Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (2022 Film)

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Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers is the name of a 2022 movie soft-rebooting the Disney Chip 'n Dale franchise for newer audiences while acting as a sequel piece to both it and Who Framed Roger Rabbit, which also takes place in the human world with toon characters living and interacting side-by-side with humans. The movie was released on Disney+ on May 20th, 2022, to mixed reviews, inspiring many memes and discussions online — notably for its crossovers such as Ugly Sonic.

History

On February 15th, 2022, the trailer for Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers was posted on the official Walt Disney Studios^[1] YouTube channel, where it quickly went viral and gained over 3.4 million views in three months. The teaser trailer was also notable for showing off the many different cameos that would be present within the film's universe (shown below).

4chan Plot Leak

Shortly after the teaser trailer came out, a plot leak was posted to 4chan by an anonymous user claiming to have seen test screenings of the movie. The leak went on to state that Pluto was the toon behind everything and that they would be turned into a monstrosity that eventually gets defeated by the Rescue Rangers (shown below).

On April 27th, 2022, a second trailer for the movie came out on YouTube^[2] (shown below) that had the character which would later be known as "Sweet Pete" labeled as "Mean Dean," causing a lot of people to be sure that the 4chan leaks were accurate, resulting in some fans becoming upset at the movie before it even came out because they didn't like the way the plot sounded.

These fears ended up being unfounded, as (after the movie came out) the character Mean Dean (screenshot shown below) was called Sweet Pete and was the portrayed as the main villain of the movie, not Pluto or anyone else.

On May 20th, 2022, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers released for streaming on the Disney+ platform.

Online Presence

Upon the film's release on May 20th, 2022, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers received mixed reviews from critics and viewers alike, with a 7.2 out of 10 on IMDb,^[3] an 81 percent on Rotten Tomatoes^[4] and a 66 on Metacritic.^[5]

Ugly Sonic

After the movie premiered, the main takeaway was the inclusion of Ugly Sonic, who is the original character design behind the 2020 Sonic the Hedgehog film (seen below). The character's inclusion led to numerous jokes about internet hate, trying to start over a career and having other cartoon characters revulsed by him. This joke was particularly effective because the studio that was behind the original Ugly Sonic design, Moving Picture Company, was also the one who animated the Chip 'n Dale movie.

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