Quotes
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Buzz: [Woody, scared, walks backwards and he gets startled by Buzz. Buzz kept talking to his "mission log"] And according to my navi-computer, the...
Woody: [whispering] SHUT UP! Just, SHUT UP, you idiot!
Buzz: Sheriff, this is no time to panic.
Woody: This is a perfect time to panic! I`m lost, Andy is gone, they`re gonna move to their new house in two days, AND IT`S ALL YOUR FAULT!
Buzz: My fault? If you hadn`t pushed me out of the window in the first place...
Woody: Oh yeah? Well, if you hadn`t shown up inside your stupid little cardboard spaceship and taken away everything that was important to me...
Buzz: Don`t talk to me about importance! Because of you, the future of this entire universe is in jeopardy!
Woody: WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
Buzz: Right now, poised at the edge of the galaxy, Emperor Zurg has been secretly building a weapon with the destructive capacity to annihilate an entire planet! I alone have information that reveals this weapon`s only weakness. And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Star Command!
Woody: [pauses and looks incredulous] YOU! ARE! A! TOYYYYY! You aren`t the real Buzz Lightyear! You`re - you are an action figure!
[holds hand up to eyes indicating something small]
Woody: You are a child`s play-thing!
Buzz: You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell.
[starts to walk away]
Woody: Oh, yeah? Well, good riddance, ya loony!
Sid Phillips: [Reading warning on rocket] "Extremely dangerous. Keep out of reach of children." Cool!
Rex: What if Andy gets another dinosaur? A mean one? I don`t think I can take that kind of rejection.
Mr. Potato Head: How come *you* don`t have a laser, Woody?
Woody: It`s not a laser. It`s a little light bulb that blinks.
Hamm: What`s wrong with him?
Mr. Potato Head: Laser envy.
[Mr. Potato Head rearranges his facial features crazily]
Mr. Potato Head: Hey, Hamm. Look, I`m Picasso.
Hamm: Gee, I don`t get it.
Mr. Potato Head: You uncultured swine!
Mr. Potato Head: [while playing Battleship] Ah, ha. B-3.
Hamm: Miss. G-6.
Mr. Potato Head: No. You sunk it.
[Hamm chuckles]
Mr. Potato Head: Are you peeking?
Hamm: Ah, quit your whining and pay up.
[Mr. Potato Head plls off one of his ears]
Hamm: No, no, not the ear. Gimme the nose.
Mr. Potato Head: [pulls off his nose] How `bout 3 out of 5?
[first lines]
Andy: [Andy is playing with his toys and mimicing the voices of his toys and holding Mr Potato Head] Alright, everyone. This is a stick-up. Don`t anyone move.
[empties Hamm]
Andy: Oooh, money, money, money.
[mimicing Bo Beep]
Andy: No, no. Stop it you mean potato.
[as Mr. potato Head]
Andy: Quiet, Bo Beep. Or your sheep will get it.
[as Bo Beep]
Andy: Oh no, not my sheep, somebody do something.
Woody: [Andy brings in Woody and pulls on his pull-string] Reach for the sky.
Andy: [as Mr Potato Head] Oh no. Sheriff Woody.
[as Woody]
Andy: I`m hear to stop you one-eyed bart.
[pulls one of Mr. Potato head`s eye and mimics his voice]
Andy: NO! How do you know it was me?
[as Woody]
Andy: Are you gonna come quietly?
[as Mr. Potato Head]
Andy: Not so fast Sheriff
[brings in Slinky]
Andy: I brought my attack dog with a built in forcefield.
[as Woody, and brings in Rex]
Andy: I brought my dinosaur, he leaps forcefield dogs
[pushes Slinky aside]
Andy: You`re going to jail bart, say good-bye to the wife and tatertot.
[then Molly picks up and drools over Mr. Potato head]
Andy: You saved the day again Woody.
Woody: [Andy pulls on Woody`s pull-string] You`re my favorite deputy.
Buzz: I`ve set my laser from stun to kill.
Woody: Oh, great. If anyone attacks we can blink em` to death.
[repeated line]
Buzz: To infinity, and beyond!
[Mr. Potato Head watches hopefully as Andy open birthday presents]
Mr. Potato Head: Mrs. Potato Head, Mrs. Potato Head, Mrs. Potato Head, Mrs... Hey, I can dream can`t I?
Mr. Potato Head: What, did you take Stupid Pills this morning?
