The new school year starts off terrible for Kim. In her ordinary life her best friend is moving away, and in her heroic crime-fighting life, three of the most notorious villains in her world... Read allThe new school year starts off terrible for Kim. In her ordinary life her best friend is moving away, and in her heroic crime-fighting life, three of the most notorious villains in her world plan to use time travel as a weapon against her.The new school year starts off terrible for Kim. In her ordinary life her best friend is moving away, and in her heroic crime-fighting life, three of the most notorious villains in her world plan to use time travel as a weapon against her.
- Ron Stoppable
- (voice)
- Rufus
- (voice)
- Wade
- (voice)
- Dr. Possible (Dad)
- (voice)
- Dr. Drakken
- (voice)
- Rufus 3000
- (voice)
- Preschool Ron
- (voice)
- Preschool Kim
- (voice)
- Tim Possible
- (voice)
- …
- Future Monique
- (voice)
- Duff Killagan
- (voice)
- McHenry
- (voice)
- Mr. Stoppable
- (voice)
- Monkey Fist
- (voice)
- …
- Mrs. Stoppable
- (voice)
- Future Jim
- (voice)
- …
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the first movie of Kim Possible
- GoofsThe Outback guide drives a Humvee with left-hand drive (USA style). Australian vehicles are right-hand drive (UK style).
- Quotes
Dr. Drakken: [surprised] KIM POSSIBLE?
Monkey Fist: WHY do you always act SO surprised?
Dr. Drakken: [confused] Hmm... I don't know.
- Alternate versionsThe DVD version is slightly different from the original TV version in the following ways.
- It's letterboxed, thus allowing you to see each entire filmed frame.
- The beginning credits for Nancy Cartwright and Tahj Mowry are at the top of the frame instead of at the bottom.
- All of the fade in and fade out transitions for commercials breaks have been changed into regular cuts, thus presenting the movie without any spots for commercial breaks. By doing this, some additional changes were made: The music has been clipped by a few seconds at 21:21 (21 minutes 21 seconds into the film). The before and after "commercial break" audio has been mixed together at 38:00. At 42:36 the TV version zooms out from a close-up of Sheego to the group show with some music playing over it, on DVD the group show it shown without the close-up & zoom out and music. At 54:36 the loud music is missing after Ron says "See, everybopdy in the future is ripped" (a fade out follows this line in the TV version) and another one before Kim says "What happened to you?" (a fade in precedes this line in the TV version).
- Instead of series background music playing over the last scene with Kim and Ron, "This Year" by the A*TEENS is played instead, leading into the end credits. The A*TEENS song starts at 62:59 right after Ron says "Brainfreeze" and Rufus groans.
- The end credits are completely different. Instead of the traditional series end credits (still text over a picture of Kim, with the instrumental of "Call Me, Beep Me" playing over it), the credits scroll over a still shot of the sky from the end scene with the A*TEENS song playing over it.
- Since the A*TEENS song is used during the end credits instead of "Call Me, Beep Me," the music credits lists the A*TEENS song where "Call Me, Beep Me" used to be.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Blockbuster Buster: Top 10 It's a Wonderful Life Episodes (2010)
- SoundtracksWork it Out
Performed by Brassy
Written by Muffin Spencer / Karen Frost / Jonny Barrington / Stefan Gordon
While Kim Possible (Christy Carlson Romano) sidekick Ron Stoppable (Will Friedle) learns that he must move with his family to Norway, villains Monkey Fist (Tom Kane), Dr. Drakken (John Di Maggio), Shego (Nicole Sullivan) and Duff Killagan (Brian George) join forces to acquire the famed Tempus Simius, which would enable them to time travel and finally rule the world. Can the Possible gang stop them?
Unlike other Kim Possible releases, such as The Secret Files (2003), A Stitch in Time is laudable for being conceived and constructed as a single film, telling one longer story, rather than being a compilation of half-hour episodes. However, there may seem to be some negatives with this film, especially if you are considering buying it on DVD. It only clocks in at 66 minutes--on the short side, even for a direct-to-video animated Disney film. There isn't much on the disc in the way of extras--just a very brief but cute "Naked Mole Rap" video (it must be less than 2 minutes long), and a few drawings with brief descriptions of Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable and Rufus at various ages. In terms of quantity, the disc is slim pickins.
Even when you first begin watching the film you might be hesitant. A Stitch in Time was drawn and inked largely by Disney's Asian television animation division, and is much simpler in some ways than even other Disney direct-to-video fare, or other Kim Possible DVD releases.
But it soon becomes apparent that rather than being overly simplistic like a low budget Saturday morning cartoon, the animation in A Stitch in Time is smart and highly stylized. It's very attractive visually; it ended up appealing to me more then The Secret Files. Also, kids (I would guess maybe 6 or 7 to 14 or 15) are obviously the primary target audience, so the shorter running time can be more of an asset with them.
Most significantly, however, the story and script are excellent. Writers Bill Motz and Bob Roth pack so much into the script, and Steve Loter directs the animators and voice actors to deliver such consistently high-energy, intelligent performances that the film doesn't feel short. Rather it has an epic feel, broad in scope, deep in content, and despite a plot line that could easily turn into a mess in the most capable hands (as has frequently been the case with similar subject matter in "adult" live action sci-fi/fantasy films), A Stitch in Time is always coherent and clever.
This isn't just a film for kids, although they're sure to enjoy it. Motz, Roth and Loter have filled A Stitch in Time with countless jokes, jibes and references that you'd have to be not only an adult to catch, but a quick-witted adult. A Stitch in time is full of social satire, refreshing irreverence (including towards the Kim Possible characters themselves), wonderful surrealism and mind-bending time travel paradoxes. It is closer to The Simpsons or even Ren & Stimpy in its delightfully anarchic spirit (although with nothing inappropriate for young kids) than the much more standardly paced and plotted The Secret Files (which is still a good "film", but nowhere near the quality of this one).
So leave any reservations in the dust and make sure you check out A Stitch in Time if you're a fan of animation, fantasy or sci-fi--even if, like me, you are older and have no children.
- BrandtSponseller
- Feb 26, 2005
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- Also known as
- Disney's Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 6 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1