Speed Trap

Speed Trap

December 9, 2000 TV Episode Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Studio
Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Television Animation.
Distributor
Buena Vista Distribution

Synopsis

Due to a "diplomatic faux pas" with the Porcelon Ambassadorial Delegates (...the Porcelons look like large-ish toilets...we shan't go into any more detail about the faux pas...), Team Lightyear is delegated to traffic duty. They spot a large freighter going almost the speed of light (...the local speed limit is about .45 light speed...), that isn't responsive to hails. The freighter slams into, and destroys, the resort moon Sandis O'Lait, and continues on towards the sun of Capital Planet (...the resulting impact could, potentially, cause the sun to go supernova...). Team Lightyear board the freighter to find it abandoned, except for a maniacally tidy robo-cleaner called "Care-Bot". They attempt to plant charges to blow up the ship, but Care-Bot considers them clutter and disassembles the bombs. Booster is sent down to the engine room to attempt to power down the engines while Buzz, Mira, and XR are attempting to figure out how to work the ship's controls. While down in the lower levels, Booster is frozen solid by Care-Bot. It would seem that Care-Bot determined that the crew of the ship was the root cause of all the un-tidiness, and decided to remove the cause of it's problems instead of just "treating the symptoms". When XR is sent to look for Booster, the Care-Bots (...it turns out that there's an armada of them...) disassemble him, and when Mira is sent to look for either of them, the Care-Bots freeze her as well. Buzz saves the day by shooting a few Care-Bots; the resulting debris provides a distraction, so that Buzz is able to shoot the unwitting Care-Bots that are attempting to clean up the remains of their fallen comrades.

Characters

Buzz Lightyear, Booster Sinclair Munchapper, Mira Nova, Emperor Zurg, XR, Care-bots, Resort Manager, Traffic Reporter, Ambassador

Credits

Directing

Director
Steve Loter

Producing

Producer
Mark McCorkle, Robert Schooley, Tad Stones (Executive Producer)

Voices

Voice
Patrick Warburton (Buzz Lightyear, LGMs), Stephen Furst (Booster), Larry Miller (XR), Nicole Sullivan (Mira Nova), Wayne Knight (Emperor Zurg), Wallace Langman (Care-bots), Dan Castellaneta (Resort Manager, Alien, Captain Alien), Jennifer York (Traffic Reporter), Maurice LaMarche (Ambassador), Tress MacNeille (Calm Female Voice)

Music

Music
Adam Berry