[Preparing for the toy mutiny]
Woody: Wind the frog.
Woody: Wait a minute, I just lit a rocket... Rockets explode!
Woody: Tuesday night`s plastic corrosion awareness meeting, was I think, a big success. We`d like to thank Mr. Spell for putting that on for us, thank you Mr. Spell...
Mr. Spell: [mechanically] You`re. Welcome.
Hamm: Yes, sir, we`re next month`s garage sale fodder for sure.
Woody: All right, that`s enough! Look, we`re all very impressed with Andy`s new toy.
Buzz: Toy?
Woody: T-O-Y, toy.
Buzz: Excuse me, I think the word you`re searching for is "space ranger".
Woody: The word I`m searching for, I can`t say, because there`s preschool toys present.
Buzz: I just want you to know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet.
Woody: Oh. Well, that`s good.
Buzz: But we`re not on my planet, are we?
Woody: No. Daaaah-oof!
Buzz: [he attacks Woody]
Woody: Okay, come on. You want a piece of me?
Buzz: [gets knocked down by Woody, he closes his helmet on Woody`s hand]
Woody: Ow!
Woody: What chance does a toy like me have against a Buzz Lightyear action figure?
Mr. Potato Head: Oh, really? Well, I`m from Playskool.
Rex: And I`m from Mattel. Well, actually I`m from a smaller company that was purchased by Mattel in a leveraged buyout.
Buzz: Can!
Woody: That wasn`t flying! That was... falling with style!
Sergeant: It`s a Mrs. Potato Head! Repeat, a Mrs. Potato Head!
Hamm: Way to go, Idaho!
Mr. Potato Head: I`d better shave.
[pulls off his moustache]
Andy: You`re going to jail, Bart. Say good-bye to the wife and Tater Tots.
Woody: I think you`ve had enough tea for today, let`s get you outta here, Buzz.
Woody: Buzz, you`ve got wings! You glow in the dark! You talk! Your helmet does that, that... *whoosh* thing! You are a cool toy!
[loses steam]
Woody: As a matter of fact, you`re *too* cool.
Mr. Potato Head: Son of a building block! It`s Woody!
Woody: Hey, Buzz! You`re flying!
Buzz: This isn`t flying. This is falling with style!
Buzz: How are you fixed for fuel? Are you still using fossil fuels, or have you discovered crystallic fusion?
Woody: Well, we have double-A`s.
Buzz: How dare you open a Space Ranger`s helmet on an uncharted planet? My eyeballs could have been sucked out of their sockets!
Woody: Sergeant, establish a recon post downstairs. Code Red. You know what to do.
Sergeant: Yes, sir! All right, men! We`re at Code Red! Repeat, Code Red! Recon plan Charlie: Execute! Let`s move, move, move!
Buzz: What`s going on?
Woody: Nothing that concerns you Space Rangers. Just us toys.
Buzz: I`d better have a look anyway.
[look through binoculars]
Buzz: Why is that soldier strapped to an explosive device?
Woody: [moves binoculars] That`s why. Sid.
Buzz: Sure is a hairy fella.
Woody: No, no. That`s Scud, you idiot. That`s Sid.
Buzz: You mean that happy child?
Mr. Potato Head: That ain`t no happy child!
Rex: He tortures toys, just for fun!
Buzz: I`m Buzz Lightyear. I come in peace.
Rex: Oh, I`m so glad you`re not a dinosaur!
Buzz: This is an intergalactic emergency. I need to commandeer your vessel to Sector 12. Who`s in charge here?
All: [pointing up] The Claw!
Alien #1: The Claw is our master.
Ailen #2: It decides who will go and who will stay.
Woody: Oh, this is ludicrous.
Woody: [trying to get Buzz into Molly`s stroller] It`s a special spaceship, I just saw it.
Buzz: You mean it has hyperdrive?
Woody: Hyperactive hyperdrive, and astro... uh... turf.
Sid Phillips: No-one has ever attempted a double bypass brain transplant before.
Woody: Listen, Lightsnack, you stay away from Andy. He`s mine, and no one is taking him away from me.
Buzz: What are you talking about? Where`s that bonding strip?
[slides under his ship with a skateboard]
Woody: [pulls him back out] And another thing, stop with this spaceman thing! It`s getting on my nerves.
Buzz: [gets out from under his ship] Don`t even think about it, cowboy.
