Buzz Lightyear of Star Command#Villains

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{{Infobox television

| image = BLTitle.jpg

| caption = Opening title card

| genre = Science fiction comedy

| creator = Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley

| based_on = {{based on|Toy Story|Pixar}}

| writer =

| director =

| voices = Patrick Warburton
Stephen Furst
Larry Miller
Neil Flynn
Nicole Sullivan
Wayne Knight
Frank Welker
Adam Carolla
Diedrich Bader

| narrated = Gary Owens (opening narration)

| theme_music_composer = Adam Berry

| opentheme =

| composer = Adam Berry

| country = United States

| language = English

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 62{{efn|name=Episodes|65 episodes, when counted with the pilot film being split into three parts}}

| list_episodes =

| executive_producer = Mark McCorkle
Bob Schooley
Tad Stones

| runtime = 22–24 minutes

| company = Walt Disney Television Animation
Pixar Animation Studios

| channel = ABC
UPN

| first_aired = {{Start date|2000|10|2}}

| last_aired = {{End date|2001|1|13}}

| related = {{Plainlist|

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is an American animated science fiction comedy television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation and co-produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It is a spin-off of Pixar's Toy Story franchise and presents a fictionalized account of the in-universe character Buzz Lightyear. The series was preceded by the direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins,{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=101–102 }} and aired on ABC and UPN from October 2, 2000, to January 13, 2001, as part of Disney's One Saturday Morning and Disney's One Too programming blocks, respectively."{{cite web| url= http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/Buzz_Lightyear_of_Star_Command/ | archive-url= https://archive.today/20130118093533/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Walt_Disney_Studios/Television/Buzz_Lightyear_of_Star_Command/ | url-status= dead | archive-date= January 18, 2013 |title= Buzz Lightyear of Star Command| website= Big Cartoon Database| date= May 13, 2012}} While the series is 2D animated, Pixar animated the CGI opening title sequence at the beginning of each episode. The program was animated by Walt Disney Animation Japan, Tama Productions, Sunwoo Entertainment, Sunmin Image Pictures, Sae Hahn Productions, Hana Animation, Jade Animation, Wang Film Productions and Toon City.

Developed by Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle, who would later create Kim Possible for Disney Channel, the series follows the adventures of Space Ranger Buzz Lightyear. The character first appeared as an action figure (voiced by Tim Allen) in the 1995 film Toy Story. Patrick Warburton voices the character in the television series. A video game of the same name based on the series was released in 2000.

This was the last Toy Story production for nearly a decade until the release of Toy Story 3 in 2010.

Premise

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is set in the far future. Capital Planet is the forefront of the Galactic Alliance, a peaceful union of various planets, home to various alien species that coexist in harmony. Star Command is a peacekeeping organization consisting of Space Rangers, who investigate threats to galactic peace. The primary enemy of Star Command is Emperor Zurg, an intergalactic crime boss and warlord that rules Planet Z, with an empire of heavily armed robots and slave races forced to work in opposition to the Galactic Alliance.

The series follows Buzz Lightyear, an experienced and famous Space Ranger who takes a crew of rookies under his wing as he investigates criminal activity across the galaxy and attempts to thwart Zurg's evil plots to overthrow the universe.

Characters

=Star Command=

==Team Lightyear==

Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Patrick Warburton) is a famed Space Ranger and the leader of Team Lightyear. Buzz often suggests that his archenemy Emperor Zurg is behind every evil plot and is often proven correct. Like his Toy Story incarnation, Buzz is idealistic and a stickler for procedure, but will tell a cover story if he needs to. However, he has few people skills, and at times displays a lack of integrity.
Mira Nova (voiced by Nicole Sullivan) is a rookie ranger and heir to the throne of the planet Tangea who possesses intangibility and telepathy. She acts as Buzz's co-pilot and second-in-command. Mira also has an estranged relationship with her father, King Nova, who disapproves of her choice of being a Space Ranger, though she still cares about him.
Booster Sinclair Munchapper (voiced by Stephen Furst) is a frog/dinosaur-like alien from the agricultural planet of Jo-ad. He has a big appetite and incredible strength, but is sweet and occasionally naive. He is in awe of Buzz Lightyear and has encyclopedic knowledge of his prior adventures.
XR: Xperimental Ranger (voiced alternatively by Larry Miller{{efn|name=fn1}} and Neil Flynn{{efn|name=fn2}}) is a small robot who was originally emotionless and programmed to learn from Buzz, but was destroyed by Agent Z during his first mission. The LGMs rebuilt him with a slicker, more emotional personality and a variety of attachments. XR is destroyed on nearly every mission he goes on (as it is revealed XR stands for Expendable Ranger), but is easily rebuilt. He considers Commander Nebula his father due to him unintentionally signing the paperwork authorizing his creation and is always seeking his approval, much to his annoyance.

