Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

***Buzz Lightyear of Star Command*** is an animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television. The series originally aired on UPN and ABC from October 2000 to January 2001 as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning programming block, and is based on the *Toy Story* franchise. It follows the adventures of space ranger Buzz Lightyear, who first appeared in the 1995 Disney•Pixar film, *Toy Story* as an action figure and one of the film's protagonists. Reruns ran on Toon Disney until August 11, 2007, and on Disney Channel until May 16, 2008.

This series is the first Disney television series aside from *Toy Story Treats* to be spun off from a Pixar property, as well as the first collaboration between Disney Television Animation and Pixar Animation Studios.

## Characters

### Star Command

#### Team Lightyear

* **Captain Buzz Lightyear** (voiced by Tim Allen in *The Adventure Begins*, Patrick Warburton in the actual series): Famed Space Ranger known for heroism and bravery. Buzz often suggests that his arch-villain Emperor Zurg is behind every evil plot and is often proven correct. Like his *Toy Story* incarnation, Buzz is a stickler for procedure, but will tell a cover story if he needs to. However, he has little people skills, and at times displays a lack of common sense. He attended PS- 193 (that's 6859) as a primary school. He wrote at least half of the regulations in the Star Command Manual. He also owns a house on Capital Planet, though as they all look alike and his duties often keep him away, he is confused over just which one is his. To compare this animation and the *Toy Story* films, the button between the red and blue ones is green in the *Toy Story* films and yellow in this animation with the releasing of strings when pressed. He seems to have a little crush on Dr. Ozma Furbanna and vice versa.
* **Princess Mira Nova** (voiced by Nicole Sullivan): A rookie ranger and heir to the Tangean throne. She utilizes her people's ability to phase through walls (called "ghosting") and read minds. Buzz has a tendency to refer to her as "Princess" when he's angry with her. She acts as Buzz's co-pilot and second-in-command. She has the most common sense of the team. Mira also has an estranged relationship with her father King Nova, who disapproves of her choice of being a Space Ranger, though deep down she still cares about him. Her abilities and personality are similar to those of Miss Martian. She has red hair and turquoise skin.
* **Booster Sinclair Munchapper** (voiced by Stephen Furst): A huge dinosaur-like former janitor from the agricultural planet of Jo-ad (a play on the name of the Joad family, from John Steinbeck's *The Grapes of Wrath*). He has a big appetite and incredible strength, but is sweet and occasionally naive. He is in awe of Buzz Lightyear and has encyclopedic knowledge of his prior adventures.
* **XR** (voiced alternately by Larry Miller and Neil Flynn): A short robot who was originally emotionless and programmed to learn from Buzz, but was blown apart by Agent Z during his first mission. The LGMs rebuilt him, but the temporary loss of the Uni-Mind to Emperor Zurg left them off their game. They rebuilt XR with his slicker, more emotional personality and a variety of attachments. XR stands for E**x**perimental **R**anger. (The LGMs have stated that this is the official meaning of the name, though other characters on the show hold the erroneous belief that the **X** stands for E**x**pendable). He gets blown apart on nearly every mission he goes on, but is easily rebuilt. He considers Commander Nebula his father (due to his signing the paperwork authorizing his creation) and is always seeking his approval.