Angie Nickinson: Has anyone here read the book? It is tons different than the movie. However, both are still pretty awesome in their own right. The movie is definitely Darker And Edgier than the book.

Angie Nickinson: I'm pretty sure by now this show warrants a Nightmare Fuel page. Anyone else agree? If so, I'll make one myself.

Those of you arguing over the Ambiguous Gender / Viewer Gender Confusion issue may be interested to know that the Toaster's (non) gender is an actual plot point in the book. While in the woods, the group run into a pair of friendly married squirrels. The idea of the Toaster not being either male or female is alien and somewhat offensive to their sensibilities. Eventually they both conclude the Toaster does have a gender, but they don't agree on which — the female squirrel thinks the Toaster is female and the male squirrel thinks the Toaster is male. It turns out they are seeing their own reflection in the Toaster's shiny surface. Realizing there is no way to make the truth clear to them, the Toaster tries to ease their minds by going to each of them privately and making them swear total secrecy to what they're about to hear: the girl squirrel is told that the toaster is likewise female and the boy squirrel learns that the toaster is male (just as they'd both surmised). The Toaster can only hope that they never compare notes, before the group departs.

So, thus, I propose that if you feel the Toaster must have a binary gender, it's the same gender as you.