Line #269 WesternAnimation/ToyStory4


1	!Spoilers for this movie will be marked as usual. However, since this is a sequel to ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'', ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'', and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', it does contain unmarked spoilers for them. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned!
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4	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine The adventure of a lifetime.]]'']]
5	->''"I was made to help a child. I don't remember it being this hard."''
6	-->-- '''Woody'''
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8	''Toy Story 4'' is the fourth installment of the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' franchise, and the twenty-first CGI animated feature made by Creator/{{Pixar}}. It was released on June 21, 2019 and marks the directorial debut of Josh Cooley.
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10	Taking place about a year after ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'', the movie shows how Andy's toys are doing under Bonnie's care... and while most of them are having just as much fun as usual, Sheriff Woody has started to be forgotten by her during playtime, and he's not very happy about it. During Bonnie's orientation day at kindergarten, Woody secretly tags along and inadvertently helps her create Forky, a makeshift toy made from a spork and various other items, which, much to Woody's shock, subsequently acquires sapience. Despite the other toys trying to make him feel like part of the gang, Forky [[ExistentialHorror believes that he is just trash like his components]] and wants nothing to do with Bonnie or the others. Woody makes it his duty to keep Forky out of the trash can since Bonnie is so attached to him.
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12	During a family road trip a day later, Woody and Forky end up falling out of the RV, and when they catch up after it stops at a carnival, Forky gets stuck in the local Second Chance Antique Store. Fortunately for Woody, he discovers that his long-lost flame Bo Peep has made a home in the area (after having been donated many years ago), now living as a "lost toy" with no owner. With the help of Bo, Buzz Lightyear, and a host of new toys, Woody sets out to save Forky before the family RV leaves.
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14	New characters include Forky (Creator/TonyHale), Gabby Gabby (Creator/ChristinaHendricks), Duke Caboom (Creator/KeanuReeves), Giggle [=McDimples=] (Ally Maki) and Ducky and Bunny (Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/JordanPeele, respectively).
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16	Further ''Franchise/ToyStory'' material is available on Creator/DisneyPlus, namely the short series ''WesternAnimation/ForkyAsksAQuestion'' (starring Forky) and the short ''WesternAnimation/LampLife'', which is partly made of a DeletedScene from ''Toy Story 4'' and details Bo Peep's life after she was separated from Andy's other toys.
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18	A {{pinball}} machine based on the film, also called ''Pinball/{{Toy Story 4\|2022}}'', was released by Creator/JerseyJackPinball in 2022.
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20	A fifth film is [[https://deadline.com/2023/02/frozen-toy-story-zootopia-sequels-in-the-works-bob-iger-disney-earnings-1235253824/ currently in development]].
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22	'''Previews:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDXYRzerjzU Teaser.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQk7DWW4mz8 Teaser "Reaction,"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmiIUN-7qhE Trailer,]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCWyQeJWInc International Trailer.]]
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24	!!''Trope Story 4'':
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26	* AbortedArc:
27	** Buzz and Jessie's relationship building over the second and third films is never touched upon at all in this film. Instead, the focus is shifted over to Woody and Bo's reunion and rekindling relationship.
28	** Ducky and Bunny's quest to be owned by a child is abruptly dropped near the end of the movie since they instead [[spoiler:become lost toys and don't even entertain the idea of becoming Bonnie's toys.]]
29	* AccidentalMisnaming: When Woody is reunited with Bo Peep's sheep, he remembers their names wrong. Justified, as he did not know they had names until shortly before they were given away.
30	* ActingOutADaydream: During the end credits, Ducky and Bunny do this when imagining themselves [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever turning into giants]] shooting [[EyeBeams lasers from their eyes]] while the rest of the bunch stands there watching.
31	* ActorAllusion:
32	** The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQk7DWW4mz8 "Teaser Trailer Reaction"]] video featuring Ducky and Bunny, voiced by Creator/KeeganMichaelKey and Creator/JordanPeele of ''Series/KeyAndPeele'', is essentially a G-rated version of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5NC7eI_KMw Valet sketches]] from their show, amplified by the fact that Ducky calls Buzz Lightyear "Buzz Lightyears".
33	** Duke, voiced by Creator/KeanuReeves, twice drops Keanu's CatchPhrase, "Whoa". First, after watching the Lost Girl reunite with her parents and then during a mid-credits scene in response to Ducky and Bunny claiming [[BlatantLies they can shoot lasers out of their eyes]].
34	** Keanu is Canadian, fitting Duke's MooseAndMapleSyrup motif.
35	* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Bo's sheep greet Woody by jumping on him and licking his face.
36	* AllForNothing: A downplayed example. Woody's struggle in the previous movie over deciding if he should go with Andy to college or not effectively becomes this due to Bonnie losing interest in him in favor of the other toys [[spoiler:and his ultimate decision to stay with Bo at the end]].