==Other personnel==

Commander Nebula (voiced by Adam Carolla) is the Space Rangers' commander and Buzz's superior, whose left leg was replaced by a pegleg-like plasma cannon. He is rather short-tempered and constantly speaks with a loud voice.
LGMs, or Little Green Men (voiced by Patrick Warburton) are small, three-eyed aliens who maintain the technology and equipment of Star Command.
Ty Parsec (voiced by Steve Hytner) is an old comrade of Buzz Lightyear, who is fed up with Buzz always coming to his rescue. In the episodes "Wirewolf" and "Revenge of the Monsters", Parsec is temporarily transformed into the Wirewolf, a robotic werewolf, after being bitten by NOS-4-A2 and exposed to radioactive rock from the moon Canis Lunis.
Rocket Crocket (voiced by Phil LaMarr) is a member of Star Command and leader of Team Rocket. He has been Buzz's rival since their academy days.
Fop Doppler (voiced by Rob Paulsen) is a Tangean like Mira. He initially joins the Rangers as a challenge to win her hand in marriage.
Petra Hammerhold (voiced by Nikki Cox) is Senator Hammerhold's daughter. She joins Star Command when her father forces her to do so, largely to keep her from her boyfriend Plasma Boy. She was initially resentful of this, but was moved by Buzz's heroism during a crisis.
Plasma Boy (voiced by Michael Showalter) is Petra's boyfriend, who can transform into a plasma monster. Booster competed against him for Petra's affection. Mira and XR inadvertently destabilize Plasma Boy's body, but stabilize him and prevent him from exploding, after which he joins Star Command.
42 (voiced by Joy Behar) is Buzz Lightyear's ship. In her self-titled episode, "42", 42 gains a sentient artificial intelligence that is later transferred into a robotic body.

=Villains=

Emperor Zurg (voiced by Wayne Knight): The main antagonist of the series and Buzz's archenemy. Rules an empire on Planet Z and wants to rule the entire universe while destroying Star Command. His feet double as rockets and he can transform his arms into a variety of weapons.
The Grubs (both voiced by Frank Welker) are Zurg's equivalents to the LGMs of Star Command, though far less competent. They perform mechanical and technical duties. The Grubs work for Zurg against their will and desire freedom, but many of them are too afraid to try to defect.
Brain Pods (various voices for each one) are brains in mobile jars, who serve Zurg as scientists and researchers. Although they take pride in their creations, they secretly harbor a desire to escape from Zurg's control.
The Hornets are Zurg's robotic foot soldiers. They are incompetent and easily destroyed. Hornets come in different models, but the most frequently seen are yellow and of average height.
Warp Darkmatter (voiced by Diedrich Bader) is a former member of Star Command who worked as a double agent for Zurg and eventually began working for him full-time as Agent Z. His right arm is robotic with various weapon attachments and was grafted to his body after he became Agent Z.
Evil Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Patrick Warburton) is an evil counterpart of Buzz Lightyear from an alternate universe where he is an evil emperor instead of Zurg.
Gravitina (voiced by Kerri Kenney-Silver) is a large-headed female villain with mental control over gravity and an ally of Zurg. She is in love with Buzz and later his evil counterpart.
{{vanchor|NOS-4-A2}} (voiced by Craig Ferguson) is a robotic vampire created by Zurg who can drain electricity and control any machine he bites. In the episode "Revenge of the Monsters", NOS-4-A2 attempts to transform everyone in the galaxy into robots for him to feed on, but is defeated and destroyed. His name is a parody of Nosferatu.
Torque (voiced by Brad Garrett) is an alien with four arms and five eyes who has committed various crimes, including terrorism, smuggling, and arson. He possesses a mechanical chest implant created by Zurg that enables him to clone himself.
XL (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait) is XR's predecessor, who was shut down due to his villainous attitude. When he was reactivated by Zurg, XL rebuilt himself into a larger, more powerful robot with stolen parts. In the episode "Revenge of the Monsters", XL reforms and becomes an office-managing robot.

