163 Fun Facts About Toy Story

In Toy Story 2, the collector who steals Woody plans to sell him to a toy museum in which country?

Japan: the Tokyo museum will only buy the Woody's Roundup set if it is complete, which is why the collector needs Woody and why the other Roundup toys are dismayed when he wants to go home.

Who voices Buzz Lightyear in the 2022 spin-off film Lightyear?

Chris Evans plays the 'real' space ranger because Lightyear is framed as the film Andy saw in 1995, the one that made him want the toy in the first place.

What is Buzz Lightyear's iconic catchphrase?

'To infinity and beyond!' returns in the first film's finale with the roles swapped: Buzz calls their glide 'falling with style', Woody's old jibe, and Woody whoops the catchphrase himself.

In the first Toy Story, how do Woody and the mutant toys finally scare Sid straight?

Coming alive in front of him breaks the toys' own rule: Woody speaks through his voice box, tells Sid to play nice, and the boy runs screaming into the house.

Who directed the first 'Toy Story' movie?

John Lasseter directed the groundbreaking first 'Toy Story' film, which was also Pixar's debut feature-length movie.

At the start of Toy Story, Buzz Lightyear arrives as a present for which occasion?

Andy's birthday party has the toys so afraid of being replaced that the army men sneak downstairs with a baby monitor to report on each present; Buzz is the last one unwrapped.

Which of these characters is introduced in 'Toy Story 2'?

Jessie, the energetic yodeling cowgirl, makes her first appearance in 'Toy Story 2' as part of Woody's Roundup gang.

Which 1995 film's song beat 'You've Got a Friend in Me' to the Best Original Song Oscar?

Pocahontas won with 'Colors of the Wind', so Disney's own musical beat its Pixar release; Toy Story lost all three of its competitive nominations that night.

In Toy Story 5, what new gadget pulls Bonnie's attention away from her toys?

A tablet called Lilypad, shaped like a frog, arrives as a gift from Bonnie's parents and soon holds all her attention, leaving Jessie to rally the old toys against it.

What is the name of Andy's younger sister?

Molly is a baby in the first film, a toddler in the second and a preteen in the third, and she plans to take over Andy's room once he leaves for college.

What is the name of Sid's pet dog?

Scud, Sid's bull terrier, chases Woody and Buzz toward the moving van in the finale and ends up boxed in by cars when he runs into a busy intersection.

Which actor originally voiced Mr. Potato Head?

Don Rickles brought his nightclub act with him: Mr. Potato Head's 'What're you looking at, ya hockey puck?' is the insult the comic had been throwing at rowdy audience members since the 1950s.

In the Toy Story films, what is Bo Peep made of?

Porcelain is why Bo Peep can break: in Toy Story 4 her arm comes off in Woody's hand, and she just laughs and tapes it back on.

What is the name of the daycare facility where Andy's toys end up in 'Toy Story 3'?

Sunnyside Daycare looks like a toy paradise on the welcome tour, but newcomers are sent to the Caterpillar Room, where toddlers too young for them play rough enough to break them.

In the first Toy Story, how do Woody and Buzz leave the gas station?

Hitching a ride on a delivery truck gets them to the restaurant where Andy is eating, and the battered truck became a running Pixar joke, hidden in nearly every feature the studio has made since.

What breed of dog is Slinky Dog in the Toy Story films?

Slinky Dog is a dachshund, the long-bodied 'sausage dog', which suits a toy with a spring for a middle; the gang use his stretchy coil as a bungee cord on their rescue missions.

Who voices Buzz Lightyear in the main Toy Story films?

Tim Allen was starring in Disney's sitcom Home Improvement when the part was taken to him, and the two crossed over: a Buzz Lightyear toy turns up in an episode of the sitcom.

What is Woody's horse called in 'Toy Story 2'?

Bullseye, the horse from Woody's old TV show, greets him like a long-lost friend after years in storage, and jumps at the offer to come home and be one of Andy's toys.

Which toy is a piggy bank?

Hamm is the toy with the best grasp of the outside world and its gadgets, and in Andy's games he becomes the villain 'Evil Dr. Porkchop'.

What is the name of the toy collector in 'Toy Story 2'?

Al McWhiggin steals Woody from the family's yard sale because the cowboy is the missing piece of a Woody's Roundup set that a toy museum will only buy complete.

In Toy Story 3, which toy rules the daycare where Andy's toys are donated?

