Why Over the Hedge is Surprisingly Good 

“I am... inevitable” “Oh really? Do you in fact have an associate’s degree from VermTech?”

Fun Fact: Over the Hedge has been referenced in science. An aurora-like natural phenomenon was named STEVE in reference to the scene where the animals discover the hedge. STEVE is an acronym for Strong Thermal Emission Velocity Enhancement and radiates a purple and green light. So, without Over the Hedge, we wouldn't have an aurora named Steve. Thanks, Dreamworks!

Fun Fact: The bear is actually Nick Nolte, they didn't even animate him.

I can’t express enough how good of a decision it was to have the camera almost always from the animals perspective, always facing up at humans. As a kid and even today it really makes you feel like one of them, experiencing the movie from their perspective

I feel like “You maniac!” is slowly becoming the new “That was his mistake!”

Hammy: *slows down time* Quicksilver: Write that down, write that down!

Everyone knows that the best thing about this movie is Hammy drinking the Energy drink and going quicksilver mode before quicksilver did it

One of the many reasons I liked this as a child was how it portrayed humans. It being filmed from the viewpoint of the animals reminded me how I felt when adults were talking over me. It weirdly made me feel heard by mocking their self-importance. (I know kids were made fun of too, but the villains are adults).

It’s nice to see Over the Hedge finally getting the credit it deserves for inventing the quicksilver scene.

THE VERMINATOR IS IN THE MOVIE FOR A TOTAL OF 5 MINUTES AND 21 SECONDS HE NEEDS MORE SCREENTIME

Shrek villains: A power hungry noble, an evil fairy and a genie-like figure that twists wishes Kung Fu Panda villains: A spurned kung fu master, a heavily armed usurper prince, an undead warrior that collects souls Over the Hedge villains: A loan shark bear, a pest terminator and a Karen

It's rather amazing how Over The Hedge uses casual threat of murder as both comedy and actual stake at the current problem.

Big Joel’s analysis of Over the Hedge: “It’s a trash film that’s also a deep, metaphoric film about the division of class and races.” Schaffrillas’s analysis of Over the Hedge: *”Haha, animal exterminator man in children’s movie does the funny.”*

Over the Hedge, like MegaMind, is so criminally underrated.

"Imagine thinking over the hedge didn't get a sequel" This message brought to you by Over The Hedge The Game for ps2

I'm quite surprised you didn't mention how scary Vincent is. RJ was having post-traumatic nightmares of Vincent hunting him down and the voice actor really helped make him sound quite intimidating. On top of all that, he's a bear and who isn't afraid of bears right?

Fun fact: in Italian this film is called “the gang of the forest”

I think the problem with the "liar revealed" trend is purely the fact that it's been done sooooo many times, not just by dreamworks. Over The Hedge does it so right because the stakes are so high for RJ; he needs help to find enough food to feed a bear who literally threatens to KILL this helpless, lonely trash panda, so he lies to his new friends about helping them forage for food for the winter. There aren't many fictional pieces (that i've seen at least, so prove me wrong otherwise) that warrant the overuse of this plot point without the stakes being high enough to do it. Most of the time in modern animated films, it's done just to HAVE a twist with the main characters at all, which just signifies mediocre writing for the film at best. It honestly starts to feel fake, and that's why, no matter if it's good or bad, it's overdone, and overdone = bad apparently. I'm not expressing distaste for the trope, but it's VERY noticeable how many times it's been done and at this point, there are alternatives.

Okay but this movie really had me thinkin turtles could remove their shells whenever they pleased... Maybe I shouldn’t admit that.

i love how consistent this movie is. nearly everything is brought back up later. the geneva convention breaking lawn protection thing, verns tail tingles, the dog who _really_ wants to play with someone, etc. it's a small little touch that i personally really like and wished other movies did that

The Verminator looks like a 50 year old version of vector from despicable me

Finally, this movie has deserved attention for the longest time, it's one of Dreamworks movies that just don't have the respect they deserve. Another prime example is El Dorado.

