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|originalAirdate= March 6, [[2020]] (theater)<ref name="SelmanTwitter">[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1233267796592615426 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Playdate with Destiny"]</ref><br>April 10, 2020 (Disney+)
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|originalAirdate= March 6, [[2020]] (theatre)<ref name="SelmanTwitter">[https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/1233267796592615426 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Playdate with Destiny"]</ref><br>April 10, 2020 (Disney+)<ref name="Disney+Ann">[https://twitter.com/disneyplus/status/1248235500025942016?s=20 Maggie Simpson in “Playdate With Destiny” from @TheSimpsons is coming tomorrow to #DisneyPlus.]</ref>
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'''''Playdate with Destiny''''' is an animated short film starring [[Maggie Simpson]]. The short will air from March 6, [[2020]] onwards before showings before the {{W|Pixar}} film ''{{W|Onward (film)|Onward}}''.<ref name="SelmanTwitter"/><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GRqCFnI6M/ The Simpsons on Instagram - "Playdate with Destiny"]</ref>Later, Disney announced that this short will be available to stream on [[Disney+]], April 10, 2020.<ref name="Disney+Ann"/>
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'''''Playdate with Destiny''''' is an animated short film starring [[Maggie Simpson]]. The short aired from March 6, [[2020]] onwards before showings before the {{W|Pixar}} film ''{{W2|Onward|film}}''.<ref name="SelmanTwitter"/><ref>[https://www.instagram.com/p/B9GRqCFnI6M/ The Simpsons on Instagram - "Playdate with Destiny"]</ref> It was released on [[Disney+]] on April 10, [[2020]].
  
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== Plot ==
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[[Marge]] takes [[Maggie]] to the [[Not Responsible for Injuries Park]], where she leaves her next to a slide and sits next to other mothers reading books.
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[[Marge]] takes [[Maggie]] to the [[Not Responsible for Injuries Park]] to play. Maggie gets left at the bottom of a slide where a kid slides down. A baby then pulls Maggie out of the way just as the baby on the slide was about to hit Maggie. Maggie becomes instantly smitten with her rescuer, who then reveals his name to be [[Hudson]]. Maggie and Hudson then spend the day playing together, imagining themselves to be in fancier locations. As Maggie and Hudson were playing peek-a-boo with each other, Hudson disappears as he is taken home by his mother. Hudson and Maggie say goodbye to each other.
  
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A kid almost slams into her back before she gets saved by [[Hudson (character)|Hudson]]. They start having fun, riding on horses, drinking at a beach, watching the sunset, eating a fancy dinner, all with their imagination in the playground.
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That night, Maggie dreams about Hudson and realizes that she likes him. The next day, Maggie gets ready to see Hudson again, choosing which diaper to wear and puts on baby powder. However, [[Homer]] takes her to the park instead and they go to [[Broken Ankle Park]], the wrong park. Maggie spends the day trying to get back to Hudson but Homer grabs her and takes her home just as she sees him.
  
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They end their fun playing hide and seek with their hands before Hudson's mother comes and take him home. At night, the characters in the book Maggie was reading come to life in her dreams, all having Hudson's head.
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Maggie falls into a downward spiral after this, drinking milk and feeling depressed. The next morning, Marge gets Maggie ready to go and play again, which makes Maggie happy, until Homer takes her again. As Homer was driving past Not Responsible for Injuries Park again, Maggie grabs the wheel and turns it, heading back for the park. As they pull into the car park, Maggie notices that Hudson is on a train. She runs towards the train station and Hudson rushes to the back of the train to meet her. Hudson holds out Maggie's bow and Maggie grabs it, but Hudson lets go as the train gets too fast. Maggie sits down, depressed again, until she hears the train come back round. Hudson, who is now on the front of the train, grabs Maggie and pulls her onto it with her. Maggie and Hudson lean in, looking like they're going to kiss, but put pacifiers in each others mouths instead.
  
