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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Created by	Judi Barrett
Original work	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (1978)
Owner	Sony Pictures Animation
Years	2009–2018
Films and television
Film(s)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
Short film(s)	Super Manny (2013) Earl Scouts (2013) Steve's First Bath (2014) Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear (2014)
Television series	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–18)
Games
Video game(s)	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009) Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013) Foodimal Frenzy (2013)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs is a science fiction comedy media franchise produced by Sony Pictures Animation and loosely based on the book of the same namebyJudi Barrett. The films have received generally positive reviews from critics. The series has grossed $517 million at the box office.

The franchise revolves around Flint Lockwood, a genius inventor who invents the FLDSMDFR, a device that creates food out of water. Despite its success, the device's power unintentionally creates havoc and natural disasters of which Flint and his friends have to stop.

Feature films

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)

Television series

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2017–2018)

On October 9, 2014, DHX Media announced that it would develop and produce a television series based on the film franchise, titled Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, released on March 6, 2017 in the United States and April 6 of the same year in Canada.^[1] The series is traditionally animated and consists of 26 22-minute episodes.^[1] It takes place before the first film, showing Flint Lockwood as a high school student who dreams to become a serious scientist.^[1] In his adventures, he is joined by Sam Sparks, a new girl in town and the school's "wannabe" reporter, along with Flint's dad Tim, Steve the Monkey, Manny as the head of the school's audiovisual club, Earl as a school gym teacher, Brent as a baby wear model, and mayor Shelbourne.^[1] DHX Media handles the global television and non-US home entertainment distribution, along with worldwide merchandising rights, while Sony distributes home entertainment in the US.^[1] Commissioned by Teletoon in Canada, the series airs on Cartoon Network in the United States,^[2] and on the Boomerang channel in other territories.^[3]

Short films

Super Manny

Super Manny is a short film, released in October 26, 2013.

Earl Scouts

Earl Scouts is a short film, released on October 26, 2013.

Steve's First Bath

Steve's First Bath was released on January 28, 2014.

Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear

Attack of the 50-Foot Gummi Bear was released on January 28, 2014.

Cast and characters

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• An^A indicates an appearance through previously recorded material.
• A^U indicates an actor or actress was uncredited for their role.
• A^Y indicates an actor or actress voiced a younger version of their character.

• A dark gray cell indicates the character does not appear.

Crew

Reception

Box office performance

Critical response

References

^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 6, 2021.

^ "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 5, 2021.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (franchise).

• Cloudy with a Chance of MeatballsatIMDb
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2atIMDb

Animation

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Comedy