Woody: Oh yeah, tough guy?
[pushes Buzz. Buzz`s helmet opens. Buzz chokes]
Rex: Great! Now I have guilt!
Woody: Pull my string! The birthday party`s today?
Mr. Potato Head: Ages three and up! It`s on my box! Ages three and up! I`m not supposed to be babysitting Princess Drool!
Mr. Potato Head: What`re you lookin` at, you hockey puck?
Woody: Hey, Etch... Draw!
[Etch draws a picture of a gun]
Woody: D`oh! Got me again! Etch, you`ve been working on that draw. Fastest knobs in the west.
Woody: Hey, Slinky?
Slinky Dog: [with a checker board] Right here, Woody. I`m red this time.
Woody: No, Slink...
Slinky Dog: All right, you can be red.
Woody: Not now, Slinky. I`ve got some bad news.
Slinky Dog: [shouts] Bad news?
Woody: Shhh! Scatter everyone up for a staff meeting and be happy.
Slinky Dog: Okay.
[walks away slowly with his head down]
Woody: Be happy!
Slinky Dog: [laughs hysterically]
Mr. Potato Head: How did I get stuck with you as a moving buddy?
Rex: Everyone else was picked.
Woody: Now, guys, it was an accident. You gotta believe me.
Slinky Dog: We believe you, Woody. Right, Rex?
Rex: Uh... yeah... uh, I mean no... uh... I don`t like confrontations!
Slinky Dog: It`s Sid!
Rex: I thought he was at summer camp!
Hamm: They must`ve kicked him out early this year.
Buzz: [in Sid`s backpack, approaching his home] Sheriff, I can see your indwelling from here. You`re almost home.
Alien: Nirvana is coming, the mystic portal awaits.
Woody: Will you be quiet! You guys don`t get it do you? Once we go into Sid`s house, we won`t be coming out!
Mr. Potato Head: That`s *Mister* Potato Head to you, you back stabbing murderer!
Sergeant: [about the second present andy opens ] It`s... it`s bedsheets!
Mr. Potato Head: Who invited that kid?
Woody: Aaaaah! This is the part where we blow up!
Buzz: Not today.
Buzz: Years of Academy training wasted.
[Woody finds Buzz dressed up as "Mrs. Nesbitt" and in the company of two headless dolls]
Woody: What happened to you?
Buzz: One minute you`re defending the whole galaxy, and, suddenly, you find yourself sucking down Darjeeling with... Marie Antoinette and her little sister.
Woody: Who`s got my hat?
Shark: Look, I`m Woody: Howdy, howdy, howdy.
Woody: Ha-ha, ha-ha. Gimme that.
Alien #1: A stranger.
Ailen #2: From the outside.
All: Oooooooooooooooh.
Alien: I have been chosen. Farewell, my friends. I go to a better place.
Bo Peep: Why don`t I get someone else to watch the sheep for me tonight?
Woody: [blushing and giggling] Oh-ho yeah.
Buzz: Do you know these life forms?
Woody: Yes, they`re Andy`s toys.
Rex: Mr. Lightyear, now I`m curious. What does a space ranger actually do?
Woody: He`s not a space ranger! He doesn`t fight evil or, or... shoot lasers or fly.
Buzz: Excuse me.
Buzz: [Buzz deploys his wings]
Hamm: Wow. Impressive wingspan. Very good.
Woody: Oh, what? What? These are plastic. He can`t fly.
Buzz: They are a terillium-carbonic alloy, and I can fly.
Woody: No, you can`t.
Buzz: Yes, I can.
Woody: Can`t.
Buzz: Can.
Woody: Can`t, can`t, ca-an`t.
Buzz: I tell you, I could fly around this room with my eyes closed.
Woody: Okay, Mr. Lightbeer, prove it.
Buzz: All right then, I will.
[watching guests arrive for Andy`s party]
Rex: Any dinosaur-shaped ones?
Hamm: For crying out loud. They`re all in boxes, you idiot.
Rex: They`re getting bigger.
Slinky Dog: Wait, there`s a nice little one over there.
[boy turns around, revealing the full length of the box he`s carrying]
All: Aaaaahh!
Woody: Does everybody have a moving buddy?
Hamm: Moving buddy? You can`t be serious.
Rex: I didn`t know we had to have one already.
Mr. Potato Head: [holding his left arm in his right hand] Do we have to hold hands?
