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{{Infobox film
| image = Outback_zero_to_hero_2012_animated_film_poster.jpg
| image = Outback_zero_to_hero_2012_animated_film_poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
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| director = Kyung Ho Lee
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| writer = Scott Clevenger<br>Chris Denk<br>Timothy Wayne Peternel
| writer = Scott Clevenger<br>Chris Denk<br>Timothy Wayne Peternel
| narrator = [[Rob Schneider]]
| narrator = [[Rob Schneider]]
| starring = [[Rob Schneider]]<br>[[Bret McKenzie]]<br>[[Frank Welker]]<br>[[Yvonne Strahovski]]<br>[[Alan Cumming]]<br>[[Tim Curry]]<br>[[Chris Edgerly]]
| starring = [[Rob Schneider]]<br>[[Bret McKenzie]]<br>[[Yvonne Strahovski]]<br>[[Alan Cumming]]<br>[[Frank Welker]]<br>[[Norm Macdonald]]<br>[[Jenni Pulos]]<br>[[Tim Curry]]
| music = Michael Yezerski
| music = [[Michael Yezerski]]
| cinematography =
| cinematography =
| editing = Tom Sanders
| editing = Tom Sanders
| studio = Animation Picture Co.<br>Digiart Productions<br>[[Lotte Entertainment]]<br/>Anarchy Post (Audio Post Production)
| studio = [[The Animation Picture Company]]<br>Digiart Production<br>[[Lotte Entertainment]]<br>Stonebridge Capital<br>MVP Capital
| distributor = Blue Sky Media (Europe)<br/>Zon Audiovisuais (Portugal)
| distributor = Blue Sky Media (Europe)<br/>Zon Audiovisuais (Portugal)<br/> 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (USA) (video)
| released = {{Film date|2012|1|12|df=y}}
| released = {{Film date|2012|1|12}}
| runtime = 85 min
| runtime = 85 minutes
| country = South Korea<br>United States
| country = South Korea<br>United States
| language = Korean<br>English
| language = Korean<br>English
| budget = $5,300,000 (estimated)
| budget = {{KRW|5,300 million}}
| gross = Q4.6 million (Guatemala)
| gross = $8,106,000 (estimated)
}}
}}
'''''Koala Kid''''' (also known as '''''Outback''''' or '''''The Outback''''') is a 2012 South Korean-American [[computer-animated]] [[action comedy film]] directed by Kyung Ho Lee. It was released in South Korea on January 12, 2012. The movie takes place in [[Australia]]. The English dub cast consists of [[Rob Schneider]], [[Bret McKenzie]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Yvonne Strahovski]], [[Alan Cumming]], [[Tim Curry]], and [[Chris Edgerly]].
'''''Koala Kid''''' (also known as '''''Outback''''' or '''''The Outback''''') ({{ko-hhrm|코알라 키드: 영웅의 탄생||koalla kideu: yeong-ung-ui tansaeng}}) in South Korea) is an animated [[action comedy film]] directed by Kyung Ho Lee and released on January 12, 2012. The English dub cast consists of [[Rob Schneider]], [[Bret McKenzie]], [[Frank Welker]], [[Yvonne Strahovski]], [[Alan Cumming]], [[Tim Curry]], and [[Chris Edgerly]].


==Plot==
==Plot==
A white [[koala]] named Johnny is teased about his color so he joins a traveling [[circus]] with the help of Hamish, a [[Tasmanian Devil]], and Higgens, a monkey [[photographer]]. He is disappointed that he is part of the freak show instead of the main acts in the big tent. The top act is "Wild Bushman" who takes all the audience from the freak show. Johnny checks out the act and ends up part of the act by accident and saved by The Wild Bushman.
In Australia, a white [[koala]] named Johnny is teased about his color, so he joins a traveling [[circus]] with the help of Hamish the [[Tasmanian Devil]], and Higgens the [[spider monkey]] photographer. He is disappointed that he is part of the freak show instead of the main acts in the big tent. The top act is "Wild Bushman" which takes all the audience from the freak show. Johnny checks out the show and accidentally becomes part of it, and The Wild Bushman saves him.


