What Is AJ Goes to the Dog Park All About?

If you loved Regular Show and OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes, you might want to keep an eye on Toby Jones’ next project. This time, the animator isn’t hiding behind sketches. He’s bringing his cartoon mind into the real world with AJ Goes to the Dog Park.

ComingSoon just dropped the exclusive trailer, and it’s clear right away — this is not your average indie comedy. It feels like someone plucked a surreal cartoon out of late-night Cartoon Network and dropped it in Fargo, North Dakota.

Why Does AJ’s Dog Park Matter So Much?

AJ’s life is simple. He wakes up happy. He butters his cinnamon toast. He has dinner with his married best friends. The highlight? His daily trips to his favorite dog park with his tiny chihuahuas, Diddy and Biff.

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He doesn’t want much else. Even when his dad — who’s also his boss — tries to give him a promotion, AJ just shrugs it off. He’s content. He wants nothing to rock his boat.

But every weird hero needs an enemy. Enter the local mayor. This guy turns AJ’s precious dog park into something called a “blog park.” Suddenly, the grass where dogs played is filled with laptop zombies, corporate drones staring at screens instead of tossing tennis balls.

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For AJ, that’s a step too far. The park was his peaceful spot in an ordinary life. Once it’s ruined, he snaps out of his routine and starts his own little revolution to get it back.

How Weird Does This Movie Get?

If the trailer is anything to go by, Toby Jones isn’t holding back on the surreal side. The vibe feels exactly like Regular Show, but with real people in real places. Fargo isn’t known for dog park wars, but that’s where AJ’s odd odyssey begins.

He trains. He fishes. He scraps and scrapes and saps — whatever that means — all to restore his little corner of happiness. The movie doesn’t just poke fun at corporate nonsense. It looks like it celebrates the small things that make life worth waking up for.

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The cast includes AJ Thompson, Greg Carlson, Danny Davy, and more local indie talents. The same offbeat energy that made Toby Jones a Cartoon Network favorite is all over this trailer.

AJ Goes to the Dog Park hits select Alamo Drafthouse screens on July 25, 2025. Then it heads out on a Midwest roadshow with stops in Minneapolis, Fargo, Chicago’s Music Box, and more. If you’re into live-action cartoons that feel like a weird dream, this one might just be worth the ticket.