- Dates: December 2016 - April 2017
- Type: Television Commercial
Target presents The Toycracker, a mini-musical spectacular, starring John Legend as the Rat King and Chrissy Teigen as the Nutcracker. "Target Holiday 2016 Mini-Musical The Toycracker" Ladies and gentlemen, hi. We've worked together all season, and we've made something truly spectacular. We call it The Toycracker. Mom, can we open presents now? Clarita, not until midnight. You know that. Hey you two, look what I found. Dad! Hey! You used to love The Nutcracker. The music, the dancing... Hey, Clara, where are you going? I'm just gonna go upstairs for a bit. Ugh! What happened to the Wi-Fi? (Lyrics) Why is there no Wi-Fi? How will three hours pass by? Bang my head against a wall Watch each second slowly crawl While I suffer the symptoms of Wi-Fi withdrawal Why, oh why, oh why? Why'd the Wi-Fi die? How will I survive? Waiting and waiting for Christmas to arrive Guess I could just shut my eyes Whoa. Wha..? Presents! The Nutcracker! You're alive! Shh...not so loud. Why are we whispering? You're just in time for the celebration. But we've got to keep it down, or we'll wake up you-know-who. (Lyrics) Start the party, rager You're just nuts! Get some guts! Please just hush Time to have some fun Shh! Let your hair down Awesome Outta your box! Christmas rocks! Elmo loves blocks! Take it from ten to a one Sorry Thanks Shh! Not so loud Shh shh shh, not so loud I'm so confused. Why do you all seem so scared of making noise? She doesn't know? Nobody told her? Oh, um, well it's not that big of a deal, it's just... We've got this grumpy Rat King. He lives in the hills. I just got the chills. (Lyrics) When toys make noise Rat Kings break toys So we know we gotta keep it down We gotta keep it down! You know who it is! It's the Rat King. Is it Christmas already? Hmm... Somebody's got to know! Hey, Siri, when is Christmas? Christmas Day is on Sunday, December 25th. Weird. Because I see toys... Dude. ...out of their boxes. What's wrong with a little holiday celebration? Yeah, what's the big deal? I'm sorry, little girl. Enjoy yourselves. Be merry! Yay! Psych! Oh, boy. You want to celebrate? You gotta battle me first. Somebody drop a beat. Hey, Siri. Play my rap battle playlist. (Lyrics) Here we go, here we go First up at bat Ratatat, ratatat, ratatat-tat-tat You can see that I'm the proper king of Christmas, can't ya? I eat your milk and cookies, make you think it was Santa Show loyalty to rodent royalty No matter what you try you can't foil me So you better be smart, better do what I say Now make like a snowflake and waltz away Ooh, ooh, ooh It's the unwrapped battle Step back, let me take a crack You think you're scary? Well I ain't wary You're about as frightening as a sugar plum fairy My rhymes will take your breath away till your face turns purple So hear me clap back till I make you say... ...uh, yurple? Victory! Ha ha ha! No! What will we do? Not so fast. (Lyrics) Bring back the beat Bring back the beata It's time for a rhyme from little Clarita Starting right now tonight your tyranny ends We wanna holler on this holiday with all of our friends You can't come at me when you see these talents are priceless I'm the number one nicest name to grace the naughty or nice list So it's best if you never mess with my squad We want a very merry Christmas So Feliz Navidad That was awesome! Good job, Clara! Yay! You go,Clara! You just got served. Justice. Wait. Is he crying? Don't look at me! I'm the villain. I'm not supposed to cry. It's okay. Everybody cries. Being the Rat King can get so lonely. You see... (Lyrics) No one wants a rat for Christmas No one stuffs their stockings full of you-know-who Kids want something snuggly Look away! I'm ugly Never wanted Teased and taunted Unlike all of you I know I seem so mean But I was just a fool 'Cause when you never get to play The world can feel so cruel No one wants a rat for Christmas Go ahead and celebrate around your tree I'll just cry alone here On my vermin throne here Have a merry Christmas with ever