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{{short description|2007 television film based on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy directed by Robert Alvarez}}
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'''''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure''''' is a 2007 American ] ] ] ] ] produced by ], and is the first made-for-television film based on the ] '']'', the second being ''Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen''. ''Big Boogey Adventure'' premiered in the United States on March 30, 2007, and in the UK on February 14, 2007, and was released on ] in the U.S. on April 3, 2007.


The events of the film take place during the sixth and final season of ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy''.
'''Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure''' is the first of two TV movies of '']'' series on Cartoon Network. It premiered on ], ] at 7:00pm, and repeated at 8:45pm. It aired in the UK on ], ] at 9:00am and repeated at 5:00pm.


== Plot/Synopsis == ==Plot==
In the future (in about two weeks), in a dystopian Endsville, an evil being known as the "Lord of Horror" orders robotic duplicates, Billybot and Mandroid, to go back in time to eliminate Billy and Mandy and prevent them from reaching a powerful hand-like artifact in the Lord of Horror's possession before his past self does. Billy and Irwin of this time hope their past selves can stop the Lord of Horror's evil plans.
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===Prologue===
Endsville, two weeks in the future. The all powerful "Lord of Horror", possessor of Horror's Hand, sends robot replicas of Billy and Mandy (called Billybot and Mandroid) to the present. They are to stop the two from obtaining the Hand. Future Irwin and Billy watch. Billy explains that he was going to go to the present himself, but had been too distracted by the opening credits of the movie. His backup plan, another time machine, is actually a drawing of policemen fighting a dinosaur.


Two weeks prior, ] is sued for ] and misuse of his abilities by his old rival, the ], the former having failed to reap General Skarr (who had accidentally created a hole in his chest) thanks to an intervention from Billy and Mandy. Grim and the children are set to be exiled by the Underworld Court and placed in the custody of Boogey, with Grim being stripped of his job and powers and Numbuh 3 from '']'' becoming his ] replacement. Boogey reveals it was part of his plan to steal Horror's Hand, an artifact capable of bringing people's deepest fears to life and transforming anyone who conquers their fear into the scariest and most powerful being in existence; Boogey himself believes that with its power, children will fear him once again. The group eventually escapes and plans to obtain the Hand for themselves for various reasons.
In the present, the Grim Reaper travels next door to take the soul of General Skarr, who now has a huge gaping hole in his stomach. Skarr refuses to go and manages to escape in his vehicle. Its weapons delay a pursuing Grim and tagalongs Billy and Mandy. Skarr finally escapes by transforming his vehicle into sub form. He sees another button and curiously presses it. A laser emerge and blasts him, straight through the hole in his stomach. Skarr then realizes what had happened to his stomach.


After Grim and the children barely escape from a pair of blind ] and rescue Mandy from Boogey when he kidnaps her, both groups eventually reach where the Hand is held, where they meet Horror the Ancient, a living statue and source of the Hand, having channeled his fears within it and cutting it off in an attempt to make himself brave. To obtain the Hand, the two rivaling groups must embark on a race across the Cannibal Run - the most dangerous section of the River ] - as well as facing their worst fears. Grim and the children win and scrape to obtain the Hand. Billy, Irwin and Mandy are easily subdued by their respective worst nightmares, leaving Grim to claim the Hand unaffected, revealing he goes through his worst nightmare every day — being forced to live with Billy and Mandy. The Hand however is almost immediately stolen by Boogey who uses it to scare Grim so badly that he explodes. Believing he has won, Boogey is shocked when Grim promptly reforms himself and laughs at Boogey for thinking he was capable of scaring him. When everyone else joins in laughing at him, Boogey realizes the Hand is making ''his'' worst nightmare a reality — confronting the fact that he is not scary at all. He subsequently suffers a series of humiliating accidents as he desperately insists that he IS scary while everyone there hysterically laughs at him, after which Grim reveals he had actually turned the Hand's power off right after he picked it up, to make Boogey ''think'' his fear had come to life, ultimately proving Boogey ''wasn't ever scary at all''. Mistaking Fred Fredburger's comments about nachos for actual philosophical advice, Billy has an epiphany that he and his friends obtained what they wanted without the need for Horror's Hand.
===Grim's Trial===
Back at Billy's house, the Underworld Police take Grim away for the crime of abusing his powers. The jury includes Dracula, Frankenstein’s Bride, Wolf man, Fred Fredburger, a Pale Ghoulish Juror, a mud ghoul, Darth Vader, The Invisible Man, and two unknown citizens. To everyone’s surprise, Boogeyman is the prosecutor and is ] Grim for abusing his powers. Boogey mentions the following people who stole Grim's scythe: Jack O' Lantern; Billy; Mandy; Irwin; Billy's Dad; Billy's Mom; Billy's cousin (not Nergal Junior); Milkshakes; Dracula; General Scar; Principal Goodvibes; Mr's Clause; The Secret Snake Club; The Army; Scout Troup 701; The Sleestaks; The President; The Mailman; The Dingle Schmidt Sisters; The Boogey Man (himself); a llama; a turkey salad sandwich ("hold the mayo!").