[All laugh]
Woody: You actually think you`re *the* Buzz Lightyear? Hey, look, everybody! It`s the *real* Buzz Lightyear!
Buzz: You`re mocking me, aren`t you?
Woody: Oh no, no no no, no. - Buzz look, an alien!
Buzz: Where?
Woody: [slaps knee and laughs hoarsely]
Slinky Dog: I knew you were right all along, Woody. Never doubted you for a second.
Woody: [through his voice box] Reach for the sky!
Sid Phillips: Huh?
Woody: This town ain`t big enough for the two of us!
Sid Phillips: What?
Woody: Somebody`s poisoned the waterhole!
Sid Phillips: It`s busted.
Woody: Who are you calling busted, Buster?
Sid Phillips: Huh?
Woody: That`s right! I`m talking to you, Sid Philips! We don`t like being blown up, Sid. Or smashed, or torn apart.
Sid Phillips: [hyperventilating] W-we?
Woody: That`s right, your toys!
[Toys get up and surround the terrified Sid]
Woody: From now on, you must take good care of your toys, because if you don`t, we`ll find out, Sid!
Woody: [while turning head around slowly] We toys can see EVERYTHING!
Woody: [speaking and moving] So play nice!
[Sid screams and runs inside]
Rex: ROAR!
Woody: Oh, how ya doin`, Rex.
Rex: Were you scared? Tell me honestly.
Woody: I was very close to being scared that time.
Rex: I was going for fearsome, but I don`t think I`m coming across. I`m afraid I`m just coming off as annoying.
Buzz: [marveling at the interior of Pizza Planet] What a spaceport!
[At Pizza Planet]
Man On P.A.: Before your space journey, re-energize yourself with a slice of pepperoni, now boarding at counter three.
Woody: [thinks Buzz has gone crazy] Let`s get you out of here Buzz...
Buzz: Don`t you get it?
[points to a doll`s hat on his head]
Buzz: You see the hat? I am Mrs. Nesbitt!
[laughs hysterically]
Woody: Snap out of it, Buzz!
[opens Buzz`s helmet, slaps Buzz across the face with his detached arm, then closes the helmet]
Buzz: [calmly] I-I-I... you`re right. I`m sorry, I am just a little depressed, that`s all. I can get through this.
[breaks down again]
Buzz: Oh, I`m a sham!
Sid Phillips: [talking in his sleep] I want to ride the pony.
Woody: Buzz, could you give me a hand here?
[Buzz throws his broken-off arm]
Woody: Ha-ha, ha-ha. That`s really funny, but this is serious!
Buzz: [about Sid] I don`t believe that man`s ever been to medical school!
Slinky Dog: Gaddily bob-howdy!
Woody: Oh, shut up.
[last lines]
Woody: Buzz? Buzz Lightyear? You`re not worried, are you?
Buzz: Me? No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Are you?
[camera pans out]
Woody: Now Buzz, what could Andy possibly get that is worse than you?
Andy: Oh, oh, what is it? What is it? Wow, a puppy!
[camera zooms back in]
Both: Heh, heh!
Sergeant: [he can`t see what Andy is holding up] It`s a...
Rex: It`s A WHAT? WHAT IS IIIITTTTT?
[Rex shakes the table, inadvertently knocking off the TalkBoy and causing the batteries to fall out]
Mr. Potato Head: Oh, ya big lizard! Now we`ll never know what it is!
Hamm: Way to go, Rex!
[moves forward]
Woody: [as the toys struggle to put the batteries back in the TalkBoy] No, no, turn `em around! Turn `em around!
Hamm: He`s putting them in backward!
Woody: PLUS IS POSITIVE! MINUS IS NEGATIVE! Oh, let me!
[jumps down]
Sergeant: [downstairs, into the Baby Monitor] Red alert! Red alert! Andy is coming upstairs!
[Woody puts the batteries back in properly and picks the Talkboy up]
Sergeant: Assume your positions! I repeat! Assume you positions now!
Woody: ANDY`S COMING! Everybody back to your places! Hurry!
[mayhem breaks out]
Mr. Potato Head: [in a panic] Where`s my ear? Who`s seen my ear? Did you see my ear?
[Andy and his mom stop at the gas station]
Andy: Can I help you fill up?
Andy`s Mom: Sure, I`ll even let you drive.
Andy: Really?
Andy`s Mom: Yeah, when you`re 16.
