PBS Kids: Brotherhood

PBS Kids: Brotherhood is the first of two movies depicting the aged-up lives of the PBS Kids mascots.

Synopsis
After graduating college (with degrees in Science and Art, respectively) with flying colours, Dash and his sister Dot decide to visit their parents and celebrate it with their younger twin siblings Del (who has just kicked off his transition into a trans boy) and Dee. A shitstorm of random events happens afterwards as the party gets crashed by alchemists (Fullmetal Alchemist), aliens, Boogiepop, everybody on the periodic table (Atom Town), vampires, both shiny (Twilight) and kickass (Hellsing), mascots of the Olympic Games, master tacticians (Code Geass), toys (Toy Story), ex-street racers who have gone on to accomplish some outlandish shit (Fast and Furious), amoral members of Welsh nobility (BlakeIsHere), British children in a World of Jerkass (Horrid Henry), various World Cup mascots and celebrities like JoJo Siwa (who is now a Joestar and has a Stand for no reason), George W. Bush, Kim Kardashian, and Joe Exotic. Eventually, they have to stop fucking around and deal with Master Studio, a professional at executive meddling.

Why It Sucks
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) The plot takes an excruciatingly long time to progress.
 * 2) Most of the cast is unlikable, though they do improve once Master Studio shows up.
 * 3) *Dash is a homophobic and transphobic asshole.
 * 4) *Dot embodies every feminist stereotype in the book, and hypocritically bashes trans men and non-binary people (whether they're AMAB or AFAB) while being supportive of trans women.
 * 5) *Dee can't stop mistreating her trans brother (whether by deadnaming or insulting him), which eventually leads to him trying to kill himself by falling off the rooftop of the house where the movie takes place.
 * 6) *The aliens all look and sound alike, which makes it difficult to distinguish between them.
 * 7) *The Atom Town characters all have inexplicably changed personalities, only because the writer of this movie got bored of every other crossover movie handling them properly.
 * 8) **Phosphorus now lusts for blowing everything up (as indicated by how she is depicted as white phosphorus, a particularly destructive form of phosphorus), and she even says her idols are Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols (who committed the Oklahoma City bombings)!
 * 9) **Sulfur now stinks up every room he steps foot into and doesn't even feel any remorse.
 * 10) **Oxygen is now an energetic loudmouth who doesn't know when to shut up.
 * 11) **Titanium is just some dumb muscle.
 * 12) **Arsenic and Lead are the same in terms of personality.
 * 13) **Hydrogen now does offensive comedy in the style of George Carlin.
 * 14) **Carbon is now a somewhat useless builder due to him constantly getting distracted.
 * 15) **Nitrogen now has an obsession with freezing everyone for no reason at all.
 * 16) **Lithium is now a poorly-written tsundere (and acts like a rip-off of Catalina from Grand Theft Auto III, specifically her San Andreas incarnation) who zaps anyone who annoys her.
 * 17) **Fluorine now straight-up has an obsession with methodist churches and will threaten anyone who doesn't support them.
 * 18) **Helium is now unbearably annoying as her voice hurts everyone's ears.
 * 19) *Some of the Atom Town OCs are also unlikeable.
 * 20) **Uranium is just your average alpha bitch, only ten times worse.
 * 21) **Mercury is much like Uranium, but he's less condescending and more sarcastic.
 * 22) *Edward Cullen now has petty rivalries with Edward Elric (because they share the same first name) and Alucard.
 * 23) *The Fast and Furious characters are just there to promote Fast X.
 * 24) *Jojo Siwa is the perfect example of a Mary Sue, though fortunately, she gets a reality check.
 * 25) *Kim Kardashian's also a Mary Sue, though she also gets character development.
 * 26) *Blake acts like an asshole in sheep's clothing.
 * 27) *Master Studio, the main villain, is very badly written, despite helping to trigger the last-minute character development.
 * 28) So many filler scenes, such as:
 * 29) *Del struggling to find a binder.
 * 30) *Everyone dancing to "Party Party Party" by Andrew W.K. halfway through the movie.
 * 31) *Dot tap-dancing.
 * 32) The animation makes the movie feel like it was made in GoAnimate (specifically the Comedy World theme, and even Blake throws in a reference to the 43 chars meme for no apparent reason), though it does improve near the end.
 * 33) Product placement that's all over the place. Here are some examples of it:
 * 34) *Dash, Dot, and Dee own iPhones, Del has an old Samsung Galaxy S II, both Kim Kardashian and Jojo Siwa use their real-life phones, and Master Studio owns a Vertu Constellation running what looks to be /e/ (a custom version of Android optimized for user privacy).
 * 35) *Asbestos gets caught sneaking a Nintendo DS Lite into work and playing Final Fantasy III on it in a flashback. He also owns a dark grey SwanCrystal (the final revision of the Japan-only WonderSwan) and plays on it several times throughout the movie.
 * 36) *Del plays on a PSP (specifically a white PSP-1000 model) while contemplating suicide, and later in the "Renai Circulation" music video that plays during the closing credits. Del also owns a white and baby blue PS Vita Slim which he later uses several times in "Further Adventures".
 * 37) *Sanyo TVs appear multiple times throughout the movie, even if Sanyo was an odd choice (given that the brand's not as popular as Sony, Panasonic, Sharp, Samsung, LG, Philips, TCL, and even Toshiba).
 * 38) *Several GM-brand cars pop up throughout the movie (including those from the defunct Pontiac, Oldsmobile, and Saturn brands). Buicks are also subject to jokes.
 * 39) It overuses stock sound effects from Hanna-Barbera. Later on, it also starts stealing sound effects from "Ed, Edd 'n Eddy", though at least they're used sparingly.
 * 40) Misleading Title: Despite being called “ PBS Kids : Brotherhood”, this film features many other characters from different franchises that have absolutely nothing to do with PBS Kids, such as Atom Town, Twilight, Fast and Furious, BlakeIsHere, Hellsing, Fullmetal Alchemist, Code Geass, Toy Story, Horrid Henry, etc. (though Atom Town and Horrid Henry have the virtue of being shows PBS Kids would air because of their target demographics), therefore making it feel more like a crossover film rather than a PBS Kids-related film. It's thankfully rectified in the sequel, though, as it includes several classic and obscure PBS Kids shows as part of its crossovers.
 * 41) *Earlier drafts of the film had no crossover aspect, being inspired by Studio Ghibli films in terms of tone and pacing and were inclined towards slice-of-life, more or less. Executive meddling forced the inclusion of other characters in order to compete with all of the crossover movies being released at the time, which led to the creation of Master Studio as the antagonist. These drafts did become the basis for "The Daily Lives of Dash, Dot, Del & Dee", however.
 * 42) *You might also think that the title refers to some kind of bond shared between the cast/formed by the cast throughout the movie, but that's also false, given how the cast spends most of the time in this movie arguing or doing things that don't show any bond.

