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Why It's an Iron Tin

 * 1) This movie stays completely faithful to the TV series and is very welcoming to newcomers of Gum Girl, both the series and the character herself, as it sets up the series' signature tone, presents who some of the characters are and explains all that is happening in Stockton.
 * 2) Well done animation that tops that of the series.
 * 3) * It plays more with the characters' facial expressions, often for comedic effect.
 * 4) * It takes advantage of the lighting and colors to set up a strong mood, especially whenever there is a presence of danger.
 * 5) * The backgrounds also function in a way that visually explains the scenario that is going on.
 * 6) Action-packed adventure scenes.
 * 7) Talented voice acting both from the same voice actors of the cartoon and from guest stars, most notably Alec Baldwin and David Hasselhoff (the former portraying a convincing villain, Danzel, and the latter as himself).
 * 8) Frankie is at her absolute best in terms of villainy as she’s more villainous than ever before in this movie, as she not only successfully manages to frame Principal Eskenas for stealing Ninja-Rina Mother's tiara so that he could steal the formula unhindered, but she also manages to subsequently enslave all of Stockton in the process.
 * 9) Gum Girl and Bubble Boy are at their absolute best in this movie, as they go on an adventure together, get past all the danger they’ve faced, brought Ninja-Rina's Mom’s tiara back, saved Stockton and their loved ones, and defeated Frankie.
 * 10) Amazing cinematography.
 * 11) Several recurring musical numbers from the show are used in the film, including the score from the original 1967 series. The new songs are also incredibly amazing, like "Iron Tin", and "Ocean Man" (which would later go on to become a meme).
 * 12) The scene where Gum Girl and Bubble Boy get captured by Ninja-Wolf is one of the darkest and edgiest moments in the movie.
 * 13) There are funny and hilarious moments and jokes that don't contain gross-out humor.
 * 14) An epic climax where Gum Girl, Bubble Boy and Iron Tin free the people of Stockton from Frankie's control via the power of rock.
 * 15) Excellent writing with an engaging plot that fits well with the series' standard humor while providing extra material for a movie.
 * 16) It hands you a great message, saying that "it doesn't matter if you are a kid".
 * 17) Pleasant soundtrack by the London Metropolitan Orchestra.
 * 18) The Fantasmical World logo variation in this installment is probably the best intro, as many of the frames are very interesting and fit Fantasmical World's picture of being rather quirky, but somewhat cool.
 * 19) The scene where Gum Girl and Bubble Boy dry up is memorable, even making the audience pirates cry!
 * 20) * And them getting rejuvenated along with the rest of the dried-up creatures is also memorable, with the latter hilariously attacking the Ninja-Wolf with gum!
 * 21) ** Also hilarious in this scene are fish that are dressed up as a mariachi band, who casually play their music as the action unfolds!

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There is plenty of gross-out humor, including one shot showing a nude Bubble Boy's rear end with a flag showing Gum Girl's name wedged between his buttocks, which is kinda gross.
 * 2) The movie overuses deus ex machinas in order to progress the plot.
 * 3) Gum Girl and Bubble Boy are seen drying up under a heat lamp, although they turn out okay in the end, the scene is nonetheless a bit dark and depressing for young as well as even some adult fans of the show.
 * 4) Several popular characters had little to no role in the film, notably Yee, who only has one scene with one line; Ms. Smoot and Ninja-Rina, each having 3 brief scenes and two lines throughout the film; and Brainstormer, who only briefly cameos.

