Toy Story of Terror!
Toy Story of Terror! (16 October, 2013) is a Halloween-themed 21-minute television special that aired on ABC. Set after the events of Toy Story 3, the special follows the toys on their road trip, when a flat tire leads Bonnie and her mother to spend the night in a roadside motel. After Mr. Potato Head goes missing, the others begin to search for him, but they find themselves caught up in a mysterious, monstrous, and terrifying sequence of events that lead them to a big conspiracy.
- Written and directed by Angus MacLane
Dialogue
- [After the title, a black and white showing of clouds are shown and the camera pans down to a graveyard. A woman, Betsy, enters frantic; she runs until she trips over a tombstone and lands on a tombstone. She sees a bat flying towards her, it transforms into a vampire and chases after her]
- Vampire: [moaning] Betsy...
- Betsy: No!
- Rex: Watch out! [pops Up] He's right behind you!
- Mr. Potato Head: Hey, down in front!
- Rex: Oh, sorry.
- [In color. It's revealed to be a movie watched by Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, Mr. Pricklepants, and Trixie in Bonnie's mom's trunk of the car]
- Vampire: [in the movie] I'm coming to get you, Betsy.
- Rex: Run, Betsy! Run!
- Trixie: Oh, come on. There's no way she can outrun a vampire.
- Woody: Oh, don't listen to her, Betsy. You can do it. Don't give up.
- [During on the road trip. there was a storm. It turns out that Bonnie and her mom are on a car trip. In the car, Bonnie rubs her eye and yawns]
- Bonnie: [sleepy] Are we there yet?
- Mrs. Anderson: [as she drives] Not for a few more hours, Bonnie. You can go back to sleep.
- [The toys continue to watch the movie in the trunk; Betsy is trying to get to the door of a church with the vampire closing in on her]
- Betsy: [in the movie] Help! Open the door!
- Vampire: [in the movie] No one can help you now, Betsy.
- Mr. Potato Head: Boring!
- Mr. Pricklepants: Patience. All great horror films start slowly. You see, they're designed to...
- [Annoyed, Mr. Potato Head pulls his ears out, which muted Mr. Pricklepants' talking]
- Betsy: [in the movie] Please, let me in! [manages to get in and close the door to save herself from the vampire. The vampire's laugh is heard. A crash sound is heard which frightens Betsy. She sees a broken vase and sees something behind a curtain]
- Buzz: Tactics, Betsy, tactics. Look for something to defend yourself with. [Betsy grabs a vase and empties the flowers and water] There we go.
- Mr. Pricklepants: [sighs] Technically, that would be useless. Everybody knows a wooden stake through the heart is the only way to kill a vampire. [Betsy slowly moves to the curtains and move it revealing a black cat. The toys shout in terror. Betsy yells. The cat screeches and pounces past her; chuckles] Only a kitty cat. Classic misdirection.
- Jessie: A cat? Come on, guys. This isn't scary.
- [The car hits a bump, which startles the toys. The car gets a flat tire and Jessie is knocked in a tool box, trapping her inside. Jessie tries to get out, but can't]
- Jessie: Help! [muffled] Get me out of here!
- Buzz: Jessie!
- Woody: We have to get her out!
- Buzz: [tries to open the tool box] Jessie! Jessie, can you hear me? [the car hits another bump and stops at a roadside motel. Buzz grabs a lug wrench and puts it under the tool box] Okay, everyone, on 3. 1, 2, 3! [the toys jump on the lug wrench, tipping the tool box, opening it up, freeing Jessie; Jessie breathes heavily. Woody, Buzz, Rex, and Mr. Pricklepants look at her in concern] Jessie? Jessie?
- Trixie: [to Mr. Potato Head] What's the matter with Jessie?
- Mr. Potato Head: She was abandoned in a box for years.
- Jessie: [panting] I...I couldn't...I couldn't find a way out.
- Bonnie: Mom, can I bring my toys.