37	** Also Gabby Gabby manipulating Woody into giving her his voice box so that Harmony will adopt her. [[spoiler: It turns out, even with the new voice box, Harmony ''still'' rejects her, although Gabby still gets adopted by another kid in the end.]]
38	* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the end, [[spoiler:Woody decides to remain with Bo and her toy gang, and they join the carnival in travelling the world and helping lost toys find their owners along the way.]]
39	* {{Angrish}}: Bonnie's dad's reaction to seeing a flat tire on their RV. Bonnie's mom's rather hilarious reaction suggests that this is far from the first time something like this has happened.
40	-->'''Bonnie's Mom:''' ''[to Bonnie]'' Okay, dad's going to use some words... Why don't we go to the carnival?
41	* AnimationBump:
42	** Bo looks almost nothing like she did back in the original ''Toy Story'', with a more prominent face and her dress in the flashback is more detailed.
43	** Bo's sheep have also changed in appearance, having slight dents on their top so they can be more describable as three conjoined sheep rather than a three-headed hybrid.
44	* AntiClimaxCut: Buzz, Ducky and Bunny try to come up with plans to get the cabinet key from the store owner (the ones they come up with are all unnecessarily violent). Later, when they appear with the key and Woody asks them how they got it, we cut to how they pulled it off: [[spoiler:The owner simply set it down in front of them and walked off.]] What's more, we had cut away from the group right as Buzz asks himself how they are going to get it, [[spoiler:and it turns out that we had cut away literally right before she put the keys down.]]
45	* ArcWords: "Inner voice."
46	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Bo gives a WhatTheHellHero to Woody for futilely trying to help Forky just so that Bonnie can be happy. Woody admits to Bo that it's the only thing he still has left ever since Bonnie stopped playing with him. Bo angrily asks, "And the rest of us didn't count?"
47	* ArmorPiercingResponse: Bo gives two of these to Woody:
48	** As Woody tries to convince her to let him save her from being donated, he tells her how much Andy needs her. Bo reminds him that she's not ''Andy's'' toy, she's ''Molly's'' - and Molly doesn't need Bo anymore.
49	** When Woody chastises Bo, saying that a lost toy wouldn't understand loyalty, she replies, "I'm not the one who's lost."
50	* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: While there were indeed talking dolls with a voice box that is easy to remove if not user-serviceable, given Gabby's age as presumably an early-model Gabby Gabby doll, it would in reality be [[https://www.freewebs.com/chattycathy/ChattyCathyRepair.html extremely difficult]] to remove and reinstall her voice box.
51	* AscendedExtra:
52	** In the first two films, Bo Peep was a minor character with no real bearing on the story outside of her relationship with Woody, and she was completely absent in the third. Here, she serves as a {{deuteragonist}} to Woody and plays a major role in allowing the plot to happen.
53	** Bonnie's unnamed father only appeared in the background of the ending of the previous film. He has a much more prominent supporting role in this film alongside his wife.
54	* AsHimself: Sort of. Toys in Bonnie's room are named Melephant Brooks (voiced by Mel Brooks), Chairol (Carol) Burnett, Carl Reineroceros (Reiner) and Bitey (Betty) White.
55	* BadGuyBar: Parodied with the Lost-Toy-Bar at the antique shop where Bo takes Woody; it's inside of a pinball machine.
56	* BaitAndSwitch:
57	** Gabby Gabby and Benson have Forky captive, and it sounds like Benson is torturing him. [[spoiler: In fact, Benson is repairing his arms that came off when they were capturing him previously, and Gabby is friendly towards Forky all the time they're together.]]
58	** Gabby Gabby meets Harmony, who gives her a long look that suggests she may adopt her. [[spoiler:And then gives an unceremonious "Nah" before leaving.]]
59	** Buzz tells Woody "She'll be okay..." [[spoiler:then qualifies it by saying ''Bonnie'' will be okay.]]
60	* BattleCouple: Woody and Bo become this after reuniting post-Bo's years of having [[TookALevelInBadass Taken a Level in Badass]].
61	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Gabby Gabby now has an owner; Forky is reunited with the rest of Bonnie's toys; and Bo and Woody are reunited as well. However, Woody decides to stay at the traveling carnival with Bo, meaning it's all but certain that he'll never see Buzz, Jessie, or the other toys again. All Woody knows is that wherever he goes, he'll always have his loved ones in his heart.]]
62	* BlackComedy:
63	** The entire RunningGag of Forky dealing with the ExistentialHorror of his nature by attempting to get thrown into the trash. If this was a live-action film, it'd more or less be a character attempting to commit suicide repeatedly. This is further emphasized through the song Randy Newman sings during the RV montage: "[[RefugeInAudacity I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away]]".
64	** Ducky and Bunny devise plans where they outright assault the old lady that runs the shop in order to get the key, even going as far as riding home with her after the store closes and attacking her in her sleep.
