Moshi Monsters: The Movie

Moshi Monsters: The Movie

Year: 2013

Runtime: 81 mins

Language: English

Director: Wip Vernooij

AdventureComedyAnimationFantasyFamily

Katsuma, Poppet, Snoodle, and their friends must work together to thwart the plans of the villainous Doctor Strangeglove and his bumbling assistant, Fishlips. The pair is determined to destroy the recently discovered Great Moshling Egg, and it's up to the Moshi Monsters to stop them and save their world.

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Timeline – Moshi Monsters: The Movie (2013)

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1

Roary announces documentary in Monstro City

Roary Scrawl proclaims his plan to debut with a documentary about Monstro City. Katsuma, Poppet, and their friends discuss joining as stars and shaping the film's cast. The announcement sets the story in motion and establishes the film's ambitious tone.

early Monstro City
2

Great Moshling Egg discovered; plan to display

Buster Bumblechops reveals the legendary Great Moshling Egg will be displayed at his museum, with hatch date later in the week. Poppet suggests including the egg in the documentary, while Katsuma tries to position himself as the star. The idea creates tension over the egg's importance and the film's direction.

early Bumblechops' Museum
3

Doctor Strangeglove steals the egg; CLONC scheme revealed

Strangeglove and his sidekick break into the museum and poach the egg, vandalizing the display. He broadcasts a hologram declaring he will destroy the egg unless a mutating formula is supplied. The team resolves to track down the three ingredients to save the egg and Monstro City.

early-mid Bumblechops' Museum
4

Quest begins: Goombla-Goombla Jungle on Music Island

The group sets off on a raft journey toward Music Island to reach Goombla-Goombla Jungle and collect the mutating ingredients. They navigate the dangerous route as Roary documents their progress and the stakes rise. The expedition marks the start of their scavenger hunt across the Swooniverse.

mid Music Island (Goombla-Goombla Jungle)
5

Limbo contest and first prize: Oobla-Doobla

In the jungle village, they enter a limbo contest and win the prize Oobla-Doobla, the first of the required ingredients. The win boosts their morale and earns them a tangible lead in Strangeglove's plan. The team grows more determined to complete the recipe and recover the egg.

mid Goombla-Goombla Jungle
6

Candy Caves and Sweet Tooth capture

The team is lured into the Candy Caves and nearly trapped inside giant candy balls by Sweet Tooth, a greedy clown with hypnotic powers. Diavlo manages to break them free, and they escape in a frantic railway chase. However, Diavlo, Zommer, and Luvli are captured by CLONC's Scare Force blimp.

mid Candy Caves
7

Jollywood meeting Bobby Sing-Song; teleport mishap

Katsuma, Poppet, and friends reach Jollywood and meet the Moshling superstar Bobby Sing-Song, who offers encouragement and hints about Kerfuffle teleportation. Poppet stores tears in a jar, moving them toward the ingredient collection. Furi's accidental misstep breaks the Kerfuffle circle and they end up in a Scare Force blimp prison.

mid Jollywood / Scare Force blimp
8

Snowy peaks; rainbow crystals

The remaining team members flee to the Moshi Mountains, braving a blizzard and an avalanche. They struggle to stay warm and eventually locate the frozen rainbow crystals needed for the mutating formula. The journey tests Katsuma's leadership and the group's resolve.

mid Moshi Mountains
9

Mount Sillimanjaro confrontation; egg retrieved; Strangeglove escapes

At Mount Sillimanjaro, the group presents the ingredients to Strangeglove, who refuses to surrender the egg and summons Glumps to attack. Katsuma uses martial arts to retrieve the egg and fend off the creatures, but loses it during a trick with Blinky. Strangeglove escapes via elevator, setting up the next phase of the conflict.

climax Mount Sillimanjaro
10

Underground lair capture and plan; rescue

Strangeglove captures Katsuma and Poppet in his underground lair and threatens them with torture. Mr. Snoodle bursts in to rescue them, and together they devise a plan to free all Moshlings from the Glump-O-Tron 2000. The plan hinges on unlocking a prison using a whistle, which Katsuma initially cannot whistle.

late Strangeglove's underground lair
11

Final battle: Mutations thwarted; blimp crashes

The Moshlings unleash an escapee army to confront the Glump army in a climactic confrontation. They manage to stop the mutation device, using the gathered ingredients against Strangeglove's plan. The Scare Force blimp overloads, losing control and crashing in a spectacular explosion.

final Scare Force blimp vicinity / Glump-O-Tron 2000 lair
12

Egg hatches; epilogue

The Great Moshling Egg hatches into Mrs. Snoodle, and Katsuma finally whistles for the first time as the hatched creature is revealed. Roary finishes the documentary as the group is celebrated by Buster Bumblechops, who cuts the ribbon for the egg's official hatch. The epilogue hints at Strangeglove and Fishlips stranded in Dessert Desert, Zommer's rise as a rock star, and a temple filled with unhatched eggs waiting for future adventures.

epilogue Monstro City

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