Toy Story

1995 American animated film

Toy Story is a CGI film produced by Pixar Animation Studios, released by Walt Disney Pictures in 1995. It was directed by John Lasseter, and is the first feature length CGI film ever made.

Don't yank my string!(taglines)

Buzz Lightyear

 
To infinity and beyond!
  • To infinity and beyond!

Woody

  • Reach for the sky!
  • There's a snake in my boot.
  • [while Sid is surrounded by his own toys, through voice box] From now on, you must take good care of your toys! Because if you don't, we'll find out, Sid. We toys can see [his head spins itself] everything! [comes to life] So play nice.

Dialogue

[Mr. Potato Head rearranges his facial features crazily]
Mr. Potato Head: Hey, Hamm. Look, I'm Picasso!
Hamm: I don't get it.
Mr. Potato Head: You uncultured swine! What're you lookin' at, ya hockey puck?

[Rex roars at Woody]
Woody: [in a bored tone] How ya doin', Rex?
Rex: [stops roaring; calmly] Were ya scared? Tell me honestly.
Woody: I was close to being scared that time.
Rex: I'm going for fearsome here, but I just don't feel it. I think I'm just coming off as annoying.

[Woody walks over to the podium (a Playskool Tinkertoy container) and stands. Mike, a speaker with a microphone attached, clears his throat to get Woody's attention and held out his microphone]
Woody: Oh, thanks, Mike.
[He picks up the microphone. Feedback is heard]
Woody: Okay, whoa. Step back.
Hamm: [Off-screen] For crying out loud.
[Mike steps back until the feedback fades away]
Woody: Okay. Thank you. [blows into the microphone] Hello. Check. That better? Great. Everybody hear me? Up on the shelf, can you hear me? Great. Okay, first item today: uh, oh, yeah... has everyone picked a moving buddy?
[The other toys are surprised]
Other toys: What?
Hamm: Moving buddy? You can't be serious.
Rex: Well, I didn't know we were supposed to have one already.
Mr. Potato Head: [holding one of his arms] Do we have to hold hands?
[The other toys laugh]
Woody: Oh, yeah. You guys think this is a big joke. We've only got one week left before the move. I don't want any toys left behind. A moving buddy. If you don't have one, get one! All right, next. Uh, oh, yes. Tuesday night's plastic corrosion awareness meeting... was, I think, a big success, and we want to thank Mr. Spell for putting that on for us. Thank you, Mr. Spell.
Mr. Spell: You're welcome.
Woody: Okay. Uh, oh, yes. One, uh, minor note here. [reads quietly] Andy's birthday party has been moved to today. Uh, next we have...
[The other toys are shocked]
Rex: What do you mean the party's today? His birthday's not 'til next week!
Hamm: What's goin' on down there? Is his mom losin' her marbles?
Woody: Well, obviously, she wanted to have the party before the move. [to the other toys] I'm not worried. You shouldn't be worried.
Mr. Potato Head: Of course Woody ain't worried. He's been Andy's favorite since kindergarten.
Slinky: Hey, hey. Come on, Potato Head.
[Mr. Potato Head looks at Mr. Spell, pointing at Slinky's butt then pulls out his mouth and tap his butt with it whilst Mr. Spell laughs]
Slinky: If Woody says it's all right, then, well, darn it, it's good enough for me. Woody has never steered us wrong before.
Woody: Come on, guys. Every Christmas and birthday we go through this.
Rex: But what if Andy gets another dinosaur, a mean one? I just don't think I could take that kind of rejection!
Woody: Hey, listen. No one's getting replaced. This is Andy we're talking about. It doesn't matter how much we're played with.
[Woody gestures Mike to move to him since the microphone's wire is stretched too far]
Woody: What matters is that we're here for Andy when he needs us. That's what we're made for, right?
Hamm: Pardon me. I hate to break up the staff meeting, but... THEY'RE HERE!! BIRTHDAY GUESTS AT THREE O'CLOCK!!
[The other toys scream]
Woody: Stay calm, everyone!
[The toys run to the window passing Woody in a panic]
Other toys: Hey!
[Mike even joins in the panic, taking the microphone out of Woody's hand]
Woody: Uh, meeting adjourned.
[The other toys get to the window to see what's going on]
Hamm: Ho, boy, will you take a look at all those presents?
Mr. Potato Head: I can't see a thing.
[He pick out his two eyes and lifts them above the toys to see Andy's friends bringing in presents]
Hamm: Yes, sir. We're next month's garage sale fodder for sure.
Rex: Any dinosaur shaped ones?
Hamm: Oh, for crying out loud. They're all in boxes, you idiot.
Rex: They're getting bigger!
Slinky: Wait, there's a nice little one over there.
Child: Hi!
[The boy holding the present turns to the other kid, revealing his present to be really long and making the toys panic. All toys scream in the process]
Mr. Spell: Spell: trash can.
Rex: We're doomed!
Woody: All right. All right! If I send out the troops, will you all calm down?
Rex: Yes! Yes! We promise!
Woody: Okay! Save your batteries.
Hamm: Eh, very good, Woody. That's using the old noodle.

