Glup (Glup, Una Aventura Sin Desperdicio) (2004)

Glup is basically A Town Called Panic meets Igor. This low-budget but charming Spanish-language animated movie is named for Glup (pronounced Gloop), a trenchcoat-cloaked detective who appears to be a coatrack inside. A precocious and determined little girl named Alicia meets Glup as she pursues her beloved antique radio (headed in a dump truck to the dump, thanks to her closeminded and humorless parents) that a kindly old neighbor helped her fix, while teaching her the treasure that can be found in old appliances and parts, esp. recycled ones. Racing through the dump with Glup and being pursued by menacing heads in helmets as well as the evil Incinerator's servants, Roll and Plunger and the cigar-chomping Mr. Toilet, Alicia and Glup have quite a pickle from which to extricate themselves. The animation is quirky but enjoyable. The Spanish dialog as well as its English-language captioning is fast-paced so it's best that you either know Spanish well or can read English rapidly. It's only 68 minutes so not a large investment of time. I wanted to give it 4.5 stars and might have if the length had been kept to three-fourths of an hour. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. 4 stars.