

In the god-awful bad "Mars" movie, Rob has married longtime girlfriend Chris and is an established veterinarian with a baby on the way. oh, how little Rob knows!) in veterinary medicine. In "Rescue," he's a college senior wrapping up his thesis (titled "The Secret Life of Animals," humorously enough. In the original movie, Rob McGroaty, the "master" of the appliances, is going away to college. But as should be pretty obvious to anyone who has watched all three movies and paid minimal attention to the plot, "Rescue" is clearly the SECOND chapter in the series, with events taking place directly after the theatrical release. For good measure, traditional Disney-style anthropomorphic animals are included in a bit part in the original movie, and in "Rescue" the animals can talk and are in effect the "human" equals of the appliances.For some bizarre reason known only to Disney and whoever else produced the Toaster movies, "To the Rescue" was released AFTER the other direct-to-video sequel, "The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars." So "Rescue" is often referred to as the third chapter in the series, or Toaster III, etc. really "appliances"?), who come to life a la the "Toy Story" toys when people aren't around. For the completely uninitiated, it's a series about anthropomorphic appliances, and other mechanical things (are computers and streetlamps and giant evil magnets etc. "Like many other grown-ups who are kids at heart, I am a big fan of the Brave Little Toaster.
