He sees in the little forest gang exactly what he needs - lots more hands for replenishing the bear's food supply. Over the Hedge, created by T Lewis and Michael Fry, takes a freshly skewed look at suburban living from the perspective of the animals who lived there first. When Verne returns to the meadow, he vows they will never venture 'over the hedge' again. RJ, too, has ventured into the suburb as the only place on earth with enough junk food to satisfy the bear.
For both the philosopher and the film that resonates with his. Not knowing anything about humans, their neurotic and overprotective leader, VERNE the turtle, (Garry Shandling) nervously ventures into a backyard only to encounter the horrors of the suburban living: lawn sprinklers, BBQ utensils, S.U.V.'s and mountain bikes. And it is here that the comparisons between Over the Hedge and Rousseau become most interesting. Meanwhile, the bucolif life of a group of innocent forest dwellers is shattered when they awake from their hibernation to discover their forest has been invaded by a horrifying alien presence: the 'burbs'! They stare out in shock at a spanking new subdivision where their nut trees and berry bushes used to be.
When RJ the raccoon (Bruce Willis) is caught pilfering VINCENT the bear's mountainous pile of treasured goodies - junk food stored for his post-hibernation feast - he desperately negotiates for his life, promising Vincent the impossible: to replace everything within a week.
