Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle

Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle (1999)

Every Hand Has A Thumb...

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.

Date of release
1999-11-02
TMDB
6.3 / 10 (43)
Runtime
29m
Genres
Comedy, Science Fiction, Action
Director
Steve Oedekerk
Collection
Thumbs! Collection

Casting

  • Steve Oedekerk — Loke Groundrunner / Beboobeep / Unwise Council Member / The Puppet / Gabba the Butt / Big Toe & Yes Man / Aunt Gonnabiteit (voice)
  • Andrea Fears — Princess Bunhead (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)
  • Jim Hope — Commander Cuticle / Annoying Pilot / Effeminate Thumb / Instructor (voice)
  • David Floyd — Brave Pilot / Uncle Soondead / Fighter / Thumb Council Member (voice)
  • Megan Cavanagh — Fighter Pilot #2 (voice)
  • Thomas Harbinson — High Gigigi

Interesting facts

Thumb Wars: The Phantom Cuticle is a 1999 short film directed by Steve Oedekerk. Using dressed up and coifed thumbs as puppets, Oedekerk created a parody of Star Wars, with characters like Loke Groundrunner, Princess Bunhead, Oobeedoob Benubi, Hand Duet, Crunchaka, Beeboobeep, Prissypeo, Black Helmet Man and Gabba the Butt. It is the first film in the Thumbs! series. Thumb Wars debuted on American television May 18, 1999, on UPN. It had its cable premiere on Cartoon Network on October 2, 2008 to promote the 2008 Clone Wars series that premiered the next day. The TV version provided a trimmed down version of the film.

Production

The production for Thumb Wars started in 1997 with Steve Oedekerk, Paul Marshal, Tom Koranda, Mark DeCarlo and Jim Jackman. In 1998, the production for Thumb Wars developed more seriously into filming. The production started filming in Los Angeles, California in the California suburbs.

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