Mike the Meerkat: The Attack of B-10 (2019 film)

Mike the Meerkat: The Attack of B-10 is an American comedy adventure film and a sequel to 2018’s Mike the Meerkat: The Movie. It is produced by Universal Studios and distributed by Cartoon Network Studios. It stars the voices of Lennon Richardson, Gabriel Combs, Colbi Shofler, and Matthew Lillard.

It was released theatrically in the United States on May 7, 2019. It was also a box office success, grossing over $700 million against a $100 million budget, and received critical acclaim for its plot, casting, performances, humor, and heart. A sequel is scheduled to be released on January 15, 2021.

Plot
Mike, Harold, and Bowser continue to live their normal lives on a new day. Each night, Mike continues to have nightmares after their adventure on Planet Nektar. Bowser and Harold try to calm Mike down every time he has an anxiety attack and try to fix his problems.

In Prison, Shaggy Rogers creates a robot in case he dies in the future, naming it B-10 and ordering it to kill Mike and his friends. B-10 then has a mind of his own and presumably kills Shaggy by stuffing him in a vent and prepares for world domination. B-10 then creates a map for Animal City and prepares for invasion to begin there.

Mike, Harold, and Bowser have a gaming competition, which Bowser wins by cheating. Soon after, B-10 arrives and reveals that he is preparing for world domination. Mike and Bowser try to fight B-10, but they are overpowered and defeated. Harold takes their bodies and escapes as B-10’s clone army chases after the three. Mike tries to come up with a new plan to figure out how they will dominate the world.

Mike, Harold, and Bowser destroy three robots and wear their suits as disguises to discover B-10’s plan. B-2, B-10’s overwritten assistant, scans the three and discovers that they are impostors and tries to capture them. They escape and discover that B-10 wants to overthrow the world and create a robot apocalypse to end all humanity. Bowser discovers that they destroyed his old castle and he gets mad. B-10 discovers them and chases them out of the castle. They eventually lose him.

Teddy, the old enemy of the three, roams the streets on Town Square. Mike fights him due to believing that he created B-10, but Teddy reveals that Shaggy created him. Bowser proposes that he, Mike, and Harold team up with Teddy to find out what B-10 is up to and save the world undercover. Teddy says no, but the three eventually convince him to join their team of heroes. Mike then proposes a new plan.

Mike, Harold, Bowser, and Teddy travel to B-10’s lair and discover that he destroyed the forest, which is Teddy’s home. Angered, Teddy tries to attack B-10, who turns out to be B-12, B-10‘s plan engineer. This sets off the alarms and the four try to escape B-10’s army of robots. Eventually, Bowser is captured in the process and taken to Rob-Prison. Mike blames Teddy for this and tries to start a fight, but Harold calms him down and the three steal a Mall Cart to “drive” to Rob-Prison.

In Robo-Prison, the three go after Bowser, who ends up in the interrogation room with B-10. As Bowser tries not to tell him anything, Mike discovers his cell and tries to follow Bowser’s trail of chip crumbs. Harold discovers Bowser and goes after him, but Teddy tries to fight B-10 again, accidentally setting off the alarms. B-10 then captures Mike, Harold, and Teddy, causing the entire group to be thrown in Robo-Prison.

In their Cell, B-9 (the Robo-Prison Guard) reveals that the entire group will be executed on live television for a robot audience to enjoy. During this, Shaggy is revealed to be alive and behind the whole thing. Mike and Teddy get into their fight that they tried to get into earlier and it ultimately ends with everyone getting into a fight. Teddy decides to quit the team, as they do not operate well together, and is taken to be killed. Mike, Harold, and Bowser then try to find a way out of Prison.

B-10 takes Teddy and prepares Round One of his killing spree on live TV, while Shaggy operates the whole thing and is revealed to be controlling B-10. Mike, Harold, and Bowser discover the TV Station and deactivate the show. Harold and Bowser fight the robots as Mike saves Teddy and fights B-10 (Shaggy). Shaggy comes out of the suit and fights Mike on top of a circus tent, which leads on top of a fire pit. Shaggy punches Mike into the pit as an act of revenge, but Mike survives and sends Shaggy on a firework, saving the world from his evil and deactivating the robots.

Teddy and Mike apologize to each other and become friends, promising never to cause a robot apocalypse ever again. Shaggy Rogers is revealed to have survived the fight, but is finally sent back to Planet Nektar and the portal is destroyed. Also, the group believes that B-10 is destroyed and to confirm, they blow up Shaggy’s old hideout to confirm the end of the robots.

In a mid-credit scene, the government brings B-10 back to life and even stronger than before, creating an army of robots, but accidentally unleashing an even more evil B-10.

Voice Cast
Additionally, Gabriel Combs portrays every other robot that appears in the film, in order to make them all sound the same for the film.
 * Lennon Richardson as Mike, an African Meerkat who is friends with Harold and Bowser and has to team up with Teddy for the mission.
 * Lennon Richardson as Harold, a St. Bernard who is friends with Mike and Bowser and has to team up with Teddy for the mission.
 * Gabriel Combs as Bowser, a Box Turtle who is friends with Mike and Harold and has to team up with Teddy for the mission.
 * Colbi Shofler as Teddy, the former enemy of Mike who has to team up with him to stop a robot apocalypse on a mission.
 * Gabriel Combs as B-10, an evil robot created by wrestler Shaggy Rogers programmed to kill Mike and his friends and overthrow humanity.
 * Matthew Lillard as Shaggy Rogers, a former wrestler from Planet Nektar who created B-10 and plots to kill Mike and his friends to end humanity.

Production
A sequel to Mike the Meerkat: The Movie was announced shortly after the success of the first film, with Richardson, Combs, and Shofler immediately announced to be reprising their roles for the film. Matthew Lillard appears in the film as Shaggy Rogers and was announced during production. Filming took place between July 2018 and November 2018, making production last quicker than the previous film. A trailer was released in January, revealing the film’s plot, title, and characters.

Reception
The film received critical acclaim for its plot, casting, performances, humor, and heart. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 95% score, based on 900 reviews, with an average score of 8.99/10. The website’s critical consensus reads, “While it may not be quite as delightful as the original, Mike the Meerkat’s spectacular sequel contains twice the charm and action that the first film contained and more.” On an A+ to F Scale, the film received an “A”.

Release
The film was released theatrically in the United States on May 7, 2019. It was also released digitally on July 30, 2019, and on Blu-Ray and DVD on August 13, 2019.

Sequel
A sequel, titled Mike the Meerkat: World War, is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States on March 15, 2021.