- [the toys hides inside the case just in time as Bonnie's mom grab her case filled with her daughter's toys, the car stops at a motel, Bonnie and her mom get out of the car and enter the motel. Bonnie carries her suitcase with her toys in it. Mr. Pricklepants looks outside the bag]
- Mr. Pricklepants: The roadside motel is one of the most common locals for a horror film. Remote, isolated, a comforting environment to allure the suspicions of the audience. I'll expect they'll be asking the innkeeper to use the telephone any minute now.
- Mrs. Anderson: Will it be okay if I used your phone? Our car has a flat.
- Mr. Pricklepants: [chuckles] Right on cue.
- Buzz: It's okay, Jessie. You're safe now.
- Woody: We'll be back on the road before you know it. What's the latest, Trixie?
- Trixie: Uh, she's still on the phone with the tow truck company.
- Mrs. Anderson: [on the phone] 6 am? That's the earliest you can get here?
- Rex: 6 am? You mean we have to stay here all night?
- Mr. Pricklepants: Bum, bum bum!
- Jessie: I don't care where we are, so long as I'm not stuck alone in that box.
- Ron: [bell rings] If you could just sign here in the guestbook. [laughs] I'll need to see a major credit card for the incidentals. Okay, let's see here. I'm going to put you in room 7. [voice-over] You know, we have a little saying around here, at the Sleep Well Motel, your gonna sleep well.
- [Thunder booms and lightning flashes, the rain pours down, at the Sleep Well Motel, Bonnie and her mom are sleeping in their room. Trixie opens the bag and looks around]
- Trixie: Well, it looks like they're asleep.
- Mr. Potato Head: [sighs] Finally. [starts to leave]
- Jessie: Potato Head, where-where are you going?
- Mr. Potato Head: We're at a motel, I just want to check out the amenities. [Jessie stares at him, confused] You know, the free stuff? Little soaps, shower caps, shampoo, conditioner?
- Mr. Pricklepants: Oh, I wouldn't go out there if I were you. The first to leave usually gets it.
- Woody: Oh, Potato Head, don't leave the bag. A motel is one of the easiest places for a toy to get lost!
- Mr. Potato Head: Aw, shut your worry hole! Nobody's gonna get lost! Besides, I promised Hamm I'd bring him back something nice. [leaves the bag; Jessie sees Rex, Trixie, and Mr. Pricklepants leave too]
- Jessie: Wait! Wh-where are you guys going?
- Trixie: We were just gonna check out the free stuff.
- Mr. Pricklepants: [dramatically] And if something does happen to the potato, [anxiously] I wouldn't want to miss it! [leaves]
- Woody: Oh, come on, guys, let's all just stay in the bag! [sighs, because of the toys' disobedience; turns to Buzz] Buzz, I'll grab those guys, you get Potato Head.
- Buzz: Got it. [he and and leave]
- Jessie: No, wait. Don't go!
- Buzz: Don't worry, Jessie. I'll be right back. [leaves the bag]
- Jessie: Buzz! [looks around the bag, breathing shallow. She imagines the bag closing in on her. Scared to see this, she leaves the bag too, out into the dark room; whispers] Guys! Guys! Where are you? [a shadow whizzes past, scaring her]
- Buzz: Jessie, what's wrong? Are you okay?
- Jessie: Buzz, where is everybody?
- Buzz: [goes over to her] Not to worry, we're all right here. See, there's Woody, Pricklepants, Trixie, Rex... [Mr. Potato Head is gone] Wait. Where's Potato Head?
- Mr. Pricklepants: [ominously] And so it begins.
- [A lightning strike is heard and Rex lets out a yelp]
- Woody: Pricklepants! You're not helping!
- Mr. Pricklepants: I'm just saying it's quite common in these types of movies for one unsuspecting character to wander off and vanish.
- Trixie: [scoffs] Well, he couldn't have just disappeared.
- Mr. Pricklepants: Maybe this place is haunted.
- Rex: What? It's haunted?
- Woody: Of course not. Everybody knows ghosts aren't real.
- Trixie: Actually, according to my Internet research...
- Buzz: Highly unlikely. There has to be a rational explanation. We need to break into groups of two. Everyone, keep an eye on your partner. If anything goes wrong, give a yell.