What he probably said: “A neurotic turtle” What I heard: “An erotic turtle”

I think the funniest thing for me about the Hammy slowdown scene is that Hammy is shown to be hyperactive through the whole film and in this one instance he just calms down while everything is slown down.

"Didn't make enough money" -Katzenberg > *made $340 million vs an $80 million budget*

"what if we have a potential pandemic on our hands?" "uh oh"

I just realized that Meet the Robinsons is a move no one cares about? But why? *subtleness being subtle*

The teenage possum is voiced by Avril Lavigne, and it's honestly one of the best voice performances by a pop music celebrity I've ever seen

The verminator is the best thing to happen to film history why aren’t we talking about him as much as we are about Shrek

Fun Fact: This review came out almost exactly 14 years after Over the Hedge's theatrical release, only being late by 1 day!

What I love about Over the Hedge is that the movie setting perfectly depicted the mid 2000s culture. The mania of mcmansion subruba with white collar people buying a bunch of stuff they couldn't afford for it all to come crashing down a few years later in 2008.

You know how little kids pick one movie and rewatch it a million times? This one was mine Also the gross-out humor is done well. Everything exaggerated to insane levels and it's never the focus of the scene if it would otherwise last too long.

One thing that I think is important about the "Liar revealed" storyline is the reason for the lie. You mentioned the regret aspect but I think the reason is just as important. The racoon here did it out of self preservation. Sure, he started it out of greed but he didnt take any more advantage of the lie than he had to. He could have filled a second cart or something similar but he didn't. He only used them to save himself. Sure, he got himself into this mess because he couldnt hold back his greed at the start, but from the second he told the lie until the stories resolution he didnt take more advantage of the animals than he had to. This makes him sympathetic, maybe not likeable, but at the very least I can understand the why. Compare that to Shark Tale, where Wil Smith only told the lie, because he instantly got greedy. You might argue that he didn't choose the name at the beginning, but he got infatuated with the success so fast that I dont think there was a scene transition. We didnt get a moment where somone told him that they'd kill him, if he didnt take the name and made them rich, there was no self doubt. He could have shut down the entire thing at any time by just telling the truth but he didnt. This is why the trope doesnt work here. Not because the trope itself is bad, but because it made our main character unredeemably evil. In conclusion. In over the hedge the trope works because there was a good reason to tell the lie and to keep it going. In Shark Tale it only existed to make our main character feel good and made him unlikeable.

The Verminator is the greatest anime villain of all time

"I haven't seen Monster House in a while." We know what we want now.

FINALLY someone talks about the "Liar revealed" troupe, my absolutely most hated conflict trope it's so unrealistically over-dramatic, like, every single one of these blow-outs I've seen in movies throughout my whole life could've been prevented if the offended party demanded their rightfully deserved explanation rather than storm away heck, _I was in this situation in real life_ and it didn't play out like that

*Fun Fact:* If you look closely, the Bear in _Over The Hedge_ is actually the same bear from the court scene from _The Bee Movie._ Is this means that DreamWorks shared the same universe?

*Schaffrillas:* _"Finally, my work is complete!"_ *Fans:* _"mONsTEr HOuSE wHEn"_

No lie, me and my brother quote “I am a dirtbag” to this day

This is the most nostalgic animated movie to me. The artsyle, the Ben folds music, the suburbs, the focus on unhealthy snacks, so early 2000s.

Who played the Over the Hedge game back in the day?? I'm really tempted to replay it since I have so many fond memories of it.

Everyone is forgetting the ORIGINAL quicksilver hammy scene, from Futurama’s episode where Fry drinks hundreds of cups of coffee and ends up moving extremely fast

Calling Over The Hedge a not-so-nutritious snack while calling Ratatouille as the main course was so genius I hope you realize how genius it is.

With the recent news of Bruce Willis, and the fact that this movie never got a sequel, makes it an even more treasured childhood memory/film

This movie shows Karen as one of the main villain before Karen's were a thing it's officially subversive masterpiece

“I’m reviewing Ratatouille next, get excited” Like we’re not always excited when you upload

"I'm gonna do Ratatouille next. Get excited." Me: *OH, I WILL.*

it’s so sad that this movie is underrated and never got a sequel😭 probably one of my all time favorites

The squirrel getting high off of doritos dust like someone taking a dose of herroine was the best part of the movie

No twist villain in these kind of movies.

