Toy Story 4

Toy Story 4 is a 2019 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. As the fourth installment in Pixar's Toy Story series and the sequel to the 2010 film, Toy Story 3, the film was directed by Josh Cooley and released in theaters on June 21, 2019.
The film continues from Toy Story 3, where Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and their friends have found new appreciation among their other toy friends after being given by Andy to Bonnie. When Bonnie makes a new toy named Forky out of trash, she takes him and the rest of her toys on an RV road trip. During their trip, Forky gets lost and Woody and Buzz head out to find him and end up reuniting with an old friend.
After its premiere, Toy Story 4 was theatrically released in the United States on June 21, 2019 in RealD 3D, Dolby Cinema, and IMAX. The film was critically acclaimed, with critics praising its story, humor, emotion, animation, and vocal performances. The film was also a box office success, grossing $1.073 billion worldwide, making it at the time the 30th highest-grossing film of all time, the fourth highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind Frozen, Incredibles 2, and Minions). It is currently the 33rd highest-grossing film of all time and the fifth highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind Frozen II, Frozen, Incredibles 2, and Minions).
The film even won several awards including an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature and is nominated for Best Original Song for "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away".
Toy Story 5 was announced to be in development on February 8, 2023. After the 4th film's success, it will be released in theaters June 19, 2026.
==Synopsis==
Woody and the rest of the toys are back for an all-new adventure in Toy Story 4, welcoming new friends to Bonnie's room, including a reluctant new toy called Forky. "Like most people, I assumed that Toy Story 3 was the end of the story", said director Josh Cooley. "And it was the end of Woody's story with Andy. But just like in life, every ending is a new beginning. Woody now being in a new room, with new toys, and a new kid, was something we have never seen before. The questions of what that would be like became the beginning of an entertaining story worth exploring."
But Forky insists that he is NOT a toy! An actual spork-turned-craft-project, Forky is pretty sure that he doesn't belong in Bonnie's room. Unfortunately, every time he tries to get away, someone yanks him back into an adventure he'd rather skip. "The world of Toy Story is built upon the idea that everything in the world has a purpose", said Cooley. "A toy's purpose is to be there for its child. But what about toys that are made out of other objects? Forky is a toy that Bonnie made out of a disposable spork, so he's facing a crisis. He wants to fulfill his purpose as a spork, but now has a new toy purpose thrust upon him."
==Plot==
9 years ago, between the events of the 2nd and 3rd films, R.C. is being swept down a storm drain after Andy forgets to bring him inside before the storm. Woody and the other toys mount a successful rescue operation, but while they are busy, a friend of Andy's mother arrives and buys Bo Peep and her lamp; despite Woody's efforts to prevent the sale, Bo reassures him that it is part of being a toy to be taken away.
2 years after Andy donated his toys to Bonnie, Woody and the other toys are content in their new life. Worried that Bonnie will feel overwhelmed at her kindergarten orientation, Woody – who Bonnie has been neglecting – sneaks into her backpack, and his fears come to light. But after a male classmate bullies Bonnie, Woody covertly places a spork and other items from a trash can on Bonnie's table during arts and crafts, and she turns them into a handmade toy spork that she names "Forky". After Bonnie places Forky in her backpack, he comes to life, which scares Woody.
Woody introduces him to the rest of Bonnie's toys, Forky experiences an existential crisis, believing he was made to be trash and not a toy, and the other toys prevent him from throwing himself away. On a road trip with Bonnie's family and her toys, Forky – still believing himself to be trash – jumps out of the window, prompting Woody to go after him. Woody convinces Forky of the joys of being a toy, and they journey to the RV park in a nearby town where Bonnie and her parents will be staying.
Reaching the town, Woody spots Bo's lamp at an antique store. Searching for Bo inside, he and Forky encounter a doll named Gabby Gabby and her sycophant ventriloquist puppets, the Bensons. Gabby Gabby offers to take them to Bo, but soon reveals her true colors and plan: To obtain Woody's voice box since her own is broken and no child will purchase her. Woody and Forky try to escape, but Forky is captured by the Bensons. By the time Woody escapes the shop, he realizes that he has left Forky behind. Woody reunites with Bo, who has become a nomad adventurer helping lost toys find owners. With Bo's companion, a diminutive toy cop named Giggle McDimples, they take a route through a nearby carnival to rescue Forky from the antique store.