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She wakes up, having fallen in love, and starts dressing up for their next meeting, but this time it's [[Homer]] driving her, and they end up at the [[Broken Ankle Park]].
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== Production ==
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After [[Tom Gammill]] and [[Max Pross]] wrote "[[The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby]]", [[James L. Brooks]] thought they could turn the part of the story about Maggie's relationship with Hudson into a theatrical short. Whilst the short was being worked on, "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" was delayed.<ref name="EWPlaydate">[https://ew.com/tv/the-simpsons-short-playdate-with-destiny-onward-origins/ Entertainment Weekly - "Exclusive: The story behind the secret Simpsons short heading to theaters"]</ref> "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" was later scheduled to air on April 19, 9 days after ''Playdate with Destiny'' released on Disney+.<ref name="JeanAirdate">[https://twitter.com/AlJean/status/1233256345261862913 Al Jean on Twitter - "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby airdate"]</ref>
  
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There, she tries to get Hudson attention over the wall but fails and gets mad at Homer. Over night she stays up late and gets a plan ready for the next day: she stops Homer from driving and turns the car around.
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After parking, she sees Hudson getting on the train and runs for it but fails to get on, but the train track is short and comes around.
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Hudson catches her on the front, and when she tries to kiss her, he puts the sucker in her mouth, and Maggie does the same.
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After [[Tom Gammill]] and [[Max Pross]] wrote "[[The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby]]", [[James L. Brooks]] they could turn the part of the story about Maggie's relationship with Hudson into a theatrical short. Whilst the short was being worked on, "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" was delayed. The short was worked on by Gammill, Pross, [[David Silverman]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Michael Price]] and animator [[Matt Sullivan]].<ref name="EWPlaydate"/>
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 09:55, December 12, 2020

Playdate with Destiny
Playdate with Destiny title card.png
Title card for the short
Special Information
Original Airdate: March 6, 2020 (theater)[1]
April 10, 2020 (Disney+)
Length: 5:10
Written By: James L. Brooks
Tom Gammill & Max Pross
Matt Groening
Al Jean
Michael Price
Matt Selman
David Silverman
Directed By: David Silverman


Playdate with Destiny is an animated short film starring Maggie Simpson. The short aired from March 6, 2020 onwards before showings before the Pixar film Onward.[1][2] It was released on Disney+ on April 10, 2020.

Plot[edit]

Marge takes Maggie to the Not Responsible for Injuries Park to play. Maggie gets left at the bottom of a slide where a kid slides down. A baby then pulls Maggie out of the way just as the baby on the slide was about to hit Maggie. Maggie becomes instantly smitten with her rescuer, who then reveals his name to be Hudson. Maggie and Hudson then spend the day playing together, imagining themselves to be in fancier locations. As Maggie and Hudson were playing peek-a-boo with each other, Hudson disappears as he is taken home by his mother. Hudson and Maggie say goodbye to each other.

That night, Maggie dreams about Hudson and realizes that she likes him. The next day, Maggie gets ready to see Hudson again, choosing which diaper to wear and puts on baby powder. However, Homer takes her to the park instead and they go to Broken Ankle Park, the wrong park. Maggie spends the day trying to get back to Hudson but Homer grabs her and takes her home just as she sees him.

Maggie falls into a downward spiral after this, drinking milk and feeling depressed. The next morning, Marge gets Maggie ready to go and play again, which makes Maggie happy, until Homer takes her again. As Homer was driving past Not Responsible for Injuries Park again, Maggie grabs the wheel and turns it, heading back for the park. As they pull into the car park, Maggie notices that Hudson is on a train. She runs towards the train station and Hudson rushes to the back of the train to meet her. Hudson holds out Maggie's bow and Maggie grabs it, but Hudson lets go as the train gets too fast. Maggie sits down, depressed again, until she hears the train come back round. Hudson, who is now on the front of the train, grabs Maggie and pulls her onto it with her. Maggie and Hudson lean in, looking like they're going to kiss, but put pacifiers in each others mouths instead.

Production[edit]

After Tom Gammill and Max Pross wrote "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby", James L. Brooks thought they could turn the part of the story about Maggie's relationship with Hudson into a theatrical short. Whilst the short was being worked on, "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" was delayed.[3] "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" was later scheduled to air on April 19, 9 days after Playdate with Destiny released on Disney+.[4]

Gallery[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matt Selman on Twitter - "Playdate with Destiny"
  2. ↑ The Simpsons on Instagram - "Playdate with Destiny"
  3. ↑ Entertainment Weekly - "Exclusive: The story behind the secret Simpsons short heading to theaters"
  4. ↑ Al Jean on Twitter - "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby airdate"


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