After the Underworld Court arrive to finish Boogey's business of banishing Grim forever, Mandy demands them to reinstate Grim as the Grim Reaper because he saved the world from a future ruled by Boogey, which the court agrees to in part because Numbuh 3 was too much of an optimist to actually reap anyone in their view. In the end, Billy from the future appears before them to warn that if Mandy had used Horror's Hand, she would have taken over the world in two weeks, becoming the Lord of Horror from his time. Grim decides to put the Hand in his trunk to ensure that that future never comes to pass. Subsequently, Boogey is discovered to have become afraid of everything having suffered "]" during his humliation. Future Billy eventually goes back to the future to make sure that things were set right.
In the end, Grim is found guilty and the Boogeyman agrees to take him and the kids to exile while Numbuh 3 from ] temporarily becomes the new Reaper on a six week trial.


The ] show what each character did after the events of the film, such as General Skarr using the hole in his chest to keep birds, Mandy becoming the new captain of Boogey's ship, Numbuh 3 starting her own Reaper-for-hire service (which results in people laughing at her), Dracula stealing Grim's scythe for use as a golf club, Irwin being bedridden for getting infected with ] and cooties after kissing Mandy, Billy eventually becoming ] and Boogey living in fear ever since his defeat.
===Boogeyman's Evil Plan===
Boogey’s ship, transporting Billy, Mandy, and Grim, makes its way to the Lava Sea where Boogey plans to feed the children to Lava Sharks. Boogey reveals his plot to steal Horror’s Hand, the most powerful object in existence. This object is ultimately more powerful than Grim's scythe. If one comes in contact with it, they will be confronted by their worst fears; but if those fears are conquered, one can obtain it. The hand is capable of transforming its holder into the scariest and most powerful being in existence - a move that would fulfill his wish of becoming the most terrifying being on Earth.


The ] shows how Billy went back to the future to find that it has not changed as Fred Fredburger has obtained Horror's Hand from Grim's magic trunk and took over the world as the new Lord of Horror, having conquered his fear of running out of nachos.
Boogey first sends Billy to walk the plank and if he falls, he will be ] by the Lava Sharks below. Billy reveals that he is not scared as long as the sharks don’t eat him and begins to sing ], making a distraction while Mandy and the rest of the captives ]. Irwin, Mandy, and Grim make their escape on a getaway boat.


==Cast==
===Race to Horror's Hand===
* ] - Mandy / Mandroid / Older Mandy / Milkshakes / Some Kid
Boogey is first to go through the gate to Horror’s Hand and claims that Billy and Mandy must go through the Cyclops to get to the gate themselves. The group decides to stop Boogey and claim Horror’s Hand. Unfortunately, they each have separate plans for its use. Mandy wants to rule the world with the hand, Billy wants to buy food, Irwin wants to marry Mandy, and Grim could reclaim his role as Grim Reaper and get his scythe back. The group meets a little Cyclops with no eye who calls his friend, a giant orange Cyclops, to "test" the children. This test is however revealed to be tasting the children by the Cyclops which they "pass", ending up cooking in a giant soup. Mandy, in an attempt to escape, claims that Billy urinated in the soup. Which causes the Cyclops to take them out and check. Mandy makes use of the opportunity to jump out and steal the bigger Cyclops’ eye. There is a fight and the eye ends up in Billy’s stomach. It turns out that the eye is used also for Boogeyman to see the group. Boogeyman turns his head into disgust as he looks where the eye goes. Creeper offers to build robot replicas of the children and shows Boogeyman the blueprints. Suddenly, Mandroid and Billybot from the future appear and offer to help Boogeyman destroy Mandy and Billy. The group run away from the Cyclops Cove and discover a giant cake as they run near the getaway ship. Mandy is suspicious but a crazy Irwin and Billy stuff the cake into Mandy and Grim’s mouths. Suddenly, the rest of the group fall into a sleep and Mandy soon follows into the trance. Inside the cake, Mandroid comes out of the cake’s hatch and reveals that she plans on taking the brains of the group. The group is having a hive mind dream when Boogeyman comes in and kidnaps Mandy.
* ] - Grim / Sperg / Pirate #6
* ] - Billy / Billybot / Harold / Pale Ghoulish Juror / Chippy the Squirrel / Future Billy
* ] - Irwin / Pirate #5 / Unicorn / Future Irwin
* ] - I'll Cut You Guy / Pirate #2 / Horrorbot / Burnt Skeleton Guard
* George Ball - Peequay
* ] - Bride of Frankenstein
* ] - Creeper / Horror's Hand / Pirate #3 / Paperboy
* Bart Flynn - Giant Cyclops / Ugly Pirate
* ] - Fred Fredburger / Pirate #4
* ] - Gladys
* ] - Older Irwin
* ] - Space Villain / Glacier of Evil / Dracula / Judge Roy Spleen / Underworld Cop
* ] - Two-Headed Parrot
* ] - Horror
* ] - General Skarr / Pirate #7
* James Silverman - Executioner / Pirate #1
* ] - ]
* ] - Pirate #8 / Miniature Cyclops / Spider Clown Mailman / Beast Master
* ] - The Boogey Man


