The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear

Jeremiah Severin Bartholomew Olsen, or simply JB, is the mayor of a town named Sunnytown, where the sun shines, hence the name. Mr. Twig is the town's vice mayor, who always wishes to build a town hall. JB lives with two friends, Mitcho, a cat, and Sebastian, an elephant. One day, while playing a game of Yahtzee, JB suddenly remembers about Twig's town hall, and leaves to get him, but he went missing. With JB missing, Twig usurps control of Sunnytown, and builds his town hall, blocking out the sun.

One day, Mitcho and Sebastian find a message in a bottle, revealing that JB ended up in a mysterious island. Included with the letter, they find a small seed, and they plant it in their garden. That night, Sebastian shares to Mitcho that his grandfather saw the mysterious island when he was young, but the island vanished, and his grandfather spent his entire life finding the island but never returned home.

The next morning, the seed grows into a giant pear. Professor Glykose, a scientist, arrives, and builds the pear into a new home. However, Twig accidentally knocks the pear into the water. As Mitcho, Sebastian, and Glykose set off to find JB, they encounter a group of pirates, who Mitcho warns them about the mysterious island.

Returning to the pear, the group uses a magnotube compass to find JB, where they discover Twig's plan to fire a tank at the opening of the town hall. They are visited by Ulysses Karlsen, who take them to a library in his ship. There, they find a stone found from the island, and Karlsen explains that the stone was a gift from Sebastian's grandfather. Karlsen tries to eject the pear from his ship, but Glykose knocks the ship's power out before Karlsen can do so. Mitcho and Sebastian acquire the stone, and they escape with the pear. They insert the stone into their compass, revealing JB's location.

They reach the island, where they reconcile with JB, who shares that he accidentally fell into a dinghy while trying to meet Twig, where he sailed to the island. The group realizes that their pear home has been destroyed upon arrival, and Sebastian feels awful for what is happening to Sunnytown. Sebastian and Mitcho accidentally discover a engine room underneath the island, revealing that it is drivable all along. The group returns to Sunnytown, with the pirates and Karlsen joining them.

The group discovers the opening of the town hall is starting already. Sebastian decides to alert Twig by sending him a message in a bottle announcing JB's status, by sending it through a air pipe system. Upon reading the message, Twig furiously fires the tank that strikes the island, but the group survives. A giant pear breaks through the town hall, revealing the sun again. Sebastian and Mitcho drown, but Mitcho saves Sebastian's life from drowning, returning to the town. The town celebrates JB's return, and Twig's town hall is replaced with a new pear-shaped town hall.

• Alfred Bjerre Larsen as Sebastian
• Liva Elvira Magnussen as Mitcho
• Peter Frödin as Professor Glykose
• Henrik Koefoed as Borgmester JB
• Peter Plaugborg as Viceborgmester Kvist
• Søren Pilmark as Ulysses Karlsen
• Jakob Oftebro as Piratkaptajnen
• Peter Zhelder as Bodegapiraten
• Bjarne Henriksen as Oldefar
• Peter Aude as Oberst Rekyl

The Incredible Story of the Giant Pear was released theatrically in Denmark on 12 October 2017, and became the fourth most viewed Danish film of 2017 with 216,645 admissions.^[6] Elsewhere, it grossed a worldwide total of $3,099,852.^[1] Outside of Denmark, the top earning countries were Norway ($1,394,046), South Korea ($680,016) and France ($549,898).^[1]