While traveling to a new location, their wagon train car becomes unattached and crashes in the desert of "[[Outback|The Outback]]". On their quest to go to the next location of the traveling circus, "Precipice Lake", they come upon a [[billabong]]. They witness from their cliff location that a pack of [[dingo]]s Blacktooth, Loki, and Cutter as well as their [[thylacine]] ally Hex are chasing a [[bilby]], but is rescued by a [[kangaroo]] named Mac, a [[wombat]] army, and Miranda, a vine-swinging female koala talented at throwing a [[boomerang]]. A [[vulture]] named Boris reveals that a giant [[crocodile]] named Bog intends on taking over the billabong. When their rescue goes wrong and the dingos threaten to take over, the rock Johnny is on breaks free and he slides down the cliff and ends up rolling on top of a boulder that chases the dingos away. Hamish introduces the now-famous white koala as "Koala Kid". Miranda is not impressed, but Johnny watches her from a tree as she practices. When noticed, Miranda breaks the branch he is on with her boomerang and complains about him watching in secret. He tries to lie his way out of that accusation but ends up suggesting he is an expert at the boomerang and proven wrong when offered to try it himself.
While traveling to a new location, their [[wagon train]] car becomes unattached and crashes in "[[Outback|The Outback]]". On their quest to go to the next location of the traveling circus, "Precipice Lake", they come upon a [[billabong]]. They witness from their cliff location a pack of [[dingos]], Blacktooth, Loki, Cutter, and Butch, as well as their [[thylacine]] ally Hex, chasing a [[bilby]] but is rescued by a [[Red kangaroo|kangaroo]] named Mac, a [[wombat]] army, and Miranda, a vine-swinging female koala talented at throwing a [[boomerang]]. A [[vulture]] named Boris reveals that the [[Saltwater crocodile]] Bog intends to take over the billabong. When their rescue goes wrong, and the dingos threaten to take over, Johnny then escapes and slips down the cliff and ends up rolling on top of a boulder, chasing the dingos away. Hamish introduces the now-famous white koala as "Koala Kid". Miranda is unimpressed, but Johnny watches her from a tree as she practices. When noticed, Miranda breaks the branch he is on with her boomerang and complains about him watching in secret. He tries to lie out of that accusation but ends up suggesting he is an expert at the boomerang and is proven wrong when offered to try it himself.


Hamish's plan is to take photos of Johnny doing heroic stuff and make him famous as Koala Kid so when they get back to the circus, they can get in the main act rather than the freak show and earn Hamish more money. Bog is not impressed with his gang getting chased by a koala so orders them to capture Koala Kid. In the chase, Miranda's younger sister Charlotte gets covered with [[cosmetics|cosmetic]] powder and mistaken for the Koala Kid resulting in her getting [[kidnapping|kidnapped]]. The billabong residents plan to rescue Charlotte but must cross the dangerous "Bungle Bungles" on their way to Precipice Lake. This convinces Hamish to go along with Johnny's conscience and join in the team to rescue Charlotte.
Hamish plans to take photos of Johnny doing heroic stuff and make him famous as Koala Kid, so when they get back to the circus, they can get in the main act rather than the freak show and earn Hamish more money. Bog is not impressed with his gang getting chased by a koala, so he orders them to capture Koala Kid. In the chase, Miranda's younger sister Charlotte gets covered with [[cosmetics|cosmetic]] powder and mistaken for the Koala Kid resulting in her getting kidnapped. The billabong residents plan to rescue Charlotte but must cross the dangerous "Bungle Bungles" on their way to Precipice Lake, while at the same time, Johnny is almost devoured by the [[Mulga Snake|mulga snakes]] Monty and Merlin. This convinces Hamish to go along with Johnny's conscience and join the team to rescue Charlotte.


During the trip, Johnny accidentally saves the day a few times but Miranda is still not impressed. Johnny and Miranda fall into a [[sinkhole]] and tell the rest of them go on ahead. They are being hunted by a giant [[goanna]] named Bull with a thorn in its foot. Johnny saves Miranda but soon realizes the lizard is suffering and pulls out the thorn. Bull becomes friends with Johnny and the two koalas ride it out of the caves. Just as Miranda starts to take a liking to Johnny, Boris the vulture reveals that Johnny is just a freak show act and the "Koala Kid" thing is just a lie. Miranda tells him to leave. but finds out that the gang will need to bring a koala to Bog instead of the real Koala Kid and Charlotte will have to do. Miranda offers to take her place. Charlotte goes to find Johnny while the kangaroo and the wombat army manage to distract and capture all the gang, but the vulture.
Johnny accidentally saves the day a few times during the trip, but Miranda is still not impressed. The two fall into a [[sinkhole]] and tell the rest of them to go on ahead. A giant [[monitor lizard]] befriends Johnny and names her Bull, he and Miranda ride it out of the caves. Just as Miranda starts to take a liking to Johnny, Boris then reveals that Johnny is just a freak show act and the "Koala Kid" thing is just a lie. Miranda tells him to leave but finds out that the gang will need to bring a koala to Bog instead of the real Koala Kid, and Charlotte will have to do. Miranda offers to take her place. Charlotte goes to find Johnny while the kangaroo and the wombat army manage to distract and capture all the gang but the vulture.


