Malibu’s Most Wanted (2003)
Animal Action
Ronnie The Rat
Ronnie the rat crawls out from under Brad’s bed and stands up on his hind legs and speaks to him. The rat then exits through a grate on the floor. A trainer placed the rat on its mark just off camera. Another trainer stood off camera and clicked a buzzer that the rat followed. To get the rat to stand up on its hind legs, one trainer put the rat on its mark while another trainer stood off camera holding up a stick with some peanut butter on the end of it. The rat sat up and followed the stick with its eyes throughout the scene. When the scene was over, the rat got to eat the peanut butter. The grate in the wall that the rat runs into was made by the production. The grate is lightweight plastic and it covered a hole that lead to a platform where the rat met the awaiting trainer and food reward. A computer created the gold necklace that Ronnie wore.