Why It Deserves to Have the Pizza Recipe

 * 1) Like the first film, it stays completely faithful to the comics.
 * 2) Great mix of CGI and 2D animation.
 * 3) * The CGI animation is spectacular and fits the world of Gum Girl quite well.
 * 4) * The 2D animation is outstanding and a considerable upgrade from the show, especially since Gum Girl's animation at the time lacked energy and was rather dull compared to the classic TV shows. On the side note, it really interesting that the 2D animation have been returned for four years earlier.
 * 5) Great soundtrack by John Debney.
 * 6) Ratbeard is an impressive villain, thanks to Antonio Banderas, who voice Puss in Boots.
 * 7) The seagulls are decently entertaining characters.
 * 8) Catchy songs, such as N.E.R.D.'s cover of "Squeeze Me."
 * 9) The plot was well executed, despite the movie being made in traditional animation, live-action and CGI.
 * 10) Thanks to Stereo D, it converts hand-drawn animation, from 2D to eye-popping stereoscopic 3D. Even the 2D animation was filmed in 3D.
 * 11) Great use of slapstick, action and meta humor.
 * 12) The mega form designs of Gum Girl, Ninja-Rina, Brainstormer, Bubble Boy, Mr. Chubby Cheeks and Robo-Chef are fantastic, like in the comics and The Gumazing Fantasy!
 * 13) In the beginning of the exclusive song, "Thank Gosh It's Monday", a few references to the classic era of Gum Girl are made, in which is quite impressive.
 * 14) Diving Birds played by actors American, Australian or British seem actually really good.
 * 15) The guest actors deserved a lot of credit when they took part in this movie, especially Billy West (the voice of both Ren (Seasons 3-5) and Stimpy from The Ren and Stimpy Show).
 * 16) The cinematography is flawlessly great.

Bad Qualities
'''Note: Do not add in the "They cut out the "Thank Gosh It's Monday" scene and turn it into the music video." line.'''


 * 1) False advertising: The trailers and posters show the CGI-live action portion of the movie, implying that the movie is at least mostly in CGI rather than 2D animation. The CGI-live action portion isn't until the third act of the movie, despite being heavily used in advertising. Example of the deleted scenes:
 * 2) Brainstormer saying, "The pirate rat's destroying our world."
 * 3) Gum Girl characters meeting Slash.
 * 4) Spotless Bubble Boy ripping his bottom of his suit.
 * 5) Samurai Ninja-Rina playing a flute and farting.
 * 6) Samurai Ninja-Rina getting stuck in the giant can rings thrown by Ratbeard.
 * 7) Bubble Boy getting a hole in his face.
 * 8) Despite the name, they do not get revenge on an island.
 * 9) While the CGI used for the characters while they are in the live action portions of the film was good (and probably more practical for the actions they are seen performing), it still looks out of place in a largely 2D animated film and lacks the charm of the 2D animated characters in the live action segments of the previous films.
 * 10) The CGI designs for Cuteness Overload Chubby Cheeks (Mr. Chubby Cheeks' mega form) and the Diving Birds, while nice, look uncanny due to being photorealistic.
 * 11) The mean-spirited moments where Robo-Chef blames Gum Girl for grabbing the recipe and went as far as calling him the "worst teammate ever" when it was Robo-Chef’s fault for creating the decoy formula in the first place and never acknowledged this. And this happened again later when Bubble Boy also blamed Gum Girl for dragging them into the real world, even though it was all out of his control.
 * 12) There is a gross scene where Robo-Chef gets covered in mucus.
 * 13) Despite being a kid's movie, the characters (besides Gum Girl, Ninja-Rina, Robo-Chef, and Robo-Chef, Jr.) went insane when the pizza went missing and caused violence (which is not common for a kid's movie).