Andy: Yup, yup. Very funny, Mom.
Woody: Buzz! Go away, you disgusting freaks!
Mutant Toys: [one of them grab Buzz`s arm from Woody]
Woody: All back! Back, you cannibals!
[the mutant toys sent him flying to the wall, he wakes up and attacks the mutant toys]
Woody: He`s still alive and you`re not getting him, you monsters.
Mutant Toys: [they fix Buzz and his arm is attached]
Woody: Hey, they fixed you? But... but they`re cannibals, we saw them eat other toys. Uh, sorry. We thought you`re gonna... you know... eat my friend.
Mutant Toys: [they were scared away]
Woody: No, no, no, no, wait. What`s wrong?
Sid`s Mom: Sid?
Sid Phillips: Not right now, Mom. I`m busy!
Woody: Sid! Buzz, get up! Use our legs! Fine, let Sid trash but don`t blame me!
Sid Phillips: [torturing Woody with a magnifying glass] Where are your rebel friends now?
Sid`s Mom: [off screen] Sid! your Pop-Tarts are ready.
Sid Phillips: [running off] All right!
Woody: [mocking Buzz as they split-up] Renzevous with Star Command.
[sees a delivery truck with a "Pizza Planet" logo on it]
Woody: Pizza Planet,
[enlightened]
Woody: Andy, woah, I can`t show up there with out Buzz.
[yelling to Buzz]
Woody: Buzz, Buzz! Come back!
Buzz: [walking out from under the truck] Go away.
Woody: No, Buzz, you gotta come back, I...
[Woody looks at the Pizza Planet delivery truck, and notices a miniture spaceship on the top]
Woody: [calling] I found a space ship!
[Buzz stops and looks at the delivery truck]
Woody: [calling] It`s a space ship, Buzz.
Buzz: [as the driver asks for directions] So, you`re saying this spaceship can take me to some kind of port?
Woody: [nodding his head] Uh-huh, and when we get there, we`ll find a way to transport you home.
Buzz: Okay, let`s go.
[Buzz runs towards the truck]
Woody: Wait Buzz. Let`s get in the back, no-one will see us there.
Buzz: Negative. There are no restraining harnesses in the cargo area. We`ll be much safer in the cockpit.
[Buzz climbs through the open window and jumps into the seat]
Woody: [whispering] Buzz!
[the Pizza Planet truck`s engine starts, Woody climbs into the back, and sees Buzz attaching a seat belt]
Woody: Much more safer in the cockpit than the cargo bay what an idiot.
[the Pizza Planet truck moves forwards sharply, Woody is tossed and thrown by the extreme motion of the truck as it speeds down the road and up a hill. Items start in the back of the truck start to tumble towards Woody, one of them being a heavy tool box]
Woody: [Asking a Magic 8 ball] Will Andy pick me?
[Shakes the ball and flips to see the answer:]
Woody: "Don`t count on it". Arrhhhh!
Trivia
First fully computer-generated full-length feature film. Each frame took 4 to 13 hours (depending on the complexity of the shot) of time on a RenderFarm consisting of 87 2-CPU SparcStation 20`s, 30 4-CPU Sparc-Station 20`s and a SparcServer 1000.
The animation team perfected the movement of the toy soldiers by gluing some sneakers to a sheet of wood and trying to walk around with them on.
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# Rendered for an aspect ratio of 1.66:1, and it was supposed to be matted in theatres to 1.85:1 (the aspect ratio for which the team tried to compose). For reasons too complex to go into here, they aimed for 1.85:1 and missed, but only by a little. After careful consideration and consultation with director John Lasseter, they nudged the window open a tiny bit to 1.78:1.
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* The carpet texture in the hallway of Sid`s house is the same as the carpet texture in The Shining (1980).
The desk lamp and yellow ball with a blue stripe and a red star are references to the previous Pixar film Luxo Jr. (1986).
The scene where Buzz is knocked out of the window contains several references to Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), including the music.
WILHELM SCREAM: When Buzz Lightyear is knocked out of the window.
Woody and Buzz Lightyear are inspired by director John Lasseter`s own childhood toys. He based Woody on his own pull-string Casper doll, and once he grew out of Casper he moved on to a G.I Joe, a flashy toy at the time of his childhood.
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# Rex uses a few of George McFly`s lines from Back to the Future (1985): "I don`t like confrontations" and "I don`t think I could take that kind of rejection."