=Galactic Alliance=

Madam President (voiced by Roz Ryan) is the head of the Galactic Alliance. Her real name is unknown.
Senator Aarrfvox (voiced by Jim Cummings) is a Shragorakian senator.
Senator Banda (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a Bathyosian senator.
Senator Hammerhold (voiced by Corey Burton) is Petra Hammerhold's father.
Senator Phlegmex (voiced by Frank Welker) is a slime-emitting senator.

=Other=

Becky (voiced by Russi Taylor) is a little alien girl from the planet Roswell. She befriends Booster (whom she calls Pickles) when Team Lightyear's ship crashes on her planet.
Brent Starkisser (voiced by Corey Burton) is the Galaxy's reporter.
Cosmo (voiced by Paul Rugg) is an alien and the owner of a diner that Team Lightyear frequents. He has a mechanical arm as well as a foreign accent.
Dr. Animus (voiced by Tony Jay) is the Galaxy's therapist.
Ozma Furbanna (voiced by Linda Hamilton) is a naturalist on the planet Karn. She favors all animals (even lethal carnivores) and hates to have them hurt, no matter what.
Ed (voiced by Paul Rugg) is a courier who somehow always knows how to track down Buzz Lightyear.
Officer Panchex (voiced by Brian Doyle-Murray) is a fish policeman who helped Buzz Lightyear fight Minister Gularis.
Professor Triffid (voiced by Joel Murray) is a scientist from Rhizome. He cares a lot for the plants there.
Savy SL2 (voiced by Cree Summer): Her adopted robot parents were attacked by NOS-4-A2 in "The Slayer", which lead her to hunting him down for revenge.
Sheriff of Roswell (voiced by Stephen Root) is Becky's father and an ally of Team Lightyear.
King Nova (voiced by John O'Hurley) is Mira's father and the ruler of Tangea. Being more tradition bound he clearly disapproves of his daughter being a Space Ranger and therefore has a complicated relationship with her as well as Buzz. But regardless of his pompous nature he still cares about his daughter and is willing to aid her.
Santa Claus (voiced by Earl Boen) is the holiday figure, who delivers presents to all the good people in the galaxy during Christmas. He uses a sleigh powered by belief and later time manipulation to accomplish this.
The Fixer (voiced by Ed Asner) is a trader from Trade World who sells robotic parts.
Crumford Lorak (voiced by Jon Favreau) is a conman, informant, and criminal commonly seen on Trade World.
Rentwhistle Swack (voiced by French Stewart) is an unscrupulous conman who will do anything for money.
Guzelian (voiced by Eric Idle) is the leader of a race called the Heed, who tries to trick the entire galaxy into dismantling their defense systems under the guise of ushering in an era of peace. Buzz and Zurg are the only ones not fooled by this, and they form a temporary alliance to investigate, ultimately foiling Guzelian's plan.

Episodes

Production codes were taken from the Library of Congress.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 1

| Title = The Torque Armada

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Gary Sperling

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|2}}

| ProdCode = 003

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = After Torque’s (voiced by Brad Garrett) arrest at the hands of team Lightyear, Zurg's Hornets spring Torque from a prison transport and have him brought to Planet Z. Zurg fuses a device that allows Torque to clone himself, and the criminal uses his new posse to wreak havoc in the space lanes. After team Lightyear manages to undo their trouble, they and other Space Rangers bring in Torque and his clones.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 2

| Title = Gravitina

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Kevin Hopps & Tad Stones

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|3}}

| ProdCode = 004

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Star Command is directly in the path of an asteroid field. Buzz and the Rangers respond to the emergency and start to destroy the asteroids, but they keep on coming. The asteroids appear to be under some power source that is aiming them at Star Command. Buzz and XR take off to find the source of the asteroid attack and Mira Nova and Booster stay behind to help Star Command. The source of the attack is an evil, female, big-headed alien known as Gravitina, the Mistress of Mass and she has a big crush on Buzz, thus holding Star Command hostage unless Buzz submits into marrying her.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 3