Good Qualities to Read on

 * 1) The premise was quite original and creative and well serve as a tribute to classic Fantasmical World comics and had nice actors in the cast.
 * 2) It's pretty much an awesome Fantasmical World crossover movie with far too much fan service, especially when the movie has a lot of appearances from several comic characters.
 * 3) It brings up an interesting question; what if aliens misinterpreted a signal we sent them as a declaration of war?
 * 4) The idea of aliens sending the Fantasmical World characters to attack the Earth and the nerds being the ones to save it and be the heroes is quite interesting and compelling.
 * 5) The scene where Rhode Montijo tries to reunite with Hamster Hansen is a touching moment
 * 6) The soundtrack is good by Henry Jackman, with a nice rendition of "Daydreaming," as well as Read On (the song that plays during the credits).
 * 7) The cinematography is pretty awesome.
 * 8) To add to that, the credits are decently animated in 50s-influenced animation.
 * 9) The battle scenes with the comic book villains are entertaining to watch
 * 10) The visuals and animation for the comic book characters are very neat, even by 2015 standards, which makes for pretty good action.
 * 11) * Besides Gum Girl peeing, both the Underhander and Hamster Hansen scenes, in particular, is amazing.
 * 12) Even if the movie completely wastes their talents, Bill Murray, Peter Dinklage and Michelle Monaghan give good performances.
 * 13) Dora Wilson makes a cameo in the opening flashback as a comic book author.
 * 14) The movie can have its moments (eg. Ludlow yelling at US soldiers or Montijo getting his hand bitten off, and after the battle in London, there's a heartwarming moment when grandma met Specter Inspector.)
 * 15) Even as weak as he was, Admiral Porter's revelation was shocking.
 * 16) Polky, even though he gets killed, is so cute to look at!
 * 17) The ending is kinda nice.
 * 18) Several characters such as Eddie Plant, Ludlow Lamonsoff, and Sam Brenner are likable.
 * 19) Great dialogue, particularly "You smell so nice like the blood of an English man."
 * 20) Funny moments.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Some adult humor, like Gum Girl peeing after seeing Underhander.
 * 2) The film has overuse of blatant product placement, particularly YooHoo! drinks in the beginning, as well as Taco Bell Dorito Tacos, the latter of which is fed to Gabby by Sam.
 * 3) False advertising: On one of the posters, Hamster Hansen is seen devouring San Francisco. However, in the movie, he is seen in New York. Not only that, but there are also absolutely no scenes that take place in San Francisco at all. Also, the poster shows him as a gigantic creature capable of eating a city in just one bite when in the movie he's not that big.
 * 4) The script feels like it was written by either a thirteen-year-old or someone who is addicted to the Gum Girl franchise.
 * 5) The film is just another generic story where aliens invade the Earth, and our heroes have to stop them. You could take out Sam, his friends, and the video game elements and virtually nothing about the premise would be different.
 * 6) Not only is Admiral Porter a weak secondary villain, but he was also unnecessary, as the movie has already been two-thirds in by that point.
 * 7) For some reason, Sam doesn't simply explain the patterns to the S.E.A.L. soldiers.
 * 8) The movie is riddled with little bit of plot holes. For instance:
 * 9) * It's shown that whatever the aliens touch, turns into ink or paint, but when a crane catches Mr. Chubby Cheeks at one point, nothing happens.

Why It Did Brave the Pastry Storm

 * 1) Nice CGI for the animated characters.
 * 2) Lorne Balfe's score is at least decent.
 * 3) The Gum Girl team are still likeable.
 * 4) Solid acting.
 * 5) Lots of funny moments, like Hamster Gum Girl playing with ice cream in Rio de Janeiro.
 * 6) The idea of worldwide food disaster Gum Girl film is interesting even through its executive meddling.
 * 7) Nice dialogue, such as "I love ice cream. Is there anything better than ice cream?"

Bad Qualities

 * 1) It ends up being Independence Day meets Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs.
 * 2) The scenes where the Gum Girl team escape satellite with an escape pod is a blatant rip-off of Gravity, again, just like Life.

