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Act One[]

A figure dressed in camouflage is racing through a forest, dodging laser blasts that are being shot from giant flowers. He makes it through the row of flowers and reaches a lake filled with giant pink lily pads. He uses these as stepping stones, but he has to move quickly because the floating pads snap shut a few seconds after being touched.

After making it across the lake, he enters another forest, and the trees on either side of him shoot thorns at him. Luckily, he gets out safely and arrives at a bare patch of ground. However, a giant plant suddenly bursts from the soil, and each time he tries to get away, another bursts out, blocking his path. He manages to jump to safety, and then uses a visor on his helmet to scope out a nearby facility.

Taking a device from his belt, he shoots out two grappling hooks, one of which snags on a tree behind him, while the other catches hold of the wall of the facility. The intruder then uses this as a zipline and slides down into the enclosed facility. He's not quite through yet, though, because his path is blocked by a network of security beams surrounding the strange dome in the center of the facility, which appears to be his destination.

Jumping and somersaulting over the beams, he finally makes it to the center, but his victory is short-lived. A mass of vines emerge from the ground, forming a cage around him.

PROFESSOR TRIFFID: (emerging from the dome with three other Rhizomians) Welcome to Rhizome.

Triffid deactivates the defense system, and the vines pull back into the ground, freeing the intruder.

BUZZ: (pulling off his mask) Well, I must admit, Professor Triffid, your organic security system is odd... but effective!

TRIFFID: (putting his hand on Buzz's shoulder) Vega-genetic engineering is the way of the future, Ranger Lightyear.

Mira suddenly jumps in, dressed in a plant-like camouflage suit, with green goo on her face to enhance the effect.

MIRA: (pulling several fighting poses) Of course, I haven't had a chance to test it yet.

BUZZ: No need, Mira.

MIRA: B-But Buzz, I-

BUZZ: (shaking hands with Triffid) I'm giving Rhizome our highest four-star security rating.

TRIFFID: And may we one day shed our defenses, like the butterfly sheds its cocoon, to live in peace and-

XR: (coming in with Booster) Hey, let's capture this for posterity!

A camera emerges from his chest, and he carefully aims it at Buzz and Triffid. Before he can take the picture, however, Booster shoves his face in front and smiles.

XR: Booster, you wanna move your posterity, please? (Booster moves away, disappointed) Okay, action shot, now hold it. Show me some teeth. Work it, work it. Own it, own it. That's it, beautiful.

BUZZ: (annoyed with XR's antics) Uh... XR?

XR: What? I'm just documenting for my scrapbook. Hold it, people, we've got a little shadow here. But no problemo! (A flash bulb extends from the camera)

TRIFFID: (rushing to stop him) No! Wait!

He's too late, however, and the flash goes off, blinding everyone.

TRIFFID: (shoving the camera back into XR) Flash photography is strictly forbidden here on Rhizome!

XR: (taking the camera out again) Oh, come on. Just one more!

He takes another picture, and, unknown the the team, a small red plant in the background seems to absorb the energy from the flash.

We cut to a beautiful city, every structure made out of plants, with a series of cable cars going through it. Team Lightyear and Professor Triffid are in one of those cars, heading for 42.

BUZZ: Look at that traffic.

TRIFFID: It's a growing city.

BOOSTER: (pressing his hands against the window) Wow! Even on Jo-Ad we don't raise plants that big.

The plant he's looking at is huge, and an orange electrical glow surrounds it.

TRIFFID: It's our electro-plant. It absorbs sunlight like normal plants, but its roots produce enough energy to power this whole city.

BUZZ: (yawning) So... your power plant is, literally, a plant. Fascinating. (Covering his mouth so Triffid won't see him pretending to beep) Beep, beep, beep! Oop, that's me. (He opens his communicator) I could soak up this science stuff up all day, but duty calls.

The cable car continues on its way, and then we cut to it arriving at 42's location. 42 is landed on what looks like a giant pink mushroom, and Team Lightyear is nearby with Triffid.

