Welcome back, Infiniteers! In this episode, Olaf is given a chance to inherit a fortune from Jack Skellington. But in order to claim the inheritance, he has to spend a night in a haunted mansion with four other crazy relatives. Enjoy!
Disney Infinity: Toy Box Adventures
Episode 5: A Night of Fright is No Delight
We see an old mansion sitting along on an island. Lightning strikes all over as it is stormy tonight. A motorboat is seen driving towards the mansion. Its passengers are Peter Quill aka Star-Lord, Queen Elsa, Elastigirl, Fear and the walking snowman Olaf.
"Wow. They sure picked a creepy enough place to read a will." Elsa stated.
"And a creepy enough night too!" Elastigirl agreed.
"Yeah. You would have to inherit a fortune, Olaf." Fear said.
"Sorry." Olaf apologized.
"Well, it was quite a story. It even made the papers!" Star-Lord said.
"Yeah, listen to this! "Live Snowman Named in Inheritance."" Elastigirl said as she read the newspaper article aloud. "Eccentric millionaire Jack Skellington, known collectively as the Pumpkin King, leaves one million dollars to five trusted friends, among them a living snowman named Olaf."
"Olaf rescued old Skellington from a chasm years before, and was remembered in his will!" Star-Lord read another part of the article. Olaf smiles confidently upon hearing his good deed years before.
"Well, I wish I'd remembered not to come along! No telling what's waiting for us tonight!" Fear said feeling quite scared of the ambience.
Once they're in front of the mansion, they await someone to answer. A shadow looks from the top floor window and leaves. The front door opens and we see Syndrome, sharply dressed in a tailored suit.
"Oh, I see you made it." Syndrome confirmed. "Bring the snowman and come in. The others are waiting inside."
"Yes sir." Star-Lord said as he and the others enter the house.
Syndrome, the group and four others are gathered in the main room. A portrait of Skellington hangs above the fireplace. Syndrome places an audio cassette player on the table. "Attention, everyone. As you all know, I am Buddy Pine, collectively known as Syndrome and acting attorney of the late Jack Skellington. As much as he'd love to join us, my partner, Loki, couldn't make it tonight."
"Syndrome and Loki. They sure picked the right lawyers for this job!" Fear panicked a bit. Elastigirl shushes him.
"Jack Skellington was a bit odd and his only instructions prior to his passing were to play this cassette tape for you." Syndrome explained as he placed a blue cassette tape in the player. He presses the "Play" button and we hear Jack Skellington's voice from the tape.
"Greetings to all of you! Officer Nick Wilde, Rocket Raccoon, sweet and fair Maleficent, Captain Jack Sparrow and my good old friend, Olaf." The Pumpkin King's voice is heard. "Now that everyone's here, let's get to know how inheriting my fortune works. All five of you will receive an equal share of $1 million providing that you spend tonight here in my old mansion."
"That shouldn't be too hard." Elastigirl said with a bit of relief.
"I know all of you are thinking the same thing. Not so hard, right? Wrong! This house is haunted!" Jack's voice states.
"H-Haunted?" Olaf shivered.
"That's right. Haunted. And those of you that don't stay here, his or her fortune will go to those that remain. Now goodnight and pleasant dreams, everyone." The recording stops with a creepy laugh.
"Well, that is all for tonight. I shall return to the island in the morning to see which of you remain, if any." Syndrome states as he starts laughing.
"10:00? Then I suggest we all turn in." Captain Sparrow recommended.
"Yeah, but into what?" Fear asked.
"Yeah, what?" Olaf asked.
Later, the guys are in their bedroom. Despite his lack of teeth, Olaf appears to be scared, but Star-Lord doesn't appear to be. In fact, he's confident that Olaf will power through it. "Relax, Olaf. We'll spend the night with you. Now let's hit the sack."
