The Terror Birds Christmas Special

The Terror Birds Christmas Special is a live-action/animated short produced by DreamWorks Animation. The 12-minute Planet Adventure spin-off features the adventures of four terror birds who live in the London Circus and are trained as spies.

The short premiered in theaters on October 5, 2018 with P.I.N.Y : The Movie. It was directed by animation veteran Aaron Blaise and produced by Lori Forte.

Plot
Focusing on the terror birds and taking place before the events of the first Planet Adventure, the youngest terror Bird on the team, Lecky, slips out of the circus on Christmas Eve to find a present for a lonely Tyrannosaurus named Rex. While roaming the streets of London, he is captured by Leslie (the mean girl from the first film) who mistakes him for a chew toy for her vicious dog, Mr Nubbins. The other three birds, Beaky, Phoren and Spike, rescue Lecky from Leslie's house before it is too late. They escalate into chaos against Mr. Nubbins, all-the-while, not noticed by Leslie, who is occupied watching a documentary about dinosaurs. When they are done, they detonate the door with a stick of dynamite (which Spike had repeatedly attempted to use prior), finally attracting Leslie's attention and leaving Mr. Nubbins to take the fall for what the birds have done to her place.

At the end of the film they invite Rex to their home. But he has already invited several other guests, resulting in a massive sing-a-long to a parody of Jingle Bells.

Voice cast

 * Jack Black as Beaky, a Titanis.
 * Jim Cummings as Spike, a Kelenken who communicates through grunts.
 * Phil LaMarr as Phoren, a Phorusrhacos who is very smart.
 * Tom Kenny as Lecky, a Gastornis.
 * Grey Griffin as Leslie
 * Cummings also provides the voice of Mr. Nubbins, Leslie's huge ferocious dog-like creature.
 * Kevin Michael Richardson as Rex, a Tyrannosaurus