Hawaiian Vacation

Plot

Three months after the events of Toy Story 3, it is Bonnie's winter break from school, and she is going on vacation to Hawaii. The toys are also having her bedroom all to themselves. After she leaves her school backpack in her room, Ken and Barbie reveal themselves to have stowed away, hoping to join her in Hawaii. They initially believe that they are in Hawaii, but Woody reveals to them that they are actually in Bonnie’s room. After Mr. Potato Head questions his logic for thinking that Bonnie would take her backpack on vacation, he tries to convince her backpack’s airplane pilot keychain, Captain Zip to fly him and Barbie to Hawaii. However, Captain Zip tells Ken that he does not actually fly an airplane.

When Ken goes back in Bonnie’s backpack to cry about not going to Hawaii, Barbie reveals to Woody that Ken planned to have their first kiss on a beach at sunset, basing it off of an image on a Hawaii travel brochure. This inspires Bonnie's toys to recreate their own version of Hawaii.

After various adventures, Ken and Barbie share their first kiss outside of Bonnie’s house at sunset, recreating the scene from the brochure. However, they step off of the edge of the porch and end up buried in the snow, prompting Bonnie’s toys to dig them out and release them from a block of ice by using a hair dryer and screw driver.

Voice cast

Main article: List of Toy Story characters

• Tom Hanks as Woody
• Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
• Joan Cusack as Jessie
• Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
• Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
• Wallace Shawn as Rex
• John Ratzenberger as Hamm
• Blake Clark as Slinky Dog
• Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens
• Jodi Benson as Barbie
• Michael Keaton as Ken
• Emily Hahn as Bonnie
• Lori Alan as Bonnie's mom
• Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants
• Jeff Garlin as Buttercup
• Kristen Schaal as Trixie
• Bonnie Hunt as Dolly
• Bud Luckey as Chuckles
• Zoe Levin as Peas-in-a-Pod
• Angus MacLane as Captain Zip
• Axel Geddes as Rexing Ball
• Javier Fernández-Peña as Spanish Buzz

Production

The film was announced in June 2010 by Lee Unkrich who said, "We have announced we're going to do a short film in front of Cars 2 that uses the Toy Story characters. We're going to keep them alive; they're not going away forever." The short film's title and plot were later revealed on February 17, 2011.

Reception

Charlie McCollum of Mercury News called it a "delightful snippet of life" that is "crisp, funny and sweet."

Home media

On November 1, 2011, Hawaiian Vacation was released as a bonus feature on the Cars 2 DVD and Blu-ray. As of July 2012, Hawaiian Vacation is available as a digital purchase on Amazon Video and iTunes Store. The short was released on November 13, 2012, on the DVD and Blu-ray of Pixar Short Films Collection Volume 2. The short was also released on the Toy Story of Terror! Blu-ray and DVD on August 19, 2014, alongside two other Toy Story Toons.

References

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