Toy Story That Time Forgot

Toy Story That Time Forgot is a Christmas TV special that aired on December 2, 2014 on ABC. It is directed by Steve Purcell and produced by Gayln Susman. The score is composed by Michael Giacchino. It features the Toy Story characters and takes place after Toy Story 3.

Synopsis
Official Synopsis from Pixar.com:"During a post-Christmas play date, the gang find themselves in uncharted territory when the coolest set of action figures ever turn out to be dangerously delusional. It's all up to Trixie, the triceratops, if the gang hopes to return to Bonnie's room in this Toy Story That Time Forgot."

Plot
Two days after Christmas, Trixie is depressed that Bonnie never plays with her like a dinosaur. Bonnie later takes Trixie, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Rex and Angel Kitty to her friend Mason's house for a play date. When they get there, Bonnie sees Mason playing a video game and tosses her toys into Mason's playroom. There the toys discover that Mason got a toy line of battling dinosaurs called the Battlesaurs for Christmas, led by Reptillus Maximus (whom Trixie possibly likes) and The Cleric. Reptillus takes Rex and Trixie to get suited up by their armour guy Ray-Gon. While The Cleric orders some other Battlesaurs to take Woody and Buzz hostage. Later Trixie watches Reptillus attack Mason's toys. Soon Woody and Buzz enter the ring. Woody, who is armed with, to Buzz's surprise, nothing more than a red Crayon, warns Trixie that Mason hasn't played with Battlesaurs yet and that they don't even know they're toys. Reptillus breaks Woody's crayon and battles both Woody and Buzz till Trixie demands he stop. Then a beast named Goliathon enters and swallows Woody and Buzz. Trixie goes to get Bonnie's attention. The Cleric orders Reptillus to stop her. While chasing her, He discovers the box he came in. Meanwhile the Cleric gets Rex to pull Woody and Buzz out of Goliathon with robotic arms and Rex discover that The Cleric is the only Battlesaur who knows they're all toys and determined to make sure Reptillus doesn't find out. He then forces Rex to dispose of Woody and Buzz in a shredder. However, Trixie reaches the video game power core. However Reptillus confronts her. Trixie tells Reptillus the importance of being a toy. And he turns the game off, getting the attention of Bonnie and Mason, and they goes to play with the toys, Thus saving Woody and Buzz in time. Later the toys head home and they tell the other toys about their adventure. During the credits, Reptillus says he looks forward to seeing Trixie again.

Voice Cast

 * Tom Hanks: Woody
 * Tim Allen:Buzz Lightyear
 * Kristen Schaal: Trixie
 * Kevin McKidd: Reptillus Maximus
 * Emily Hahn: Bonnie
 * Wallace Shawn: Rex
 * Steve Purcell: The Cleric
 * Johnathan Kydd: Ray-gon
 * R.C. Cope: Mason
 * Don Rickles: Mr. Potato Head
 * Timothy Dalton: Mr. Pricklepants
 * Lori Alan: Bonnie's Mom
 * Joan Cusack: Jessie
 * Emma Haduck: Angel Kitty
 * Ron Bottitta: Mason's Dad

Additional voices by: Peter Chelsom, Robert Pike Daniel, Simon Kassianides, Ross King, Mark Levang, John Pirkis, Julian Stone, Jason "Jtop" Topolski

Production
The special was originally planned to be a six minute short, but John Lasseter liked the idea and suggested making it into a holiday special. The special took three years to be made, with two years spent on story development. The team took time to design the Battlesaurs as if they were a real cartoon and toy line. The story was made in three acts.

Steve Purcell says he chose to cast Kevin McKidd as Reptilius Maximus because he liked his role in Rome. This choice eventually inspired them to give English accents to all Battlesaurs. He says "It made it feel even more exotic to an American audience, and it felt like that kind of genre." According to McKidd, the expressions of Reptilius are largely based on his own expressions.

Purcell mentioned that a story element that was ultimately dropped involved a bastion of rebel toys against the Battlesaurs.

Trivia

 * This is Pixar's second TV special, after Toy Story of Terror!.
 * There are references to Toy Story of Terror!:
 * A Transitron poster is on the wall in Mason's house.
 * Mason has an iguana in a terrarium on top of a shelf. It is laying on a branch of the same shape as that of Mr. Jones in Toy Story of Terror!.
 * There are also references to Toy Story 3:
 * The two posters next to the Transitron poster come from Andy's room in Toy Story 3.
 * The toy train and thinker toy constructions in Mason's house are the same as the one Andy owns and uses for the Wild West opening of Toy Story 3.
 * One picture next to the chimney in Bonnie's house depicts the moment where Bonnie is holding Andy's toys, from the ending of Toy Story 3.
 * Mason has a repaint of the claw toy noticed by the Aliens at Sunnyside Daycare.
 * Toy-Story-That-Time-Forgot-Pizza-Planet-Truck.jpg LEGO version of the [[Pizza Planet truck]] appears in Mason's house.
 * The Battlesaurs boxes bear the distinctive pattern of the Luxo Ball along with the inscription "Luxo".
 * Knick, the snowman from Knick Knack, appears in his snow globe in the bottom left corner of the very first shot.
 * The gingerbread house (from which Bonnie eats a gumdrop) has a Hidden Mickey on its front door.
 * At least two of Mason's toy cars reuse the model of the ambulance from Up.
 * The Battlesaurs not knowing they're toys echos how Buzz didn't know he was a toy back in the first Toy Story movie.
 * When Reptillus holds Buzz against his chest, his voice box goes, "Buzz, Buzz, Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" It also happened when Woody bashed Buzz during their fight at Dinoco in the first Toy Story movie, and when Emperor Zurg battled Utility Belt Buzz in Toy Story 2.
 * Several of Mason's toy cars are repaints from World Grand Prix racers Shu Todoroki, Rip Clutchgoneski and Miguel Camino, as well as a truck matching the sewer truck in which Acer falls in Cars 2.
 * The Cleric references Star Wars when he says, "I find their lack of armor disturbing."
 * Michael Giacchino indicated during the 2014 San Diego Comic Con that one of his musicians owns the original horn used in Planet of the Apes and that he intended to use it in the special.
 * The Battlesaurs army is similar to the 1987 animated series Dinosaucers.
 * The Cleric bears a striking resemblance to one of the creatures in the 1982 fantasy film The Dark Crystal.