| Title = XL

| DirectedBy= Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy= Rick Gitelson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|4}}

| ProdCode = 007

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = After a series of high tech robberies the team decides to put XR as bait to lure the robber who turns out to be a previous experimental robotic ranger XL (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait). Revenge driven, XL kidnaps Commander Nebula, and XR proves himself to Nebula by putting a stop to his manic predecessor.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 4

| Title = Little Secrets

| DirectedBy= Victor Cook

| WrittenBy= Nick DuBois

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|5}}

| ProdCode = 020

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = While searching for a spy, Mira, Booster and XR also have to keep Buzz from learning secrets they are keeping from him.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 5

| Title = Inside Job

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|6}}

| ProdCode = 026

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz teams up with Space Ranger Flash Flemming to stop the assassination of the Ambassador of Gargantia. Booster feels pathetic compared to the new recruit, only to discover Flemming is actually a robot suit of Gartantian rebels seeking to kill the Ambassador.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 6

| Title = NOS-4-A2

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Michael A. Medlock

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|8}}

| ProdCode = 001

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = After Team Lightyear rescues a mysterious box from a cargo freighter that is under attack by Warp Darkmatter, they bring the box back to Star Command, unaware that they are actually falling right into Zurg's evil trap. The box contains a robotic energy vampire named NOS-4-A2 (voiced by Craig Ferguson), who was created by Zurg to destroy Star Command using his ability to control any machine he bites, including XR!

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 7

| Title = The Planet Destroyer

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, & Jim Peterson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|9}}

| ProdCode = 006

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg has created a Planet Destroying super weapon capable of destroying planets from great distances, including Mira's home world of Tangea. Now Team Lightyear has to find it, before the Alliance signs over their lives to Zurg. Mira meanwhile is strangely certain her people are still alive.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 8

| Title = The Beasts of Karn

| DirectedBy= Steve Loter

| WrittenBy= Ken Koonce & Michael Merton

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|10}}

| ProdCode = 010

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = A scientist on planet Karn asks for Buzz's help to stop the poaching of native animals. Booster is kidnapped by said poacher, mistaking him for a rare species.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 9

| Title = Tag Team

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Greg Johnson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|11}}

| ProdCode = 016

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz and Warp Darkmatter discover that they were given implants years ago, so the pair team up to discover who gave them the implants and why. They encounter three scientists of an alien race who analyze Buzz and Warp's pasts to determine the utility and purpose of good and evil.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 10

| Title = The Main Event

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Gary Sperling

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|12}}

| ProdCode = 019

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz and XR find themselves on a barren planet, fighting a series of gladiators.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 11

| Title = The Return of XL

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Cade Chilcoat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|13}}

| ProdCode = 008

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = XL kidnaps XR and steals a vital component of his. Feeling depressed and neglected, XR runs off to Tradeworld in an attempt to be properly fixed, but only runs into more trouble when XL decides to finish the job.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 12

| Title = Lost in Time

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Bill Motz & Bob Roth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|14}}

| ProdCode = 002

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = When Buzz travels into a Black Hole, Zurg uses it to trick him into thinking he is in the future and collect all of his secrets in his latest attempt to destroy Star Command. Zurg nearly succeeds as he determines a hidden weakness on the space station, and Buzz's team manage to escape and help him break free from the illusion before Star Command is obliterated.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 13

| Title = Strange Invasion

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Greg Johnson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|15}}

| ProdCode = 027

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear are pushed into the unexplored regions of the galaxy by a supernova and crash on planet Roswell. Booster befriends one of the locals, Becky, forcing a prison break.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 14

| Title = The Taking of PC-7

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Kevin Hopps

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|16}}

| ProdCode = 018

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Booster and XR take Torque to prison planetoid PC-7, but Torque engineers a jailbreak with the help of a personality changing helmet.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 15

| Title = Mindwarp

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Elizabeth Stonecipher

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|17}}

| ProdCode = 017

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Klerm kidnaps Buzz and uses his mind to create an army of Slam-Bots.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 16

| Title = Mira's Wedding

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Michael Price

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|18}}

| ProdCode = 024

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Lord Angstrom (voiced by David Warner) arranges Mira to wed Fop Doppler as a distraction for his plot to overthrow King Nova (voiced by John O'Hurley).

