History Fridge / ToyStory3

* If you look back at the first movie, Woody, always Any's most favourite toy, was strongly at risk of becoming like Lotso. If he couldn't have him, no-one could. In the second movie he learned to share. Now he goes to Bonnie's house and excites her, even being called the hero, but he suddenly realises that just because a child plays with one toy a lot, doesn't mean they're the favourite.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', a [[MyNeighborTotoro Totoro]] plush cameos, but he doesn't have any lines. But remember, he is likely a Japanese made toy. So the reason he doesn't have any lines ''is because he doesn't speak English.''
*** Totoro never spoke in the first place. If he had said anything in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''; it would've just been a big happy roar or something.
**** While dinosaurs don't speak, Rex is quite articulate.
***** Totoro's character, just like Bullseye, is not supposed to talk. Thus, the toy doesn't. It's possible Rex and Trixie are based on talking dinosaur characters, or are not based on anything at all.

** Another Toy Story 3 bit. It seems like the toys are being a little self-centered in immediately requesting a transfer to the older kids' playroom (''somebody'' has to play with the Caterpillar kids) - but given their cast by that point, they genuinely ''aren't'' made for toddlers. An old-school Mr. Potato Head with individual eyes, for instance, can be a serious choking hazard to very young children. The same would go for Buzz with his detachable limbs and wings.

* I couldn't stop wondering why Andy obsessed over Woody any more than his other toys in Toy Story 3, after all, the rest were just as beloved. Then it hit me - Andy isn't exactly stupid, he probably ''knew'' about the age and value of the Woody dolls, after all, a large museum in Japan willing to pay many zeros worth of money for the toys isn't exactly going to go unnoticed. He was reluctant to give away Woody not only for sentimental value, but for intrinsic value as well - TheRealCJ

** All of this makes me think that their personalities might be this way they are because Andy sees them so, and actually creates those traits in them in the way he plays with them, making them form the roles they play out in his games. Even when playing baddies they tend to exhibit the same qualities - think of the Potato Heads in the opening sequence of Toy Story 3, stuill very much a husband-and-wife team, and Slink their loyal forcefield dog!
* Another FridgeBrilliance with spoiler from 3: In the third film, Andy has both Buzz and Woody in his hands. After some thinking, he decides to take Woody along to college and throw Buzz out. This scene mimics a near identical one in the first film, where Andy decides to take Buzz along and throw Woody down like trash. The difference between their reactions - Woody is filled with rage in the first film, and Buzz never mentions it again and doesn't seem to hold it against Woody - shows how much more Woody feels attached to Andy than Buzz, and how much more mature Buzz is than Woody.

* Another one with a spoiler. The toys belonged to Andy all the way from film one through three. In the end, he gives them to Bonnie. They were first with A and are now with B! Bonnie, in her turn, will give them to a C kid. (or the day Care).

* <<Warning, [=TS3=] spoilers>> So, I finally watch [=TS3=]. and with it comes this: you know how in the first movie Buzz thinking he was ''really'' from Star Command was [[PlayedForLaughs played just for laughs]]? And in the second movie when it's the "wrong" Buzz, it's also PlayedForLaughs because he thinks he's still at Star Command? It gets brought up again in [=TS3=]- but it's most definately ''not'' [[TearJerker played for laughs]]- instead Lotso uses one of the funnier {{running gag}}s in the first movie, and managed to make it something horrifying and terribly sad. Damn you Lotso... --Tropers/{{Loracarol}}

** Something this troper realized. The reason that everyone survives? They all hold hands to meet their fate. Had they continued to fight and climb the garbage individually its very likely that they would get spread out and the claw would not have saved all of them. Instead, by staying together to the bitter end, they all live.

* A [[Headscratchers/ToyStory3 commonly raised point of]] FridgeLogic about the third movie is that the toys that were sent to the Caterpillar Room were not age-appropriate (in particular, the Potato Heads with their detachable, easily choked-on parts) and should have been removed by the adults. If you think about it, this fits in with Lotso's overall philosophy for two main reasons. Firstly, the toys are not age-appropriate for small children because they ''break easily''; under the rough treatment they receive from toddlers, those kinds of toys would be lucky to last a day or two before being ruined beyond repair and thrown in the trash. Secondly, if by some chance a child did happen to choke or be injured on an inappropriate toy, the most likely result would be that the daycare center would be closed down. What would most likely happen to all the toys? Thrown away, and thus fitting with Lotso's philosophy that humans ultimately don't care about toys and that they're just 'trash'. Lotso is effectively creating a [[SelfFulfillingProphecy prophect that is destined to fulfill itself.]]