==Production==
Meanwhile, Mandy was on the ship's pole tied up while put under the Boogeyman's spell making her sleep until her spirit is broken. The Boogeyman laughs as a mad Irwin storms in and beats up all the pirates. Grim tells Billy that love makes people do stupid things. Billy reveals that he loves everything and Grim says that, that explains a whole lot. Irwin kisses Mandy awake to Grim’s and Billy’s utter disgust. Mandy is grossed out and vomits twice. Mandroid comes in and threatens with a laser gun. Mandy is disgusted by how unrealistic Mandroid is and causes Mandroid to malfunction. Mandy takes the laser gun and shoots a stalactite down stopping the pirates from attacking and the group makes a run for it on the deathboat and goes in the lead to Horror’s Hand’s Temple. Boogeyman sends the Kracken to go after the four.
] originally pitched "Billy & Mandy vs. the Martians" as a direct-to-video film, but Cartoon Network did not want a science fiction theme, and the pitch was made into a standard episode of the series.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atoms |first=Maxwell |author-link=Maxwell Atoms |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Hey Maxwell. Remember Cartoon Network Invaded back in 2007? How was it like connecting your Billy and Mandy series with the other shows during an alien invasion event phenomenon? How did the episode, Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon, came about? |url=https://www.tumblr.com/maxwellatoms/188264422517/hey-maxwell-remember-cartoon-network-invaded-back |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504190011/https://www.tumblr.com/maxwellatoms/188264422517/hey-maxwell-remember-cartoon-network-invaded-back |archive-date=2023-05-04 |access-date=2024-08-15 |website=]}}</ref> Creating the film was the first time that Atoms had created anything with a length of over one hour. That, along with creating the regular season was challenging for him. Boogey Man was chosen as the ] for the film because he was a lesser villain that had a relationship with Grim. This was because Atoms was given the idea to follow a storyline similar to '']'' by a Cartoon Network representative.


The role of Numbuh 3 was originally supposed to be taken up by an entirely new Grim Reaper character, with Atoms having ] in mind for the character, as one of the crew members worked on '']''. Anderson was contacted and expressed interest for the role, but was ultimately rejected by the studio's casting department thinking that the actress wasn't marketable enough.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Atoms |first=Maxwell |author-link=Maxwell Atoms |date=February 28, 2022 |title=We're there any potential celebrities that you wanted to get for Billy and Mandy but couldn't due to unavailability or lack of interest? I know you mentioned Seth backed out due to Ted for the boogey movie but any other ones? |url=https://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/677491931449868288/were-there-any-potential-celebrities-that-you |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907040840/https://maxwellatoms.tumblr.com/post/677491931449868288/were-there-any-potential-celebrities-that-you |archive-date=2022-09-07 |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=]}}</ref> Atoms created a shortlist of alternatives, including ], ], and ], while Cartoon Network proposed more high-profile actors such as ].
The group climbs up the long stairs of the temple. About halfway up, Billy claims he can see his Grandmother's house from this vantage point. The others do not believe him and move on. Billy waves to his grandmother down below and follows.


Unable to decide on finding an actor to play the role in time for production, Atoms decided to use a character from a Cartoon Network series and picked Hoagie Gilligan (a.k.a. Numbuh 2) from ''Codename: Kids Next Door'' to serve as Grim’s replacement because his childish innocence would serve as contrast to the role of the Grim Reaper, and his presence would also serve as a tease for the upcoming crossover special ''The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door''. However, at the suggestion of that show’s creator, ], this was changed to Numbuh 3 taking Grim’s place. Atoms also used some Nintendo references in the later part of this TV movie, such as when Boogey Man ] Mandy he makes a "warp pipe" appear and its ] is used when he goes into it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fritz |first=Steve |date=March 27, 2007 |title=Animated Shorts: Maxwell Atoms |url=http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t%3D106645 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014111633/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=106645 |archive-date=2007-10-14 |access-date=2008-08-19 |website=Newsarama.com}}</ref>
Horror is a living statue. He had removed his left hand and placed all his fears inside. It did not exactly work, as he developed new fears. Horror spends his time with online gaming and learning to play the guitar with his teeth.


The title track "Land of the Dead" was written and performed by ]. It is Voltaire's second collaboration for ''The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'', the first being on the episode "Little Rock of Horrors" with the song "]"; "Land of the Dead" would later feature as the opening track of Voltaire's albums '']'' and '']''. The film's end credits also feature "]" by ]. The film is most famous for its original song "Scary-O".
===Cannibal Run===
Boogeyman's forces appear and Billy is soon eaten by the Kracken. Boogey decides to hold a river race called the Cannibal Run. The winner will have to fight Horror for the right to the hand. Grim's very small boat seems unwinnable next to Boogey's legged ship. The two sides prepare. Billy hasn't resurfaced yet and Mandy thinks he might actually be dead this time. Billy appears, having made friends with the Kracken.


==Home media==
The race starts. Throughout it, the team become puppets, destroys a sea witch with laser guns, glue their boat back together with snot after its cut to pieces, and even get attacked by Japanese movie monsters (Godzilla, King Ghidorah, Anguirus, Rodan, Gigan and Gamera). After all that, Team Grim wins and easily defeats Horror with Mandy tearing off Billy's nose and throwing it at his head.
The film was released on ] by ] in the United States on April 3, 2007. The DVD contains both anamorphic wide screen and modified full screen versions with 5.1 surround sound and regular stereo sound. Special features include the season three episode "Bully Boogie" -Boogey's debut episode- and interviews with the voice actors.<ref name="Prince">{{Cite web |last=Prince |first=Dennis |date=April 25, 2007 |title=Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure |url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/billyandmandy.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022110/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/billyandmandy.php |archive-date=2012-03-06 |access-date=2012-05-26 |website=]}}</ref> As of 2023, it has yet to be available to stream on ], ], and ] (except in Latin America).


