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Wayside: The Movie
Season 0, Episode 1
Wayside Movie
Air date November 15, 2005
Written by John Derevlany (concept)

Lin Oliver

Directed by Riccardo Durante
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Wayside (also known as Wayside School) is a 2005 animated comedy television film created by Louis Sachar, developed by John Derevlany and produced by Nelvana Limited. The film follows Todd, a transfer student, who attends Wayside, a 30-story-tall grammar school that has a reputation for the ridiculous. After a mix up with the contractor, the school was built sideways with the room were stacked on top of each other instead of side-to-side, resulting in an Escher-esque design revolved around a fantasy environment and child logic.

Wayside was conceived to be a series in 2004 by Derevlany and the film was a pitch for the Canadian network Teletoon. The series was approved for 26 episodes spread across two seasons in 2007.

The DVD release was released in September 25, 2007 by the US distributor Paramount Home Entertainment.

The movie is also available on Amazon Prime Video.

Synopsis[]

During his first week at Wayside School, Todd slowly adapts to life at a school where teachers throw things out windows to learn about gravity, class presidential elections are decided through dodgeball, and the walls close in whenever the principal uses the intercom.

Plot[]

The film starts with Todd transferring to Wayside school and enters Mrs. Jewls' class. After failing to adjust to Mrs. Jewls' style of teaching, he gets his name written on the discipline list and receives a check mark next to it. Todd is then warned that another disruption would cause his name to get circled and as punishment he would get sent home early on the kindergarten bus.

While Todd tries to maintain good behavior, he interrupts the class once it appears that the walls of the class are closing in during Principle Kidswatter, the principal, announcement on the PA. Mrs. Jewls then sends Todd home early. He meets Wetnose. The next day, when Todd arrives at school, he meets Miss Mush, Wayside's lunch lady. After avoiding her corrosive Mushroom Surprise, Todd rushes to class but misses the classroom election. Due to a tie, there was going to be a re-vote the next day. Once Mr. Kidswatter comes on the PA, the walls again begin to close in on the classroom. Todd cries out in warning, but Mrs. Jewls sees this as a disruption and sends Todd home early again. He meets Wetnose again.

The next day everyone attempts to run for classroom president, including Mr. Kidswatter and Miss Mush. The out of control election results in a game of dodgeball to decide who would be president. The game ends with Dana becoming president. Todd is then sent home again after the walls of the room begin to close in on the classroom.

He instead sneaks back into school once he finds out that Mrs. Jewls' class is actually a trash compactor. With help from Louis, Todd attempts to rescue the class during a long winded announcement over the PA. Todd uses Miss Mush's corrosive Mushroom Surprise to melt through Mrs. Jewls' locked door and rescues the class. Todd is then given a new desk as he is welcomed to the class which he throws out the window.

Differences from the books[]

There are several differences between Wayside and Sideways Stories from Wayside School. The first being that the character of Todd in the book is not a transfer student and he is also not the focus of the story. Maurecia was also initially a girl who loves ice cream who does not roller skate. The character of Mrs. Gorf is also absent. Mrs. Gorf was Mrs. Jewls's predecessor who was shifted into an apple and eaten by Louis, However, she appeared in a later episode of the show titled "Mrs. Gorf" but as a substitute. In the book, Mrs. Jewls has 30 students as opposed to the 16 that appear in the film.

Trivia[]

This is the only pilot episode of Wayside.

Although it is called simply "Wayside" on screen, when released on DVD in 2007, it was retitled to "Wayside: The Movie" on the box and DVD's main menu.

Todd is voiced by Michael Cera (who does not reprise his role in the entire series, due to his filming commitments) in the film while he is voiced by Mark Rendall in the series.

Mrs. Jewls is voiced by Kathy Najimy in the film while she is voiced by Kathleen Laskey in the series.

The character designs and animations look slightly different than in the series.

Most notably, Maurecia's hair is a different color as it is reddish pink and has a light skin tone while in the series, her hair color is bluish violet and has a tan skin tone and Louis has 'WS' written on his hat.

Maurecia's name is also pronounced slightly differently.

Goof: After Mrs. Jewls says "Would anyone else like to give a campaign speech?", Rondi's hair is blue, and her shirt is light blue, not dark blue.

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