Bratz Babyz The Movie
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 You wanna know what happens when Bratz goes the Rugrats route? Well, you got your answer.
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Bratz Babyz: The Movie a 2006 American animated film based on the Bratz Babyz doll line manufactured by MGA Entertainment. Directed by Davis Doi and written by John Doolittle. It serves as a prequel to the Bratz series, is a follow-up to Genie Magic, is the first film based on the Bratz characters as infants and is overall the fourth installment in the Bratz film series. It introduces Ashleigh Ball as Sasha, Alexandra Carter as Jade, Maryke Hendrikse as Yasmin, Chantal Strand as Nita & Nora, and Ian James Corlett as Cameron.
Plot
The twin Bratz Babyz, Nita and Nora, get ready to join Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin at the daycare center in the mall. Snappy, Nita's puppy, jumps into Nora's bag when no one's looking, and Nora, hurrying to keep up with Nita, rushes out without knowing Snappy is in her bag. Once at the daycare center Snappy gets out and escapes into the mall. The Bratz Babyz escape too and find Snappy has been dognapped by Duane, the mall bully. He demands $50 from the Bratz Babyz as a ransom for the dog. They all have different ideas, and Jade, Cloe and Nora try to get Snappy back one way, while Sasha, Yasmin and Nita try to get her back another. When time starts to run out, they decide the only way to get $50 is for Nora to win it in the karaoke contest. The Bratz Babyz learn to team up and overcome the bully, and get the puppy back.
Why This Film Suckz
- The designs of the Bratz Babyz are poor and look nothing like their teenage counterparts, looking more like rejected versions of the Chipettes from Alvin and the Chipmunks. Especially Sasha, who skin tone does not match her character at all. Sasha is suppose to represent an African American girl. But the animators decided to give her tan skin color.
- Most of the film is a rip-off of Rugrats, even the film's setting in a mall is too similar to a Rugrats episode.
- Somewhat confusing on who the main focuses of the film is, while the four main Bratz Babyz(Cloe, Jade, Sasha and Yasmin) are the main focuses, most of the film also focuses on Nita and Nora.
- While the traditional animation is average, there are a handful of animation errors.
- The scenery and atmosphere looks out-of-place and like nothing of what would normally be seen in a Bratz Film.
- All the characters are given generic personalities and have no character development what so ever especially Yazmin, Cameron and Harvey. These characters in particular are given little-to-no lines and are only seen to advance the plot.
- Yazmin is supposed to be the pacifist, yet she never did anything to prevent Sasha and Cloe from fighting.
- Harvey also isn't any better, as the only things he really does through out the film is follow Sasha, Nita and Yazmin around, and start a food fight in the mall.
- Very frustrating conveniences that feels so random and out-of-nowhere, such as the sequence were the Bratz tries to get Duane's backpack that he supposedly has Snappy in, and when they do its reviled that Snappy is not in the backpack, buts it's later reviled when Duane gets his backpack back, Snappy was actually in Duane's pants.
- There are some plot-holes in the film, such as:
- In the "Catch me If You Can" Montage, where Cameron and Harvey are seen with the girls, they are not seen after that, then later in another scene, Yazmin acts shocked and orders Harvey to tell her what he's doing at the mall.
- What the heck is Duane playing on doing with Snappy if the Bratz Babyz don't get $50?
- Biggest Plot-Hole: Why does non of the Bratz Babyz had the idea to just tell an adult at the mall(e.g Miss Calabash,Nita and Nora's Older Sister Jillian or the Mall Security Guard) that Duane has snatch Nita and Nora's puppy?
- How the hell can Snappy fit inside of Duane's pants?
- And on that note, if Snappy was inside of Duane's pants, why wasn't there any movement inside of Duane's pants?
- Nora and Nita are just the dolls from the Bratz twins doll line, Phoebe and Roxxi, but as toddlers and with different names. They couldn't have just use Phoebe and Roxxi?
- Nora would eventually get her own older doll later on, though Nita never did.
- The outfits that the Bratz are wearing though out the film are way too skimpy and revealing for infant toddlers. Especially during the end of the film, "The Ready or Not" and "We Can Do It" Montages.