* Lotso says to Ken in the midst of the latter's HeelFaceTurn, "She's a ''Barbie doll!'' There's a hundred million others just like her!" And Ken turns and says, "Not for me, there's not." There's a lesson in there. Sure, it's PlayedForLaughs, sort of, but think about it: we all pigeonhole people into fitting into certain categories: the AlphaBitch, the JerkJock, the BrainlessBeauty, the GranolaGirl, HollywoodNerd - all the time. But no matter how "stereotypical" someone seems, when you get to know them, and love them, they're instantly one-of-a-kind, irreplaceable. And that's true for toys and people.
** Think about it - his Barbie may ''look'' like every other ditz, but this one tore up precious clothing, putting her friends ahead of material posessions. This Barbie has risen above material goods and she's got guts and brains. Her friends aren't just other ditzy Barbies, but the less popular toys with deep personalities. She's all the things we DON'T think of when we think of Barbie. She really IS special.

** Which adds anouther layer to the rescue at the end. What color light shines on the hero's just before their saved?

* Compare Andy and Bonnie's rooms, and the way the toys behave in these environments. Andy's room growing up was relatively neat, with each toy well cared-for and in its proper place. The toys behave as if this is their workplace. They have staff meetings, they craft agendas, they worry about being replaced (fired). Meanwhile, Bonnie's room is a bit more chaotic, full of finger paintings and bright colorful decorations. The toys there behave like an improv acting troup. With the exception of Mister Pricklepants, no one in Bonnie's room takes things too seriously; rather than seeing themselves as employees, they see themselves as actors reveling in their craft.
* We see Mrs. Potatohead is considered Andy's toy despite having been given to Molly at the end of the first movie, but we also see Molly tossing away the Magic 8-Ball, which used to be Andy's toy in the firts movie, Andy must have traded the ball for Mrs. Potatohead to keep possesion of every toy that was important to him. He may have done this after losing Bo Peep to ensure nobody else was lost.

* Andy becomes even cooler in retrospect when you see the opening scene and remember that this is how he used them during playtime and realised Andy's fond of ActionGirls. Sure, Jesse's to be expected but he also cast Mrs. Potatohead as a ninja who outfights Woody! This likely means the only reason Bo Peep wasn't kicking ass is that she's too fragile!

** Actually, the premise of the ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' in general. Toys don't age, and are hypothetically capable of living for centuries as long as they're well cared for. Judging by the third movie, however, it seems that toys possess a natural self-preservation instinct that persists much, much longer than the lifespan of the average toy; even those which have lived extraordinarily long and fulfilling lives still ''intensely fear death''. Put these things together. [[NightmareFuel All toys will one day die violently and in fear]]. This is probably the only way they ''can'' die. If it isn't: the odds are overwhelmingly against most toys lasting as long as Andy's favorite's do, since humans have no idea toys are living things, and think nothing of subjecting toys to abuse, neglect, product recall, incineration, waste compaction, and burial alive (the last three being what happens to toys sent to a landfill). For every toy in the world that is deeply loved, how many are lonely unfavorites or poorly-made junk doomed to be thrown out when they break three days after purchase? How many are quietly disposed of by retailers after they fail to sell during the holiday season? Did we mention that toys are apparently alive from the point of manufacture, even when they're never removed from their original packaging? And that they're apparently capable of clautrophobia? Oh, wait. ''Toy Story 2'' mentioned both those things [[InferredHolocaust in the same scene]].

*** Wouldn't Toy Story 4 come out sometime after 2020? Anyway, by the time Bonnie has outgrown her toys, Andy is old enough to have kids himself. Maybe, if Bonnie sells her toys at a garden sale, Andy convienently drops by and decides to buy him for his kids, and a bit for himself: after all, these are the toys he's played his entire childhood with. There has got to be some nostalgia in that.
** Bonnie's mother also works at the daycare centre... the daycare centre which is now, thanks to Ken and Barbie, a 'really groovy place'. Once Bonnie outgrows her toys, they get taken there to live out the rest of their lives happily getting played with a never-ending assortment of children.

* Barbie blurts out "authority should be derived from the consent of the governed, not by the threat of force!" at a certain point of the movie. It's not just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment - Barbie dolls have accessories and clothes for just about every profession / trade in existence. She genuinely knows a great deal about just about everything!

* Barbie blurts out "authority should be derived from the consent of the governed, not by the threat of force!" at a certain point of the movie. It's not just a BigLippedAlligatorMoment - Barbie dolls have accessories and clothes for just about every profession / trade in existence. She genuinely knows a great deal about just about everything!

* A [[Headscratchers/ToyStory3 commonly raised point of]] FridgeLogic about the third movie is that the toys that were sent to the Caterpillar Room were not age-appropriate (in particular, the Potato Heads with their detachable, easily choked-on parts) and should have been removed by the adults. If you think about it, this fits in with Lotso's overall philosophy for two main reasons. Firstly, the toys are not age-appropriate for small children because they ''break easily''; under the rough treatment they receive from toddlers, those kinds of toys would be lucky to last a day or two before being ruined beyond repair and thrown in the trash. Secondly, if by some chance a child did happen to choke or be injured on an inappropriate toy, the most likely result would be that the daycare center would be closed down. What would most likely happen to all the toys? Thrown away, and thus fitting with Lotso's philosophy that humans ultimately don't care about toys and that they're just 'trash'. Lotso is essentially setting up situation wherein his nilhilistic world-view becomes self-fulfilling.