- [Rex yells]
- Rex: Eww! I stepped in something. [grunts]
- Buzz: Wait a minute. Hmm. [smacks lips]
- Jessie: [whispering] What is it?
- Buzz: [spits] Disgusting.
- Mr. Pricklepants: [stammers] Well, were this a movie, I'd say it was slime from the creature's metamorphosis.
- Buzz: Yeah, well, whatever it is, Potato Head managed to step in it, leaving behind a trail of footprints. If we follow it, it should lead us right to him.
- Trixie: Hey, guys!
- Buzz: No, wait! Trixie, don't!
- [Trixie screams]
- Pocketeer: That was the last one. That means I'm next! Don't you see? I'm the last of the Fastener Four! Look! Zipper Man, Snaps, Speed Lacer! I'm next! I'm next!
- Combat Carl Jr.: [slaps Pocketeer in the face] Keep it together, man! We'll find a way out.
- Combat Carl Sr.: Jessie, listen to me! Remember your training!
- Jessie: But I don't have any training!
- Combat Carl Sr.: Well, forget about that. When Combat Carl gets stuck in a jam, he says to himself: "Combat Carl never gives up. Combat Carl finds a way."
- Woody: Okay. Climb on my shoulders, and then we'll... [realizes that Jessie's not with him] Jessie? Jessie! [sees her running towards the curtain]
- Rex: Gah! What is she doing?!
- Pez Cat: She's headed straight for the curtain!
- Buzz: That's not part of the plan. [as Jessie almost makes it, Mr. Jones grabs her by the ankle with his mouth and pulls her back] Jessie!
- Jessie: Jessie didn't give up. Jessie found a way.
- [Last lines; as credits appear, a moving truck appears and the PEZ Cat spots it]
- PEZ Cat: The transport has arrived!
- [Combat Carl Sr. and his son, whose sitting on his shoulder, watch]
- Combat Carl Sr.: You heard the cat! Let's move! [as the other toys obey his orders, Carl Jr. gives his father his missing hand] Thanks, buddy. [puts it on] Next stop: Billy's house.
- [The truck starts driving away. Carl hops on to the back bumper. Mr. Jones watches from a window]
- Ron: [calling out] Mr. Jones! [fills his bowl with lizard food] Here you go, buddy. [Mr. Jones eats] Uh, welcome to the Sleep Well. How may I...? [finds two officers wearing shades facing him]
- Officer Phillips: Are you the manager?
- Ron: [laughs nervously and covers up his "manager" badge] Who, me? Haha! No, I'm not the manager. I'll tell you what, heh-heh...I'll go get him for you. [backing up from the officers, he slides the curtain, and offscreen, he races outside and into a police car]
- Officer Wilson: I told you not to leave the keys in the car.
- [Ron backs the police car into the Sleep Well sign, and it crashes down on it. Ron runs away]
- Officer Phillips: [in radio] We got a runner.
Cast
- Joan Cusack — Jessie
- Tom Hanks — Woody
- Tim Allen — Buzz Lightyear
- Carl Weathers — Combat Carls Sr. and Jr.
- Stephen Tobolowsky — Ron
- Timothy Dalton — Mr. Pricklepants
- Wallace Shawn — Rex
- Don Rickles — Mr. Potato Head
- Kristen Schaal — Trixie
- Kate McKinnon — PEZ Cat
- Lori Alan — Mrs. Anderson
- Peter Sohn — Transitron
- Emily Hahn — Bonnie
- Dawnn Lewis — Delivery Lady
- Jason "J-Top" Topolski — Vampire and Tow Truck Guy
- Ken Marino — Pocketeer
- Christian Roman — Old Timer
- Laraine Newman — Betsy
- Tara Strong — Ron's Computer
- Angus MacLane — Officer Wilson
- Joshua Cooley — Officer Phillips
- Dee Bradley Baker — Mr. Jones the Lizard
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| Films | | |
| Spin‑offs | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) · | |
| Shorts | | |
| Television | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001) · (2013) · Toy Story That Time Forgot (2014) | |
| Musical | Toy Story: The Musical (2008) | |
| Characters | Sheriff Woody · Buzz Lightyear · Jessie · Bo Peep | |
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