Toy Story (Angry Beavers) 2020

Toy Story (Angry Beavers) is a 2020 American hand drawn and computer animated adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Nickelodoen Studion. The feature-film directorial debut of John Lasseter and Mitch Schauer, it was the first feature-length film to be computer-animated and hand drawn, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy Newman, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. The film features the voices of Richard Hortivs, Nick Bakay, Don Rickles, Victor Wilson, John Ratzenberger, Mark Klastorin, Cynthia Mann, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten. Taking place in a world where anthropomorphic toys come to life when humans are not present, its plot focuses on the relationship between an old-fashioned pull-string cowboy doll named Sheriff Norbert and an astronaut action figure, Dagget Lightyear, as they evolve, from rivals competing for the affections of their owner Andy Davis, to friends who work together to be reunited with him after being separated. The film was released on November 22, 2020 to celebrate Toy Story's 25th Anneversary and Angry Beaver's 22nd Anneversary.  
== Plot ==
In a world where toys are living things but pretend to be lifeless when humans are present, a group of toys, owned by a boy named Andy Davis, are caught off-guard when Andy's birthday party is moved up a week, as his family (including his mother and infant sister Molly) is preparing to move the following week. Andy's toys – including Treeflower the shepherdess, Mr. Stump Head, Bing the dinosaur lizard, Barry the piggy bank and Truckee the Slinky Dog – fear they will be replaced by new toys from the birthday. A pull-string cowboy doll named Sheriff Norbert – the toys' leader and Andy's favorite toy – sends out army men, led by Sergeant, to spy on the party and report the gift results to the others via baby monitors. The toys are relieved when the party appears to end with none of them being replaced by new toys, but then Andy receives a surprise gift – a Dagget Lightyear action figure, who thinks he is a real space ranger.
Dagget impresses the other toys with his various features, and Andy begins to favor him, making Norbert feel abandoned. As Andy prepares for a family outing at Pizza Planet, his mother allows him to bring one toy. Fearing Andy will choose Dagget, Norbert attempts to trap him behind a desk, but ends up accidentally knocking him out of a window. The other toys, except Treeflower and Truckee, rebel against Norbert, believing he did harm to Dagget out of jealousy. Before they can exact revenge, Andy takes Norbert and leaves for Pizza Planet. When the family stops for gas, Norbert finds that Dagg has hitched a ride on their van. They have a fight, only to find the family has left without them. They manage to make their way to the restaurant by stowing away on a pizza delivery truck. Dagg, still thinking he is a real space ranger, despite Norb's attempts to convince him otherwise, gets them stuck in a crane game, where they are won by Andy's toy-abusing neighbor, a boy named Sid Phillips.
Norbert attempts to escape from Sid's house, but Dagget, finally realizing he is a toy after watching a Dagget Lightyear TV ad and trying and failing to fly out a window, sinks into despondency. Sid plans to launch Dagg on a fireworks rocket, but his plans are delayed by a thunderstorm. Norbert tells Dagg about the joy he can bring to Andy as a toy, restoring his confidence. The next day, Norbert and Sid's mutant creature toys rescue Dagg just as Sid is about to launch the rocket and scare Sid into no longer abusing toys, and he runs into his house screaming in horror. Norbert and Dagg leave just as Andy and his family drive away toward their new home.
The duo tries to make it to the moving truck, but Sid's dog, Scud, sees them and gives chase. Dagg gets left behind while saving Norb from Scud, and Norbert tries rescuing him with Andy's radio-controlled car (RC). Thinking that Norbert is trying to get rid of RC as well, the other toys attack and toss him off the truck. Having evaded Scud, Dagg and RC retrieve Norbert and continue to chase the truck. Upon seeing Norb and Dagg together on RC, the other toys realize their mistake and try to help them get back aboard, but RC's batteries become depleted, stranding them. Dagg realizes Sid's rocket is still strapped to his back, and they ignite it, hurtling them toward the truck. Norbert manages to throw RC into the truck before they soar into the air, and Dagg opens his wings to free himself from the rocket before it explodes, gliding with Norbert to land safely into a box in the van, right next to Andy. Andy is delighted to see his favorite toys again.
On Christmas Day, at their new house, Dagget and Norbert stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals. One of the toys is Mrs. Stump Head, much to Mr. Stump Head's delight. As Norbert jokingly asks what might be worse than Dagget, they discover Andy's new gift is a puppy, and the two share a worried smile.
