Production
The idea of a 2D short was initiated by Jim Capobianco after Brad Lewis sent an e-mail asking for extras for the DVD. Capobianco thought of an educational film bringing together all the information they gathered about rats in a funny way to the audience. The production of the short started during the last year of the Ratatouille production time and was finished in less than a year.
The animation is a mixture of CGI and 2D animation. Emile and Remy appear in CGI while their presentation is in 2D, which encompasses most of the short movie. The 2D animation in most scenes was done through traditional paper based animation with digital ink and paint while a few scenes such as the Canada vs. Rats video game were done in Toon Boom. There is also a snippet of live-action film, a clip showing an Oriental rat flea.
During the production a book called Your Friend the Rat: A Little Golden Book, which includes the music and lyrics to the song "Plan B," was created by Jim Capobianco.
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