History Fridge / ToyStory3

* I just had one about, you guessed it, Toy Story 3. Anyway, it was one that seemed like it could be obvious to most people, but just now occurred to me. The last scene, specifically, [[spoiler:on the part where Andy is introducing each toy to Bonnie.]] It wasn't just the CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming TearJerker it was because it showed that Andy still valued and remembered his toys... it's because he described each one exactly how that toy would've wanted, even if it wasn't quite accurate to the toy's real personality.

** With [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyofhW2jm2o Woody being a family heirloom from his father's side]] [[WordOfGod practically being confirmed]], Mr. Potato Head's "He's been Andy's favorite since kindergarten!" comment probably means that something happened to Mr. Davis while Andy was in kindergarten (namely, death or divorce) that caused Andy to attach to him.

[[AC:Fridge Logic]]
* It is unknown how the humans who would review the footage from Sunnyside's security cameras never notice toys trying to escape, the trucks on patrol, the other toys operating flashlight-spotlights, and the toys playing in the sandbox in broad daylight.
* It is unknown how Slinky Dog got down from the magnet. The other toys could let go of the metal they were hanging onto, but Slinky is partially made of metal.

* One thing I noticed in Toy Story 3 was that the room for younger kids was called the "Caterpillar Room", and the room for older kids the "Butterfly Room", the symbolism is obvious there, but connecting the two rooms is a bathroom. The stage between Caterpillar and Butterfly is called a "Pupa", and what does "Pupa" sound like? Poop. [[DontExplainTheJoke It sounds like poop.]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', a [[Anime/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.'' Alternately, Totoro's character 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.
* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' was released 15 years after the original. The same time the kids who saw the original would be going to college, growing up, and throwing away their old toys. And the parents coping with the fact their children they took to see the first two Toy Stories have grown up just like Andy...
** At the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' when Woody is trying to convince the other toys that going to the attic won't be so bad, he says "someday Andy will have his own kids". Woody must have gone through a kid growing up before. Woody's Roundup was a black-and-white TV show from the 1950's, and a previous Troper mentioned Andy getting Woody from his father. He knows that a decade or so is worth the wait to get another kid.
** This Troper had a minor moment of Fridge Brilliance concerning ''Toy Story 3's'' marketing. Remember [[Music/ThinLizzy The Boys Are Back in Town]] being used to advertise the film. It's more than just a lame pun. Listen to the second verse. It's about remembering the good ol' times. And if the final scene is any indication, it's a major theme of ''Toy Story 3'' as well. - Baronofbarons
** 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.

* For Toy Story 3: the term Deus Ex Machina comes from the Latin "god out of machine." The machina was actually a giant crane that would lower a platform an actor stood on to create the special effect of a god coming down from the heavens and fixing the plot. The Claw!

* 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

* 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.

* Why does Rex slide down quicker in the beginning of the incinerator scene from Toy Story 3? [[spoiler: He can't climb as well, because of his short, stubby arms.]]

* [[Tropers/{{Ingonyama}} This troper]] had an epiphany regarding Lotso himself, specifically the seemingly MisaimedMarketing involved with Disney's mass-production of Lotso toys. Turns out, it's not misaimed...it's targeted specifically at the kids who [[CryForTheDevil felt sorry]] for [[DracoInLeatherPants the villain.]] The toy is cute and cuddly, and not at all indicative of Lotso's [[BitchInSheepsClothing true]] [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds status]] within the story, in stark contrast to every other Disney villain ever...''on purpose,'' to encourage kids to love their Lotso. It's like a RealLife Aesop in plush form.

* 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 first movie, Andy must have traded the ball for Mrs. Potatohead to keep possession 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 realized 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!

* Why is Barbie [[spoiler: the only toy who is still at the Daycare]] by the end? Two reasons.
** She's not Andy's toy.
** She's the only toy who was supposed to donated in the first place.

** Lets also look into how Barbie acts in the film: While being lovey-dovey with Ken like how a stereotypical Barbie would act, she did break up with him when she sees that he is working for the bad guy...and is able to trick him into taking her to his dream house again to get information, and even sneaks up on him and is able to hold him down. And she is actually VERY intimidating; Of course she can do all this stuff. Here's some of the jobs a Barbie can have; A Cop, a military officer, and careers in medicine and technology. So she's tough AND Smart. Why does this also make sense? Simple; it seems some toys have innate knowledge of what kind of skills their characters are. (Buzz is a skilled martial artist for example due to having a karate chop action, and Jessie and Woody are skilled horseback riders because they're western toys, the Dinosaur warrior toys from the Christmas special are skilled combatants as well. Even Rex is able to show some brute muscle every now and again because he's a T-rex). So really, Barbie is a JackOfAllTrades compared to her friends BECAUSE of her franchise's expansive history.
* The Hellish imagery of the incinerator takes a whole level of brilliance when one recalls that in the original Greek New Testament of the Bible, "Hell" was referred to as "Gehenna" or the valley of Hinnom, had been declared a cursed valley after some of the Kings of Judea sacrificed their children through fire. It was then relegated in the New Testament as...a garbage pit.
* When you tried to change a the favorite toy of a child with a similar toy, they often reject it because "it doesn't smell" like the original toy. The child spend lots of time with him and after a few time, he didn't smell like a fresh new toy. If Daisy did'nt notice the difference between her old Lotso and the new one, it's because they all smells like strawberries.

