The Emoji Movie (2017)

July 23, 2017 (Regency Village Theatre)
July 28, 2017 (United States)
August 4, 2017

Storyline

Gene is an emoji that lives in Textopolis, a digital city inside the phone of his user, a teenager named Alex. He is the son of two meh emojis named Mel and Mary and is able to make multiple expressions despite his parents' upbringing. His parents are hesitant about him going to work, but Gene insists so that he can feel useful. Upon receiving a text from his love interest Addie McCallister, Alex decides to send her an emoji. When Gene is selected, he panics, makes a panicked expression, and wrecks the text center. Gene is called in by Smiler, a smiley emoji and leader of the text center, who concludes that Gene is a "malfunction" and therefore must be deleted. Gene is chased by bots but is rescued by Hi-5, a once-popular emoji who has since lost his fame due to lack of use. He tells Gene that he can be fixed if they find a hacker, and Hi-5 accompanies him so that he can reclaim his fame.

Smiler sends more bots to look for Gene when she finds out that he has left Textopolis, as his actions have caused Alex to think that his phone needs to be fixed. Gene and Hi-5 come to a piracy app where they meet a hacker emoji named Jailbreak, who wants to reach Dropbox so that she can live in the cloud. The trio is attacked by Smiler's bots, but manage to escape into the game Candy Crush. Jailbreak reveals that Gene can be fixed in the cloud, and the group goes off into the Just Dance app. While there, Jailbreak is revealed to be a princess emoji who fled home after tiring of being stereotyped. They are once again attacked by bots, and their actions cause Alex to delete the Just Dance app. Gene and Jailbreak escape, but Hi-5 is taken along with the app and ends up in the trash.

Mel and Mary go searching for Gene and have a very lethargic argument. They make up in the Instagram app when Mel reveals that he, too, is a malfunction, explaining Gene's behavior. While traveling through Spotify, Jailbreak admits that she likes Gene just the way he is and that he should not be ashamed of his malfunction. The two start to fall in love and Gene silently debates his choice to change himself. They make it to the trash and rescue Hi-5, but are soon attacked by a bot upgraded with illegal malware. They evade it by entangling its arms and enter Dropbox, where they encounter a firewall. After many tries, the gang gets past it with a password being Addie's name and make it to the cloud, where Jailbreak prepares to reprogram Gene. Gene admits his feelings for Jailbreak, but she wishes to stick to her plan of venturing into the cloud, unintentionally causing Gene to revert to his apathetic programming out of heartbreak. Suddenly, the upgraded bot sneaks into the cloud and captures Gene, prompting Hi-5 and Jailbreak to go after him with a Twitter bird summoned by Jailbreak in her princess form.

As Smiler prepares to delete Gene, Mel and Mary arrive. Mel reveals to everyone that he is also a malfunction, prompting Smiler to threaten to delete him as well. Jailbreak and Hi-5 arrive and disable the bot, which falls on top of Smiler. Alex has since taken his phone to a store in hopes that a factory reset performed by technical support would restore his phone's functionality, which would entail total destruction of Gene's world should such operation complete. Out of desperation, Gene prepares to have himself texted to Addie, making numerous faces to express himself. Realizing that Addie received a text from him, Alex cancels the factory reset just as it nearly finishes, saving the emoji and finally getting to speak with Addie, who likes the emoji Alex sent. Gene accepts himself for who he is and is celebrated by all of the emojis.

In a mid-credits scene, Smiler has been relegated to the "loser lounge" with the other unused and forgotten emojis for her crimes, wearing numerous braces due to her teeth being chipped by the bot, and playing and losing a game of Go Fish.

Also See

• The Emoji Movie (2017) (Trailers)
• The Emoji Movie (2017) (TV Spots)
• The Emoji Movie (2017) (DVD Promos)
• The Emoji Movie - Emoji Falls (Online Game)

Sound Effects Used

• Elektra Records, Factory Whistle
• Hollywoodedge, Cats Fighting Loud Sc PE917007/Hollywoodedge, Cats Two Angry YowlsD PE022601 (4th yowl; heard once from a cat emoji that Gene almost flew into while ruining everything.)
• Hollywoodedge, Chimpanzee Screeche PE026201
• Hollywoodedge, Crowd Med Shock PE961301/Hollywoodedge, Crowd Reaction Shock PE142501
• Hollywoodedge, Drip Single Falls Liq PE041401
• Hollywoodedge, Elephant Single Clas AT043701
• Hollywoodedge, Factory Site Whistle PE275901
• Hollywoodedge, Fart 2 Short Fart Clos PE139001
• Hollywoodedge, Grunt 8 Male Strained PE132801
• Hollywoodedge, Large Interior Crowd PE140901
• Hollywoodedge, Parrot Squawks Inter TE013301
• Hollywoodedge, Quick Double Bell Di CRT015001 (2nd ding heard a couple times.)
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 1 Woman Singl PE133501
• Hollywoodedge, Screams 7 Woman Three PE134101 (1st scream; heard once in a low pitch.)
• Hollywoodedge, Yelper Siren Multipl PE081101
• SONY DING
• Sound Ideas, BITE, CARTOON - BIG CHOMP (Heard once when Hi-5 eats something he spots on the ground in the "Candy Crush" app.)
• Sound Ideas, CARTOON, HORN - BICYCLE HORN, THREE QUICK TOOTS
• Sound Ideas, ELECTRONIC - MAGICAL ZAP 03
• Sound Ideas, FART - LARGE FART, HUMAN 05
• Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - TWO HOLLOW METALLIC HEAD KONKS WITH HORN (2nd hit)
• Sound Ideas, NOISEMAKER - HORN: TOOT, PARTY, TOY
• Sound Ideas, PLINK, CARTOON - SOUR PLINK (Heard once at the beginning when Steven pokes Poop with his pitchfork.)
• Sound Ideas, SPACE, COMPUTER - SPACE SHIP CONSOLE: BEEP, ELECTRONIC, SCI FI 02
• Sound Ideas, SWISH - ARM OR WEAPON SWING THROUGH AIR, SWOOSH 02
• Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, FACTORY - FACTORY WHISTLE BLOW TWICE
• Sound Ideas, WHISTLE, FACTORY - STEAM WHISTLE: TWO BLASTS, INDUSTRY 01

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