Playdate with Destiny

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny" is a 2020 animated short starring Maggie Simpson from The Simpsons.“MAGGIE SIMPSON IN PLAY DATE WITH DESTINY” SHORT COMING SOON - What's New On Disney Plus It was released by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the 20th Century Studios label on March 6, 2020 with Onward.LightsCameraJackson on Twitter: "In new @FilmRatings bulletin, the MPA has given a G rating to a brand new Maggie Simpson short called "Play Date with Destiny". Will this be screened in theaters (before #TheCallofTheWild or upcoming #BobsBurgers movie)? 2012's "The Longest Daycare" earned an #Oscars nomination. https://t.co/h4WHiuXF12" / Twitter.
==Plot==
Marge Simpson takes Maggie to a park for toddlers. When another baby goes down the slide and almost crashes into her, she is saved by a boy named Hudson. Maggie becomes smitten with Hudson, and the two play games together, which Maggie fantasizes as a whirlwind romance. At the end of the day, Maggie gives Hudson her blue bow to remember her by, and that night she dreams about Hudson in her sleep. The next day, Homer looks after Maggie instead of Marge, and he takes her to a different park with food trucks. Maggie sees Hudson waiting for her in the adjacent park and desperately tries to get his attention, but Homer pulls her away before she can. That night, Maggie drowns her sorrows in baby formula and becomes despondent over not being able to see Hudson.
The next day, Homer babysits Maggie again. Before he can take her to the same park as the day before, Maggie grabs hold of the car's steering wheel and steers it into the park where she met Hudson. She sees him boarding a train for children and runs across the park to catch up with him. When Hudson sees Maggie trying to catch up with the train, he reaches out to her with her blue bow, but she fails to catch up before the train pulls away out of her reach. Maggie believes Hudson is gone forever, but the train (running on a circular closed track) loops around to the station at which it started. Maggie and Hudson reunite on the train's cowcatcher, and they exchange pacifiers (in lieu of sharing a kiss).
==Voice Cast==
*Chris Edgerly as Phonic Frog
==Release==
Playdate with Destiny was first announced to the public on the show's official Instagram on February 27, 2020. It was revealed that the short would be shown in theaters in the United States prior to screenings of the film Onward, starting on March 6, 2020. The short film was released for streaming on Disney+ on April 10, 2020.
==Trivia==
*This is the second Simpsons theatrical short, after The Longest Daycare (which was released with Blue Sky's Ice Age: Continental Drift) in 2012, and the first since the Disney-Fox merger was completed.
*This is the third time a Pixar film wasn't preceded by a Pixar short, after the first being Toy Story accompanied by Roller Coaster Rabbit and the second being Coco preceded by Olaf's Frozen Adventure.
**It would also be the second time a Pixar film would be accompanied by a short film not released through the Walt Disney Pictures banner (but instead, 20th Century Studios), after Roller Coaster Rabbit (which was released through Touchstone Pictures).
*The Gracie Films logo shown at the end of the short film after the credits features a cameo of Mickey Mouse in the audience on the logo to represent Disney's purchase with Fox on March 19, 2019.
**Also, in the short's opening, a silhouette of Mickey Mouse appears before transitioning to Homer Simpson holding two donuts (which he then eats) followed by an opening credits card reading: "Disney welcomes The Simpsons".
*The titles of the books the mothers are reading read You're Doing Everything Wrong, How Dare You Not Breastfeed, Help! My Baby's Ugly, and 3rd Child's the Charm!.
*When Homer enters Broken Ankle Park, a sign outside reads "You must be this medicated to enter" with several pill capsules that read "A.D.D.", "A.D.H.D" and "Helps with S.A.T.".
*Despite the mild content represented in the short, this is the first Simpsons theatrical short film to receive a G rating from the MPA, unlike The Longest Daycare, which received a PG rating.
**Thus, it is also the first G-rated short film to be based on an adult-oriented TV series.
==Gallery==
PlaydateWithDestiny.jpeg|Teaser image
Playdate with Destiny title card.png|The title card
Homer Mickey logo.png|The opening credits scene, after the appearance of Mickey Mouse's head transitioning with Homer Simpson and the two donuts.
Disney welcomes The Simpsons.jpeg
==References==
Category:2020 films
Category:Animated shorts
Category:20th Century Studios films
Category:Films
Category:The Simpsons