Lotso welcomes newcomers with a friendly tour but runs the daycare like a prison; he turned bitter after his owner lost him on a road trip and her parents simply bought a replacement.

Which Toy Story Toons short takes place almost entirely in Bonnie's bathtub?

Partysaurus Rex is the name Rex gives himself after the other toys call him a party pooper; left with the bath toys, he refills the tub for a rave and floods the bathroom.

In Toy Story 3, which toy watches the daycare's security cameras at night?

A cymbal-banging monkey sits at the monitors every night, and when a toy makes a break for it he screeches into the PA and crashes his cymbals to bring the guards running.

What type of toy are Ducky and Bunny, introduced in 'Toy Story 4'?

Carnival prizes Ducky and Bunny hang on a game booth's prize wall, protective of their top-prize spot; when Buzz is tacked up on the same wall and escapes, the pair chase after him.

In which antique store does Gabby Gabby hold Forky in Toy Story 4?

Second Chance Antiques draws Woody in because he hopes to find Bo Peep there; instead Gabby Gabby's dummies seize Forky, and Woody has to mount a rescue.

What is the name of the ruthless prospector in 'Toy Story 2'?

Stinky Pete plays the kindly old-timer, but he has never left his box: after a lifetime on a dime-store shelf watching other toys sell, he will do anything to reach the museum.

Which Pixar film was the first entirely computer-animated feature film?

'Toy Story' made cinematic history as the first full-length feature film to be entirely computer-animated.

What Canadian stuntman action figure is introduced in 'Toy Story 4'?

Duke Caboom strikes proud poses but is haunted by his first owner, Rejean, who was let down when the toy could not do the jumps its TV commercial promised.

In Toy Story 3, what does Mr. Potato Head use as a body during the daycare escape?

A tortilla turns him into floppy 'Mr. Tortilla Head' for the escape, until a pigeon pecks it to pieces and he has to rebuild himself on a cucumber from the garden.

In 'Toy Story 2', which penguin toy with a broken squeaker does Woody try to rescue from a yard sale?

That rescue attempt is how Woody ends up stolen in the first place, and Wheezy closes the film with a song performed by the singing voice of Robert Goulet.

Which song plays as Buzz tries to fly at Sid's house and crashes?

'I Will Go Sailing No More' plays as Buzz, shaken by a TV commercial that shows he is only a toy, makes one last attempt to fly, falls and breaks off his arm.

Which character loses an arm in 'Toy Story 2' and needs to be repaired?

Woody's arm gets accidentally torn in 'Toy Story 2', leading to his rescue by Al and the subsequent decision about his future.

Which of Andy's toys is a talking pair of binoculars?

Lenny earns his keep as the gang's lookout: the other toys pick him up and peer through him to see what is happening outside, and he reports whatever he spots.

Which villain toy claims to be Buzz Lightyear's father in 'Toy Story 2'?

Emperor Zurg's claim is a near word-for-word send-up of Darth Vader, and it ends better than the original: the film leaves him playing catch with the other Buzz, his 'son'.

In the first Toy Story, Bo Peep and her sheep are detachable parts of what household object?

A bedside lamp in Andy's sister's room: when she outgrows it the lamp is given away, which is how Bo Peep comes to be living as an ownerless 'lost toy' in Toy Story 4.

In Toy Story, at which space-themed restaurant does Buzz mistake a claw machine for a rocket?

Pizza Planet is where the trip goes wrong: Buzz climbs into the claw machine, Woody goes in after him, and Sid wins them both and carries them home.

In Toy Story 2, which toys does Mr. Potato Head save, earning their eternal gratitude?

The Little Green Men, the three-eyed aliens he stops from falling out of a truck, repay the debt in Toy Story 3, when they work a giant claw to lift the whole gang out of danger.

What year was 'Toy Story 3' released?

'Toy Story 3' was released on June 18, 2010, nearly 11 years after 'Toy Story 2'.

Which of Bonnie's toys treats playtime as theatre and insists the others stay in character?

Mr. Pricklepants, a hedgehog in lederhosen, shushes anyone who breaks character during playtime, and over the end credits he finally gets his stage: he plays Romeo opposite an alien Juliet.

In Toy Story 3, the grown-up Sid Phillips reappears working what job?

Garbage man: the boy who wrecked toys now hauls trash, headphones on and humming guitar riffs, recognisable only by his skull T-shirt; Erik von Detten came back to voice him.

How old is Andy when he leaves for college in 'Toy Story 3'?