===Climax=== ==Reception==
The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Dennis Prince of ] reviewed the movie saying, "All told, Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure is a gift from Atoms, and an indulgence of all the goodness and gooeyness that has made the series a top draw on Cartoon Network. Despite the boogers, bare buttocks, and boorish humor, this court finds no real crime has been committed. Case dismissed".<ref name="Prince" /> MaryAnn Johanson of the Flick Filospher reviewed the movie saying "'Full-length movie. Full of boogers!' promises the blobby green sticker on the DVD. And it's true. But somehow, the tons of gross-out potty humor manages to be delightfully goofy -- perhaps it's the irresistibly cheerful spin cartoonist Maxwell Atoms puts on his demented twisting of kiddie cartoons"<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johanson |first=MaryAnn |date=May 13, 2007 |title=Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Review) |url=https://www.flickfilosopher.com/2007/05/billy-mandys-big-boogey-adventure-review.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203123230/http://www.flickfilosopher.com/blog/2007/05/billy_mandys_big_boogey_advent.html |archive-date=2008-12-03 |access-date=2008-08-20 |website=FlickFilosopher.com}}</ref> It was nominated for an ] for Best Music in an Animated Television Production.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure |url=https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/97847-Billy_Mandys_Big_Boogey_Adventure.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120721235558/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/97847-Billy_Mandys_Big_Boogey_Adventure.html |archive-date=July 21, 2012 |access-date=2020-12-15 |website=]}}</ref> Common Sense Media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kho |first=Nancy Davis |date=September 15, 2009 |title=Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure |url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/billy-and-mandys-big-boogey-adventure |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927204817/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/billy-and-mandys-big-boogey-adventure |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |access-date=May 26, 2012 |website=]}}</ref>
However, Boogey uses the Horror Hand against them, and the group tries to face their worst fears, as Billy faces a clown spider mailman (or is it a clown mail spider), Irwin faces stand up comedy jokes to bears, and Mandy faces an older version of herself who has lost her toughness, overweight, and married to Irwin. But Grim is the only one who conquers them as he lives his nightmare every day: living with Billy and Mandy. After Grim picks up the hand, Boogeyman steals the hand - but is defeated by his worst fear: discovering that he’s not scary and getting laughed by everybody. Grim later reveals that he turned the Hand off and Boogeyman now is living his life in his fears.


==References==
The police come in and Judge Roy Spleen tries to banish Grim, but Mandy threatens the Judge so he decides to give Grim his job back and fire Numbuh 3 (although he remarks that Numbah 3 was a great reaper in her own way). Numbah 3 vows to get revenge on Grim if it’s the last thing she does. When Fred Fredburger says that "If I hadn't tried to eat all of the nachos, I never would have known I could", the team learns a valuable lesson: that they got what they wanted without having the Hand. Grim saved the world even without the scythe, Mandy got her own way once again, Irwin finally got to kiss his true love, and Billy is getting a new bike for Christmas.
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==External links==
===The Future Billy===
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To everybody’s surprise, future Billy teleports into the temple and reveals that in the future Mandy stole the hand and become Lord Horror the supreme master of existence, just as Mandy gets hypnotized by it and seeing future Billy, nude, makes her trance go away. Mandy merely shrugs and hands the hand back to Grim. Grim is forced to put the Hand somewhere. Grim decides to put the Hand in his trunk. The group returns home with future-Billy saying his farewells. Billy asks what he’s going to have for lunch next Tuesday and future Billy says, “I could tell you but then I would have to kill you." Mandy orders Grim to make dinner. Meanwhile, Billybot and now more realistic Mandroid order their own servant, Creeper to serve his drinks.
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After the end credits, future Billy returns to his time to see that nothing has changed. He gets grabbed by robots, and sees that Fred Fredburger stole the hand and became Lord Horror. Fred says that his worst nightmare was running out of nachos. He then spells nachos N-A-C-H-O-Z, says his trademark "Yes!", and the movie ends.

===Epilogue===
During the credits, they show pictures of what happened to the characters afterwards e.g.
*Billy: Becomes the president
*Mandy: Becomes captain of Boogey's ship
*Boogey: Lives in fear to this very day
*Creeper: Made a fortune selling his invention Time Traveling Pants
*]: Tried to become a reaper again but with no success.

