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Rated G - General Audiences

This article is rated G, meaning all ages admitted.

Badger (also known as Badger: The Movie) is a 1988 British-American animated film which is  directed and

produced by Don Bluth and executive produced by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy, and Frank Marshall. The film stars the voices of Ron Moody, Sally Grace, Don Adams, Ken Sansom and Rupert Farley.

Produced by the American companies Lucasfilm, and the American-Irish Sullivan Bluth Ltd.

Plot[]

Cast[]

  • Ron Moody as Badger, the only one of the original characters who definitely appeared in Farthing Wood: The Adventure Begins, although in this book he was known as Young Badger. Although he lived throughout the course of the books, he died of old age during the second series of the TV series while the film where he lived.
  • Sally Grace as Weasel, a female weasel who becomes friend with Badger.
  • Don Adams as Inspector Gadget
  • Will Ryan as Stan/Cartman
  • Rupert Farley as Demonic Badger, a main antagonist who tries to kill Badger.
  • Cree Summer as Penny
  • Frank Welker as Dr. Claw/Mad Cat/Brain
  • Ken Sansom as Melees’ Badger
  • Paul Winchell as Kyle (original voice)/Kenny (muffled voice)
  • Jim Cummings as Tom Cat
  • Lucille Bliss as Badger‘s Mom
  • Tom Kenny as Badger’s Father
  • Jeff Bergman as German Shepherd Dog
  • Mel Blanc as The Badgers/The White Badgers
  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as The White Princess Sow Badger
  • Tara Strong as The Badger Cub
  • Brian Cummings as The Professor White Badger

Trivia[]

  • This is Sally Grace’s first vocal roles in the Universal Pictures film.
  • We can get to see a baby badger at the beginning of the film.
  • This is the film after the events of South Park II: Revenge of Dr. Claw which it is for before Universal Pictures starts making Badger films.
  • Before the 1997 adult animated show South Park and the 1993 british animated series The Animals of Farthing Wood, this is cross between Inspector Gadget and the future animated shows.

Songs[]

  • Badger‘s Theme - (Instrumental)
  • Badger’s Theme - ABBA
  • The Little Friend - Badger and Weasel

Transcript[]

Badger (1988 film)/Transcript

Scenes[]

  1. Opening
  2. The Birth of Badger
  3. The Journey Begins
  4. The River
  5. In the Big Ben
  6. The Car Chase
  7. Young Badger
  8. Badger Gets Lost
  9. The Tom Cat and the Dog
  10. The Restaurant
  11. The Rain
  12. Badger Grows Up
  13. The Reform of the Dual
  14. Meeting Weasel
  15. The Big Garbage
  16. The Melee’s Badger
  17. Badger and Weasel Meets Inspector Gadget and the Four Young Boys
  18. The Sibling Reunion
  19. The Street Parkers
  20. The White Badgers in the Animal Castle
  21. The King of the Animals
  22. Dr. Claw Meets the Demonic Badger
  23. The Weasel’s Personality
  24. The Revenge of the Dr. Claw
  25. Badger vs Mad Cat
  26. Boss Fight
  27. Penny Meets Weasel and Badger
  28. Saving The Four Young Boys
  29. Final Battle
  30. The Badger Family Reunion
  31. Friendship Tales/Ending

Release Date[]

June 1, 1988

Runtime[]

74 minutes

Music[]

James Horner (score)