Small Fry (film)

Small Fry
Small Fry
Directed by	Angus MacLane
Written by	Angus MacLane
Story by	John Lasseter; Angus MacLane;
Produced by	Kim Jorgensen
Starring	Tom Hanks; Tim Allen; Joan Cusack; Don Rickles; Estelle Harris; Wallace Shawn; John Ratzenberger; Teddy Newton; Angus MacLane; Jane Lynch; Timothy Dalton
Edited by	Torbin Xan Bullock
Music by	Henry Jackman
Production; companies	Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios;
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release date	November 23, 2011 (with The Muppets);
Running time	7 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Small Fry is a 2011 Pixar computer animated short directed by Angus MacLane. It was in theaters with The Muppets on November 23, 2011.

Small Fry is the second short in the Toy Story Toons series, based on the characters from the Toy Story feature films. The short involves Buzz getting trapped at a fast food restaurant, where there is a support group for discarded kids' meal toys from over the years, with a kids' meal toy version of Buzz taking his place.

Plot

One night at fast food chicken restaurant Poultry Palace, Bonnie is disappointed to receive a Zurg belt buckle as her kids' meal toy, as the restaurant ran out of Mini Buzz Lightyear toys. In a nearby display cabinet, a Mini Buzz Lightyear complains to a Mini Zurg that they will never be played with, but Mini Zurg prefers to stay.

After eating dinner, Bonnie goes to play in the ball pit with Rex and Buzz Lightyear, whom she brought along. Seizing a chance to be played with, Mini Buzz sneaks out of the display cabinet, climbs into the ball pit and pulls Buzz under the balls to take his place. Bonnie's mother packs the toys in her bag, unaware that Mini Buzz was not the real Buzz.

Mini Buzz successfully fools Rex into thinking he is the real Buzz and that he was shrunk by the plastic in the ball pit, though when they return home, the other toys instantly realize he is an imposter. Meanwhile, Buzz emerges from the balls and discovers he was left behind at the restaurant, which is now closed.

While trying to escape, Buzz discovers a storage room where a support group for abandoned fast food toys is being held, led by a mermaid toy named Neptuna.

The support group think Buzz is another victim of abandonment and he is forced to take part in the meeting. During a reenactment therapy session, Buzz meets Gary Grappling Hook, a toy grappling hook and a member of the group, and he uses him to escape. Back at Bonnie's house, the other toys demand Mini Buzz to reveal Buzz's whereabouts, and then begin devising a plan to break into Poultry Palace and save him.

However, Buzz soon finds his way home and returns, confronting Mini Buzz about his behavior. Mini Buzz is then seen at the support group opening up to the others, with Buzz now accompanying him as his sponsor. In a post-credits scene, Mini Zurg is left with the electronic belt buckle as his sole companion, much to his delight.

Voice cast

Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
Teddy Newton as Mini Buzz Lightyear
Tom Hanks as Woody
Joan Cusack as Jessie
Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
Wallace Shawn as Rex
John Ratzenberger as Hamm
Jane Lynch as Neptuna
Angus MacLane as T-Bone, Super Pirate, Funky Monk, Gary Grappling Hook
Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants
Peter Sohn as Recycle Ben
Emily Hahn as Bonnie
Lori Alan as Bonnie's mom, Tae-Kwon Doe
Josh Cooley as Cashier, Lizard Wizard
Jess Harnell as Mini Zurg, Vlad the Engineer
Bret Parker as DJ Blu-Jay
Emily Forbes as Roxy Boxy
Kitt Hirasaki as Nervous Sys-Tim
Carlos Alazraqui as Koala Kopter
Bob Bergen as Condorman
Jason Topolski as Ghost Burger, Pizza Bot
Jim Ward as Franklin

Production notes

The "Condorman" toy is a reference to the Disney live action comedy/adventure film Condorman (1981); in an interview, director Angus MacLane said, "I'm hoping for a very small sub set of the Disney animation fans to be stoked that there is actually a Condorman toy. Maybe it will stir up some buzz about a gritty re boot."^[1]

Release

This short premiered with the theatrical release of The Muppets, on November 23, 2011.^[2]

Home media

As of July 2012, Small Fry is available as a digital download on Amazon Video,^[3] and iTunes.^[4] The short was released on November 13, 2012, on the DVD and Blu Ray of Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 2.^[5] It is also on the Toy Story of Terror! Blu Ray, released on August 19, 2014.

References

^ Radish, Christina (November 21, 2011). "Director Angus MacLane Talks New TOY STORY Short SMALL FRY Which Plays in Front of THE MUPPETS". Collider.com. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
^ Lussier, Germain (August 19, 2011). "The 'Toy Story' Gang Will Return In 'Small Fry,' Attached To 'The Muppets'". /Film. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
^ "Small Fry (Short)". Amazon. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
^ "Small Fry". iTunes. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
^ Sluss, Justin (August 26, 2012). "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2" is coming to Blu-ray in November". High Def Disc News. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

External links

[1] Radish, Christina (November 21, 2011). "Director Angus MacLane Talks New TOY STORY Short SMALL FRY Which Plays in Front of THE MUPPETS". Collider.com. Retrieved December 26, 2011.

[Slash_Film-2] Lussier, Germain (August 19, 2011). "The 'Toy Story' Gang Will Return In 'Small Fry,' Attached To 'The Muppets'". /Film. Retrieved August 19, 2011.

[3] "Small Fry (Short)". Amazon. Retrieved July 18, 2012.

[4] "Small Fry". iTunes. Retrieved July 27, 2012.

[HighDedDiscNews-5] Sluss, Justin (August 26, 2012). "Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2" is coming to Blu-ray in November". High Def Disc News. Retrieved September 2, 2012.

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