Sausage Party Presents: Douche and the Freshlicious Freshman

Sausage Party Presents: Freshlicious Freshman meets MintBoy is an upcoming hand-drawn/CGI animated musical comedy family film directed by Conrad Vernon and written by Nick Kroll. It is produced by Point Grey Pictures and Annapurna Pictures and distributed by Sony and Columbia Pictures. It is the first movie in the Sausage Party Presents series, the first "Sausage Party" film to receive a PG rating instead of an R rating, and the first "Sausage Party" film to be kid-friendly, and will be released on July 12, 2019.

Plot summary
'''Note: This plot summary is still under construction. Several parts are incomplete or missing.'''

Laura Wilson is an ordinary girl who is in her freshman year of college. She hasn't made any friends since she was in elementary school, since she moved to a different town before she started middle school and found it hard to make friends in a new town. All Laura has had to entertain herself without any friends is a journal that she uses to write about her day, as well as stories about adventures with characters who represent her ideal vision of a friend. As Laura begins her freshman year of college, she is worried that she won't be able to make friends. (Friendship is Only a Dream)

One week after her first day of college, Laura is walking back to her dorm after coming back from a shopping trip, when she suddenly hears a voice crying for help. When she turns to the source of the voice, she just saw a mint with a crack on its forehead. Thinking that she was just imagining that the mint talked, she tries to walk past it, but she hears the same voice she heard earlier tell her call her an idiot for not helping them. After being shocked at what the voice said to her, she picks up the mint out of curiosity, wondering why it spoke to her. Once she gets to her dorm, she fixed the mint, improved it, and upgrade it, and goes to sleep.

Laura is woken up by the same voice as before, and turns on the light to find out that the mint she picked up has come to life. She is shocked by the fact that the mint is actually alive and doesn't know why she is able to see him come to life... until she notices that she has a toothpick in her foot, which the mint claims is tainted with bath salts, which gave her the ability to see the mint as if he were a living thing. The mint introduces himself as MintBoy. Laura is curious about how the mint wound up near her college, so MintBoy tells Laura his story about how the mint ended up losing his family through a song (Lonesome Mint Boy). After he finishes, Laura says that the story did sound familiar, as she heard on the news that a Shopwells location had to be closed due to a freak accident involving the deaths of several shoppers and employees on the 4th of July, which surprises MintBoy, since he thought no one would care about the incident. MintBoy then asks Laura if she can tell him about her past, and Laura explains to MintBoy that she hasn't had an interesting life in the past few years due to the fact that she has had no friends. MintBoy is surprised by this fact, and he promises that he will teach Laura how to make friends.

Later in the evening, MintBoy musters up the courage to tell Laura that he is in love with her by writing about it in her journal. Laura sees the journal entry and is surprised to learn that MintBoy loves her and wants to go on a date with Laura.

Characters

 * Jim Carrey as MintBoy, a hand-drawn animated anthropomorphic mint who is the main protagonist of this film.
 * Anna Kendrick as Laura Wilson, a girl in her freshman year of college who is MintBoy's best frined.
 * Zac Efron as Maxwell "Max" Polanco, a student at the school who is Laura's love interest.

Deleted Characters

 * Nick Kroll as Douche, the main antagonist from the first "Sausage Party" film.

Teaser Trailer/Trailer release dates
The teaser for the film was released on December 7, 2018.

The first trailer for the film was released on January 25, 2019.

The second red band trailer was released on May 24, 2019.

The final trailer was released on June 21, 2019.

Theatrical release dates
Fathom Events offered an advanced screening of the movie in over 300 theaters in the United States on June 28, 2019. This screening also contained a post-movie interview with the cast and a sneak preview of Sausage Party 2. Guests who attended the screening also got a goody bag with an exclusive T-shirt, a MintBoy key chain, a lanyard, and a free coupon for 20% off any product in the Freshlicious Freshman meets MintBoy collection at Spencer's.

The movie was released theatrically on July 12, 2019 in North America, and it was released in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2019.

Due to the success and popularity of the film, a "Mint Party Edition" of the film was made. This version encourages kids, teens, and adults to sing along, cheer, dance, and use props in "MintBoy's Bag" at certain points during the film. The changes from the film for this version include sing-along lyrics on screen for the musical numbers, the text on screen to inform the audience on when to use the items in their "MintBoy's Bag", and some scenes with either MintBoy or another character interacting with kids, teens, and adults. This version was released in theaters on September 6, 2019 in the United States. In 2020, Sing-A-Long-A licensed this version of the film in the United Kingdom.

