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In a Los Angeles where people and talking animals live side by side, Mr. Wolf leads a gang of thieves: his best friend Mr. Snake, the hacker Ms. Tarantula, the disguise expert Mr. Shark and the excitable Mr. Piranha. After a robbery and a police chase, Governor Diane Foxington mocks the crew on television as predictable, so Mr. Wolf aims at the Golden Dolphin, an award meant for Professor Rupert Marmalade IV, the guinea pig philanthropist who helped rebuild the city after a meteorite impact. At the ceremony, Mr. Wolf inadvertently aids an elderly woman and feels a sense of accomplishment; his divided feelings delay the escape, and the police arrest the gang. To avoid prison, Mr. Wolf talks Diane into letting Marmalade try to reform them.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Bad Guys (2022)
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- The film's opening diner scene, inspired by the opening of Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, is the longest one-shot in DreamWorks Animation history, running two minutes, 25 seconds and seven frames.
- Universal pulled The Bad Guys from release in Russia on March 1, 2022, in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Jellyfish Pictures handled additional asset production for the film with a new tool called Doodle, created for its 2D effects and to let animators move the lines around the character rigs.
- Voice acting for the film was performed remotely because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and production began at DreamWorks Animation's Glendale campus.
- Director Pierre Perifel, producer Damon Ross and composer Daniel Pemberton recorded backup vocals on "Brand New Day", the song by The Heavy included on the film's soundtrack album.
