Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective
2009 television film directed by David M. Evans
Ace Ventura Jr.: Pet Detective (also known as Ace Ventura 3: Pet Detective Jr.) is a 2009 American made-for-television adventure comedy film is a standalone sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls, without involvement from either lead actor Jim Carrey or writer Steve Oedekerk. The third installment in the Ace Ventura franchise, it began production in Orlando, Florida on September 17, 2007, and was directed by David Mickey Evans and written by Jeff Sank, Jason Heimberg, and Justin Heimberg.
Plot
Ace Ventura Jr. is the son of eccentric 'pet detective' Ace Ventura, who had disappeared when he was a baby, and is attempting to follow in his footsteps, much to the chagrin of his mother, Melissa, who repeatedly tries to dissuade him from doing so after saving a mouse. Currently, he is attempting to uncover who is behind a series of pet thefts occurring at his school, including a rare emerald green koi fish belonging to a girl named Laura, whom Ace Jr. has a crush on. Ace Jr. regularly relies on science nerd A-Plus (who has an advanced lab in his locker) to provide the forensics work for him and, much like his father, his work is openly mocked by the student body.
When Ting Tang, a baby panda that has recently arrived at the Miami Zoo, is stolen, Melissa, who was in charge of setting up a pen for it and its mother, is blamed for the theft and subsequently arrested. As both of her parents are out of town for a vacation on a cruise ship, Melissa reluctantly invites Ace Jr.'s paternal grandfather, Rex Ventura, to look after him, and he immediately begins properly training his grandson in the family business so he can clear his mother's name.
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