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'''Nicknames:''' "Tex 2: Moo Can", "Tex 2", "Moo Can", "Cow", "Tex Strikes Again", "Stampede" | '''Nicknames:''' "Tex 2: Moo Can", "Tex 2", "Moo Can", "Cow", "Tex Strikes Again", "Stampede" | ||
'''Trailer:''' We see a {{color|gray}}, lifeless THX logo. Tex the robot, from the previous trailer, drops down from the top of the screen. He has a can in his hand which has a picture of a cow on a field and says "moo" (which is in a bubble cloud, as if the cow were saying it), and he holds it closer to show us. He flips it over, realizing the can is empty, and shrugs. He flies to the THX logo in the background, opens a hatch in the X, and then pulls out a cable from it. He then returns with the "moo can" and holds the cable up with his opposite hand, revealing it to have a plug, and plugs it into the can. Tex looks around for a few seconds as we hear the sound of cows mooing. Then, the THX logo turns {{color|silver}} and starts to rise up from the middle of the screen to its usual position nearly at the top and shines. Tex smiles and nods when suddenly the THX logo begins to rumble and shake. Tex sees this, jumps back in surprise, and he nervously flies off with the can and the plug. The THX logo jolts to its left side for a moment before going back to its normal position. The cable is pulled back into the logo, the hatch closes, and like the last trailer, the black screen with the text "The Audience is Listening" falls to the screen. | '''Trailer:''' We see a {{color|gray}}, lifeless THX logo. Tex the robot, from the previous trailer, drops down from the top of the screen. He has a can in his hand which has a picture of a cow on a field and says "moo" (which is in a bubble cloud, as if the cow were saying it), and he holds it closer to show us. He flips it over, realizing the can is empty, and shrugs. He flies to the THX logo in the background, opens a hatch in the X, and then pulls out a cable from it. He then returns with the "moo can" and holds the cable up with his opposite hand, revealing it to have a plug, and plugs it into the can. Tex looks around for a few seconds as we hear the sound of cows mooing. Then, the THX logo turns {{color|silver}} and starts to rise up from the middle of the screen to its usual position nearly at the top and shines. Tex smiles and nods when suddenly the THX logo begins to rumble and shake. Tex sees this, jumps back in surprise, and he nervously flies off with the can and the plug. The THX logo jolts to its left side for a moment before going back to its normal position. The cable is pulled back into the logo, the hatch closes, and like the last trailer, the black screen with the text "The Audience is Listening" and a copyright info under it falls to the screen. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This trailer's original name was "Stampede", which was revealed in the DVD menu of [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]]'s employee exclusive "Made in Point Richmond" DVD. | '''Trivia:''' This trailer's original name was "Stampede", which was revealed in the DVD menu of [[Pixar Animation Studios|Pixar]]'s employee exclusive "Made in Point Richmond" DVD. | ||
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* A full-screen version exists (the entire trailer is letterboxed except for the tagline card "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature." is in fullscreen, this is only used for both the US VHS, the United Kingdom (Region 2) & the Australian (Region 4) rental DVD release for ''Monsters, Inc.'' and the discs from the second and third editions of ''DVD Demystified.'' | * A full-screen version exists (the entire trailer is letterboxed except for the tagline card "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature." is in fullscreen, this is only used for both the US VHS, the United Kingdom (Region 2) & the Australian (Region 4) rental DVD release for ''Monsters, Inc.'' and the discs from the second and third editions of ''DVD Demystified.'' | ||
* On the aforementioned UK & Australian rental DVD of ''Monsters, Inc'', the logo is in a higher pitch due to PAL speed up, and there is no copyright info under the "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature." text. | * On the aforementioned UK & Australian rental DVD of ''Monsters, Inc'', the logo is in a higher pitch due to PAL speed up, and there is no copyright info under the "The Best Sound, The Best Picture. You're Watching a THX Certified Feature." text. | ||
* On the the French-exclusive ''Les Années Laser THX Trailers'' DVD, as the tagline cuts to black, a piece of text "www.thx.com" appears fading in and out. It was apparently the same one used in all of the trailers featured in the ''THX Picture and Sound Optimizer'' disc albeit the copyright info being blacked out. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' More great animation from Pixar using Alias Wavefront PowerAnimator. | '''FX/SFX:''' More great animation from Pixar using Alias Wavefront PowerAnimator. | ||
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'''Music/Sound Variant:''' On some earlier home video releases that feature this trailer (like the aforementioned ''Monsters, Inc''. VHS, ''Toy Story 2'' Ultimate Toy Box DVD and the version on the ''Made in Point Richmond'' DVD, as well as both versions on the discs from the second and third editions of ''DVD Demystified''), the logo is slightly louder, and more mooing sounds are added in, and the moo noise heard at the end is heard later. | '''Music/Sound Variant:''' On some earlier home video releases that feature this trailer (like the aforementioned ''Monsters, Inc''. VHS, ''Toy Story 2'' Ultimate Toy Box DVD and the version on the ''Made in Point Richmond'' DVD, as well as both versions on the discs from the second and third editions of ''DVD Demystified''), the logo is slightly louder, and more mooing sounds are added in, and the moo noise heard at the end is heard later. | ||
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen in THX-certified theaters for some time, though for how long remains a mystery. It debuted before ''Alien Resurrection''. | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen in THX-certified theaters for some time, though for how long remains a mystery. It debuted before ''Alien Resurrection''. The Lucasfilm byline variant can be seen on various THX-certified DVDs from 2000 to 2005, mostly on films from Pixar (such as ''Toy Story 2'' (the 2000 Ultimate Toy Box release, that is, as the regular release uses the Broadway logo), ''Monsters, Inc.'', ''Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition'' (North American release), ''Toy Story 2 Special Edition'' (international releases) and ''Finding Nemo'' (disc 1)) and Fox (such as ''Speed 2'' and ''The Day The Earth Stood Still''), as well as THX Demo discs, the DVDs that came with second-edition and third-edition copies of the book ''DVD Demystified'' by Jim Taylor, and even the VHS of ''Monsters, Inc.'', although Disney Channel's original print of the film plastered this with the VHS version of Broadway instead, possibly due to time compression. The remastered variant without a Lucasfilm byline debuted in the US on ''Star Wars: Clone Wars Volume Two'' on December 6, 2005. Internationally, the remastered variant debuted on ''Toy Story 2 Special Edition'' on November 28, 2005. A variant is also on the ''Lair'' video game for PS3. Seen online as well. This trailer also appears in the Pixar employees only ''Made in Point Richmond'' DVD along with the Tex logo. It was also seen on the French (2 disc) Ultimate Edition DVD release of ''The Transporter (Le Transporteur)'' and the Japanese DVD releases of ''Waterboys (ウォーターボーイズ)'', ''Check it Out, Yo!! (チェケラッチョ!!)'', and ''Swing Girls (スウィングガールズ)''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' Like the last logo, this is another funny and nicely animated THX effort. | '''Editor's Note:''' Like the last logo, this is another funny and nicely animated THX effort. | ||