Meanwhile, Buzz searches for Woody on his own, seeking guidance in the button-induced phrases from his own voice box. Buzz finds himself as a prize in a carnival booth and escapes with plush toys Ducky and Bunny. Buzz finds Woody and Bo, and they recruit Ducky and Bunny to help rescue Forky, promising they will become Bonnie's toys, along with Bo's old friend from the antique store, Duke Caboom, a Canadian stuntman toy.
At the antique store, the toys' plan to rescue Forky fails. Woody, the only toy still determined to save Forky, has a falling out with the other toys and indirectly insults Bo. As Bo, Duke, Giggle, Ducky, and Bunny return to the carnival, Woody gives up his voice box to Gabby Gabby in exchange for Forky. Gabby Gabby is desperate to be adopted by Margaret (the store owner)'s granddaughter, Harmony, but Harmony is not interested in Gabby Gabby and rejects her, leaving her disappointed, and offers Woody his voice box back, but Woody insists she keeps it. Buzz returns to Bonnie's RV and cries out to retrieve Bonnie's backpack, which she left at the antique store. Woody comforts Gabby Gabby and Bo, and her gang return after a change of heart.
After Bonnie returns for her backpack, the toys follow her and her parents. Buzz and Forky make it back to Bonnie through Duke's motorcycle skills, who is delighted to have Forky back. Taking Woody's advice, Gabby Gabby sees a lost little girl crying, giving her comfort, and is finally found by her parents. Ducky, Bunny, Giggle, and Duke say goodbye to Woody and leave. As Woody and Bo say goodbye, Woody becomes hesitant to return with Bonnie as he doesn't want to say goodbye to Bo again. Seeing the emotional bind his friend is in, Buzz encourages Woody decides to stay with Bo, saying Bonnie will be okay with him. Buzz and the gang give Woody and Bo a goodbye hug, and the two groups go their separate ways. The RV's engine starts, and the toys head into Bonnie's RV while her parents start the engine and head home. Rex asks if Woody is now a lost toy, and Buzz says that he's not lost anymore. Buzz and Woody share one last message to each other from afar, "To infinity...and beyond." Woody and Bo Peep spend their night living together by looking at the nice carnival view and the night sky.
After Woody and Bo travel with the carnival in the mid-credits scenes, one year has passed, and Bonnie entered first grade. At a newly built pier, Ducky and Bunny do one more version of their "plush rush" and spread laser eyes and superpowers, which Duke Caboom asks if they really can. At Bonnie's room, mirroring the scene where Woody introduces Forky, Jessie brings home a new friend Bonnie created: Karen Beverly, a decorated plastic knife. Instantly smitten, Forky offers to shepherd her in her journey through life as a toy instead of trash. When her first question is "How am I alive?," he is stumped, and all he could say was "I don't know."
In the post-credits scene, Duke Caboom successfully jumps onto the 'I' of the Pixar logo, poses, and gives the winter Combat Carl a long-awaited high five, ending the movie.