==Voice cast==
* ] – Mandy, Mandroid, Older Mandy, Milkshakes, Some Kid
* ] – Grim, Sperg, Pirate #6
* ] – Billy, Billybot, Harold, Pale Ghoulish Juror, Chippy the Squirrel, Squirrel
* ] – Irwin, Pirate #5, Unicorn
* ] – I’ll Cut You Guy, Pirate #2, Horror, Burnt Skeleton Guard
* ] – Peequay
* ] – Bride of Frankenstein
* ] – Creeper, Horror’s Hand, Pirate #3, Paperboy
* ] – Giant Cyclops, Ugly Pirate
* ] – Fred Fredburger, Pirate #4
* ] – Billy’s Mom
* ] – Older Irwin
* ] – Space Villain, Glacier of Evil, Dracula, Judge Roy Spleen, Underworld Cop
* ] – 2 Headed Parrot
* ] – Horror
* ] – General Skarr, Pirate #7
* ] – Executioner, Pirate #1
* ] – Pirate #8, Miniature Cyclops, Spider Clown Mailman, Beast Master
* ] – The Boogey Man

== DVD ==
The DVD was released on ], ] In the USA. The DVD contains both anamorphic wide screen and modified full screen versions with 5.1 surround sound and regular stereo sound. Special features include the original "]" episode and interviews with the voice actors. The DVD cover can be seen at the top of this page.

==Cultural references==
{{Trivia|date=July 2007}}
*In the first Advertisement for the TV movie, they parody the ] commercial that repeatedly says "Head On, Apply Directly To The Forehead." They possibly parodied the second version of that commercial where a buyer has a negative comment on the commercial, but loves the product, because Dracula gets annoyed by hearing "Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure: The Movie" a dozen times.
* The dark future seen in the opener is similar to the "Machine future" depicted in the ]. The shot of a robot foot crushing a human skull is a parody of the opening shot of '']''. When Billy materializes from the future at the end, the sphere he emerges from is similar to that seen at the beginning of the ''Terminator'' movies. When the original Billy asks, "Why are you naked eh? Is it because clothes can't time travel because nothing inorganic can come through the time stream?" is the rationale given by ] in the first '']'' film.
* When Skarr is visited by ], he points to the hole in his stomach and says "It's just a flesh wound." This is a reference to the ] from ]. He also mentions how he cannot watch ] while his TV is broken.
* The chase sequence when Skarr is driving away, is a parody of ], especially with the oil, smoke screen, and turning into a submarine.
*During car chase scene, you can very briefly see Black Maw truck from episode"Fear and Loathing in Endsville" , a poster of "Lies lies lies" song from episode "Dad Day Afternoon" with the singer's name is Stank and a paper write "Pleaze cancel Billy & Mandy" in an electric pole.
* Horror's Hand, the object this movie revolves around, is likely inspired by the Marvel Comics ] or ] Right Hand of Doom (disregarding the artifact is a left hand) or the ] from ].
* Towards the end of the movie when Boogey walks off the cliff which he fell off of the first time, he does a yell similar to the ] character ]'s famous Goof Yell "Yaaaah-Hoo-Hoo-Hoo-Hooey".
* During the scene where Mandy is into a series of nightmares, she also dreams she is on a black closed place, like in the beginning of every normal episode.
* Features Billy's spirited rendition of his song "Scary-O" (Sergeant Pooper's Lonely Farts Club Sandwich, a reference to ]) because "all animated movies have singing".
* At one point during "Scary-O", Billy is dressed up like ], similar to his Marilyn Manson costume in the episode ]. The two costumes are very similar, but in Battle of the Bands, the top half of his head is painted blue. In the movie, he has a red and blue lightning bolt over his eye.
* Grim and Mandy's exchange: "He will become more powerful than you could possibly imagine!" - "I don't know, I can imagine quite a bit," are both lines from '']'' (though they aren't said in the same context).
* The Mandroid's line, "You will be assimilated," parodies the slogan of the ] from '']'.
* At one point Harold says, ''Utinni, Yub Yub!'' which mean 'run' in two ] languages (]ese and ]ese.)
* The Cannibal Run is drawn from a race from a movie of ]. The Cannibal Run also draws much inspiration from ] and ]. The most obvious of these references are Horror, who greatly resembles the titan ], and the Crushing Cliffs at the end of the race course.
* The Japanese movie monsters ], ], ], ], ] and ] (in that order) all make brief appearances in this movie on an underworld roller coaster ride called ], a location also from the Godzilla movies.
* The commercials used to mention the upcoming US TV premiere of the movie are parodies of the notorious ] commercial, which showed a repetitive message looping over and over again, and in later versions, had people appear as the commercial froze and describe how much they dislike the commercial, but love the product. Dracula appears in a similar fashion.
* ]'s song (feat. ]) ] is featured in the main commercial "trailer" for the US premiere and is used during the ending credits of the movie.
* This film features heavy references to ], due to the working relationship between ] and ].
*Numbah Three of the ], another animated show, appears several times in the movie as Grim's replacement, and Grim references the KND when asking who would replace him, inspiring his superiors to hire Numbah Three. This acts as a prelude to the soon-to-be-released KND and Billy and Mandy crossover "''The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door''"
* When Boogey goes into the pipe while he kidnaps Mandy in the quartet's dream, he makes a sound like the pipes from the ]. In fact, this noise is taken from the Mario Cartoons.
* Ro-Man from the movie ] can be seen in the jury during Grim's trial.
* Creeper sounds similar to ] of the ], a popular ].
* A monster resembling ] from ] wears a top hat and plays guitar similar to ] during the song "Scary-O". He also has a guitar similar to the one ] uses.
* During the court scene, in the jury one can see ] and ].
* The movie makes several references to '']''. During Cannibal Run, Grim & co. row their boat with zombie-like detached limbs, similar to the opening of '']'' in which Captain Jack rows his coffin with someone's else's detached leg. Also, the Kraken that eats Billy is similar to the Kraken that eats Jack Sparrow in ''Dead Man's Chest''.
* Boogey says if the Creeper keeps annoying him, employee of the month will go to Fred Fredburger. After he says this, we get a quick glance at Fred Fredburger drinking ] fuel through his nose and singing his version of "Frère Jacques."
* During the epilogue, when it shows the shot of Creeper and his time-traveling pants, the cavepeople around him appear to be distorted versions of ], ], and ] of the classic cartoon ] (Fred also appeared in an earlier episode of the show).
* In Scary-o, the drummer heavily resembles Animal from The Muppet Show.
* Skarr pulls out a sign that says "Eep" before being zapped by Billybot and Mandroid. This is a reference to Wile E. Coyote from Looney Toons.
* Right after Skarr escapes Grim, he yells "We've got a runner!" quoted from the film ] depicting Logan running from his death.
*Billybot and Mandroid are physically similar to ] & ] because of Mandroid's color and Billybot's chestplate.
*In the scene where Billy, Grim, and Mandy chase ], in the background there is a picture of Major Dr. Ghastly from Maxwell Atoms' other show '']''.
*In Mandy's first dream after Boogey sends her into "endless nightmare," she opens a door into a desert dimension which is a reference to "Saturn" from the film ], a realm where ghosts end up if they leave their houses. There are even sandworms in the background.
*On his blog, ] noted this is their "] movie" because they share the premise of a one episode character becoming the main villain for a full movie.
*During the scene near the end when Boogey gets run over by the train, you can very briefly see that Hector Con Carne is sitting in the conductor's position, hanging his head out the window.
*In the dream scene Mandy says that she often dreams about "]" by ].
*Billybot speaks in a similar manner as ], in that he says his form of speech before saying it.
*When Billybot's head explodes from drinking root beer, he makes a sound that sounds like R2-D2.
*The joke Irwin tells to the bears (So a bear and a Rabbit they're pooping in the woods...) is a reference to ]'s ]
*The Sunken City of The Witch Queen is probably a spoof of Istar, the Kingpriests Sunken City in the ] series of novels.
*When Billybot shouts "Assimilate! Assimilate!", this is a reference to the Daleks from the show ] who shout "Exterminate! Exterminate!".
*When Grim, Billy, Mandy, and Irwin huddle, Irwin says, "Don't worry, I have a Troll Warlock." This references the game World of Warcraft.
*The invisible duck from ] makes a cameo in this movie in the scene where Boogey shows up what we will do with Horror's Hand (the moment where he unleashes many monsters).
*In the ending credits, on Hoss Degaldo's wall you can see Underfist poster and Death tarot card show on Maxwell Atoms's blog page.
*The movie makes several references to '']'',the monsters in the opening credits:Minotaur, Cyclops,Centaur, Cerberus,Gorgons and Hydra is also the monsters in '']'' and in the scene Irwin save Mandy, he use the Medusa's Head then he declare "I am the God of Love" instead of War. Horror maybe references to Colossus of Rhodes in '']'',both of them are giant metal statue and lost their left arms.
*When Boogey mentions the peoples stole Grim's scythe, you can see that Principal Goodvibes wear the same hip hop outfit in episode "Goodbling and the Hip-Hop-Opotamus"

