List of Toy Story characters

This is a list of characters from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story franchise which consists of the animated feature films Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 and Toy Story 4, and Lightyear. This list also includes characters from the Toy Story Toons series and the 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) is a 1950s traditional pullstring cowboy doll, and Andy's favorite toy. He usually acts as the leader of Andy's toy group. He is extremely proud of his hat; for example, in Toy Story 2, he is alarmed when he discovers that he has lost his hat. His rivalry with Buzz forms the basis of the first film's plot. In Toy Story 2, he is stolen at a yard sale by a toy collector named Al, causing the other toys to embark on a rescue mission. In the film, it is stated that he 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 must race to get home before Andy leaves for college; he later gets himself and the other toys passed on to Bonnie. In Toy Story 4, he joins Bo Peep in traveling with his new family and Forky. They also helped lost toys find owners and save Forky from running away. Woody appears in the following Toy Story productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, 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) is a modern-day "Space Ranger" action figure. In the films, he acts as Woody's second-in-command. In Toy Story, he begins the series believing he is a real Space Ranger (the other toys are aware that they are toys) and develops a rivalry with Woody, who resents him for getting more attention as the newcomer. His catchphrase is "To infinity…AND BEYOND!" During the film, he comes to realize that he is just a toy, and eventually becomes good friends with Woody. He is extremely loyal to his friends. In Toy Story 2, Buzz with Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Rex, and Slinky goes to save Woody from Al, where he gets stuck in the Buzz Lightyear aisle in Al's Toy Barn by another Buzz and finds out for himself what he was really like. In Toy Story 3, a relationship begins to develop between Buzz and Jessie. He is particularly open with his affection when switched to "Spanish mode".
Andy regards Woody and Buzz as his two favorite toys, in the third film, he considers which one he will take to college, and ultimately chooses Woody. When passing on his toys to Bonnie, he describes Buzz as "the coolest toy ever".
A 65-episode television series, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, aired from 2000 to 2001, featuring Buzz as a real Space Ranger. The 2022 Pixar film, Lightyear, depicts the origin story of the character, which, in the narrative of Toy Story, inspired the line of Buzz Lightyear toys shown. In Lightyear, Buzz is shown to be a Space Ranger in Star Command, who is drawn into a conflict with Emperor Zurg after he experiences the effects of time dilation while testing faster-than-light travel methods. Buzz Lightyear appears in the following Toy Story Productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story Treats, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Pixar Popcorn and Lightyear.
Bo Peep (voiced by Annie Potts) is a porcelain figurine who serves as Woody's romantic interest. Bo Peep, inspired by the nursery rhyme "Little Bo-Peep", is a sweet-natured shepherdess accompanied by a single figure meant to resemble 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 games of imaginative play, Bo Peep is used as the damsel-in-distress of the stories, and she is depicted as gentle, ladylike, and kindhearted. After being given away prior to the events of Toy Story 3, in which Rex mentions that she had gone on to a new owner (which upsets Woody), Bo Peep returns with a major role in Toy Story 4. The film focuses on her relationship with Woody and she has a different philosophy on what it means to be a toy. Bo Peep no longer wears a skirt and her frills have been flattened out. She also wears a white bandage to fix her broken right arm and a purple bandage to fix her broken left hand. Bo Peep appears in the following Toy Story productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 4, and Lamp Life.
Billy, Goat, and Gruff (voiced by Emily Davis) are a trio of conjoined porcelain sheep that accompany Bo Peep. The Sheep appear in the following Toy Story productions: Toy Story, Toy Story Treats, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 4, Lamp Life, and Pixar Popcorn.
Mr. Potato Head is a sarcastic, Brooklyn-accented Mr. Potato Head. His design allows him to detach parts from his body and he has a compartment on his lower back to store extra appendages. He retains control over his parts even if they are disconnected from his body. While this attribute is mostly used for comedic effect, it does have its uses, particularly in the second and third films. His wife is Mrs. Potato Head, and they become the adoptive parents to a trio of Aliens in the second film. In the opening scenes of the first and third films, he is described by Andy as the outlaw One-Eyed Bart.
