jlansky107 I thought that the plot of this film was great. The story of a clumsy janitor who had a dream of singing on stage was entertaining to me. I thought that this film had a lot of great humor including when the janitor would fall onto the leader singer. It was interesting how the director's were able to fool the view by making the Chubbchubbs look cute, instead of the being the tough monsters carrying weapons. The animation was excellent and left me wanting to watch this as a feature length film. I especially liked the Star Wars references because I am a big fan of the series. Overall, I think that this was a great film and I give it a 10 out of 10.

Enchorde Recap: Meeper is the janitor at the bar, but has dreams of becoming a singer and performing on stage. Now, all is en jeopardy though, the dreaded Chubbchubbs are coming! Comments: Typical Pixar, which means a great short with high quality. This little movie excels in three categories. First of animation. No flaws there. No flaws at all. Second. Humor. Typical of Pixar attention has been paid to the story as well as animation. This is not just a short to flaunt their animation ability. This is also a short story with good humor and a good plot. Third. References. They're everywhere. Can you catch them all, I sure didn't on the first try.9/10

Michael DeZubiria ChubbChubbs, apparently, are frightening beasts that threaten the happy existence of the creatures living on the planet in question, which includes the alien from the Alien movies, Jar Jar Binks, and Yoda and Darth Vader in a wrestling match in the bar in which our hero works when we meet him. Our hero, as it were, is a lowly janitor, completely awkward an graceless but a lover of music and performing. As an alien Aretha Franklin is on stage singing Respect, he grabs his mop and sings hilariously into it, dancing around until he spills his mop water onto the plug, frying Aretha and getting himself kicked out into the cold.Once outside he is confronted by a whole line of vicious looking beasts, and does the only thing he can think to do. He starts singing and dancing for them. When one of them gives in and starts singing and clapping along, much to the chagrin of his fellow mean-looking beasts, it reminded me of something the Blue Man Group would do. This is just a clever film. I think there were a couple of other animated short films nominated for the Oscar for 2002 that should have won over this one (Cathedral and Rocks), but this is still a wonderful film. Also make sure to watch through the credits for the hilarious closing performance!

Baroque Meeper, the main character of this short film, is a dim-witted janitor at a bar on another world (Ale-E-Inn, not to be confused with the Little A'Le'Inn in Rachel, Nevada). He dreams of being a singer, but after being kicked out of the bar for short-circuiting the sound system with a spilled water bucket, his life makes a dramatic turn. A dying alien (modeled after Jar-Jar Binks) warns him of impending doom. The Chubbchubbs are coming! After failing to warn the bar patrons, someone comes in and gives the gruesome news. All run out in a panic, leaving Meeper and several small chick-like creatures behind. In the distance, amid what look like storm clouds, are menacing-looking creatures...Are these the dreaded Chubbchubbs? Meeper heroicly gathers the chick-like critters in his mop bucket, but before he can run away, he is surrounded by the heavily armed warriors...This Oscar-winning film (2002 - Best Animated Short) film has many references to other science fiction films, and Meeper's mangling of song lyrics is hysterical. In short...I want a feature film out of this!