History Main / CoolToy

* Defictionalised Buzz Lightyears ended up being this the year after WesternAnimation/ToyStory was released.

* The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRoleplayingGame'' scenario "[[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=721 Watch Academy VI: Hogswatchnight]]" features the must-have toy in Ankh-Morpork this Hogswatch, which is - of course - secretly part of a Sinister and Eldritch Plot. In the scenario as written they're quasi-intelligent furry things called [[Toys/{{Furby}} Burfies]], but the author recommends adapting them to whatever the Cool Toy is at the time the game is played.

* Mocked by ''TheOnion'': [[http://www.theonion.com/articles/fun-toy-banned-because-of-three-stupid-dead-kids,290/ Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids]]

* ''FanboyAndChumChum'' has a toy so hot that Fanboy trades another kid Chum-Chum for a day of playing with it. HilarityEnsues.

* The ''TabletopGame/DiscworldRoleplayingGame'' scenario "[[http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/sample.html?id=721 Watch Academy VI: Hogswatchnight]]" features the must-have toy in Ankh-Morpork this Hogswatch, which is - of course - secretly part of a Sinister and Eldritch Plot. In the scenario as written they're quasi-intelligent furry things called Burfies, but the author recommends adapting them to whatever the Cool Toy is at the time the game is played.

* The Heroman figure in the ''{{Heroman}}'' manga and anime (which, through AppliedPhlebotinum in the form of [[LightningCanDoAnything Alien Lightning]], becomes real).

* In ''[[Franchise/{{Superman}} The Advenyures of Superman]]'' #520, Superman is attempting to buy that year's cool toy for adults - a reissue of the classic ''Date With Debbi'' doll - as a Christmas present for Lois when he ends up having to battle a hundred C-list costumed villains. By the time he has finsished, the stores have closed. However, the department store president rewards him for saving the store by giving him a doll from a shipment that arrived to late to go on the shelves.

* In one ChristmasEpisode of ''MurphyBrown'', having done all her Christmas shopping, Murphy then learns that all her son Avery wants for Christmas is that year's cool toy. She spends the last few days before Christmas desperately hunting for one, only to discover that it is sold out everywhere. Ultimately Eldon ends up sending Avery one from Europe, where the fad is already over.

* The plot of the InteractiveFiction game "Not Just an Ordinary Ballerina" involves obtaining a "Sugar Toes Ballerina" doll on Christmas Eve for the PC's daughter, when the only mall in town that still has one is closed.

-->Terri: [holding stuffed animal] It should be soft and cuddly.
-->Bart: Yeah, with lots of firepower.
-->Milhouse: Its eyes should be telescopes! No, periscopes! No, microscopes! ... Can you come back to me?
-->Nelson: It should be full of surprises.
-->Milhouse: It should never stop dancing.
-->Martin: It should need accessories.

* On the US version of ''TheOffice'', Dwight buys up all the Princess Unicorn dolls from stores so he can re-sell them at ridiculous prices to desperate parents.

->"''Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up [[HoldYourHippogriffs his moving parts]] just to ''be'' you! You've got wings, you glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that...that...[[BuffySpeak that "woosh" thing]]. You are a CoolToy!''"

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* The original ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' was largely driven by Woody's fears of being displaced by Buzz Lightyear as Andy's CoolToy.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' the CoolToy is the Musique, A BrandX of the iPod, that drives the whole town crazy.

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* "I Want a Rinky Dinky Doo Dad for Christmas" by Music/DaYoopers. The son demands that his parents buy him the toy in question, leading to the mom getting into a fight at Kmart. Come Christmas, the son is excited to get the toy, only to be told that it's being recalled. He then says that's okay, because what he really wants is another toy that's even better. As a result, both parents freak out.

* ''AChristmasStory'': The Limited Edition Red Ryder BB Gun.

* ''JingleAllTheWay'' revolves around a father trying to obtain one such toy (the Turbo Man action figure) one day before Christmas.

-->-- '''[[ToyStory Woody]]''', giving '''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Buzz Lightyear]]''' [[RousingSpeech a much needed pep talk]].

This is THE toy. It has movable parts. It talks. It folds. [[TransformingMecha It turns into stuff.]] It's a kid's wildest dream and no, it's not just a slogan; the Cool Toy ''is'' "the real deal".

It might be a one-of-a-kind, custom made, imported or simply the greatest toy ever that has somehow made it to the mass market, but it is the number one in the story, no substitutes.

So, naturally, it will be a major plot point. A Cool Toy that has landed in the hands of the protagonist might give them a sudden boost of popularity or [[SecurityBlanket self-confidence]], or even turn out to be [[LivingToys alive]] or [[AppliedPhlebotinum Phlebotinum]] in disguise. Naturally it will also regularly get broken, misplaced, or stolen.

!!Examples:

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* The original ''ToyStory'' was largely driven by Woody's fears of being displaced by Buzz Lightyear as Andy's CoolToy.

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* [[{{Megatokyo}} Largo's]] [[http://wikitokyo.mt-talk.net/wiki/Cool_Thing cool thing.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'':
** The Woggle fad hits Elwood City and everyone "has to" have one. Arthur doesn't want to join in but eventually is sucked in, by which time no woggles are to be had.

* ''FanboyAndChumChum'' has a toy so hot that Fanboy trades another kid Chum-Chum for a day of playing with it. HilarityEnsues.
* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' the CoolToy is the Musique, A BrandX of the iPod, that drives the whole town crazy.

* Defictionalised Buzz Lightyears ended up being this the year after ToyStory was released.

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->"''Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar his moving parts]] just to be you! You've got wings, you glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that...that...[[BuffySpeak that "woosh" thing]]. You are a CoolToy!''"

* In ''MyLifeAsATeenageRobot'' the CoolToy is the Musique, A BrandX of the iPod, that drives the whole town crazy.

* In ''CodenameKidsNextDoor'' they had Rainbow Monkeys that Numbuh 3 was so crazy about. And when there was a release of a new one, it caused something like riots.

* ''{{Arthur}}'':

* ''TheSimpsons'':

* Fun Haus' toys in the "Invasion of the Secret Santas!" episode of ''BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'' were the "gotta have it" toy in the present day, and the reason li'l Bruce was being a brat was that he didn't get the "gotta have it" toy for Christmas, but a family heirloom.

->''"Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar his moving parts]] just to be you! You've got wings, you glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that...that...[[BuffySpeak that "woosh" thing]]. You are a CoolToy!"''
->--'''[[ToyStory Woody]]''', [[ToyStory giving]] '''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Buzz Lightyear]]''' [[RousingSpeech a much needed pep talk.]]

* ''JingleAllTheWay'' revolves around a father trying to obtain one such toy (the Turbo Man action figure) one day before Christmas.

* On the US version of ''[[TheOffice The Office]]'', Dwight buys up all the Princess Unicorn dolls from stores so he can re-sell them at ridiculous prices to desperate parents.

* TheSimpsons:

** Does any remember the Furby, the Beanie Baby, the American Girl Doll, the {{Pokemon}} and {{Yu-Gi-Oh}} cards, or the Beyblade craze?
*** Yes.

->--'''[[ToyStory Woody]]''', [[ToyStory, giving]] '''[[AlwaysSomeoneBetter Buzz Lightyear]]''' [[RousingSpeech a much needed pep talk.]]

->''"Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up his moving parts just to be you! You've got wings, you glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that...that...[[BuffySpeak that "woosh" thing]]. You are a CoolToy!"''
->--'''[[ToyStory Woody]]'''[[ToyStory , giving]] '''[[ToyStory Buzz Lightyear]]''' [[ToyStory a much needed pep talk.]]