Mr. Potato Head appears in the four main Toy Story movies. His voice actor, Don Rickles, had signed on for the fourth film, but died in 2017, before recording any lines. Rickles's family contacted the filmmakers and asked if there was a way to include his old vocal recordings in the film. The filmmakers went through 25 years of Rickles's unused Mr. Potato Head recordings – from the previous three films, the Disney theme parks, and the Toy Story video games – to use as the character's lines for the fourth film. According to director Josh Cooley, an editorial team "logged every word, every cough, every hum, just so we'd know what we had". Cooley worked with the film's screenwriters, Andrew Stanton and Stephany Folsom, to write general lines for the character, and then looked through the database of archived recordings to find a suitable dialogue match. Mr. Potato Head has seven lines and a laugh in the film.
Mr. Potato Head appears in the following Toy Story Productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot and Pixar Popcorn.
Slinky Dog is a gravelly Southern-accented toy dachshund with a metal Slinky for a body. Slinky's head, feet, and a tail are plastic, he has a green collar. Slinky Dog was partially redesigned for the film by Pixar artist Bud Luckey to make him more appealing as an animated character. In the opening scenes of the first and third films, Slinky is described by Andy as One-Eyed Bart's "attack dog with a built-in force field".
Slinky Dog appears in Toy Story and Toy Story 2, voiced by Jim Varney. Since Toy Story 3, Slinky is now voiced by Blake Clark due to Varney's death. His catchphrase is "Golly bob howdy!"
Slinky reappears in the short film Hawaiian Vacation, in which he acts as a hotel porter as part of Ken and Barbie's Hawaiian adventures. He also appears in Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex. He does not speak in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, silently appearing along with Jessie in one scene.
A ride, Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, opened at several Disney theme parks beginning in 2010. Slinky Dog Dash, a steel roller coaster themed to Slinky Dog, opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in 2018. Slinky Dog appears in the following Toy Story Productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, and Toy Story Toons.
Rex is a naive, neurotic large, green, plastic Tyrannosaurus rex with a lot of anxiety from an inferiority complex ("I just don't think I could take that kind of rejection!"), often expressing his fear that he is not scary enough. Rex's worst fear is that Andy will get another, more intimidating dinosaur, but feels better after Buzz gives him a few pointers on how to roar more effectively. Although Rex is a toy dinosaur, he dislikes confrontation and is sensitive in nature. He is among the largest of Andy's toys. In the opening scenes of the first and third films, he is described by Andy as Woody's "dinosaur who eats force field dogs". When passing his toys onto Bonnie at the end of the third film, Andy describes Rex as the "meanest, most terrifying dinosaur who ever lived".
Rex is voiced by Earl Boen in the video games Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (1999) and Toy Story Racer (2001).
Rex appears in each of the Toy Story movies. He appears in an outtake of Monsters, Inc. where he waits at a crosswalk with the film's characters Mike and Sulley. Rex appears in a lot of the Toy Story Productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, 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 is a wisecracking stylized plastic piggy bank. He has a cork in his belly in place of a stopper. He and Mr. Potato Head are friends, and are seen in the first film playing a card game, and later Battleship, which Hamm always wins. Out of all the toys, he is shown to have the most knowledge of the outside world, often being familiar with various gadgets that are shown. In the second and third films, Andy portrays Hamm as a villain known as "Evil Dr. Porkchop", who typically dons Mr. Potato Head's bowler hat. In the third film, Evil Dr. Porkchop has a giant pig-shaped aircraft, which he uses to rescue One-Eyed Bart and One-Eyed Betty (the Potato Heads).
Hamm appears in each of the Toy Story movies. He appears in the post-credit scene of Cars as part of a homage and self-parody to Ratzenberger (who voices Mack in the film). Hamm also briefly appears in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, voiced by Andrew Stanton. In a 2010 television advertisement for the United States federal government's United States Postal Service promoting Toy Story 3, Hamm wears a postal worker's outfit while promoting the Priority Mail service, Ratzenberger is best known for his role as mailman Cliff Clavin on the long-running sitcom Cheers. Hamm also makes an appearance in Toy Story 3: The Video Game as the mayor in Toy Box mode. Hamm appears in the theatrical short films Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex, and also appears in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III, with Ratzenberger reprising his role. Hamm appears in the Following Toy Story productions: Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story Treats, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Toy Story Toons, Forky Asks a Question and Pixar Popcorn.