== Production ==
In July 2016, Disney and Pixar finally paired up with Nickelodeon because of Vaicom's insisting. Viacom's boss told Nickelodeon's network to pair up and make feature films with Pixar. The two companies thought about movie ideas, as Mitch Schaure said in an interveiw in January 2021, "When we paired up with Pixar, we wanted to make a feature film that was interesting, something that can really open up the eyes to something magical". In early 2016, after Pixar made Finding Dory, they made an early idea for a Toy Story and Angry Beavers crossover, but that was scrapped. In December 2016, John Lasseter and Mitch Schaure thought about making Angry Beavers characters as Toy Story characters and made a feature length film on it. The project was greenlit and the directors made a full one hour pitch to Pixar and Nickelodeon Movies. In early 2017, Nick Bakay and Richard Hortvis agreed to reprise their roles as Norbert and Dagget Beaver.
== Character Cast ==
* Norbert as Sheriff Woody
* Dagget as Buzz Lightyear
* Treeflower as Bo Peep
* Bing as Rex
* Stump as Mr. Potato Head
* Stump's Girlfriend as Mrs. Potato Head
* Barry Bear as Hamm
* Truckee as Slinky Dog
* Green Army Men as Themselves
* RC Car as Himself
* Miscellanious Toys as Forest Animals
* Andy Davis as Himself
* Jennifer Davis as Herself
* Molly Davis as Herself
* Sid Phillips as Himself
* Hannah Phillips as Herself
== Voice Cast ==
* Nick Bakay as Sheriff Norbert
* Rickard Hortvis as Dagget Lightyear
* Cynthia Mann as Treeflower the Shepardess
* Victor Wilson as Bing
* Don Rickles as Mr. Stump Head
* John Garry as Barry the Piggy Bank
* Mitch Schauer as Truckee
* R. Lee Ermy as Sarge
* John Morris as Andy Davis
* Erik Von Detten as Sid Phillips
== Reception ==
=== Critical Response ===
Toy Story (Angry Beavers) has received universal critical acclaim since its release in 2020. It holds a rare 100% Certified Fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes and 92/100 on Metacritic. Time named it the 8th best film of 2020. In 2028 it was ranked 'the greatest animated movie of all time' by the Online Film Critics Society.
More recently, famous movie director Terry Gilliam praised the film and said it's "a work of genius. It got people to understand what toys are about. They're true to their own character. And that's just brilliant. It's got a shot that's always stuck with me when Dagget Lightyear discovers he's a toy. He's sitting on this landing at the top of the staircase and the camera pulls back and he's this tiny little figure. He was this guy with a massive ego two seconds before... and it's stunning. I'd put that as one of my top ten films, period."
=== Box Office Results ===
Toy Story (Angry Beavers) was the number one movie of the year in 2020 (beating Batman Forever and Apollo 13), according to Box Office Mojo. It opened the day before Thanksgiving and made almost $10 million on Wednesday and Thursday, plus another $29 million over the weekend. It was the number one film for its first 3 weekends, and then again the last weekend of December. During its theatrical run, it grossed $191.8 million domestically and $362 million worldwide. At the time it was the third highest-grossing animated film, behind The Lion King (2019) and Live-Action Aladdin.
=== Rating ===
Although this movie was rated G in the United States, it was rated PG in the United Kingdom most likely due to Sid's violence and the ordeal with the mutant toys in his bedroom.
== Attatched Short Films ==
The film's DVD release has episodes from seasons 1-4 and the pilots Snowbound and the now found Cuffed Together and several Toy Story short films as bonus features.
== Merchandise ==
Toy Story (Angry Beavers) had a large promotion prior to its release, leading to numerous tie-ins with the movie, including images on food packaging. A variety of merchandise was released during the film's theatrical run and its initial VHS release including toys, clothing, and shoes, among other things. When an action figure for Dagget Lightyear and Sheriff Norbert was created it was initially ignored by retailers. However, after over 250,000 figures were sold for each character prior to the movie's release, demand continued to expand, eventually reaching over 25 million units sold by 2032.
== Sequals ==
In 2024, a sequal called Toy Story 2 (Angry Beavers) was released with new characters called Treeflower The Yodeling Cowbeaver, Bullseye, Evil Emperor Risk Keeper Beaver, and Ted Browlman the Toy Collector. In 2035, Toy Story 3 (Angry Beavers) was released in theaters, and in 2044 Toy Story 4 (Angry Beavers) was released, in which Norbert sadly "dies" of Pond Scum, but in the final seconds of the movie, Sheriff Norbert survives.  
== Television Series ==
In 2022, a Toy Story/Angry Beavers Tv Series was released on Nickelodeon to promote Toy Story/Angry Beavers 2 coming out in 2024 in just 2 short years.