"First, I'm gonna hit the old lunch sack with a Super Stack sandwich." Fear said as he pulls out a mildly oversized sandwich. Olaf hums his tune as he heads towards the bathroom. "And it looks like Olaf is gonna hit the bathtub." Olaf enters the bathroom for his bath as Fear begins seasoning his snack. "Let's see, a touch of salt and a bit of pepper." He adds salt and pepper to the sandwich and sees a box of fish food. "Hmm… I wonder how this fish food will taste." He picks up the box of fish food next to the bowl, but the pet goldfish Nemo glares at Fear bearing his teeth. Fear yelps in shock. "Sorry, little guy." He puts the fish food back, Nemo smiling proudly.
"Hey, Olaf! Hurry it up, will you? And try not to melt in there!" Star-Lord calls out to Olaf.
As he enjoys his bath time, a shadowy figure peeks through the tiles and a secret door opens behind Olaf. Before the snowman has the time to react, the tub tips over and sends him down a shaft that leads to the basement. He crashes onto a pile of broken wood. He looks around and hears ghastly laughter. He looks behind him and sees a green ghost with red eyes and broken shackles strapped to its right wrist.
"W-W-What are you?!" Olaf asked the spirit. It continued laughing and approached the snowman. Olaf screams and escapes the basement, making his way back into his room where Star-Lord and Fear see him exhausted.
"Olaf! I thought you were taking a bath." Quill said.
"The tub tipped and I slid in the basement!" Olaf explained and made a sliding down sound.
"You mean the tub tipped over and you slid into the basement?" Fear asked.
"Yeah, yeah! And I saw a spooky shadow!" Olaf continued as he gestured his arms to mimic the ghost's movements.
"And you saw a shadowy chain-rattling phantom?" Fear deduced.
"Yeah, yeah! I did!" Olaf nods.
"You've got to be kidding! Come on, let's check out that tub." Star-Lord said as the boys went into the bathroom and saw the tub, but it was empty. "Well, Olaf, the bathtub looks okay." The camera cuts to the supports of the tub.
"And it's bolted down." Fear confirmed.
"You sure got some imagination!" Star-Lord said believing Olaf made this up.
"Yeah, and quit with those scary tales, will you?" Fear asked. "Come on, let's get some sleep." Olaf was bewildered that they didn't believe him. He then pulled the stopper and let out the last of the water before putting it back.
"Whew! Oh boy!" Olaf sighs with a mix of relief and fear.
The old grandfather clock chimes at midnight. The lower door to the clock opens and the same shadow that scared Olaf emerges from it. It proceeds up the stairs cackling and enters Nick's room. The phantom laughs, waking Nick up. He sees the phantom and in shock and fear, he screams for help.
"What in the great beyond was that?!" Fear asked.
"No idea, but it sounded like it came from Officer Wilde's room!" Helen noted. Everyone who heard the scream went into Nick's room and saw that his bed is empty.
"Poor Wilde. All that's left of him is his nightcap." Rocket said as he held the lime green nightcap.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Quite a shame." Sparrow said.
"Hey, check out this writing on this dusty mirror!" Star-Lord told them as Helen approached the mirror and read the writing.
"It reads "The first is gone, the rest will go unless you leave the island and row! Row! Row!" And it's signed by the Phantom Shadow."
"Phantom Shadow?! Then you were right, Olaf!" Fear told the snowman.
"Told you!" Olaf said.
"I think it is best that we return to our rooms and lock our doors, savvy?" Jack Sparrow suggested.
In Olaf's room, Star-Lord and the girls have set up a plan to catch the Phantom Shadow. And it starts with a dummy of Olaf. "Fantastic! This dummy looks just like Olaf." Elastigirl confirmed.
"Do you think this plan will work, Quill?" Elsa asks.
"Sure it will. I left the door unlocked, so when the Phantom Shadow comes in to grab the Olaf dummy, we'll all grab him!" Quill explains the plan.
"All but Fear and Olaf. They decided to play it safe and watch the show from outside on the drainpipe." Helen noted noticing the two hanging onto said drainpipe.
"I can't think of a safer place. Can you, Olaf?" Fear asked.
