History Fridge / ToyStory3

* 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.

** Andy claims the Potato Heads are "madly in love," and they really just seem like an old married couple that has no deep feelings. But Mr. Potato Head seemed to really want a Mrs. back in the first movie, and from there to the incinerator peril, they really showed their true feelings.
*** "No deep feelings"? Have you ''met'' any old married couples? Just because you've grown out of your lovey-dovey phase doesn't mean you can't still deeply cherish your partner.
*** Also, all things considered, by no means have the Potato Heads grown out of their lovey dovey phase either. So "madly in love" is extremely accurate.

*** A lot of people keep saying here that the toys get thrown in the trash, but that really wasn't the first intention. Andy put them in a trash bag, yes, but he put the toys on the ladder that led up to the attic, wanting them to be stored instead. But because he left them in a trash bag, the mom thought that it was garbage and put the toys out on the curb. So really, the whole reason why they didn't go into the attic in the first place was because Andy didn't think that maybe he should have listened to his mom and put them in a cardboard box for the attic instead.
** [[LargeHam Are we talking about the same Buzz here?]]

** Plus, Woody has the perks of being humanoid (allowing him to climb and hold into things), relatively small and light (allowing him to hide and get from area to area easily) and having very few extra parts to keep track of. He'd likely have had a way easier time getting out than, say, Rex, Mr. Potato Head or the Aliens.

* As confirmed by WordOfGod that [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Kingdom Hearts III]] is canon, we have Woody here insisting for everyone to go home. He was kind of skeptical of the daycare, mainly Lotso and was right when things went from bad to worse. Back in Kingdom Hearts III, it was Buzz who did the insisting to go back home to Andy's room and he was just as skeptical of Sora, Donald and Goofy until things went from bad to worse. And Woody's and Sora's TheReasonYouSuck speech to Young Xehanort? It kinds of hurt Young Xehanort but he did not show it, players would know when they play [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX Kingdom Hearts Union X]]. If it was spoken to Lotso, it will definitely sting a lot more than it already did since Lotso was already quite lost in the shadows and forgot about the light that cast them so instead of putting down Lotso, Woody tried to persuade Lotso instead though it fell on deaf ears. Even if Andy and the toys grew apart and eventually donated away, their hearts are still connected as shown when Andy played with his toys alongside Bonnie one last time before heading for college.

* As confirmed by WordOfGod that [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII]] is canon, we have Woody here insisting for everyone to go home. He was kind of skeptical of the daycare, mainly Lotso and was right when things went from bad to worse. Back in Kingdom Hearts III, it was Buzz who did the insisting to go back home to Andy's room and he was just as skeptical of Sora, Donald and Goofy until things went from bad to worse. And Woody's and Sora's TheReasonYouSuck speech to Young Xehanort? It kinds of hurt Young Xehanort but he did not show it, players would know when they play [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsX]]. If it was spoken to Lotso, it will definitely sting a lot more than it already did since Lotso was already quite lost in the shadows and forgot about the light that cast them so instead of putting down Lotso, Woody tried to persuade Lotso instead though it fell on deaf ears. Even if Andy and the toys grew apart and eventually donated away, their hearts are still connected as shown when Andy played with his toys alongside Bonnie one last time before heading for college.

* 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.]]
* 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, it would've just been a big happy roar or something.

*** The scene where Potato Head throws his parts out the window and moves to a tortilla and then a cucumber proves that it's the parts that are alive and the plastic potato is lifeless. So it is likely Mrs. Potato Head would be a sentient, disembodied eye. At least ubtil Andy's mom sweeps and throws away the useless toy part.

* When Woody tries to highlight the advantages of living in the attic, he mentions how fun the Christmas decorations are. The Potato Heads don't entirely agree (not much is made of it). Creator/DonRickles and Creator/EstelleHarris are both Jewish and play it up in their entertainment work.