Andy is 17 in Toy Story 3, days from leaving for college; he planned to take only Woody and store the rest in the attic, until his mother mistook the attic bag for trash.

Which doll was kept out of the first Toy Story by her maker, then appeared in the sequel?

Barbie was written into the first film, but Mattel refused to license her, reportedly so that girls could go on imagining her personality themselves; after the film's success she appeared in Toy Story 2 as a tour guide.

Who is the voice actor for Slinky Dog in 'Toy Story 3' and 'Toy Story 4'?

After the passing of original voice actor Jim Varney, Blake Clark took over the role of Slinky Dog starting with 'Toy Story 3'.

What kind of toy is Gabby Gabby, the antagonist from 'Toy Story 4'?

A doll with a broken voice box since the day she was made, Gabby Gabby gets Woody's working one and is still turned down by the girl she wanted; she goes home with a lost child instead.

Which character serves as the leader of the Green Army Men?

Sarge leads his men out for good in Toy Story 3: with Andy grown up, the soldiers parachute from the windowsill, reasoning that army men are the first toys to go when the trash bags come out.

In 2005, its first year of eligibility, Toy Story was added to which list of films to be preserved?

The National Film Registry makes every film wait ten years, so the Library of Congress took the 1995 film at the first chance it had, as 'culturally, historically or aesthetically significant'.

How long did a Buzz Lightyear action figure stay aboard the International Space Station?

15 months: NASA and Disney sent the 12-inch figure up in 2008 as part of a schools programme, and it appeared in videos beamed down from the station for science lessons before a shuttle brought it home in 2009.

Where was the Buzz Lightyear figure that flew in space donated in 2012?

The Smithsonian's Air and Space Museum got a real child's toy: unable to find a Buzz when NASA needed one, the Disney executive running the project had sent up his own son's figure.

In Toy Story 3, which classic toy secretly tells Woody how to escape the daycare?

A Chatter Telephone, the old pull-along toy phone, gives Woody the escape route and pays for it: the daycare's enforcers beat him until he talks.

Buzz Lightyear is named after an astronaut who was the second person to do what?

Walk on the Moon: Buzz Aldrin followed Neil Armstrong onto the surface. An early name for Pixar's ranger was Lunar Larry, and Aldrin has played along with the tribute, appearing in public with Buzz Lightyear toys.

Which actor turned down the role of Buzz Lightyear and later regretted it?

Billy Crystal turned down Buzz Lightyear and regretted it once he saw the film, so when Pixar came back to him with Mike Wazowski in Monsters, Inc., he said yes.

Toy Story became the first animated film ever nominated in which Academy Award category?

Best Original Screenplay: the nominated script was a rescue job, rewritten after Disney halted production over an early version in which Woody had become a jerk, as Tom Hanks complained while recording.

In Toy Story 4, where is Bonnie when she makes Forky out of a spork?

Kindergarten orientation finds Bonnie struggling to make friends until Woody, hidden in her backpack, slips craft scraps onto her table; the spork she decorates wakes up convinced he is trash.

Which Pixar short was the first computer-animated film to win the Best Animated Short Oscar?

Tin Toy (1988) won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film; its wind-up one-man-band toy, Tinny, was the seed from which Toy Story's concept grew.

How did Disney originally intend to release Toy Story 2?

Straight to video was how Disney made sequels then, as with Aladdin's The Return of Jafar; the plan changed when the early footage looked too good for the small screen, and the film went to cinemas.

What nearly wiped out Toy Story 2 during its production?

A stray delete command erased about 90% of the film's files before the servers could be shut down, and the studio then found its tape backups had quietly stopped working.

Where was the backup copy that rescued Toy Story 2 after its files vanished?

On an employee's home computer: technical director Galyn Susman had been working from home with a newborn, so a full copy of the film was sitting on the machine at her house.

After a late overhaul, how long did Pixar have to finish Toy Story 2?

Nine months was all Pixar had: it threw out a version it disliked and started over, but the release date could not move, so work that normally takes years was squeezed into under one.

Toy Story 3 was the first animated film to achieve what at the box office?

Reaching $1 billion: Toy Story 3 finished as the year's biggest film worldwide, and it stayed the top-grossing animated film until Frozen overtook it in 2014.

Toy Story 3 was only the third animated film ever nominated for which award?

Best Picture: Toy Story 3 followed Beauty and the Beast (1991) and Up (2009); the two Pixar films got in after the Academy widened the field from five nominees to ten.

