Small Fry is the second episode in the Toy Story Toons series. It was released theatrically with the Walt Disney Pictures film The Muppets on November 23, 2011.[1]
Plot
At a fast-food chicken restaurant called "Poultry Palace", a parody of Burger King or White Castle, Bonnie does not like the electronic belt buckle toy that comes with the meal, so she requests if she could acquire a mini-Buzz Lightyear-themed toy instead, but the clerk told her the restaurant's supplies of them have run out, and told Mrs. Anderson the one in the display box was not available. Inside the display, Mini-Buzz Lightyear complains they will never be played with, as they are just the display toys, to Mini-Zurg (who actually prefers to stay stating he doesn't want to get in trouble with the "chicken people"). Bonnie goes on to play in the ball pit with her own toys; when no one is looking, Mini-Buzz secretly climbs in. He pulls the real Buzz underneath the balls so that Bonnies mom ends up picking up Mini-Buzz when they leaves the restaurant. Once Mini-Buzz gets home, he explains to the other toys that the balls in the ball pit shrunk him, and proceeds to generally annoy the whole gang (save a gullible Rex) with his obvious ruse and antics.
Meanwhile, the real Buzz is still stuck at the restaurant, trying to escape. He crawls through the venting system but suddenly falls into a storage room where a "fast food-toy support group" is being held, led by Queen Neptuna, a warrior mermaid (voiced by Jane Lynch). The support group thinks Buzz is just another rejected toy and Neptuna obligates him to take part. Forced to engage in a role-playing group exercise, he finally escapes by using a grappling hook toy, much to the abandoned toys' dismay. Back at Bonnie's house, the gang restrains Mini-Buzz and forces him to give up the real Buzz's whereabouts. They begin devising a rescue plan when the real Buzz returns. Mini-Buzz is returned to the support group, with Buzz now volunteering as his sponsor. In a post-credits scene, Mini-Zurg is left with the electronic belt buckle as his sole companion, much to his delight.
Characters
- Woody
- Buzz
- Jessie
- Mrs. Potato Head
- Rex
- Hamm
- Mr. Pricklepants
- Bonnie
- Mrs. Anderson
- Bullseye (cameo)
- Trixie (cameo)
- Buttercup (cameo)
- Dolly (cameo)
- Little Green Men (cameo)
- Mr. Potato Head (cameo)
- Slinky Dog (cameo)
Characters Introduced
Cast
- Tim Allen: Buzz Lightyear
- Teddy Newton: Mini-Buzz
- Tom Hanks: Woody
- Joan Cusack: Jessie
- John Ratzenberger: Hamm
- Wallace Shawn: Rex
- Estelle Harris: Mrs. Potato Head
- Jane Lynch: Queen Neptuna
- Emily Hahn: Bonnie
- Angus MacLane: Gary Grappling Hook/T-Bone/Funky Monk/Super Pirate
- Lori Alan: Bonnie's Mom/Tae-Kwon Doe
- Josh Cooley: Cashier/Lizard Wizard
- Jess Harnell: Mini-Zurg/Vlad the Engineer
- Bret Parker: DJ Blu-Jay
- Emily Forbes: Roxy Boxy
- Kitt Hirasaki: Nervous Sys-Tim
- Peter Sohn: Recycle Ben
- Carlos Alazraqui: Koala Kopter
- Bob Bergen: Condorman
- Timothy Dalton: Mr. Pricklepants
- Jason Topolski: Ghost Burger/Pizza Bot
- Jim Ward: Franklin the Eagle
Soundtrack
The score to "Small Fry" was composed by Henry Jackman.
- Zurg Belt Buckle
- Fun Meal Meeting
- Mimi-Buzz Playtime
- Buzz Escapes
- Save Buzz
- End Credits
Home Media
- Pixar Short Films Volume 2 Blu-ray and DVD released November 13, 2012
- Toy Story of Terror! Blu-ray and DVD released August 19, 2014
Trivia
- BNL's logo appears on a vending machine.
- Poultry Palace's food containers are "printed and packaged in Emeryville, CA, USA." Coincidentally, Pixar Animation Studios are based there.
- When Buzz attempts to escape the restaurant, he manages to climb up a vent. This is very similar to Toy Story 2, when the gang tries to rescue Woody from Al McWhiggin.
- The plot of the toys finding fast food toy versions of themselves was previously used in the Toy Story Treat, "Fast Food."
- T-Bone's line, "Don't run away from your problems, brother," is a reference to famous professional wrestler Hulk Hogan.
- This is the second time a Pixar short has been paired with a film that is not produced by Pixar, after Tokyo Mater with Bolt in 2008. It is the first time the film is a live-action one.
- Small Fry was not included on The Muppets DVD and Blu-ray, possibly for an eventual compilation release.[2] However, it is available as a digital download on Amazon Instant Video and iTunes and was shown on TV. And it was included on Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2[3]as well as the DVD and Blu-ray of Toy Story of Terror!
- This is the second time Buzz is replaced by another version of extremely different personality. The first time was in Toy Story 2.
- In Japan, this short was screened with Brave rather than The Muppets. The latter was released in cinemas there on May 19, 2012, and it is likely they removed the short from the theatrical release and found it was reasonable to put the short in front of a Pixar movie.
- This short film marks Henry Jackman's first music score in a Pixar production.
- The ingredients listed on the containers of Ye Olde Tartar Sauce that Buzz sits on are basically inedible, including low fructose corn syrup, water, yellow dye no. 6, moulted feather extract and distilled chicken perspiration.
- When Bonnie orders her food at Poultry Palace, the cashier looks like Andy taking her order.
- This could mean that Andy was possibly taking a college program.
- Condorman from the movie Condorman makes a cameo, making this the first time in 30 years Condorman has appeared onscreen.
- While Mini-Buzz was in Bonnie’s room, he sings a parody of "Camptown Races". This is the second Pixar production to parody the song after the Cars Toon short, Heavy Metal Mater.
- Mini versions of Buzz, Woody, Hamm, and Rex from a fast food reference previously appeared in two of the (non-canon) Toy Story Treats shorts from 1996. This is probably the inspiration for this short.
- This is the only Toy Story Toons episode where Buzz wears his helmet.
- The end credits show the Poultry Palace's menu orders and their prices. These include:
- Siege Burger ($4.99).
- "Healthy" Fried Chicken Salad ($2.99).
- Paraphet Pizza - Deep Dish Value Meal ($5.99).
- Chicken Gobbleer Gobbler ($1.99).
- Wield the Gaunlet ($1.99).
- The Mace ($1.99).
- The Fried Fortress ($1.99).
- The Sword in the Scone - Breakfast Sandwich ($1.99).
- Knights of the Fried Table ($2.99).
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