TRIFFID: (showing them a table with lots of little white-flowered plants in pots) Rangers, please. Accept this gift of gratitude. These little electro-plants provide enough power for, oh, say... an electric toothbrush or a book light.

BUZZ: (picking one up) How, uh... useful.

BOOSTER: (taking one of his own) Wow! Look at all these flowers. Ooh, a red one. (He leaves his team and goes to another table, where there are red-flowered plants) Ooh, cool!

He takes a red one and puts the white one in its place.

Cut to Star Command, where Rangers are on patrol outside and a civilian ship passes by. Inside, Team Lightyear is doing paperwork at their desks in an office.

BUZZ: (leaning back against his chair): Ah, home sweet space station. But the hardest part of being a Space Ranger... is the paperwork.

MIRA: (still removing the green stuff she put on her face) It can't be any harder than getting all this goop off my face. Which, oddly enough, I put on for nothing. You know, just once, I'd like a little responsibility and be-

She's interrupted by Buzz's communicator beeping.

NEBULA: (talking via the communicator) Buzz Lightyear! Report to the briefing room! On the double!

BUZZ: (closing his communicator and turning to Mira) Well, I guess if you want more responsbility, there's no time like the present.

MIRA: Really? You mean it? You want me-

BUZZ: (gesturing to the stack of papers on his desk) To file these reports.

MIRA: R-Reports? But, uh, I-I thought...

BUZZ: I know, it doesn't look like much, but... it is, I'm a little behind. (He opens one of the drawers in his desk, and it's filled with papers) About six months. (Mira grimaces)

Meanwhile, Booster takes out the plant he got from Rhizome and looks at it nervously.

BOOSTER: Um, XR? I've got a question. Uh, back on Rhizome, I switched my plant for another plant, and they were both the same! Uh... sort of. Except, you know, one was white and one was red and I really didn't ask anyone, and, uh-

XR: Are we almost to the question mark?

BOOSTER: Do you think I should tell Buzz?

XR: And go all the way back to planet salad bar just to return it?! I don't think so. My advice: Keep it a secret.

Buzz, meanwhile, is explaining to Mira what she has to do.

BUZZ: And so after you sort and fold, you send the report to the proper division. (He puts a report in the thin vertical tube next to his desk, and it's sucked away) Challenging, no?

MIRA: Ehehe, no. I mean, no one ever reads this stuff, Buzz! What's the point?

BUZZ: (walking to the door) There is no point. It's procedure. (Saluting) Now, good luck, Ranger.

He walks out and Mira sighs, then turns to XR and Booster.

MIRA: Well, at least I have you two guys to help me with this.

XR: (jumping over his desk and rushing to the door) I'd love to, Mira, but I gotta run. Official Ranger business.

BOOSTER: (following him with the red plant in his hands) And I have to water my plant!

MIRA: (returning to her desk and beginning the work) What? Oh, yeah, oh, this'll make me a legend here at Star Command. Yeah, Ranger Mira Nova saves galaxy from evil pile of paperwork! Sort, fold, send. Sort, fold, send. Sort, fold, send.

Cut to a storage room, where XR is pacing in front of a room full of children.

XR: All right, men. Let's commence with our official Space Ranger business. (He takes out a t-shirt with a picture of himself on it) Now, who wants one of these babies? (The children all flock to him) Don't crowd in, only five uni-bucks each. Easy, son, let the others get through.

GIRL: Hey, this shirt has your face on it.

ALIEN BOY: Yeah, we're the "Buzz Lightyear" Fan Club.

GIRL: Tch! We want his picture.

XR: (taking out a picture) Sure, take a look at this one! (It's a picture of Booster, taken when he shoved his face in front of the camera) I mean... this one. (It's Professor Triffid when he tried to stop XR from using the flash) I mean this one. (Finally it's one of Buzz) Oh, I mean-

TWO LGMS: (coming in and trying to grab the picture) Ooh, Buzz!