* It's been ten years since Jessie joined the gang, and she and Buzz are still experiencing awkward {{unresolved sexual tension}}?

* It's been ten years since Jessie joined the gang, and she and Buzz are still experiencing awkward [[unresolved sexual tension]]?

** Chatter also shows a montage of [[TearJerker TearJerkingly]] cute toys that are captured by Lotso, and presumably broken and thrown away. It isn't a mystery why some people assume this movie was inspired by the Holocaust.

* In the scene where Chatter Telephone is telling Woody how to escape, he shows Woody a toy train being dumped in the garbage disposal, saying that's the only way toys leave. Andy's toys got lucky, because there's an entire group of them, helping each other out, but toys that are thrown away individually, or toys to small for evasive skill, would end up in the pit slowly sliding to a painful burning death. That is if they somehow survived the shredder that preceded the furnace. Either way, neither would be a pleasant.

* In the scene where Chatter Telephone is telling Woody how to escape, he shows Woody a toy train being dumped in the garbage disposal, saying that's the only way toys leave. Andy's toys got lucky, because since there's an entire group of them, helping each other out, but toys that are thrown away individually, or toys to small for evasive skill, would end up in the pit slowly sliding to a painful burning death. That is if they somehow survived the shredder that preceded the furnace. Either way, neither would be a pleasant.

* In the scene where Chatter Telephone is telling Woody how to escape, he shows Woody a toy train being dumped in the garbage disposal, saying that's the only way toys leave. Andy's toys got lucky, because since there's an entire group of them, helping each other out, but toys that are thrown away individually, or toys to small for evasive skill, would end up in the pit slowly sliding to a painful burning death. [[labelnote]] That is if they somehow survived the shredder that preceded the furnace. Either way, neither would be a pleasant [/labelnote]]

** Chatter also shows a montage of [[TearJerker Tear jerkingly]] cute toys that are captured by Lotso, and presumably broken and thrown away. It isn't a mystery why some people assume this movie was inspired by the Holocaust.

* During Andy's teen years, given that the toys were kept somewhere in his room, they motionlessly [[spoiler: watched him [[ADateWithRosiePalms masturbate.]]]]
** In connection to the FridgeHorror about your toys being alive and this one, if you by chance kept your toys as collectibles in your room, they are motionlessly [[spoiler: watching everything you do.]]
** The specific example above is perhaps lessened by the fact that he clearly put them in a box and kept them in there at some point, thus sparing the toys from, shall we say, front row seats to that particular occurrence.
** Well, this assumes that he masturbated at all. Not ALL teen boys do it, y'know. In fact, I feel a little degraded....

* <<Warning, [=TS3=] spoilers>> So, I finally watch [=TS3=]. and with it comes this: you know how in the first movie Buzz thinking he was ''really'' from Star Command was [[PlayedForLaughs played just for laughs]]? And in the second movie when it's the "wrong" Buzz, it's also PlayedForLaughs because he thinks he's still at Star Command? It gets brought up again in [=TS3=]- but it's most definately ''not'' [[TearJerker played for laughs]]- instead Lotso uses one of the funnier {{running gag}}s in the first movie, and managed to make it somethign horrifying and terribly sad. Damn you Lotso... --Tropers/{{Loracarol}}
* The incinerator scene is the most brilliant piece of cinema ever made. Many people (Disney management included) see TS3 as the film that could finally break the glass ceiling for animation as far as being able to win a Best Picture Oscar. The biggest hurdle to overcome with this is the AnimationAgeGhetto and people feeling it's an inherently lower art form. Pixar has obviously been the most prolific studio in trying to turn this around, but regardless of how [[DarkerAndEdgier dark and edgy]] they make a film. as long as it is made to appeal to any audience they alienate the academy voters who believe solely in the realm of and TrueArtIsAngsty. So what do they do at the climax of one of the most beloved franchises of all time? They set it up to KillEmAll. When it gets to that point, they end up subverting LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt and DisneyDeath by playing them entirely straight. You as an audience member are thinking to yourself "there's no way....it's Disney...but then again, it's Pixar...." and they leave you hanging up until the DeusExMachina that is arguably the biggest CMOA in the series. Everyone in the theater is cheering and applauding but the whole thing was just a fake out. You move on from that point to the true ending and realize killing them off in the fire would have been a complete cop out. Sure, people would have cried, but it would have come off as a cheap ending wouldn't have had nearly the same effect as Andy giving them away did. The BittersweetEnding ended up having a far greater emotional impact on the audience and did so without resorting to a standard RuleOfDrama resolution.