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What A Cartoon Movie! - FernGully: The Last Rainforest (Patreon)

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2026-10-26 04:00:04
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As the Disney Renaissance started heating up, one humble Fox-released feature entered the fray: FernGully: The Last Rainforest. And while this animated film lacked the legacy (and budget) behind movies like Beauty and the Beast, it went on to become a well-remembered classic treasured by Millennials who still remember when saving the planet was cool. This month on What a Cartoon Movie, get ready to reduce, reuse, and recycle as we look at the OTHER movie from 1992 that stars Robin Williams as a constantly riffing cartoon character.

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Les Whinen

Wait, so youre telling me Broken Arrow is a FernGully reunion?

Blake R.

I think the repeated frustrations between Henry and Bob at the complete lack of Aussies DOES speak to the film's lack of a cultural footprint in Australia. My father and his family live in Melbourne and I can tell you that that country LOVES seeing themselves in film to the degree that Baz Luhrman's oft-forgotten 2008 film Australia is still one of the hightest grossing films of all time down under. I went to the real Fern Gully and Mount Warning during a family trip in the mid-00s as it's about a 20 minute drive from the town of Murwillumbah in New South Wales. (Yes, Australian locations are very funny to read on any Google Earth display) When I brought up the movie to my family, it was only the vaguest memory for a film that would have only been a decade old at that point. Nor was there any art or murals around the town featuring any of these magical characters who supposedly lived mere miles away. I'm sure if Zak had been voiced by some 80s Aussie comedian named Wally Mullagaloo, the film would have been a household staple to this day.

Alex Irish

You joke about Australia’s first movie, but their first animated movie was from 1972: Marco Polo Jr vs The Red Dragon. This movie has a pretty insane history of its own, being practically rewritten and redubbed with a new cast and given an extended ending 29 years after its initial release. https://youtu.be/j_2nvqy1ms4?si=rI_RorKkJay7Ed-g

Seth

As a kid my family had a vhs copy of FernGully, however it wasn’t in a clamshell case it had a cardboard slip cover.

Jonathon

Until this episode, I have never heard anyone pronounce a Sony Walkman the way Bob does. Everyone I know always pronpunced it as if it was two words, and this extended to the Disc Man as well. Maybe that is a regional thing? The vintage ads seem to use the two word pronunciation, at least the early ones.

IanLightsOut

Holy shit! Just looked up Samantha Mathis ànd her mom is Bibi Besch of Star Trek fame!

Sticky Gobbs

When I was a kid, my friend and I were so obsessed with FernGully that we made our own comic that was basically just a retelling of the movie. We ferreal believed in fairies, and I remember being devastated that I didn’t make it to Pizza Hut in time to get the kids meal that had the real plant seeds. 🤣🤣

Dennis K

As a kid I remember thinking it was odd Zak (and the two guys in the machine) would be working in a rainforest, but it blows my mind to learn this was supposed to take place in Australia. I also remember not liking how Hexxus's voice seemed to change between him being a goop monster and being a smoke monster (I preferred the goop voice), but really my strongest memories were the "Batty Rap" and "We're going to war!" ..what do you mean there were other songs in this film?

PETER AVANZINO

I had little interest in this movie then, nor now, but the 90 minutes of history you did was fascinating. I’ve always heard of the Kroyers and thought that they would have had a longer credits list. Love your deep dives into the industry through the years and who worked on what.

Mickey

I let the sequel play the other day and there’s a character named Boof 😂

David Thomson

Great episode, I'd never seen FernGully before you said you were going to cover it and while I didn't think much of the movie, your coverage was great. Would you ever consider dropping the "What A Cartoon" requirement to the monthly TV and Movie episodes and just having "Bob & Henry Selects" TV and Movie episodes, where you can just pick a live action TV show or movie, like "Married With Children" or "The Addams Family" without having to justify it at the start of the episode. That's means for a Tim Curry tribute you could have used "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" or Clue", for example. I'd like to think most people on this Patreon are here for you as personalities, rather than the fact you only cover cartoons. Obviously, expanding the non-chronological TV and Movie shows to live action doesn't mean you could never cover a cartoon ever again, it would just allow you to discuss more TV shows and Movies you are passionate about.

Norman Benford

I watched the movie this morning to prep for the episode. Feels like the absolute definition of a 4/10. Not bad enough to make me mad about the time spent watching it, but completely forgettable. I have little doubt the podcast about it will be far more interesting than the movie itself.

JoshuaMartian

I caught this at my local revival theatre on real film in 2023. It was great to see Hexus is all his smoky sticky glory but you identified all the problems I had with the story. I congratulate you on your correct opinions! Also, the savagery of the animal kingdom seems to have been a recurring peccadillo for Roger Ebert because I remember that in his three-star review of 2001’s Ice Age he takes a paragraph to remind us that a Mammoth, Sabre Tooth and a Sloth probably wouldn’t form a herd in real life: “Much of the serenity and order of nature depends on eating the neighbors.”