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 17

| Title = Panic on Bathyos

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Cade Chilcoat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|19}}

| ProdCode = 031

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear is sent to Bathyos to find who is helping smugglers steal fusion crystals.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 18

| Title = Shiv Katall

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Bill Motz & Bob Roth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|20}}

| ProdCode = 015

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Brain Pod #13 defects from Zurg's service and Zurg either wants him back or destroyed. He calls on the galaxy's most infamous man hunter Shiv Katall to get the job done. When word gets to Star Command that Katall has been called, Buzz goes after him and dismisses the rest of the team. Mira doesn't like this and decides to intervene in the mission and find Katall. When the team does locate Katall, he isn't quite the villain they thought him to be.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 19

| Title = Rookie of the Year

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|21}}

| ProdCode = 052

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Mira, Booster, and XR are all nominated for the "Rookie of the Year" award. Zurg steals a new matter transporter whilst the three become more competitive with each other to impress Buzz the most, leaving them in more than a sticky situation.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 20

| Title = Stress Test

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Mark Palmer

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|22}}

| ProdCode = 048

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = After working himself too hard, Buzz is forced to take a vacation to Rhizome, forcing to give up all weaponry. Which puts Star Command in trouble when Zurg uses it as the site to launch his Hyper Death Ray at Star Command.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 21

| Title = A Zoo Out There

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Drew Daywalt & David Schneider

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|23}}

| ProdCode = 047

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Ambassadors are being kidnapped from Capital Planet and Buzz must locate them.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 22

| Title = Root of Evil

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Brian Swenlin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|24}}

| ProdCode = 028

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear investigates mutant vegetables that are terrorizing planet Jo-Ad, which come from Booster's family farm. Unaware, Zurg has some help from Booster's best friend.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 23

| Title = Super Nova

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = John Behnke, Rob Humphrey, and Jim Peterson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|25}}

| ProdCode = 053

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = To succeed in their latest mission, Mira uses her ghosting powers to walk into a Crystallic Fusion Generator. She emerges as a glowing, hyper-active ranger. Despite her father's warnings on how dangerous this new power is, Mira begins using her new powers to the extreme, eventually falling into the temptation of taking on Zurg by herself.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 24

| Title = Downloaded

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = James W. Bates

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|26}}

| ProdCode = 039

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = While trying to preserve the Galactic Alliance's supercomputer from a hit by Darkmatter, XR downloads all the Galactic Alliance files into his brain, making himself a target.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 25

| Title = The Plasma Monster

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Michael A. Medlock

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|27}}

| ProdCode = 013

| Aux4 = UPN

|ShortSummary =While escorting a dignitary's daughter for Star Command training, the team encounters a plasma monster (voiced by Michael Showalter) who, in fact, is Plasma Boy, the girl's boyfriend. Things turn serious after a smitten Booster starts a fight with him.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 26

| Title = Wirewolf

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Ken Koonce, Michael Merton, & Richard Mueller

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|28}}

| ProdCode = 011

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Space Ranger Ty Parsec helps Buzz fight NOS-4-A2, but a bite from the energy vampire and the radiation on Canis Lunis turns Ty into the Wirewolf. Buzz and his team face the Wirewolf as they work out how to free Ty from his newfound curse.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 27

| Title = The Crawling Flesh

| DirectedBy= Steve Loter

| WrittenBy= Michael A. Medlock

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|29}}

| ProdCode = 036

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg mutates all of Star Command into blob monsters, who must defeat Zurg despite their transformation.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 28

| Title = Dirty Work

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Bob Forward, Ken Koonce, & Michael Merton

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|30}}

| ProdCode = 023

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = When demand becomes high, Cosmo (voiced by Paul Rugg) orders a K-5000 Uni-appliance that multi-tasks all of the kitchen's jobs for his diner. However, when NOS-4-A2 bites it, the appliance seizes entire control of the diner. Team Lightyear, much to Buzz's chagrin, has to rely on Professor Triffid's unique genetic technologies to return the diner back to normal.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 29

| Title = The Slayer

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Ken Koonce and Michael Merton

