Nature Cat's Soccer Stars is a 2020 animated feature film. It was released on Netfilx on June 14, 2020. It then aired on PBS Kids on November 7th of that same year, to celebrate the 5th anniversary of Nature Cat.
Story[]
Nature Cat and his friends set off on a sporty adventure to become soccer champions in a soccer match after Benson the cyan dog discovers that he has a love for soccer.
Cast[]
- Taran Killam as Nature Cat, Nature Kitten, and Benson the cyan dog
- Kate Micucci as Daisy
- Bobby Moynihan as Hal
- Kate McKinnon as Squeeks
- Joey Rudman as Jingles
- Leslie Carrara-Rudolph as Sadie Dog
- Cobie Smulders as Nature Dog
- Rob Rackstraw as Bear Announcer
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo as Marvin
- Carlos Alazraqui as Turtle Announcer
- Keenan Thompson as Henson the soccer coach
- Emily Lynne as Gwendolyn
- Zachary Bennett as Diesel, the film's main antagonist
- Chris Parnell as Houston
- Keith Silverstein as the soccer referee
- Cecily Strong as Petunia Bunny
- David Rudman as Norman and Diesel's soccer team members
Additionally, Taran Killam, Kate McKinnon, Bobby Moynihan, and Emily Lynne voice the crowd spectators at the soccer game.
Trivia[]
- An unnamed male beaver is the referee for the soccer match. The plot of this film is similar to Early Man (film).
- This is the first ever Nature Cat film where the Dog Gone band is shown without their instruments.
- In some countries, it is a theatrical film.
- Diesel is a cunning brown bear who has a similar personality to Ronald.
- This film's events take place before the events of Nature Cat's Racing Adventure because we see the Bear Announcer and the Turtle Announcer in this film.
- Diesel's voice sounds like Diesel 10 from Thomas And Friends.
- Petunia Bunny, Norman, Houston, and Jingles appear at the end, cheering for Nature Cat and friends.
- The only Nature Cat characters that do not appear in this special are: Kyle, Wilma, Erica, Buster the rat, Leeza, Steve Vole, Michael Bluejay, the band members of Dog Gone, the heavy metal band, Ollie the Owl, Willson the bear and the 3 hip hop dancers, the unnamed duck, Lena, Troy, Ricardo the Muskrat, the singing bluejay, the singing mouse, Doris the Raccoon, Ronald, the West High Knights, Racer the Rescue Raccoon, Bernard, Pinkus, Lily, Hugo, Jack the rabbit, Twig Stickman, Bad Dog Bart Junior, Jimmy Cat, the duck family from Onward And Ponward, Herbert, Periwinkle Pete, Nevin, Screechy the screech owl, Jeremiah the Woodchuck, Brooks the Baltimore oriole, Ronald, Sea Anemone Anne, Gracie, Leo the mammoth and his parents, the Dune Patrol birds, Granny Bunny, Nigel, Tammy, Ms. Robin, Ruthie's babies, Dandy and his goons, Rat, Sir Galahad, Little Paulie, Sputnik, The Fish, Hugo, Lulu Ladybug, Mary, Shirley, Gritty Cat, the Bumblebee Queen, Tanya the orange cat, Alice the Butterfly, Twig Stickman, Nature Cat's family members, Buster the rat, Chandler the Toad, Irving and Myrna, Fern, Lola the Flamingo, Sammy the fox, Nigel, Mama Fox, Phil The Squirrel, The Hawk, Kevin, Shell Brooks, Barbara "Babs Ruth", Sea Star Sven, Johnny Spins, The Seeker the dog, Cruiser, and Reggie the Toad.
- Pidgeon, Martin, Groundhog, Benson, Vincent, MC Ferret, Joy the poodle, Chris and Martin Batt, Hummingbertha, Lewis, Henry, Bertie the owl, Jerry, the light blue dog, Edward, Gladys Turtle and Sylvia Turtle, Herbert, George, Henry the gray dog, Pete, Brock, Hansel, Phill, and Marie are among the audience at the soccer game.
- Hal references the FIFA World Cup in one scene.
- Mini Nature Cat does not appear in this film alongside Mini Gwendolyn.
- Ronald does not bully Nature Cat and friends due to Diesel taking his place in this film.
- Although it serves as an anniversary production, it was instead animated by Toon Boom Harmony, making it the first ever Nature Cat film to be animated by Toon Boom Harmony and not to be animated by 9 Story.