==Cast==
*Tom Hanks as Woody
*Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear
*Annie Potts as Bo Peep
*Tony Hale as Forky
*Keegan-Michael Key as Ducky
*Jordan Peele as Bunny
*Madeleine McGraw as Bonnie Anderson
*Christina Hendricks as Gabby Gabby
*Steve Purcell as the Bensons
*Keanu Reeves as Duke Caboom
*Ally Maki as Giggle McDimples
*Jay Hernandez as Mr. Anderson
*Lori Alan as Mrs. Anderson
*Joan Cusack as Jessie
*Wallace Shawn as Rex
*John Ratzenberger as Hamm
*Blake Clark as Slinky Dog
*Don Rickles (via archival recordings) as Mr. Potato Head
*Estelle Harris (her final film role before her death) as Mrs. Potato Head
*Bonnie Hunt as Dolly
*Kristen Schaal as Trixie
*Jeff Garlin as Buttercup
*Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants
*Emily Davis as Billy, Goat, and Gruff
*Jeff Pidgeon as Little Green Men
*John Morris and Jack McGraw as Andy Davis
*Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Davis
*June Squibb as Margaret
*Carl Weathers as Combat Carl
*Lila Sage Bromley as Harmony
*Patricia Arquette as Harmony's mom
*Alan Oppenheimer as Old Timer
*Mel Brooks as Melephant Brooks
*Carol Burnett as Chairol Burnett
*Betty White as Bitey White
*Carl Reiner as Carl Reineroceros
*Bill Hader as Axel
*Melissa Villaseñor as Karen Beverly
*Juliana Hansen as Miss Wendy
*Maliah Vargas-Good as Rosie
*Flea as Duke Caboom Commercial Announcer
===Additional Voices===
*Carlos Alazraqui 
*Mary Bolt 
*Mark DiPaola 
*Terri Douglas 
*Keith Ferguson 
*Patrick J. Kagel 
*Chloe Kim 
*Matt Yang King 
*Scott Menville 
*Luna Molina
*Hanna O'Reilly 
*Alicyn Packard 
*Bob Peterson - Various People
*Eric Peterson 
*Kendall Grace Samuelson 
*John Schwab 
*Tara Strong 
*Cree Summer 
*Elizabeth Swanson 
==Characters==
*Woody
*Bo Peep
*Buzz Lightyear
*Jessie
*Bullseye
*Mr. Potato Head
*Mrs. Potato Head
*Rex
*Slinky Dog
*Hamm
*Little Green Men
*Trixie
*Buttercup
*Mr. Pricklepants 
*Dolly
*Billy, Goat and Gruff
*Combat Carl
*Old Timer
*Bonnie Anderson
*Mrs. Anderson
*Peas-in-a-Pod (cameo)
*RC Car (flashback)
*Barrel of Monkeys (flashback)
*Andy Davis (flashback)
*Molly Davis (flashback)
*Mrs. Davis (flashback)
*Barbie (cameo in the flashback)
===Characters introduced===
*Forky
*Gabby Gabby
*The Bensons
*Duke Caboom
*Ducky and Bunny
*Giggle McDimples
*Mr. Anderson
*Axel
*Karen Beverly
==Development==
Lee Unkrich has said in many interviews that Pixar currently doesn't have any plans to make a Toy Story 4, and that the purpose of Toy Story 3 was to bring the story of the toys and their relationship with Andy to a phenomenal end. He thinks it's great that people want to see another Toy Story film, but Pixar will for now focus on other stories. He has said however that Pixar will try to find various ways to keep the characters alive, as seen in the Toy Story Toons series and Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot that there may be a Toy Story 4 in the future, but they don't have any plans for it right now. In July 2010, Tim Allen signed on to reprise his role for a fourth feature-length film, but this did not necessarily mean that a Toy Story 4 was in development. It could have easily been just in case they ever thought of a good idea for a fourth film that they would have the voice of Buzz on board. However, it did show that Disney and Pixar were toying with the idea of another Toy Story film. Tom Hanks, who was supposed to turn 62 when Toy Story 4 was released, had also signed on to reprise his role in case the film was made. In June 2011, Tom Hanks said in an interview that "I think they're working on it right now." However, John Lasseter says, "We haven't announced anything, so I can't really talk about it." In February 2013, several sites reported that a Toy Story 4 was in production with a release date in 2015. Some sites claimed that Disney and Pixar had confirmed Toy Story 4, but Disney has since denied these rumors saying "Nothing is official". In the most recent Muppet film, Muppets Most Wanted, Gonzo mentions (during the "We're Doing a Sequel" number) that Disney is waiting for Tom Hanks to be available so they can make a Toy Story 4.
Despite Don Rickles' passing in 2017, it had been officially confirmed he would reprise his role as Mr. Potato Head using pieces of dialogue that Rickles had previously recorded as in the film, provided that his estate gave permission for the film to do so.
==Release==
===International premieres===
*June 20, 2019 (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Greece, Hong Kong, Croatia, Hungary, Israel, South Korea, New Zealand, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa)
*June 21, 2019 (Canada, China, Spain, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Ireland, Mexico, Vietnam)
*June 26, 2019 (Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands)
*June 27, 2019 (Portugal)
*June 28, 2019 (Bulgaria, Romania)
*July 12, 2019 (Japan)
*August 8, 2019 (Slovakia)
*August 9, 2019 (Lithuania, Poland)
*August 15, 2019 (Germany)
*August 29, 2019 (Denmark)
*August 30, 2019 (Sweden)
*September 6, 2019 (Finland)
===Home media===
Toy Story 4 was released digitally on October 1, 2019, and on DVD, Blu-ray, and Ultra HD Blu-ray on October 8, 2019. The film was released on Disney+ on February 5, 2020.