Which Oscar did Toy Story 4 win at the 92nd Academy Awards?

Best Animated Feature went to Toy Story 4 on Oscar night, even though Missing Link had beaten it to the Golden Globe and Klaus to the BAFTA earlier that season.

Which moving company hauls the Davis family's belongings in the first Toy Story film?

Eggman Movers owns the truck the two heroes chase in the finale; when RC's batteries die, they light the rocket strapped to Buzz to catch up.

Which actor voices Hamm in the Toy Story films?

John Ratzenberger, Cliff from Cheers, became Pixar's good-luck charm: after Hamm he voiced a character in every one of the studio's features through Onward in 2020.

Which country singer duets on 'You've Got a Friend in Me' over the first Toy Story's end credits?

Lyle Lovett shares the vocal on the end-credits version; the song's composer sings it alone over the opening, as Andy plays with his toys.

Which act recorded the Spanish-language 'You've Got a Friend in Me' heard in Toy Story 3?

The Gipsy Kings recorded 'Hay un Amigo en Mí' because Buzz gets reset to Spanish mode in the film; he and Jessie dance a paso doble to it over the end credits.

What is the full name of Toy Story's Woody?

Sheriff Woody Pride: director Lee Unkrich revealed in 2009 that the surname had been Pride since the first film was in development, yet the films' star said in 2026 that he had no idea Woody had one.

Who voices Woody in most Toy Story video games and talking toys when the films' star is busy?

Jim Hanks's voice is close enough to his brother's that he handles the character's tie-in work.

Which early-1980s film first opened the eyes of Toy Story's future director to computer animation?

Tron: friends showed the young Disney animator its light-cycle footage, and his zeal for computer animation soon got him fired from the studio.

Which half-hour TV special did Pixar pitch before Disney pushed it toward a feature?

A Tin Toy Christmas was the half-hour special Pixar pitched; Jeffrey Katzenberg argued that if Pixar was scaling up from commercials anyway, it should make a full-length film.

Buzz Lightyear's suit pairs the favorite color of Toy Story's director, green, with the favorite color of which person?

His wife: the director loves lime green and his wife Nancy loves purple, so Buzz, first imagined as a G.I. Joe-style soldier, ended up wearing both.

Woody's design drew on his creator's childhood Casper doll and which 1950s television puppet?

Howdy Doody puppets from the 1950s show shaped Woody, as did a pull-string Casper the Friendly Ghost doll his creator owned as a boy; early drafts made him a ventriloquist's dummy.

In Toy Story, Woody's name pays tribute to which actor from Hollywood Westerns?

Woody Strode, a Western actor, is the namesake; the tribute outlived the character's first design, a ventriloquist's dummy that was scrapped for a pull-string cowboy.

Which of these writers is credited as a co-writer of the first Toy Story?

Joss Whedon, the Buffy the Vampire Slayer writer, was brought in to help fix the script and shares the credit; he said the first-draft Woody was thoroughly unlikable.

Audio from which Tom Hanks film was used in the test footage that convinced him to sign on to Toy Story?

Turner & Hooch: animators set Hanks's rant at the dog over a chewed-up car to their new character, and the test won over an actor who had never done animation.

What did Pixar dub the disastrous 1993 Toy Story screening for Disney that nearly sank the film?

The Black Friday Incident: Disney executives hated story reels in which Woody came across as a mean-spirited jerk and almost cancelled the film, until Pixar rewrote him as someone to root for.

How many motion controls did the Woody character model require?

723 motion controls went into the Woody model, including 212 for his face and 58 for his mouth alone.

What song from The Lion King is briefly heard during the climactic chase in Toy Story?

Hakuna Matata plays in the family car during the chase, just as Andy's baby sister spots the toys in the wing mirror; The Lion King had come out the year before.

What did Steve Jobs schedule for one week after Toy Story's release?

Pixar's initial public offering came a week after the film opened: Jobs wanted the cash to deal with Disney as an equal, and in 1997 Pixar negotiated a new partnership.

Which small Canadian company took the Toy Story license after bigger toymakers passed on the film?

Thinkway Toys took the license after bigger toymakers passed; they were used to far more lead time than the film's Thanksgiving release date allowed.

Which fictional toy replaced G.I. Joe in Toy Story after Hasbro refused to let one be blown up?

Combat Carl is the stand-in: Hasbro would not let a G.I. Joe be blown up on screen, though it licensed Mr. Potato Head for the same film.

