The Brave Little Toaster (1987)

90 min · Animation

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22 TAME

ScoutScore

Very little flagged.

The Brave Little Toaster scores 22 on the ScoutScore, which is Tame. Very little flagged. FilmScout maps 14 flagged scenes and 2 marked caution.

A ScoutScore is a living number. We re-check movies against the source and raise or lower it when we find something the first pass missed, so a score you see today can differ from one you saw last month.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up	12
Caution	2

Content map

How the scenes we flagged in this movie divide up by kind. These are shares of what was flagged, not a level, and not a promise about anything we did not flag: a movie with very little flagged content can still be 80% one kind.

Flagged mostly for scary and dark.

Scary and dark	69%
Violence and action	5%
Themes	16%
Sexual content	none flagged
Substances	none flagged
Language	10%
All flagged content	100%

Direction is the kind of content flagged. Reach is the ScoutScore, which is how much there is: green at the centre, yellow, orange, then red at the dotted line, which is 100. The scale has no ceiling, so a shape can cross it.

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Heads up Deity exclamation: "Holy mother of Edison"
Heads up Name-calling: "total idiot"
Heads up Air Conditioner blows a fuse
Heads up Toaster's nightmare: the clown, the wave and the bathtub
Heads up Rapid flashing in the lightning storm
Heads up Storm, lightning rod sacrifice, and Blanky rescued
Heads up Cliff descent, the falls, and the underwater rescue
Heads up "Damn thee" exclamation
Heads up Sinking in the bog until a hand pulls them out
Heads up "It's a B-Movie Show" - spooky parts store song

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

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Age ratings by country

AU	G
CA	G
GB	U
US	G

Talk about it after

“Toaster throws itself into the crusher gears to save Rob and the others, even knowing it will be badly damaged. What do you think made Toaster willing to do that, and what does that tell us about what it means to care for someone?”

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Common questions

Is The Brave Little Toaster okay for kids?

The Brave Little Toaster scores 22 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Tame tier. Very little flagged. FilmScout has mapped 14 flagged scenes in it, covering dark imagery, theme, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for The Brave Little Toaster?

22, which is the Tame tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is The Brave Little Toaster rated?

The Brave Little Toaster is rated G in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU G, CA G, GB U, US G. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

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Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.

ScoutScores are FilmScout's own scene by scene analysis and change as the catalog is rescored. FilmScout is independent and is not affiliated with, licensed by, or endorsed by any studio or ratings board.

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