==Reception==
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 451 reviews, with an average rating of 8.30/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Heartwarming, funny, and beautifully animated, Toy Story 4 manages the unlikely feat of extending – and perhaps concluding – a practically perfect animated saga." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 84 out of 100 based on 57 critics, indicating "universal acclaim." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale, and 89% of those at PostTrak gave it a positive score, with 75% saying they would definitely recommend it.
Despite the positive reviews though, there were those that actually spoke out against it. Some deemed this unnecessary as the film basically was continuing a franchise that had ended years ago. Some even stated that this film had a heartbreaking ending and that Woody was neglected despite a promise made to take care of him. Another reason the film is hated was because of the major change to the franchise itself, all the previous Toy Story films were supposed to show the relationship between kids and their toys while this film was a major departure from the previous films.
==Music==
The film score of Toy Story 4 was composed and conducted by Randy Newman, his ninth for Pixar after Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Toy Story 3, Monsters University, and Cars 3. On June 21, 2019, Walt Disney Records released the Toy Story 4 soundtrack for digital download.
In addition to the tracks included in the soundtrack album, the official release also includes "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" by Randy Newman, "The Ballad of the Lonesome Cowboy" by Chris Stapleton, and Newman's original version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".
==Possible sequel==
In February 2019, Allen expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it". That May, producer Mark Nielsen confirmed that after Toy Story 4, Pixar would return its focus to making original films instead of sequels for a while. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hanks said that Toy Story 4 would be the final installment in the franchise, but Nielsen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling out that possibility. In February 2023, during an announcement of major layoffs at Disney, CEO Bob Iger also announced that the franchise would continue with a fifth film. Allen confirmed that he will return as the voice of Buzz in the sequel. Later in the month, Pixar CCO and franchise alumni, Pete Docter stated that the film will be "surprising" and will have "cool things you've never seen before." 
==Gallery==
==Videos==
Toy Story 4 Official Teaser Trailer
Toy Story 4 Teaser Trailer Reaction
Toy Story 4 Big Game Ad
Toy Story 4 Official Trailer
TOY STORY 4 NEW Trailer - Freedom Official Disney Pixar UK
Toy Story 4 Official Trailer 2
Toy Story "Meet Forky" Clip
"Gabby Gabby" Clip Toy Story 4
"Best Friends 4 Ever" with Tom Hanks & Tim Allen Toy Story 4
"Giggle McDimples" Clip Toy Story 4
Behind the Scenes of Toy Story 4 Experience it in IMAX®
==Trivia==
*Toy Story 4 is the first film of the franchise to be produced in the 2.39:1 aspect ratio, unlike the first three films which were produced in 1.78:1, in addition to the first time a Pixar franchise has become a tetralogy.
**The reason for this change is because the main cast are going beyond Tri-County as director Josh Cooley and producer Jonas Rivera stated during an interview. This change was done to accommodate the fact that Woody's world had opened up once he reunites with Bo Peep.
*Toy Story 4 is the first Pixar film not to be accompanied by a short Pixar film since the original Toy Story (not counting Coco's later theatrical releases in which originally had the Frozen featurette Olaf's Frozen Adventure before the main feature).
**Since John Lasseter's departure, SparkShorts created by the new talents of Pixar have succeeded the traditional line of Pixar shorts as they were scheduled to be sent straight to Disney+ by late 2019.
*Toy Story 4 is the final Pixar film with John Lasseter's involvement before his leave from Pixar and Disney Animation at the end of 2018, leaving Pete Docter in charge.
**This fact would, therefore, make Toy Story 4 the first Pixar film released under Pete Docter's supervision, who succeeded him as CEO after Lasseter's leave.
*Toy Story 4 is the third Pixar film to have its own variant of the Pixar logo, after WALL-E and Incredibles 2, with the opening Pixar logo transitioning into the film as it has Luxo, Jr. glowing in the rain during the flashback scene and the closing logo have Duke Caboom replace Luxo, Jr. in the logo.
*This is the last Pixar sequel to use the 2006-2022 Walt Disney Pictures logo, since Toy Story 3.