65	* BodyHorror:
66	** Bonnie's dad accidentally steps on Woody's face, making it contort grossly. Woody easily fixes himself moments later.
67	** Keeping with the series tradition, Woody accidentally pops Bo's arm off, revealing that it's been broken for a while.
68	** In the antiques shop, [[spoiler:Woody's voice box is almost completely ripped out of his back when the rescue attempt from the china cabinet goes south.]]
69	* BookEnds: Provides some for the entire franchise:
70	** Before Woody goes onto his rescue mission in the opening scene, Bo gently adjusts his hat. She does the same at the end when the two say their goodbyes.
71	** The prologue ends with Woody refusing to go with Bo while she is being donated; [[spoiler:the film proper ends with Woody accepting the chance to stay with her]].
72	** After Bonnie's Kindergarten orientation, Woody presents Forky, [[spoiler:with Jessie introducing a similar toy Bonnie makes a year later. The introduction of a LoveInterest for Forky mirrors his own beginning, and also how Mr. Potato-Head found his Mrs. at the end of the first ''Toy Story'']].
73	** One of the last musical cues heard in the film as [[spoiler:Woody leaves to be with Bo]] is the same cue used to introduce Woody at the beginning of the first movie. Compare these parts from [[https://youtu.be/rlzv8KEvPMg?t=245 "Parting Gifts and New Horizons"]] and [[https://youtu.be/cNXfZy8r3u8?t=50 "Andy's Birthday"]].
74	** ''Toy Story 3'' ends with Woody settling in with Bonnie; [[spoiler:this film ends with Woody leaving her.]]
75	** The first movie opened with a pan down from a mural of a morning sky, this film ends with a pan up to a real night sky.
76	* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Woody points out that he is trying to stay loyal by retrieving Forky, while Bo says that there are other kids he can find instead of clinging to Bonnie.
77	* BreakingOldTrends: This movie notably breaks several [[OncePerEpisode recurring themes]] found in the first three movies:
78	** Whereas the first three movies opened with an imaginative action scene of some kind, this one instead focuses on a flashback of Woody's rescue of one of Andy's toys, leading to Bo Peep being donated.
79	** Though the original version plays at one point, there is no cover version of "You've Got a Friend in Me". Also, this film uses the soundtrack version of the song during the intro, with different vocals and instruments during the line "You just remember what your old pal said".
80	** There is no [[CannotTellFictionFromReality delusional Buzz Lightyear]] who believes he's a real space ranger. Buzz also doesn't use his laser or open up his wrist communicator at any point.
81	** No toys use a Pizza Planet truck as transportation. In fact, the Pizza Planet truck does not make a physical appearance in the movie and only appears as a tattoo on Axel the Carnie's leg.
82	* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Gabby looked to Harmony as the child who would adopt her and have tea parties with her and make her feel complete, ''if only she had a perfect voice box''. Yet, when Harmony finally meets Gabby in peak condition, Harmony takes one look at her and dismisses her, destroying Gabby's view of her as the ideal child.]]
83	* TheBusCameBack:
84	** Bo returns after being written out of the third film.
85	** RC, who was also one of the toys absent from ''Toy Story 3'', makes an appearance in the opening scene set before the point where he was donated or given away.
86	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Knowing he's done all he can for Bonnie, Woody leaves the gang -- PassingTheTorch to Jessie in the process -- to become a lost toy with Bo.]]
87	* TheCameo:
88	** All of Bonnie's toys that appear in the closet along with Woody are played by veteran actors with punny names: [[Creator/MelBrooks Melephant Brooks]], [[Creator/CarolBurnett Chairol Burnett]], [[Creator/BettyWhite Bitey White]], and [[Creator/CarlReiner Carl Reineroceros]].
89	** Creator/BillHader plays a carny at one point.
90	** There's also a meta-cameo: the toy that greets Bo Peep inside the toy nightclub within the antique store is none other than Tinny, the main character of the Pixar short ''WesternAnimation/TinToy'' that served as the basis for the first ''Toy Story''.
91	* CassandraTruth:
92	** In keeping with the series' tradition, though downplayed compared to the previous movies, Woody is [[AesopAmnesia once again]] a victim of this trope when he tries to explain to the rest of the toys how important Forky is to Bonnie. They are skeptical about this, mostly because he hasn't been played with in weeks, and they think he's just trying to make himself feel useful (not to mention Forky is a literal piece of trash). Naturally, they quickly regret this when Forky goes missing, and they see Bonnie get utterly devastated.
93	** In a major irony, Bo ends up delivering one of these to Woody himself, as he refuses to believe her warnings about how Bonnie no longer has any interest in him, and that he's letting not being with Andy get to him. It takes quite a bit for this to sink in for him, at which point he nearly torpedoes his friendship with Bo in the process (though fortunately she forgives him).
94	* TheCavalry: The Barrel of Monkeys who come in to extend Slinky's range in the opening rescue mission.
