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This is a list of characters from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story franchise, which includes the animated feature films Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5, and Lightyear, as well as the Toy Story Toons series and television specials Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot .
Sheriff Woody Pride (voiced by Tom Hanks in the films and Jim Hanks in other media) [1] is a 1950s- style pullstring cowboy doll. He is Andy's favorite toy and serves as the leader of the toy group. Woody is highly attached to his hat and becomes alarmed when it goes missing in Toy Story 2 . His rivalry with Buzz Lightyear forms the basis of the first film's plot, as he resents Buzz for becoming Andy's new favorite toy.
In Toy Story 2, a toy collector named Al steals Woody from a yard sale, prompting the other toys to mount a rescue mission. It is revealed that Woody was the star of a fictional 1950s puppet television series titled Woody's Roundup. In Toy Story 3 , he and the other toys are donated to a daycare center and race to return home before Andy leaves for college. Later in the film, he and the other toys are donated to a daycare center and work to return home before Andy leaves for college. Later in the film, they are passed on to a girl named Bonnie.
In Toy Story 4, Woody travels with Bo Peep, helping lost toys find owners and assisting Forky. Woody appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Treats , Toy Story Toons , Toy Story of Terror! , Toy Story That Time Forgot and Lamp Life .
Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen in the films, Patrick Warburton in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , Pat Fraley in Toy Story Treats and video games, Mike MacRae in video games, Chris Evans in Lightyear, and Javier Fernández-Peña in Spanish mode) [2] [3] [4] is a modern "Space Ranger" action figure. In the Toy Story films, he serves as Woody's second-in-command.
In the first film, Buzz initially believes he is a real Space Ranger and develops a rivalry with Woody. He later realizes that he is a toy and becomes friends with Woody. In Toy Story 2, Buzz, together with Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Rex, and Slinky, sets out to save Woody from Al. During the mission, be becomes stuck in the Buzz Lightyear aisle in Al's Toy Barn after being mistaken for another Buzz toy.
In Toy Story 3, Buzz and Jessie began to develop a relationship, and he is particularly affectionate when switched to "Spanish mode". Andy ultimately decides to take Woody to college, and when passing his toys to Bonnie, he describes Buzz as "the coolest toy ever".
Buzz Lightyear is also the protagonist of the 65-episode television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000-2001), which portrays him as a real Space Ranger. The 2022 Pixar film Lightyear depicts his origin story and features other Buzz Lightyear toys. In Lightyear, Buzz is a Space Ranger in Star Command who becomes involved in a conflict with Emperor Zurg after experiencing time dilation while testing faster-than-light travel.
Buzz Lightyear appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Treats , Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , Toy Story Toons , Toy Story of Terror! , Toy Story That Time Forgot , Pixar Popcorn, and Lightyear .
Jessica Jane "Jessie" Pride (voiced by Joan Cusack) [5] [6] is a cowgirl doll who becomes part of Woody's group in Toy Story 2. In that film, Jessie is initially happy to see Woody but is surprised to learn he still has an owner, Andy. She is hesitant to join Andy's toys due to her past experience with her previous owner, Emily, who placed her in a charity box for donations after outgrowing her. When Woody mentions Andy's sister Molly, Jessie quickly decides to join the gang.
In Toy Story 3, Jessie initially believes that Andy has thrown her and the other toys away. During the film, she grows close to Buzz Lightyear, particularly when he is in Spanish mode, and at the end they dance to the Spanish version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".
Jessie is the main protagonist in the 2013 television special Toy Story of Terror! , in which she saves the other toys from a toy thief and seller at a roadside rest stop.
Jessie appears in Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Toons , Toy Story of Terror!, and Toy Story That Time Forgot .
Bo Peep (voiced by Annie Potts) [7] is a porcelain figurine and Woody's romantic interest. [8] Inspired by the nursery rhyme "Little Bo-Peep", she is a kindhearted shepherdess accompanied by three sheep named Billy, Goat and Gruff. In the first film, she and her sheep are detachable components of Molly's bedside lamp. In Andy's imaginative plays, Bo Peep is portrayed as the damsel-in-distress and depicted as gentle, and ladylike.
Bo Peep is given away prior to the events of Toy Story 3; Rex mentions that she has gone on to a new owner. She returns in Toy Story 4 with a more prominent role, with the film focusing on her relationship with Woody. [9] [10] [11] In this film, her appearance and style are updated- she no longer wears a skirt, her frills are flattened, and she has a white bandage on her right arm and a purple bandage on her left hand to repair previous damage. [12] Bo Peep also adopts a new philosophy regarding what it means to be a toy.
Bo Peep appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5, and Lamp Life .
Bullseye is a toy horse and part of Woody and Jessie's collection. In the fictional Woody's Roundup television series, Bullseye is portrayed as Woody and Jessie's horse.
In Toy Story 2, Bullseye is happy to see Woody after a long time in storage. He dislikes conflict, hiding in a can when Jessie jumps on Woody, and shows distress when Woody considers abandoning the Roundup Gang to return to Andy. Bullseye's loyalty motivates Woody to convince the other Roundup toys to return with him. Unlike most other toys, Bullseye does not speak but communicates through body language and occasional horse-like sounds. He is depicted as brave, gentle, and sensitive.
Bullseye returns in Toy Story 3 as one of the remaining toys in Andy's room and has small roles in Toy Story 4 and Toy Story 5. He also appears in the short films Hawaiian Vacation , Small Fry , and Partysaurus Rex .
At Disney California Adventure, Jessie and her animal friends, including Bullseye, feature in a carousel ride called Jessie's Critter Carousel.
