Itsy Bitsy Spider (film)

This article is about the short film. For the television series, see The Itsy Bitsy Spider (TV series).

The Itsy Bitsy Spider is a 1992 American animated short film directed by Matthew O'Callaghan, written by Michael O'Donoghue and Jerry Rapp, and stars Frank Welker as the titular spider alongside Thora Birch, Jim Carrey and Andrea Martin. Based on the eponymous rhyme, the short film was released along with the film Bebe's Kids. It was rated PG by the MPAA for sci-fi cartoon violence.^[1]

Itsy Bitsy Spider
Promotional poster from 1992
Directed by	Matthew O'Callaghan
Written by	Michael O'Donoghue Jerry Rapp
Produced by	Willard Carroll Tom Wilhite
Starring	Frank Welker Thora Birch Jim Carrey Andrea Martin
Edited by	Susan L. Vovsi
Music by	David Newman
Production company	Hyperion Animation
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 31, 1992 (1992-07-31) (with Bebe's Kids)
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

It is a family-friendly version of The Terminator and RoboCop,^[2] and was the basis for the television series of the same name, which was aired on the USA Network.

Plot

A young country spider; the Itsy Bitsy Spider, befriends a perky young city girl, who is named Leslie McGroarty, and taking piano lessons from a music teacher, who is Adrienne Van Leydon (incidentally learning to play the song) and her cat, Langston. When Itsy frightens Andrienne, she calls the Exterminator, who tries to kill Itsy with a toxic machine blower, but it causes pain and destruction to the instructor's house. The Exterminator turns out to be a heavily armed android, who then uses more extreme weapons, escalating from poison and vacuums to guns and explosives, before destroying the instructor's house. Itsy reunites with Leslie (who senses to leave the house when the Exterminator uses the weapons) and heads home to the big city on her bicycle.

Cast

• Frank Welker as The Itsy Bitsy Spider, Langston the Cat and Mouse
• Thora Birch as The Little Girl (named Leslie McGroarty in the television series)
• Jim Carrey as The Exterminator (credited as James Carrey)
• Andrea Martin as The Music Teacher (named Adrienne Van Leydon in the television series)