XR: (chasing them away) Shoo, shoo, come on, get out of here. Fan club members only. All right, kids, time for the official Buzz Lightyear tour. Let's go, come on. (He opens an air vent)

ALIEN BOY: You want us to go in an air vent?

GIRL: What kind of tour is this?

XR: Uh... behind the scenes!

KIDS: (rushing to follow him) Cool! Let's go! I like behind-the-scenes stuff!

They all clamber into the air vent.

XR: There we go. Those are real spiders, by the way. (He helps one of the kids into the air vent)

Cut to Booster, who enters the Star Command locker room with his plant and opens his locker.

BOOSTER: Sorry, little fella. Until I find a nice place to plant you, this is home. (He puts the plant inside and gets out a bag of fertiliser) But here's a special little plant of dirt from Jo-Ad, full of vitamins and minerals and- (The plant grabs a mouthful of dirt from from his hand and eats it) Uh, I'd... better go get you a little water to wash that down.

He walks away, leaving the plant with the bag, and it begins to gorge itself on the dirt.

We cut to the briefing room, where Buzz and Nebula stand alone, gazing out the huge window that fills one wall.

BUZZ: A spy? Well how did a spy slip past our security?

NEBULA: (trying to adjust his pants) I don't know. But this really chafes my hide.

BUZZ: A saboteur on Star Command... It sickens me too, Commander. (He pounds his fist into his hand)

NEBULA: (still trying adjusting his suit) No, no, what chafes my hide is this blasted space suit! I think the LGMs shrunk it in the wash. Cold water, cold water! How hard is that?!

BUZZ: Right, ah... Well, I'd better find that spy. I'll alert all the Rangers.

NEBULA: Just your team on this one, Lightyear. I can't risk any leaks. Let's keep this one our little secret. (Buzz salutes and Nebula walks away) Blast, I got a wedgie!

Meanwhile, Booster has returned to the locker room with a glass of water.

BOOSTER: Hey, little guy, here's a nice drink!

The plant has grown drastically and is now taking up half the room. It roars ferociously at him, and he screams and drops the glass in horror. The frightened Jo-Adian flees, and the plant soaks up the split water, which causes it to grow bigger.

Back in the office, Mira is still sending off paperwork, and several mountains of paper remain on her desk.

MIRA: Sort, fold, send. Sort, fold... (She discovers one of the papers is a burger wrapper from Cosmo's) A burger wrapper? Ugh... (She tosses it into a trash can that emerges from the floor) Trash! Sort, fold, se- Ah... (Suddenly, she has an idea, and begins throwing away all the papers) Trash, trash, trash! Trash, trash-

Booster suddenly rushes in.

BOOSTER: Mira, I-I can't believe what I just saw!

MIRA: What - oh, come on, these would just get thrown out anyway! I-I'm just cutting out the middleman!

A vine pushes through the air vent behind her and begins to creep into the room.

BOOSTER: (pointing to the plant) I was talking about my, um! My little plant!

MIRA: (backing away as the plant creeps closer to them and begins wrapping around the desk and furniture) But my plant hasn't grown at all.

BOOSTER: Yeah, well, whaddya know?

MIRA: (patting Booster reassuringly) Well, don't you worry. I'll take care of this.

She fires at the vine, blasting off the part that entered the room.

MIRA: (shoving the broken vine into the trash can) It's the round file. Works like a charm. (Booster nods happily, thinking the crisis has been averted)

The piece of the vine drops into a dumpster beneath the filing office. It begins to grow again, and papers Mira threw away are now stuck to its branches.

Meanwhile, Mira is dusting off her hands triumphantly.

MIRA: Yeah. Too bad Buzz wasn't here to see how I handled that crisis.

BOOSTER: (seeing the vine begin to grow out the trash can) Uh... Mira?