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3''. Sure, Woody and the gang [[spoiler: escaped from the incinerator and found a nice home with Bonnie]]. It seems like a nice happy ending, until you realize that sooner or later, they are ''still'' going to wear out. Baring the slight possibility that Woody, Jesse, and Bullseye might end up [[AndIMustScream on display]], which is horrific in and of itself, eventually the gang is ''still'' going to end up in a landfill, while still "alive"--and now they ''know'' it. Any enjoyment they have with Bonnie or other kids is going to be sullied by anticipating that.

*** I think LEGO bricks are a HiveMind. They can assemble themselves into whatever they want
** Also, in the third movie, it is stated that Bo Peep (Woody's love interest) is "gone". Pretty sad already, then you realize she was part of an ornament made of porcelain or the like... so she probably ''fell'' and ''broke into a million of tiny pieces''. [[TearJerker Here, use my handkerchief]].
*** This troper would like to believe that the other toys would've been a bit more sensitive about bringing up Bo Peep around Woody if that were the case. They mention her pretty off-handedly, which implies that she was simply sold off.
** The ending of Toy Story 3 is creepy in multiple ways; Lotso has probably escaped from worse situations before (unlike Stinky Pete in the second film, who can never be "mint in box" again, which was a key goal of his), and Sunnyside will still be just as bad (there's no suggestion Lotso's gang would suddenly give up their privileged positions, and there still have to be ''some'' toys in the Caterpillar Room). Oh, and Jesse casually mentions she can activate Buzz's Spanish mode for fun (which to Buzz is basically MindRape)

* At the end of 3, [[spoiler:Andy gives Bonnie his toys]] and everyone treats it as a satisfying conclusion. But ''what will happen when Bonnie outgrows them?!''
** Toy Story 4 (2035)
*** a) They've learned to let go, to grow and how to make sure they find a good child and b) the day care, while not as fulfilling as a single child, is now a good place to live. Considering Bonnie's mother seems to work at Sunnyside, chances are high they'd be donated there and get to be with the friends they have there. Toy Story 3 is about learning to accept the eventual growth and change. That's the happy ending, not that things will never change, but that they will be able to handle the change, together, a family.
*** 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 conveniently 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 center 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.
** This is less Fridge Horror and more the entire point of the movies -- ultimately, nothing ever really lasts forever, and that you've got to come to terms with and enjoy your circumstances as they currently stand rather than fretting over what might happen tomorrow. They'll have to face this again at some point, true -- but until them, they've got a second chance with a little girl who loves them and new friends to play with.

* Lotso relies on Sunnyside's security cameras to make sure toys don't escape. How do the humans who would actually review the footage ''never notice'' toys trying to escape? (Or for that matter, the trucks on patrol and the other toys operating flashlight-spotlights?)
** The footage may not be reviewed in the morning. Some security cameras operate on a half-hour loop--they only go back about a half hour, and constantly rewrite the tape, so there aren't any archives. They're just there so that if someone spots something, they can look back at what happened immediately before. Given there'd be no reason for, say, someone to break into a daycare in the middle of the night, this is probably the case here.
* At the end, the toys at Sunnyside are all seen playing outside ''during the day.'' Maybe it's a weekend, sure, but I refer you to the security-camera question above.
** Maybe the monkey knows how to erase the footage.
* How did Slinky get down from the magnet? The others could let go of the metal they were hanging onto, but for Slinky metal ''is a part of his body''.
** The belt probably demagnetizes after it moves past the shredder, since the magnet's purpose is to prevent the shredder from being jammed with metal objects that don't break as easily.

* When you tried to change a the favorite toy of a child with a similar toy, they often reject it because "it doesn't smell" like the original toy. The child spend lots of time with him and after a few time, he didn't smell like a fresh new toy. If Emily did'nt notice the difference between her old Lotso and the new one, it's because they all smells like strawberrys.

* How did Slinky get down from the magnet? The others could let go of the metal they were hanging onto, but for Slinky metal is a part of his body.

*** It's true! Look closely when he gets first switched to demo mode: Buzz's batteries were made by BnL!

** Buzz Lightyear is "the coolest toy ever!" This reminds me of the part in Toy Story 1 where Woody gets Buzz his hope back by saying, "you are a ''cool'' toy!" It's also nice since earlier, Woody was picked to go to college instead of Buzz and he just gets put in the garbage, even after Andy contemplates for a bit.

* [[spoiler:What if being strapped to the front of the truck by a caring human will just make Lotso [[UpToEleven a lot worse]]?]]

** This Troper had a minor moment of Fridge Brilliance concerning ''Toy Story 3's'' marketing. Remember [[ThinLizzy The Boys Are Back in Town]] being used to advertise the film. It's more than just a lame pun. Listen to the second verse. It's about remembering the good ol' times. And if the final scene is any indication, it's a major theme of ''Toy Story 3'' as well. - Baronofbarons

* ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' was been released 15 years after the original. The same time the kids who saw the original would be going to college, growing up, and throwing away their old toys. And the parents coping with the fact their children they took to see the first two Toy Stories have grown up just like Andy...

* 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!
** Including, if you're curious, President of the United States. However, there is no Generalissimo Barbie.

* Lotso mentions they have spare parts in the Butterfly Room. Where do tou think these parts come from?

--->'''Aliens:''' The Claw is our master. ''[[ChekovsGun The Claw chooses who will go and who will stay]].''

** Rex accidentally switched him into Spanish mode by holding the button "for more than 5 seconds," and his memory was rebooted via ThePowerOfLove just like WesternAnimation/{{WALL-E}}.

1. She's not Andy's toy.
2.She's the only toy who was supposed to donated in the first place.