Sarge, also known as Sergeant, (voiced by R. Lee Ermey), is the gung-ho commander of green army men who are stored in a bucket and are known as Bucket O' Soldiers. These toys play a prominent role in Toy Story and more minor roles in the next two films.
They also appear in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III. A ride based on the soldiers, called Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop, is located at Disney theme parks in France and Hong Kong.
RC is Andy's remote controlled buggy. He has a green body with blue splash decals on the front. RC cannot speak, instead communicating with revving sounds, which Mr. Potato Head and the other toys can understand regardless. RC is a playable character in Toy Story Racer. RC plays a major role in the first film, a very minor role in the second film and has a cameo appearance in the fourth film. He does not appear in the third film, except in footage showing Andy as a young boy. He was possibly one of the toys that went to new owners.
RC Racer, a roller coaster ride at several Disney theme parks, features RC transporting riders.
Andrew "Andy" Davis (voiced by John Morris in all four films, Charlie Bright in Toy Story 3 and Jack McGraw in Toy Story 4) 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.
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.
The physical appearance of Andy differs slightly between each of the films due to advances in animation technology.
Mrs. Davis (voiced by Laurie Metcalf) 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. 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) 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 also 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.
Sidney "Sid" Phillips (voiced by Erik von Detten) is Andy's next-door neighbor until Andy moves away, but it is unknown if he and Andy know each other. Sid is the main antagonist of the first film. He is known for torturing and destroying toys. 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 them or decapitating them. He also enjoys skateboarding, and his shirt depicts a 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. He also has a dog named Scud.
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.
In the third film, Sid makes brief appearances in two scenes once again voiced by Erik von Detten. He is shown to be a garbage man with a small beard, recognizable by his characteristic skull shirt. 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.
Hannah Phillips (voiced by Sarah Freeman) is Sid's sweet-natured, younger sister who appears a few times in the film. Hannah has adjusted to her toys being mutilated by Sid. Most of her 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. She spends most of the time during the movie 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) is Sid and Hannah's unseen mother with three lines, telling Sid when burning Woody's forehead: "Sid, your Pop-Tarts are ready!" and asking Hannah when she asks if she's seen her Sally doll: "What, dear? What was that?" Then telling Sid: "You left that door open!"
The Aliens, also known as Little Green Men, (voiced by Jeff Pidgeon as a primary voice actor, Dee Bradley Baker in Tiny Toy Stories and Patrick Warburton in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command), are green, three-eyed, rubber squeaky toy aliens. They appear in all four films. In Toy Story 2, three aliens become part of Andy's toy collection and are adopted by Mrs. Potato Head, although Mr. Potato Head does not accept them as his own until he and the other toys are rescued from an incinerator by the aliens using a claw crane in the climax of Toy Story 3 a decade later. In the third film, Mr. Potato Head refers to them as his "boys", implying that all three are male.
In Toy Story, Buzz and Woody climb inside a giant rocket-shaped claw game at Pizza Planet. Inside the claw game are hundreds of squeeze toy aliens. When Buzz asks who is in charge, the Aliens say "The claaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw!", which belongs in the machine, they say that the claw chooses who will go and who will stay.
In Toy Story 2, a trio of aliens are hanging above the dashboard in the Pizza Planet truck. Buzz groans when he sees them, remembering them from the claw game back at Pizza Planet. When the toys are having trouble getting the truck to move, the aliens tell Mr. Potato Head to use the wand of power, referring to the truck's gear lever. They nearly fall out of the window, due to the sharp turns from Buzz trying to catch Al in his car. Mr. Potato Head saves the aliens, and they are thankful to him. Throughout the rest of the film, they frequently say "You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful.", much to Mr. Potato Head's dismay. The Aliens join the quest to save Woody and mistake the entrance to the baggage area for the mystic portal.
