History NightmareFuel / ToyStory3

** The landfill sequence as a whole, in fact. First, we get Buzz being crushed by a TV in a garbage truck. He survives, but it's unnervingly easy to imagine things not turning out so well. Next, at the dump, the comic relief aliens get run over by a bulldozer. They survive, but they were very lucky to do so. Then the toys come very close to being torn to shreds by the crusher - especially Lotso, who is trapped beneath a large piece of trash. Woody and Buzz save him, at great risk to themselves, but when Lotso is given the chance to redeem himself by stopping the conveyor belt, he instead tops it all off by [[TheFarmerAndTheViper abandoning and betraying the toys]].

-->'''"PUSH 'EM IN! ALL OF THEM!! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DUMMIES TRY TO THINK! WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"'''

* '''[[CompleteMonster Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear]]''', as expected from an AxCrazy [[KillerRabbit teddy bear]]. On the outside, he's a caring stuffed bear who looks after all the other toys at Sunnyside. On the inside, he's a {{sociopath}}ic [[StrawNihilist nihilist]] acting like a [[TheDon mob boss]] who not only doesn't give a second thought to sending new arrivals to the Caterpillar Room where they'll inevitably be used until they're ruined and sent to the dump, but is so bent on doing so that he's turned Sunnyside into a nigh-inescapable prison where he rules with an iron fist through lies, abuse, surveillance, coercion, and even [[MindRape brainwashing]] -- all for the sake of forcing his nihilistic worldview upon any toy he possibly can as a self-validating coping mechanism for the heartbreak his former owner put him through. Even Woody, after he and the others escape the incinerator, considers Lotso [[BeyondRedemption too far gone to be worth the trouble]].

** Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. This would've made for the second time [[ComicBook/TheJoker a Mark Hamill character]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashed]] a hero into doing his dirty work.

* '''[[CompleteMonster Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear]]''', as expected from an AxCrazy [[KillerRabbit teddy bear]]. On the outside, he's a caring stuffed bear who looks after all the other toys at Sunnyside. On the inside, he's a sociopathic [[StrawNihilist nihilist]] who not only doesn't give a second thought to sending new arrivals to the Caterpillar Room where they'll inevitably be used until they're ruined and sent to the dump, but is so bent on doing so that he's turned Sunnyside into a nigh-inescapable prison where he rules with an iron fist through lies, abuse, surveillance, coercion, and even [[MindRape brainwashing]] - all for the sake of forcing his nihilistic worldview upon any toy he possibly can as a self-validating coping mechanism for the heartbreak his former owner put him through. Even Woody, after he and the others escape the incinerator, considers Lotso [[BeyondRedemption too far gone to be worth the trouble]].

* '''[[CompleteMonster Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear.]]''' On the outside, he's a caring stuffed bear who looks after all the other toys at Sunnyside. On the inside, he's a sociopathic [[StrawNihilist nihilist]] who not only doesn't give a second thought to sending new arrivals to the Caterpillar Room where they'll inevitably be used until they're ruined and sent to the dump, but is so bent on doing so that he's turned Sunnyside into a nigh-inescapable prison where he rules with an iron fist through lies, abuse, surveillance, coercion, and even [[MindRape brainwashing]] - all for the sake of forcing his nihilistic worldview upon any toy he possibly can as a self-validating coping mechanism for the heartbreak his former owner put him through. Even Woody, after he and the others escape the incinerator, considers Lotso [[BeyondRedemption too far gone to be worth the trouble]].

** Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. This would've made for the second time [[ComicBook/TheJoker a Mark Hamill character]] [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashed]] [[ComicBook/TimDrake a hero]] into doing his dirty work.

** Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. The idea of Lotso, voiced by Hamill, [[MoralEventHorizon trying to kill Woody and co. in an incinerator]] could've evoked flashbacks to ComicBook/TheJoker [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashing Tim Drake]], another terrifying act from an animated film that almost single-handedly destroyed any hope of redemption for the character and nearly destroyed his victim.

* 8 Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. The idea of Lotso, voiced by Hamill, [[MoralEventHorizon trying to kill Woody and co. in an incinerator]] could've evoked flashbacks to ComicBook/TheJoker [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashing Tim Drake]], another terrifying act from an animated film that almost single-handedly destroyed any hope of redemption for the character and nearly destroyed his victim.

* Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. The idea of Lotso, voiced by Hamill, [[MoralEventHorizon trying to kill Woody and co. in an incinerator]] could've evoked flashbacks to ComicBook/TheJoker [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashing Tim Drake]], another terrifying act from an animated film that almost single-handedly destroyed any hope of redemption for the character and nearly destroyed his victim.

* Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. The idea of Lotso, voiced by Hamill, [[MoralEventHorizon trying to kill Woody and co. in an incinerator]] could've evoked flashbacks to ComicBook/TheJoker [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashing Tim Drake]] when it came to horrible acts that almost single-handedly destroyed any hope of redemption for the character and nearly destroyed his victim.

