Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a short-lived animated series that aired on Disney Channel and Toon Disney. It is animated in traditional animation, and is a spin-off of Toy Story. It follows the adventures of Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear and his team as they defend the galaxy from the Evil Emperor Zurg. It was rerun in the United States on Disney Channel until 2008.

Opening Scene Variations
Pixar created more than one opening sequence for the show. Among them:


 * Buzz lands next to the television (most common scene).
 * Buzz smacks into the television and slides down.
 * Buzz lands on Bullseye and then falls off in pain.
 * Zurg stands next to where Buzz lands and fires at the television screen.
 * Buzz lands and is smacked away by Wheezy (riding RC).
 * Buzz lands and strikes a Disco pose.
 * Buzz lands and opens his wings, knocking down everyone behind him.

Buzz Lightyear

 * "This is the universe. I work here. Name's Lightyear, Buzz Lightyear. I'm a Space Ranger."
 * &mdash;Buzz Lightyear's introduction

In the Disney series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Buzz is the star of his own show. He is also an actual Space Ranger working for Star Command and protecting the universe from the Evil Emperor Zurg, alongside Mira Nova, a Tangean princess with phasing powers, Booster, a janitor from the planet Jo-Ad, and XR, a robot created by the Little Green Men. Like his Toy Story incarnation, this Buzz is known for his heroism and bravery and is a stickler for procedure, but will tell a cover story if he needs to. However he has little people skills, and at times displays a lack of common sense. In the direct-to-video movie, he is voiced by Tim Allen, the original Buzz Lightyear. In the TV series, he is voiced by Patrick Warburton.

Information from Star Command Personnel Files Academy Ranking: First in Class

Special Commendations:
 * Order of Galactic Merit. First Class
 * The Andromeda Cross
 * The Pleadiean Cluster
 * The Solar Wind Award for Courage
 * The Nebula Heart
 * Blue Medallion of Excellence
 * The Golden Ring of Jupiter

Emperor Zurg

 * ""EVIL RULES!""
 * &mdash;Emperor Zurg in the series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Zurg is the main villain of the series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, in which he rules over Planet Z and wants to take over the entire universe. His subjects are Grubs, which are similar to Star Command's Little Green Men, Brain Pods, who work for him as scientists and researchers, and an army of Hornets, which are his robotic foot soldiers used for battle. One of his henchmen is Warp Darkmatter, who was once Buzz's partner but had been secretly working for Zurg and given the codename "Agent Z." This incarnation of Zurg is a flamboyant villain who often breaks the seriousness of his evil statements, and is just as much a comic relief character as he is a formidable opponent. He is known for videotaping Buzz's speeches so he can secretly mock him, and in one episode tells Buzz that he is his father during a fight (just like he did in Toy Story 2) only to gain the upper hand by using the statement as a "Made You Look" moment to trick Buzz, which likely implies he and Buzz may not be related. In another episode where Senate members are being kidnapped, Zurg is the chief suspect, but says to Buzz that even he considers kidnapping politicians to be ridiculous; Buzz and his crew then eliminate Zurg from the suspects. Despite Zurg's campy nature, he is still widely considered the most evil person in the galaxy.

Mira Nova

 * Before the show was even made, Buzz hid inside a burger box for Super Nova Burgers when sneaking into Pizza Planet with Woody in the first Toy Story. Super Nova is also the name of an episode of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
 * In the episode Devolutionaries, she came in contact with a de-evolve gas that reverted her to a living blue goo which would explain why Mira's father and her race called Buzz a "monkey" or "ape" because they didn't evolve from primates, just from goo. The de-evolved Mira was shown to be smarter than "dino" Booster and "cave" Buzz, even if she could not talk.

XR

 * XR has many pop-out gadgets and can store objects inside his chest cavity.


 * XR was mentioned in the Toy Story comic #0.

Aliens
It should be pointed out how this series implies that the Aliens exist in the Buzz Lightyear universe, despite the fact that in Toy Story they seem to be only available at Pizza Planet. Possibly, the Aliens' toys are meant to be only sold at Pizza Planet as an exclusive tie-in deal with the cartoon.

In this series, they are voiced by Patrick Warburton.

Booster



 * Booster was recently seen in the comic Toy Story #0 as an action figure, confirming that the Buzz Lightyear toyline in the Toy Story films actually is based on the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command series. When he first meets the other toys, he is deluded like Buzz was in the original film.
 * In the episode Devolutionaries. He came in contact with a devolve gas that reverted him to a 50 ft red dinosaur with a Triceratops nose horn and beak, Ankylosaurus body and a Stegosaurus tail. Proving his race evolved from herbivore dinosaur that would explain where they got their strength power and appetite.

Warp Darkmatter

 * "My partner Warp Darkmatter and I work out of Star Command's Universe Protection Unit."
 * &mdash;Buzz Lightyear's introduction to Warp Darkmatter

Information from Star Command Personnel Files - Academy Ranking: Second in Class

Special Commendations:
 * Order of Galactic Merit. Second Class
 * The Bronze Cluter

NOS-4-A2

 * His name is a pun on a type of a blood sucking vampire called the Nosferatu.

XL
XL is a recurring villain. He is a flawed prototype of XR that was deactivated for destructive programming and capabilities, that seeks revenge on Star Command after being re-activated by Zurg. XL is dumber than his "brother", frequently misunderstanding literary sayings and metaphors.

He is voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait.

Hornets
Hornets are Emperor Zurg's robotic foot soldiers in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. They are extremely expendable (similar to Battle Droids in Star Wars), lousy shots, and always get vaporized in mass numbers by Lightyear's team. Hornets come in different models outside of the lesser models used.

Trivia

 * Star Command is visually based on Space Mountain.
 * Buzz Lightyear's house is based on the House of Tomorrow attraction Disneyland had in the 1960s.
 * In an eerie coincidence with the climax of Toy Story 3, the episode Stranger Invasion has Zurg requesting a garbage incinerator to be placed in his new base rather then a garbage smasher, as it would be far more difficult to escape from.
 * Diedrich Bader and Nicole Sullivan also did voice-overs in the comic-strip-based TV series "Baby Blues", as the voices for Kenny and Bizzy, respectively.

Video games

 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command for the Sony PlayStation and Sega Dreamcast
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command for the Nintendo 64 and Game Boy Color
 * Buzz Lightyear of Star Command for the PC