95	* ChangedMyMindKid: After abandoning Woody when he refuses to forget about saving Forky, Bo's group starts to head back to the playground. But as they are about to cross under the merry-go-round, Giggle [=McDimples=] begins complaining about Woody, wondering aloud why he's ''that'' fixated on a spork. This causes Bo to call her out, leading Bo to remember that [[AllLovingHero this is what makes Woody who he is]], and resulting in Bo taking her group back to the antique store [[spoiler:just in time to help Woody get Gabby to Bonnie]].
96	* ChekhovsGag: One of Ducky and Bunny's plans to get the key off of the antique owner is called "Winner Winner Chicken Dinner", wherein they get her attention by rolling a baseball her way ([[RunningGag only to jump on her]]). Minus the last part, Ducky and Bunny wind up putting this in motion [[spoiler:in order to help Gabby attract the attention of the lost child near the end]].
97	* CombatPragmatist:
98	** When the Bensons are closing in on Woody, upon noticing Harmony close by, Woody pulls his pullstring to get her attention, forcing the Bensons to retreat and leading to Harmony getting him out of the store.
99	** Although it was a one-sided fight, since he wasn't really trying to stop Ducky from repeatedly kicking his head, Buzz manages to get off of the prize wall by trapping Ducky's foot in his helmet and using him as a pulley.
100	* TheConscience: As it turns out, Buzz never knew what this was prior to this film, and Woody's attempt at explaining it as an inner voice you can hear results in Buzz using his voice box's sayings as his conscience throughout the film. Remarkably, he gets some good mileage out of this.
101	* ConscienceMakesYouGoBack: When Woody abandons Buzz to go back inside the antique store, Buzz consults his voice box about what to do. The trope is inverted when the voice box gives line after line with the same underlying "leave, go away" message that he should head back to the RV. While initially seeming to be PlayedForLaughs, this turns out to be the best action because the RV was about to leave again and Bonnie didn't know she left her backpack at the antique store.
102	* ContinuityNod:
103	** A loving nod to the first film's opening (and the third) is the opening credits with a montage of Andy -- and later Bonnie -- playing with Woody, Buzz, Jessie and the other toys during the time periods of all four films in the series, all with the world-famous "You've Got a Friend in Me", unaltered, playing in the background.
104	** In the first film, after Buzz shows off what he can do, Bo declares, "I found my moving buddy." Here, when the two reunite, Bo affectionately refers to Buzz as "[her] old moving buddy."
105	** Ducky and Bunny tackle Buzz down a roof, causing his voice box to constantly interrupt itself with "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!". The same thing happened in the first film when Woody was fighting Buzz at the gas station and in the second film when Emperor Zurg was fighting Utility Belt Buzz on the elevator.
106	** Bonnie making Jessie the sheriff despite having another toy who ''is'' specifically a sheriff is consistent with her playstyle shown in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'', where she pretends a Christmas ornament is a type of dinosaur and makes Trixie, her ''actual'' dinosaur, a reindeer.
107	** One of Bonnie's classmates has a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot Reptillus Maximus]] lunchbox.
108	** Poultry Palace from the ''Toy Story Toons'' short ''Small Fry'' briefly appears during the travel montage. Some of the toys there are also seen in the antique shop's secret room.
109	** When the toys are in Bonnie's closet due to Bonnie's mother having cleaned her room, Jessie is seen very clearly in distress from the dark, confined space. This is due to her previous trauma from untold years in storage as detailed in ''2'' and ''Toy Story of Terror''.
110	** Similarly, when Woody is left in the closet because Bonnie does not want to play with him, he nervously lines up some playing cards on the floor to kill time. This is a reference to Woody's nightmare in ''Toy Story 2'' where Andy, who does not want to play with Woody anymore, throws him away through a pile of playing cards into a trash can.
111	** ''Toy Story'''s plot and this film's plot both hinge on a toy falling out of a window. Dolly even lampshades this later on when Buzz rushes out of the window to find Woody:
112	--->'''Dolly:''' [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Okay, what is with everyone's obsession with jumping out of windows?!]]
113	** When Gabby Gabby asks Woody when he was made, Woody guesses sometime in the 1950s, recalling the ''Woody's Roundup'' cartoon that he learned about in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.
114	** During their hike to the RV park, Woody tells Forky the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 tale of Buzz's arrival in Andy's room]] and how he believed he was a real Space Ranger.
115	** Once again, a toy's own TV advertisement causes them trouble. Buzz's one in the first movie [[TomatoInTheMirror caused him to realize he's just a toy]], while Duke Caboom was aware of his and [[VeryFalseAdvertising how it overplayed how far he could fly]], which caused his previous owner to abandon him in disgust.
