Toy Story of Terror!

**Toy Story of Terror!** is the first toy story special.

## Story

### Plot

The special opens with a woman named Betsy running for her life through a cemetery from a vampire. The camera then pans out, revealing that it is a movie being watched by Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, Rex, Pricklepants, Potato Head and Trixie inside the trunk of Bonnie's mother's car while on a road trip. The car hits a bump in the road, which leads to the car getting a flat tire and Jessie to be knocked into the toolbox she was sitting on to watch the movie. The others manage to free her, but this has greatly traumatized her.  When asked by Trixie, Mr. Potato Head explains that Jessie spent years abandoned in a box, which resulted in her being immensely afraid of being alone in dark closed spaces. Back in the front of the car, Mrs. Anderson notices the Sleep Well roadside motel. She and Bonnie (who has also brought the bag containing her toys) go into the motel to call the tow truck company, only to learn that the earliest they can get there is by 6:00 the next morning. Ron, the motel manager, hands them the key to Room #7 to spend the night.

Once Bonnie and her mother are asleep, Potato Head leaves the bag to check out the motel's amenities, soon to be followed by Pricklepants, Rex and Trixie. Woody and Buzz then leave to get them back in the bag, telling Jessie to stay behind. But Jessie finds herself leaving the bag once her claustrophobia takes over, running over to Buzz while the audience sees the shadow of a strange creature cross the screen. Buzz assures her that she is safe and that they are all here, but is forced to eat his words when Potato Head is nowhere to be seen.

Pricklepants states, a la classic horror films (which he, apparently, believes this to be), "And so it begins." The toys then find a strange goo-like substance (which Pricklepants compares to "slime from the creature's metamorphosis") that Potato Head managed to step in, leaving behind footprints that lead to a vent heading below the floor of the motel where Trixie is taken by the creature, still not fully seen.

Pricklepants declares that the vent would be the story's threshold, and that "once the heroes enter, there is no turning back." The toys fall down it, where Pricklepants states that here is where the characters would get separated and fall victim to the creature one at a time. At that moment, the creature takes him and, seconds later, Rex. Realizing that the creature is close, Woody, Buzz and Jessie run for their lives until they find Potato Head's arm, which holds up one finger in the air, and Jessie finds a hole back into the motel above them. Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the arm find their way into a bathroom in the motel, but Woody and Buzz argue about which way the hand is pointing.

While fighting, the creature takes them both and the arm. Jessie is then grabbed by an eccentric Combat Carl action figure under the sink who tells her that he has "seen horrible things" that have resulted in his separation from his friends, losing his hand in the process, and the dwindling hope of seeing his owner Billy again, reassuring himself with his iconic phrase: "*Combat Carl never gives up. Combat Carl finds a way.*" He also warns her to turn back now if she ever wants to see her owner again. Jessie says that she needs to find her friends, which Carl quickly silences her on by showing her the lack of his left hand the creature took while he was trying to find his own friends.

At that moment, they hear footsteps belonging to the creature, which then takes Carl. Jessie hides herself in the bathtub, but the creature eventually finds her, and it is revealed to be the manager's pet iguana Mr. Jones. He then takes Jessie to Ron the motel manager, who is stealing toys from his kid guests and selling them on the Internet. Jessie is then placed in a cabinet where she is reunited with Buzz and the others, as well as Combat Carl and the rest of Billy's toys. The reunion is cut short when Ron reenters upon hearing that he has a sale--someone has purchased Woody for $2,000. He then puts Woody in a box that is set to be delivered in the morning. The toys fret over what to do when Ron gets another sale. This time, it is Jessie. He then takes her out of the cabinet. But before she can be put in a box, the tow truck guy enters about the Anderson's flat tire, and the delivery woman takes the box with Woody in it to the truck.

Jessie begins to panic about what to do, knowing that if she does nothing, they will all end up in boxes. Combat Carl gets an idea, telling her that she needs to get into a box and into the truck to save Woody. Jessie protests this, stating she can't get into a box. Combat Carl insists, saying that this is the only way, and teaches her his iconic phrase, "Combat Carl never gives up. Combat Carl finds a way." She then repeats it, substituting her name for his. Jessie finds her way into a box, and then places another on top of it so the delivery woman won't notice that it isn't sealed, but she quickly discovers the ruse and tapes the box shut. In the truck, Jessie repeats to herself that she'll find a way until she discovers a paper clip which she uses to unseal herself and free Woody.

The two of them run back into the motel, where Woody climbs up to get the others, but Jessie hears Bonnie about to check out, and runs to the red curtain that prevents guests behind the check-in table from seeing the stolen toys. But this catches the attention of Mr. Jones, who grabs her by the boot. Just when it looks as if she's iguana chow, Jessie notices Carl's hand and Mr. Potato Head's lost arm inside Mr. Jones' throat. Jessie manages to get them out, and pulls away the curtain with some help from the arm at the last minute revealing the toys to Bonnie and her mother. Ron tries to say they aren't hers and that she's not allowed back there, but is caught when Mr. Jones brings Jessie over and Bonnie in glee points to her. Ron gives all of the toys back as Bonnie hugs Jessie to her, with Jessie content, feeling relief over Bonnie's love for her.

Bonnie puts all of her toys back into the bag as Ron tries to strike a bargain with Bonnie's mom to buy the toys from her, offering $200 for Woody as the other toys in the display case escape and the toys go home when Rex asks if they have seen Potato Head. Pricklepants says that maybe the creature has claimed one last victim when Jessie points out that he is just on the other side of the trunk enjoying a reunion with his lost arm. Then the car starts up, causing his parts to scatter, resulting in him saying, "Aw, nuts!" And the rest of the toys then laugh. Pricklepants states that laughter is a definite sign that the worst is over and the credits are about to roll.

During the end credits scene, Carl reattches his hand, then he and his friends hop on the back of another package truck, hoping to get to their owner Billy while the police arrive to take Ron (and possibly Mr. Jones) to jail. However, Ron flees, crashing into the motel's sign with the police cruiser before running out. The last line in the special is spoken by one of the cops, who says that they've got a runner.

## Cast

* Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody
* Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
* Joan Cusack as Jessie
* Wallace Shawn as Rex
* Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
* Kristen Schaal as Trixie
* Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants
* Bonnie Anderson
* Mrs. Anderson
* Stephen Tobolowsky as Ron Tompkins
* Carl Weathers as Combat Carl, Combat Carl Jr.
* Kate McKinnon as Pez Cat
* Ken Marino as Pocketeer
* Christian Roman as Old Timer
* Peter Sohn as Transitron
* Dawnn Lewis as Delivery Lady
* Tara Strong as Computer
* Jason "JTOP" Topolski as Tow Truck Guy, Vampire
* Laraine Newman as Betsy
* Angus MacLane as Officer Wilson
* Josh Cooley as Officer Phillips
* Dee Bradley Baker as Mr. Jones