The Longest Daycare
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Special Information
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare (Spanish: Maggie Simpson en: Largo Día en la Guardería) is an upcoming animated 3D short film starring Maggie Simpson. The short will air on July 13, 2012 onwards, before Ice Age: Continental Drift in theaters in USA. A 2D animatic version will be screened at San Diego Comic-Con International during July 2012.[1]
Summary
Maggie returns to the Ayn Rand School for Tots where her only friend there is a butterfly. Each baby is put through a security gate and when Maggie goes through, it says "Nothing Special". Maggie is then put in an area of the daycare that isn't great. Baby Gerald, Maggie's arch-nemesis, will make an appearance.[1]
Plot
When Marge brings Maggie to Ayn Rand School for Tots to get babysat, Maggie starts to miss her mother. Where she is there she is put through a security gate and be placing in the category "Nothing Special" instead for "Gifted Children". Maggie, Baby Gerald, and an unnamed child are the only children in the category. Gerald started there smash two butterflyes which made Maggie sad. Maggie finds a larvae and using that as her eyebrow so Gerald will not kill that too. Maggie reading then a book about butterfly and found out at they are from the beging a pupa. Maggie starting to protect a pupa which lead so Gerald starting to hunt Maggie around the daycare center. The pupa is hatched and Maggie try to throw it out from the window but Gerald manage to kill it by draw down the blinds when it is at the window. Maggie is sad, meanwhile came Marge to pick up Maggie. Gerald is still at the center and draw up the blinds and discovery at the butterfly he kill with the blind was Maggie's rosette. Maggie is in Marge's car and her rosette start to fly away to the car window and it tourns out at it was the butterfly and Maggie starts being happy.
Production
The producers decided to focus the short on Maggie as it is hard to make a 20 minute Maggie episode, but easy to make a 4-5 minute short. James Brooks came up with the idea of doing a short, similar to the Pixar shorts. The short is dialogue-free.[1]
On May 24, 2012, David Silverman's Twitter account posted a drawing from the short featuring Maggie.[2]
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Title
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Country
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Release date
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare
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Australia
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June 25, 2012
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare
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Sweden
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June 27, 2012
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Finland
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June 29, 2012
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare
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UK
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July 13, 2012
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Maggie Simpson in: The Longest Daycare
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USA
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Maggie Simpson en: Largo Día en la Guardería
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Spain
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