Home video release dates
The digital release of the film was on October 8th, 2019, with the home video release being on October 15, 2019. The special features contain deleted scenes, deleted characters, outtakes, alternate lines, two audio commentary tracks (one by Nick Kroll and Conrad Vernon, and another one done by Jim Carrey and Anna Kendrick portraying MintBoy and Laura Wilson), a karaoke feature, a Mint Party feature, and a music video for Juiced Up Bro.

Logo variants
Sony Pictures/Columbia Pictures-None

Annapurna Pictures-None

Point Grey Pictures-We see a journal that is just like the one Laura uses and an anthropomorphic mint named MintBoy inside the desk as it closes, and we see an animated sketch on the desk of MintBoy writing the text "POINT GREY PICTURES" on the back of a store building with a graffiti spray can. Later, a police officer saw it and arrested MintBoy as the screen fades to black.

Original songs

 * Friendship is Only a Dream by Anna Kendrick
 * Lonesome Mint Boy by Jim Carrey
 * Our Own Story by Jim Carrey and Anna Kendrick
 * The First Move by Jim Carrey and Anna Kendrick
 * Mesmerized by Zac Efron and Anna Kendrick
 * Crazy Expectations by Anna Kendrick
 * It's a Party, Bro! by Jim Carrey, Anna Kendrick, Zac Efron, and Ensemble
 * Down for the Cows by Jim Carrey and Anna Kendrick
 * Leave Your Past, Find Your Purpose by Jim Carrey and Anna Kendrick
 * Juiced Up Bro by Jim Carrey (heard in end credits only, but this song was also used in TV spots promoting the digital/home video release)

Deleted Songs
These original songs were cut from the final film, but demos of them can be heard on the deluxe edition of the soundtrack.
 * The Ballad of Douche
 * When I Was Strong
 * Her Friend's a Douche (This song was part of a scrapped storyline in which students at Laura's college found out that she was talking to a douche and bullied Laura for it.)
 * The Crossroads of Change (This song became Leave Your Past, Find Your Purpose)

Songs heard in the film

 * Freak by Steve Aoki

Songs heard in the trailers/TV spots

 * Paralyzer by Finger Eleven

Promotions/Tie Ins

 * Spencer's had a collection of products inspired by and based on the film. Some items in this collection included apparel, jewelry, headgear, stickers, posters, pins, action figures, and magnets.


 * A novelization of the film exists, as well as a storybook adaptation, and a book called Laura's Journal, which is a replica of Laura's journal in the movie and retells the story of the film via Laura's journal entries, with MintBoy contributing to some of the pages.


 * Alamo Drafthouse made an exclusive coloring book for the film.


 * Commonwealth Toys made plush toys of MintBoy and Laura.


 * Rasta Imposta made costumes of MintBoy and Laura.


 * A puzzle game called MintBoy's Minty Puzzles was released for iOS and Android devices. In this game, you play as MintBoy and help Laura Wilson make friends and solve problems in her college life via puzzles where you match icons representing the characters from the film.


 * Wayback Burger had a Freshlicious Freshman meets MintBoy menu to promote the Mint Party and home video release, containing food themed after the movie, such as the Wild Party Burger and MintBoy's Mint and Vanilla Milkshake.

Critical response
Freshlicious Freshman meets MintBoy had mostly positive reviews from critics. The film recieved an 89% Fresh score on Rotten Tomatoes. The site's consensus says, "Jim Carrey stars as MintBoy in a heartwarming and hilarious film that shows that there's always a way for you and your kids and family to fit in, even if you're slightly crazy."

Box office
The film was a huge success at the box office when it earned $638,394,385.

TV series
A TV series based on this film, entitled MintBoy and Laura's Freshlicious Life, was released in February 2021.

Rating
The film is rated PG by the MPAA for mild crude humor and brief language. The movie was rated PG in the UK and G in Canada.

Trivia

 * This is the first film in the Sausage Party franchise to be a musical.
 * This is the first Sausage Party film to receive a PG rating instead of an R rating.
 * This is the first Sausage Party film to be family-friendly.
 * Several scenes in this film are done in 2D animation, includes some parts of the "When I Was Strong" musical number, Laura's journal entries, and whenever Douche thinks of how a hypothetical situation would work out.
 * One of the characters from the film, MintBoy, was hand-drawn animated, unlike the rest of the characters, who are in fact CGI.