In the opening sequence of Toy Story 3, the Aliens are portrayed by Andy as the henchmen under One-Eyed Bart and One-Eyed Betty (the Potato Heads), serving as the getaway drivers in a Chevrolet Corvette. In the present time, the trio continues to express their gratefulness to Mr. Potato Head. They are later donated to Sunnyside along with the rest of Andy's toys. They are later revealed to be in control of a giant claw crane, which they used to rescue the other toys from an incinerator after they were abandoned by Lotso. Mr. Potato Head finally acknowledges them as his children, reciting their repetitive line. The trio are later donated to Bonnie along with Andy's other toys.
They also appear as minor characters in Toy Story 4, albeit only in the film's first act.
They appear in the film Lightyear in a mid-credit scene as a statue on Commander Burnsides shelf.
The Aliens reappear in the theatrical short films Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry and Partysaurus Rex, and the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III. The Aliens also have a ride at Disney theme parks called Alien Swirling Saucers.
Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack) is a cowgirl doll, and part of the gang. In Toy Story 2, Jessie is very happy to see Woody at first, but is shocked to learn that he still has an owner in Andy. She is initially hesitant to join Andy's toys due to her past experience with her owner Emily, who put her in a charity box for donations after she grew up. This also caused her to develop claustrophobia, due to her fear of being put in storage. When Woody tells her of Andy's sister Molly, she immediately joins the gang. In Toy Story 3, wrongly believing Andy threw her and the other toys out, she argues with Woody, who tells the other toys that Andy was actually putting them in the attic, none of the other toys believe this until Mrs. Potato Head sees (through an eye that she misplaced in a corner in Andy's room) that Andy is looking for his toys and complaining that they are missing. Later in the film, Jessie becomes close with Buzz, especially when he is in Spanish mode. 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!, where she saves the other toys from a toy thief and seller at the rest stop. Jessie appears in the following Toy Story productions: Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot
Bullseye is an extremely loyal toy horse and is part of the collection. In the fictional Woody's Roundup television series, Bullseye is portrayed as Woody and Jessie's horse. In Toy Story 2, he was happy to finally see Woody after a long time in storage. Bullseye is shown to loathe fights as he hides in a can when Jessie jumps on Woody. He is also upset at Woody's intention to abandon the Roundup Gang to return to Andy. When Woody decides to return to Andy, it is Bullseye's loyalty that causes Woody to try to get the other Roundup toys to join him. Unlike most of the other toys, Bullseye cannot communicate in anthropomorphic speech but typically remains silent, communicating via body language and occasional sounds resembling a realistic horse (or dog). He is also brave, gentle, sweet and rather sensitive.
Bullseye returns in Toy Story 3 as one of the remaining toys in Andy's room and has a small role in Toy Story 4. Bullseye reappears in the short films Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex. At Disney California Adventure, Jessie and her critter friends star in a carousel ride called Jessie's Critter Carousel.
Stinky Pete, commonly known as the Prospector, (voiced by Kelsey Grammer), 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 cancelled after the launch of RSC Energia/Roscosmos' 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, revealing he spent a long time watching other toys be sold before him, 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.
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, 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 Toy Story 2, Wayne Knight in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Jess Harnell in a mini counterpart in Small Fry and James Brolin in Lightyear) 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.
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), assuming the identity. He controls a mecha suit, 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 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) 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), 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 gonna be sold in after being stolen, revealing Al tried to buy him again.
Mrs. Potato Head (voiced by Estelle Harris) is Mr. Potato Head's wife. Unlike her husband, Mrs. Potato Head is sweet and easy going and not as hot-headed or impatient. She is mentioned in the first film, but is not seen until Toy Story 2. She has a larger role in Toy Story 3 as for most of the film, one of her eyes is lost in Andy's room, and it is through this eye that she sees Andy complaining that his toys are missing, causing the other toys to realize that Andy never intended to throw them away. She views the Aliens as her own children, but her husband does not share this view until the Aliens save them from the incinerator. Mrs. Potato Head reappears in the theatrical short film Hawaiian Vacation and acts as a tour guide for Ken and Barbie in their Hawaiian adventures. She also reappears in Small Fry, Partysaurus Rex, and Toy Story 4. Toy Story 4 was Harris' final film role before her retirement and death in 2022.