Redeeming Qualities
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * 1) Some characters are likable.
 * 2) *Del is a sympathetic no-holds-barred portrayal of the struggles of transgender people, even though he is (unintentionally) a butt-monkey. As a character, he is also well-written.
 * 3) *Bella Swan is much smarter (and snarkier) than she was in Twilight. She even gets to kick ass!
 * 4) *Neasa (An Siopa Ealaine) is written as faithfully as her home series counterpart, due to her ability to make art & crafts.
 * 5) *Asbestos (one of the Atom Town OCs created for this movie, even though asbestos isn't part of the periodic table) is a relatable portrayal of people suffering from burnout. His dry jokes are also quite funny.
 * 6) *Chlorine (Atom Town) is still very likable.
 * 7) *The parents are likable, and they also save Del from falling off the roof.
 * 8) *Polonium (another one of the Atom Town OCs created for this movie) has a likable kind personality, even if he tends to self-heat himself whenever he gets excited.
 * 9) *Cadmium (yet another Atom Town OC) is sympathetic as he always has to deal with Lithium and her destructive personality.
 * 10) The character designs are well-made.
 * 11) The LGBT elements are well written into the story. These include:
 * 12) *Del being a trans boy.
 * 13) Some scenes are funny or badass, such as:
 * 14) *Blake challenging master tactician and practical smartass Lelouch to a game of chess... on acid (complete with Gekidan Inu Curry-inspired visuals!). Lelouch won, but Blake did put up a good fight nonetheless.
 * 15) *Del calling out everyone who has mistreated him.
 * 16) *The battle between everyone and Master Studio, wherein everyone gets their chance to kick ass, with Lelouch commanding (foreshadowed in the chess scene and in a filler scene of him consistently winning at Fire Emblem). It's also well-animated, with Studio Trigger taking the wheel.
 * 17) *The "Renai Circulation" music video that plays during the credits.
 * 18) The alternate poster (used as the cover art for the home video releases) is better and more professionally made than the theatrical poster, with all the major characters posing together in goofy clothing against a yellow background (somewhat reminiscent of the cover art for the first three self-titled Weezer albums).
 * 19) Good ending, where after Del's siblings apologize to him, everybody agrees to clean up the messes they made during the party.