MIRA: I know, I know what you're gonna say. Someday, Buzz will appreciate my resourcefulness.

BOOSTER: Actually, I was gonna say-

Mira turns around and shrieks when she sees the plant, which is growing rapidly and spreading out across the room.

BOOSTER: Close enough.

BUZZ: (over the comm system) Team Lightyear to the briefing room.

MIRA: (to Booster) Not a word to Buzz or he'll never trust me with another job! (She begins pulling the papers off the plant)

BOOSTER: (putting his finger to his lips) Don't worry. It's our little secret. Shhh.

Cut to a hallway. XR is with the kids, just outside one of the bathrooms. They've just come out an air vent.

XR: And so you see, to be a Space Ranger, it takes courage, dedicaton, and-

BUZZ: (over the comm system) Team Lightyear to the briefing room now!

XR: (shoving them all into the bathroom) As I was saying, to be a Space Ranger- Come here, get in! It takes courage, dedicaton, and good hygiene! (He pulls out a star with Buzz's face and name on it and sticks it to one of the stalls) And no one knows that better than... Buzz Lightyear!

KIDS: (taking pictures) Wow, man!

XR: (leaving) That's right, now... enjoy the facilities and, uh, I'll be right back! And no stuffing the paper towels down the drain!

We cut to the briefing room, where Team Lightyear is gathered around the table.

BUZZ: All right, Rangers, what I'm about to tell you is strictly confidental... so! Can you keep a secret?

XR: Can do!

BOOSTER: Oh, yeah!

MIRA: You betcha, sir.

BUZZ: Of course, ordinarily, I don't keep secrets, they... tend to backfire on you.

TEAM LIGHTYEAR: Backfire?

BOOSTER: (getting up and rushing off) Uh, I just remembered! I forgot my notepad!

MIRA: (doing the same) Ooh, forgot my pen!

XR: (also leaving) Forgot... to go to the bathroom!

Buzz stares after them, confused and annoyed.

Cut to Mira and Booster arriving outside the door to the filing office.

MIRA: (opening the door) Okay, let's just get rid of these vines so we can get back to Buzz.

They gasp when they see the whole room has been covered in vines, and the plant is still growing.

MIRA: (closing the door) Okay, on second thought, let's just get back to Buzz and, uh, we'll try this later!

Meanwhile, XR is hurrying all the kids out the bathroom.

XR: All right, everybody out. (He takes two rolls of toilet paper away from one of the kids) And no souvenirs, gimme that. (He tosses the rolls back inside and closes the doors) Now, for our next destination... (He sees Booster and Mira coming down the hall) Uh-oh. Uh... right this way.

He pushes the kids into a different room, and the girl takes out a folded piece of paper.

GIRL: According to my Star Command blueprint, this is just a crummy cargo brig.

XR: (seeing the blueprint) Hey, that's top secret! How'd you get it?

GIRL: You sold it to me.

XR: (gesturing to the row of LGM-sized space suits that are hanging on the wall) Oh, well. Go ahead, try on a few space suits and I'll be back faster than you can say, "No refunds".

Cut back to the briefing room. Buzz is playing with a model of Star Command while he waits for his rookies to come back.

BUZZ: Star Command, under attack! (He crashes a model Star Cruiser into it, making sound effects as he plays) Red alert, red alert- Uh! (Team Lightyear comes in, and he quickly hides the models behind his back) Hello! Rangers, welcome back. (He walks backwards, keeping the models hidden, and dumps them on the floor) Uh, now, where was I? Ah, oh yes, ah... top secret.

A vine suddenly bursts out a light fitting behind him, but he doesn't notice. His team does, though, and they look at each other nervously.

MIRA: (whispering to Booster) Do something!

BOOSTER: (pressing a button) Ooh, ooh! Better use the overhead vidscreen!

A screen comes down, covering the plant.

BUZZ: Uh... thanks, Booster. (He clears his throat, and as he speaks, the kids from the tour float into view outside the window, now wearing space suits) As I was saying, our assignment is of the utmost importance.

