Norman Television is a mini-movie that is featured in DVD and Blu-Ray release of The Secret Life of Pets.
Plot[]
In the pipe, Norman places plenty of popcorn, snacks and remote controls so that he can watch how the residents in the apartment live. Once, he watches an ex-couple, Harold and Marilyn. Marilyn refuses to give a share of her father's apartment to her husband after knowing his affair; Harold is upset after he failed to comfort his wife, who is presumably mourning for her father.
Norman then moves to another apartment. There, a man is talking about the ridiculousness about being on the street with merely underpants to his friend while his neighbor shows up and appears as what he just said. Norman can't help but laugh so hard, that the three young men notice. Norman calls the man without pants "wacky neighbor" and goes to see what's happening in his "cooking show".
In another apartment, a woman shows her way to cook to her friend; Norman pours some choco balls into his coke and throw up after trying some. A room of kids play as knights and Norman mimics their acts. Norman passes through a window of the pipe and then he sees Harold putting poison into a cup of tea, and a cockroach dies instantly when it licks a drop of poison. Then Harold takes the tea to his wife.
Norman then shoots popcorn and choco balls to stop Harold, and causes a power outage for Marilyn to escape from her husband. At last, he activates an explosive flame from the oven to toss Harold out of the apartment. Harold is later arrested for his crimes by the police; Marilyn and her neighbors are watching the process in the street, not knowing the fact that these are done by Norman, who is now sitting a pit after the explosion, watching them and mocking the pantless "wacky neighbor".
Cast[]
- Chris Renaud as Norman
- Danny Mann as Harold / Additional Voices
- Lori Alan as Marilyn
- Kelly Lake as Additional Voices
- Eric Osmond as Additional Voices
- Jan Rabson as Additional Voices
- Dave Rosenbaum as Additional Voices
- Cory Walls as Additional Voices
- Colette Whitaker as Additional Voices
Trivia[]
- The logo of Norman Television is a parody of MTV Music Television.
- The models of the kids in the apartment were recycled from some of those who attended Agnes' birthday party in Despicable Me 2; in addition, a Minion is drawn on Norman's coke cup.
- In the Chinese dub of the short, the wacky neighbor was captioned as "Arthur". It is unknown if it's his name or a mistranslation.