== Goofs ==
* At the beginning when Grim comes to reap Skarr you see through the hole in his chest, but you should actually see the robe he is wearing. However, it is possible that he was wearing the robe when the laser that created the hole first shot through him.
*During the car chase, you can see that the gas pump doesn't hook to anything but in the end it hooks to the firework store and Hot Fudge truck.
* In the episode, ], Boogey was sent to the Pit of Terror, but Mandy asks, "Didn't we banish you to the Nightmare Realm?". This is also referenced in the video game as Boogey's criminal record of being banished there for impersonating a TV (another Bully Boogie reference).
* The DVD subtitles say that ] said a ].
* When Boogey's ship flies up to the summit of The Isle of Peril, nothing is on the bottom. But during the Cannibal Run, a sea monster is revealed to be fused with the ship.
* When Boogey opens the back window asking if the gang could fly near the falls, the window is a full door, but as he tells Creeper to activate the rockets, the window has two little doors.
* As the gang gets over the falls using Grim's cloak and gaining the lead, in the next scene the snot covering the ship disappears.
* When Billybot eats the cannon, he seems to have put it in a storage portal of some sort. But when he drinks root beer in two scenes, he seems to have a normal robot mouth.
*When Irwin goes to the ships deck to save Mandy, the cannons are lined diagonally. But when Boogey loads the cannons, they're all straight in a line.
* When Billybot says "I like pie!" in the movie, the DVD subtitles say that he said "I am high!". When Billy says "freak out gland!" in "Scary-o" the DVD subtitles say that he said "freak out band!" and when Billybot says "I am dreaming that I am a pygmy marmoset!" the DVD subtitles say that he said "caky marmoset!"
*Horror's Hand has 5 fingers like us but all the characters have only 4 fingers.
*In the Cannibal Run map, you can see that the Skull Rock has been cut from film and a brand of river lead to Camden, New Jersey.
*In the end, 15 Underworld Cops come out of the vortex, but when they disappear there's only 13 of them.
*When Boogey takes the picture with Grim, his eyes are open but in the picture, his eyes are closed.
*When Billybot first says "Query:why are we hunting Billy and Mandy?", the subtitles read Larry why are we hunting Billy and Mandy?
*Before Billy sees his grandma on the steps to Horror, in one scene, the group can be seen walking over an outline of stairs, not stairs themselves. Also, it should have been boards, not stairs.
*The "It's just a flesh wound" remark was made in ]'s film ] when Murtaugh tells Leo he won't die after he was shot by a hollow point bullet on a hockey rink.

