The first image released
Toy Story of TERROR! is a Halloween TV special based on the Toy Story movies, originally aired on ABC on October 16, 2013, and the first television special produced by Pixar.[1] The special is directed by Angus MacLane and produced by Galyn Susman.[2][3]
Plot[]
Bonnie and her mother are on a road trip to visit Bonnie's grandmother; Bonnie has brought Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Rex, Pricklepants, Potato Head, and Trixie with her. In the trunk of the vehicle, the toys are watching a horror film on a portable DVD player. When the car gets a flat tire, Bonnie and her mother must spend the night at the Sleep Well roadside motel, as a tow truck cannot be sent out until the next morning.
Once Bonnie and her mother are asleep, her toys exit Bonnie's bag to explore the motel room, but Potato Head goes missing. At this point, Pricklepants begins to narrate ongoing events as if it were part of an actual horror film, considering himself an expert. The toys search through the motel for Potato Head, but several are taken by an iguana named Mr. Jones, leaving only Jessie. In a bathroom, Jessie meets an action figure named Combat Carl, who was separated from his owner, Billy. Combat Carl urges Jessie to flee to her owner for safety, but she insists on trying to rescue her friends. The iguana returns to take Combat Carl, then Jessie. The iguana is revealed to be owned by the motel's manager, Ron, who has trained Mr. Jones to steal unattended toys and other items from motel guests so he can sell them in online auctions. Ron puts Jessie in the back room of his office, in a glass cabinet containing her friends, Combat Carl, and other stolen toys.
As morning approaches, a buyer purchases Woody online and Ron packs him into a box. Jessie is sold soon after, but Ron is distracted by the arrival of the tow truck and Jessie is left on the counter. A delivery lady takes Woody's box out to her truck, and Combat Carl tells Jessie that their only hope to rescue Woody and escape is for Jessie to travel to the truck in a box. Terrified, Jessie insists that she cannot enter a box, but Combat Carl helps her gain confidence. Once inside the truck, she frees herself and Woody. They return to the office, where Bonnie and her mother are checking out. Mr. Jones attacks Jessie, but Potato Head's hand manages to open a curtain, revealing the stolen toys to Bonnie and her mother, who threatens to turn Ron over to the police. Bonnie retrieves her toys, and the trip is resumed.
During the credits, Combat Carl boards the delivery truck with the remaining toys in hopes of returning to their owner, Billy. Two police officers later arrive to interrogate Ron, who attempts to escape by hijacking their police car, but is forced to flee on foot after immediately crashing it into the motel sign; the officers initiate a manhunt for him.
Cast[]
| Voice actor | Character |
|---|---|
| Joan Cusack | Jessie[2] |
| Carl Weathers | Combat Carl Combat Carl Jr. |
| Stephen Tobolowsky | Ronald Tompkins |
| Tom Hanks | Woody[2] |
| Tim Allen | Buzz Lightyear[2] |
| Timothy Dalton | Pricklepants[2] |
| Wallace Shawn | Rex[2] |
| Don Rickles | Potato Head[2] |
| Kristen Schaal | Trixie[2] |
| Emily Hahn | Bonnie Anderson |
| Lori Alan | Mrs. Anderson |
| Kate McKinnon | PEZ Cat |
| Peter Sohn | Transitron |
| Dawnn Lewis | Delivery Lady |
| Jason "Jtop" Topolski | Vampire Tow Truck Guy |
| Ken Marino | Pocketeer |
| Christian Roman | Old Timer |
| Laraine Newman | Betsy |
| Tara Strong | Computer |
| Angus MacLane | Officer Wilson |
| Josh Cooley | Officer Phillips |
| Dee Bradley Baker | Mr. Jones |
Production[]
Toy Story of TERROR! is the first of two half-hour TV specials that are scheduled for 2013 and 2014.
Dylan Brown stated in November 2012: "Our first works at Pixar Canada were six-minute pieces, and some one-and-a-half-minute films, which we call shorty-shorts. But we set up the Vancouver studio to produce the 22-minute specials. Pixar in California is currently working on the first one, called Toy Story of Terror."
At D23 Expo, the first ten minutes of the special was shown for D23 attendees.
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