116	** In the first movie, Woody briefly (before outright throwing it out later) breaks the toy populace's golden rule that you can't move or speak to humans by calling to Sid's little sister by pretending to be her mother to move her out of the way. Here, [[spoiler:Buzz quickly imitates his own voice box by outright saying that Bonnie left her backpack at the antique store, which at least causes her to remember that.]]
117	* ContrivedCoincidence:
118	** Out of all places in the entire world (or at least country), Bonnie's family happened to end up vacationing in a small resort town RV park [[spoiler:where Bo and other "lost toys" are played with by an endless stream of vacationing children and where she and Woody reunite]], which just happens to have the Second Chance Antique Store [[spoiler:from which Bo escaped and where Gabby still waits]], during the brief stay of a traveling carnival [[spoiler:where Bo wants to go and where Gabby will meet her "Bonnie".]]
119	** Believing Woody to still be on the highway, Buzz winds up at the antique store as he tries to work out where to go next... and, with some prompting by his voice box, looks up in time to see Woody and Bo's group jump onto the roof of the store.
120	* CoolCar: The rather bedraggled remote-controlled skunk that Bo and her friends travel around in shouldn't count as this by any sane standard, but it does indeed serve this purpose in the film - it's remarkably fast, gets to do plenty of cool stunts, and has a number of loving shots of its inner workings (usually when it's doing cool stunts).
121	* CouldHaveAvoidedThis: If Woody had just stayed away from the antiques shop in the first place, regardless of whether Bo's lamp was in there or not, Forky would never been captured by Gabby and he wouldn't have had to spend most of the rest of the movie trying to rescue him and get him back to Bonnie. Bo shares such views with Duke while introducing Woody.
122	* CoveredInGunge: Giggle [=McDimples=] gets swallowed by Dragon the cat, then spat out all covered in saliva.
123	* CoversAlwaysLie: Look carefully at the poster at the top of this page, then at the characters in the film. Bo Peep in the poster is missing her hair ribbon and Ducky and Bunny aren't sewn together as they are in the film.
124	* DarkestHour: Forky is captured by Gabby again, Woody leaves Bo's team after being scolded by Bo and finally gives his voice box to Gabby, Buzz returns to Bonnie's RV with no Woody and Forky, and Gabby decides to make Harmony proud.
125	* DaydreamSurprise: Becomes a RunningGag, as Ducky and Bunny attacking the store owner turns out to be just them telling Buzz their suggestions on how to get the key. [[RuleOfThree The third time]] becomes an OverlyLongGag, as the old lady goes through her nightly routine until Ducky and Bunny attack her while sleeping.
126	* DemotedToExtra:
127	** As the movie is the conclusion of Woody's character arc in the Toy Story franchise, Buzz and Jessie are not deuteragonists in this movie. They end up separated with Woody and Bo comprising the "A" story while Buzz teams with Bunny, Ducky and Giggles for the "B" story. While their narratives overlap and Buzz is clearly trying to help Woody's quest, Woody is the main protagonist of this film.
128	** Because of the story's primary focus on Woody, the remaining group of Andy's toys have less screen time and few lines. Jessie is the most prominent taking the lead during the scene where the toys delay the Anderson family's RV.
129	** Due to the death of Creator/DonRickles and the need to rely on pre-existing recordings to provide lines for Mr. Potato Head, he has a minor role in the story with very little dialog.
130	* DistantPrologue: The departure of Bo, mentioned in passing in ''Toy Story 3'', is shown in the prologue of this film to have happened when Andy was still a child playing with Woody. After the prologue a TimePassesMontage takes us through the whole of Andy's youth as well as the time after Andy gave Woody and the others to Bonnie.
131	* DistinctionWithoutADifference: When Woody attempts to rescue Forky from the china cabinet, his plan calls for meeting at the "merry-go-round". This repeatedly confuses Forky until he wonders if Woody means the "carousel".
132	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything:
133	** Continuing the themes from previous movies, a toy's relationship with their kid is played up even more as a parental relationship, with kids outgrowing their parents' need for them and Woody and Bo Peep's meeting in particular coming across as someone meeting their ex who has a new kid.
134	** Similarly, Woody's raising of Forky is an unsubtle metaphor for raising a (likely special needs) child.
135	** Gabby's need for a new voice box resembles someone who is missing a vital organ, like a kidney. [[spoiler:Woody later donating his so her voice can function is comparable to being an organ donor or even a blood donor.]]
136	** It's not outright stated, but the toys' reaction to seeing the mangled remains of a stuffed animal[[note]][[spoiler:later revealed to be the lower half of a [[NotSoDire still alive stuffed zebra]]]][[/note]] is very much like a group of people discovering a corpse.
137	--->'''Bunny:''' ''[unnerved]'' Is that what we look like on the inside?\
138	'''Ducky:''' There's so much... f-f-f-f-''fluff''...
139	** Bo Peep being unbothered when Woody accidentally pops off her already broken-off arm feels reminiscent of those who wear prosthetic limbs and are accustomed to them.
