Tea Pets

Tea Pets^[1] (Chinese: 阿唐奇遇), also released as Toys & Pets,^[2] is a 2017 Chinese 3D animated comedy film written and directed by Gary Wang, and produced by Yuan Ye and Yu Zhou.^[3] It was produced by Wang's studio Light Chaser Animation Studios, in collaboration with Dadi Films and Youman Cartoon.^[4] Tea Pets had its world premiere at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival on 20 May 2017, and was released in Chinese cinemas on 21 July 2017. It grossed $5,057,715 at the worldwide box office.^[5]

Tea Pets
Theatrical release poster
Chinese	阿唐奇遇
Directed by	Gary Wang
Screenplay by	Gary Wang
Produced by	Yuan Ye Yu Zhou
Production companies	Light Chaser Animation Studios Dadi Films Youman Cartoon
Distributed by	Dadi Films China Film Group Corporation Hengdian World Studios Jinyi Film and Television
Release dates	20 May 2017 (2017-05-20) (Seattle International Film Festival) 16 July 2017 (2017-07-16) (China)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	China
Language	Mandarin
Box office	$5.057 million

Premise

A group of ceramic tea pets who live in a tea shop, taking pride in changing colour when tea is poured near them. However, Ah Tang (named Tea Sprout in English dubbing) is the only tea pet who will not change color no matter how the tea is poured. The only main one in the group is a small Squirrel that doesn’t talk, as he’s the only one that doesn’t talk when tea is poured into him. One day, the supply of customers call H Tang junk After he scalded their hands when he is poured with very hot tea.

One day, Xiaolai (named Babou in English dubbing), a magical robot from the future, accidentally crashes into the tea shop. Ah Tang sees this as a glimmer of hope to find a way to make his color beautiful. So, Ah Tang convinces Xiaolai to join him on an adventurous journey to find the future and try to find the secret to changing Ah Tang's colour. The tea pets come along for the ride.

During their Journey, they Encounter a cat named Dragon Bell that Attacks them. After distracting the cat with a mint leaf, Ah Tang sneak into the house with the help from Capper and Humpy, where they journey into the fridge to find tea. During this, Capper sneezes and Humpy falls into a teacup, where he encounters Jake and Pat, two brown rats looking for Xiaolai. They lie that they are professional robot builders, so they are able to find her. Scrubs appears, and the three escape where they reunite with Capper and Ah Tang, Who reluctantly allowed the rats to follow them.

After staying in a sewer where Ah Tang and Xiaolai bond, they continue on the journey. After tricking dragon Bell into jumping into the pool to find his milk, they use towels to land at Chuckles’s place, who is in all the worn out penguin that had never been used. While there, she tricks them into being nice and serving for her. Gerold says to Ah Tang They are more benefits of staying here, causing him to leave, displeased.

After Ciaolai Catches up to him, they fall from a nearby toy plane and into a toy kite. In the kite, they learned it was made from a plane created by the tea, pet store owner. Ah Tang Was born from it,

Release

Tea Pets had its world premiere at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival on 20 May 2017 as one of ten Chinese feature films that premiered as part of the second China Stars Showcase series.^[6] It premiered in China on 16 July,^[3] before being released in cinemas nationwide on 21 July.^[4] In China, it grossed $4,552,351, and was later released in several other countries, ending with a worldwide box office gross of $5,057,715.^[5]