Why It's the Real Secret to the Formula

 * 1) Just like the well-received films, it stays completely faithful to the comics.
 * 2) Gorgeous CGI animation that is just good, if not better.
 * 3) Great voice acting as usual.
 * 4) Decent cameo appearances from Awkwafina, and Keanu Reeves, despite their appearances doing very little for the story. Their respective characters, Bulb and Sage (spoof of a Suponji Bobu character of the same name), are enjoyable, and their respective scenes stand out in comparison to others.
 * 5) Easter eggs throughout the movie which reference specific comics, notably in one shot where one can see a robot version of Gum Girl. There is also one shot in which concept art of an early design for Gum Girl herself is shown on a sticky note.
 * 6) * The Pizza Mobile returns in this film.
 * 7) * The Switchback Cove also makes a small cameo in the scene where Dr. Gomez is spreading flyers about Hamster Gum Girl.
 * 8) Some heartwarming moments here and there.
 * 9) It has very VERY sad moments, such as the scene where Brainstormer gives up and gives Underhander the Papaya Power Gum and the scene where Gum Girl's friends make a long speech about friendship and love, thus making it the most emotional Gum Girl movie ever.
 * 10) Much like the first two movies, the characters are still likable.
 * 11) Excellent and beautiful musical score by Hans Zimmer and Steve Mazzaro, with the best part being the intro theme.
 * 12) The character designs for the young versions of Dr. and Mrs. Gomez characters are cute.
 * 13) The film has plenty of funny moments, and it at least retains the series' goofy and absurd tone.
 * 14) The musical numbers thrown in are pretty catchy and fun, especially with "Secret to the Formula" feeling like it came straight out of the Gum Girl Broadway musical.
 * 15) * The number with Snoop Dogg, while not spectacular, is very well-choreographed.
 * 16) Nice direction from Tim Hill, making this the best movie in his filmography in recent years.
 * 17) The characters are lovable as usual, including the Gum Girl team.
 * 18) A nice little montage of Dr. Gomez spending some time with Hamster Gum Girl.
 * 19) Funny jokes and gags existed in this film, an example is a scene where Brainstormer created Bulb for Ms. Smoot and she thought Bulb would be helpful, but eventually, Ms. Smoot and Blub keep yelling out "Detention!" at each other.
 * 20) Kenny G's Titanic song "My Heart Will Go On" made it into the movie giving the movie an even more extra touching moment, considering the fact the song is mostly known for sad moments.

Bad Qualities
NOTE: Do not add in the "Neptuno is completely weak as a villain" line.


 * 1) Even though a few of the stars are decent, they can also feel useless to the movie and are only there for the sake of it.
 * 2) * The cameo from Snoop Dogg (The Gambler) felt like a music video shoehorned into the movie and the voice of Danny Trejo felt very out of place.
 * 3) Some lackluster jokes such as Dr. Gomez and Gum Girl saying good morning to each other while yelling at the top of their lungs in the beginning and the infamous scene where Robo-Chef, Jr. gets sucked inside Gum Girl's butt.
 * 4) Very sluggish filler and pacing is placed in the movie itself, with many scenes feeling like they have been extended for a long period of time when they didn't need to be that long to begin with. For example:
 * 5) The film rehashes and even steals some certain elements from other works, including The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Sponge Out of Water, Sponge on the Run, the Suponji Bobu episodes "Whatever Happened to Patrick?" and "Have You Seen This Snail?" and even Finding Nemo.
 * 6) It doesn’t have a major final battle between the characters and the antagonist (Neptuno). Additionally, the way that they convince him to become good is fairly cliché.

Out of this World Qualities

 * 1) This is one of the darkest Gum Girl films of all.
 * 2) Some funny moments, like Hamster Gum Girl planting the bomb while eating Corny's Corn Dog Cuisine corn dogs inside the falling Death Hamster.
 * 3) It was nice that Hamsterpus from The Gumazing Fantasy and the 2003 Gum Girl episode "Hamsters From Space" returns in this film.
 * 4) Nice voice acting.
 * 5) Awesome CGI animation.
 * 6) The plot of the Gum Girl characters saving our world from being crashed by the fallen Death Hamster is a really nice idea.
 * 7) Catchy songs, like "Hamster Fall," "Space Gum Girls," and "The Corn Dog Song."

Bad Qualities

 * 1) This film can sometimes feel like the Majora's Mask in the nutshell, due to its plot.