The hilarious story of a restless young farm-thumb, Loke Groundrunner, and his tasty companion, Princess Bunhead, who go on an quest to combat Black Helmet Man and the Evil Thumbpire. This is the first film of the hilarious 'Thumbs!' franchise.
Practical Effects
Thumb puppet Yoda equivalent named Oobedoob. That's cinema.
Writing
Steve Oedekerk's deranged wordplay—'Thumbpire' is Shakespearean now.
Production
Made for pennies, looks like fever dream, achieves immortality.
Director
Steve Oedekerk
Steve Oedekerk
Loke Groundrunner / Beboobeep / Unwise Council Member / The Puppet / Gabba the Butt / Big Toe & Yes Man / Aunt Gonnabiteit (voice)
Ross Shafer
Hand Duet (voice) (as Ross Schaefer)
Rob Paulsen
Oobedoob Scooby Dooby Benubi / Thumbtrooper (voice)
Paul Greenberg
Prissypeo (voice)
Jim Jackman
Crunchy / Lieutenant (voice)
Mark DeCarlo
Black Helmet Man (voice)
Megan Cavanagh
Fighter Pilot #2 (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Steve Oedekerk filmed this between 'Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls' and 'Kung Pow: Enter the Fist'—his brain simply never rested.
This spawned an entire 'Thumbs!' universe including 'Bat Thumb' and 'Frankenthumb'—the MCU wishes it had this cohesive vision.
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