Reception
UNDER CONSTRUCTION

Trivia
UNDER CONSTRUCTION
 * As mentioned above, this film was originally meant to only feature the PBS Kids mascots before executive meddling forced the inclusion of the crossover aspect.
 * Several deleted scenes exist of this movie, later included in the home video releases. These include:
 * Alucard fighting Edward Cullen.
 * The aliens performing a drive-by on the Party House as their introduction.
 * Finally, we have the original ending, featuring Del snapping and performing a suicide attack by trapping everyone in a second-generation Pontiac Trans Sport (known for catastrophically failing an IIHS crash test in 1997) and driving it off a cliff, animated in monochrome and set to "Vesti la Giubba".

Dialogue
Master Studio: *looking from a telescope* Ooh, interesting. Scene: Meet Master Studio

Soundtrack

 * 1) American Gigolo - Weezer (plays during the opening)
 * 2) Party Party Party - Andrew W.K. (plays halfway through the movie)
 * 3) Renai Circulation - Kana Hanazawa (plays during the closing credits)
 * 4) Pjanoo - Eric Prydz (plays during the closing credits)
 * 5) Vesti la Giubba - Ruggiero Leoncavallo (only plays during the deleted suicide scene)

English

 * 1) Greg Cipes as Dash
 * 2) Cassandra Lee Morris as Dot
 * 3) Elliot Page as Del
 * 4) Michelle Rojas as Dee and Boogiepop
 * 5) Richard Epcar as Master Studio
 * 6) Grainne Bleasdale as Phosphorus (Atom Town)
 * 7) Jacob Tremblay as Lead (Atom Town)
 * 8) Paul Tylak as Nitrogen (Atom Town) and Sulfur (Atom Town)
 * 9) Megan Hollingshead as Uranium (Atom Town)
 * 10) Casey Mongillo as Mercury (Atom Town)
 * 11) Robin Atkin Downes as Asbestos (Atom Town)
 * 12) Kristen Stewart as Bella Swan
 * 13) Robert Pattinson as Edward Cullen
 * 14) Johnny Yong Bosch as Edward Elric and Lelouch vi Britannia
 * 15) Aaron Dismuke as Late Teen Alphonse Elric
 * 16) Jojo Siwa as Herself
 * 17) Kim Kardashian as Herself
 * 18) Caitríona Ní Dhomhnaill as Neasa (An Siopa Ealaine)
 * 19) AI-created deep fakes as George W. Bush and Joe Exotic
 * 20) Seth MacFarlane as The Aliens

Japanese

 * 1) Atsushi Abe as Dash
 * 2) Nozomi Sasaki as Dot
 * 3) Ayumu Murase as Del (including pre-transition) and Polonium (Atom Town)
 * 4) Mariya Ise as Dee
 * 5) Mitsuru Miyamoto as Master Studio
 * 6) Yūko Sanpei as Phosphorus (Atom Town)
 * 7) Akira Ishida as Nitrogen (Atom Town)
 * 8) Sayaka Ohara as Uranium (Atom Town)
 * 9) Megumi Ogata as Mercury (Atom Town)
 * 10) Hiroshi Kamiya as Asbestos (Atom Town)
 * 11) Romi Park as Bella Swan (she'd sound like Temari from Naruto), Arsenic (Atom Town), and Kim Kardashian
 * 12) Takahiro Sakurai as Edward Cullen
 * 13) Daisuke Ono as Adult Edward Elric and Titanium (Atom Town)
 * 14) Miyu Irino as Late Teen Alphonse Elric and Sulfur (Atom Town)
 * 15) Nobuhiko Okamoto as Lead (Atom Town)
 * 16) Rina Satō as Lithium (Atom Town)
 * 17) Maaya Sakamoto as Chlorine (Atom Town)
 * 18) Ikue Ōtani as Helium (Atom Town)
 * 19) Jun Fukuyama as Lelouch vi Britannia and Cadmium (Atom Town)
 * 20) Ayane Sakura as Jojo Siwa
 * 21) Aoi Yūki as Boogiepop
 * 22) Masashi Ebara as George W. Bush
 * 23) Hideo Ishikawa as Joe Exotic
 * 24) Masako Nozawa as The Aliens