The Brave Little Toaster
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The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 animated adventure film about a group of household appliances on a perilous journey to reunite with their owner, noted for its surprisingly dark themes and emotional storytelling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Brave Little Toaster canonical | 4 |
| The Brave Little Toaster (1987 film) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10282331 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Brave Little Toaster Context triple: [Donald Kushner, producerOf, The Brave Little Toaster]
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A.
The Mouse That Roared
The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 satirical comedy film about a tiny European duchy that declares war on the United States in hopes of losing and receiving generous aid.
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B.
Tin Toy
Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar animated short film directed by John Lasseter, notable for its pioneering use of computer animation and its influence on the creation of the Toy Story franchise.
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C.
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated dark fantasy film directed by Don Bluth, based on the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," following a widowed field mouse who seeks the help of intelligent, escaped lab rats to save her family.
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D.
The Toy
The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a man hired by a wealthy businessman to be a spoiled rich child's "live" plaything, exploring themes of race, class, and exploitation through slapstick humor.
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E.
Little Toot
Little Toot is a classic Disney animated short about a mischievous young tugboat who learns responsibility, featured as a segment in the 1948 anthology film "Melody Time."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Brave Little Toaster Target entity description: The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 animated adventure film about a group of household appliances on a perilous journey to reunite with their owner, noted for its surprisingly dark themes and emotional storytelling.
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A.
The Mouse That Roared
The Mouse That Roared is a 1959 satirical comedy film about a tiny European duchy that declares war on the United States in hopes of losing and receiving generous aid.
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B.
Tin Toy
Tin Toy is a 1988 Pixar animated short film directed by John Lasseter, notable for its pioneering use of computer animation and its influence on the creation of the Toy Story franchise.
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C.
The Secret of NIMH
The Secret of NIMH is a 1982 animated dark fantasy film directed by Don Bluth, based on the novel "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH," following a widowed field mouse who seeks the help of intelligent, escaped lab rats to save her family.
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D.
The Toy
The Toy is a 1982 comedy film starring Richard Pryor as a man hired by a wealthy businessman to be a spoiled rich child's "live" plaything, exploring themes of race, class, and exploitation through slapstick humor.
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E.
Little Toot
Little Toot is a classic Disney animated short about a mischievous young tugboat who learns responsibility, featured as a segment in the 1948 anthology film "Melody Time."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | animated film ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Thomas M. Disch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Brave Little Toaster (novella) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| characterVoiced |
Kirby
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lampy NERFINISHED ⓘ Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob NERFINISHED ⓘ Toaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematography | Kento Nakamura NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Jerry Rees NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Buena Vista Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editor | Donald W. Ernst NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure
ⓘ
animation ⓘ fantasy ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
abandonment
ⓘ
friendship ⓘ loyalty ⓘ obsolescence ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Blanky
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kirby NERFINISHED ⓘ Lampy NERFINISHED ⓘ Radio NERFINISHED ⓘ Rob NERFINISHED ⓘ Toaster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | David Newman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation |
cabin
ⓘ
city ⓘ |
| notableFor |
dark themes
ⓘ
emotional storytelling ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| producer |
Donald Kushner
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Peter Locke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
Hyperion Pictures
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Kushner-Locke Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1987-07-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1987 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 90 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Jerry Rees
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Joe Ranft NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | children ⓘ |
| voiceActor |
Deanna Oliver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Jon Lovitz NERFINISHED ⓘ Phil Hartman NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurl Ravenscroft NERFINISHED ⓘ Tim Stack NERFINISHED ⓘ Timothy E. Day NERFINISHED ⓘ Wayne Kaatz NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Brave Little Toaster Description of subject: The Brave Little Toaster is a 1987 animated adventure film about a group of household appliances on a perilous journey to reunite with their owner, noted for its surprisingly dark themes and emotional storytelling.
Referenced by (5)
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this entity surface form:
The Brave Little Toaster (1987 film)