Slinky Dog [13] [14] (commonly known as Slinky) is a Southern-accented toy dachshund with a metal Slinky for a body. His body parts are plastic with articulated limbs and feet, and his ears are made of worn vinyl, suggesting he predates many of Andy's other toys. The character is based on the Slinky Dog toy manufactured between the 1950s and the 1970s. For the film, Pixar artist Bud Luckey partially redesigned the character to make him more suitable for animation.
In the opening scenes of Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Andy refers to Slinky as One-Eyed Bart's "attack dog with a built-in force field" during playtime.
Slinky Dog is voiced by Jim Varney in Toy Story and Toy Story 2. Following Varney's death, the role was recast with Blake Clark beginning in Toy Story 3. Slinky also appears in the short film Hawaiian Vacation , in which he acts as a hotel porter during Ken and Barbie's Hawaiian adventures, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex . He makes a silent appearance in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
Theme part attractions based on the character include Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, which opened at several Disney theme parks beginning in 2010, and Slinky Dog Dash, a steel roller coaster that opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in 2018. [15] [16]
Slinky Dog appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Toons, and Pixar Popcorn .
Rex (voiced by Wallace Shawn) [17] [18] is a large, green, plastic Tyrannosaurus rex toy chracterized by his anxiety and self-doubt. He has an inferiority complex and frequently worries that he is not scary enough. In Toy Story, Rex fears that Andy will replace him with a more intimidating dinosaur, but gains confidence after Buzz Lightyear offers him advice on how to roar more effectively.
Despite being a dinosaur, Rex dislikes confrontation and is portrayed as sensitive and easily distressed. He is also one of the largest toys in Andy's collection. In the opening scenes of Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Andy refers to Rex during playtime as Woody's "dinosaur who eats force field dogs". At the end of Toy Story 3, when giving his toys to Bonnie, Andy describes Rex as the "meanest, most terrifying dinosaur who ever lived".
In the video game adaptations, Rex is voiced by Earl Boen in Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (1999) and Toy Story Racer (2001). [19] He also makes a cameo appearance in an outtake from Monsters, Inc. in which he is seen waiting at a crosswalk with Mike and Sulley.
Rex appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Treats , Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , Toy Story Toons , Toy Story of Terror! , Toy Story That Time Forgot , Forky Asks a Question, and Pixar Popcorn .
Hamm (Voiced by John Ratzenberger) [20] is a wisecracking, stylized plastic piggy bank with a cork in his belly. He is close friends with Mr. Potato Head; in Toy Story, the two are seen playing cards and later the board game Battleship, which Hamm consistently wins. Of all Andy's toys, Hamm is portrayed as having the most knowledge of the outside world and is often familiar with various gadgets and technologies.
In Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3, Andy imagines Hamm as a villain named "Evil Dr. Porkchop", who typically wears Mr. Potato Head's bowler hat. In the third film, the character is depicted with a large pig-shaped aircraft, which he uses during playtime to rescue One-Eyed Bart and One-Eyed Betty (the Potato Heads).
Hamm appears in each of the Toy Story films: Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Treats , Buzz Lightyear of Star Command , Toy Story Toons , Forky Asks a Question, and Pixar Popcorn . He also appears as the mayor in Toy Box mode in Toy Story 3: The Video Game . In theatrical short films, Hamm is featured in Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex. Ratzenberger reprising the role in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III .
Hamm briefly appears in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, voiced by Andrew Stanton. He also makes a cameo appearance in the post-credits scene of Cars as part of a self-referential homage to Ratzenberger, who voices Mack in the film. In a 2010 television advertisement for the United States Postal Service promoting Toy Story 3, Hamm appears dressed as a postal worker while promoting Priority Mail.
Mr. Potato Head [21] (voiced by Don Rickles until his death, and later by Jeff Bergman) is a sarcastic, Brooklyn-accented Mr. Potato Head toy. His detachable design allows him to remove and rearrange his body parts, as well as store extra pieces in a compartment on his lower back. He retains control over his parts even when they are separated from his body. Although this feature is frequently used for comedic effect, it also proved useful in several situations, particularly in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
In the opening scenes of Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Andy imagines him as the outlaw One-Eyed Bart. He is married to Mrs. Potato Head, and in Toy Story 2 the couple become the adoptive parents of three alien toys.
Rickles had signed on to reprise the role in Toy Story 4, but died in 2017 before recording new material. [22] [23] [24] At the request of his family, the filmmakers incorporated unused archival recordings from the previous films, Disney theme park attractions, and related video games. [21] According to director Josh Cooley, the production team catalgued decades of recordings and worked with screenwriters Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom to construct new dialogue from existing materia. The character ultimately appears in the film using repurposed audio. [25]
Mr. Potato Head appears in Toy Story , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 3 , Toy Story 4 , Toy Story 5 , Toy Story Toons , Toy Story of Terror! , Toy Story That Time Forgot , and Pixar Popcorn .
Mrs. Potato Head (voiced by Estelle Harris until her death and later by Anna Vocino) [26] is Mr. Potato Head's wife. She is depicted as sweet-tempered and easygoing, in contrast to her husband's more impatient and hot-headed personality. Although mentioned in Toy Story, she does not appear on screen until Toy Story 2.
In Toy Story 3, she has a larger role after one of her detachable eyes is left behind in Andy's room. Through the eye, she observes Andy searching for his missing toys, leading the other to realize that he did not intend to throw them away. She regards the three alien toys as her children, a view her husband comes to share after the aliens help save the toys from the incinerator.
Mrs. Potato Head appears in the short film Hawaiian Vacation, in which she serves as a tour guide during Ken and Barbie's imagined trip, as well as in Small Fry , Partysaurus Rex. She also appears in Toy Story 4 and Toy Story 5 . Toy Story 4 was Harris' final film role before her retirement and death in 2022.