Wheezy (speaking voice by Joe Ranft and singing voice by Robert Goulet) 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) 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."
The character model was previously used to portray Geri (voiced by Bob Peterson) in Pixar's short film, Geri's Game, where he plays a chess game against himself. In Toy Story 2, one of the drawers in the cleaner's carrying case contains chess pieces identical to those in the short film, and therefore hard proof that the toy restoration specialist is none other than Geri himself.
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) 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.
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 about what Lotso did to Buzz and how to return him to normal by ripping his clothes; he succumbs and tells her about the instruction manual and that Buzz was switched to Demo mode when she threatens to rip his prized Nehru jacket. 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), is a plush, purple, strawberry-scented Southern-accented teddy bear. He is 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 lied to Big Baby that Daisy had replaced all of them, then intimidated Chuckles who knew the truth into silence 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 decides at the last minute to leave the other toys to be burned so that they can't return 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. Lotso was intended to be in the first film, but the technology to represent realistic fur was not available until Monsters, Inc. An early version of Lotso makes a brief appearance in the first film, 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.
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.
Kenneth "Ken" Carlson (voiced by Michael Keaton) 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.
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) 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") after 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 lied to Big Baby and Chuckles, telling them that they were replaced, too. They traveled to Sunnyside, and took it over. Once Woody revealed Lotso's true nature, Big Baby realized that Lotso lied to 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, and the film's credits list him as Woody Smith.
Bonnie Anderson (voiced by in Emily Hahn in Toy Story 3, short films, television specials and Madeleine McGraw in Toy Story 4) 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 The 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, 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.
Forky (voiced by Tony Hale) is a sentient plastic spork with googly eyes, pipe cleaner arms and tongue depressor/popsicle stick legs. He was created by Bonnie, but he does not believe that he is a toy and he hates being able to come to life. He considers himself as trash, and Woody has to prevent him from throwing himself away.
While considering names for the character, director Josh Cooley showed a picture of the character to his son and asked for a suggestion on the name. Cooley's son, approximately four years old at the time, suggested the name Fork Face, and Cooley later said "The fact that he's around the same age as Bonnie and didn't know what a spork was, I thought, 'That feels real to me.' So Forky felt like a kid would name him that." Forky is also the titular protagonist of the series of shorts Forky Asks a Question on Disney+.
Melephant Brooks (voiced by Mel Brooks), Chairol Burnett (voiced by Carol Burnett), Bitey White (voiced by Betty White), and Carl Reineroceros (voiced by Carl Reiner) 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.
Mr. Anderson (voiced by Jay Hernandez) is Bonnie's father. 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) 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.
Officer Giggle McDimples (voiced by Ally Maki) is a miniature toy cop who accompanies Bo Peep. She lives inside a folding compact similar in concept to Polly Pocket.
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.
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.
Duke Caboom (voiced by Keanu Reeves) is an amiable Canadian daredevil toy with a white outfit, a horseshoe mustache, and a toy motorcycle. 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. Duke Caboom is a parody of the Evel Knievel Rally Stunt Cycle by the Ideal Toy Company.
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. She serves as the 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", 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.
The Dummies (both voiced by Steve Purcell) are non-speaking ventriloquist dummies who work as Gabby Gabby's henchmen, patrolling Second Chance Antiques. Gabby Gabby's personal aide is a dummy named Benson, the one with a red bowtie. The dummies are partially based on Slappy the Dummy. The film's producer, Mark Nielsen, said, "The dummies are, by far, some of the creepiest characters we've ever created."
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.
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. 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.
Izzy Hawthorne (voiced by Keke Palmer and Keira Hairston) 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) 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) is a naive, neurotic space cadet who Buzz befriends.
Darby Steel (voiced by Dale Soules) 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) 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 plants 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.) is Alisha Hawthorne's successor.