In the new ABC special, Toy Story of TERROR!, airing Wednesday night, we find Woody (Tom Hanks), Buzz (Tim Allen) and a select few other toys watching a scary movie while on a road trip with Bonnie and her mother. A flat tire forces them to spend the night in a motel and self-styled thespian Mr. Pricklepants (Timothy Dalton) winds up cowgirl Jessie (Joan Cusack) by jokingly predicting horror-movie doom for the gang at every turn. But when the toys begin to disappear one by one, Jessie finds herself alone, trying to figure out what's really going on.
While it would be fitting for Pixar to put their first television special in the small but capable hands of Woody and Buzz, the toys who started it all, it's a welcome surprise to see Jessie play the reluctant hero this time out. Her fears of abandonment and enclosed spaces are well-known to fans of Toy Story 2 and 3, and it's rewarding to see her confront them and become empowered. It also provides a nice lesson for the, ahem, young intended audience without being preachy.
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