The Aliens, also known as Little Green Men, (primarily voiced by Jeff Pidgeon, [27] with Dee Bradley Baker in Tiny Toy Stories and Patrick Warburton in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command) are green, three-eyed squeaky toy aliens. They appear in all four main Toy Story films.
In Toy Story, Buzz and Woody encounter the Aliens inside a claw machine at Pizza Planet. The Aliens repeatedly state that "the Claw" determined who will be chosen, referring to the arcade machine's mechanism.
In Toy Story 2, three aliens join Andy's toy collection after being rescued by Mrs. Potato Head. They later accompany the toys on their mission to rescue Woody, expressing repeated gratitude to Mr. Potato Head for saving them. They also mistakenly identify the airport baggage area as a "mystic portal".
In Toy Story 3, the three Aliens are portrayed in Andy's imaginative play as henchmen to One-Eyed Bart and One-Eyed Betty. Later after the toys are donated to Sunnyside Daycare, the Aliens operate a claw crane to rescue the other toys from an incinerator. Following this event, Mr. Potato Head acknowledges them as his children. They are subsequently given to Bonnie along with the rest of Andy’s toys.
The Aliens appear briefly in Toy Story 4 . They also appear in the short films Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex , as well as in the video game Kingdom Hearts III . In the film Lightyear, they are referenced in the mid-credits scene as a decorative statue. A theme part attraction based on the characters, Alien Swirling Saucers operates at several Disney parks.
Forky (voiced by Tony Hale) [28] is a sentient spork toy made from a plastic spork with googly eyes, pipe cleaner arms, and popsicle stick legs. [29] He is created by Bonnie in Toy Story 4, but initially rejects the idea that he is a toy, believing himself to be trash. Throughout the film, Woody repeatedly prevents him from throwing himself away and helps him understand his role in Bonnie's life.
According to director Josh Cooley, the character's name originated from his young son, who suggested "Fork Face" after seeing an early image of the character. Cooley later stated that the child's unfamiliarity with the term "spork" influenced the simplified name "Forky", which he felt reflects how a child like Bonnie might name the toy. [30]
Forky is also the title character of the Disney+ short-form series Forky Asks a Question. [31]
Billy, Goat, and Gruff (voiced by Emily Davis) [32] are Bo Peep's three-headed sheep companions. They appear in Toy Story , Toy Story Treats , Toy Story 2 , Toy Story 4 , Lamp Life , and Pixar Popcorn .
Sarge and the Bucket O Soldiers, also known as Sergeant, (voiced by R. Lee Ermey), [33] is the determined commander of a group of green plastic army men collectively referred to as Bucket O Soldiers. The soldiers are typically stored in a plastic bucket and specialize in reconnaissance missions. They play a prominent role in Toy Story and have smaller roles in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3.
The characters also appear in the video game Kingdom Hearts III . A theme park attraction based on the characters, Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, operates at Disney parks in France and Hong Kong.
RC is Andy's remote-controlled buggy, with a green body and blue splash decals. He does not speak, instead communicating through revving and engine sounds that some of the other toys, such as Mr. Potato Head, can understand.
Outside of the films, RC appears as a playable character in the video game Toy Story Racer . The character also inspired the roller coaster RC Racer, which operates at several Disney theme parks and features riders "transported" in vehicles modelled after RC.
Andrew "Andy" Davis (voiced by John Morris in all four films, Charlie Bright in Toy Story 3 and Jack McGraw in Toy Story 4) [39] is the overarching protagonist of the Toy Story franchise and the original owner of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the other toys in the first three films. He lives with his mother and his sister Molly until the third film, when he goes to college after turning 17. His father is never seen or mentioned in the films. In Toy Story 2, Andy's mother calls Woody "an old family toy" and Prospector calls him a hand-me-down toy. John Lasseter said "We always thought that Woody was kind of a hand-me-down to Andy from his father". [40]
According to Toy Story producer Ralph Guggenheim in a December 1995 Animation Magazine article, John Lasseter and the story team for Toy Story reviewed the names of Pixar employees' children, looking for the right name for Woody's owner. Davis was ultimately named after and based on Andy Luckey, the son of animator Bud Luckey, Pixar's fifth employee and the creator of Woody. [41]
The physical appearance of Andy differs slightly between each of the films due to advances in animation technology. [42] [43] [44] [45]
Mrs. Davis (voiced by Laurie Metcalf) [46] [14] [47] is Andy and Molly's single mother. Mrs. Davis is presented as a loving mother to Andy and Molly, but is a major though indirect threat to the toys. Mrs. Davis's actions regarding the toys set the plot in motion in the first three films, though they are not malicious. In the first film, she purchases a Buzz Lightyear toy for Andy on his birthday, prompting the rivalry between Buzz and Woody which leads to them being lost and forced to find their way home. In the second film, she puts Wheezy up for sale at a yard sale, prompting Woody's rescue attempt where he is subsequently stolen by Al. In the third film, she orders Andy to clean out his room before going to college and mistakenly throws away the toys Andy planned to put in the attic. Despite this, in the second film, she is very protective of Woody, describing him as an "old family toy" when a collector, Al McWhiggin, asked to buy him at the yard sale. At the end of the third film, she breaks down and weeps at the departure of her son, but Andy reassures her that she will always be with him even if they are apart. This moment between mother and son plays a major factor in Woody's decision to have Andy donate his toys to Bonnie, thus giving them a new lease on their lives.