140	** The whole motif of Woody watching over Forky so he doesn't run for the trash is strikingly similar to people on suicide watch.
141	** Bunny and Ducky, with their constant handholding and desire for a child, are reminiscent of a homosexual couple looking to get a kid of their own.
142	** Gabby's interest in Harmony resembles a (one-sided) crush, as she gets overjoyed whenever she sees her and describes her as "Perfect". Likewise, the fact that she's too afraid to meet her before coming to terms with herself [[spoiler:only to be rejected anyway]] adds some IncompatibleOrientation subtext to the relationship. If we want to go even further, Gabby eventually [[spoiler:ends up with another girl after they bond over them both being "lost"]].
143	** Woody's existential dilemma of not knowing his purpose now that Bonnie has no interest in playing with him is almost akin to an individual going through a Mid-Life Crisis.
144	* ADogNamedCat:
145	** Of a sort; Forky is a spork, not a fork. Possibly justified, as Bonnie (a kindergartner) may not have known the difference between the two utensils.
146	** One of Bo's [[ConjoinedTwins conjoined sheep]] is named Goat.
147	** The cat from the antique shop is named Dragon.
148	* TheDoorSlamsYou: Buzz gets thrown in the air at the fair and glides, then unexpectedlty crashes into a ride and manages to bump on several tent roofs before landing on his feet in front of a porta-potty... then he gets slammed aside when the porta-potty's room opens and ends up a prize to win at a fair shooting game alongside Ducky and Bunny when the shooting game's handler (who just got out of the porta-potty) notices him.
149	* DownerBeginning: The prologue starts with the toys rescuing RC, but Andy's Mom has decided to box and give away Bo Peep and her sheep to another family. Bo suggests that Woody could come with them, but he chooses to stay.
150	* DudeWheresMyRespect: The entire ''Toy Story'' series is a deconstruction of this trope. Being a toy can be a rather thankless job, since humans are unaware of the good deeds the toys do for them -- a necessary condition of the {{Masquerade}}. This is why Woody feels offended when the other toys think he is just thinking about himself when he wants to rescue Forky for Bonnie; he feels like it's his duty to care for Bonnie despite her lack of attention and affection for him.
151	* EasilyForgiven: Without any context, Gabby Gabby's goal of [[spoiler:wanting to remove Woody's pull-string voice box and "transplant" it into herself]] comes across as downright creepy. However, once she explains that she wants to devote herself to a child as much as Woody, he is quick to forgive her, and [[spoiler:''gives'' her the box]].
152	** Likewise, despite having a falling out with Woody earlier, it only takes a few minutes for Bo to at least forgive Woody for his harsh words towards her earlier.
153	* EntertaininglyWrong: When the RV is about to take off again after the tire is fixed, Buzz reassures everyone that Bonnie will notice she left her backpack at the antique store, and her parents will swing by to get it. No sooner does he say this, [[OhCrap Bonnie doesn't realize she's missing it, and the RV begins to leave.]]
154	* EurekaMoment: When the toys wonder how to get the van back to the carousel, the GPS voice comes on which gives Jessie an idea.
155	* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Apart from the opening and end credit scenes, the film takes place over about three days, with everything from Forky jumping out of the van onward happening within 24 hours or so.
156	* EyeScream:
157	** Referenced when Forky runs off at the end of the teaser trailer.
158	--->'''Woody:''' Hey! Hey! Somebody get him before he pokes an eye out.
159	** When being introduced to the toys in Bonnie's room, the glue holding Forky's eyes in place hasn't completely cured yet, resulting in his eye popping off when he falls over in shock.
160	* FakeShemp: ''Toy Story 4'' was still in development when Creator/DonRickles, who played Mr. Potato Head, died of kidney failure in April 2017 at the age of 90. Pixar confirmed that they didn't have a script written when he died, and the script they were working on at the time of his death was jettisoned anyway due to internal strife in the studio, making it impossible for Rickles to reprise the role... but then a dedicated group of Pixar audio engineers scoured a quarter-century of various recordings Don made as Potato Head over the years, everything from outtakes to video games, and (with the complete blessing and encouragement of Rickles's family) compiled a film's worth of dialogue, allowing Rickles to play Mr. Potato Head one last time.
161	* FalseCameraEffects: Incorporated to a level not seen in a CGI film before. The animators took great pains to make a CGI animated movie look like it was shot in an analog world with real cameras. It imitates the properties of real lenses down to having Woody appear as if filmed with a spherical lens and Bo being shot with an anamorphic lens. The film even emulates a split diopter shot (where objects in the foreground and background are both in focus at the same time) specifically to invoke the stylistic, mood effect the technique is known to create in the audience. A detailed discussion can be found [[https://youtu.be/AcZ2OY5-TeM here]].