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|31}}

| ProdCode = 051

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz and XR team up with a young street girl named Savy SL2 to track down and stop NOS-4-A2 when he goes on a monstrous predatory hunt for robots on Trade World.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 30

| Title = The Lightyear Factor

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Julia Lewald

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|1}}

| ProdCode = 056

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg accidentally opens a portal to an alternate universe and unleashes an evil, tyrannical Buzz Lightyear onto his world. Now with the evil Buzz in his dimension, the heroic Buzz must fend off the doppelgangers of his friends who want to see Buzz Lightyear destroyed while his team must find a way to survive the new rise of evil.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 31

| Title = Clone Rangers

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Greg Weisman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|2}}

| ProdCode = 032

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg creates clones of Buzz, Mira and Booster. However the Brain Pods create the clones at Age 12. Now Team Lightyear has to deal with their villainous matches on the theme park planet Corny World.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 32

| Title = Bunzel Fever

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Jules Dennis, Elizabeth Stonecipher, and Jess Winfield

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|3}}

| ProdCode = 044

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear has been running themselves ragged trying to catch Torque and XL. However Booster is asked to return home for the Bunzel harvest. Against his grandfather's advice, Booster continues the investigation, catching Bunzel fever mutating him into a feral beast.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 33

| Title = Rescue Mission

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Alexx Van Dyne

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|4}}

| ProdCode = 014

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Buzz is shrunk down so that he can assist them against a threat. However, the threat turns out to be the rest of Team Lightyear, who are stuck helping Cosmo pass a health inspection from Bugs, the people who contacted Buzz.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 34

| Title = Devolutionaries

| DirectedBy = Chris Rutowski and Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Doug Langdale

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|5}}

| ProdCode = 043

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear visits Binipinardia, where they discover Warp Darkmatter is de-evolving people with a new gas. Now XR must lead his de-evolved team to take Warp down.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 35

| Title = Head Case

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Jess Winfield

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|6}}

| ProdCode = 035

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = When XR is damaged in a battle, XL kidnaps him while he is being repaired. Now with XL posing as XR to plant a bomb inside Star Command, XR must use XL's body to stop him.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 36

| Title = The Yukari Imprint

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Cade Chilcoat

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|7}}

| ProdCode = 038

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz and his team offer to protect the ambassador and his delegates. However Booster buys an egg, believing it will hatch into a cute pet. Unaware said egg ends up mass producing miniaturized Booster clones.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 37

| Title = The Shape Stealer

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Greg Johnson|t=Bill Motz and Bob Roth}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|8}}

| ProdCode = 040

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg creates an assassin capable of taking over other people's bodies and sends it after Buzz. Unfortunately, it takes control of Buzz and later Star Command.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 38

| Title = Star Crossed

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Greg Weisman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|9}}

| ProdCode = 042

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = When one of Zurg's brain pods defects, he hires a bounty hunter, Mira's ex-boyfriend, to bring it back.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 39

| Title = Haunted Moon

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Mark Palmer

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|10}}

| ProdCode = 060

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Buzz and his team fight a ghost trying to disrupt their mission to save a planet.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 40

| Title = Star Smasher

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Brian Swenlin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|11}}

| ProdCode = 009

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = One of the Little Green Men goes missing during an attack and Zurg plans to use his knowledge to create a Flux Gravity Capacitor. With it, Zurg plans to collapse the sun Capital Planet orbits into a black hole to destroy it and Star Command completely.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 41

| Title = Stranger Invasion

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Michael Merton

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|12}}

| ProdCode = 050

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Booster gets in trouble when he is discovered to still be in contact with Becky from Roswell, even though Roswell is still an undeveloped world. Around that time Zurg invades Roswell and takes it over, with plans to build and deploy a surprise attack fleet to conquer Capital Planet. When Buzz decides to take Booster with him to Roswell's system on a patrol mission to cheer him up, they discover this, and the two must work with Roswell's military at foiling Zurg's plan of converting the planet into a massive duplicate of Planet Z.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 42

| Title = Eye of the Tempest

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Robert Askin

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|13}}

| ProdCode = 034

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Mad scientist Spyro Lepton (Voiced by Ryan Stiles) uses a distress signal to lure Buzz into a trap so he can enact his revenge. With his daughter's help, Buzz tries to stop the newly named Von Madman before his corrupted new form gets the better of him.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 43

