Vampirina (2021 film)

Vampirina is a 2021 American adventure comedy fantasy computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was directed and produced by Tim Burton, marking his third animated film and first CGI-animated film with Burton, Chris Nee, John Lasseter, Pete Doctor, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich as executive producers and the screenplay written by John August. The film marks Pixar's first collaboration with a famous filmmaker. The music for the film was composed by Danny Elfman marking his third collaboration with Pixar. It is based on the Disney Junior show of the same name and the children's book Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace. In addition to the show's regular cast reprising their roles, the film features the voices of Seth MacFarlane, Trey Parker, Johnny Depp and Charlie Day, as new characters.

Plot
In Black Dolphin Prison, Russia 1996, 2 extremely dangerous criminal brothers, Larry and Max Proxton (Charlie Day and Johnny Depp), escape in a truck which crashes near the edge of a ravine. The warden arrives, stating he is impressed by the Proxtons' achievement and giving them two choices; stay in the truck or surrender. The Proxtons refused to surrender and he kicks the truck into the ravine, apparently killing them. Larry and Max, however, have managed to get out of the truck. When the coast is clear, they climb back up and walk away. While walking to Moscow, they encounter a living pickle. The pickle pulled out a knife and was going to kill them, but Max eats it. They find out that monsters do exist, pointing out their ancestors' message about killing a little vampire girl to accomplish their dream of world domination, was not a joke.

25 years later, on Vee's (Isabella Crovetti) birthday, Gregoria (Wanda Sykes) gives her a pair of cruise tickets with the intention of going with her. She invites Demi instead, disappointing Gregoria. Before they left, Larry and Max (who are presumed dead), with their robotic assistant, Proxtron (Trey Parker) who live next door to Poppy, pay the Hauntleys a visit. While Larry and Max were talking with Boris and Oxanna about Vee's cruise trip, Proxtron unnoticeably takes a tiny portion of her blood and puts a nanotracker on her neck. When the Proxtons got back, they analysed Vee's DNA. The data shows her DNA is Nox Eternis ("Eternal Night" in Latin), revealing Vee's true identity. Larry and Max are surprised what they have been searching for for a long time, is one house away. Larry and Max concoct a plan to embarrass Vee upon her return. Poppy points out that they have never followed through with any of their plans to hurt Vee. Larry, disappointed in himself, resolves to prove Poppy wrong.

Meanwhile, on the cruise, Demi proves to be a frequent source of humiliation for Vee, defecating on the poop deck and telling inappropriate stories at a dinner with the ship's captain. Furious, Vee walks onto the deck to get away from him, but is confronted by Larry, who has traveled to the ship via speedboat soley. He shoots her repeatedly with a tranquilizer gun filled with garlic oil, sending her overboard. Six days later, a cop informs Boris and Oxanna that he has called off the search for Vee since he and his police squad cannot find her.

A year passes. Poppy has begun dating again, some dates being a Stickman and a skeleton, but everyone has talked Bridget into posing as Vee from time to time so that her death doesn't emotionally scar Nanpire. Larry indirectly reveals to Poppy that he killed Vee. Disturbed and enraged, Poppy vows to avenge Vee’s death.

Meanwhile, a sea serpent named Rick (Seth MacFarlane), finds Vee's body and brings her back to life by sucking out the garlic. Vee wakes up and cannot remember who she is. After turning into a bat, Rick soon tells her she is a vampire. Lost and confused, she takes shelter in an old wooden cabin in the woods.

Meanwhile, Larry realizes that keeping the evidence of his crime as souvenirs is too risky; thus, he disposes of his gun and drawings depicting Vee being killed. Poppy intends to sneak into the Proxtons' house in an attempt to expose Larry and Max as the villains they are. As she dwells into the basement, Poppy discovers Larry and Max's secret lab and are the most extremely dangerous criminals in the world. She tries to get out the house to warn everyone about the Proxtons' evil nature, but gets captured.

Vee takes a blow to the head from Rick and regains her memory. Rick decides to help her get back to Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, when Poppy wakes up in the Proxtons' lab, Larry and Max reveal they found out Vee is a vampire.

Cast
Isabella Crovetti as Vampirina "Vee" Hauntley

Jordan Alexa Davis as Poppy Peepleson

Mitchell Whitfield as Demi

Ian James Corlett as Chef Remy Bones

Wanda Sykes as Gregoria

Lauren Graham as Oxana Hauntley

James Van Der Beek as Boris Hauntley

Cree Summer as Edna Peepleson

Benji Risley as Edgar Peepleson

ViviAnn Yee as Bridget

Seth MacFarlane as Rick, a sea serpent who brings Vee back to life and helps her regain her memories.

Trey Parker as Proxtron, the Proxtons' robotic assistant. Parker also provided additional voices.

Charlie Day as Larry Proxton, Max's younger brother and an extremely dangerous criminal mastermind who was presumed dead and murdered Vee. He is the main antagonist

Johnny Depp as Max Proxton, Larry's older muscular brother and an extremely dangerous criminal who was presumed dead and murdered Vee. He is the secondary main antagonist.