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Toy Story Toons

series of computer-generated animated short films by Pixar

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ15271001 ↗
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Toy Story Toons is an American animated short film series based on the Toy Story franchise. It follows Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and their friends in comedic adventures at Bonnie's house after Andy donated them to her at the end of Toy Story 3. Three shorts were released as part of the series: Hawaiian Vacation and Small Fry in 2011 and Partysaurus Rex in 2012. They premiered before theatrical releases of Walt Disney Pictures films.

In 2013, it was revealed a fourth short was in the works, entitled Mythic Rock. However, it was never released.

Toy Story of Terror and Toy Story That Time Forgot were originally planned to be part of the series.

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“Toy Story Toons” enters the record as series of computer-generated animated short films by Pixar. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Story, Toons and series can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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