Partysaurus Rex

Partysaurus Rex
Directed by	Mark Walsh
Produced by	Kim Adams[1]
Written by	Mark Walsh[1]
Story by	Mark Walsh John Lasseter[1]
Starring	Wallace Shawn Corey Burton Tim Allen Tom Hanks
Music by	Brian Transeau[2]
Edited by	Axel Geddes[1]
Production company	Pixar Animation Studios Walt Disney Pictures
Distributed by	Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Release dates	September 14, 2012 (2012-09-14) (with Finding Nemo 3D)
Running time	7 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Toy Story Toons: Partysaurus Rex is a 2012 Pixar computer animated short film directed by Mark Walsh. It was first screened in theaters ahead of the 3-D theatrical re-release of Finding Nemo. Partysaurus Rex is the third short in the Toy Story Toons series, based on the characters from the Toy Story feature films. The other two films are Small Fry and Hawaiian Vacation. The short involves Rex getting left in the bathroom and making friends with bath toys.^[2]

Plot

Rex disrupts the other toys blowing soap bubbles, worried they may ruin Bonnie's house. He is chastised by the other toys, with Mr. Potato Head calling him "Partypooper Rex". The other toys sense Bonnie approaching, and scatter, leaving Rex alone when she enters. She takes him to play with while she takes a bath. Rex enjoys being played with along with the other bath toys, but soon Bonnie's mom comes to turn off the bath and take her out. Once alone, the bath toys wish they could continue to have fun, but all of them lack arms and can only function if afloat in the water. Rex initially thinks drawing a new bath is a bad idea, but recalling Mr. Potato Head's insult, he asserts that he is "Partysaurus Rex", and helps the bath toys to start a new bath.

The toys quickly start to sing and dance in a rave-like fashion, aided by a carefree Rex throwing a bubble bath solution into the tub, and blocking the overflow drain with a sponge. However, he suddenly realizes that if the tub overflows, it will leak out into the hall; the bath toys care little if this happens and continue to party. He tries to turn off the water, but only causes the handle to fall off, and the drain stays plugged when he tries to pull it out. Finally, he spots the knob on the faucet that stops the flow from the faucet, but realizes too late that this only diverts the water to the shower head. The tub starts to overflow, and the other bath toys are oblivious to the problem. Outside the bathroom, Woody, Buzz, and some of the other toys arrive to check on Rex when the bathroom door suddenly bursts open and a flood of water pours out.

Later, Bonnie's mom is paying to have plumbing repairs done to the house. Though he knows it was his fault, Rex enjoys the short-lived fame with the other toys in Bonnie's room as Mr. Potato Head is still getting the water out of him. Outside, several pool toys have heard of Rex's exploits from the bath toys and get him to agree to help turn on the outside faucet to let them party as well. Rex quickly joins in on their fun.

Voice cast

• Wallace Shawn as Rex^[2]
• Tom Hanks as Woody
• Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
• Corey Burton as Captain Suds
• Tony Cox as Chuck E. Duck
• Don Fullilove as Chuck E. Duck^[1]
• Emily Hahn as Bonnie
• Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
• Lori Alan as Bonnie's Mom
• Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
• John Ratzenberger as Hamm
• Mark Walsh as Drips the Whale Faucet Cover
• Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants^[1]
• Joan Cusack as Jessie^[1]
• Sherry Lynn as Cuddles the Alligator
• Lori Richardson as Babs the Octopus

Music

Electronic artist Brian Transeau composed the music for the short.^[3] He said in an interview: "I'm in the middle of scoring a film for Pixar right now. It's a short for Toy Story, and I'm not allowed to say the whole story, but quite literally, it's like a Toy Story rave, and I'm actually not kidding either. Like, the toys get into all these shenanigans and it's like pounding club music, this thing. So it's really not very Pixar, but in like a really hysterical way, everyone laughs so hard when they see it. It's really exciting to work with those guys."^[4]

The song from the short, titled "Partysaurus Overflow", was released as a digital download on November 19, 2012, on iTunes and Amazon. Beside BT, the cover art also credits electronic dance producer Au5.^[5]

Release

Partysaurus Rex premiered with the 3D theatrical re-release of Finding Nemo, on September 14, 2012.^[2] It had its television premiere on October 8, 2012, on Disney Channel,^[6] and was available for video streaming to the Internet via Disney's website on October 10, 2012.^[7] As of October 2012, the short is also available on iTunes,^[8] Amazon^[9] and YouTube.^[10] The short made its home video debut as a special feature on the 3D Blu-ray release of Monsters, Inc., which was released on February 19, 2013.^[11]

Reception

The short was well received. Ben Kendrick of The Christian Science Monitor said that Partysaurus Rex is "easily the most enjoyable franchise spin-off to date."^[12]

References

External links

• Official website
• Partysaurus Rex at the Internet Movie Database
• Partysaurus Rex at the Big Cartoon DataBase