== Songs ==
* Land of the Dead: by ]
* Scary-O: performed by Billy and the Pirates, written by ] and ]
* Fredajacia: performed by Fred Fredburger.
* ]: by ]

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2007 television film based on The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy directed by Robert Alvarez

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure
DVD cover
Created byMaxwell Atoms
Written by
  • Nina Bargiel
  • Jeremy Bargiel
  • Maxwell Atoms
Story byMaxwell Atoms
Directed by
  • Shaun Cashman
  • Kris Sherwood
  • Gordon Kent
  • Matt Engstrom
  • Eddy Houchins
  • Sue Perrotto
  • Robert Alvarez
  • Russell Calabrese
  • Phil Cummings
  • Mike Lyman
  • Christine Kolosov
Voices of
Composers
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerMaxwell Atoms
ProducerLouis J. Cuck
EditorIllya Owens
Running time80 minutes
Production companyCartoon Network Studios
Original release
NetworkCartoon Network
ReleaseMarch 30, 2007 (2007-03-30)

Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure is a 2007 American made-for-television animated adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Cartoon Network Studios, and is the first made-for-television film based on the animated series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, the second being Billy & Mandy: Wrath of the Spider Queen. Big Boogey Adventure premiered in the United States on March 30, 2007, and in the UK on February 14, 2007, and was released on DVD in the U.S. on April 3, 2007.

The events of the film take place during the sixth and final season of The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy.

Plot

In the future (in about two weeks), in a dystopian Endsville, an evil being known as the "Lord of Horror" orders robotic duplicates, Billybot and Mandroid, to go back in time to eliminate Billy and Mandy and prevent them from reaching a powerful hand-like artifact in the Lord of Horror's possession before his past self does. Billy and Irwin of this time hope their past selves can stop the Lord of Horror's evil plans.

Two weeks prior, Grim is sued for dereliction of duty and misuse of his abilities by his old rival, the Boogey Man, the former having failed to reap General Skarr (who had accidentally created a hole in his chest) thanks to an intervention from Billy and Mandy. Grim and the children are set to be exiled by the Underworld Court and placed in the custody of Boogey, with Grim being stripped of his job and powers and Numbuh 3 from Codename: Kids Next Door becoming his court-appointed replacement. Boogey reveals it was part of his plan to steal Horror's Hand, an artifact capable of bringing people's deepest fears to life and transforming anyone who conquers their fear into the scariest and most powerful being in existence; Boogey himself believes that with its power, children will fear him once again. The group eventually escapes and plans to obtain the Hand for themselves for various reasons.

After Grim and the children barely escape from a pair of blind cyclopses and rescue Mandy from Boogey when he kidnaps her, both groups eventually reach where the Hand is held, where they meet Horror the Ancient, a living statue and source of the Hand, having channeled his fears within it and cutting it off in an attempt to make himself brave. To obtain the Hand, the two rivaling groups must embark on a race across the Cannibal Run - the most dangerous section of the River Styx - as well as facing their worst fears. Grim and the children win and scrape to obtain the Hand. Billy, Irwin and Mandy are easily subdued by their respective worst nightmares, leaving Grim to claim the Hand unaffected, revealing he goes through his worst nightmare every day — being forced to live with Billy and Mandy. The Hand however is almost immediately stolen by Boogey who uses it to scare Grim so badly that he explodes. Believing he has won, Boogey is shocked when Grim promptly reforms himself and laughs at Boogey for thinking he was capable of scaring him. When everyone else joins in laughing at him, Boogey realizes the Hand is making his worst nightmare a reality — confronting the fact that he is not scary at all. He subsequently suffers a series of humiliating accidents as he desperately insists that he IS scary while everyone there hysterically laughs at him, after which Grim reveals he had actually turned the Hand's power off right after he picked it up, to make Boogey think his fear had come to life, ultimately proving Boogey wasn't ever scary at all. Mistaking Fred Fredburger's comments about nachos for actual philosophical advice, Billy has an epiphany that he and his friends obtained what they wanted without the need for Horror's Hand.

After the Underworld Court arrive to finish Boogey's business of banishing Grim forever, Mandy demands them to reinstate Grim as the Grim Reaper because he saved the world from a future ruled by Boogey, which the court agrees to in part because Numbuh 3 was too much of an optimist to actually reap anyone in their view. In the end, Billy from the future appears before them to warn that if Mandy had used Horror's Hand, she would have taken over the world in two weeks, becoming the Lord of Horror from his time. Grim decides to put the Hand in his trunk to ensure that that future never comes to pass. Subsequently, Boogey is discovered to have become afraid of everything having suffered "a few too many hits on the noggin" during his humliation. Future Billy eventually goes back to the future to make sure that things were set right.

