Netflix’s new animation film The Twits is a fun adventure comedy centered around the ‘meanest, nastiest, smelliest’ people in the world, Mr. & Mrs. Twit. They hated everyone and everything, especially each other. They’d been married for 47 years, and most of their days were spent tricking each other. It had become their love language, and they took pleasure in amusing one another with silly pranks. One day, they figured they must direct all their energy and intelligence into building an amusement park. And just like that, they inaugurated Twitlandia, the ‘most disgusting, most dangerous, most idiotic amusement park,’ with portable toilets, used mattresses, and other junk. They were confident that they would make good money out of it, but unfortunately the park was shut down immediately after the promotional ads were aired on television. So when two children, Beesha and Bubsy, arrived to explore the park, the Twits felt hopeful.
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How did Beesha expose the Twits?
After the cops indefinitely shut down their amusement park, the Twits decided to come up with a plan to punish the city. They stole a liquid hot dog meat truck, loaded the meat into the water tank, and exploded it. The city of Triperot experienced a liquid hot dog meat flood, and the common people were furious. The mayor, Wayne John John-John, was a useless prick who used the media attention to beg for votes in the upcoming elections. The whole ordeal had a tremendous effect on Bubsy. He was about to be adopted, but the couple refused to take him after they discovered that he’d consumed contaminated water. Beesha, who’d become Bubsy’s elder sister at the orphanage, felt terrible, so she decided that the people responsible for the flood should be punished. Beesha and Bubsy arrived at Twitlandia, and they noticed the liquid hot dog meat truck parked outside their residence. The couple proudly admitted to the crime they’d committed, and Beesha used a hidden camera to record their confession. On their way out of Twitlandia, the children noticed three strange-looking creatures locked in a cage. They were the Muggle-Wumps, and the cunning couple had stolen them from Loompaland, a magical land full of outlandish beasts. Beesha and Bubsy didn’t understand the language of the Muggle-Wumps at first, but gradually they figured out what they were trying to convey. The narrator of the story (Pippa, a grasshopper, narrates the story of the Twits to her son) tells the audience that kids who are extremely empathetic are said to be capable of understanding animals. Beesha and Bubsy were determined to rescue the Muggle-Wumps, so they had to find the key to the cage. After the news channels aired the confession video footage Beesha had recorded, the Twits were arrested, and the kids finally got the chance to enter their house and find the keys. But as it turned out, Mr. Twit wore the keys around his neck.
How did the Twits become popular?
Meanwhile, the Twits had gained quite a following after they claimed that they’d cracked the formula to make Triperot great again (you get the drift). Low-income and middle-class families had been struggling to make ends meet after the city stopped attracting tourists. Triperot was once known as the fun capital of the world, but after Tripe Lake dried up (as a result of pollution), the number of tourists started to dwindle. Therefore, businesses closed, and unemployment was on the rise. The people needed something/someone to believe in, and the lying, scheming Mr. & Mrs. Twit became their only ray of hope. Even though Twitlandia was a pile of junk, they were convinced that if the amusement park was allowed to open, the city would develop and their lives would drastically change. These people paid for Mr. & Mrs. Twit’s bail, and as soon as they were released, the Twits figured out (like true politicians) that they could easily play with the emotions of the public, make false promises that they had no intention to keep, and extort money from them. They asked their supporters to pay them $1000, and in return, they would make a billion after the success of the amusement park. After the Twits returned home, Beesha and Bubsy managed to steal the keys and rescued the Muggle-Wump family.
How did the Twits win the election?
The Twits were desperate to get back the magical creatures, since they’d been using their tears as fuel to keep the park running. Once they figured out that they would only have the authority to enter Beesha and Bubsy’s orphanage if they became mayor, they decided to contest the elections. As expected, they resorted to unfair means and baked a cake with toxins for Mayor Wayne John John-John. During a debate for a television channel, the mayor consumed the cake, and well, his butt exploded in public! The Twits had gathered a good number of supporters who blindly followed them and were ready to do anything asked in the hopes that someday their lives would be fixed. Beesha felt hopeless, especially after watching adults blame her for the closing down of Twitlandia, the only solution to all their problems. Meanwhile, since Mayor Wayne John John-John was admitted to a hospital and getting butt-replacement surgery, Mr. & Mrs. Twit were declared the mayor of Triperot.
How did the Twits trick Beesha?