[Woody jumps onto the bed and looks at Sarge]
Woody: Sergeant, establish a recon post downstairs. Code Red! You know what to do.
Sarge: Yes, sir! [jumps down from the table and onto one of the drawers] All right, men. You heard him. Code Red! Repeat, we are at Code Red. Recon plan Charlie. Execute! Let's move! Move, move, move, move!

Hamm: So, where you from? Singapore? Hong Kong?
Buzz: Well, no. I'm actually stationed at the Gamma Quadrant, Sector Four. As a member of the elite Universe Protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps, I protect the Galaxy from the threat of invasion from the evil Emperor Zurg, sworn enemy of the Galactic Alliance!
Mr. Potato Head: Oh, really? I'm from Playskool.
Rex: And I'm from Mattel. Well, I'm not really from Mattel. I'm actually from a smaller company that was purchased in a leverage buyout.

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.
Mr. Potato Head: Gettin’ kinda tense, aren’tcha?

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: [puts his head against Woody’s] But we're not on my planet. Are we?
Woody: No.
[they start fighting]

[after Woody and Buzz were left behind at a Dinoco gas station]
Woody: Doesn't he realize that I'm not there? [gasps loudly and knees on ground, sobbing] I'm a lost toy!
[pause; as Woody sobs]
Buzz: [to his "intercom"] Buzz Lightyear mission log. The local sheriff and I seem to be at a huge refueling station of some sort.
Woody: [growling] YOU!
[Woody angrily starts running to Buzz, but a Dinoco oil tanker truck's honking noise is heard and they look up. Buzz hides while Woody lays down. The truck stops, inches from Woody. He gets up and bumps into Buzz from behind.]
Buzz: According to my navi-computer, the...
Woody: [quietly] Shut up! Just shut up, you idiot!
Buzz: Sheriff, this is no time to panic! [closes his "intercom"]
Woody: This is the perfect time to panic! I'm lost, Andy is gone, they're gonna move from their 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 in 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 security of this entire universe is in jeopardy!
Woody: WHAT?! What are you talkin’ 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 his weapon's only weakness. And you, my friend, are responsible for delaying my rendezvous with Star Command!
Woody: YOU... ARE... A... TOY!!! You aren't the real Buzz Lightyear! You're an action figure! You are a child's plaything!
Buzz: You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity. Farewell. [salutes and exits]
Woody: Oh, yeah? Well, good riddance, ya loony! [sarcastically] "Rendezvous with Star Command."

