Lots-o'- Huggin' Bear

**Lots-o'- Huggin' Bear**, more commonly known as **Lotso** for short, is the main antagonist of the 2010 Disney/Pixar film Toy Story 3 (which the sequel to the first two Toy Story movies). He is an evil teddy bear who is the (former) ruler of Sunnyside Daycare which he turned like a prison and also Ken, Big Baby, and the other toys's former leader and boss.

He is voiced by the late Ned Beatty who also played Tortoise John in Rango.

## Toy Story 3

Lotso is first seen pretending to be nice to Woody and his friends when they arrive at Sunnyside Daycare while also riding in his dump trick. He also shows them around Sunnyside and then takes them to the Caterpillar Room, knowing that that the toddlers don't how to play.

Lotso is then seen again when notice that his minions put Buzz in a chair since they think Buzz is trying to escape, Lotso then acts like that is wrong as well as also releasing Buzz. During that, Buzz tells Lotso that he and his friends need to move to the Butterfly Room, but Losto refuse and made an excuse that the kids need to play them. Buzz refuse to leave his friends saying that they're a family and stick together. Hearing this, Lotso gets angry and finally reveal his true nature as well as ordering his minions to put Buzz back in the chair in order to brainwash him by reading an instruction manual of the Buzz Lightyear toy. Lotso and his gang then went back to the Caterpillar Room where Jessie tells Lotso that she and her friends need to go but Lotso said they just arrived. some of the toys were angry at him because the toddlers torture them. Jessie then tells her friends that they're going home but at that moment, Lotso had Buzz attack them and orders him to lock up the toys.

At Bonnie's house, when Woody is about to go back to Sunnyside in order to get his friends, he learned about Lotso's true nature, and his friends are in danger. During that, Chuckles revealed that he was once friends with Lotso as well him and Lotso used to be owned by Daisy until the day where Daisy replace Lotso which caused Lotso to be evil. Lotso then took over Sunnyside after that.

At the morning, Lotso arrives along his with his gang, and saying rise and shine. Buzz then tells Lotso that nothing bad happen. Lotso became happy and tells Buzz to get on the truck, Mrs. Potato Head then asks Lotso what he has done with his husband. Lotso orders Big Baby to bring Mr. Potato Head which he had sand. Lotso then said to Andy's toys they all get ready since they have a play date with destiny.

At the night, Woody and his friends are about to escape Sunnyside until Lotso came by, and also revealed to have his gang beat up Chatter Telephone. During that, Lotso lies to them that Andy does not want them anymore. Lotso then tells Woody that he was made to be thrown away, Lotso then hears a garbage truck and tries to make Woody and his friends to be part of his gang, but they refuse. Lotso then orders Stretch to push them into the garbage dumpster, but Ken arrive and tells begs Lotso not to do it. Lotso then tells Ken that she is just a Barbie doll and there are hundred million just like her, but Ken disagrees with him. Enraged by Ken's redemption, Lotso throws him to Andy's toys. Ken then explains about Lotso's villainy, Lotso then asks his minions if they agree with Ken. When the garbage truck is about to come, Lotso tells Woody that he did not throw him away as well as no kid loving a toy and chew on that when he is at the dump. Woody then reminds Lotso of his old life and also then points out that his backstory does not excuse his actions as well as throwing the pendant at Lotso. Outraged that Big Baby still cares about Daisy, Losto lies to Big Baby that Daisy never loved him as well as breaking the pendant. Lotso then orders Stretch to push Andy's toys at the garbage dumpster once again as well as also calling all of his henchmen dummies and all of the toys are just trash and need to be thrown away. Suddenly, Big Baby lifts Lotso and throws him at the garbage dumpster, Lotso then pretends that he cares about Big Baby in order to escape but Big Baby ignores him and closed the garbage dumpster. When the garbage truck arrives, Lotso grabs Woody into the dumpster which caused all of the toys to go to the dump.

During the conveyor belt, Lotso pretends to redeem himself and tries to make Woody help him, Woody and Buzz help him escape from the shredder. After that, the toys notice an incinerator and tries to run away from it. Lotso then notice a ladder leading to a red button that stops the conveyor belt. Woody and Buzz helps him climbing and during that, Woody and Buzz tells Lotso to push the button but refuse revealing that he pretended to redeem and leaves Andy's toys behind. Lotso is last seen unaware that Woody and his friends are still alive, trying to find his way out of the dump before going to limp due to a garbage truck arriving. The man then stops and discovers the bear on the ground, claiming that he was once had a Lots-o'-Huggin Bear as a kid. he then ties Lotso into the truck's front grill where Lotso himself sees three other toys. It's unknown what happened to Lotso after this.

