There's at least one new character I didn't care much for, and that was Ratso, around the beginning, though I think he improves after that. Some new characters are introduced here, such as the animals the appliances share a room with, and the master's evil lab assistant, Mack. The film also doesn't quite have the eerie feel to it that's part of what makes its predecessor so good. The appliances stay in the same place for most of this film and don't go on the kind of epic journey they did before. Meanwhile, Mack, Rob's bitter lab assistant, is secretly working against him and planning to sell the animals to a testing laboratory! So, the appliances have another problem on their hands when they find out about this scheme, and now must also try to save their animal friends! One reason why this "Brave Little Toaster" sequel is inferior to its predecessor is the plot, which isn't quite as interesting or adventurous as that of the original. Rob is almost ready to graduate, as he is very close to finishing his thesis on the computer, when suddenly, he loses it all when the computer crashes and he hasn't saved any of it! It doesn't help when his relationship with his girlfriend, Chris, runs into trouble. He still has his entire treasured collection of appliances from when he was a kid (Toaster, Blanky, Kirby, Lampy, and Radio), and keeps them (with the exception of the lamp) at the veterinary hospital where he treats animals. The appliances' "master," Rob, is now a college student, studying to become a veterinarian, and is now nearing the end of his final semester.
While I think it's better than some fans of the original do, it didn't surprise me when I saw that it was another inferior sequel. For that reason, I decided to watch this one first. Apparently, "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue" was released after the other sequel, "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars", but takes place before it. After that, I intended to finally watch the two direct-to-video sequels. Just over a week ago, I watched the 1987 original again, for what I believe was my second viewing since the 90's. It came out the year after I was born, but the two sequels it spawned came out much later, in the late 90's, and I didn't even know about them until years later, when I found them on IMDb. "The Brave Little Toaster" was a film I saw many times in my childhood.
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