Small Fry (film)

Small Fry
Directed by Angus MacLane
Produced by Kim Jorgensen
Written by Angus MacLane
Story by
Starring Tom Hanks
Tim Allen
Joan Cusack
Don Rickles
Estelle Harris
Wallace Shawn
John Ratzenberger
Teddy Newton
Angus MacLane
Jane Lynch
Timothy Dalton
Music by Henry Jackman
Edited by Torbin Xan Bullock
Production
company
Distributed by Walt Disney Studios
Motion Pictures
Release date
Running time
 7 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Toy Story Toons: Small Fry is a 2011 Pixar computer animated short directed by Angus MacLane. It premiered with the theatrical release of The Muppets on November 23, 2011. Small Fry is the second short in the Toy Story Toons series, based on the characters from the Toy Story feature films. The short involves Buzz getting trapped at a fast food restaurant, where there is a support group for discarded kids' meal toys from over the years, with a kids' meal toy version of Buzz taking his place.

Plot

At fast food chicken restaurant Poultry Palace, Bonnie receives a Zurg belt buckle as her kids meal toy, much to her dismay, due to the restaurant running out of Mini-Buzz Lightyear toys. In a nearby display cabinet, a Mini-Buzz Lightyear complains they will never be played with to a Mini-Zurg, who prefers to stay. After eating, Bonnie goes to play in the ball pit with Rex and Buzz Lightyear, whom she brought along. Seizing a chance to be played with, Mini-Buzz climbs into the ball pit and knocks out Buzz, taking his place when Bonnie's mother packs them in her bag. Mini-Buzz successfully fools Rex into thinking he is the real Buzz and that he was shrunk by the plastic in the ball pit, though when they return home, the other toys instantly realize he is an imposter.

Meanwhile, Buzz wakes up at the restaurant whilst it is closed and tries to escape. Whilst doing so, he falls through a gap in the air vents and into a storage room where a support group for abandoned fast food toys is being held, led by Queen Neptuna. The support group think Buzz is another victim of abandonment and he is forced to take part in the meeting. During a reenactment therapy session, Buzz meets Gary Grappling Hook, a member of the group, and uses him to escape.

Back at Bonnie's house, the other toys demand Mini-Buzz to reveal Buzz's whereabouts, and then begin devising a plan to break into Poultry Palace and save him. However, Buzz soon finds his way home and returns, confronting Mini-Buzz about his behavior. Mini-Buzz is then seen at the support group opening up to the others, with Buzz now accompanying him 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.

Voice cast

Production notes

The "Condorman" toy is a reference to the 1981 Disney live-action comedy/adventure film Condorman; in an interview, director Angus MacLane said, "I’m hoping for a very small sub-set of the Disney animation fans to be stoked that there is actually a Condorman toy. Maybe it will stir up some buzz about a gritty re-boot."[1]

Release

This short premiered with the theatrical release of The Muppets, on November 23, 2011.[2]

Home media

As of July 2012, Small Fry is available as a digital download on Amazon Video[3] and iTunes.[4] The short was released on November 13, 2012, on the DVD and Blu-ray of Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2.[5] It is also on the Toy Story of Terror! Blu-ray, released on August 19, 2014.

References

  1. ↑ Radish, Christina (November 21, 2011). "Director Angus MacLane Talks New TOY STORY Short SMALL FRY Which Plays in Front of THE MUPPETS". Collider.com. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  2. ↑ Lussier, Germain (19 August 2011). "The 'Toy Story' Gang Will Return In 'Small Fry,' Attached To 'The Muppets'". /Film. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ↑ "Small Fry (Short)". Amazon. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Small Fry". iTunes. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
  5. ↑ Sluss, Justin (August 26, 2012). "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2" is coming to Blu-ray in November". High Def Disc News. Retrieved September 2, 2012.
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