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| Toy Story That Time Forgot - 2014 |
Coming up on this edition of TV Tuesday, we have 2014's "Toy Story That Time Forgot", which sees Buzz, Woody, and the gang head to one of Bonnie's friend's houses for an after-Christmas playdate.
The film's voice cast includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, Don Rickles, Kristen Schaal, Timothy Dalton, Kevin McKidd, and Emma Hudak.
After Christmas, Bonnie is busy playing with her toys. She has an active imagination, and she casts her toys as characters that are quite different from what they really are. Trixie has hopes that one day she'll get to be an actual dinosaur in one of Bonnie's adventures.
It looks like her dreams are about to comet true, until Bonnie chooses some sort of Angel Kitty for the role of dinosaur. Trixie is relegated to the role of reindeer. Needless to say, Trixie is very disappointed.
Bonnie is invited on a playdate at her friend Mason's house. She takes some of her toys with her, including the Angel Kitty, who says little maxims like "Limitations are the shackles we bind to ourselves".
While Bonnie and Mason are occupied with a new video game console, the toys are left in Mason's seemingly deserted playroom.
However, it is not deserted. The room has been overtaken by Mason's new "battlesaurs", which he got for Christmas. They have never been played with and don't know they are toys.
The leader of these "battlesaurs" is a guy named Reptillus Maximus. He takes quite a shine to Trixie and pronounces her very different from the females in his tribe.
We cut to a closeup of one of these tribal females, who lets out a terrifying scream.
The battlesaurs are led by a scary guy known as "The Cleric", who wants to keep a tight rein on his forces. He kidnaps Woody and Buzz when Trixie is not looking.
Trixie is so excited to finally be playing a dinosaur. The battlesaurs deck her out in the latest military wear for dinosaurs.
Rex is overjoyed, too. He gets a pair of fancy new arms, and he ecstatically flexes his new "muscles" for the battlesaurs.
Reptillus takes Trixie to his home and lets her survey the area from that vantage point. She is dually impressed when the battlesaurs burst into a theme song.
Trixie talks with Reptillus about what it means to be a toy. However, an alarm sounds before they can finish their conversation.
A terrible battle is waged at an arena, with The Cleric making sure that the other toys in Mason's collection are terrorized as a horrified Trixie watches.
Eventually, Buzz and Woody are brought in to fight against Reptillus. Trixie tries her best to defend them.
The Cleric has them do battle against a beast known as the "Goliathon". Buzz and Woody have quite a time trying to evade its jaws.
Bonnie knows that the only way she can save her friends is if she can somehow get Bonnie and Mason away from the video games. She gives an impassioned speech to Reptillus about the joys of being part of a child's imagination. He helps her to shut the video gaming system off.
Bonnie and Mason go to the playroom, where everybody has a great time playing together. Reptillus deems the event "glorious".
After Bonnie and the toys return to their house, Trixie tells everyone that she likes being Bonnie's dinosaur, because that means she can be whatever Bonnie dreams up for her to be.
Cast rundown:
Tom Hanks...........................................Woody
Tim Allen..............................................Buzz Lightyear
Joan Cusack.........................................Jessie
Wallace Shawn......................................Rex
Don Rickles..........................................Mr. Potato Head
Kristen Schaal.......................................Trixie
Timothy Dalton.....................................Mr. Pricklepants
Kevin McKidd........................................Reptillus Maximus
Emma Hudak........................................Angel Kitty
And that's it for Toy Story That Time Forgot. It was originally conceived as a six-minute short film. However, producer John Lasseter liked the idea so much that he decided to expand on it and make it into a holiday special. It took three years to make.
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