| Title = Revenge of the Monsters

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Nick DuBois

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|14}}

| ProdCode = 045

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = XL and NOS-4-A2 infiltrate Star Command to turn Ty Parsec back into the Wirewolf. With NOS-4-A2 now in control of Planet Z converting most of Star Command and the Galactic Alliance into Wirewolves too, XR and Buzz must convince XL to be a space ranger again. The unlikely trio must work together in a final battle against the robotic vampire and his cybernetic werewolves.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 44

| Title = Lone Wolf

| DirectedBy = Denise Koyama

| WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|15}}

| ProdCode = 054

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Because of lack of evidence, a criminal is about to walk free, making the team depressed. Buzz tells them about how in his initial years when he got depressed due to a similar incident and what inspired him to rejoin Star Command as a Space Ranger.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 45

| Title = Planet of the Lost

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Jan Strnad

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|16}}

| ProdCode = 061

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = While investigating the disappearance of ships around a planet which looks like a desert but shows a significant amount of technology, the team ends up stranded along with all the people who crashed there with Flynn (voiced by Mark Hamill) as their leader, but on detailed inspection they realize that the Shriekers that caused the crash only wanted to trap people and mystery follows.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 46

| Title = Revenge of the Raenoks

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Adam Armus & Nora Kay Foster

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|17}}

| ProdCode = 066

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Booster is taken prisoner by the Raenoks, who plan to use him for a prisoner exchange to get their leader, Varg, back. Buzz and Mira set out to rescue him, using a new cloaking device developed by the LGMs.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 47

| Title = Enemy Without a Face

| WrittenBy = Elizabeth Stonecipher

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|18}}

| ProdCode = 030

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Team Lightyear is caught between two races who have been at war for 900 years. Team Lightyear discovers it is actually the work of aggression-inducing parasites, which make their way into Star Command, forcing XR to save the day.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 48

| Title = The Starthought

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Lisa Klink

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|19}}

| ProdCode = 021

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Star Command is given a new ship controlled by the mind of the pilot, but Zurg soon takes it for himself, with Team Lightyear and especially Mira having to work out how to stop him.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 49

| Title = Millennial Bugs

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Nick DuBois

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|20}}

| ProdCode = 063

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Zurg steals fossilized Millennial Bug eggs and attempts to hatch them.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 50

| Title = Conspiracy

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|21}}

| ProdCode = 033

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = The Gargantians pose as Buzz in an attempt to get the Galactic President assassinated during the signing of a historic peace initiative. An innocent Buzz is soon jailed for the crime and must break out of prison to find out who is setting him up.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 51

| Title = At Large on a Small Planet

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Adam Armus and Nora Kay Foster

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|23}}

| ProdCode = 058

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = Ambassador Ursona is kidnapped while on planet Gargantia, forcing Buzz and Booster to shrink down and find him to put a stop to the Gargantian militant movement once and for all.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 52

| Title = Sunquake

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Eddie Guzelian

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|24}}

| ProdCode = 057

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = The evil Buzz from another dimension returns and teams up with Gravitina to besmirch Buzz's good name.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 53

| Title = Good Ol' Buzz

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Leslie Nordman

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|25}}

| ProdCode = 022

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = A Buzz from 150 years in the future arrives to help save Mira from being killed.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 54

| Title = First Missions

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Bill Motz & Bob Roth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|26}}

| ProdCode = 059

| Aux4 = UPN

|ShortSummary = While they are pinned down by Zurg's Hornets while protecting Professor Reddshift (voiced by Robert Picardo), to help boost Reddshift's confidence that Buzz will save them in time, Mira, Booster, and XR tell him the stories of when each of them first met Buzz; this inspires Reddshift to help Lightyear in a massive robot battle between Buzz and Zurg.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 55

| Title = Large Target

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|s=Tad Stones|t=Zach Stones}}

