Sunquake

"Sunquake" is the fifty-second episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. It first aired on November 24, 2000 on UPN.

Overview

Buzz's evil counterpart returns, siding with Gravitina.

Plot

The episode starts with Louis serving two of the tech experts working at Compu-Klerm right before Shiv Katall's break-in.

Team Lightyear are worried that someone has taken Buzz's disguise and wonder who it is. Booster and XR make a bet that it is clearly Buzz like last time, though they are not entirely sure. The team are tasked with guarding special equipment, with Buzz programming the door only to allow him entry and assigns Booster and XR as guards.

Later that day, Booster and XR continue their speculations before Shiv Katall arrives to subdue them and surprisingly is able to enter the room, despite Buzz's programming. Buzz and Mira arrive, with Buzz fighting the intruder while Booster sees that Buzz hasn't turned evil before the latter traps the enemy. When unmasking him, he is revealed to be the Evil Buzz Lightyear who tells his counterpart it is good to see himself again, with the team shocked by his survival and realizing how he entered the room. Evil Buzz breaks free and takes what he came for while escaping.

Team Lightyear pursues Evil Buzz while XR is updated on the situation and claims to Booster that he won their bet, since Shiv Catall was technically Buzz. Meanwhile, Buzz requests his counterpart give up but is ignored and flies towards the sun.

Buzz and Mira spot a base floating in the atmosphere of the sun, with Evil Buzz monitoring them and allowing them entry. Buzz tells Mira to stay alert, since he and Evil Buzz are the same person, there is obviously a plan. Once inside, Mira spots the stolen items Evil Buzz plundered before he reveals himself. When the two of them threaten to arrest him, Evil Buzz says his “better half” would be displeased. Buzz and Mira suddenly have their weapons destroyed before they are pinned to the ground by an unknown force who is revealed to be Gravitina.

With the rangers trapped, Gravitina remarks that she always believed Buzz was one of a kind before she reveals she found Evil Buzz while he was floating lost in space. Evil Buzz states she initially mistook him for the good Buzz until seeing otherwise and was more than pleased to find a version of Buzz that was already evil and they started making plans. Gravitina gloats that she gets to be with Buzz while watching another get destroyed.

Feeling that Buzz had "ruined" his home universe, Evil Buzz says he has decided to return the favor. He reveals the station was positioned so that Gravitina could use her powers to produce devastating sunquakes that would send streaks of molten plasma hurtling around the galaxy. The pair voice they could target Capital Planet or Star Command.

As the station starts to crumble, Evil Buzz makes his escape while Buzz and Mira rescue Gravitina who begs her lover for help. However, Evil Buzz shows his true colors by abandoning Gravitina when the station starts to come apart, and seemingly falls into the sun. A shocked Buzz tries to look for his counterpart, but Mira implies that he perished.

Afterwards, Gravitina is arrested, but not before making one last flirtation with Buzz. She states that she is looking forward to seeing him at her parole meeting.

At the end, Buzz has his team search for something that resembles his counterpart. Mira reports there were no survivors, meaning that Evil Buzz might be gone but Buzz suspects otherwise, despite the others stating it was impossible and Booster saying only Buzz can survive things like that. Unbeknownst to anyone, Evil Buzz has in fact managed to survive by clinging to a piece of debris that allowed him to fly away from the sun.

Characters

• Buzz Lightyear
• Mira Nova
• Booster Munchapper
• XR
• Gravitina
• Commander Nebula
• Evil Buzz Lightyear
• Shiv Katall
• Tundra
• Corporal
• Flarn
• Gil
• Louis
• Warp Darkmatter ^{(mentioned only)}

Quotes

Under construction.

Trivia

• This episode aired on the same day that Toy Story 2, Zurg's first appearance in the Toy Story franchise, was released.
• The character labeled "Tech #2" reuses Gil's character model, but is voiced by Max Brooks rather than Stephen Tobolowsky and is working a different field, implying that it is not intended to be Gil.
• This episode marks the final appearance of Evil Buzz along with Gil.
• When Mira asks: "You don't expect us to just stand here while you destroy the Galactic Alliance, do you?!", the evil Buzz replies: "Negative. I expect you to fry.", a reference to the James Bond movie, Goldfinger.