Molly Davis (voiced by Hannah Unkrich in Toy Story 2 and archived footage in Toy Story 3 and Bea Miller in Toy Story 3) [48] is Andy's younger sister, seen as a baby in the first film, a toddler in the second film, and as a preteen in the third film. Andy uses her crib as a town jail during playtime at the beginning of the first film, showing they share a room. When the family moves later in the film, Andy and Molly get separate rooms, though Molly has plans to move into Andy's room once he leaves for college. In the first film, she slobbers on Mr. Potato Head and throws him from the crib, causing his parts to scatter, and earning her the nickname "Princess Drool" from him. At the end of the film, she receives a Mrs. Potato Head toy for Christmas. In Toy Story 3, she owned a Barbie doll, which she donates to the daycare center as she was less interested in dolls and toys by that time.
In Toy Story 2, Molly was voiced by co-director Lee Unkrich's daughter, Hannah Unkrich. Lee Unkrich later re-used the recordings of his daughter to portray Molly during old home video scenes at the beginning of Toy Story 3. [49] [50]
Sidney "Sid" Phillips (voiced by Erik von Detten) [51] is Andy's next-door neighbor until Andy moves away, but it is unknown if he and Andy know each other. As he is known for torturing and destroying toys in the first film, Sid serves as its main antagonist. Many of his toys are either destroyed or have pieces missing or replaced with parts from other toys. He is also shown tormenting his sister, Hannah, and destroying her toys, such as by blowing them up, burning or decapitating them. He also enjoys skateboarding and his t-shirt depicts a human skull that would later be used as the logo for Zero Skateboards. Andy's toys mention that Sid was consistently kicked out of summer camp, and in the audio commentary on the 10th anniversary DVD, the directors mention that he is a bully but also the "most creative character in the movie". His parents do not make any major appearances: his mother's voice is only heard briefly several times in the film, and his father is only seen briefly asleep on a chair in front of a TV.
Sid is the only human character in the films to witness toys actually coming to life, when near the end of the first film, Woody and Sid's mutant toys decide to rescue Buzz by scaring Sid, which causes him to become very frightened of toys. The last straw is Woody coming alive while Sid is holding him and telling him to "play nice". This causes Sid to panic and run back into his house screaming, and then to his room when his sister scares him with her toy doll.
Sid does not appear in the second film, although he is mentioned once by Buzz during the toys' mission to rescue Woody from the toy collector Al McWhiggin. Sid also appears in the four-issue Monsters, Inc. comic mini-series produced by Boom! Comics. [52]
In the third film, Sid makes brief cameo appearances in pair of scenes once, with von Detten reprising his role. He is shown to be a garbage man with a small beard, but is still recognizable by his characteristic t-shirt. [53] His only dialogue in this film involves humming guitar riffs, and he is depicted listening to heavy metal music through a pair of large headphones. [53]
Hannah Phillips (voiced by Sarah Freeman) [54] is Sid's sweet-natured younger sister who appears a few times in the film. Having adjusted to her toys being mutilated by Sid, most of Hannah's dolls either have different heads or altered body parts and at the end of the film she finds enjoyment in scaring her brother after he has been horrified by Woody and the other toys revealing their anthropomorphism. She spends most of her screen time playing with her altered dolls.
Scud is Sid's aggressive Bull Terrier and the secondary antagonist of the first film. First appearing when Sid blows up a Combat Carl in his backyard with an explosive, Scud is shown to have a malicious intent towards toys as he chews them violently to break them apart. His viciousness is first demonstrated when Sid sets a squeeze toy Alien on his nose and he mauls it. Scud is an obstacle for Woody and Buzz as they come alive and trying to escape Sid's house. Scud later spots Woody and Buzz trying to reach the moving van and pursues them, but is eluded when he runs after them into the middle of a traffic intersection and is trapped by the cars as they crash while trying to avoid him.
Mrs. Philips (voiced by Mickie McGowan) [55] is Sid and Hannah's unseen mother with few lines.
Stinky Pete, commonly known as the Prospector (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), [57] is a prospector doll and one of the two main antagonists of the second film. He is a toy modeled after a character on the fictional television show Woody's Roundup, which also includes the characters of Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye. The Prospector had never been opened and was still mint in the box.
In contrast to the buffoonish nature of the character on the show, the Prospector is intelligent, ruthless, short-tempered, and well-spoken. He openly expresses his hatred for space toys like Buzz Lightyear, whom he angrily blames for causing Woody's Roundup to be prematurely cancelled after the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik, which made children all over America lose their interest in western toys. The Prospector believes the Roundup Gang should be put on display in a toy museum, and secretly disrupts Woody's escape attempt and frames Jessie for the sabotage. Later, he openly intervenes when Woody asks the Roundup Gang to come home with him, warning them about toys spending a lifetime on a dime store shelf watching other toys be sold, like he did and won't let it happen again, hence his willingness to go to Japan. After a final confrontation at the airport, Andy's toys stuff Prospector into a backpack belonging to Amy, an artistic girl who takes him in as her new toy.
In one of the films outtakes, he is seen talking to two Barbie dolls in the box, saying that he could probably get them a role in the third film, this outtake was later deleted in the 2019 home media reissue, which media outlets inferred as a result of the Me Too movement. [58]
Prospector appears in Toy Story Mania!, the Disney Parks attraction ride as well as the Toy Box mode of Toy Story 3: The Video Game , [59] now voiced by Stephen Stanton.
Ultra Buzz Lightyear, also known as Utility Belt Buzz, (voiced by Tim Allen) comes across the Buzz Lightyear aisle, including a display case labeled "New Utility Belt", which contains a newer Buzz Lightyear with a utility belt. He believes the original Buzz has escaped his box, and captures him inside one. He is then mistaken by Andy's toys to be the original Buzz and goes with them to rescue Woody, until he decides to join his father, Zurg.