Charlotte finds Johnny along with Hamish, Higgens and a [[prophetic]] [[peg-leg]] named Quint wombat and they decide to finally help Johnny get what he really wants, Miranda. Johnny calls Bull and rides off and saves Miranda. Bog shows up and gives chase so they head to the circus hoping the Wild Bushman will be able to tame Bog. Bog proves too powerful until Johnny uses the boomerang to bring down the big top on top of Bog (and himself).
Charlotte finds Johnny along with Hamish, Higgens, and a [[prophetic]] [[peg-leg]] wombat named Quint, and they decide to help Johnny get what he wants: Miranda. Johnny calls Bull and rides off, saving Miranda. Bog shows up and gives chase, so they head to the circus hoping the Wild Bushman will be able to tame Bog. Bog proves too powerful until Johnny uses the boomerang to bring down the big top on top of Bog (and himself).


Johnny, Miranda and Bull become the main attraction and the bad guys get sold as pets. Johnny asks Miranda if she likes her new life and she is not so sure. Plan B is they ride off into the sunset together.
Johnny, Miranda, and Bull become the main attraction, and the bad guys are sold as pets. Johnny asks Miranda if she likes her new life, but she is unsure. Plan B is they ride off into the sunset together.


==Cast==
==Cast==
* [[Rob Schneider]] as Johnny the Koala, Mac the Kangaroo, Boy #1, Narrator
* [[Rob Schneider]] as Johnny, Mac, Boy No. 1, narrator
* [[Bret McKenzie]] as Hamish the Tasmanian Devil
* [[Bret McKenzie]] as Hamish
* [[Frank Welker]] as Higgens the Monkey, Bull the Goanna, Bully Koala #1, Bully Koala #3, Ringmaster
* [[Frank Welker]] as Higgens, Bull, Bully Koala No. 1, Bully Koala No. 3, Ringmaster
* [[Alan Cumming]] as Bog the Crocodile, Bully Koala #2
* [[Alan Cumming]] as Bog, Bully Koala No. 2
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as Miranda the Koala
* [[Yvonne Strahovski]] as Miranda
* [[Tim Curry]] as Blacktooth the Dingo
* [[Tim Curry]] as Blacktooth
* [[Chris Edgerly]] as Boris the Vulture
* [[Chris Edgerly]] as Boris
* [[Jenni Pulos]] as Charlotte the Koala, Lady, Old Lady
* [[Jenni Pulos]] as Charlotte, Lady, Old Lady
* [[Charlie Bewley]] as Loki the Dingo
* [[Charlie Bewley]] as Loki
* [[Norm Macdonald]] as Quint the Peg-Leg Wombat
* [[Norm Macdonald]] as Quint the Peg-Leg Wombat
* [[Eric Lopez (voice actor)|Eric Lopez]] as The Wild Bushman, Bill the Wombat, Merlin the Snake
* [[Eric Lopez (voice actor)|Eric Lopez]] as The Wild Bushman, Bill, Merlin
* [[Nolan North]] as Hex the Thylacine
* [[Nolan North]] as Hex the Thylacine
* [[Phil Proctor]] as Lug the Lizard
* [[Phil Proctor]] as Lug
* [[Neil Ross]] as Monty the Snake
* [[Neil Ross]] as Monty
* [[Fred Tatasciore]] as Cutter the Dingo
* [[Fred Tatasciore]] as Cutter
* Lielle Tova Blinkoff as Little Girl
* Lielle Tova Blinkoff as Little Girl


==Reception==
==Reception==
The film has grossed Q4.6 million at the Guatemalan box office.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-05-19|title= Weekly box office 19/05/2014 - 25/05/2014|accessdate= 3 June 2014|work= english.entgroup.cn|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140617001756/http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-05-19|archivedate= 17 June 2014}}</ref>
The film has grossed $4.6 million at the South Korean box office.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-05-19|title= Weekly box office 19/05/2014 25/05/2014|accessdate= June 3, 2014|work= english.entgroup.cn|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20140617001756/http://english.entgroup.cn/boxoffice/cn/Default.aspx?week=2014-05-19|archivedate= June 17, 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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* {{IMDb title|1867086|The Outback}}
* {{IMDb title|1867086|The Outback}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|outback_2012}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes|outback_2012}}
* [https://archive.is/20130201205738/http://scfilmsinternational.com/outback.html SC Films - The Outback]
* [https://archive.today/20130201205738/http://scfilmsinternational.com/outback.html SC Films ''The Outback'']
* [http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-news/lotte-comes-on-board-for-3d-animation-outback/5013848.article Screen Daily Outback article]
* [http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-news/lotte-comes-on-board-for-3d-animation-outback/5013848.article Screen Daily Outback article]