XR: Oh, there're the kiddies- (Suddenly realising) AHH! (He presses another button, and a metal screen covers the window) Better lower the blast shield.

BUZZ: XR?

XR: Yes? Oh, well, you know, you never can tell when there might be a meteor shower. Which reminds me, I'd better get an umbrella!

BUZZ: Umbrella?

XR: (leaving the room) For the meteor shower, Buzz!

MIRA: (saluting and going after XR) Uh, don't worry, boss, we'll get him back!

Booster salutes and follows Mira, leaving Buzz alone. He sighs and slaps his forehead.

Cut to a hallway. Mira and Booster open the door to the filing office, but by now it is filled to the brim with vines which tumble out into the hall, ensnaring the Rangers, who struggle uselessly and are pulled into the office. The plant shakes them around.

BOOSTER: This plant sure is affectionate! Ow!

Meanwhile, in the air vent that runs alongside the room, XR is leading the kids away.

XR: Now just keep up, keep your hands in, and keep out of trouble! That's a Ranger motto, by the way.

One of the kids stops to look through one of the vents, and he sees Mira and Booster struggling with the plant.

KID: Wow! (Holding up a camera) Smile!

MIRA: Hey, what are you-

The kid takes a picture, and the flash energises the plant. Mira and Booster cry out as the electricity courses through them.

XR, meanwhile, hasn't noticed what's going on in the office and grabs the kid.

XR: (taking him away) Come on! Next stop, Star Command's laundry room.

Mira and Booster continue to scream as they are electrified by the plant, which is now crackling with energy from the flash.

Act Two[]

Finally, it stops, and Mira and Booster both drop to the ground. The plant is still entangling them, however, so they try to break free of it.

MIRA: I thought Professor Triffid said this plant only had enough electrical power for a toothbrush.

BOOSTER: Heh, I use a big toothbrush!

He manages to break off the vines, then frees Mira.

BUZZ: (over the comm system) Team Lightyear to the briefing room right now!

Cut to the briefing room. Buzz drums his fingers on the table as he waits. Suddenly, his communicator beeps.

NEBULA: (via the communicator) Lightyear, what's going on? Have you captured that spy yet?

BUZZ: Uh, no, sir, but... I'm, uh... working on it.

NEBULA: Well, let's get in gear, son, time's a-wastin'! Nebula out.

BUZZ: (closing his communicator and getting up) He's right. I'm wasting time here. I've got a spy to catch.

He walks out, and a few moments later his team enters, only to find that the room is empty.

XR: Whoa, hold the countdown. Buzz is gone.

MIRA: (rushing out with XR and Booster) Bye!

XR: Bye-bye!

BOOSTER: Later!

Cut to Buzz walking through a hallway, making a log entry.

BUZZ: Lightyear Log: I've checked the armory, the science lab, and the launch bay - no sign of the spy, or, for that matter, my team. But rest assured, Buzz Lightyear is on the job and nothing gets by me.

Behind him, vines are growing through the hall and creeping across the walls.

We cut to XR and the kids, who are now in a large closet.

GIRL: Hey, what kind of lame-o tour is this? First the laundry room and now a closet?

XR: Closet? Is that what you think it is? That's very funny. See, she's a very young kid, and that shows solid thinking, but it's not a closet at all, of course, it's, uh, a... mini movie theater. (A projector emerges from his chest) And I'm showing Buzz Lightyear's favorite show: "A Day in the Life of a Space Ranger"!

The projector counts down, and then a video appears on the wall of XR on Tradeworld, waving and then being blown up.

XR: Oh, here I am on Tradeworld, getting blown up. (He doesn't notice a vine coming down and snagging one of the kids) And here I am on Sentilla VI, getting blown up. (Two more kids are taken) And who could forget that time on Karn with me... getting blown up! (The last kids are taken) Now, if there are any questions- (He turns around, and discovers the kids are all gone) Okay, okay! So they were just home movies. Does that mean you can just walk out on me? I have feelings too, you know!

