Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos, released in the United States as Huevos: Little Rooster's Egg-cellent Adventure, is a 2015 animated comedy film produced by Huevocartoon Producciones. It is the sequel to Otra Pelicula de Huevos y un Pollo (2009), and the third film in the Huevos film franchise, as well as being the first CG film and a soft reboot, it is written, produced, and directed by Huevocartoon alumni Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste and Rodolfo Riva Palacio Alatriste.
The original Spanish version features the voices of Bruno Bichir, Maite Perroni, Omar Chaparro, Ninel Conde, Carlos Espejel, Sergio Sendel, and television host Facundo.
The film was released on 20 August 2015 in Mexico in 2D and 3D cinemas, where it became a major commercial success and grossed $167.8 million pesos during its theatrical run in the country. The film is the highest-grossing animated film produced in Mexico, and the twelfth in the industry of all time.
Pantelion Films released this film in the United States on 4 September 2015 in the original Spanish-language format with English subtitles, where it was a surprise box-office success. The film received mostly mixed reviews upon its release.
Plot
Several years after the events of the second film, Confi tells a story of Toto's rescuing of his egg friends, Willy, Bibi, and Confi himself, and Tocino the bacon, before he hatched into a chicken and then grew to be a rooster. Later that night, Toto spends time with Di, trying to confess his love when her father, Don Poncho, interrupts them. Soon after, Toto listens to a boxing-style rooster fighting match on the radio, with champion Bankivoide claiming victory.
The next morning, Toto is called to crow and wake up the entire "Granjas el Pollon" farm, but only shows his poor skills. The group find out that their home is at risk of being taken by the bank due to a lack of payments left by Abuelita's deceased husband. Don Poncho, revealing his past fighting career, prompts the entire crew to go to a village, named Tepizcoeloyo, to make a bet on their farm and that he fight against Bankivoide. Meanwhile, a duo of opossums, Tlacua and Cuache, have been constantly passed by motorcycles while seeing chickens, and trying to take them for food.
The El Padrino egg initially denies due to Poncho having lost his bet. As Toto and Di explore the Palenque arena, he gets attracted to Chiquis, a celebrity peacock, and tries to show off his boxing skills. This soon backfires as she is revealed to be Bankivoide's girlfriend. After some persuading, El Padrino finally accepts the betting offer under a set of conditions, one being that Toto must fight instead of Don Poncho, to which he refuses at first. Ultimately, however, Toto summons the courage and decides to fight against Bankivoide, fully agreeing with the conditions. Later, Bankivoide's owner, Matías "El Oscuro" Jiménez, receives a bet for "Granjas el Pollon" to his surprise, which he accepts.
The crew goes on a trip to a forest where Don Poncho tells a story of his last boxing match: he fought and lost to a fast-moving rooster, revealed to be a duck in disguise, which caused El Padrino to lose his bet money and forced Poncho to retire, humiliated. This takes the crew to a duck pond where Don Poncho has Toto enter a "fight", which turns out to be a rapping contest with Snoop Duck. However, after losing this match, Poncho requests that Toto actually fight a duck, attracting the attention of Patín Patán. In the fight with a karate duck, Toto dodges and thinks he defeats him at first, but the duck punches Toto, throwing him into the air, and he lands unconscious.
Later, as Toto regains consciousness, Patín Patán, a duck egg, shows up and reveals that Don Poncho's duck opponent was his dad, who retired and "explored" a crocodile's stomach. Eventually, seeing Toto's low strength, Patín Patán agrees to train him.
Back at the "Granjas", the discouraged Toto has a conversation with Tocino when Patín Patán encourages Toto with hype. Two days later, Toto begins his training with Patín and shows improvement in his fighting skills. That afternoon, Patán tells Toto that he needs to learn non-fighting moves, which include swimming, running, and flying, with training taking during place the following days. Burnt out, Toto rests and his friends show concern. The next morning, Don Poncho teaches him his "signature move" which involves crowing before delivering a knock-out punch. Training resumes and Toto improves in the non-fighting area overtime as well. Meanwhile, Abuelita receives a notice from her grandson about the upcoming rooster fight which she doesn't remember agreeing to.
Later, near rocky mountains, Toto is trained by the ducks from earlier on how to dodge mid-air, catching the attention of a vulture sent by Chiquis, to the suspicion of Bibi. At night, Toto is encouraged and left alone to discover his "voice". However, after having a nightmare of fighting Bankivoide, Toto loses his courage and remains behind as Abuelita takes Don Poncho instead. In a moment of remorse, Toto lashes out at Patín Patán when an army of vultures invades the "Granjas el Pollon" ranch. Toto and his egg friends fight back and get help from the ducks, leading the vultures into the rocky mountains and defeat them by flying through a narrow gap. Afterwards, Toto regains courage and the group flies off to the Palenque arena at Tepizcoeloyo.
