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The film centers on five appliances -- theappliances—the eponymous Toaster, Lampy (a lamp), Kirby ([[wikipedia:Kirby Company|a vacuum]]), Radio ([[A Dog Named "Dog"|guess]]), and Blanky (an electric blanket) -- who live in a old cabin out in the woods. The appliances have been left behind by their Master, a young boy, and have been waiting for him to return for years. When the cabin is put up for sale, the appliances determine to go find the Master (who, unknown to them, is now a young man getting ready for college) by making a journey to the city.

Though it didn't get much of a theatrical release, it's still fondly remembered and has become somewhat of a cult classic by its own right amongst many kids of the late Eighties and Nineties thanks to its airings on the Disney Channel and its home video release. It's proved to be a popular enough film to grant two direct-to-video sequels, and neither of them really sucked. As a side note, some of the people behind this film (such as John Lasseter and Joe Ranft) went on to go work for [[Pixar|another company specializing in heartwarming animated features...]]

* [[Adaptation-Induced Plothole]]: The balloons in Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars seemed like a giant [[BigNon LippedSequitur Alligator MomentScene]], right? In the book, they actually served a purpose: The balloons helped push the laundry-basket spacecraft to Mars, and one mylar balloon, who became friends with Toaster because they were both reflective, decided to accompany the group to Mars and proved to be a reasonably competent navigator.

'''Lampy''': [[Take That|Precisely - a total idiot!]]<br />

'''Radio''': If your sabre wags as loosely as your Norman tongue, you'll be run through in an instant. Defend yourself, Sir Lampy of Locksley!<br />

''[Radio continually whacks Lampy with his antenna, Blanky falls on them]''<br />

'''AC:''' [[Sarcasm Mode|You know something, you're a real bright little lamp.]]<br />

* [[Cultural Translation]]: During the "Worthless" song, the Indy 500 car instead mentions running the [[wikipedia:N%C3%BCrburgringNürburgring|Nürburgring]] in the German dub.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Kirby and the Air Conditioner.

* [[Disney Death]]:

* [[Family-Unfriendly Death]]:

* [[Fingore]]: The Master almost goes into the compactor hands first.

* [[Humans Are Special]] / [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: One of the main themes throughout the films. Some humans use machines well and treat them kindly, but others are willing to toss out faithful ones in pursuit of newer models. Comes to a head in ''The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars''.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Each character has their own theme.

* [[Literal -Minded]]: From ''Goes to Mars'':

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The appliance shop owner is named Elmo St. Peters--asPeters—as in "Saint Peter", as in "the guy you see shortly after your death". Fitting for a man who runs a store where everything's on its last legs, and alluded to in "B Movie Show" ("You just tell St. Pete/That you got cold feet").

* [[One Mario Limit]]: [[Averted Trope]] with Kirby, who debuted before [[Kirby|the video game character]]. (He's named after the vacuum company, [[Captain Obvious|which also debuted before the video game character]].)

** Technically a TWO Scene Wonder where the Master fixes him up.

* [[Punctuated! forFor! Emphasis!]]: Air Conditioner: "IT'S MY FUNCTION!!!!!"

* [[Put on a Bus]]: A very [[Literal -Minded]] example of this is the green pickup truck in the "Worthless" scene. He has literally been [[Put on a Bus]] (as in ''literally'' sitting on top of a bus) and left to rot, even though he is still in perfect working order (his engine is already running when the magnet comes for him, and he drives himself away, {{spoiler|only for the camera to cut to him sitting on the [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]], not even trying to struggle despite being perfectly capable of out-running the magnet, implying he committed suicide}}, averting the trope, but still implying it).

* [[Shout-Out]]: Radio suggests going [[North by Northwest]] while trying to find the city.

* [[Spiritual Successor]]: Watch ''The Brave Little Toaster'', then watch ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]] 3''.

*** It's probably all of the above.

* [[Uncle Tomfoolery]]: Plugsy. Oh so very, '''very''' much. He may be a [[Fantastic Racism|Talking Purple Lamp]], but its still applicable. His voice, his facial features, his mannerisms... if Uncle Tom were a real character, [[Fantastic Racism|and that character was a lamp]], that lamp would be Plugsy.

* [[Unspoken Plan Guarantee]]: Can be observed with Lampy. Near the beginning of the film, he explains his ideas of how they can travel before they're implemented, with hilarious (but failed) results. When they're trying to come up with a plan to save Radio from having his tube taken out, he simply says he has a plan -- whichplan—which then works.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Lampy and Radio, Type 2.

* [[Yellow Peril]]: Look closely at the blue boombox during "Cutting Edge" and '''tell me you don't see it'''. All its missing is is a Sony or Panasonic logo! It even has slanted eyes! Well, [[Fantastic Racism|slanted, notches on its knobs, which are implied to be its eyes]].

* [[Zeerust]]: AvartedAverted with the main characters, who are based on contemporary designs of the 50's. Despite their age, they are perfectly functional and have not been made obsolete, even as of 2012 (moslty). These two factors make the main characters somewhat timeless.

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