Another vine comes down, and XR tries to flee from it, but it drags him away, and he screams as he's pulled into an air vent.

Cut to Buzz crawling through an air vent, still making his log.

BUZZ: Lightyear Log: After finding an open air vent, I followed it to the... cargo hold, where I will investigate further...

He reaches the end of the vent and tries to squeeze out, but has trouble fitting through the opening. At last he makes it through, and lands on the flor of the cargo hold.

BUZZ: I guess I need to cut down on all those proton burgers. (He sees a box) Well, well, what have we here. A ticking black box, how cliché. (Opening his communicator) Lightyear to Nebula, I've found a bomb.

NEBULA: (via the communicator) Good. Fine work, son. And, uh, congratulate the rest of the team for me too.

BUZZ: I will, sir. (To himself) If I ever find them.

Meanwhile, in a corridor, Booster, Mira, XR, and the kids are all being held captive by the plant's vines. They struggle against it, but it's no use.

BOOSTER: Get me outta this!

MIRA: Guys, move it over!

GIRL: See? I told you this was all part of that tour.

MIRA: Tour?

BOY: That's right. We're the Official Buzz Lightyear Fan Club.

MIRA: F-Fan club?

XR: Uh... What's with the jungle room here?

MIRA: W-What? Oh, uh, this little thing? Well, listen, well... Funny you should ask. It seems that back on Rhizome, Booster traded his nice white-flowered plant for a not-so-nice red-flowered plant.

XR: And you didn't tell Buzz? Tsk, tsk. Shame on you. Well, guess it's time to do a little gardening.

A circular saw emerges from his chest.

BOOSTER: (covering his eyes) Oh, I can't look!

Pieces of vine go flying everywhere as XR cuts through, and when he's done there are topiary sculptures of Zurg, Booster, a ray gun, and a Star Cruiser.

XR: Kind of brightens up the place, don't you think?

Suddenly, the sound of something ticking can be heard.

EVERYONE: Buzz!

BUZZ: (walking up the them, the ticking box under his arm) I don't know what in the galaxy is going on here, but we're in the middle of a crisis. A spy has planted this bomb and - and - is now apparently using Rhizomian technology against us!

BOOSTER: Uh, actually, uh... that plant is mine.

XR: (taking the box) And this is mine, excuse me.

BUZZ: Look out, it's a bomb!

XR: (taking a clock shaped like the Star Command emblem from the box) It's an alarm clock!

ALARM CLOCK: Rise and shine, Space Cadets!

XR: It's... kind of a false alarm clock, if - if you will.

BUZZ: (opening his communicator) Uh... Commander Nebula, about that bomb? Uh... disregard. Lightyear out.

MIRA: (crossing her fingers behind her back) Well, there you go! No bomb... no more problem plant... I guess there's nothing to worry about, right?

Cut to outside Star Command. An explosion suddenly bursts through part of the station.

Cut back to Team Lightyear. Everyone falls to the floor as the station shakes.

GIRL: Finally, we get our money's worth! Yeah!

NEBULA: (via the communicator) Nebula to Lightyear! As you may have noticed, while your team was fiddling with false alarms, the spy set off a real bomb... and put us on a collision course with Capital Planet!

Cut to outside. The damaged station is falling out of orbit, slowly heading towards the planet below while smoke pours from a hole in the hull.

Act Three[]

Cut back to the corridor where the team is.

XR: A bomb's knocked us out of orbit!

NEBULA: The only good news is that the LGMs found evidence left by the spy. Now get to the science lab!

As Buzz heads down the hall, the girl stops him with a pen and a notepad.

GIRL: Autograph?

BUZZ: Uh... not now.

NEBULA: What?! Why not now?!

BUZZ: Not you, sir! Now's good, sir! (He closes his communicator, then looks down at the sad children and relents, taking the notepad and pen) Oh... all right already, here.