Which action sequel narrowly out-earned Toy Story's original run to be that year's top worldwide hit?

Die Hard with a Vengeance made about $366 million worldwide, roughly $3 million more than Toy Story's first run; later re-releases have since lifted Toy Story's lifetime total past it.

Which computer operating system names its releases after Toy Story characters?

Debian has named every release after a Toy Story character since 1.1 'Buzz' in 1996, a habit started by project leader Bruce Perens, who was working at Pixar at the time.

In Toy Story 2, the launch of what killed off the TV show Woody's Roundup?

Sputnik: 'Once the astronauts went up, children only wanted to play with space toys,' the old prospector tells Woody, which is why his cowboy show was cancelled mid-story.

The Cleaner, the toy restorer in Toy Story 2, reused the character model from which Pixar short?

Geri's Game: the Cleaner is Geri, the old man who plays chess against himself in Pixar's Oscar-winning 1997 short, one of several models the sequel borrowed from other productions.

Who performed 'When She Loved Me' in Toy Story 2?

Sarah McLachlan sang 'When She Loved Me' and performed it at the Oscars, where it lost Best Original Song to Phil Collins's 'You'll Be in My Heart' from Tarzan.

Which Pixar short accompanied Toy Story 2 in theaters?

Luxo Jr., the 1986 short whose hopping desk lamp became Pixar's logo, was reissued to play before Toy Story 2 thirteen years after it was made.

Which Golden Globe did Toy Story 2 win?

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy: Toy Story 2 won it at the January 2000 Golden Globes, as Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King had before it; the Globes had no animated category until 2007.

A 2004 plan to make Toy Story 3 without Pixar ended when what happened?

Disney bought Pixar in 2006 and closed Circle Seven, the unit it had set up to make sequels alone; its final script shipped a malfunctioning Buzz back to a factory in Taiwan.

Which screenwriter, a newcomer to Pixar, wrote Toy Story 3?

Michael Arndt took on the script in 2006, the year his Oscar-winning Little Miss Sunshine came out, working from a story Pixar's veterans thrashed out in two days at the cabin where the first Toy Story was born.

The 2014 TV special Toy Story That Time Forgot takes place just after which holiday?

Christmas: it is December 27, and a boy is too busy with his new video-game console to touch his other presents, a tribe of action figures that has never once been played with.

The Toy Story short Small Fry played in theaters before which 2011 Disney film?

The Muppets opened with Small Fry in November 2011, a short in which a fast-food giveaway Buzz swaps places with the real one.

Which Studio Ghibli character makes a cameo in Toy Story 3?

Totoro, the forest spirit from My Neighbor Totoro, appears as a plush toy in the little girl's bedroom, Pixar's tribute to its friend Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli.

Which actor voiced Lotso, the strawberry-scented bear in Toy Story 3?

Ned Beatty, of Deliverance and Network, voiced Lotso, a bear Pixar had wanted for the first film but shelved because it could not yet animate convincing fur.

Which Pixar short played before Toy Story 3 in theaters?

Day & Night stars two see-through figures, one with a sunny scene inside him and one with a moonlit one, who begin as wary rivals and end up friends.

Two Iowa brothers spent eight years remaking Toy Story 3 shot-for-shot using which technique?

Stop motion with real toys, shot on iPhones: Morgan and Mason McGrew started as teenagers and posted Toy Story 3 in Real Life online in January 2020.

Who made his feature directing debut with Toy Story 4?

Josh Cooley, a writer on Inside Out, was hired as co-director and took sole charge when the film's original director stepped down.

Which Arrested Development actor voices Forky?

Tony Hale, Buster Bluth on Arrested Development, voices Forky, a spork who is convinced he is trash and keeps trying to throw himself away.

Which actor voices the Canadian stuntman toy in Toy Story 4?

Keanu Reeves says Pixar called him out of the blue; on his first visit to the studio he climbed onto a table at lunch and struck poses to show how the daredevil should move.

Which country singer released a version of 'The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy' from Toy Story 4?

Chris Stapleton's recording came out as a single on June 5, 2019; the song is sung from Woody's point of view, a lonesome cowboy until someone comes along and changes his world.

How did Toy Story 4 voice Mr. Potato Head after his original actor died?

Pixar reused unused archive recordings: at his family's request it combed 25 years of sessions for the films, games and other projects, and it dedicated the film to him.

Toy Story 4 was the first Pixar release since the original to reach theaters how?

Without an accompanying short: a first for a Pixar feature since the original; producers said every hand was needed on features and nobody was free to make one.