*This is the last Pixar film to be rated G by the MPAA to date.
*This is the last Pixar sequel until Inside Out 2.
*This is the second and last Toy Story film to be winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
*This is the second Pixar film to be released on June 21, after Monsters University.
*This is the second fourth film in a computer-animated film series to feature Kristen Schaal after the 2010 DreamWorks film Shrek Forever After.
*Toy Story 4 is the first film of the franchise fully featuring Bonnie's dad, Mr. Anderson, though he is seen from the backside doing yardwork alongside his wife at the end of the third film.
*Toy Story 4 is the third Pixar film to have two producers after Incredibles 2 and Toy Story 2.
*Lotso appears on stage during the D23 Expo for Toy Story 4, but didn't appear in the film.
*Madeline McGraw replaces Emily Hahn as Bonnie, due to the latter being too old to reprise her role in the film.
*As with Toy Story 3, which ended Andy Davis' saga as one of the main supporting characters, Toy Story 4 ends Woody's saga as the main character and thus, most likely the franchise as a whole.
*At the very end of the credits, there is a dedication to Don Rickles, the voice of Mr. Potato Head who died of kidney failure in April 2017, and another one to Adam Burke, a Pixar animator who passed away of brain cancer, heart failure, and complications relating to his lung cancer on a positive diagnosis in October 2018. Both of them died the two years Toy Story 4 was originally going to be released. Before it was given the 2019 release date, Toy Story 4 was set to be released in 2017, the year Rickles died. It was later delayed to 2018, the year Burke died.
*Toy Story 4 is the only Toy Story film that:
**Has Woody as the sole protagonist instead of both Woody and Buzz (though, the previous film is clashed with Jessie).
**Does not feature the Thin Lizzy song The Boys Are Back In Town for promotion for trailers or TV spots.
**Where Buzz Lightyear does not use his laser or wear his helmet for a long period of time.
**To not feature a deluded Buzz Lightyear (though Buzz himself in this movie is a debatable candidate since he has 'followed his voice' in such an oblivious and literal manner).
**Was not the highest-grossing Pixar film at the time of its release but the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time.
*Toy Story 4 is the only Toy Story sequel:
**To not feature Wheezy, Buster, or Emperor Zurg.
**To not feature Hamm as Evil Dr. Porkchop.
**To not feature Jodi Benson, the voice of Barbie, though her character appears at the beginning of the movie.
***In addition, this is the only Toy Story sequel that doesn't have any Barbie doll speaking audibly.
**To not have Woody lose his hat.
**Where Woody does not shout "Ride like the wind, Bullseye!"
**Where Jessie isn't the female lead.
**Where neither Buzz nor Jessie is the deuteragonist (Buzz shared the deuteragonist role with Jessie in the previous film).
*Toy Story 4 is also the final Pixar film to feature the involvement of Lee Unkrich who left Pixar in 2019 to which he is credited as the Executive Producer.
*This is the only Toy Story film to not become the highest-grossing Pixar film at the time of its release, but it is the highest-grossing G-rated film of all time.
*Toy Story 4 is the first film of the franchise since Toy Story 2 not to feature Sid Phillips or a See 'n Say toy.
*Chuckles, Peas in a Pod, and Totoro were originally going to appear in this film.
*This is the seventh Pixar film where the Pixar Animation Studios closing logo cuts in from fading into black, after WALL-E, Up, Cars 2, Brave, Finding Dory, and Cars 3.
*When the first full trailer was released, Disney fans from the Middle Eastern countries launched a huge campaign on Twitter with the hashtag #احنا_مش_مجرد_لعبة (literally meaning #WeAreNotAToy) that became an instant trend in several countries, asking Disney to dub the movie into Egyptian Arabic, as Disney used to dub all their movies to Egyptian Arabic since 1975, before stopping in early 2012.
**The first three Toy Story films were dubbed into Egyptian Arabic instead of Standard Arabic. In 2023, this film received an Egyptian Arabic dub for Disney+, alongside Standard Arabic dubs of the first three films.
*This is the first Toy Story film not to feature the Green Army Men, due to the death of R. Lee Ermey, the voice of Sarge, in 2018.
*This marks the first and only time that Bo and Jessie, the two major female toys of the franchise, ever interact with each other.
*This is the only time in a Toy Story movie the issue of how the toys are actually alive is addressed, revealing that they are alive if a child believes they are.