*** Wood does keep saying that it'll be okay if they all stick together... and because they do, it is.

** Woody's is so deep that it looks more like Andy's giving up a true friend than an inanimate object. Woody is actually acknowledged for his very real dedication both to staying with Andy and giving him a chance, and to his fellow toys. Andy is also noticeably reluctant to let Woody go, which utterly blows away all of Woody's insecurities about Andy that he's had to suffer through the whole series.

* Fridge TearJerker: Jessie is the one to tell Lotso that she'd rather rot in a dumpster than submit to his rule. Think about it: Lotso's rule over Sunnyside was just so ''horrible'' that Jessie would rather face her two biggest fears (confined spaces and abandonment) than deal with him any longer.

*** Not necessarily; all that scene proves is that they can still control their limbs while they're separate from their bodies.

* Even with Lotso gone, there’s still a strong risk of toys being broken and sent to the dump from Sunnyside, simply because the humans are unaware that they are alive

* Barbie is the only toy who is still at the Daycare by the end. Why?
Because unlike the others, she wasn't Andy's toy and ''was'' supposed to be donated in the first place.

* ''Toy Story 3'' 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, 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.
** 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.

* 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.
** It's doubtful that this could be true in any context since it's never shown or inferred that Andy would know about the money value of any of his toys. Also, the whole plot of Toy Story 2 is saying that such endeavors will ultimately leave you a broken person.

* 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 SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments 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.

** 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 attic, even after Andy contemplates for a bit.

** 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, still very much a husband-and-wife team, and Slink their loyal forcefield dog!

* This is delving into the psychology of Toy Story 3, so spoilers abound. The primary theme of Toy Story 3 can be likened to life and death, and more specifically, the afterlife. The toys are approaching the end of their life (with Andy). The garbage representing hell or oblivion while the attic is a temporary purgatory, a world of nothing that will be passed.

* Now, in Toy Story 3, Bonnie is obviously supposed to remind us of a young Andy. But there's one moment in particular that shows how much she reminded ''Woody'' of Andy. The shot where she scoops up all of her toys exclaiming "You saved us cowboy! You're our hero!" and hugs them all to her chest is nearly identical to a shot at the beginning of the film where young Andy does the same thing. Woody is even in the same place. It's a brilliantly subtle visual cue showing Woody's feelings about Bonnie.

* This troper's school was recently visited by animators from Pixar, and had quite a few brilliant aspects of the lighting pointed out to him. Throughout Toy Story 3, several of the characters have specific shades of light assigned to them. Rewatch it. Andy is surrounded by blue light, Lotso by red/pink and yellow light, and Bonnie almost always appears in the shadows of leaves. The toy truck that carries Lotso around shines a yellow light, and when you see a yellow light inside the vending machine that Buzz investigates, you can see that the animators are already telling you that Lotso is involved. Even the sepia tones of his flashback sequence take on new meaning when you start to notice the lights elsewhere. As far as Bonnie, the first time that she meets Woody, he's hanging under a tree, and the final gifting of the toys takes place under a tree in her yard. Even her room is made to look like a wooded meadow. The idea was that dappled lighting is soothing, and the makers wanted to manipulate the audience into feeling more comfortable in Bonnie's presence.

* When Woody tries to highlight the advantages of living in the attic, he mentions how fun the Christmas decorations are. The Potato Heads don't entirely agree (not much is made of it). Don Rickles and Estelle Harris are both Jewish and play it up in their entertainment work.

* The video games, like the one for Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension, use orchestra music that sounds out of place and ''really dark'' for a Toy Story game. It even uses "Grim Grinning Ghosts" from the Haunted Mansion. What is that doing here?! It's because all of Toy Story 3 is so dark compared to the rest of the series! Grim Grinning Ghosts just highlights how different it is!

* Barbie is the only toy who is still at the Daycare by the end because unlike the others, she was not Andy's toy and ''was'' supposed to donated in the first place.