Short Circuit

Disney+
Streaming Release: August 4, 2021

Original Series

Studio: Walt Disney Animation Studios

Short Circuit is a program where anyone at the Walt Disney Animation Studios can create a short film. Shorts in this collection include "Jing Hua (Flower in the Mirror)," "Just a Thought," and "Exchange Student."

Episode	Date	Title	Description
6	9/14/2022	Reflect	A ballet dancer battles her own reflection, overcoming doubt and fear by channeling her inner strength, grace and power.
5	8/4/2021	Songs to Sing in the Dark	Two creatures living in the depths of a dark cave engage in a battle of acoustic one-upmanship. As things escalate, they come to realize that they are stronger together.
4	8/4/2021	Dinosaur Barbarian	Battling evil is all in a day's work for Dinosaur Barbarian, but what about taking out the trash? Sometimes even a superhero needs to clean up his act.
3	8/4/2021	No. 2 to Kettering	On a dreary, ordinary morning, a girl learns how the power of laughter can lift even the most sullen among her fellow bus riders along their journey to Kettering.
2	8/4/2021	Going Home	A story about growing up and the meaning of home in which a young adult repeatedly visits his hometown, but with every new arrival he starts to face the inevitable: change.
1	8/4/2021	Crosswalk	A law-abiding citizen must find his inner strength to cross the street at a light that won't change.

Episode	Date	Title	Description
14	1/24/2020	Fetch	A child wants to play fetch with her pet. Unfortunately he’s wandered deep into an imposing forest.
13	1/24/2020	Elephant in the Room	A lost baby elephant is taken in by a boy and his father to work on their banana plantation. As the two quickly bond, the boy discovers that his new best friend yearns for her family and home in the wild.
12	1/24/2020	Zenith	A luminous, ethereal stag bounds effortlessly through a dark expanse of the universe, leaving a galaxy of stars in its wake. When it accidentally creates a black hole that threatens to devour everything in sight, the stag is forced to make a decision that will leave a lasting impression.
11	1/24/2020	Drop	A newly-formed raindrop falls to earth for the first time and has an unlikely and heartfelt encounter with a young girl that proves to be uplifting for both.
10	1/24/2020	Jing Hua	A grieving martial artist pays tribute to her recently departed teacher by creating a painted world using a magical form of kung fu.
9	1/24/2020	Downtown	A commuter’s disappointment in missing the bus turns into a colorful and unexpected joyride when the surrounding street art bursts to life, revealing the heart of the city from an entirely new perspective.
8	1/24/2020	Hair-Jitsu	A young girl faces off against an evil hairdresser as she goes through imaginative lengths to avoid her first haircut.
7	1/24/2020	The Race	Grim desperately needs one more soul to win his work competition, but his last scheduled collection at a rigorous bike race turns his world upside-down. At the finish line, he learns that life is not always about the trophy at the end of the race.
6	1/24/2020	Lightning in a Bottle	During a thunderstorm, a young boy’s effort to capture lightning in a glass bottle as part of a science fair project succeeds beyond his wildest expectations, but is shocked when he discovers the consequences of this unnatural feat.
5	1/24/2020	Cycles	A story-centered around the true meaning of creating a home and the life that it holds inside its walls.
4	1/24/2020	Just a Thought	An awkward 12-year-old boy named Ollie experiences “bubble trouble” when his true feelings for a girl are embarrassingly revealed in the form of a physical thought bubble.
3	1/24/2020	Lucky Toupee	This clever bit of balderdash lifts the lid on an original tale about a hijacked hairpiece, a gang of larcenous leprechauns, and a budding romance.
2	1/24/2020	Exchange Student	Life is hard enough for an exchange student at a new school, but as the only earthling at a school for aliens, the central character in this fanciful story is the ultimate outsider and must prove her worth to be accepted by her unusual new classmates.
1	1/24/2020	Puddles	An adventurous young boy discovers that puddles can be portals to a fantastical world, but struggles to get his sister’s attention away from her phone to see the magic in the world around her.