The Gingerbread Man and Me

The Gingerbread Man and Me (also known as The Gingerbread Man: the Movie in rough drafts and in some countries) is an 1995 American animated musical comedy film. Produced by Turner Pictures and Roman's Film Roman, the film tells the story about The Gingerbread Man, who becomes homeless after his candy home is wrecked, to which he put his anger aside in order to help a little girl find her lost and presumed-dead father.

Plot
The Gingerbread Man lives in the town of Candyville with other candies and gingerbread. One day, a nasty storm leaves his house demolished, leaving The Gingerbread Man homeless. Homeless, he wanders the streets, looking for food, and is kicked out of a store for stealing some fish. Soon, he finds a sewer hole and gets falls down and into a cartooned New York where he meets a little girl named Kelly whose mother died when she was a baby and her father apparently died as well. However, she has claimed to see him and wants to prove that he's still alive. The two talk about their problems before the Gingerbread Man swears to his life that he will help her to find her dad. A local policeman sees Kelly and brings her back to her home. The Gingerbread Man jumps into her pocket and comes along with her.

Back at her home, her aunt, metioned as Aunt Lickboot puts the Gingerbread Man on a dogbed, planning for her obese dog Chunk to eat him. However, after a food fight between the two, Lickboot suggests taking them to a kind man named Applechick who works at a bakery, which Kelly thinks about. The Gingerbread Man overhears Lickboot talking about Kelly's father, revealing that he is alive. The Gingerbread Man attempts to tell Kelly about it, but Lickboot locks Kelly in her room. The Gingerbread Man jumps out the window and reunites with Kelly, by climbing to her window to inform her of her father's survival. The Gingerbread Man and Kelly set out to find Kelly's father on a raft. Meanwhile, in Tibet, Robert, father of Kelly, is aware of Kelly's situation, and decides to leave Tibet for New York.

The next day, Lickboot decide to put a $1 million bounty on Kelly to anyone who can find her, with no promise on paying. The Gingerbread Man and Kelly is found and hosted by amusement park manager Captain Alvin. Alvin is initially friendly with the two until he sees Lickboot's bounty on a milk carton. He traps them in a cage and contacts Lickboot, who leaves with Chunk while Applechick try to beat them there in order to collect the bounty. The Gingerbread Man escape the cage, find the key, free Kelly and trap Captain Alvin in the cage. They escape in a paddle steamer while Lickboot, and Applechick give chase. In the ensuing chase, Applechick falls from a bridge, while Lickboot head to a small cabin where Kelly and her father used to live predicting she will be there.

The two arrive at the cabin, but Kelly is apprehended by Lickboot, who lock The Gingerbread Man outside with Chunk. During a tussle, Kelly kicks an oil lamp and starts a fire. While Lickboot attempts to escape, The Gingerbread Man manage to get Kelly safely on the roof. Lickboot manage to vacate the cabin, but stumble on Chunk's skateboard and crash onto the paddle steamer, which sails out of control and sends them away. Kelly's father arrives by helicopter and rescues her, but fail to rescue The Gingerbread Man right before the cabin collapses. He explains to Kelly that he cannot permanently die because he is “made of gingerbread”, meaning he will return. Kelly's father promises to never leave her alone again and his heroics make the paper. Down at Kelly's luxurious villa, her father puts the ashes of The Gingerbread Man into the oven. The oven heats him up and brings him back. He later finds a picture of his old house and decides to begin a new life in Kelly's luxurious villa and sing a song about him being "the baker's yummy little boy" as the movie ends.

Cast

 * Richard Kind as The Gingerbread Man/Ginger
 * Anndi McAfee as Kelly
 * Charlotte Rae as Aunt Lickboot
 * Michael Bell as Kelly's Father, Chunk
 * Tony Jay as Applechick
 * David Lander as Captain Alvin, The Policeman

Musical numbers

 * 1) "I'm The Gingerbread Man" – The Gingerbread Man
 * 2) "Money" – Aunt Lickboot
 * 3) "I Miss You" – Kelly
 * 4) "We Got A Show For You" – Captain Alvin
 * 5) "I Miss You" (Reprise)  – Stephanie Mills
 * 6) I'm The Gingerbread Man (Reprise)
 * 7) End Title

Soundtrack
A soundtrack album was released by MCA Records in 1997 (re-released in 200) and included both the songs (music written by Henry Mancini with lyrics by Craig Wright) and score from the film, composed by Henry Mancini. The end credits pop song was written by Jody Davidson.

Home media
The film was released on VHS and LaserDisc on October 30, 1996 by Family Home Entertainment. The VHS release of the film was reissued on March7, 1999 and was released on DVD on March 2, 2003 in United States and on September 2, 2008 in Germany by Warner Home Video although despite receiving a UK VHS release from First Independent Films, no Region 2 DVD release is as of yet currently available. The film has been digitally remastered in widescreen on HBO Max, as of July 10, 2020.

Video game

 * A video game based on the film of the same name was released for Game Boy on October 2, 1998 and Sega Genesis on December 21, 1998 by Hi-Tech Expressions and Altron.