Toby eventually retrieves the rock with Nose's help. Toby and Loogie, now friends, arrive at Nose's house in time to see Nose's booger mutate into a giant monster who eats the rock. Nose picks his nose against his father's wishes and accidentally flicks the booger into his father's radioactive work study. Toby’s older sister Stacey arrives to tutor "Nose" Noseworthy, Toby’s old, germaphobic friend. Helvetica attempts to get the rock back, but Toby throws it as far away as he can, where it lands at the Noseworthy's house. Helvetica takes the rock, wishes off her casts, and attempts to escape on a rocket-powered bike that she wished for, but hits a curb and loses the rock again before Toby retrieves it and wishes everyone back to normal. The rock is found by Carbon who, unaware of its power, accidentally wishes for all of the employees to go for each other's throats. An infuriated Hel wishes that Cole would turn into a dung beetle and then loses the rock. Meanwhile, Toby realizes that his mother took the rock and rushes to the costume party, but runs into Helvetica and Cole, who take the rock and dump him in the garbage. They become merged into a two-headed person, but Carbon thinks that they're wearing a costume. Since they were having trouble with their relationship, she wishes that she and her husband were closer. Thompson go to a Black Box costume party. Jane finds the rock in Toby’s room and takes it. Carbon Black, owner of Black Box, to compete to create a new marketing strategy. Toby’s parents, Bill and Jane Thompson, like all adults in the town, work for Black Box Unlimited Worldwide Industries Incorporated, which manufactures the "Black Box" universal gadget. The aliens leave, but Toby keeps the rock. This results in both Toby and Helvetica having casts put on both arms. Toby takes the aliens to school, but their presence causes Toby and Helvetica to fall from the school's roof. One of the rocks they throw is the wishing rock, which Toby uses to wish for friends, which come in the form of small aliens. Later that day after school, Cole and his gang to start throwing rocks at Toby. Toby speculates that Helvetica has feelings for him, infuriating Helvetica, and Toby is dumped in a trash can. Toby Thompson is bullied by Helvetica Black and her brother Cole on the way to school. Cole finds the rock the next day to throw at Toby. Now having telekinesis and is able to speak telepathically, she convinces the boys to dispose of the rock, which they do using a catapult. They eventually wish that one of them was very smart however, the power is given to their infant sister in the form of psychic abilities. They use it to wish for various things like a fortress, crocodiles that can stand on two legs and climb walls, snakes, and a pterodactyl before wishing themselves back home. (Some of the events will be considered as "episodes" and will be randomized due to the narrator being unable to correctly remember the order of events).Ī rainbow-colored Wishing Rock appears at the end of a rainbow where it is found by Loogie, Laser, and Lug Short. The film is set in a very busy suburban company town in Austin, Texas called Black Falls Community, where every adult always works, and citizens and children use the company's famous product "The Black Box", a technological device that can turn into almost any gadget imaginable. A Wii and Nintendo DS video game of the same name was announced on June 23, 2009, with a prospective July release date in advance of the film's release, but was canceled. Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 24, 2009, by Warner Home Video. It received a Young Artist Award nomination for Best Performance in a Feature Film. The film grossed $29 million on a $20 million budget. ![]() Shortly after that, the movie was theatrically released in the United States on August 21, 2009, by Warner Bros. Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock made its world premiere screening on August 15, 2009, at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California. ![]() Macy, Leslie Mann, James Spader, Jimmy Bennett and Kat Dennings. Shorts (also known as Shorts: The Adventures of the Wishing Rock and released internationally as The Wishing Rock) is a 2009 fantasy comedy film written and directed by Robert Rodriguez.
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