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Why Disney prohibited the 25 -year episode of Star Command Buzz Lightyear

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Why Disney prohibited the 25 -year episode of Star Command Buzz Lightyear


This article mentions subjects on dependence.

After the Disney Direct-to-Video 2000 film, television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Offers a detailed overview of the backdrop of the emblematic toy. Complete with an animated conventional 2D style and a richness of rich plots, the public quickly fell in love with this more difficult interpretation of Buzz Lightyear. Although the show is quite difficult to find today, it initially ran for 62 episodes and managed to pick up a ton of distinctions.

Overall, the show is quite tamed and is really not buffering in a little violence of cartoons. However, “Super Nova” was only broadcast a few times before he was wiped. However, fans argue that the controversy surrounding this episode is completely unjustified and that it actually manages its unique subject with impeccable sensitivity.

“Super Nova” underlines that with great power, a great responsibility

Mira Nova piloting a spacecraft in Star Command Buzz Lightyear

Image via Disney

Instead of placing Buzz Lightyear under the spotlight, season 1, episode 23, “Super Nova” Force Mira Nova on stage. The episode starts in the middle of an intense mission, and unfortunately, the Space Rangers fight a lost battle against Zurg. But Mira Nova courageously decides to enter a crystal fusion generator so that she can absorb all the power of Zurg and bring her team back. Although the rest of the crew is quite worried about her, Mira Nova overflows with energy and enjoys the careful illuminating brilliance around her.

Later in the evening, she calls her father, King Nova, who warns him not too often absorbing energy because it is very easy to become addicted to the summit he can offer. Mira refuses to listen to her father’s orders and continue to absorb more and more energy. His peers quickly notice a change in his behavior and buzz forbidden him to absorb more energy in the future. However, Zurg knows that Nova is in a state of weakness and attracts him into his trap with the promise of unlimited energy. Fortunately, King Nova and the rest of the Space Rangers are there to save her. It is then that Mira realizes that she is dependent on consuming excessive quantities of energy and promises to never start again because her loyalty to star command is too strong to risk losing his role as a space storage.

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This episode feels worlds outside the original Toy Films, and that’s what makes him so spectacular. Since this show no longer has to worry about Andy who has burst into any time or even worried about working with other characters, it is free to experiment with a range of interesting scenarios. Mira Nova is a very multifaceted character and works well to move away from the pampered princess that she is sometimes perceived. It is undeniable that Mira has a complicated relationship with her father, but even in a children’s show, this helps add an abundance of depth. Overall, it is interesting to see this world from its point of view, especially since it can essentially return to a world of comfort and royalty at any time.

While the majority of the show is 2D-Animated, Pixar has created a CGI segment for opening titles.

Zurg is also a fantastic asset for this episode, and Wayne Knight does an excellent job so that the antagonist feels more complete. In the Toy Franchise, Zurg often looks like a complete Dark Vader scam. But, in Buzz Lightyear of Star CommandIt is immediately transformed into a devious Filou who is not afraid to joke from time to time. While Buzz Lightyear of Star Command It is perhaps not the most detailed science fiction series ever made, episodes like “Super Nova” prove that this is an independent series and not only a way to enjoy the success during Toy.

The public estimated that the story of Mira reflected dependence

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command

Image via Disney

It is painfully obvious that Mira was addicted to energy absorption, even if the word has never been explicitly used. As soon as she received this energy explosion, all her being would change and she would mainly live a manic episode. There is even a scene where she eats large amounts of food without even realizing it. Although the episode does not show it exactly from serious withdrawal symptoms, it was Deleted fairly quickly after his first program because of his references to dependence. “Super Nova” was broadcast for the first time on October 25, 2000, but only twice in syndication. It was broadcast once on the Disney channel before it was quickly wiped from the network.

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However, “Super Nova” is not the only episode to discover the anger of mass censorship. The “inner work” and the “conspiracy” were very rarely seen after the attacks by Twin Towers in 2001 because they referred to the assassinations against the president and various ambassadors of the government. Admittedly, it makes sense, and many shows lived a censorship during this period, but fans still do not understand why “Super Nova” was deemed so offensive.

In 2001, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Received an Emmy Daytime award for the exceptional sound edition.

Dependence is a delicate subject, and it is undeniable that it affects the lives of millions of children. However, Mira’s dependence on energy is completely fictitious, and the episode does not show it consuming energy compromising. She simply enters the room and goes out surrounded by light. Thus, although the subtext of drug addiction is very clear, Mira Nova is not represented as a harmful drug addict.

Some believe that this level of censorship is not necessary

We can say that “Super Nova” manages Mira’s dependence very well, which is surprising for a children’s show. Of course, he does not present the ups and downs of the fight against disease, but he does not take discussion at offensive extremes either. The writers did an excellent job to ensure that Mira’s reckless actions only touched it, by ensuring that it could have a support team on which to count as soon as it wanted help for its problems. The episode does not show it on each side of the emotional spectrum. Yes, it could be classified as hyperactive, but it does not leave the rails, nor does not collapse in a deep depression. In turn, some may say that the team deserves to be congratulated for the way it highlights the problem of Mira and has worked well to underline its impact without making it an uncomfortable stereotype.

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Many audiences believe that a double standard takes place in this situation. When criticism compares Mira’s obsession for energy to that of the other cartoons, it is essential that they maintain them to the same standards. Take, for example, Garfield, whose biggest character trait is to have a great appetite and an obsessive love of lasagna while example while Winnie the Pooh shares and an obsession equally risky for honey. Obviously, when fans see these examples, they seem very extreme and even a little stupid. However, it is clear to see that Disney used a similar logic in 2000. It seems that other characters are rented for their whimsical and unconscious dependence on food, but when Mira really confronted her problems, criticisms considered him irresponsible.

Overall, it seems really strange that Disney is ready to let this series fade in darkness. Even according to the standards of the early 2000s, the quality of the animation was supreme and really memorable. Moreover, considering that Toy is still popular to date, fans can assume that Disney would like to push this show to the forefront of its catalog. On the one hand, fans argue that this program looks like a conflict between Disney and Pixar and that the two studios prefer this in the past.

On the other hand, many fans believe that Disney has used Buzz Lightyear of Star Command As a basis for the film Light And I don’t want fans to notice the similarities. However, whether Disney sees or not Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is next to the point. The real problem is that “Super Nova” did not receive the recognition it deserved and was quickly penalized for trying to discuss an important subject. Perhaps nowadays would not be so much a problem, but at the time, it seems that Disney did not want Buzz Lightyear to be associated with anything to do with the real world.


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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command



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    Bobcat Goldthwait

    XL (voice)

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    Brad Garrett

    Couple (voice)

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    Brian Doyle-Murray

    Panchax (voice)

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    Bronson Pinchot

    Shakey / Science (voice)



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