As Don Poncho is training, Toto arrives to take his place and then enters the stage for his match against Bankivoide. The match begins with a rocky start as Toto is knocked into the wall, leaving him almost unconscious, and then runs off before being knocked back again. Then, the fight proceeds normally and Toto uses much of the methods from his training. For 11 rounds, Toto has been improving on his fighting skills as he goes, even dodging Bankivoide's knockout dunk move. On the 12th round, just when Bankivoide is tiring out, Toto uses his "signature" punch, which isn't enough to knock down Bankivoide. As time runs out, with much encouragement from his friends, Toto goes all out on Bankivoide and shows much more improvement in dodging as he fights. Finally, after remembering the love and support of his family and friends including Di, Toto knocks out Bankivoide with a perfect rooster crow, claiming victory.
In the aftermath, Bankivoide congratulates Toto, Matías "El Oscuro" Jiménez is arrested after showing to have counterfeit documents, and El Padrino wins the bet placed on Toto. In discussing the vulture invasion, Bibi reveals that Chiquis sent the army in attempt to ensure Toto's loss, much to Bankiviode's shock and disappointment, and he sents her away.
Back at the "Granjas", the entire barn celebrates with a party, and it's revealed the ranch has been paid in full. Toto ends the film with his perfect crow.
In the mid-credits, Tlacua and Cuache are seen trying to stop a motorcycle with a rope, attempting to capture a chicken. They are launched as a group of motorcycle gangs drive by. In the post-credits, as Toto thanks Patín Patán for the help, Patín's father appears, revealing he managed to escape the crocodile. The two then go off, talking about their journeys.
Cast Spanish Bruno Bichir as Toto, the timid protagonist who is now a rooster. He dreams of becoming a champion boxer like Bankivoide until his points-of-view changes when he officially decides to fight him. Angélica Vale as Bibi, a chicken egg and Willy's girlfriend. Omar Chaparro as Patín Patán, a dimwitted duck egg who trains Toto to becoming a boxer by teaching him fighting and non-fighting moves such as flying and swimming. Maite Perroni as Di, a hen and Toto's girlfriend. Sergio Sendel as Bankivoide, the championship boxer rooster. Ninel Conde as Chiquis, a seductive white peacock and Bankivoide's girlfriend. She secretly hatches a plan to launch vultures at the farm home to distract Toto. Carlos Espejel as Willy, a chicken egg and ex-sergeant who is Toto's best friend and Bibi's boyfriend. Facundo as Snoop Duck, a rapping duck. He is a spoof of Snoop Dogg. José Lavat as Don Poncho, a rooster who is an ex-boxer and Di's father who tries to help Toto "find his voice". Rubén Moya as Matías "El Oscuro" Jiménez, a man with cowboy clothes that owns Bankivoide. Maria Alice Delgado as Abuela Humberto Vélez as El Padrino Gabriel Riva Palacio as Confi, a Cascarón egg. Gabriel also voices Fabián. Rodolfo Riva Palacio as Cuache / Cíclope Fernando Meza as Tlacua / Pato Anfitrión Lourdes Morán as Mamá Gallina, a loving hen and Toto's mother. Kintaro Mori as Pato Cool J
English dub Zachary Gordon as Rolo (Toto) Amber Montana as Dee (Di) Jon Heder as Mickey Mallard (Patín Patán) Alyson Stoner as Sweet Pea (Chiquis) Jason Mewes as Carney (Confi) Mark Silverman as Talons of Thunder (Bankivoide) Talon Reid as Announcer Anna Brisbin as Grandma (Abuela) Garrett Clayton as Willie (Willy) Keith David as Don Alfonso (Don Poncho) Travis Randall Clark as Duck MC Meredith O'Connor as Mama Hen (Mamá Gallina) Leon Thomas III as Soup Duck Olivia Grace as Bibi Dan O’Day McClellan as Shady Slim (Matías "El Oscuro" Jiménez)
Production Animation The film was animated entirely in computer animation with stereoscopic 3D, in contrast to past entries which were 2D animated. It was made under the working title, Una película con mas huevos y un gallo ("A film with more eggs and a rooster"). Portable Document Format file. Published in May 2019. The film was made with the use of Autodesk software like Shotgun and Maya. Updated: 20 June 2017.
"It is a film made with a quality at the level of an international film, which already gives that feeling that it is a studio film, worthy of competition, and with which people no longer feel that difference in technical matters."— Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, co-director and co-writer of Un gallo con muchos huevos
The transition to the CG format was an entirely new approach back then, as there were no animated films of the format produced in the Mexican cinema industry at the time of development. This was proven to be a challenge, to which the filmmakers called it "very difficult" and "a path of trial and error". Fellow co-director and writer Gabriel Riva Palacio Alatriste, Rodolfo's brother, stated that the film was designed for an "international" outreach. During development, Gabriel spoke with a DreamWorks Animation representative who was visiting Mexico at the time, and later brought him to the Huevocartoon studio. Gabriel has mentioned about the representative's doubtfulness of the film's intended quality, considering its country's quality.