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"The Movie Theater Car" is the 7th short of Infinity Train. It aired on the Cartoon Network app on November 8, 2019.
Synopsis[]
One-One is treated to the one-of-a-kind entertainment of the Movie Theater Car.
Plot[]
One-One is in a Movie Theater Car and wonders what kind of movie is playing. As they speak they keep getting interrupted by singing food people telling them to go to the concessions stand.
After a while, their lyrics become more ominous, saying One-One will be eaten. Soon the concessions stand comes to life and tries to eat One-One as they flee for their life.
Characters[]
- One-One
- Concession People (Debut)
- Popcorn Girl (Debut)
- Soda Girl (Debut)
- Candy Girl (Debut)
- Nacho Girl (Debut)
- Concession Stand Monster (Debut)
Trivia[]
- This is Train Documentary #91XSD
- This is a reference to Lindsay Katai's favourite alternative rock radio station 91X San Diego.[1]
- On the Cartoon Network website this short was listed under "Season 2" unlike the other shorts.
- This short features vocal performances by Ashley Johnson (the voice of Tulip and the Steward) and Lindsay Katai (the writer of this short) as the various food people.
- "Let's All Go To Concessions" is a parody of a 1950s-era animated musical short Let's All Go to the Lobby which movie theaters would play prior to the main film or during intermission.
- Sad-One indirectly references The Hunger Games movies, as well as the Divergent movies, while wondering what movie could be playing in the Movie Theater Car. As he put it: both movies are dystopian action films wherein the main protagonist is an unassuming teenage girl who discovers that she is special and eventually leads a resistance against the totalitarian government in which they live in.
- Glad-One mentions that one of the very first movies was of a train, but the viewing audience at the time thought it was so real that they boarded the train and traveled to Oshkosh Wisconsin to start a game design camp. In this instance Glad-One is conflating the history of the 1895/1896 short-film L'arrivée d'un train en gare de La Ciotat, directed by the famed Lumière Brothers, with the events of Infinity Train's first episode.
- Parts of the Movie Theater Car have been spray painted black. This is meant to foreshadow Book 2, since the protagonist M.T. can be seen spray painting various reflective surfaces black to avoid being detected by the Mirror Police.
- Additionally, a movie poster on left labeled "coming soon" features a deer which foreshadows a character named Alan Dracula who serves as one of the main protagonists of Book Two.[2]
Errors[]
- For two frames, Popcorn Girl's right eyelid becomes red instead of white.
- After Popcorn Girl catches the "Refreshments" arrow, her nose turns red for six frames.
Videos[]
The Movie Theater Car Infinity Train The Train Documentaries Cartoon Network
Transcript[]
View the episode's transcript here.
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References[]
- ↑ "San Diego’s alt rock radio station 91.1 hasn’t changed its programming since I left for college. Drove to the store just now listening to Offspring, drove back to my mom’s listening to Incubus. Bless you, 91X. Don’t ever change. I even made you an Easter egg in Infinity Train." - Lindsay Katai
- ↑ Cartoon Network: Every Hint About Book Two From The Train Documentaries.