162	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
163	** While RC was never shown to be quite as important to Andy as his other toys, the fact that Andy forgets about him in a post-''Toy Story 2'' setting is an ominous sign of things to come for Andy's toys since his childhood will indeed not last forever. Sure enough, RC is never seen again after this point in the series's timeline.
164	** In the prologue, Slinky is once again stretched to his limits to the point that he sounds audibly pained by his exertion. When Slinky begins to complain, Woody quickly throws him his pullstring knob to keep to their mission of rescuing RC. The latter portions of the film show that Woody has a one-track mind when it comes to rescues on behalf of his child, with an unintentional disregard for the well-being of others around him, even the ones who are helping him.
165	** Harmony, the granddaughter of the antique shop's owner, takes Woody with her to the carnival. [[spoiler:She later shows up at the shop again and apparently forgets all about Woody. This shows that she doesn't seem to be invested in toys (or at least, toys like Woody) or care for them very much, which foreshadows that she will reject Gabby Gabby, another toy similar to Woody.]]
166	** When he and Forky first pass by the antique store, despite Woody's previous urgency to get Forky back to Bonnie, as soon as he spots a chance to see Bo again, he takes it. [[spoiler:He chose Bo over Bonnie in that moment, just like he does at the end.]]
167	* FreezeFrameBonus:
168	** The barracuda that ate [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Nemo's]] mother and all his would-be siblings is seen [[DeathByCameo as a stuffed trophy mounted on a wall]] in The Second Hand Antiques Gift Shop.[[invoked]] WordOfGod confirms that this is the same barracuda.
169	** And that's only the beginning. Virtually every scene in the antique shop contains some sort of blink-and-you'll-miss-it reference to another Pixar film (including the other ''Toy Story'' films).
170	* FreudianSlip: During a conversation with Forky, Woody mistakenly refers to Bonnie as "Andy".
171	* FriendOrIdolDecision: [[spoiler:In the end, Woody has to decide whether to return to Bonnie with Buzz and the gang or stay behind with Bo. He chose the latter.]]
172	* FromBadToWorse: Woody starts out neglected by Bonnie and then he ends up having to deal with protecting Forky while he constantly trashes himself.
173	* FullMoonSilhouette: During his 40 feet jump, we get a shot of Duke Caboom as he passes by in front of the full moon.
174	* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In Duke Caboom's flashback, Réjean gets upset over finding out how his toy can't jump that far. In the background, a Duke Caboom commercial is playing showing the toy making a long jump with the assistance of an obvious string.
175	** When Harmony is playing at tea time, she apparently notices Gabby in the cabinet holding a cup as she pauses briefly, then shrugs and goes back to playing.
176	* FutileHandReach: Woody does this gesture when Forky throws himself out of the van.
177	* GirlsStareAtSceneryBoysStareAtGirls:
178	** At Bo's lookout spot, Bo enjoys the view over the fairground while Woody can't keep his eyes off Bo. Lampshaded by Giggle who comes in and [[MomentKiller kills the moment]] by asking what Woody is looking at. He is quick to deny having looked at Bo at all.
179	** Happens again when Bo and Woody look a the glittering lights in the store and his eyes inevitably shift to her.
180	* GivenNameReveal: The names of Bo's sheep are revealed to be Billy, Goat, and Gruff.
181	* GracefulLoser: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler:Gabby Gabby successfully obtains Woody's voice box after he willingly donated it to her so she could have a chance with Harmony. [[AllForNothing After she gets turned down however]], Gabby dejectedly says to Woody that he can genuinely have his voice box back. He lets her keep it in the end.]]
182	* GrandFinale: According to Tom Hanks, this will presumably be the final film in the ''Toy Story'' franchise, capping off a 24-year tetralogy. [[spoiler:The ending appears to confirm this: the seemingly inseparable duo of Woody and Buzz Lightyear peacefully part ways.]]
183	* HammeredIntoTheGround: What happens to Forky after he jumps out of the moving RV.
184	* HappyEndingOverride: Ultimately a DownplayedTrope, but the third movie ends with Woody convincing Andy to donate him along with his other toys to Bonnie, under the belief that now that he has grown up he doesn't need his toys anymore like Bonnie does. ''Toy Story 4'' opens up and reveals that Bonnie is interested in all of Andy's toys ''except'' for Woody, who's now going through a bit of an existential crisis. Of course, he always lived by the vow of "being there for [Bonnie] is more important than being played with", but keeping that vow has now become much more difficult than he ever imagined.
185	* HeldGaze: Woody and Bo share several (of the romantic variety) over the course of the film.
186	* HighFiveLeftHanging: One of the Combat Carls gets left hanging twice in the same scene, first by the other Combat Carls when they report to Bo about a kid's birthday party for the lost toys to attend, and then later by Woody. [[spoiler:He finally gets his high five with Duke Caboom in an after-credits gag.]]
187	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:In the end, Woody ultimately chooses to remain with Bo, aiding in her mission to help lost toys find their owners.]] It mirrors the flashback scene from the beginning as it has a similar shot of Woody's hands holding on to the rim of a wall separating him and Bo.