- So much miss potential:
- During the first couple of minutes of the film, the plot focus on the Bratz Babyz running around the Mall trying to get Snappy, it gives it the potential of this film being about the Bratz Babyz in the mall trying to find and catch Snappy with numerous and tones of hilarious slapstick that's theme on the Mall, and chase scenes from the Bratz Babyz and Snappy to match as they also face numerous obstacles antagonizing them such as the Mall Security Cop that's also on a chase for the Bratz Babyz in a very similar manner to old Tom & Jerry Cartoons, but that gets hampered by the introduction to Duane.
- At some point in the film, it's reviled that a Mall Security Cop(name Gorden) has a slight crush on Miss Calabash, yet it only becomes a plot-point by the mid-way part in the film and barely gets utralized.
- This film can get mean-spirited at times, such as Miss Calabash being treated like a butt-monkey though out the first halve of the film, and the main villain Duane who is a bully.
- The Bratz Babyz are bad examples for young kids, as they are showing them that it is okay to go anywhere without telling an adult or without having any adult supervision.
- Even though the main four Bratz are Miss Calabash's special helpers in the movie, they are never seen helping her or doing anything to prevent the kids from acting rebellious and didn't say a thing when they took her glasses until Nora steps in.
- Nita and Sasha are the most unlikable characters in the whole movie. Nita is a complete jerk to her twin sister Nora, claiming that Nora has no chance of winning any contest, calling her names and even calls her "a drowned hamster having a bad hair day.", Whilst Sasha acts very controlling and stuck up.
- A very mean-spirited running gag which is very reminiscent to the very cruel running gag of Woofy getting snatch from Jill's arms from other characters/villains in another animated film Babes In Toyland, which is scenes were it looks like a Bratz Babyz manages to get Snappy, only for him to be taken away by Duane, and they repeat that joke two more times. How is that considered funny to kids?
- Poor and unfunny attempts at comedy, such as Jade being blamed for Snappy urinating on the floor, Nita pretending to be a superhero, Nita kicking a lamp, Nita throwing a tantrum, Sasha mimicking the way someone walks, Harvey starting a food fight, Snappy peeing on Duane and Nora's atrocious makeover.
- The whole film is entirety bottled, as it takes place at a mall and nothing else.
- The main antagonist of the film, Duane, is an extremely unlikable character who kidnaps Nita and Nora's dog, Snappy to keep the Bratz out of trouble and bullies them, and has an unnecessarily and ugly character design that does not fit the Bratz universe, looking more like a poor-mans version of either Sperg from The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Francis from Fairly Oddparents or some other random character from a random Walt Disney cartoon. His insults towards the Bratz like "Burp Twerps", "Teething Tots", "Snot Tots", and "Diaper Droopers" is also laughable and sounds like outdated insults from the 90s not something in 2006.
- Speaking of Duane, this leads to a few more plot-holes: Where the heck are his parents, and why aren't they doing anything about it?
- Halfway throughout the film, there is a complete disregard for their main goal of getting Snappy back. As Cloe and Jade decide to give Nora a makeover so she can win the karaoke contest. The whole makeover just consists of the girls following Nora and Nita's sister Jillian around and copying her, and once again, Cameron suddenly disappears and is only seen after the makeover.
- The animation during the song "All Together Now" is lazy as the characters seem to flicker in and out the screen.
- The fact that apparently the other Bratz Babyz' pets are allowed in the mall but Nita's dog, Snappy, isn't. Doggy discrimination, much?
- Very weak climax, all that happens is the Bratz Babyz and the other babies do a stare off at Duane which cause's him to wimpier, have Snappy pee on Duane and escape from Duane's grasp, and then Duane runs away in fear.
- This film barely has any impact on the Bratz series as a whole, as most of its events are ignored in later Bratz series and both Nita, Nora and Duane are never seen or heard of again. You can watch any of the Bratz films, skipping Bratz Babyz: The Movie, and anything too important would not be missed.
Redeeming Qualityz
- Some of the songs like "Ready or Not" are catchy.
- Nita is redeemed at the end of the film and realizes how her hurtful words effected her twin sister.
- Characters like the Mall Security Guard are quite funny.
- There is a slightly muddled yet good message to kids about friendship and sticking up for yourself.
Reception
Bratz Babyz: The Movie received very negative reviews and has been panned by critics and fans alike. It has a 10% score on Rotten Tomatoes and 3 out of 5 stars on IDMB.com, with a score of 3.7/10. It has a 1/5 on Common Sense Media, saying, "Disturbing twist on already creepy Bratz dollz."
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