Emperor Zurg (voiced by Andrew Stanton in most media, [60] Wayne Knight in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins , [61] Jess Harnell in a mini counterpart in Small Fry, James Patrick Stuart in the video game version of the third film, Kinect Disneyland Adventures , Disney Infinity , and Disney Magic Kingdoms and James Brolin in Lightyear) [62] is a robotic villain action figure and Buzz's archenemy. He is a thinly veiled parody of Darth Vader from the Star Wars franchise (with certain other visual elements adapted from the Marvel UK character Death's Head). He usually carries an "ion blaster" that actually fires plastic balls. Zurg is mentioned in the first film under the title of the "Evil Emperor Zurg", but does not appear. He debuts in Toy Story 2 as the secondary antagonist where he battles with Ultra Buzz Lightyear. Zurg claims he is the father of Buzz, in an almost word-for-word homage to the famous scene in The Empire Strikes Back . Much like Palpatine in Return of the Jedi , he is unintentionally knocked down the elevator shaft by one of Andy's toys, Rex. In Toy Story 3, another Zurg appears briefly during a sequence in the end credits, where he is donated to Sunnyside Daycare center and greeted by the resident toys.
Zurg also appears in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and its direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as the main antagonist of both. Zurg is also a playable character in the PlayStation 3 version of Toy Story 3: The Video Game, in Toy Box Mode. In the game, he has a convertible (the ZurgsMobile) that matches his personality. Zurg's mini counterpart is featured in the short film Small Fry .
A Zurg toy appears in the 2015 live-action Disney film Tomorrowland , in the Blast from the Past toy store. [63]
In the 2022 spin-off film Lightyear , Zurg is revealed to be Buzz Lightyear who had traveled centuries due to the effects of time dilation after having experienced faster-than-light speeds. Zurg reveals he is 50 years older than his younger counterpart, and the name "Zurg" is the sound his robot minions make in reference to him (B'Zurg), which led him to assuming the identity. He controls a mecha suit and travels back in time to confront his younger self to fix a mistake he perceives he made. Zurg has become consumed with regret, resentment, and obsessed with his own "mission". He has utterly missed out on life, and is blind to others' experiences. In Buzz's final battle against him, he is seemingly killed, but revealed to be alive in a post-credits scene.
Tour Guide Barbie (voiced by Jodi Benson) [14] is a Barbie doll who gives Andy's toys a tour of Al's Toy Barn.
A pair of Rock 'em Sock 'em Robots (voiced by John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich) appear in Al's office. When Slinky asks them if they have seen Woody, the two robots argue over which of them Slinky was asking. They fight each other in a boxing match, with the blue robot beating the red robot.
Al McWhiggin, nicknamed "The Chicken Man" by Andy's toys, (voiced by Wayne Knight), [60] [64] is the owner of Al's Toy Barn and one of the two main antagonists of the second film. Al is first seen in Toy Story 2 during an advertisement of his toy store in which he is dressed up as a chicken man. Al is a collector of all things related to the old Woody's Roundup television show. He is greedy, unscrupulously obsessive, overweight, extremely impatient, and lazy, as he complains of having to drive all the way to work on a Saturday, despite his apartment only being across the street from the store. When visiting the Davis family's yard sale, Al discovers Woody there, but when he tries to buy Woody, Andy's mom refuses and locks Woody in a cash box for safety. In desperation, Al causes a distraction and breaks into the cash box to steal Woody. With the toy versions of all the Roundup characters collected, Al plans to sell them to a museum in Japan, but by the end of the film, with all of the characters' toys gone, he's shown in another Toy Barn commercial where he's openly despondent and sobbing, as the deal for selling the toys was lost.
His car's license plate reads LZTYBRN, which is "Al's Toy Barn" minus the vowels and with a "Z" instead of an "S". This is how Buzz figured out that the chicken man was the kidnapper of Woody. It is also the actual license plate of Ash Brannon, co-director of Toy Story 2, according to the Toy Story 2: Special Edition commentary; Al is also alluded to in Toy Story of Terror! as a name on a shipping address on the box Woody was going to be sold in after being stolen, revealing Al tried to buy him again.
Wheezy (speaking voice by Joe Ranft [65] and by Phil LaMarr in Toy Story Mania and Toy Story 3: The Video Game and singing voice by Robert Goulet in Toy Story 2 ) [66] is Andy's squeeze toy penguin that appears in Toy Story 2 . He is introduced when Woody finds him on a shelf, after Andy accidentally ripped Woody's arm and his mom took him, where Wheezy had been placed after his squeaker broke, upsetting Andy. When Andy's mom plans to sell Wheezy at a yard sale, Woody tries to save him, which he does but gets left behind in the process, leading to Woody being stolen by Al. At the end of the film, Wheezy tells Woody that the shark had an extra squeaker, allowing Wheezy to squeak normally again. Wheezy does not directly appear in Toy Story 3 (possibly due to respect after Joe Ranft died) except in footage showing Andy as a young boy. Woody says that Wheezy was one of Andy's toys who went to new owners. Wheezy appears in the Toy Box mode in Toy Story 3: The Video Game .
The Cleaner (voiced by Jonathan Harris) [67] is an elderly specialist in toy restoration and repair with a fully loaded toy repair kit. He comes to Al's apartment to fix Woody up in preparation of selling him to the toy museum. He insists that Al let him take his time with the work and views it as more than a simple job, asserting, "You can't rush art." Once he finishes the job, he tells Al that Woody is “for display only,” while Al is simply overjoyed by the quality of the repair.
Emily is Jessie's former owner and is mentioned by her in the film. She appears in a flashback song while "When She Loved Me" by Sarah McLachlan is played. As a young girl, she enjoyed playing with Jessie. However, as she got older, she became more interested in makeup and talking with her friends on the phone, causing her to forget about Jessie, who had fallen under her bed, for years. As a teenager, she rediscovers Jessie, but promptly donates her to charity, causing Jessie to develop claustrophobia and a fear of being abandoned.