The credits show what each character did after the events of the film, such as General Skarr using the hole in his chest to keep birds, Mandy becoming the new captain of Boogey's ship, Numbuh 3 starting her own Reaper-for-hire service (which results in people laughing at her), Dracula stealing Grim's scythe for use as a golf club, Irwin being bedridden for getting infected with mono and cooties after kissing Mandy, Billy eventually becoming President of the United States and Boogey living in fear ever since his defeat.

The epilogue shows how Billy went back to the future to find that it has not changed as Fred Fredburger has obtained Horror's Hand from Grim's magic trunk and took over the world as the new Lord of Horror, having conquered his fear of running out of nachos.

Cast

Production

Maxwell Atoms originally pitched "Billy & Mandy vs. the Martians" as a direct-to-video film, but Cartoon Network did not want a science fiction theme, and the pitch was made into a standard episode of the series. Creating the film was the first time that Atoms had created anything with a length of over one hour. That, along with creating the regular season was challenging for him. Boogey Man was chosen as the villain for the film because he was a lesser villain that had a relationship with Grim. This was because Atoms was given the idea to follow a storyline similar to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan by a Cartoon Network representative.

The role of Numbuh 3 was originally supposed to be taken up by an entirely new Grim Reaper character, with Atoms having Pamela Anderson in mind for the character, as one of the crew members worked on Stripperella. Anderson was contacted and expressed interest for the role, but was ultimately rejected by the studio's casting department thinking that the actress wasn't marketable enough. Atoms created a shortlist of alternatives, including Marilyn Manson, Drew Barrymore, and Elijah Wood, while Cartoon Network proposed more high-profile actors such as Angelina Jolie.

Unable to decide on finding an actor to play the role in time for production, Atoms decided to use a character from a Cartoon Network series and picked Hoagie Gilligan (a.k.a. Numbuh 2) from Codename: Kids Next Door to serve as Grim’s replacement because his childish innocence would serve as contrast to the role of the Grim Reaper, and his presence would also serve as a tease for the upcoming crossover special The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door. However, at the suggestion of that show’s creator, Tom Warburton, this was changed to Numbuh 3 taking Grim’s place. Atoms also used some Nintendo references in the later part of this TV movie, such as when Boogey Man kidnaps Mandy he makes a "warp pipe" appear and its SFX is used when he goes into it.

The title track "Land of the Dead" was written and performed by Voltaire. It is Voltaire's second collaboration for The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, the first being on the episode "Little Rock of Horrors" with the song "Brains!"; "Land of the Dead" would later feature as the opening track of Voltaire's albums Ooky Spooky and Spooky Songs for Creepy Kids. The film's end credits also feature "Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind & Fire. The film is most famous for its original song "Scary-O".

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Warner Home Video in the United States on April 3, 2007. The DVD contains both anamorphic wide screen and modified full screen versions with 5.1 surround sound and regular stereo sound. Special features include the season three episode "Bully Boogie" -Boogey's debut episode- and interviews with the voice actors. As of 2023, it has yet to be available to stream on iTunes, Amazon Prime, and HBO Max (except in Latin America).

Reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. Dennis Prince of DVD Verdict reviewed the movie saying, "All told, Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure is a gift from Atoms, and an indulgence of all the goodness and gooeyness that has made the series a top draw on Cartoon Network. Despite the boogers, bare buttocks, and boorish humor, this court finds no real crime has been committed. Case dismissed". MaryAnn Johanson of the Flick Filospher reviewed the movie saying "'Full-length movie. Full of boogers!' promises the blobby green sticker on the DVD. And it's true. But somehow, the tons of gross-out potty humor manages to be delightfully goofy -- perhaps it's the irresistibly cheerful spin cartoonist Maxwell Atoms puts on his demented twisting of kiddie cartoons" It was nominated for an Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production. Common Sense Media gave the movie 2/5 stars and is meant for kids over the age of 8 calling it "undeniably gross and just as undeniably funny".

References

  1. Atoms, Maxwell (October 10, 2019). "Hey Maxwell. Remember Cartoon Network Invaded back in 2007? How was it like connecting your Billy and Mandy series with the other shows during an alien invasion event phenomenon? How did the episode, Billy and Mandy Moon the Moon, came about?". Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2023-05-04. Retrieved 2024-08-15.
  2. Atoms, Maxwell (February 28, 2022). "We're there any potential celebrities that you wanted to get for Billy and Mandy but couldn't due to unavailability or lack of interest? I know you mentioned Seth backed out due to Ted for the boogey movie but any other ones?". Tumblr. Archived from the original on 2022-09-07. Retrieved 2022-09-07.
  3. Fritz, Steve (March 27, 2007). "Animated Shorts: Maxwell Atoms". Newsarama.com. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2008-08-19.
  4. ^ Prince, Dennis (April 25, 2007). "Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-05-26.
  5. Johanson, MaryAnn (May 13, 2007). "Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure (Review)". FlickFilosopher.com. Archived from the original on 2008-12-03. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  6. "Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure". The Big Cartoon DataBase. Archived from the original on July 21, 2012. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  7. Kho, Nancy Davis (September 15, 2009). "Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure". Common Sense Media. Archived from the original on September 27, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2012.

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