Toy Story

This article is about the original Toy Story film for the franchise see Toy Story (franchise) for the video game see Toy Story (video game) for other uses see Toy Story (disambigation)

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Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy adventure comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. The directorial debut of John Lasseter, it was the first feature-length film to be entirely computer-animated, as well as the first feature film from Pixar.

## Plot

The movie depicts a world where toys are living things, pretending to be lifeless when humans are present. A group of toys, owned by six-year-old Andy Davis, are caught off-guard when Andy's birthday party is moved up a week, as his family (including Andy, his mother, and his infant sister Molly) is preparing to move the following week. A pull-string cowboy doll named Sheriff Woody - the toys' leader and Andy's favorite toy - organizes a scouting mission, with the help of Bo Peep the shepherdess, Mr. Potato Head, Rex the Dinosaur, Hamm the Piggy Bank and Slinky Dog. Green Army Men, led by Sarge, spy on the party, and report the results to the others via baby monitors. The toys are relieved when the party appears to end with none of them being replaced by new toys, but then Andy receives a gift – a Buzz Lightyear action figure, who thinks he is a real space ranger.

Buzz impresses the other toys with his various features, and Andy begins to favor him, making Woody feel abandoned. As Andy prepares for a family outing at Pizza Planet, his mother allows him to bring one toy. Fearing Andy will choose Buzz, Woody attempts to trap Buzz behind a desk, but ends up accidentally knocking him out of a window. The other toys rebel against Woody, believing he did harm to Buzz out of jealousy. Before they can exact revenge, Andy takes Woody and leaves for Pizza Planet. When the family stops for gas, Woody finds that Buzz has hitched a ride on the car as well. They have a fight, only to find the family has left without them. They manage to make their way to the restaurant by stowing away on a pizza delivery truck. Buzz, still thinking he is a real space ranger, despite Woody's attempts to convince him otherwise, gets them stuck in a crane game, where they are salvaged by Andy's mischievous neighbor, Sid Phillips.

Woody attempts to escape from Sid's house, but Buzz, finally realizing he is a toy after watching a Buzz Lightyear TV ad, sinks into despondency. Sid plans to launch Buzz on a fireworks rocket, but his plans are delayed by a thunderstorm. Woody tells Buzz about the joy he can bring to Andy as a toy, restoring his confidence. The next day, Woody and Sid's mutant creature toys rescue Buzz just as Sid is about to launch the rocket and scare Sid into no longer abusing toys, and he runs into his house screaming in horror. Woody and Buzz then leave Sid's house on a skateboard just as Andy and his family drive away toward their new home.

The duo tries to make it to the moving truck, but Sid's dog, Scud, sees them and gives chase. Buzz gets left behind while saving Woody from Scud, and Woody tries rescuing him with Andy's radio-controlled car (RC). Thinking Woody tries to eliminate RC as well, the other toys attack and toss him off the truck. Having evaded Scud, Buzz and RC retrieve Woody and continue to chase the truck. Upon seeing Woody and Buzz together on RC, the other toys realize their mistake and try to help them get back aboard, but RC's batteries become depleted, stranding them. Woody ignites the rocket on Buzz's back and manages to throw RC into the truck before they soar into the air. Buzz opens his wings to free himself from the rocket before it explodes, gliding with Woody to land safely into a box in the car, right next to Andy.

On Christmas Day, at their new house, Woody and Buzz stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals. One of the toys is Mrs. Potato Head, much to Mr. Potato Head's delight. As Woody jokingly asks what might be worse than Buzz, they discover Andy's new gift is a puppy, and the two share a worried smile.

## Cast

* Tom Hanks as Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll.
* Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger action figure and Woody's rival, who later becomes his best friend.
* Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head, a cynical potato-shaped doll with put-together pieces on his body.
* Jim Varney as Slinky Dog, a dachshund slinky toy.
* Wallace Shawn as Rex, a nervous green Tyrannosaurus figurine.
* John Ratzenberger as Hamm, a smart-talking piggy bank.
* Annie Potts as Bo Peep, a porcelain shepherdess doll and Woody's love interest.
* John Morris as Andy, Woody and Buzz's six-year-old owner.
* Erik von Detten as Sid, Andy's next door neighbor and a ten-year-old bully, who tortures toys for his own amusement.
* Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Davis, Andy's mother.
* R. Lee Ermey as Sergeant, the leader of a large troop of plastic green army men.
* Sarah Freeman as Hannah, Sid's younger sister.
* Penn Jillette as the Buzz Lightyear TV commercial announcer.
* Jack Angel as Shark / Rocky Gibraltar.
* Mickie McGowan as Sid's Mom.
* Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens / Robot / Mr. Spell.

## Sequels

Toy Story has spawned three sequels: *Toy Story 2* (1999), *Toy Story 3* (2010), and *Toy Story 4*, to be released in 2019. Initially, the first sequel to *Toy Story* was going to be a direct-to-video release, with development beginning in 1996. However, after the cast from *Toy Story* returned and the story was considered to be better than that of a direct-to-video release, it was announced in 1998 that the sequel would see a theatrical release.

## Critical Reception

Toy Story received critical acclaim. On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 100% based on 79 reviews with an average rating of 9/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Entertaining as it is innovative, *Toy Story* reinvigorated animation while heralding the arrival of Pixar as a family-friendly force to be reckoned with." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 95 out of 100, based on 26 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale.