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- Referencenod to comics or other movies
- Cameoa familiar face shows up
- Setupplanted now, pays off later
- Behind the scenesproduction trivia
- Behind the scenesThe first all-computer feature
Toy Story was the first feature film made entirely with computer animation.
source ↗ - SetupA113 on the license plate
The plate on Andy's mom's minivan reads A113, the CalArts animation classroom where many Pixar artists studied. The code shows up in almost every Pixar film.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesBuzz, after Buzz Aldrin
Buzz is named after Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
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- Behind the scenesNearly wiped by one command
Mid-production, a command deleted most of the film's files. A copy supervising technical director Galyn Susman kept at home saved it.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesMeant to go straight to video
Disney first planned Toy Story 2 as a direct-to-video sequel. It turned out well enough to go to theaters.
source ↗ - CameoThe chess-playing old man
The cleaner who restores Woody for Al is Geri, the man who plays chess against himself in the 1997 short Geri's Game.
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- CameoTotoro in Bonnie's room
A plush Totoro is one of Bonnie's toys, Pixar's nod to Studio Ghibli.
source ↗ - CameoSid the garbage man
The garbage man on Andy's street is a grown-up Sid, still in his skull T-shirt. Erik von Detten voices him again.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesThe first billion-dollar cartoon
Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to pass $1 billion at the box office, and it won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
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- CameoKeanu Reeves is Duke Caboom
Keanu Reeves voices Duke Caboom, Canada's greatest stuntman.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesDon Rickles, from the archive
Don Rickles died in 2017. Mr. Potato Head's lines were built from his archived recordings.
source ↗ - CameoComedy legends in the closet
Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Betty White and Carol Burnett voice Bonnie's older toys, with pun names like Melephant Brooks.
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- Behind the scenesAndrew Stanton directs
Andrew Stanton, a co-writer of the first Toy Story and director of Finding Nemo and WALL-E, directs the fifth film, and co-writes the script with Kenna Harris.
source ↗ - CameoGreta Lee is Lilypad
Greta Lee of Past Lives voices Lilypad, the frog-shaped tablet Bonnie gets.
source ↗ - ReferenceBack to Emily's farm
Jessie ends up at the farmhouse of Emily, the owner who gave her away in Toy Story 2. The story told in "When She Loved Me" back in 1999 gets a new chapter.
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- Behind the scenesVacation before Cars 2
Hawaiian Vacation, where Ken and Barbie get a makeshift Hawaii in Bonnie's room, ran in theaters ahead of Cars 2 in 2011.
source ↗ - ReferenceKids' meal Buzz
In Small Fry, a tiny fast-food giveaway Buzz takes the real one's place. The short played before The Muppets in 2011.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesRex the DJ
Partysaurus Rex, where Rex throws a bathtub party, ran before the 2012 3D re-release of Finding Nemo.
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- Behind the scenesPixar's first TV special
Toy Story of Terror! was Pixar's first TV special. It premiered on ABC on October 16, 2013, just before Halloween.
source ↗ - ReferenceCombat Carl again
A Combat Carl turns up at the motel, the same action figure Sid blew up in the first film.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesLightyear's director started here
Angus MacLane directed the special. Years later he directed Lightyear.
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- Behind the scenesA holiday special
The special premiered on ABC on December 2, 2014, and takes place over the holidays after Toy Story 3.
source ↗ - CameoKevin McKidd as a warrior dino
Grey's Anatomy's Kevin McKidd voices Reptillus Maximus, the Battlesaur who befriends Trixie.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesTrixie's turn
Trixie the triceratops, who arrived in Toy Story 3, takes the lead. Kristen Schaal still voices her.
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- Behind the scenesA Disney+ launch title
The shorts arrived on Disney+'s U.S. launch day, November 12, 2019.
source ↗ - CameoTony Hale is back as Forky
Tony Hale, Forky's voice in Toy Story 4, returns for every short.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesOne question per episode
Each short runs about three minutes and tackles one question, like what money is or what a friend is.
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- Behind the scenesA Disney+ short
Lamp Life premiered on Disney+ on January 31, 2020, directed by Valerie LaPointe, who worked on Toy Story 4's story team.
source ↗ - CameoAnnie Potts is back
Annie Potts, Bo Peep's voice since 1995, carries the short.
source ↗ - ReferenceThe gap between 2 and 4
The short fills in Bo's years away from Andy's room, which Toy Story 4 only touches on.
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- ReferenceAndy's favorite movie
The opening card says it: in 1995, Andy got a Buzz toy from his favorite movie. Lightyear is that movie.
source ↗ - Behind the scenesChris Evans instead of Tim Allen
This Buzz is the real Space Ranger, not the toy, so Chris Evans voices him instead of Tim Allen.
source ↗ - CameoPeter Sohn is Sox
Sox the robot cat is voiced by Peter Sohn, the Pixar artist who directed The Good Dinosaur and Elemental.
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