Errors

• In one shot, Evil Buzz's pants are grey instead of purple.
• Gravitina's name is listed as "Gravatina" in the credits.
• In one scene, a fireball explodes around two Star Cruisers, and when they emerge from it, the numbers on the sides are visible - and they both read 42!

Credits

By type

Cast

Uncredited cast

Crew

Uncredited crew

Based on

Cast

Patrick Warburton — Buzz Lightyear, Evil Buzz, Shiv Katall, LGMs Stephen Furst — Booster Neil Flynn — XR Nicole Sullivan — Mira Nova Kerri Kenney — Gravitina Adam Carolla — Commander Nebula Roger Rose — Trucker, Tech #1 Max Brooks — Tech #2, Ranger #2 Arizona Brooks — Ranger #1, Computer

Uncredited cast

Gary Owens — Narrator

Crew

Mark McCorkle — Executive Producer Bob Schooley — Executive Producer Tad Stones — Executive Producer Don MacKinnon — Director Bill Motz — Story Editor Bob Roth — Story Editor Eddie Guzelian — Writer Jamie Thomason — Voice Casting, Dialogue Director Fred Gonzales — Storyboard Ryan Anthony — Storyboard Burt Medall — Timing Director, Sheet Timing Karen Peterson — Timing Director Dale Case — Sheet Timing Greg Guler — Supervising Character Design Ginny Hawes — Character Design Kenny Thompkins — Additional Character Design Kenny McGill — Key Location Design Tris Mast — Prop Design Chuck Puntuvatana — Prop Design Donna Prince — Lead Background Paint Janet Cummings — Color Key Stylist Judie Martin — Storyboard Revisions Kathrin Victor — Continuity Coordinator Natasha Kopp — Associate Producer Zoe Seals — Production Manager Jeff Pidgeon — Creative Consultant from Pixar Donald Devine — Digital Color Correction David Dimatteo — Digital Color Correction Adam Chase — Scanner Pixar Animation Studios — CGI Main Title Adam Berry — Music, Main Title Theme Jade Animation International Limited — Animation Production Kong Qing Chang — Chief Director Chao Xu Hua — Director Zhang Yong — Art Director Li Zhong — Ink and Paint Supervisor Jade Animation — Backgrounds Xiao Wei Wen — Camera Supervisor Ren Cong Rong — Animator Huang Jian Feng — Animator Zhang Bai Quan — Animator Wu Zhi Xing — Animator Zhong Zhi Qun — Animator Du Jing Mei — Animator Liu Huan Fen — Animator Liu Li Jing — Animator Jin Xin — Animator Xu Jing — Animator Zhang Yi — Animator Jiang Shang — Animator Dai Fang Ming — Animator Yu Hai Ying — Animator Chen Xi Feng — Animator Zhang Jing — Animator He Ju Yu — Animator Ni Ling — Animator John Royer — Supervising Film Editor Christopher Gee — Film Editor Jennifer Harrison — First Assistant Film Editor Denis Dutton — Assistant Film Editor Monte Bramer — Pre-Production Dialogue Editor Regina Prosi — Original Dialogue Editor Paul Andris — Original Dialogue Recording Lisa Carlon — Assistant Dialogue Engineer Skip Craig — Track Reading Steven J. Arenas — Post Production Manager Rachel Pusateri — Post Production Supervisor Victor Garcia — Audio Supervisor Mark Allen Bollinger — Post Production Coordinator Paca Thomas — Sound Design Robbi Smith — Dialogue Editor Marc S. Perlman (M.P.S.E.) — Music Editor Phyllis Ginter — Foley Kris Daly — Foley J. Lampinen — Digital Audio Transfer James C. Hodson (C.A.S.) — Re-Recording Mixer Melissa Ellis — Re-Recording Mixer Fil Brown — Re-Recording Mixer Ray Leonard — Re-Recording Mixer Michael Beiriger — Re-Recording Mixer Dominick Certo — Supervising Music Editor Thom Whitehead — On-line Editor Bill Turner — Production Coordinator Dawn T. Connors — Script Coordinator Carin Cobrae — Production Associate Linda DeLizza — Production Secretary Jessica Farley — Production Secretary David H. Wright III — Talent Coordinator Ron J. Earhart — Production Accountant Walt Disney Television Animation — Production Company

Based on

Based on the original motion picture Toy Story A Walt Disney Pictures presentation of a Pixar Animation Studios film