''El Ratón Pérez'' is a 2006 Spanish-Argentine film directed by

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, starring Delfina Varni, Nicolas Torcanowsky and the voices of Alejandro Awada as ''Ratón Perez'', Mariano Chiesa as ''Commander Fugaz'' and

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as ''El Rata''. The film includes

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characters created by the

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in Argentina, and Filmax Animation in Spain. It was followed by a 2008 sequel, '' El Ratón Pérez 2''. The film was screened at the 2006

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, under the English title ''The Hairy Tooth Fairy''. Ratón Peréz is the Argentine-Spanish version of the

tooth fairy The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Western and Western-influenced cultures. The folklore states that when children lose one of their baby teeth, they should place it underneath their pillow or on their bedside table and ...

Plot

This is the story of Lucía, a restless kid who suffers a domestic accident and loses a tooth. Santiago, her father, an unemployed chef and Pilar, her mother, a successful architect with work to spare, ease her with the illusion that Ratón Pérez will stop by her room that night, take her tooth and replace it with some money. What they don't know is that the alert sign is already being spread... A little mouse spying the situation warns another mouse who then warns another who warns another who finally warns... Ratón Pérez! who lives on a boat anchored at the port along with hundreds of mice who gather the teeth, clean, sculpt and polish them to turn them into shiny round pearls. These are taken through the city sewers to a jewelry store own by Morientes - an old friend of Pérez that trades them paying the teeth's weight in gold coins. What should have been a routine job for the mythical mouse won't be tonight since the most heartless and ambitious thugs decide to kidnap Pérez and take control of his boat and his fortune. This would be the end of the story for everyone except for Lucía who - with the help of her cousin Ramiro - disobeying her parents and not measuring the consequences will try to rescue Pérez unleashing a fascinating adventure that will prove that you don't have to be a kid to believe. The story was based partially on the

Ratoncito Pérez El Ratoncito Pérez or Ratón Pérez ( ''Perez the Little Mouse'' or ''Perez Mouse'') is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Spanish and Hispanic American cultures. The folklore states that when children lose one of their milk teeth, they sho ...

, a character in Spanish folklore similar to the

Tooth fairy The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy figure of early childhood in Western and Western-influenced cultures. The folklore states that when children lose one of their baby teeth, they should place it underneath their pillow or on their bedside table and ...

Cast

Voices

* Alejandro Awada - ''Ratón Pérez'' * Mariano Chiesa - ''Commander Fugaz'' *

- ''El rata''

Humans

* Nicolás Torcanowski - ''Ramiro'' * Delfina Varni - ''Lucía'' * Fabián Mazzei - ''Santiago'' * Ana María Orozco - ''Pilar'' *

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- ''Justo Amancio Morientes'' * Diego Gentile - ''Pipo'' * Ana María Nazar - ''Condesa'' * Enrique Porcellana - ''Gordo'' * Fernanda Bodria - ''Maestra'' * Anahí Martella - ''Samanta'' * Fernando Paz - ''Hormiga'' * Marcos Metta - ''Professor'' * Pedro Martínez Goncalvez - ''Alumno 1''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hairy Tooth Fairy 2006 films Argentine animated films 2006 computer-animated films 2006 fantasy films Animated films about mice Films with live action and animation Spanish animated films 2000s Spanish-language films Best Animated Film Goya Award winners 2006 animated films Films distributed by Disney 2000s Spanish films 2000s Argentine films Tooth fairies