We cut to the science bay. Some LGMs are at work, and another comes and takes a wrench while they're not looking. It suddenly notices Buzz has entered and hides the wrench behind its back.

BUZZ: Where's that evidence?

LGMS: Ooh, Buzz!

They glance at their work, and discover the wrench is missing.

LGM #1: The wrench!

LGM #2: It's gone!

BUZZ: Blast! Okay... If we're gonna catch this spy, we've gotta think. Now... who could move about this station without raising suspicion?

LGMS: We could.

BUZZ: Sorry, have to rule you out as suspects. You LGMs are the most loyal beings in the known universe.

LGM #1: (saluting) Thanks, Buzz.

LGM #2: (saluting) Thanks, Buzz.

LGM #3: (in a much deeper voice) Uh, yeah! (He salutes and drops the wrench he was holding behind his back) Whoops! (He runs away) Ahh!

BOOSTER: (somersaulting) I've got him! (He lands in front of the door, but the spy simply slips between his legs and runs out) Aw, man!

The spy runs into a plant-infested hall and loses himself in a large group of LGMs. When Team Lightyear arrives, they can't tell which one is the spy.

LGMS: Buzz!

XR: (taking a t-shirt out of his chest) Looks like it's time for Operation: Needle in a Haystack!

MIRA: XR, this is no time to sell t-shirts!

XR: Au contraire, Miss No-One-Will-Ever-Know-If-I-Throw-Out-The-Files. This is the perfect time. Whoever wants a Buzz t-shirt, the line forms on the right!

LGMS: Ooh, Buzz!

They all flock to XR, leaving the spy at the far end of the hall.

XR: Sorry, Buzz, guess your spy isn't a fan.

BUZZ: (grabbing the spy) The feeling's mutual. (He pulls off the LGM mask, revealing the spy to be a Grub) One of Zurg's Grubs, hah! I should've known. Good work, XR.

XR: Please, Buzz, it's all in the line of duty. Excuse me, Buzz. (To the LGMs) Okay, for you guys, I've got small, extra small, and extra-extra-extra small! Don't bother me, step back.

BUZZ: All right, Grub. How much damage have you done?

GRUB: Um, let's see, uh. I blew up your orbitron regulator so you'll crash into Capital Planet, (We cut briefly to a shot of Star Command plunging towards Capital Planet) and I destroyed your power supply so you can't correct your orbit. Oh, yeah! And I shrunk your commander's space suit. (He giggles)

BOOSTER: Ooh, I bet that chafes his hide.

BUZZ: (opening his communicator) Commander Nebula. I'm afraid we've got no choice but to evacuate Star Command. (The Grub blows a raspberry at him)

NEBULA: (via the communicator) Unfortunatly, even that's not a choice!

Cut to the launch bay. The Star Cruisers - and everything else - are covered in vines.

BUZZ: Nebula was right. That Rhizomian electro-plant has clogged every launch bay.

MIRA: We'll never clear all those vines in time to evacuate Star Command.

GIRL: (holding up her camera) So! How 'bout a picture?

XR: How about a spanking? This is no time to take pictures!

MIRA: Au contraire! This is the perfect time.

Cut to later. Buzz is looking at Mira skeptically after she's explained her idea.

BUZZ: Uh, are you sure this'll work?

MIRA: Maybe. I mean, I hope! Solar reflector panels, ready?

XR AND BOOSTER: (holding up giant reflectors) Ready!

MIRA: Flash cameras, ready?

KIDS: Ready!

MIRA: Okay, Buzz! Smile!

Before they can do anything, a vine reaches over and grabs the cameras.

XR: That wasn't part of the plan, was it?

MIRA: Nope.

XR: Allow me.

He uses his eyes as spotlights, blinding Buzz and lighting up the wall. Nothing happens.