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Koala Kid
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKyung Ho Lee
Written byScott Clevenger
Chris Denk
Timothy Wayne Peternel
Produced byDaniel Chuba
Mark A.Z. Dippé
Ash R. Shah
Joshua Sohn
Alex J. Yoo
StarringRob Schneider
Bret McKenzie
Yvonne Strahovski
Alan Cumming
Frank Welker
Norm Macdonald
Jenni Pulos
Tim Curry
Narrated byRob Schneider
Edited byTom Sanders
Music byMichael Yezerski
Production
companies
The Animation Picture Company
Digiart Production
Lotte Entertainment
Stonebridge Capital
MVP Capital
Distributed byBlue Sky Media (Europe)
Zon Audiovisuais (Portugal)
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (USA) (video)
Release date
  • January 12, 2012 (2012-01-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountriesSouth Korea
United States
LanguagesKorean
English
Budget₩5,300 million
Box office$8,106,000 (estimated)

Koala Kid (also known as Outback or The Outback) (Korean코알라 키드: 영웅의 탄생; RRkoalla kideu: yeong-ung-ui tansaeng) in South Korea) is an animated action comedy film directed by Kyung Ho Lee and released on January 12, 2012. The English dub cast consists of Rob Schneider, Bret McKenzie, Frank Welker, Yvonne Strahovski, Alan Cumming, Tim Curry, and Chris Edgerly.

Plot

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In Australia, a white koala named Johnny is teased about his color, so he joins a traveling circus with the help of Hamish the Tasmanian Devil, and Higgens the spider monkey photographer. He is disappointed that he is part of the freak show instead of the main acts in the big tent. The top act is "Wild Bushman" which takes all the audience from the freak show. Johnny checks out the show and accidentally becomes part of it, and The Wild Bushman saves him.

While traveling to a new location, their wagon train car becomes unattached and crashes in "The Outback". On their quest to go to the next location of the traveling circus, "Precipice Lake", they come upon a billabong. They witness from their cliff location a pack of dingos, Blacktooth, Loki, Cutter, and Butch, as well as their thylacine ally Hex, chasing a bilby but is rescued by a kangaroo named Mac, a wombat army, and Miranda, a vine-swinging female koala talented at throwing a boomerang. A vulture named Boris reveals that the Saltwater crocodile Bog intends to take over the billabong. When their rescue goes wrong, and the dingos threaten to take over, Johnny then escapes and slips down the cliff and ends up rolling on top of a boulder, chasing the dingos away. Hamish introduces the now-famous white koala as "Koala Kid". Miranda is unimpressed, but Johnny watches her from a tree as she practices. When noticed, Miranda breaks the branch he is on with her boomerang and complains about him watching in secret. He tries to lie out of that accusation but ends up suggesting he is an expert at the boomerang and is proven wrong when offered to try it himself.

Hamish plans to take photos of Johnny doing heroic stuff and make him famous as Koala Kid, so when they get back to the circus, they can get in the main act rather than the freak show and earn Hamish more money. Bog is not impressed with his gang getting chased by a koala, so he orders them to capture Koala Kid. In the chase, Miranda's younger sister Charlotte gets covered with cosmetic powder and mistaken for the Koala Kid resulting in her getting kidnapped. The billabong residents plan to rescue Charlotte but must cross the dangerous "Bungle Bungles" on their way to Precipice Lake, while at the same time, Johnny is almost devoured by the mulga snakes Monty and Merlin. This convinces Hamish to go along with Johnny's conscience and join the team to rescue Charlotte.

Johnny accidentally saves the day a few times during the trip, but Miranda is still not impressed. The two fall into a sinkhole and tell the rest of them to go on ahead. A giant monitor lizard befriends Johnny and names her Bull, he and Miranda ride it out of the caves. Just as Miranda starts to take a liking to Johnny, Boris then reveals that Johnny is just a freak show act and the "Koala Kid" thing is just a lie. Miranda tells him to leave but finds out that the gang will need to bring a koala to Bog instead of the real Koala Kid, and Charlotte will have to do. Miranda offers to take her place. Charlotte goes to find Johnny while the kangaroo and the wombat army manage to distract and capture all the gang but the vulture.

Charlotte finds Johnny along with Hamish, Higgens, and a prophetic peg-leg wombat named Quint, and they decide to help Johnny get what he wants: Miranda. Johnny calls Bull and rides off, saving Miranda. Bog shows up and gives chase, so they head to the circus hoping the Wild Bushman will be able to tame Bog. Bog proves too powerful until Johnny uses the boomerang to bring down the big top on top of Bog (and himself).

Johnny, Miranda, and Bull become the main attraction, and the bad guys are sold as pets. Johnny asks Miranda if she likes her new life, but she is unsure. Plan B is they ride off into the sunset together.

Cast

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Reception

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The film has grossed $4.6 million at the South Korean box office.[1]

References

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  1. ^ "Weekly box office 19/05/2014 – 25/05/2014". english.entgroup.cn. Archived from the original on June 17, 2014. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
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