The Tangerine Bear (2000) – Rewatch

In this animated special, Tangie is a stuffed bear whose smile was stitched on upside down during a factory mishap. Like a piece of ugly fruit, he’s rejected by all the shopping mall customers and winds up in a resale shop with an array of other misfit anthropomorphic objects. It’s a sweet little Christmas film about found family rendered in simple but colorful traditional animation that doesn’t overstay its welcome. The only weirdness is that every time I watch I think Tangie is voiced by Michael J. Fox and am surprised to discover it’s really later (pre)teen idol Jonathan Taylor Thomas.