Which filmmaker voices Mo Morrison, the naive recruit, in the Toy Story spin-off Lightyear?

Taika Waititi, director of Thor: Ragnarok, voices Mo, one of the untrained recruits Buzz is stuck with when he returns to find the colony overrun by robots.

Which Mad Men star voices Gabby Gabby in Toy Story 4?

Christina Hendricks, Joan on Mad Men, voices Gabby Gabby, the antagonist who gets a happy ending: she stops to comfort a lost, crying child, and the girl takes her home.

What kind of animal snatches the toys one by one in Toy Story of Terror!?

An iguana called Mr. Jones does the snatching: the motel manager has trained his pet to steal guests' toys so that he can sell them online.

Which action star voices the military action figure in Toy Story of Terror!?

Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed in the Rocky films, voices the paranoid soldier, who refers to himself in the third person; the part in Toy Story 4 was his last film role.

What is the name of the dinosaur-warrior playset that dominates Mason's room in Toy Story That Time Forgot?

Battlesaurs are armored dinosaur warriors who have never been played with, so they and their champion Reptillus Maximus have no idea they are toys.

Who voiced Buzz in the 2000 TV series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command?

Patrick Warburton, Puddy on Seinfeld, voiced Buzz for the series; the films' star played him only in the film that launched it, The Adventure Begins.

Florida's Toy Story Land opened in 2018 at which Walt Disney World park?

Hollywood Studios opened its Toy Story Land on June 30, 2018, the last of four: Paris, Hong Kong and Shanghai all got theirs first.

What name is a dazed Buzz Lightyear given at a dolls' tea party in the first Toy Story?

Mrs. Nesbitt: after Buzz learns he is a toy and breaks his arm trying to fly, the neighbor's sister dresses him in an apron and hat for her dolls' tea party.

Which actress has voiced Bo Peep since the first Toy Story?

Annie Potts, of Ghostbusters and Designing Women, voiced Bo Peep in the first two films, sat out the third and returned for a starring role in Toy Story 4.

What is the name of the chicken restaurant where Buzz gets swapped for a kids' meal toy in Small Fry?

Poultry Palace is where a kids'-meal mini Buzz sneaks home in the real one's place, leaving Buzz stuck overnight in a support group for discarded fast-food toys.

What did Disney build next door to the Hollywood cinema hosting Toy Story's first run?

A three-floor funhouse called Totally Toy Story filled the Masonic hall beside the cinema, and a ticket to the film included a visit to its shows and games.

At which Los Angeles cinema did Toy Story have its world premiere?

El Capitan Theatre is Disney's own Hollywood showcase, restored by the studio and reopened in 1991, so Toy Story and its first sequel both premiered there.

Where does Andy mean to store his old toys before a mix-up leaves them at the curb in Toy Story 3?

The attic was the plan for every toy except Woody, who was packed for college, but Andy's mother carried the bag out to the curb by mistake.

Which roadside objects does Buzz use to get his rescue team across a busy road in Toy Story 2?

Traffic cones give Buzz's rescue team cover as they head for the toy store where they hope to find the kidnapped Woody.

Toward what does a conveyor belt carry Woody and his friends at the climax of Toy Story 3?

An incinerator awaits them at a landfill that Pixar's artists designed after field trips to real dumps, aiming for a toy's version of Dante's Inferno.

Where does Forky keep trying to throw himself in Toy Story 4, convinced that he belongs there?

The trash is where Forky thinks a spork belongs, so Woody keeps hauling him out until a roadside walk convinces him his place is with Bonnie.

In which city is the toy museum that hopes to buy Woody and the Roundup gang in Toy Story 2?

Tokyo's museum will only take the complete set, so if Woody goes home to Andy the other Roundup toys return to storage.

Which Batman actor voices Ken, the flamboyant doll Barbie falls for, in Toy Story 3?

Michael Keaton plays Ken as a henchman in league with Lotso, though he and Barbie end up making Sunnyside a kinder place for its toys.

What kind of animal is Sox, the robot companion given to Buzz in the Toy Story spin-off Lightyear?

A cat in robot form, Sox is voiced by Pixar's Peter Sohn and ends up perfecting the fuel formula that Buzz spends decades of test flights chasing.

Which actress voices Jessie the yodeling cowgirl throughout the Toy Story films?

Joan Cusack speaks the part, but the yodels Jessie lets out in the second film came from another performer, Mary Kay Bergman.