In Toy Story 3, as Andy prepares to leave for college, and the toys begin to worry about their future, Jessie describes the situation as "Emily all over again."
Buster is Andy's pet dachshund, mentioned at the end of Toy Story as his Christmas present. In Toy Story 2, Buster is very energetic but friendly. He obeys commands given to him by Woody (although he does not obey orders from Andy), who uses Buster to rescue Wheezy from a yard sale. In Toy Story 3, Buster is now old, visibly aged, and overweight. Because of that, he is unable to help Woody rescue Andy's other toys, instead falling asleep. He stays with Mrs. Davis while Andy goes to college.
The Crazy Critters are the name given to several small animal cutouts that are friends of the roundup gang. They are often seen in the show Woody's Roundup accompanying the characters, as well as in several pieces of merchandise themed to it. The Crazy Critters can also be found on Toy Story Midway Mania! as prizes won by the riders depending on their score. The critters also serve as the vehicles for Jessie's Critter Carousel, and some horse critters help pull a cart that people board on the ride Woody's Round-Up.
The Zurg Bots (both voiced by Angus MacLane) are Zurg's robot minions that appear in a Buzz Lightyear video game that Rex plays in the beginning of the film, where they are antagonists. The Zurg Bots each have a "Z" symbol on their center standing for "Zurg", a laser built into their right arms, and miniature versions of the Zurg Bots built into their shoulder armor. Rex, playing as Buzz, shoots a crystal near him with his laser, causing several lasers to shoot towards each Zurg Bot surrounding him, and causing an explosion. The Zurg Bots reappear in the film Lightyear, where they are named Zyclopses, and act similarly to how they did in Toy Story 2, acting as minions of Zurg. In Lightyear, they can speak, but the only word they can say is "Zurg".
Barbara "Barbie" Roberts (voiced by Jodi Benson) [32] is a Barbie doll who is one of the toys that Andy's sister Molly owns, until she decides to donate her to Sunnyside. She was modeled after the doll Great Shape Barbie. [49]
Barbie is initially upset about being donated, but once at Sunnyside, Barbie meets Ken, who is as obsessed with fashion as she is. The two have a whirlwind romance and move into Ken's Dreamhouse together. Barbie later dumps Ken when she finds out he is a member of Lotso's gang. She allows herself to be imprisoned with Andy's toys, out of loyalty, and later tricks Ken into showing her some of his clothes, only to attack and tie him up and interrogate him by ripping his clothes about what Lotso did to Buzz and how to return him to normal; he succumbs when she threatens to rip his prized Nehru jacket and tells her about the instruction manual and that Buzz was switched to Demo mode. She later takes a stand with Woody and the other toys against Lotso, impressing them with her articulate arguments. She and Ken reunite when he confesses his love and defects to Woody's side, claiming Barbie is not just one of "a hundred million" as Lotso says, but unique and special to him. Barbie is the only one of Andy's toys not involved in the adventure at the dump, and she, Big Baby, and Ken later take over Sunnyside Daycare and reform it from a prison to a loving, welcoming family; she and the other Sunnyside toys maintain contact with Andy's other toys (whom he passed on to Bonnie) by slipping notes into Bonnie's backpack.
Barbie has a cameo appearance in Toy Story 4 during the flashback scene in Molly's room, in which she and two other Barbies help save RC. She also appears with Ken visiting Woody's toys in Hawaiian Vacation .
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, often shortened to Lotso, (voiced by Ned Beatty in Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 3: The Video Game and Fred Tatasciore in Disney Speedstorm) [68] [69] is a plush, pink, strawberry-scented Southern-accented teddy bear and the main antagonist of the third film. He has a limp from falling off a truck in early years, and uses a wooden toy mallet as an assistive cane (although he is still able to walk without it). Lotso is the supreme ruler of the toys at the Sunnyside Daycare and initially acts like a kindhearted and wise caretaker, but is eventually revealed to be a ruthless, cruel, selfish, aggressive, unkind and deceptive prison warden.
Lotso, Big Baby and Chuckles once belonged to a little girl named Daisy, whom Lotso adored. When Daisy fell asleep and accidentally left them at a rest stop, Lotso led the toys on a long journey home, only to discover that Daisy's parents had replaced him with a duplicate. Embittered beyond the point of insanity, Lotso convinced Big Baby that Daisy had replaced all of them, ended his friendship with Chuckles and forced them both to come with him to Sunnyside. There, he established a totalitarian rule, depriving toys of the Butterfly Room unless they earn it, forbidding them from leaving or escaping back to their owners and ensuring that the only way out is through the trash, which he believes is where all toys are destined. He often assigned new toys to the Caterpillar Room, where destructive toddlers who were too young to properly play with toys threw them and some broke while he and his henchmen reserved themselves in the Butterfly Room where they were played with properly. When Woody reveals Lotso's true character, all of Lotso's henchmen turn on him and Big Baby throws Lotso in the dumpster. Lotso, seeking revenge, pulls Woody into the dumpster, resulting in Andy's toys jumping in to save him just as the garbage truck arrives. All of them end up at the dump on a conveyor belt leading to a shredder, and then an incinerator. Lotso, getting free with Woody and Buzz's help, reaches an emergency stop button, but sadistically decides at the last minute to leave the other toys to be burned as a last ditch attempt to keep them from returning to Andy. However, his final plot failed at the last second as Andy's toys are saved by the Aliens using a giant claw. Hamm and Slinky wish to get revenge on Lotso for his betrayal, but Woody convinces them he isn't worth it, feeling that the dump is where he belongs. Lotso, meanwhile, attempts to escape from the dump, but a garbage man (who had owned a Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear during his childhood) finds Lotso and straps him to the grill of his truck as a decoration.