"Not a one." Olaf replies with a shake of his head. But they were anything but safe when a phantasmal hand pushes the drainpipe loose. Fear and Olaf scream as the pipe topples back and forth.
"Hang on, guys! I'll save you!" Elastigirl shouts as she stretches out to grab them, but she is suddenly pulled out onto the drainpipe as well. Quill and Elsa watch as the drainpipe breaks and they swing into an underground cave.
"I told you I'd save you!" Elastigirl grinned.
"Great! But next time, please don't do me any favors, okay?" Fear asked.
"Yeah, what he said." Olaf agreed.
The three traverse through the cave looking for a way to get back into the mansion, though it is getting darker in the cave. "Where are we anyhow?" Fear asks.
"Looks to be some sort of secret underground passage underneath the mansion." Helen noted. Olaf whistles a tune until he notices footprints.
"Hey guys! You won't believe what I found!" Olaf spoke.
"What is it?" Helen asked.
"Footprints. The Phantom Shadow must've been this way." Fear deduced.
"That's funny. What kind of Phantom Shadow would leave footprints?" Helen asked.
"Maybe he has dirty feet or something." Fear clued.
"Well, we're going to follow those dirty feet and find that phantom!" Helen said. "And don't think you're backing out of this! You're leading the way."
"Are you seriously letting that Phantom Shadow try and grab me?" Fear asked.
"A chance worth taking, Fear. Now be brave and lead the way."
"Yeah, I got to be brave." Fear said as he started walking forward. "I got to be brave. I got to be brave. I got to…" He suddenly stops and realizes something. "I got to be some kind of nut!" He takes off running in the opposite direction of the tracks, only to be stopped by Elastigirl. "Gangway!"
"Oh no, you don't!" Helen said. "You have to be brave! And I don't care if you're chicken!" Fear cried and started making chicken noises. Fear eventually gave up and they began to follow the tracks deeper into the cave. They stop inside some kind of secret chamber full of Halloween Town memorabilia. "The footprints go in there."
"Whoa! What is all this crazy stuff?" Fear asked.
"Halloween Town relics. Skellington used to collect them." Helen confirmed.
"Let's go check it out." Fear said as they examined the relics. They checked out a wagon full of outfits that resembled the Pumpkin King's signature garb. "Wow, for someone who's known as the Pumpkin King, he sure loved black. This wagon's full of them!" Suddenly, one of the outfits came to life and it scared Olaf.
"Yikes! Haunted outfits!" Fear shouts as he and Olaf jump into Helen's arms. Despite the great weight, she is strong enough to carry them both and run screaming. The live outfit chases them down until it eventually cornered them into an elevator.
"Of all the times to be cornered in an elevator!" Fear said. Olaf noticed something strange and decided to fight it off.
"Hey, you overrated ghostly garb! You may be scary, but you never seen an angry snowman before! You want a piece of me?!" Olaf challenged the ghostly outfit. But it turned out that Tinker Bell was the one controlling the outfit. Hearing Olaf's challenge, she escapes the suit and flies away in fear.
"Wow! You did it, Olaf!" Fear congratulated the snowman.
"Yeah!" Olaf chuckles.
"Let's find out where this creepy old elevator goes to." Helen said as she pulls the lever.
"Hopefully, out of this place." Fear guessed. The elevator stops in one of the bedrooms. Fear identifies it.
"Well, I'll be. It goes to Captain Sparrow's room. Come on." Fear said as they exit the elevator and approach the bed. All they find is Sparrow's nightcap.
"But where is Captain Sparrow?" Elastigirl asked.
"Gone." Fear gulped. "Just like Officer Wilde." Olaf gulped.
They meet up with the others and come to a conclusion that it wasn't just Jack Sparrow and Nick Wilde that vanished, but Maleficent and Rocket as well, proven by the nightcaps from each of the heirs they're holding. "They're all gone!" Helen confirmed.
"Officer Wilde, Captain Sparrow…" Fear noted the heirs that went missing.
"Rocket Raccoon…" Quill states.
"Even sweet and fair Maleficent." Elsa finished.