Which television talk show host voices Smarty Pants, a toilet-training toy, in Toy Story 5?

Conan O'Brien plays the potty trainer, one of the forgotten toys that Jessie finds in a farmhouse shed.

In Toy Story 2, the Prospector blames which real event for the cancellation of Woody's Roundup?

The launch of Sputnik turned American children from Western toys to space toys, which is why the Prospector so despises spacemen like Buzz.

Which girl once loved Jessie, then outgrew her and gave her away, as Woody learns in Toy Story 2?

Emily's story persuades Woody that Andy will outgrow him too, which is why he first chooses the museum over going home.

Which actor voices the Prospector, the villain kept in his original box, in Toy Story 2?

Kelsey Grammer voices the Prospector, who is so set on reaching the museum that he blocks the other toys from leaving with Woody.

Which sketch-comedy duo voices Ducky and Bunny, the plush pair joined at the hand, in Toy Story 4?

Key and Peele split the roles, with Keegan-Michael Key as Ducky and Jordan Peele as Bunny, two toys Buzz runs into while searching for Woody.

Which Pixar filmmaker, an editor on the first Toy Story, went on to direct Toy Story 3?

Lee Unkrich had co-directed Toy Story 2 and admitted feeling pressure not to make Pixar's first dud; he even voices a jack-in-the-box at the daycare.

Which part of Sunnyside does Lotso's gang keep for itself, away from the toddlers, in Toy Story 3?

The Butterfly Room is where Lotso's inner circle get gentle play, while every newcomer is sent to the Caterpillar Room to be battered by toddlers.

Which Sunnyside toy turns on Lotso and throws him into a dumpster in Toy Story 3?

Big Baby turns after Woody reveals that Lotso lied about their old owner replacing them all, when only the bear had been replaced.

Where is Andy away without Woody when a collector steals the doll at a yard sale in Toy Story 2?

Cowboy camp was meant to be a trip for both of them, until an accident in play leaves Woody behind on a shelf, fearing Andy will discard him.

Where does the final chase of Toy Story 2 take place, after Buzz's team arrives in a pizza truck?

An airport is where the collector checks in his case of Roundup toys, sending the rescuers riding the baggage belts after it.

Which toy, once lost on a road trip with Lotso, tells Woody the bear's true story in Toy Story 3?

Chuckles, a toy clown who ends up at Bonnie's, was there when the lost toys trekked home and found the bear's owner had replaced him.

At what family occasion does Buzz Lightyear arrive in Andy's room as a gift in the first Toy Story?

A birthday party sends Andy's toys into a panic, since every present could be a newcomer who replaces one of them, and Buzz proves to be exactly that for Woody.

What present does Andy receive at Christmas in the final scene of the first Toy Story?

A puppy arrives as the final surprise, leaving Woody and Buzz to trade nervous smiles. Disney's chief had asked that the last shot feature them both.

What does Buzz Lightyear see at Sid's house that finally proves to him he is a toy in Toy Story?

A TV commercial for Buzz Lightyear toys shatters his belief that he is a real space ranger, and his attempt to fly anyway ends in a painful fall.

What does Sid tape to Buzz Lightyear, planning to blow him up the next day, in Toy Story?

A firework rocket meant to destroy Buzz ends up saving him, because Woody lights it during the chase and it carries them both to Andy's car.

Which everyday object does Sid use to interrogate the captured Woody in the first Toy Story?

A magnifying glass features in the scene that stayed in; a harsher one just before it, with Sid torturing both toys, was cut for fear of upsetting audiences.

Through which part of the Davis family car do Woody and Buzz glide to rejoin Andy in Toy Story?

The sunroof lets them land safely inside, after the batteries in the remote-control car they were riding ran out short of the moving truck.

Where was Woody trying to trap Buzz when he accidentally knocked him out of the window in Toy Story?

Behind Andy's desk was the plan, so that Woody would be taken to the pizza restaurant instead, but the other toys decide he has murdered his rival.

Which real drawing toy lives in Andy's room in Toy Story and can draw pictures at lightning speed?

Etch A Sketch, known to the other toys simply as Etch, proves useful in Toy Story 2 by drawing a portrait of the man who kidnapped Woody.

Which real toy do Andy's toys dangle from the window as a chain to reach fallen Buzz in Toy Story?

Barrel of Monkeys supplies the rescue chain, but the plan fails for the simplest of reasons: there are not enough monkeys to reach the ground.