* Apparently, before Creator/NedBeatty was cast, none other than Creator/MarkHamill was considered for the voice of Lotso. The idea of Lotso, voiced by Hamill, [[MoralEventHorizon trying to kill Woody and co. in an incinerator]] could've evoked flashbacks to ComicBook/TheJoker [[WesternAnimationBatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker brainwashing Tim Drake]] when it came to horrible acts that almost single-handedly destroyed any hope of redemption for the character and nearly destroyed his victim.

* Speaking of the [[MindRape brainwashing]], there's what happens to Buzz. Considering that he's been one of the most heroic characters of the series, watching him be overpowered and turned evil (particularly after his CharacterDevelopment in the first film) and then ruthlessly help imprison his friends is pretty unsettling. The reveal, in which Buzz emerges from the shadows in front of Jessie, even resembles something from a horror film.

* Andy is shown playing with his toys per usual and everything, but during the last minutes of the scene it zooms in on Andy laughing, hugging all the toys on his bed. The instrumental drains out and the lyric's "Our friendship will never die" play with no musical accompaniment as the screen cuts to black. It's small, but still rather bone-chilling.

** Made even scarier if you failed to notice the ''only'' indication that it knew Woody and Slinky were there (a slight moving of its eyes). Miss it, and there's no warning WHATSOEVER for when it abruptly [[JumpScare jerks its head around 180 degrees and]] ''screeches at the top of its lungs''.

** Lotso's confrontation of Andy's toys at the dumpster is the only scene which precisely demonstrates how ''terrifying'' he truly is. It's the first - and only - time we get to peek into his deeply twisted psyche, due to his MotiveRant, which is every bit as dark, nihilistic, and terrifying as his shriveled soul.
-->'''"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DUMMIES TRY TO THINK! WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"'''

* The CymbalBangingMonkey. [[UncannyValley Creepy enough already]], but things go UpToEleven fast whenever it sounds the alarm. And dear God, [[{{Jumpscare}} the scene where Woody and Slinky ambush it...]]

* '''Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear.''' On the outside, he's a caring stuffed bear who looks after all the other toys at Sunnyside. On the inside, he's a sociopathic [[StrawNihilist nihilist]] who not only doesn't give a second thought to sending new arrivals to the Caterpillar Room where they'll inevitably be used until they're ruined and sent to the dump, but is so bent on doing so that he's turned Sunnyside into a nigh-inescapable prison where he rules with an iron fist through lies, abuse, surveillance, coercion, and even [[MindRape brainwashing]] - all for the sake of forcing his nihilistic worldview upon any toy he possibly can as a self-validating coping mechanism for the heartbreak his former owner put him through. Even Woody, after he and the others escape the incinerator, considers Lotso [[BeyondRedemption too far gone to be worth the trouble]].

-->'''"THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DUMMIES TRY TO THINK! WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!!''' '''''THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"'''''

** And this one by Mr. Pricklepants nails Lotso's status as TheDreaded to other toys who've heard of his tyrannical rule: "Sunnyside is a place [[CrapsaccharineWorld of ruin and despair]], ruled by an evil bear who smells of strawberries."

* The scene where Buzz gets brainwashed is eerily reminiscent of PrisonRape with him being forcibly bent over, his battery covering removed and them accessing a normally private part. To further drive home the point, he's screaming in pain, begging his tormenters to stop and finally ending with a BigNo.
* The scene wherein we realize just how short of a breaking point any toy assigned to the Caterpillar Room can expect.

* '''Lotso.''' On the outside, he's a caring stuffed bear who looks after all the other toys at Sunnyside. On the inside, he's a sociopathic [[StrawNihilist nihilist]] who not only doesn't give a second thought to sending new arrivals to the Caterpillar Room where they'll inevitably be used until they're ruined and sent to the dump, but is so bent on doing so that he's turned Sunnyside into a nigh-inescapable prison where he rules with an iron fist through lies, abuse, surveillance, coercion, and even [[MindRape brainwashing]] - all for the sake of forcing his nihilistic worldview upon any toy he possibly can as a self-validating coping mechanism for the heartbreak his former owner put him through. Even Woody, after he and the others escape the incinerator, considers Lotso [[BeyondRedemption too far gone to be worth the trouble]].

-->"'''THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DUMMIES TRY TO THINK! WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!!''' '''''THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"'''''

-->"This is what happens when you ''dummies try to think! '''WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!!''' '''''THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"'''''

-->''''"WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH, WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"''''

* The aggressive way the little kids in the Caterpillar room were treating Woody's friends: being dragged around, sat on, thrown around, etc... It is basically the equivalent of humans being thrown into a cage of wild chimpanzees. The ominous music doesn't help either.

** The scene which most demonstrates precisely how ''terrifying'' Lotso is is his confrontation of Andy's toys at the dumpster. It's the first- and only- time we get to peek into his deeply twisted psyche, due to his MotiveRant, which is every bit as dark, nihilistic, and terrifying as his shriveled soul.
-->''''"WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!!"''''