"All but one." Fear notes, confirming that with the others gone, Olaf is the sole heir.
"Me?" Olaf gulped.
"Yes. You, Olaf." Star-Lord confirmed.
"Oh boy." Olaf said in a state of disbelief.
"Wow, what a night for a fright." Elsa said.
"You said it, Elsa. Four missing heirs, a haunted house, and a Phantom Shadow." Star-Lord pointed out their predicament.
"And all we're missing is a scary organ." Fear said. Almost on cue, eerie organ music is heard echoing in the halls.
"It's not missing anymore!" Helen said.
"Come on. Let's find out where it's coming from." Peter said, unaware that the Phantom Shadow is close behind, watching their every move.
They find the organ in the dance hall. "Well, here's the organ." Helen confirmed.
"Yeah, but where's the kook that was playing it?" Fear asked.
"Gone, but he left his book of sheet music behind." Elsa said as she looked at the sheet music book.
"Let me see that." Star-Lord requested. The queen of Arendelle hands him the book. "There's some writing on the front cover."
"Feed the organ and watch the floor." Helen read the writing aloud.
"If there's anyone going to be fed around here, it's going to be me." Fear said.
"Me too." Olaf speaks.
"You can't feed an organ." Elastigirl noted.
"No, but you can play one." Star-Lord stated.
"Allow me. I haven't had much practice, but I'll do what I can." Olaf said as he got onto the organ and started playing, badly.
"Let's watch the floor and see what happens." Star-Lord said.
"I think we better watch the walls." Fear said.
"Why?" Elsa asked.
"They're closing in on us!" Fear yelped. They see the walls closing in and about to flatten them. Star-Lord attempts to open the door, but to no avail.
"The door's locked!" Quill shouts.
"Quick, Olaf! Do something!" Elastigirl shouts.
"Uh, right!" Olaf said as he hid in the bench. Fear opened the bench.
"No! She means keep playing the organ! It might stop those wild walls!" Fear told him. Olaf began to play several notes. Fear tries to stop them as well. After a few more random notes, the walls stop.
"It worked! The walls stopped!" Peter said.
"Let's get out of here! I don't like playing musical riddles!" Elsa suggested, but what she said helped Helen realize what the words meant.
"That's it! Elsa, this is a musical riddle!" Helen realized as she approached the sheet book. "Feed isn't a full word. It's musical notes in a certain order. F-E-E-D!" Helen plays the notes in that order and a secret stairway is revealed under the floor.
"Look! Secret stairs under the floor!" Elsa said.
"Come on! Let's see where they go." Star-Lord said as they went down the secret stairs. They lead to a hall full of cobwebs.
"A creepy, cobweb-filled catacomb." Helen noted.
"And that's not all. Look!" Star-Lord said pointing to five coffins, one different from the rest.
"Coffins! Five of them!" Elsa confirmed.
"And the empty one's snowman-shaped." Fear adds.
Olaf gulps. "Snowman-shaped?" He backs away and hides behind Elsa. The other four coffins open, revealing the four missing heirs in some type of sleep.
"Yikes! They're opening!" Fear yelped.
"It's them! The other heirs!" Star-Lord confirmed.
They hear cackling behind them and they see the Phantom Shadow. "It's the Phantom Shadow!" Helen shouts.
"Only he's not a shadow, he's a green ghost!" Star-Lord said as another Phantom Shadow appears beside the first.
"And now, there're two of them!" Fear said. Olaf yelps with fear and faints.
"He fainted!" Helen said in shock. The Phantom Shadows continue cackling.
"Grab Olaf!" Star-Lord commanded as he and Fear pick up Olaf's motionless body and run.
"Let's get out of here!" Fear suggests. They head through a doorway, but it was too low for all of them and Olaf was knocked off, still motionless.