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|27}}

| ProdCode = 046

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = During a vacation XR impersonates Booster so he can gamble at a casino, but soon attracts more trouble than he was prepared for.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 56

| Title = War and Peace and War

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Gary Sperling

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|29}}

| ProdCode = 064

| Aux4 = UPN

| ShortSummary = When the supremely powerful Guzelian tries to usher in a new era of peace, everyone is elated, except for Buzz and Zurg, who agree to work together to find Guzelian's true intentions. Both hero and villain uncover and put a stop to an impending invasion by Guzelian's race, the Heed.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 57

| Title = Return to Karn

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Bill Motz & Bob Roth

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|2}}

| ProdCode = 037

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Mira and Madame President are shot down over planet Karn and must elude Zurg as he hunts for them.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 58

| Title = Speed Trap

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = John Behnke, Rob Humphrey & Jim Peterson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|9}}

| ProdCode = 029

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = During traffic duty, Team Lightyear finds a ship traveling towards a sun, threatening to destroy it on impact.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 59

| Title = Holiday Time

| DirectedBy = Victor Cook

| WrittenBy = Mark Palmer

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|16}}

| ProdCode = 062

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Buzz and the gang must help Santa (voiced by Earl Boen) to save the holiday from the Evil Emperor Zurg.

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{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 60

| Title = Opposites Attract

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = Mark Palmer

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|23}}

| ProdCode = 041

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = Gravitina causes Buzz's head to swell to enormous size, like hers, hoping this will cause Buzz to fall in love with her.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 61

| Title = Ancient Evil

| DirectedBy = Steve Loter

| WrittenBy = Jim Staahl & Jim Fisher

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|1|6}}

| ProdCode = 049

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = A group of LGMs awaken the ancient space mummy Natron and Zurg insists Warp bring the mummy to him. With Warp reduced to an old man, Buzz insists on helping his old friend, and the two former partners team up to defeat the ancient evil.

}}

{{Episode list

| EpisodeNumber = 62

| Title = 42

| DirectedBy = Don MacKinnon

| WrittenBy = John Behnke, Rob Humphrey & Jim Peterson

| OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|1|13}}

| ProdCode = 025

| Aux4 = ABC

| ShortSummary = A group of Valkyrans attempt to seize control of a cargo ship. At the same time, 42 develops her own personality, and a relationship with XR.

}}

Broadcast and syndication

The series was aired during UPN's Disney's One Too programming block from October 2000 to August 2003. One episode, "Super Nova", aired twice during its original run. It also aired on Disney Channel from June 5, 2006, to May 16, 2008, when it was taken off the air in the U.S. Two episodes, "Conspiracy" and "Inside Job", were rarely seen after the September 11 attacks. The show also aired on Toon Disney from August 31, 2003 to May 27, 2007 as well as on the network's Jetix block for a brief time in 2004.

Production

In May 2000, it was announced Walt Disney Television Animation would be producing an animated series based on the character of Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story with Patrick Warburton set to voice the titular character.{{cite news|url= https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/toy-s-buzz-lightyear-to-tv-1117779043/|title= 'Toy's' Buzz Lightyear to TV |publisher=Variety|access-date=December 6, 2024|archive-date=December 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241207045017/https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/toy-s-buzz-lightyear-to-tv-1117779043/|url-status=live}} 65 episodes were announced for broadcast in fall of that year, 52 of which would be broadcast on UPN's Disney's One Too while the other 13 would be broadcast on ABC's Disney's One Saturday Morning. While the majority of the animation was done by Disney Television Animation, Pixar did provide animation for the show's opening sequence.

Awards and nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards

:2001 – Outstanding Sound Editing - Special Class – Jennifer Mertens, Paca Thomas, Otis Van Osten, Rick Hammel, Eric Hertsguaard, Robbi Smith, Brian F. Mars, Marc S. Perlman, and Dominick Certo (won)

Video game

A video game titled Buzz Lightyear of Star Command was developed by Traveller's Tales and published by Activision, and released for PlayStation, Game Boy Color, Microsoft Windows, and Dreamcast in 2000.{{Cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/buzz-lightyear-of-star-command-review/1900-2642296/|title=Buzz Lightyear of Star Command Review}} The gameplay revolves around Buzz chasing down the various villains from the show, and defeating them using different color coded weapons.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/games/buzz-lightyear-of-star-command|title=Buzz Lightyear of Star Command|website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Bramwell |first=Tom |date=March 13, 2001 |title=Buzz Lightyear of Star Command |url=https://www.eurogamer.net/r-buzz-dc |website=Eurogamer.net}}{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/buzz-lightyear-of-star-command-explained/|title='Buzz Lightyear of Star Command' Was the Space Ranger's First Solo Mission|first=Michael John|last=Petty|date=June 16, 2022|website=Collider}}