Hannah serves Buzz tea from a Utah Teapot, a famous data model seen in countless computer animations.
The toolbox that Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) pushes off the milk crate bears the name "Binford Tools," the name of the company which sponsors Allen`s character`s show in "Home Improvement" (1991).
In the scene where Woody is giving everyone warning to get a moving partner, the book "The Tin Toy" can be seen on the shelf behind him. Tin Toy (1988) is the Pixar short film "Toy Story" was based upon. Its author is listed as "Lasseter," a reference to director John Lasseter.
When Woody is holding the staff meeting, several books are visible behind him. The names of the books refer to previous Pixar films: Red`s Dream (1987), and Knick Knack (1989).
Sid Phillips is said to be inspired by a former Pixar employee of the same last name who was known to disassemble toys and use the parts to build bizarre creations.
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# The top of Sid`s backpack reads "Julie Macbarfle has cooties!", a reference to camera manager Julie M. McDonald, who lobbied people to put her name in the film. "Juju`s house of food" is another reference to her.
The moving company ("Eggman Movers") is named after art director Ralph Eggleston. The license plate of the truck ("MLY1K9", meaning "Molly, one canine") is a reference to Pixar`s resident sheepdog.
One of the cars` license plate is "HTT1195," which references the company "Hi Tech Tunes," which produced the film.
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# When Buzz is lying on the skateboard while "repairing" his ship, there are stacked blocks that read "B" and "Z." B.Z. Petroff was the animation and layout manager on "Toy Story."
When the Pizza Planet delivery boy enters the Dinoco gas station, he asks for directions to West Cutting Boulevard. West Cutting Boulevard is the street where Pixar Animation Studios was located in Richmond, California, at the time (Pixar moved its entire operation to Emeryville, California, in 2000).
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# Buzz Lightyear`s facial features are loosely based on those of the film`s director, John Lasseter; most notably his eyebrows, cheekbones and the dimple in his chin. Lasseter demonstrated this by sketching a rough self-portrait of himself on the U.K. breakfast show "The Big Breakfast" (1992) and then adding the spacesuit helmet to transform himself into Buzz.
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# The license plate on Andy`s mother`s car reads "A 111" on the front and "A 113" on the rear. A111 and A113 are two rooms used by the animation department at CalArts - alma mater of a large number of Pixarians, including John Lasseter.
The carpet in Sid`s house is modeled after the horrible carpet in the basement of the house Pete Docter (writer/lead animator) lived in as a child. When Buzz gets wacky at the "tea party" he calls himself Mrs. Nesbit. The name of one of Pete`s grade school teachers and in college, he had a Toyota pickup truck pretty much like the one the pizza delivery guys used. It too had a "YO" on the gate.
Whenever a character`s eyes blink, they never blink together, but one at a time.
The "Hand" in the Box in Sid`s room plays the same music that the toy did from Tin Toy (1988), the short movie Toy Story was based upon.
When Buzz and Woody fight at the gas station, Woody reminds Buzz that he is "just a toy!" Buzz answers, "You are a sad, strange, little man. You have my pity. Farewell," and he waves good-bye with his hand, giving the typical Vulcan salute from "Star Trek" (1966).
The license plate on the van (A113) is the same as the Master`s apartment in Disney`s The Brave Little Toaster (1987).
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# Slinky Dog (voiced by Jim Varney) says "Gollybob Howdy" in one scene. That was a catchphrase of Varney`s other popular character, Ernest P. Worrell.
Billy Crystal was originally offered the chance to voice Buzz Lightyear, but declined. After seeing the finished film, he said the decision was the biggest mistake of his career. Upon learning this, Pixar offered Crystal the role of Mike in Monsters, Inc. (2001), which he readily accepted.
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# Tim Allen has said in many interviews that Pixar originally wanted Jim Carrey to voice Buzz Lightyear and Paul Newman to voice Woody, but they couldn`t due to the low budget they were given for the film.
Towards the end of the movie - when Woody and Buzz fly behind the car and Molly sees them on the side mirror - you can hear "Hakuna Matata" from The Lion King (1994) playing on the car radio.
The realtor`s sign on the lawn of Andy`s house reads "Virtual Realty."
The character of Andy is named for Andries "Andy" Van Dam, a Brown University Professor and computer science and animation pioneer who taught many of makers of this film.
