Buzz Lightyear

When our intergalactic hero bursts onto the scene, the rest of the gang just can't help falling in love with his collection of gadgets. Buzz's mission, however is to repair his spaceship and leave for the gamma quadrant to continue his battle against Evil Emperor Zurg

## Hero Worship

Buzz inspires hero worships wherever he goes. Escaping into the rocket shaped space crane, he is surrounded by aliens who suddenly flock to his "stranger from the outside". Buzz then tries to persuade them take take him off this planet and back to his battle with Zurg.

## A Meeting Of Minds

The rest of the gang stand open mouthed in awe when they first meet the space ranger. Despite Woody's protests that Buzz is seriously deluded, the others are impressed by his multi phrase voice simulator,laser and terillium carbonic alloy wings.

## Action Hero

When all his gadgets are working in full order, a member of the Universe Protection Unit is able to face nearly any force in the known universe, including children!

## Character Development

In the original concept for "Toy Story" the plot was about Tinny from Pixar's short film "Tin Toy" going on a family vacation with his owner. He gets left behind at a gas station (that's the inspiration for Buzz and Woody being left behind at the gas station in the final movie) He gets picked up by a garbage man and chucked in the back of his truck. What also lies there is a ventriloquist dummy called Woody and they end up at a preschool where they will never get lost or outgrown.

Then, the plot changed to Andy getting Tinny for his birthday and then being brought in with all the other toys. But, the film makers realized that Tinny would not be the type of toy that would fully catch Andy's full interest, so they scrapped the idea. "The goal was to make Buzz the toy that any boy would die to have" said director John Lasseter.

They started with Lunar Larry as his name, but they scrapped that idea and name. Then he was named Tempas from Morph, but they scrapped that. Originally, Buzz was supposed to be 3 inches tall, but they made him 4 times bigger. "We started thinking of names. Lightyear came up as the last name" said John Lasseter, "Then we thought of Buzz as his first name because of astronaut Buzz Aldrin." After that, Buzz Lightyear was his name.

Originally, Buzz was much more of a superhero type character which John Lasseter decided to stick with for a while. Then Tim Allen, who had worked on Home Improvement, had made the character much more like a well trained space cop. When John Lasseter and the Pixar team listened to Tim's audio of Buzz Lightyear, they thought "This isn't like Buzz's superhero like character" but then they thought "This is better!" so then the character evolved from a superhero to a space cop.

## Taking Charge

Following Woody's "toynapping" Buzz takes charge and breifs the toys on the rescue mission to Al's Toy Barn. All his years of space training have made him ideally suited for such a job, if only the rest of the gang was prepared!

## Down To Earth

Buzz is brought down to earth when he sees a Buzz Lighyear Commercial for himself. The realization that he's a toy, along with the loss of an arm, plunges the space ranger into a pit of despair and causes him to get drunk on Dargeeling at a tea party.

## To Infinity.....

Buzz is only saved from his depression when Woody points out to him that, as a toy, he does have a purpose in life, and it's a lot more important than saving the universe! Instead, he must use all his hi tech equipment and gadgetry to keep a little boy happy. Unfortunately, that little boy is moving away soon without them!

## Buzz's Gear

Every Space ranger is equipped with the latest of technology. On his back is a state of the art rocket pack with wings that extend at the push of a button. The next generation Buzz comes with a utility belt. From this, he can pull out grappling hooks, engage antigravity sensors and scale walls with his Magnetic ratials. Buzz also has an intergalactic wrist communicator to keep in touch with Star Command.

## Spaceship

Buzz's ship is opened by the hands of the eager 12 year old Antonio. Even though it's damaged, Buzz is trained in every aspect of astro mechanics and soon sets to fixing it. Lacking the necessary tools, however, he must improvise using unidirectional bonding strip (flex tape) and spare parts that he finds around Antonio's room

## Buzz Profile

* Buzz Lightyear is a member of the Universe protection Unit of the Space Ranger Corps
* He comes from planet Morph in the Gamma Quadrant of Sector 4, Where he protects the galaxt from the Evil Emperor Zurg.
* Buzz's hobbies include defending the universe, acrobatic stunts and "Falling with Style" His favorite saying is "To Infinity and Beyond!"