Beesha had decided to guard the orphanage at night since the Twits had expressed their desperation to get back the Muggle-Wump family. When she received a call from Mr. Napkin, who was in charge of looking after the orphanage, telling her that her parents had returned and they wanted to bring her home, Beesha got excited. She abandoned her position outside the orphanage and arrived at the bowling alley where she’d been asked to come meet her parents. She soon discovered that it was a trap. Mr. Twit had used a voice-changing machine to replicate Mr. Napkin’ voice and lure Beesha to the bowling alley. Beesha felt embarrassed; she hated herself for being so gullible. Beesha managed to break free, but by the time she reached the orphanage, everything was gone. The Twits stole the orphanage (their supporters had literally scooped the building up and taken it to Twitlandia), leaving behind only the Sweet-Toed Toad. He explained what had transpired, and when he heard Beesha blame herself, he reminded her that her family needed her. Beesha’s heart broke when she heard the word ‘family’; her parents had left her at the orphanage, and all these years she’d hoped that they would come back to take her home. She was slowly coming to terms with the fact that they might never return, and it was quite devastating for her. The toad knew her story, but he believed that she already had a family who loved her immensely. Although they were not related by blood, the love they shared for each other was enough for her to consider them her family. Beesha realized that the toad was right, and instead of feeling sad for what she did not have, she must focus on protecting those who stood by her.
What made the Twits confess the truth?
Beesha and the Sweet-Toed Toad crashed the inauguration festival at Twitlandia. When the Twits took to the stage, the toad intervened, and as it was already established, if one kisses the toad’s toe, they become their opposite selves. The Twits, in this case, became honest and loving. They confessed that they’d lied to their supporters and used all the money they’d contributed on fireworks. Their supporters were furious, but even before they could react, the Twits launched a dozen fireworks that ended up destroying the amusement park. Beesha had successfully managed to free the Muggle-Wumps and all her friends from the orphanage. Just as they were about to leave, Beesha realized that the Twits would always be a threat in their lives. Rather than fleeing, she decided she must confront them once and for all.
During The Twits’ ending, Beesha and her friends sneaked into the Twits’ house and redecorated the place to make it look upside down. As the couple was about to enter the house, two kids poured glue on their heads without them realizing what was going on. The Twits were still a little drowsy after the magical toad effect. When they saw that their house was upside down, they figured that if they stood on their heads, everything would be alright. As soon as they stood on their head, they were glued to the floor. Beesha and her friends finally got the revenge they wanted, and she believed that the world would be a much better place without the Twits around.
Why did Beesha and Bubsy free the Twits?
After they returned to the orphanage, they wondered what would happen to the Twits. Beesha and Bubsy assumed that maybe they would get the dreaded shrink—their bodies would shrink and cease to exist altogether. As they laughed and celebrated their victory, Beesha and Bubsy suddenly realized that they could no longer understand what the Muggle-Wumps were saying. Since they failed to show empathy toward the Twits, they lost the power to communicate with animals. The kids realized that instead of seeking revenge and living with hate, they must always choose forgiveness even when it isn’t easy. They went back to the Twits’ house and freed them. But of course, their grand gesture didn’t have an effect on the Twits. As soon as they were released, they attempted to attack Beesha and Bubsy!
Where did Mr. & Mrs. Twit end up?
Mr. Napkin successfully brought back the orphanage to its original location; the occasional toad toe licks helped boost his confidence. The Muggle-Wumps sold their tear formula to a multinational corporation, and it ended the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. The Muggle-Wumps made A LOT of money, and they used some to buy the orphanage and adopted Bessha, Bubsy, and all the other kids. They lived together like one big family! Mr. Napkin was also hired as a part-time au pair. Meanwhile, Beesha was recognized for her efforts to free the city from the Twits, and her idea to fill the Tripe lake with florbnorbles (the cotton balls Marty Muggle-Wump released every time he was anxious) was quite a success, and it attracted tourists, and Triperot became the fun capital of the world once again! But the Twits didn’t really make any effort to change; instead, they tried to come up with a solution to get rid of the side effects of the Dreaded Shrinks. They decided to hang from a bunch of balloons, and they ended up floating around the world and landed on Loompaland, where they were immediately greeted by a variety of beasts. It seems the Twits will finally learn that one has to pay a heavy price for stirring trouble! The ending also confirms that Pippa and her son used to live in Mr. Twit’s beard, and the minute he embarked on the balloon ride, the mother and son finally managed to escape!
