The Christmas Toy

The Christmas Toy
Details
Countries	United States Canada
Language	English
Channels	ABC The Hub
Services	iTunes Apple TV Amazon Prime Video Netflix (formerly) Peacock Kidoodle.TV (formerly) Tubi TV (formerly) Pluto TV
Release	December 6, 1986

The Christmas Toy is a 1986 television special directed by Eric Till and produced by The Jim Henson Company, featuring Jim Henson's Muppets, including Rugby the Tiger who remembers how he was the Christmas Toy last year, and thinks he is going to be unwrapped again this year. The special, which originally aired on December 6, 1986, on ABC, was sponsored by Kraft Foods. The special has many plot points that are notably similar to Toy Story, which was released 9 years later.

The special later inspired a spin-off television series titled Secret Life of Toys.

Cast

Character		Actor
	Rugby Tiger	Dave Goelz
	Ditz
	Mew	Steve Whitmire
	Dauntless Dragon
	Apple	Kathryn Mullen
	Balthazar	Jerry Nelson
	Belmont	Richard Hunt
	Meteora	Camille Bonora
Molly
	Cruiser	Brian Henson
	Bleep	Rob Mills
	Ding-a-ling	Nikki Tilroe
	Jack-in-the-Box	Jim Henson
	Kermit the Frog
	Jamie	Marsha Moreau
	Jesse	Zachary Bennett
	Mom	Diana Birkenfield
	Dad	Jack Riley

International versions

	Language	Title
	Danish	Julegaven
	German	Die wundersame Geschichte vom Weihnachtsspielzeug
	Norwegian	Den store julegaven
	Polish	Gwiazdkowy prezent
	Portuguese (Brazil)	O Natal dos Muppets
	Portuguese (Portugal)	O Brinquedo de Natal
	Spanish (Latin America)	El juguete de Navidad
	Spanish (Spain) (TVE1)	El juguete de Navidad
	Spanish (Spain) (VHS)	El juguete de Navidad
	Swedish	Leksakernas julafton

References

v - e - d As Muppets, Inc. Hey Cinderella! (1969) • The Frog Prince (1971) • The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (1972) As Henson Associates The Muppet Show (1976) • Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) • The Muppet Movie (1979) • The Muppets Go Hollywood (1979) • John Denver & the Muppets: A Christmas Together (1979) • The Muppets Go to the Movies (1981) • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) • Of Muppets and Men (1981) • The Dark Crystal (1982) • The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) • Fraggle Rock (1983) • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) • Muppet Babies (1984) • Follow That Bird (1985) • Labyrinth (1986) • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) • The Tale of the Bunny Picnic (1986) • The Christmas Toy (1986) • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987) As Jim Henson Productions The StoryTeller (1987) • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) • The Jim Henson Hour (1989) • Sesame Street: 20 Years and Still Counting (1989) • The Ghost of Faffner Hall (1989) • The Witches (1990) • The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990) • The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson (1990) • Basil Hears a Noise (1990) • Dinosaurs (1991) • The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) • Dog City (1992) • Secret Life of Toys (1993) • Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994) • Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree (1995) • Gulliver's Travels (1996) • Muppet Treasure Island (1996) • Muppets Tonight (1996) • Aliens in the Family (1996) • The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) As Jim Henson Pictures Buddy (1997) • Muppets from Space (1999) • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999) • Good Boy! (2003) As Jim Henson Television Bear in the Big Blue House (1997) • Mopatop's Shop (1999) • Construction Site (1999) • Farscape (1999) • The Hoobs (2001) As The Jim Henson Company Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story (2001) • It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) • Five Children and It (2004) • Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars (2004) • The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005) • MirrorMask (2005) • Five Minutes More (2006) • Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs and a Baby (2008) • Sid the Science Kid (2008) • Pajanimals (2008) • Dinosaur Train (2008) • Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008) • Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2008) • Me and My Monsters (2010) • Sid the Science Kid: The Movie (2013) • The Doozers (2014) • Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) • Turkey Hollow (2015) • Splash and Bubbles (2016) • Word Party (2016) • Julie's Greenroom (2017) • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) • Earth to Ned (2020) • Dinosaur Train: Adventure Island (2021) • Word Party Presents: Math! (2021) • Harriet the Spy (2021) • Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock (2022) • Slumberkins (2022) As Henson Alternative The Happytime Murders (2018)