Huxley sees that Elmo made it past that obstacle and makes a desperate move to stop him once and for all, by unleashing his "secret weapon" on Elmo). Elmo is just a nice character, no more, no less. But it is a big bar set against him with these characters, and, hey, I guess he felt real to a lot of other kids, tramplingly so. It is the second film to be based on the popular children's television series Sesame Street, after Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird (1985), the film stars Mandy Patinkin and Vanessa Williams alongside Muppet performers Kevin Clash, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz, and Steve Whitmire. NC: (looking weirded out as the caption of what he is saying is shown) Problematic? Bert (voiced by NC; off-screen): Well, it's true. NC (vo): I think Elmo got on my nerves the same reason Barney or Teletubbies got on my nerves: overexposure. Christ! Queen of Trash: You see, Huxley could never give anyone anything. Elmo loves his fuzzy, blue blanket, and would never let anything happen to it. Elmo's coming! History Talk (0) Comments Share. Bert: Ernie, listen. Huxley sucks up Elmo's blanket with the vacuum cleaner nozzle on his helicopter. Bug: No. (Elmo finds his blanket caught in a door handle, but accidentally opens the door, causing both him and his blanket to get sucked into a colorful portal) Oh, and there's a portal to a parallel dimension. Huxley: Ordinarily, I would. Elmo launches a basket over Huxley's shoulders, incapacitating him. How can you not shout inappropriate things when they ask you to participate? The film's consensus states, "This fun and moral tale entertains both first-time Sesame Street watchers and seasoned veterans. He was the most sought after toy in 1996, with fights breaking out and some selling for over a thousand dollars... (Footage of a real-life supermarket fight involving the Tickle-Me Elmo is shown, along with some clips of a Tickle-Me Elmo itself) ...all for this nightmare fuel that looks like he's having a seizure and pleasing himself at the same time. (Footage focusing on the film's production design, mostly on Grouchland, is shown). (Counts his fingers) One, two, three, four. (The question mark is removed) Everything's always problematic! (A Photoshopped explosion suddenly appears on the scene). Attempting to retrieve it, he and his blanket are teleported through a colorful swirling tunnel to Grouchland, a city filled with Grouches, garbage, and Huxley, a greedy man who steals anything he can grab, including Elmo's blanket. NC (vo): You know, the best part of this movie is, unsurprisingly, Grouchland. Is Nightmare Before Christmas Really That Great? Elmo, I guess, has that excitable innocence that a lot of children have, so it’s not surprising so many kids enjoy him. Like this. Can we do a blinking contest? Huxley declares that both Elmo and his blanket are his and turns on the machine while laughing maniacally), (We cut back to the deleted scene from Alien), (The rest of the Sesame Street gang, having been freed from prison earlier, suddenly arrive, and so do an army of Grouches, led by Oscar). Huxley: It all belongs to me. Elmo: Can you please help Elmo get his blanket back? With Oscar's help, the Sesame Street residents go to Grouchland to find Elmo. NC: (as Huxley) Oh, excuse me. Huxley: But I am feeling a bit saucy today, eh? Elmo arrives at Huxley's house and Hades' castle as Huxley sends the Pesties to stop him. I feel I've grown far beyond that. Queen of Trash: 100 raspberries in...30 seconds. Meanwhile, the rest of the Sesame Street gang, consisting of Gordon, Maria, Big Bird, Oscar, Zoe, and Cookie Monster, have arrived in Grouchland). NC: So...isn't it a little weird that there's barely any Grouchland in it, especially when it's in the title? NC: Now that I believe. 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