Beethoven (franchise) across the country in an RV to attend a family reunion. "Beethoven's 3rd" was released on October 31, 2000. Beethoven accidentally switches places with Michelangelo, a well-behaved look alike. "Beethoven's 4th" was released on December 4, 2001. Sara takes Beethoven to visit her crazy uncle. The last installment of the original storyline. "Beethoven's 5th" was released on December 2, 2003. The first installment of a new storyline. A stray St. Bernard becomes a movie star. "Beethoven's Big Break" was released on December 30, 2008. This story is narrated by John Cleese, who tells of the story of Beethoven's Christmas adventure.
Beethoven (franchise) help in finding Santa's toy bag. At first Mason doesn't believe Henry is a real Christmas elf and that Santa wasn't real until he witnessed Henry communicating with Beethoven with a magic candy that when licked can give the human the ability to communicate with dogs. Elsewhere, grumpy Sylvester Smirch (Robert Picardo) is the owner of a toy store called Most Wanted Toys he and his assistant Kenny (Curtis Armstrong) had been secretly stealing toys from other stores then overpricing the stolen toys. While driving on the highway. Smirch comes across Santa's Toy Bag and only realizes what it is