"Olaf! Wake up, wake up!" Fear screamed for Olaf to respond as he poured a washtub of cold water on him. He spat some out, but still remained motionless. "Come on, Olaf!" Cornered, he tries one more idea. "Would you wake up for a snowy snack?" He pulls out a miniature snowman-shaped snack and holds it over Olaf's head. The snowman sniffs the snack before his head bobs up and he eats the snack. The ghosts begin approaching again and Fear picks up Olaf by the legs and runs away with him in tow. The Phantoms pursue.
"Fear, stop!" Olaf shouts, having fully recovered.
"Took you long enough to wake up!" Fear said. The Phantom Shadow cackles again and begins chasing Fear and Olaf.
"Yikes!" Fear shouts. Olaf screams as they pick up the pace. One of the Phantom Shadows continues down the hall while the others stops at the crossway and looks around for Fear and Olaf. An upward camera pan reveals that they're hiding in the light fixture. How they got up there is unknown.
Fear and Olaf chuckle when they see the ghost searching below. "We sure fooled that goofy ghost this time. There's no way he'll find us up here." Fear noted as they continue chuckling, unaware that one of the ceiling panels open up and a green hand uses a pair of wire cutters to cut the fixture chain, causing it to fall and crash into the floor. It sent them into a wine cellar. "Everywhere we look, Olaf, giggling green ghosts!" And to make their troubles worse, one of the Phantoms find them in the cellar and cackles as it approaches them.
"Fear! Hey, Fear! Look! Look!" Olaf tugged the purple Emotion's shirt to get his attention. He turns his head and sees wine racks.
"Hey. Wine racks!" Fear confirmed as the goes over and grabs two wires connected to some corks. Olaf does the same at another rack. "Don't fire until you see the green of his eyes."
"Right!" Olaf nods. The Phantom Shadow looms closer.
"Fire!" Fear shouts as he and Olaf pull the wires, causing the corks to pop from the bottles and bombard the Phantom Shadow. Fear and Olaf cheer as the ghost backs up, overwhelmed by the corks. "Let's go, Olaf!"
Fear and Olaf flee from the cellar once the shower of corks recede.
On the floors above, Star-Lord and the girls are running from one of the Phantom Shadows until a nearby telephone rings. While Quill and Elsa run past it, Helen stops and answers it.
"Hello?" Helen speaks into the phone. The Phantom catches up to the elastic Super. "It's for you." She hands the ghost the phone and runs off. The phantom grumbles into the transmitter for a good few seconds. Realizing what she did, the ghost hangs up and resumes the chase.
Back with Fear and Olaf, they're riding a tandem bicycle found through unknown means through the halls of the mansion. "Faster! They're gaining on us!" But their efforts proved fruitless when Olaf turns his head and sees the two Phantoms riding with them. Fear notices and screams as they jump off and start running. "Hurry, Olaf! In here!" They run into another room and the door closes on them. The Phantom Shadows reach the door and attempt to open it. Once it does, it reveals Fear and Olaf dressed as Old West citizens. Fear turns on the old music player and a jingle starts playing. "Grab your partner!" They start dancing with the ghosts. The dance session moves into the organ room as Fear plays the organ keys that open the stairway door. They lead the ghosts over the trap door and they fall in. Fear and Olaf share a laugh for what they did.
They meet back with the others somewhere in the mansion. "Well, we finally ditched those creepy ghosts." Elsa noted.
"Yeah, but they'll be back." Fear said before Helen notices a green substance on Fear's hands.
"Hey, how'd you get that green stuff on your hands?" Elastigirl asked.
"Dancing with those green ghosts. How else?" Fear told her. With a snap of his fingers, Star-Lord had an idea, an idea to catch the ghosts.
"That's it! C'mon, everyone! To the laundry room!" Star-Lord said.
"Wait, the laundry room?" Olaf asked.
In the mansion's laundry room, they look at some kind of contraption designed to capture the Phantom Shadows.
"I've seen some goofy contraptions in my day, but this one here is the goofiest." Fear commented.
"Not goofy, Fear. Simple." Star-Lord said as he began to explain the concept of the trap. "We use this fan, some soap suds on the floor, a spring-loaded ironing board, and a washing machine."