One of the books on Andy`s bookshelf is titled "Smyrl, Smryl, Twist and Twirl," a reference to Eliot Smyrl on the modeling team.
Mr. Potato-Head`s line "What are you looking at, ya hockey puck?" is one of actor/comedian Don Rickles` catchphrases.
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# The toy Shark, wearing Woody`s hat, proclaims, "Look at me, I`m Woody! Howdy howdy howdy!" This references a cowboy-eating vulture in one of `Gary Larson``s "The Far Side" daily comic strips, from the early 1980s: "Hey everyone, look at me, I`m a cowboy! Howdy! Howdy! Howdy!"
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# The filmmakers have indicated in interviews that the moving-van chase scene at the end of the film was partially inspired by the toy train chase scene from Wallace & Gromit in The Wrong Trousers (1993). The Pixar animators considered the toy train sequence to have set a standard for action which they had to surpass in this full-length computer animated film.
Originally the main character was going to be Tinny, the title character in Tin Toy (1988). He would have gotten lost during a family trip and joined up with a sarcastic ventriloquist dummy in a search for a home. Eventually, Tinny was replaced with a toy astronaut named Lunar Larry, which then became Buzz Lightyear. The dummy, meanwhile, was given the identity of a cowboy, eventually becoming Woody.
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Pizza Planet was originally Pizza Putt, a combination pizzeria/mini-golf course.
Voted number 5 in Channel 4`s (UK) "Greatest Family Films"
Bill Murray was considered for the role of Buzz Lightyear.
What attracted Tom Hanks to the role of Woody, was during his childhood he would always wonder if his toys were alive and moved around when nobody was in his room. What attracted Tim Allen to the role of Buzz Lightyear, was before him they offered the role to his biggest influence in his career, Chevy Chase, who turned it down.
The manner in which Andy writes his name on Woody is identical to how the character Andrew Beckett in Philadelphia (1993) has his name written in cement from when he was a child. Tom Hanks is featured in both Philadelphia and Toy Story.
When the soldiers are watching the pile of presents disappear during the birthday party, two silhouette pictures can be seen on the wall. These pictures are available at Walt Disney parks worldwide, and are cut freehand, with no prior sketchwork, using nothing but paper and scissors by the park`s employees.
An early possible title for the film was "You Are A Toy".
[June 2008] Ranked #6 on the American Film Institute`s list of the 10 greatest films in the genre "Animation".
Early scripts for the film featured a Barbie Doll in a prominent role as Woody`s love interest. The original ending sequence, in which Buzz and Woody chase the moving truck, was scripted to have Barbie drive her Corvette off the truck and rescue Woody and Buzz from Sid`s dog, a-la Sarah Connor (Linda Hamilton) in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991). Mattel, the company that owns the Barbie character, declined on the basis that they thought the film would be a failure and that they didn`t want Barbie to have a defined personality, preferring to let children imagine Barbie`s personality traits on their own. Thus, Barbie was dropped from the script, and her character was reworked into that of Bo-Peep. When the film proved a huge success, Mattel did allow Barbie to appear in Toy Story 2 (1999).
All of the cars in Toy Story have license plate stickers that are dated November 95 -- the same date the movie was released.
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# In April 2008 ‘Toy Story’ made it`s debut as a live action musical on Disney Cruise Line`s The Disney Wonder. The musical contains 7 songs, 6 of which are original, and Randy Newman`s `You`ve Got a Friend in Me.`
This movie was originally planned to represent how new Hollywood was taking over old Hollywood. The original casting choices were Paul Newman for Woody (representing old Hollywood) and Jim Carrey for Buzz Lightyear (representing new Hollywood)
Tom Hanks recorded his dialog during the breaks of Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and A League of Their Own (1992). He didn`t want to record his dialog during the breaks of Philadelphia (1993) or Forrest Gump (1994) because he felt he shouldn`t do comedic roles in between minutes of playing serious roles.
When the film was re released on DVD, it was found that almost 20% of the original animation files were corrupted, proving to the studio that digital storage was not as feasible as they thought it would be at the time the film was made.
The presence of the shepherdess in Toy Story is a reference to the fairy tale "The Shepherdess and The Sweep" (1849) by Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. His story was also about toys in a children`s room coming to life when no one is looking.
In the beginning when Woody is telling the toys to pick a moving buddy, the book behind him "Tin Toy" has the name Lassetter on it. John Lasseter is one of the main story board writers of `Toy Story`.
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