🕊️ Storks (2016) Review 🕊️

“How much nuh muh nuh?” – Pigeon Toady


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🎬 Let’s start by showing y’all the trailers, shall we?

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Non-Spoiler Plot Rundown

Storks takes a weird, wacky premise — storks no longer deliver babies, they deliver packages like Amazon Prime — and turns it into a fast-paced animated comedy. Junior (Andy Samberg) is up for a big promotion, but accidentally reactivates the long-abandoned Baby Factory. Now he and his human companion Tulip (Katie Crown) must deliver a baby before the boss finds out.

The film is chaotic, cartoonish, and loud — sometimes exhausting, sometimes genius. It’s got moments that don’t always land, but when it’s funny, it’s really funny.

And at the heart of the madness? Pigeon Toady. A side character who somehow hijacks the whole movie with one of the dumbest yet most unforgettable comedic sequences in modern animation.


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🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Character & Actor Rundown

Junior (Andy Samberg) – The straight-man protagonist, ambitious but kindhearted. Classic Andy Samberg energy: goofy charm with a dash of awkward.

Tulip (Katie Crown) – The last human raised by storks. Optimistic, clumsy, but the heart of the film.

Hunter (Kelsey Grammer) – The stork boss, voiced with that signature Frasier snobbery.

Pigeon Toady (Stephen Kramer Glickman) – A scene-stealer. Design? Goofy. Voice? Grating. Role? Minor. But he somehow creates one of the most absurdly hilarious moments in the entire movie.

The Wolf Pack (Keegan-Michael Key & Jordan Peele) – Masters of improv comedy, turning every line into gold. Their “form a submarine” gag is peak Key & Peele energy.

The Gardners (Jennifer Aniston & Ty Burrell) – The human family subplot. Sweet but not as memorable as the bird hijinks.



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🎨 Animation & Style

Warner Animation gave this film a Looney Tunes–style slapstick vibe, and it works. The movie never takes itself too seriously, and that helps the bizarre humor shine. Even when the story stumbles, the visual comedy (wolves turning into a boat, storks chaotically flying with a baby) keeps you watching.


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😂 Funniest Scene Highlight – “How U Like Me Now?”

This deserves its own spotlight.

So Pigeon Toady, the awkward, lisping bird who can barely string a sentence together, spies on Junior and Tulip. And out of nowhere, he breaks into a full-blown performance of “How You Like Me Now?” Except, because of his voice, it doesn’t sound like words. It comes out more like:

“How yuh like muh nuh? Huh muh nuh muh nuh?”

And somehow it works. The absurdity skyrockets because:

1. He can barely talk normally, yet here he is singing like he’s headlining Coachella.


2. The scene randomly cuts to him bragging about it in what looks like a steam room while in towels with the Sergeant… only for the punchline reveal that it’s just an elevator.



Pure randomness. Pure nonsense. And somehow? Pure brilliance.
This scene alone elevated the whole film for me.

Huh muh nuh muh nuh?
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✅ Pros

Looney Tunes–style slapstick done right

Andy Samberg and Katie Crown’s chemistry works

Wolves (Key & Peele) steal every scene they’re in

Pigeon Toady’s “How U Like Me Now” gag is absurd, brilliant, and unforgettable


❌ Cons

Some jokes miss hard

The family subplot feels like filler compared to the stork antics

Tone shifts too often, leading to uneven pacing



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Final Thoughts & Rating

Storks isn’t anywhere close to being my favorite animated movie. It’s loud, inconsistent, and sometimes exhausting. But when it hits — it really hits. That Pigeon Toady musical gag? Honestly, it elevated the movie for me in a way I didn’t expect.

It’s the kind of randomness you don’t get in most corporate-animated comedies, and for that reason, Storks stands out as memorable.

RATING: 8/10


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🚨 Spoilers Ahead 🚨

The plot kicks into chaos when Junior and Tulip accidentally activate the Baby Factory, spitting out one last baby. Their adventure to deliver it leads to hijinks with wolves, penguins, and rival storks. Along the way, Tulip finally gets closure about her own parents, giving the story an emotional finish.

The family subplot with the Gardners ties into this by showing the importance of time, love, and connection — though compared to the stork hijinks, it’s far less engaging.

Ultimately, Junior and Tulip succeed in delivering the baby, and Tulip reconnects with her own family, giving the film its heartwarming (if slightly predictable) ending.