[As the camera shifts to Sid's house, the scene changes to morning]
Sid: [as Interrogator] Oh, a survivor. Where's the rebel base? Talk!
[He slaps Woody to the ground and walks over to the window]
Sid: [as Interrogator] I can see your will is strong.
[He opens the blinds blocking the sun]
Sid: Well, we have ways of making you talk.
[He took out a magnifying glass and uses it to aim the sunlight on Woody's forehead, making it smolder]
Sid: [as Interrogator] Where are your rebel friends NOW? [sinister chuckle]
Sid's Mom: Sid, your Pop Tarts are ready.
Sid: Alright!
[He runs out of the room and drops the magnifying glass in the process. Woody unfreezes and feels the burning on his forehead. Woody screams and runs to a bowl of half-eaten cereal (with milk) on the floor, and dunks his head in. Buzz runs over to Woody, pausing to remove two suction cup darts from his person before pulling Woody out of the bowl. Two colorful Froot-Loops stick to each of Woody's eyes like glasses]
Buzz: Are you alright? I'm proud of you, Sheriff. A lesser man would've talked under such torture.
[Woody picks up a spoon and looks at the smolder in his reflection]
Woody: I sure hope this isn't permanent.
Buzz: [checking his wrist communicator] Still no word from Star Command. We're not that far from the spaceport.
[Woody sees the door in the reflection of the spoon. It was open]
Woody: The door! It's open! We're free!!
Buzz: Woody, we don't know what's out there!
Woody: I'll tell you wha... [screams]
[The mutant toys block the way and Woody ducks behind Buzz]
Woody: They're gonna eat us, Buzz!! Do something! Quick!
Buzz: Shield your eyes!
[Buzz fires his laser at Babyface but it just flickers on his forehead which surprises and shocks Buzz, when the mutant toys are blocking the way]
Buzz: It's not working! I recharged it before I left. It should be good for hours--
Woody: Oh, you idiot! You're a toy! Use your karate chop action!
[He presses a button on Buzz's back which makes his right arm move up and down as they advance around the mutant toys toward the door]
Woody: [to mutants] Get away! Hoo-cha! Hoo-cha!
Buzz: Hey! Hey!! How are you doing that? Stop that!
Woody: Back! Back, you savages! Back!
Buzz: Woody, stop it!
Woody: Sorry guys, but dinner's canceled!
[He drops Buzz and ran out into the hallway upstairs]
Woody: There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home...
[He ran down the stairs but then stopped when he saw Scud sleeping on them. He crept back up the stairs slowly as he could. Buzz's hand grabs him over his mouth and pulls him back behind the wall. Woody muffled gasps]
Buzz: Another stunt like that, cowboy, you're going to get us killed.
Woody: Don't tell me what to do!
Buzz: Shhh!
[Buzz checks that Scud is still asleep then darts across the stairwell opening to the other end of the hallway. He motions for Woody to follow. Woody cowardly crawls across the open area behind him to Buzz. As Woody stands up, his pull string gets caught on the curls of the iron railing. The toys start to creep down the hallway, unaware that Woody's pull string has caught on the railing. Then Woody's pull string comes loose and his voice box starts up]
Woody: [voice-box] Yeeeehaaaw!! Giddy-up partner!... We got to get this wagon train a movin'!
[The noise from the voice box wakes Scud up and he follows it up the steps. Woody and Buzz look worried]
Buzz: Split up!
[Buzz dives into a room while Woody jumps into a closet just as Scud reaches the top of the stairs. He heard the door slam and went over to sniff anything suspicious. Buzz skid to hide behind the door. Sensing his movement, Scud walks towards the door as Buzz stood back. Then as Scud moves curiously closer to Buzz, they heard snoring and look up to see Sid's father fast asleep on a La-Z-Boy recliner in front of the TV. Scud then backs out and head down the stairs. Buzz was about to exit the room when he heard a sudden voice]
Announcer: Calling Buzz Lightyear. Come in Buzz Lightyear. This is Star Command. Buzz Lightyear, do you read me?
[Buzz turn to see a commercial on TV to which his logo appears]
Buzz: Star Command!
[He opens his wrist communicator and is about to reply when a child's voice interrupts him]
Boy: Buzz Lightyear responding! Read you loud and clear!
[Buzz looks towards the TV and saw it shows two boys holding a Buzz Lightyear toy in a cardboard spaceship like his own]
Announcer: Buzz Lightyear, planet Earth needs your help!
Boy: On the way!
Chorus: Buzz Lightyear!
[Buzz stares in disbelief as he watches the commercial]
Announcer: The world's greatest superhero! Now the world's greatest toy! Buzz has it all! Locking wrist communicator!
Boy: Calling Buzz Lightyear!
Announcer: Karate chop action!
Boy: Wow!
[With every feature demonstrated on the TV, Buzz compares the same feature on himself]
Announcer: Pulsating laserlight!
Boy: Total annihilation!
Announcer: Multi-phrase voice simulator!
Buzz: [on TV; voice-box] There's a secret mission in uncharted space.
[Buzz presses the same button on his chest and it makes the same phrase the TV Buzz made]
Buzz: [voice-box] There's a secret mission in uncharted space.
Announcer: And best of all... [big "monster truck" voice] HIGH-PRESSURE-SPACE-WINGS!!
Buzz: [on TV] To infinity and beyond!
[The words NOT A FLYING TOY appear at the bottom of the screen]
Announcer: [non-excited lawyer voice] Not a flying toy.
[Buzz slowly shakes his head in wide-eyed disbelief]
Announcer: Get your Buzz Lightyear action figure and save a galaxy near you!
Chorus: Buzz Lightyear!
[The image on the screen changes to a shot of hundreds of Buzzes in their boxes lining either side of a store aisle]
Announcer: Available at all Al's Toy Barn outlets in the tri-county area.
Sportscaster: And welcome back to the Point Richmond Bowling Championship.
[As the commercial ends, Buzz look stricken then opens his wrist communicator. On the underside, he saw three words that said MADE IN TAIWAN. He looks stunned at the truth that Woody was trying to tell him all along. The song "I Will Go Sailing No More" plays as Buzz walks sadly out of the room and down the hallway. As he passes the stairwell, he stops to look at an open window as a bird flies by it. Woody's voice echoes in his head]
Singer: Out among the stars I sail / Way beyond the moon / In my silver ship I sailed / To a dream that ended too soon / Now I know exactly who I am and what I'm here for.
Woody: [voice-over] You are a toy! You can't fly!
[Buzz lowers his head in sadness for a moment before raising it with determination in his eyes. He slams his wrist communicator shut as if he's defying what the words say. He climbs up the railing and stands on top of it before opening his wings. He looks toward the window, determination in proving that he is able to fly and that he's really a space ranger]
Singer: And I will go sailing no more / But no, it can't be true / I could fly if I wanted to / Like a bird in the sky / If I believed I could fly / Why, I'd fly!
Buzz: To infinity and beyond!
[He jumps off the railing and halfway towards the window and he began to fall down towards the stairs and bounce off them and landed on the floor. He sees that his arm has been come off from the impact and was lying next to him. He drops his head back in defeat, finally accepting that he's a toy. As the song ends, Hannah came along, looking for something]
Singer: Clearly, I will go sailing, no more...
Hannah: Mom, Mom, have you seen my Sally doll?
[She steps on Buzz's wing and looks down to see him]
Sid's Mom: What, dear? What was that?
Hannah: Never mind!
[She looks at Buzz with a smile on her face]

