A Dad Is Haunted by His Past as a TV Hero in the Beautifully AnimatedPombo Loves You

Animator Steve Warne has worked on movie like Frankenweenie and the upcoming Isle of Dogs , and his gorgeous stop - motion style is put to perfect use in his novel short , Pombo Loves You . It delves into the mind of a adult male bother by his long - ago past playing a costumed superhero on a scifi TV show .

Grif is just plod through life history as a malarky - loving dada with occasional custody of his precocious daughter ( “ ma say verify we do n’t eat up pizza again ” ) until one nighttime the young lady discovers his old costume , sodding with giant foam head , tucked away in a closet . Long - crush memories stir ( and get a little chilling ) as Grif confronts his neon - bright former alter ego , and relives the accident that ended his vocation .

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