MIRA: T-Try blinking. Like - like a flash. (XR does so, and the plant begins to glow) Yeah, that - that's it, that's it, keep blinking! Yes! Keep blinking! (One of the vines reaches out and slaps Buzz) Okay! Stop - stop blinking!

Another vine tries to crash down on the kids, and Booster and Mira have to fly them to safety.

XR: No wonder Professor Triffid didn't want any flash photography!

Cut to outside. The station is entering Capital Planet's atmosphere, and it begins to glow from the heat of reentry. Parts start to break off the hull.

Back in the a launch bay, Buzz retreats from the glowing plant.

BUZZ: This was your plan? Total chaos?!

MIRA: Yes, sir, it w- E-Except for the total... chaos part, which - which - which wasn't in, but I- (They have to step back because another vine tries to slap them) Well, see, I thought that if a little plant could power a booklight, then this big plant might power Star Command!

BUZZ: Right... then we could correct the orbit and avoid plunging into Capital Planet! Good thinking, Ranger Nova! Now, let's plug this baby in!

XR: (grabbing a vine) Hold still, you little- Ahh!

It shakes him to pieces, and his head skids across the floor, coming to a rest in front of Mira, who is holding the girl.

GIRL: Cool! But can you do it again when I find my camera?

Meanwhile, the station continues to plunge through the atmosphere, growing hotter and hotter.

Cut back to the launch bay. Team Lightyear and the kids duck behind a storage container as another vine lunges at them. It smashes into the container, breaking it open, and then proceeds to eat the contents.

BUZZ: What is that stuff?

BOOSTER: Nutra-sprout, from Jo-Ad. It's what I fed him when he was just a baby. Say! You don't think... (He chuckles nervously) Oops!

Buzz grabs one of the bags of nutra-sprout and tucks it under arm while activating his jetpack and blasting off.

BUZZ: Okay, power-plant, follow me.

The vine follows him as he flies through the launch bay, and he uses the bag as a surfboard, sliding down one of the vines on it. He comes to a stop at a power outlet and shoves the bag inside.

BUZZ: Here you go, all you can eat!

The vine shoves itself into the outlet, and power is restored to the station.

MIRA: It's working! The main power's back on! (We cut briefly to a shot of Star Command rising through the atmosphere) Star Command's moving back into orbit!

KIDS: All right! Yeah!

XR: (as they jump around next to his head) Hey, whoa, careful, watch the head, watch the head!

Cut to outside Star Command, which is now back in its proper orbit. A Rhizomian ship is leaving the station.

Cut to the filing office. XR is being reassembled by Booster.

BOOSTER: (sticking XR's arm in its socket) I'm sure glad the Rhizomians were able to save my plant. Although... I'm sure gonna miss the little guy.

MIRA: Yeah, so! I guess that about wraps things up, team!

BUZZ: (holding a piece of paper) Except for the little matter of my report to Commander Nebula. (He glances over the paper) Now, let's see, uh... Contraband plant, disposing of official Ranger reports, unauthorized tours of Star Command, failure to report emergency situation! Gee, no matter how I word it, it all sounds bad!

MIRA: I guess you were right, Buzz. Our little secrets kind of backfired, huh?

BUZZ: (scrunching up the paper and tossing it in the trash can) Kinda. But, uh... I think this is one time that I'm gonna keep these little secrets our little secret.

XR: (pointing to the empty place where his right arm should be) Uh... (He whistles) Excuse me! But would somebody finish reassembling me?

BOOSTER: I-I can't find your other arm.

XR: Well, it's gotta be here somewhere. Unless... oh, no!

Outside Star Command, a shuttle is flying away.

Cut to inside the shuttle - the kids are all onboard, on their way home.

ALIEN KID: (holding up a picture of Buzz) Wow! I met Buzz Lightyear and got his picture, thank you very much, yes!

GIRL: (taking out XR's arm from her backpack) Yeah! Well, look what I got! (She giggles and shakes the arm)

THE END

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