Lotso most likely sees Woody and his friends alive on the side of the road, which makes him realize he has failed in preventing them from returning to their owner; however, due to his position, there was nothing he could do about it. Lotso was intended to be in the first film, [70] but the technology to represent realistic fur was not available until Monsters, Inc. [71] An early version of Lotso makes a brief appearance in the first film, [72] and can be seen in the second film during the first Al's Toy Barn commercial. A Lotso bear also makes a cameo appearance in Pixar's film Up . [72]
Ned Beatty was nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Villain for his performance as Lotso, and IGN named Lotso the best villain of the summer of 2010. [73]
Kenneth "Ken" Carlson (voiced by Michael Keaton) [74] is a smooth-talking doll, who falls in love with Barbie at first sight. He lives in Ken's Dreamhouse, a big yellow dollhouse with three stories, a large wardrobe room, and an elevator. His appearance is based on a real Mattel Ken doll from 1988 called Animal Lovin' Ken. [72]
Ken serves as one of the two secondary antagonists for most of the third film, but later reforms. He was originally one of Lotso's henchmen, which caused a temporary strain in his relationship with Barbie. He later turns on Lotso after understanding of his true nature and encourages Lotso's crew to do the same. After Lotso's defeat, he and Barbie renew their relationship and become the new leaders of Sunnyside's toy population, keeping in touch with Bonnie's toys through letters sent home in Bonnie's backpack. He and Barbie later come to visit Bonnie's House in Hawaiian Vacation .
Big Baby (voiced by Woody Smith) [75] is a baby doll with a lazy eye who carries around a bottle and is adorned with childlike scribbling that resembles ferocious tattoos. He is one of the two secondary antagonists for most of the third film, but later reforms. As a sentient toy, he has the biological traits of a human infant. He normally does not speak, instead communicating through baby sounds, with the exception of one spoken line ("Mama") as the toys escape Sunnyside. He acts as Lotso's assistant and enforcer, who helps guide the new toys around, and punishes them when they misbehave. He, Lotso and Chuckles were all once owned by Daisy before they were left behind. When Lotso found Daisy had replaced him, he convinced Big Baby and Chuckles that they were met with the same fate as they traveled to Sunnyside, where Lotso took over. Once Woody revealed Lotso's true nature, Big Baby realized that Lotso had been using him and throws Lotso in the dumpster. He then helps Ken and Barbie reform Sunnyside and is last seen wearing a new outfit matching one of Ken's.
The baby who provided the voice for Big Baby is named "Woody", according to director Lee Unkrich, [76] and the film's credits list him as Woody Smith.
Bonnie Anderson (voiced by in Emily Hahn in Toy Story 3 , short films, and television specials, Madeleine McGraw in Toy Story 4 , and Scarlett Spears in Toy Story 5 ) [79] is one of the children who attends Sunnyside Daycare, where her mother is the receptionist. In Toy Story 3, Andy donates his toys to her before he leaves for college. In the short film Hawaiian Vacation , Bonnie goes on a vacation to Hawaii and leaves Barbie and Ken in her room. In Toy Story of Terror!, she and her mother are stranded at a motel, and she later discovers the manager has been stealing her toys to sell on the internet. In Toy Story That Time Forgot, it is revealed that Bonnie has scheduled play dates with a friend named Mason in a neighboring house. In Small Fry, Bonnie forgets Buzz in a fast-food restaurant's ball pit and does not notice that the mini-buzz has taken his place. Partysaurus Rex reveals that Bonnie has an extensive collection of bath toys, and that the regular toys fear being included in her bath time. In Toy Story 4, Bonnie creates a toy called Forky out of trash, on her first day of kindergarten.
Mrs. Anderson (voiced by Lori Alan) is Bonnie's mother, [32] the receptionist at Sunnyside Daycare, and a friend of Andy's family.
In Small Fry , she takes Bonnie to a fast-food chicken restaurant named Poultry Palace and inadvertently takes the wrong Buzz Lightyear toy when they depart. In Toy Story of Terror! , she and Bonnie stay at a motel, and she calls the police to arrest the manager when she discovers he has been stealing toys from the customers to sell them online. She also appears in Toy Story 4.
Daisy is a little girl who appears in flashbacks. She owned Lotso, Big Baby and Chuckles, but accidentally left them behind at a rest area along the road. In order to pacify her, Daisy's parents bought her another Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear rather than going to find Lotso and the rest of her toys, which made Lotso think he had been forgotten about, and changed him into a sinister, ruthless toy. Lotso lied to Big Baby, claiming Daisy replaced all of them, and made him come to Sunnyside and take it over. Chuckles keeps Big Baby's lost pendant, however, and it is revealed Big Baby still loves Daisy, much to Lotso's dismay, when he sees the pendant again (which he promptly destroys with his mallet).
Mr. Anderson (voiced by Jay Hernandez) is Bonnie's father. [32] He drives the family RV in Toy Story 4. He appears briefly in Toy Story 3, but does not have any lines, nor is his face clearly seen until Toy Story 4.
Karen Beverly (voiced by Melissa Villaseñor) [83] is a sentient plastic knife with googly eyes and pipe cleaner arms. Like Forky, she was created by Bonnie and initially considers herself as trash. She appears in a mid-credits scene, in which she is introduced by Jessie after Bonnie's first day in first grade. Forky instantly falls in love with her. [84] [85]
Melephant Brooks (voiced by Mel Brooks), Chairol Burnett (voiced by Carol Burnett), [32] Bitey White (voiced by Betty White), [32] and Carl Reineroceros (voiced by Carl Reiner) [32] are four of Bonnie's old baby toys. They no longer get played with by Bonnie, and thus, are stashed away in her closet. Melephant is a blue elephant, Chairol is a green toddler's chair, Bitey is a teether in the form of a tiger, and Carl is a purple rhinoceros. Each toy has visible damage caused due to wear and tear, with crayon scribbles, scratches, bite marks, and paint wearing away. Each of the four toys' names are puns on their voice actors.