**This creates a plot hole with Toy Story 2, as the toys in Al's Toy Barn were alive despite presumably never interacting with children before.
***Another possible explanation for this is because a toy's sentience comes into life after they have been made, so it's possible that adults can also provide such matter (especially given the fact that they're basically grown-up children).
*This is the first time Woody and Bo get upset with each other.
*This marks the last time the 1967 MPAA logo would appear in the end credits for a feature-length Pixar film.
*This is fourth Pixar film to gross a billion dollars worldwide, after Toy Story 3, Finding Dory, and Incredibles 2.
*This is the second Toy Story story to be released in 2019 first being Kingdom Hearts 3.
*This is the first Toy Story film to not be the highest-grossing animated film of the year.
*Toy Story 4 was nominated for "Favorite Animated Movie" at the 2020 Kids' Choice Awards, but lost to Frozen II.
*To date, this film and Skydance Animation's Luck are the only two G-rated films in history where LGBT characters are presumably present: two women, presumed to be a couple, are shown twice in the background during the kindergarten scene.
*Rex, Slinky, Mr. Potato Head, and Hamm have far less screen time in this movie compared to all the screen time they got in the first three films.
*This is the eighth animated sequel to be produced in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio, unlike the previous installments which were produced at 1.85:1, after Rugrats Go Wild, Shrek Forever After, Ice Age: Continental Drift, Planes: Fire & Rescue, Ice Age: Collision Course, Despicable Me 3, and Sherlock Gnomes.
*This is the last film Estelle Harris, the voice of Mrs. Potato Head, starred in before her death in 2022.
*This film is interesting for its various numerical differences from each of the first three films before it.
**This film is 20 Pixar films away from the 1st film, which was also Pixar's 1st feature film, as well as the world's first CGI feature film overall.
**This film was released about 20 years after Toy Story 2. Coincidentally, both films also feature sympathetic main antagonists.
***However, Gabby Gabby's the more rounded of the two, as she displayed traits that made her more of an anti-villain, such as accepting failure, whereas Stinky Pete is a full-fledged bad guy who couldn't even acknowledge the fact that his plans were about to be foiled.
**This film is 10 Pixar films away from Toy Story 3. Ironically, their year difference is almost close to that, being just shy away at 1 year.
*Strangely enough, this film was released in the same year as when the edited re-releases of Toy Story 2 occurred, in which the outtake of Stinky Pete talking to two Barbies got removed, apparently due to misconduct allegations that were related to the #MeToo movement.https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/3/20681325/toy-story-2-bloopers-removed-edited-re-release
**Ironically, this film alone has multiple female elements that correlate to the franchise itself:
***A human girl gets to be the core toy owner (Bonnie Anderson).
***The franchise's first female main antagonist is introduced (Gabby Gabby).
***A supporting female character returns with a much bigger role (Bo Peep).
***A major female character becomes the new leader of the franchise's main cast (Jessie).
***This is a much more minor case, but there's another major female character from the previous film who made a cameo in this film (Barbie).
*Woody's response to Jessie being Bonnie's favorite toy during the first playtime scenes greatly contradicts his past reaction to Buzz assumably becoming Andy's new favorite toy in the first film, demonstrating Woody's fully fleshed-out humility since his original appearance.
**Coincidentally, both Jessie and Buzz have been a couple together since the second film.
*Interestingly, Annie Potts and June Squibb have played different versions of Constance "Connie" Tucker, a.k.a. "Meemaw", from The Big Bang Theory franchise.
===Easter eggs===
*The Dinoco gas station from the first film (and the Cars franchise) and Poultry Palace from the Toy Story Toon, Small Fry, make a cameo in the film during the song "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away".
*While talking with Forky, Woody recalls the events of the first film, including Buzz's delusions of being a real space ranger, which Forky finds ridiculous. Similarly, while catching up with Bo Peep, Woody mentions that Andy left for collage years ago, which was seen in Toy Story 3.
*Among the object Bo Peep found over the years is a grape soda bottle cap from Up.
*The carnival worker, Axel has a Pizza Planet Truck tattoo on one of his legs.
*When Buzz and Bo Peep reunite, she calls him her "old moving buddy", a reference to the 1st film.
*Tinny from Tin Toy appears inside the "Tiki Frenzy" pinball machine.