In a small defense of Bug's life: the problem with the bird plan wasn't that it was a "liar's plan", it was that it came out it was Flick's (the main ant) plan. And Flick was considered the mad inventor whose inventions never worked, so everyone assumed that this plan, just like all the ones before it, would fail. You can still claim it's a stupid reason for not using the bird, but it's less stupid than not using it because the guy who came up with it was a liar.

Fun fact about me: i had an environmental science class in junior year, and we had to watch this film and analyze its themes on sustainability and deforestation. I ended up getting good grade for the project! Thanks over the hedge!

"Don't go back and watch Bee Movie" Me: *cries in knowing almost the entire script for that movie because I've seen it so many times* Who will I share this knowledge with now?!

I personally just need a "Why Spirit the stallion of cimarron is an underrated gem" and I'll be forever happy

Funner Fact: i had to watch this movie at least once every day while living in an r.v. for a year as my source of entertainment. still good tho

I think one of the biggest reason I really enjoyed Over the Hedge is because of the amount of visual comedy, which I will happily take over just boring stale audio jokes with a dead straight camera view of the characters

Schaffrillas: Humour is not based on misery towards others. Doug Walker: That's not true! That's impossible!

When are we gonno talk about the best and most underrated blue sky film: Robots (2005)?!

“Get real Kevin, when you feel like a dirt bag it’s because you’re a dirt bag, right? Just own it, Say it out loud, I am a dirt bag.” Ok, I need to rewatch this movie. That was good.

I remember seeing somewhere the director said Thomas Hayden Church improvised the line “ do you have an associate degree from Vermtech?”

10:00 Madagascar: "This is brilliant." Over the Hedge: "But I *like* this."

“Mamn that item is unavailable because it is illegal in every state... Except Texas”

Anyone else hear that as *"an erotic turtle"*

I almost shat myself when you said "the Verminator", and then I thought back and remembered what a great villain he was. He was hilarious and so believable.

He forgot this one good joke: Gladys: "did you install this, this "depelter turbo"? Dwayne: "that's a contra band item mam, and is illegal in every state...*puts hand over heart* except texas."

My mom bought me a pirated copy of this movie. The CD also had Kung Fu Panda and Horton hears a Who. I loved those three movies so much as a kid

Verminator: “I'm not a bad person, I just have bad luck.”

This film has major Mr. and Mrs. Smith energy. A film that harnesses all the tropes of its genre effectively in an entertaining way without trying too hard to be something grander than what it is

The move in summary: **PRINGLE AD**

3:24 “a neurotic turtle” ❌ “an erotic turtle” ✅

Fun fact, when this movie came out my mom took me to the theaters to see the original Cars movie. But when I saw the poster for Over the Hedge, I went "Mommy! Mommy! Can we see this movie instead? I want to see this movie instead!" Long story short, six-year-old me had better tastes than my adult mother.

I think that Over the Hedge had probably a hard time avoiding product placements, also the parodies of the companies are killing me

There are a lot of animated movies that could be accused of turning people into furries. This is most definitely not one of them.

When I saw the titles like “Incredibles 2 is painfully average”, I thought “Oh, this guy is going to be a very cynical guy. I’m going to disagree with a lot of what he says” but NOPE! For the most part, you and me share a lot of the same opinions. “Over the Hedge is good”, “Spider-Man 3” is good, and you make hilarious YTPs. Keep up the good work, man.

Dreamworks: uses the liar revealed trope too often Disney: uses the twist villain too often

There are so many moments in this movie that just took me out cold when I was a kid - the flying wagon, the car chase, "IT NEVER ENDS THERE TOO", the possum's monologue as he fakes his death on the road... And while there are many movie moments that I found insanely hilarious as a kid that I now look back on with a "yeah that wasn't actually very funny" kind of attitude, looking back on this movie I think it would actually hold up pretty well if I watched it today. Also, as far as I recall, it does manage to be pretty genuinely touching, and it combines genuine emotion with comedy in a great way (the romance between Stella the skunk and the house cat is one of the best I've ever seen and I WILL die on that hill)

"Everytime The Verminator is on screen, he absolutely steals the show." *Persona 5 music plays* I get it!