Officer Giggle McDimples (voiced by Ally Maki) is a miniature toy cop who accompanies Bo Peep. [86] She lives inside a folding compact similar in concept to Polly Pocket. [87]
Bunny (voiced by Jordan Peele) is a blue and green stuffed bunny with purple glitter eyes, and a carnival prize who wants to be won. [88]
Ducky (voiced by Keegan-Michael Key) is a stuffed duck with pink glitter eyes and a carnival prize. He is friends with Bunny, and also wants to be won. [88]
Duke Caboom (voiced by Keanu Reeves) is an amiable Canadian daredevil toy with a white outfit, a horseshoe mustache, and a toy motorcycle. [89] [86] He suffers from low self-esteem due to believing that he let down his previous owner Rejean, unable to do the stunts that his commercial ads had promised. [90] Duke Caboom is a parody of the Evel Knievel Rally Stunt Cycle by the Ideal Toy Company. [91]
Gabby Gabby (voiced by Christina Hendricks) is a 1950s pullstring doll with a broken voice box, the result of a manufacturing defect, who lives in Second Chance Antiques. [86] She serves as the former main antagonist of the fourth film, having become bitter at being in the store for decades and not being wanted due to her broken voice box. During her time in the store, she has become like a godfather, with a set of ventriloquist dummies as her henchmen. Woody eventually gives her his voice box in return for Forky's freedom and persuades her to place herself in a position for a lost young girl to find her and take her home.
According to director Josh Cooley, Gabby was inspired by the Talky Tina doll from The Twilight Zone episode "Living Doll", [92] who in turn was inspired by the Chatty Cathy line of talking dolls. Cooley also cites Vito Corleone from The Godfather film series as an influence for Gabby's control over the dummies who served as her enforcers. [93]
The Dummies (both voiced by Steve Purcell) are non-speaking ventriloquist dummies who work as Gabby Gabby's henchmen, patrolling Second Chance Antiques. [86] Gabby Gabby's personal aide is a dummy named Benson, the one with a red bowtie. [94] The dummies are partially based on Slappy the Dummy. [95]
Tinny is a small, music-making tin toy that is the owner of a club for antique toys hidden inside a pinball machine. Tinny is actually the main character of the 1988 Pixar short, Tin Toy . Tinny was also planned to be the main protagonist of Toy Story until he was replaced by what would become the basis for Buzz Lightyear.
Margaret (voiced by June Squibb) is the owner of Second Chance Antiques. [96]
Dragon is a gray cat who lives in Second Chance Antiques and loves to destroy all toys.
Harmony (voiced by Lila Sage Bromley) is the granddaughter of the antique store's owner. [97] Gabby Gabby hopes to obtain a new voice box to get Harmony's attention, but even after Woody gives Gabby his voice box, Harmony still shows no interest.
Rejean is a boy who appears in flashbacks. Duke Caboom is given to Rejean for Christmas, but because TV toy commercials greatly exaggerated Duke's abilities, Rejean becomes disappointed that Duke cannot jump through hoops, and throws Duke away on Boxing Day, believing he is defective. When Duke Caboom and Woody are on a mission to rescue Forky and Bo Peep's sheep, Duke hallucinates an angry Rejean's head watching him, and loses control.
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Izzy Hawthorne (voiced by Keke Palmer and Keira Hairston) [98] [99] is the granddaughter of Alisha, whom Buzz meets in the future as a result of multiple hyper-speed tests. She is the leader of Junior Zap Patrol, a volunteer team of cadets training to become protectors of the nascent society that has taken shape on the planet.
Sox (voiced by Peter Sohn) [100] is a robotic cat and Buzz's personal companion. A gift from Alisha after his first hyper-speed test, Sox is programmed to provide personal and emotional support for Buzz, and is equipped with a number of accessories. Despite being programmed with artificial intelligence, he occasionally shows signs of a real cat, including expressing satisfaction from being petted and getting distracted by laser pointers.
Maurice "Mo" Morrison (voiced by Taika Waititi) [101] [102] is a naive, neurotic space cadet who Buzz befriends.
Darby Steel (voiced by Dale Soules) [101] [102] is an elderly space cadet and paroled criminal who Buzz befriends. Initially serving a prison sentence, she joins the cause of Junior Zap Patrol in exchange for having her time reduced. She is an explosives expert.
Alisha Hawthorne (voiced by Uzo Aduba) [98] was Buzz Lightyear's best friend and commanding officer. She is one of Izzy's grandmothers. Initially exploring the planet of T'Kani Prime with Buzz and newly recruited Featheringstam, the three of them are forced to abort after learning of the planet's hostile life forms. Due to time dilation as a result of Buzz's multiple hyper-speed tests, Alisha dies due to old age and leaves a recording for Buzz, stating she's sorry she won't get to see him finish the mission.
Commander Calvin "Cal" Burnside (voiced by Isiah Whitlock Jr.) [101] [102] is Alisha Hawthorne's successor.
Lotso was originally created for a Christmas special that later became Toy Story.
Like 1935's The Bride of Frankenstein, Forky comes to understand the role of family and individuality, and in the end gets his own "bride" in the form of a sentient knife named Karen Beverly.
BENSON is a classic, antique ventriloquist dummy, and Gabby Gabby's right hand. He leads a small group of ventriloquist dummies that serve as Gabby's henchmen. With no person to give them a voice, these silent toys patrol the antique store with a looming quietness that is inherently unsettling.