Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.!
| Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Emory Myrick Jeffrey Gatrall |
| Written by | Adam Scheinman Andrew Scheinman |
| Produced by | Emory Myrick |
| Starring | Jeff Bennett Josh Keaton Keith Diamond Phil LaMarr Kath Soucie Ahmed Best Steven Miller |
| Edited by | Susan Edmunson |
| Music by | Randall Crissman |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | 2004 |
Running time | 75 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! is an animated sequel to 2003's Kangaroo Jack that is directed by Emory Myrick and Jeffrey Gatrall (time director). It was distributed by Warner Bros. and released direct-to-video in 2004.
Plot
The movie takes place some time after the original film. The sequel's protagonists - Charlie Carbone, his wife Jessie and best friend Louis Booker - travel to Australia once again and it is up to them to save the animals of the outback from danger by poachers along with the help of their old friend Jackie Legs, the kangaroo character from the original film.
Main characters
Jackie Legs
The main protagonist. He is a fictional kangaroo who is captured by poachers and taken from his wife and child. His friends find him in a crate, only to find him knocked out and has a strange collar on him. He wakes up and goes on a wild journey through Las Vegas in Nevada. He is often seen wearing Louis' red jacket. He is recaptured by Outback Ollie who takes his collar and takes to his zoo. He escapes, defeats Ollie and his friends take him and the other animals back to Australia. His favorite food is licorice. Jackie only spoke at the end of the film when Charlie, Louis and Jessie became "one with nature". He is voiced by Jeff Bennett.
Louis Booker
Another protagonist. He is slightly chubby, slow-witted and is the closest one to Jackie. He is the one who got them into the U.S. from Australia by farting loudly six times to make people think a camel was in the crate. He is the best friend of Charlie Carbone. He often says "We are the chosen ones." because he and Charlie were chosen for a quest. He likes getting rewards. Louis often has dreams about himself, Charlie and Jackie. He is voiced by Ahmed Best.
Charlie Carbone
Louis' best friend. He's the leader of the trio and often takes things seriously. Charlie was looking with his group for a new shampoo product. He has a sister named Jessie. He sometimes has bad luck. When he was hiding in a crate with his group, he was pecked three times(the first one in the neck) by an emu. He is voiced by Josh Keaton.
Jessie Carbone
Charlie's little sister. She is not in Louis' dreams, but helps him and Charlie on their quest to find Jackie and four stolen gems. Jessie is the first to find Jackie at the airport. She acts as the brain of the group. She seems to be the only one who can remember Chief Ankamuti's name. When Louis says the chief's name incorrectly, Jessie often corrects him. She is voiced by Kath Soucie.
Outback Ollie
The antagonist of the film. He acts as an innocent park owner with many Australian animals. He can disguise his voice with an Australian accent although he really has an American accent. He is defeated when Jackie stuns him and kicks him into the river with crocodiles. he manages to escape and climbs up a tree but the crocodiles surround the bottom of the tree. His fate remains unknown. He is voiced by Jim Ward.
Rico and Mikey
Outback Ollie's henchmen. Rico and Mikey are the men who stole the sacred stones from Chief Ankamuti and his tribe. They dressed up as cops in one scene to take the stones from Charlie, Louis and Jessie because they thought they had them but Louis knocked them out. The trio then discovered the thieves were the pair because Rico was the one with a smiling forehead(it was really red marker) and Mikey was the one who carried a snake on his left arm(it was really a tatto). They are arrested at the end. Both of them are voiced by Phil LaMarr.
Ronald Booker
Louis' cousin. He acts slightly dumb but is able to trick the police to rescue his cousin and friends from jail when they were framed. He has two jobs, exteriminator and limo driver. He lives in Nevada, is crazy about gems and is voiced by Keith Diamond.
Chief Ankamuti
The leader and medicine man of the Aborigines. Louis can't say his name correctly, but Jessie can. He and his people worship the legendary rainbow serpent with four sacred stones which he described as "one as red as fire, one as blue as the sky, one as green as the ocean and one as black as night". The stones go by these names of the gods when Ankamuti used his magic, the red one was "Kakuru", the blue one was "Kalseru", the green one was "Langal" and the black one was "Galeru". He gave Charlie's group two gifts for returning their stones - pango pangoes for their shampoo and the gift of being "one with nature" so they can talk to Jackie and the other animals. He has great hearing and is voiced by Obba Babatunde.
Agent Jackson
The FBI agent and policeman who thought Charlie and his friends were stealing Jackie from Outback Ollie and lost them when Jackie caused a large traffic jam. Like Charlie, he often takes things seriously. He arrests Charlie, Louis and Jessie but later realizes Outback Oliie and his two henchmen were behind the crime.
Minor characters
Mrs. Sperling
A crazy woman who is one of Ronald's coustomers. Her house is loaded with booby traps to capture aliens, She has a dog named Neil as an assistant. She thinks Jackie is a "six-foot red possom that stands on it's hind legs". Like Jessie, she is voiced by Kath Soucie.
Jackie's family
Jackie's wife and child. According to Louis, they are "Mrs. Legs and "Jackie Jr." They don't talk in the film.
Killer Putulski
A boxing champion. He first appeared on a poster. His final appearance was in Louis' dream where he is defeated by Jackie. Like Ronald, he is voiced by Keith Diamond.
The emu
An emu that was captured by the poachers. When Charlie, Louis and Jessie were hiding in his crate, the emu kept pecking Charlie in the head. He escapes the airport (because the trio left his crate open) and is seen on TV, seemed to be missing. He reappears at Outback Ollie's Animal Park where he pecks Charlie again. At the end of the film, he apologizes for pecking Charlie's head and explains that he loves hollow sounds "rather like an empty coconut". His actor is uncredited.
Songs
The film featured a rendition of LL Cool J's single Mama Said Knock You Out during the dream boxing scene.
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