Which real toy does Woody consult about whether Andy will pick him for the pizza trip in Toy Story?

Magic 8 Ball gives Woody a discouraging reply, so he shoves it aside in a huff; the same toy is tossed into a donation box two films later.

What image is printed on the T-shirt worn by Sid, the toy-wrecking neighbor, in Toy Story?

A skull marks Sid out as the menace of the story, yet on the DVD commentary the film's makers also called him the most creative character in the movie.

What breed is the vicious, toy-chewing dog kept by Sid in the first Toy Story?

Bull terrier jaws make the dog the film's second villain, and he is only stopped when he chases the toys into a junction and gets boxed in by crashing cars.

Legs, one of Sid's mutant toys in Toy Story, joins a doll's legs to which piece of sporting gear?

A fishing rod lets Legs reel other toys up and down, which is how she lowers the mutants' leader onto Sid's head for the final scare.

Which historical figure's name does Buzz give to a headless doll at the tea party in Toy Story?

Marie Antoinette is his name for one of two headless dolls owned by Sid's sister; they cannot speak, but they wave when he mentions them.

Which comic actor first voiced Slinky Dog in Toy Story?

Jim Varney gave Slinky his Southern accent in the first two films, and the role had to be recast after his death in 2000.

Which actor voices the commander of the Green Army Men in Toy Story?

R. Lee Ermey kept the role through Toy Story 3, his last outing in the series, barking orders at plastic soldiers who specialise in reconnaissance.

Which Roseanne star voices Mrs. Davis, the mother of Andy, across the Toy Story films?

Laurie Metcalf plays the parent whose innocent chores keep endangering the toys, from a yard sale to the bag of them she leaves at the curb.

Tim Allen was starring in which Disney-made sitcom when Pixar offered him Buzz in Toy Story?

Home Improvement had made him a household name, but the director picked him because he enjoyed his stand-up comedy and wanted Buzz to be funny.

Which board game does Hamm keep winning against Mr. Potato Head in the first Toy Story?

Battleship goes Hamm's way every time, fitting for the toy said to know the most about the world outside Andy's room.

What kind of toy was Woody in early Toy Story drafts, before the look was judged sneaky and mean?

A ventriloquist's dummy with a pull-string is how Woody began, and in that first draft he was the villain, bullying the other toys.

Which software did Toy Story's shading team use to give every surface its texture and shine?

RenderMan assigned each object its texture and reflectivity, and the frames took so long to compute that Pixar finished under 30 seconds of film a day.

Which Pixar character designer first suggested making Woody a cowboy during work on Toy Story?

Bud Luckey, who drew Woody's original design, made the suggestion, and he later wrote and directed the Oscar-nominated Pixar short Boundin'.

During Toy Story's production, Steve Jobs explored selling Pixar to Microsoft and which card company?

Hallmark Cards was sounded out because he lacked faith in the film, even while he was paying for Pixar's script rewrites out of his own pocket.

Which fast-food chain ran a tie-in promotion for the original release of Toy Story?

Burger King was among the advertisers who spent $125 million promoting the film, even though many toymakers had passed on making the toys.

Which Robin Williams film knocked Toy Story off the top of the US box office in its fourth weekend?

Jumanji held the top spot only briefly, because Toy Story climbed back to number one in its sixth weekend.

Besides Toy Story, the only animated film in the AFI's top 100 American films is about which heroine?

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs shares the honour, with Toy Story squeezing in at number 99 and also ranking sixth in the AFI's animation top ten.

Before Toy Story, Disney fired John Lasseter after he pitched which tale as a computer-animated film?

The Brave Little Toaster was the pitch that cost him his job, sending him to Lucasfilm and the graphics group that became Pixar.

Which Disney princess voice actress also plays Barbie in Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3?

Jodi Benson's first Barbie is a tour guide who leads Andy's toys around the toy store where they are searching for Woody.

Which Seinfeld actor voices the greedy collector who steals Woody in Toy Story 2?

Wayne Knight plays the toy-store owner, who ends the film in tears on screen over the fortune he has lost.

Which actress voiced Mrs. Potato Head from Toy Story 2 through Toy Story 4?

Estelle Harris played the part for two decades, with Toy Story 4 her final film role, though the character is only mentioned in the first movie.

Among the ideas Pixar pitched Disney before Toy Story was an adaptation of which Roald Dahl book?

James and the Giant Peach was one of three pitches, alongside an original idea called Bob the Dinosaur, but Disney preferred the third, a story about toys.