**In the pinball machine, a toy eagle resembling Franklin the Bald Eagle from Small Fry can be seen among the toys inside.
*In the antique store, there are many references to other Pixar films.
**A box can be seen with the words "Casey Jr. Cookies". This box appeared before in A Bug's Life.
**P. Sherman's diver mask and a mounted barracuda resembling the one at the beginning of Finding Nemo also made a cameo.
**There are DVD's reading "Knick Knack", "Red's Dream", and "Lifted", with are all Pixar films.
**A plate can be seen with the words "Wally B." and a picture of him.
*Among the prizes at the carnival are Héctor's guitar from Coco and toy rockets with the Luxo Ball printed on them.
*A boy at the carnival has a Frozone action figure.
*The mid credits scenes take place in the "New Stanton Beach", a reference to Pixar director, Andrew Stanton.
*A reference to Pixar's next film, Onward, is made; the bounce house has the same pattern as Barley's van, Guinevere.
*The police car's number was 2319, the same emergency code from Monsters, Inc.
*A minivan's license plate is RMR F97, a reference to the command that unintentionally deleted Toy Story 2.
*During a mid credits scene, Ducky calls a duo of toad toys "Rainbow Connection", as a reference to The Muppets, while Bunny asks them, "You Mr. Toads wanna take a wild ride with a kid?", which is a reference to "Mr. Toad's Wild Ride".
*The film won an Oscar for Best Animated Feature and this makes Toy Story the first animated movie series to win an Oscar for Best Animated Feature twice after Toy Story 3 won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards.
*When Woody got his 1st dust bunny, Bonnie's forgotten elephant toy suggested that he name it "Thumper", referencing the character of the same name (who happens to be a rabbit himself) from Disney's Bambi.
**Coincidentally, another Pixar film, A Bug's Life, actually features a character named Thumper (only this time, he is a grasshopper).
===Goofs===
*The driveway in the flashback is located on the wrong side of the house. It is supposed to be reached from Andy's room, not Molly's, and it is not feasible that the family would have a second driveway since none is being used in Toy Story 3 when Andy has his own car.
*"Operation Pull Toy" is physically impossible:
**Assembling so many monkeys into a chain is impossible within such a short time period, since Buzz would have been the one to do so, but no barrel of monkeys is shown in Molly's room. Only 3 seconds elapse since Slinky and Woody struggle to hold on and the monkeys join the chain, so Buzz could not have gotten them from Andy's room and assembled them.
**Bo Peep would not be strong enough to pull Slinky, the monkeys, Woody, and RC back into the house all at once in such a short time.
**The window would not be able to close as Slinky's coil would be obstructing it, and even if it did close, it would have broken him.
*Jessie is suddenly claustrophobic again once Bonnie puts her in the closet despite having gotten over her phobia in Toy Story of Terror!
*Woody's badge is removed for the 1st time in canon Toy Story media in this film, but since it did not come off during rougher scenes like him falling onto the road in the first film, it should not have been able to remove as easily as Bonnie did.
**However, rough handling and aging may have weakened his material and made the badge less secure.
*If Bonnie genuinely did not play with or care about Woody anymore, she likely would not have taken him on the road trip in the first place. 
*This film conflicts with Woody's previous development where he wanted to stick with his owner and friends out of his own loyalty and feeling of having a duty to his kid, as he instead leaves them for Bo.
*The trash would have been empty since it was the first day back to school, including having no sporks, since nobody was eating.
*Bo Peep claims to have been out for 7 years, but it says '9 years ago' at the start, and she had been owned by several people between leaving Andy's home and ending up in the playground.
*Woody describes Molly resting her hand on Bo Peep's lamp, but this is impossible to do from the crib that she was shown in during the 1st film.
*Buzz's head cannot bend back as far as it does when he is hit with the ball, and even if it did, it would have broken off.
*Tape is not able to stably reattach porcelain. Bo Peep would need to glue her arm back on.
*Bo Peep calls Buzz her "old moving buddy", but this is not true, as Buzz and Woody had to escape from Sid's house to get to them and ended up in Andy's mum's car. Even if they were later sorted into the same box, she said this line in the first film jokingly, so it is still contradictory.
*Jessie, being a doll, would not be strong enough to be able to force a nail through a tire.
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