## Personality

At first, Lotso seemed like a nice bear but however is actually an evil and cruel bear who turn Sunnyside into a prison due to believing that Daisy never loved him since she replaces him with a another Lotso. He also seems to see his henchmen as pawns given, he calls him dummies as well as being irredeemable.

Because of this, this shows Lotso is just a liar and a bully.

## Appearance

Lotso is jumbo, extra-soft teddy bear with a pink and white plush body as well as a velvety purple nose.

## Trivia

* In a viral marketing campaign, Pixar posted two commercials, for a "real" Losto teddy bear manufactured in 1983, on YouTube. One was English while the other one was Japanese. This was also included in the Blu-Ray disc of Toy Story 3.
* Despite being the main antagonist of Toy Story 3, the "Toy Story Collection" version of him doesn't say any villainous phrases but rather saying kind phrases. This is probably done so the fans wouldn't found out that he is the main antagonist.
* The truck Lotso ends up on reads "KRUMM". This same word was on Al McWhiggin's suitcase in Toy Story 2.
* Lotso is considered the most evil Toy Story villain as well one of the evilest Pixar villains due to his actions.
* Lotso made a cameo in Up which is during the scene where the girl notices Carl and his house despite Up came out before Toy Story 3.
* Lotso's backstory was inspire by Lee Unkrich's niece leaving her favorite toy named Peggy at a Burger King restaurant and had her replace with a new doll named Peggy. He wondered what the old Peggy would think if she came back and discovered there was a new Peggy.
* Lotso is similar to Stinky Pete since they both pretended to be nice and reveal their true nature as well as having backstories and also the main antagonists of their films.
	+ Oddly enough, the music that played Lotso's defeat is the same music that played Stinky Pete's defeat

* Lotso was originally going to appear in the first Toy Story film but the technology to create his fur did not exist during the time. A pink teddy bear that appears to be an early design of Lotso makes a brief appearance in Toy Story.
* When Lotso reveal that he pretended to be redeemed, he says "Where's your kid now, sheriff. This is a wink to the internet meme "Where is your God now. the internet meme originates from a line in a Billy Cystal routine making fun of the incongruity of Edward G. Robinson being cast in The Ten Commandments: Where's your Messiah now, Moses.
	+ Speaking of that, Billy Crystal previously voiced Mike from Monsters, Inc. and was also originally going to voice Buzz before Tim Allen.

* It's never explained why Lotso used a cane since he can run as shown in the scene where he betrays Woody and his friends but however that could be part of his kindness facade.
* Lotso's true colors was hinted before the release of Toy Story 3 in the LEGO Toy Story 3 playset based on the scene where he leaves Woody and his friends behind. The set included Lotso trying to kill Woody in an incinerator with Aliens trying to save them.
* Some fans blame Daisy's parents for Lotso becoming evil, as they could have got them before driving off. It is likely by the time they went back to where they left Lotso, Lotso is already on his way home.
* Lotso's later knowledge of Woody and his friends planning to escape is unknown, but it's likely that the Monkey free himself and alerted Lotso or another minion did that leading Lotso having his gang beating up Chatter Telephone until he tells him that Woody and his friends are at the dumpster.
* Test audiences who sympathized with Losto due to his backstory wanted him to push the stop button to redeem himself but however according to the DVD commentary, Lee Unkrich explains that the filmmakers wanted to make the audience to care about the main characters even more since when it looks like that the toys are about to die, the aliens save them. Another reason why Lotso's redemption was dropped is because they want to ensure that Lotso got what he deserves due to his actions.
* Lotso may be inspire by an early version of Woody where he was originally going to be a villain before being rewritten due to being disgusted by Roy E. Disney and the other Disney heads.
	+ And speaking of that, Lotso can be considered a darker reflection to Woody they are both in charge of the toys as well as having owners but however unlike Lotso, Woody never turned evil. Lotso also served as a lesson to Woody in the films since Lotso serve as an example of what Woody could been if he hadn't learned his mistakes