M51 & Gizmo

2007
5m

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When innocent alien M51 discovers how much fun having a birthday can be, he decides to move the Earth closer to the sun so that his next birthday will come around sooner.When innocent alien M51 discovers how much fun having a birthday can be, he decides to move the Earth closer to the sun so that his next birthday will come around sooner.When innocent alien M51 discovers how much fun having a birthday can be, he decides to move the Earth closer to the sun so that his next birthday will come around sooner.

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7.7/10

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Full Movie 4:26

M51 & Gizmo

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Buffy Henshaw

M51
(as Buffy Guzenski)
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Andrea Dean

Islander…

Robert Hurt

Earth…

Mary Ellen McElveney

Islander…

Lisa Storrie-Lombardi

Mercury…

Director
- Tim Pyle
Writers
- Jim Keller
- Tim Pyle
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Trivia
This educational cartoon was produced by NASA's Spitzer Science Center. The telescope that appears before the opening credits is the Spitzer Space Telescope, one of NASA's four "Great Observatories," which also includes the Hubble Space Telescope.

Quotes
M51: Wow, I didn't know moving the Earth was such a big deal!

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10/10

HYSTERICAL animated SF short about Earth's orbit & birthdays

this EDUCATIONAL, don't groan, short starts out with some sort of alien who gets around by it's spring's eagerness for his next birthday. he then decides to use his "all powerful" flying saucer toy to make his wish come true.

his human woman neighbor must step in though when things go wrong to explain his mistakes back to him. this is very well made and has a dry tongue in cheek sense of humor that's much funnier than many modern "attention deficit syndrome" cable TV kid's shows although it borrows their style.

it's just one fun extremely absurd concept juxtaposed against scientific facts with a light, bouncy (pun intended) vibe. this can be enjoyed by humans and aliens alike of all ages.