Friend Story of Terror!

Friend Story of Terror! is a 21-minute Halloween television special, set shortly after the events of Friend Story 3, that premiered on the American television network ABC on Wednesday, October 16, 2030.[1] [2] It was directed by Richard Rich, produced by Andrew Stanton, with John Goodman, Dan Aykroyd, Kath Soucie, Jesse Eisenberg, D. B. Sweeney, Roger Craig Smith, and Julianna Margulies reprising their roles of Jaune Tom, Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Blu, Aladar, Sonic the Hedgehog, and Neera with Ernie Sabella as Pumba and Steve Carell as the motel manager.[2] Michael Giacchino composed the music for the special.[3] The film's soundtrack was released on October 15, 2030, on Amazon.com in digital format.[4]

The special follows the animal friends on their road trip, when a flat tire leads Jermiah and her mother to spend the night in a roadside motel. After one of the animal friendss goes missing, the others begin to search for it, but they find themselves caught up in a mysterious, monstrous, and terrifying sequence of events that must be solved before they all suffer the same fate.

Plot
Jaune Tom, Yogi Bear, Cindy Bear, Aladar, Sonic the Hedgehog, Blu, and Neera sit in the trunk of Jermaih's mother's car during a road trip, watching a horror movie in which a woman flees from a vampire. When the car gets a flat tire, Cinfy Bear is knocked into a tool box. The others manage to free her, but Cindy is traumatized as the experience reminds her of the many years she spent abandoned in a box, as being told by Blu. Mrs. Scrumptious parks the car at the Hyatt Motel, where they must spend the night as a tow truck can't be sent out until the next morning.

Once Jermiah and her mother are asleep, most of the toys exit Jermiah's bag to explore the motel, ignoring Jaune Tom's and Yogi's warnings that they could easily be left behind at the motel. Cindy Bear is left alone in the bag when Jaune Tom and Yogi Bear leave to gather the others, at which point her claustrophobia drives her from the bag as well. When the toys all meet up, they realize Blu is missing. At this point, Sonic the Hedgehog begins to narrate ongoing events as if it were part of a horror movie, considering himself an expert. The animal friends track Blu to a floor vent, into which Neera is suddenly pulled by a creature that is not fully seen. The others enter the vent, where Sonic the Hedgehog and Aladar are also taken by the creature. Jaune Tom, Yogi Bear, and Cindy Bear encounter Blu's arm, which points their way to a bathroom in the motel. In the bathroom, Jaune Tom, Yogi Bear, and the arm are also snatched. Cindy is then grabbed by an action figure, Pumbaa, who tells her that events in the motel may have permanently separated him from his owner, Michael, as well as from his own left hand. He urges her to flee to her owner for safety, but she insists on trying to rescue her friends. Pumbaa is also taken, and the creature finally comes for Cindy Bear in the bathtub. It is revealed to be Nana, the pet dog of the motel's manager, Gru. Nana is trained to steal the unattended belongings of motel guests, which Gru then sells in online auctions. Gru puts Cindy Bear in the back room of his office, in a cabinet with all of Jermiah's animal friends, Pumbaa, and other stolen friends.

As morning approaches, Jaune Tom is sold for $2,000 by an unnamed bidder and Gru packs him into a box. Cindy is sold soon after, but Gru is distracted by the arrival of the tow truck and Cindy Bear is left on the counter. A delivery woman takes Jaune Tom's box out to her truck, and Pumbaa tells Cindy Bear that their only hope to rescue Jaune Tom and escape is for Cindy Bear to travel to the truck in a box. Terrified, Cindy Bear insists that she can't enter a box. Pumbaa tells her it is the only way, and teaches her his iconic phrase, "Pumbaa never gives up. Pumbaa finds a way." She then repeats it, substituting her name for his. She frees a sold robot toy from a box, and that toy helps pack her into the box with the flaps unsealed. However, the delivery woman tapes the flaps shut, trapping Cindy Bear and bringing her box to the truck. Cindy Bear is initially overcome by claustrophobia, but then she uses the mantra to calm herself. She finds a paper clip which she uses to unseal herself and free Jaune Tom. They return to the office, where the Scrumptious are about to check out. Nana attacks Cindy Bear, but she manages to retrieve Blu's arm (and Pumbaa's hand) from the dog's mouth; as Nana drags Cindy Bear away, she uses the arm to pull down the curtain covering the back room's entrance, exposing the presence of the stolen toys. Jermiah and her mother reclaim Bonnie's belongings, and Mrs. Scrumptious decides to call the police. They resume their trip to visit Jermiah's grandmother.

During the credits, Pumbaa and the rest of Michael's friends board in the delivery truck in hopes of returning to their owner. In the meantime, two police officers (presumably called in by Jermiah's mother) arrive to question Gru for the thefts. Rather than explaining it, Gru instead attempts to escape by stealing their car, but accidentally crashes it on his motel sign, forcing him to flee by foot. This prompts the officers to initiate a manhunt on him.

Cast

 * John Goodman as Jaune Tom
 * Dan Aykroyd as Yogi Bear
 * Kath Soucie as Cindy Bear
 * Ernie Sabella as Pumbaa
 * Nathan Lane as Timon
 * Steve Carell as Gru the Manager
 * Roger Craig Smith as Sonic the Hedgehog
 * D. B. Sweeney as Aladar
 * Jesse Eisenberg as Blu
 * Julianna Margulies as Trixie
 * Rosie O'Donnell as Terk
 * Emma Williams as Truly Scrumptious
 * Bill Farmer as Goofy
 * Carrie Hope Fletcher as Jermiah
 * Dawnn Lewis as Delivery Lady
 * Jason Topolski as Vampire / Tow Truck Guy
 * Jim Cummings as Tigger
 * Della Reese as Eema
 * Laraine Newman as Betsy
 * Tara Strong as Computer
 * Angus MacLane as Officer Wilson
 * Josh Cooley as Officer Phillips
 * Dee Bradley Baker as Nana