"And once those ghosts come through the door, we're going to take them to the cleaners!" Helen said.
"Now, time for a test run. Ready, Olaf?" Star-Lord asked the snowman.
"And willing!" Olaf said.
"Fan on!" Elsa said as she turns on the fan at full power. Olaf slides on the suds onto the ironing board, which catapults him into the washing machine.
"Look! It works!" Star-Lord said everyone cheers at their success on the test run. And Olaf is enjoying his time in the wash. Once Olaf is done, he's in position at the fan, standing on a tall enough stool. Star-Lord is at the doorway.
"Okay, Elsa, Helen and I will lure the ghosts into the doorway. When I yell "Now!", you switch on the fan, Olaf." Star-Lord tells him.
"Right." Olaf nods.
"I'm all set too." Fear said sitting on top of the washing machine, ready to close the door. They hear wicked laughter. They take off towards the trap.
"Here they come now!" Elsa shouts. But Olaf hears her.
"Now?" Olaf said as he turned it on in reverse.
"Oh no! Olaf turned it on too early!" Helen yelled in disbelief.
"And in reverse, yet!" Fear added as he, the ironing board and washing machine is sucked in by the fan. Fear crashes into Olaf and the fan, the ironing board and washing machine create a makeshift plane. Olaf screams in terror. "A flying washing machine!"
"Duck!" Elsa yells as the other three duck their head to dodge the flying machine.
"They've run out the door!" Elastigirl yells.
"Look out!" Fear yells as the machine flies towards the Phantom Shadows. Noticing this, the ghosts run away from the flying washing machine. They run through a door as it closes behind them. "They took the elevator down to the tunnel."
Olaf yells as the machine flies out the mansion window. "I can't steer this crazy machine! We'll take the shortcut!" Fear said as the machine flies to the underground tunnel. The ghosts run out of the elevator but see the flying washing machine, so they turn back around and run back into the elevator with the machine afterwards. The elevator takes the chase back into the mansion. The ghosts slide down the guardrail and the machine makes a U-turn in another room, stopping at the bottom of the stairs. The ghosts slide into the washing machine and Fear shuts the door as the machine starts. "Got them! Looks like these ghosts are all washed up! Ha-ha!"
Once the chase is over and Sherriff Woody arrived, he sees the gang and the ghosts hung up to dry. Helen takes off their masks to reveal that the Phantom Shadows are really Syndrome and Loki.
"Well, they're they are, Sherriff Woody. Syndrome and his business partner Loki." Star-Lord informed the Sherriff.
"They were trying to scare all of the heirs off the island." Helen explains their intentions.
"And with no heirs around to spend the night in this house, they would keep Mr. Skellington's fortune for themselves." Fear added.
"First, Syndrome pretended to be the Phantom and made it seem like the house was haunted." Elsa told Woody.
"The others were scared away fast, then they put dummies that look just like them in the coffins." Star-Lord states. Syndrome scowls in anger.
"But that plan backfired." Fear added. Olaf nods in agreement.
"So did painting themselves like green ghosts." Helen finished.
"Well, where they're going, Syndrome and Loki could use a good lawyer." Woody said as everyone met in the living room where Woody took out a bronze chest.
"Well, here it is. It all belongs to you now, Olaf. $1 million dollars, as the Pumpkin King promised." Olaf opens the chest, revealing $500 bills in an appearance no one expected. Olaf gasps.
"Oh no! Can you believe it? It's all in Halloween Town money!" Star-Lord confirmed.
"How do you like that? We spend an entire night full of fright, just for some worthless money in a haunted house that wasn't even haunted." Helen complained. Elsa then noticed something.
"Oh no? Then what's that?!" Elsa asked as they saw a snow cone that looks to be floating.
"Yikes! A floating haunted snow cone!" Fear gasps.
"Snow cone, you say?" Olaf asks as he grabs the snow cone and starts eating it.
"I guess haunted snow cones are one thing Olaf's not scared of." Helen grins as they share a laugh, despite the scares they went through tonight.
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