"The Brave Little Toaster" was followed by two sequels a decade later: "The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue" (1997) and "The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars" (1998). The latter ("Mars") is based on the sequel to Disch's novella while the former ("Rescue") is a brand new story. While reuniting most of the cast, they had a new director and crew. Rees noted that the original film was made out of pure love and not thought of as a kids' film or a product, and that he had heard the new approach was a more commercial venture. Deanna Oliver felt that despite Ramirez being a talented director who handled the franchise with care, instead of "film" and "character-driven", the project seemed more about getting it done because it could be made. Neither Rees nor Oliver have watched the finished sequels.