Flushed Away

British film studio Aardman Animations, which has produced a collection of stop motion animated films and series including Wallace and Gromit, teamed up with DreamWorks Animation to produce the 2006 computer animated feature Flushed Away. Originally intended to be filmed using stop-motion animation, the filmmakers decided to use computer generated animation because the movie's many underwater shots would damage the plasticine models. However, the characters were drawn to resemble the original models and techniques were employed to create the illusion of stop-motion.

Pet mouse Roddy St. James lives a comfortable life in a posh Kensington apartment until a sewer rat named Sid pops out from the sewer and decides he wants a spot in the lap of luxury. In a botched attempt to rid himself of Sid, Roddy gets flushed down the toilet and discovers a much different world in the rodent sewer city of Ratropolis. After meeting Rita, a daring sewer rat, Roddy finds himself in the clutches of a villainous toad from whom he must escape if he is ever to find his way home.

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