[The impact makes RC jumps into the air and back onto the road. Buzz lands on RC, facing backwards. The traffic lights turn red and the wall of cross traffic move from both directions. Buzz looks back to see the lines of traffic in front of him. Buzz screams. Buzz and RC drives straight into the lines of traffic with Scud blindly following them. Scud saw a car slamming on it's brakes on his side and went wide-eyed, realizing his mistake and skids to stop. The car swerves to avoid Scud and crashes into another car. Buzz and RC zipped through before the other cars collide with each other. Soon there is a multi-car pile up that encircles Scud, trapping him. He runs back and forth, trying to find a way out while people in their cars honk their horns at each other and shouting at each other]
Driver #1: Get out of that car!
Driver #2: Move it!
[Buzz look up to see the crash and let out a sigh of relief, both for getting away from Scud and avoid getting hit by the cars. Back on the truck, Rocky holding Woody (still holding the remote) above his head and walk towards the open door]
Woody: No! Wait! You don't understand! Buzz is out there! We've gotta help him!!
[Woody swung his arm and the remote around, accidentally knocks parts and onto the floor]
Mr. Potato Head: Toss him overboard!
Woody: No, no, no, wait! Ah!
[The toys throw Woody out into the road. The toys cheered as the truck rolled away]
Rex: Hooray!
Mr. Potato Head: So long, Woody!

[Woody lights the rocket]
Buzz: You did it! Next stop ― Andy!
Woody: Wait a minute... I just lit a rocket, rockets explode!

[the rocket Woody and Buzz are strapped to launches into the air, taking the two into the sky]
Woody: [screams] This is the part where we blow up!
Buzz: Not today! [activates his wings, breaking free from the rocket, and soars with Woody]
Woody: Hey, Buzz! You're flying!
Buzz: This isn't flying. This is falling… with style!
Woody: [laughs] To infinity and beyond!

Taglines

  • "Oooh...3-D" (USA 2009 re-release)
  • The toys are back in town.
  • It's light years ahead!
  • The adventure takes off!
  • Hang on for the comedy that goes to infinity and beyond!
  • Watch out for little green men.
  • I'm a nervous Rex!
  • Don't yank my string!
  • Buzz off!
  • Guts of steel
  • Proud to be a vegetable

Cast

Main Cast

Additional Voices

About Toy Story

  • I think the subject matter lends itself to the medium very much. When we started "Toy Story" back in 1991, computer graphics tended to make everything look like they were made of plastic, and so it was a natural subject matter. But with computer animation, we were also able to get the detail: the seams on Buzz Lightyear – the little screwheads holding the parts together. There was an embossed '© Disney' on his butt. All those things made it feel like the audience was looking at it going, "Yeah, I believe those are toys."
  • It was the hardest work I've ever done, purely as an actor.
This is how you make these movies, you stand there in front of a microphone and you scream your head off for the better part of six hours, that's my recollection of what it was.

External links

  Encyclopedic article on Toy Story on Wikipedia

 
Commons
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  Films     Toy Story  (1995) · Toy Story 2  (1999) · Toy Story 3  (2010) · Toy Story 4  (2019)  
  Spin‑offs     Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins  (2000) · Lightyear  (2022)  
  Shorts     Hawaiian Vacation  (2011) · Small Fry  (2011) · Partysaurus Rex  (2012)  
  Television     Buzz Lightyear of Star Command  (2000–2001) · Toy Story of Terror!  (2013) · Toy Story That Time Forgot  (2014)  
  Musical     Toy Story: The Musical  (2008)  
  Characters     Sheriff Woody · Buzz Lightyear · Jessie