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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is a name of a Disney animated science fiction adventure series.
It first aired in 2000 and features Buzz Lightyear, a character who first appeared in the feature film Toy Story.
Here, "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" is a traditionally animated TV show, which inspired the Buzz Lightyear toy line, as shown by the intro sequence, done by Pixar especially for the series. Clips of "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" appear on screen in "Toy Story" [and can be seen in the real world.]
Andy receives a Buzz Lightyear toy as a present. That Buzz Lightyear toy, and other toys, are in Andy's room, getting ready to watch "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" on TV.
Here, Buzz Lightyear and his Star Command cadet team struggle to keep justice in the galaxy, often thwarting the evil Emperor Zurg and other threats of the universe.Later, "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" was completed in the real world and shown. The first three episodes of "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command" were originally released as "Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins", a feature-length movie. The voice cast for the DTV-release had the original voice of Buzz, Tim Allen, but when the episodes were aired for television, Patrick Warburton, the series' regular voice of Buzz, redubbed all of Lightyear's dialogue to maintain continuity with the rest of the series. Many of the episodes were based or influenced by Star Trek: The Original Series, others were influenced by Star Wars.
Team Lightyear
Captain Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen in The Adventure Begins, Patrick Warburton in the actual series): Famed "Space Ranger" known for heroism and bravery. Like his Toy Story incarnation, Buzz is a stickler for procedure. He attended PS -19^3 as a primary school.
Princess Mira Nova (Nicole Sullivan): A rookie ranger and heir to the Tangean throne. She utilizes her people's ability to walk through walls (called "ghosting") and read minds.
Booster Sinclair Munchapper (Stephen Furst): A dinosaur-like former janitor from the agricultural planet of Jo-ad (a play on the name of the Joad family, from John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath), with a big appetite and lots of muscle power. He worships and is in awe of Buzz Lightyear.
XR (Larry Miller and Neil Flynn): A short robot with many pop-out gadgets (like R2-D2), who can store objects in his chest cavity (like Bender). XR stands for experimental ranger (The LGMs have stated that this is the official meaning of the name, other characters on the show hold the erroneous belief that the X stands for expendable). He gets blown apart on nearly every mission he goes on, but XR is easily rebuilt.
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