I was now years old when I realised that schaff didn’t say “an erotic turtle” at 3:24

So if schaef hyped this review up too much can we officially say That was his mistake?

I watched this movie as a child and whenever I hear “Rockin’ the Suburbs” I get emotional

If you want a proper "liar revealed" watch "Rango".

Hill I'm dying on: Monster House deserved its nomination

yo when i say this movie is underrated i mean literally everyone has forgotten this movie and no one has done a video on this movie till this guy top 5 underrated animated movie

The small things 8 like about this movie: I love the forshadowing of the Skunk and the cat romance at the beginning. And i love how the dog is sample minded and just wanna play while the cat is Fulled with A sense of superiority And i love how good the cat's pronunciation of Persian i'm not Persian i'm arabic and we use the same Letters And i love the line "we eat to live but they live to eat" makes you think

James: Over the Hedge was better than the Oscar nominees that year. Me: Raises Pitchfork James: I haven't seen Monster House in awhile. Me: Lowers pitchfork

My two-year-old is OBSESSED with this movie. He loves the songs, and always dances to "Heist". He clearly appreciates good art. 😂

“Can we talk about the fact that over the hedge juggles 3 villains better than spider man 3?” YES

This movie feels like a fever dream, but in a good way. Like, I still can't fully understand that this movie exists. It's amazing on a lot of points. I personally think it's one of Dreamworks's most typical films. It's creative and new, has a weird but believable plot, it's even better when you're older but the balance between kids and adults is really great and the cast, as said, is so amazing. Sometimes you just see stuff like this and you simply wonder "how?" Well I have that here. It isn't Ratatouille indeed but it doesn't try to be. It tries to be over the hedge. Funny, smart, but not extremely emotional story. Just good and watchable

Fun story: I was watching Over the Hedge with my sister a few months ago, and during the movie I told her how much I liked the music, so after it was over, she took a picture of the credits. Her mouth dropped open as she turned to me and the picture said Ben Folds. Ben FRICKING Folds! We both love his music and my mom used to play Ben Folds Five in the car (even though we were way too young to listen to it at that age). Still one of the best facts I have discovered to this day.

This movie is completely batshit insane and embraces every second of it. It’s like Looney Tunes but everyone is on cocaine.

“You’ve just been verminated!” Me trying to make it a meme in 2007: *Guess you guys aren’t ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it*

I wish Over the Hedge would continue as a TV series.

I wish the Oscar's still animated the characters in the audience. That was so fun when they did that :( but I guess budget and stuff.

Fun fact: Over the Hedge was originally a comic series in the vein of Peanuts, Foxtrot, or Calvin and Hobbes. There were some great scenes in the comic that I still quote to this day. The characters are kinda different between the comic strips and the movie, but in ways that make sense for a movie and the story being told, though the humor was typically dryer than the movie.

“Possum. Porcupine. Skunk. Squirrel. Raccoon. Amphibian! No-“ S N I F F “R e p t i l e”

This movie made me a huge Ben Folds fan. The songs in this movie hit me hard as a kid and being an adult discovering Ben Folds for the first time again was like a nostalgic fever dream.

And here, kid me thought he was the only one who enjoyed this movie.

Over the hedge is probably one of my most memerable non-pixar, non-shrek movie from my childhood. Watching this was actually really enjoyable and I found it funny personally. For a dreamworks movie it is one of their better movies by far!

I like how this movie handled anticonsumerism elements. They are not pushed down your throat, but used as a joke vehicle. -How many humans fit in there? (in a car) -Usually? One.

I'm happy to see that i am not the only one who think that this movie is so cool and enjoyable. Also, the Italian version is even more iconic because the title is literally: "the gang of the forest".