188	* ImprovisedZipline: Bo uses her staff to slide across the rope to the china cabinet.
189	* InnocentlyInsensitive: When gathering up toys for a quick play session, Bonnie states how she needs a sheriff. So, she grabs Woody... so she can take his badge to give to Jessie, and then leaves him in the closet. To be fair, Bonnie couldn't know the weight of her actions.
190	* InnocuouslyImportantEpisode: The "Teaser Trailer Reaction" video is set at the Star Adventurer booth, which turns out to be a significant set piece in the movie as [[https://twitter.com/toystory/status/1092259233616273410 this is where Buzz gets trapped]] and is [[spoiler:a key set-piece in the climax]].
191	* IrisOut: The last shot irises out on Forky as he says "I don't know." Played with - halfway through, one of Forky's googly eyes moves, and the iris actually stops and shifts position to close out on it.
192	* IveHeardOfThatWhatIsIt:
193	** When Gabby Gabby points out that Harmony is playing Tea Time, Forky is overjoyed only to ask what "Tea Time" means.
194	** When Woody asks Forky if he understands the concept of a merry-go-round, the latter affirms but then asks what a merry-go-round is. Played with in that it turns out he ''does'' know what it is, but by a different name ("carousel").
195	* JumpScare: Happens several times throughout the film, always accompanied by a ScareChord. While Gabby's ventriloquist dolls are the main source of this, the earliest instance is when Forky comes to life and suddenly screams at the top of his lungs directly at the screen.
196	* KickTheDog: Played for laughs: for some reason, Buttercup ''really'' wants to see Bonnie's dad get sent to jail, and as such is delighted when the sabotaging of the RV during the climax results in him having to speak to a cop.
197	* KidsAreCruel:
198	** A [[DownplayedTrope subtle]] motif throughout the movie is that not every child actually finds fulfillment through their toys. The movie opens with Bonnie completely uninterested in playing with Woody, despite the promise she made to Andy at the end of 3 to take care of all of his toys. Harmony, the granddaughter of the antique shop owner and the girl who Gabby Gabby hopes to take her in, is implied to repeatedly take toys from the antique shop and then lose them without care. Duke Caboom's original owner threw him out after he realized that he doesn't quite work the same way he was supposed to in the commercial.
199	** There's also a biting moment in Bonnie's kindergarten class, where a boy walks up to her, only to take all of her arts and crafts supplies for himself. He then goes and ''dumps'' half of them into the garbage can right in front of her. While it's less malice than it is apathy and waste, it doesn't help convince Bonnie she will enjoy Kindergarten.
200	** A pretty harsher example of this came at [[spoiler:Gabby's expense, as her efforts to win over Harmony's love and affection lead her to being casually tossed aside and simply left to her own devices, in spite of the fact she was in perfect working order]].
201	* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Remembering Woody's speech about your inner voice, Buzz consults his voice box when Woody is kidnapped. Except his voice box over and over gives slogans that tell Buzz to get while the getting was good. Being a hero, Buzz is not too fond of this idea, but ultimately relents.
202	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The toys moving on to live with Bonnie after Andy grew up was the ending of ''Toy Story 3'' and naturally the biggest spoiler of that film. Since ten years have passed since the previous film, the film does a quick recap of the series to show right off the bat that once-secret plot development.
203	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
204	** When Bunny informs Ducky of having seen the ''Toy Story 4'' trailer in the Teaser Trailer Reaction video, Ducky is in shock, believing the series [[TrilogyCreep was done with three movies]]. This is an in-joke towards the entire audience, who would have assumed the same thing.
205	** A humorous one happens in the credit scenes: [[spoiler:when the lovestruck Forky says that he'll explain everything to the new toy...]]
206	--->'''New Toy:''' [[spoiler:How am I alive?]]\
207	'''Forky:''' [[spoiler:''[beat]'' [[TheUnreveal I don't know.]] ''[big eye faces the camera]'']]
208	* LeaveMeAlone: After getting dumped by Harmony, Gabby is close to be crossing the DespairEventHorizon and tells Woody to go away when the latter tries to comfort her. Woody gets her back on track with a RousingSpeech.
209	* LeeroyJenkins: Woody has no patience to wait for Bo to come up with a plan of how to sneak into the china cabin and charges full-tilt ahead. Predictably, this ends up backfiring horribly.
210	* LighterAndSofter: Downplayed. After the DarkerAndEdgier ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3,'' this movie has a lot more humor in it. It's still a bit darker than the first two, though, due to the presence of more adult themes and the sometimes creepy/unsettling antique store scenes.
211	* LightmareFuel: The mid-credit scene of Ducky and Bunny as giant monsters combines the scary with the funny.
212	* LiteralMetaphor:
213	** Woody tells the gang Bonnie made a new friend -- "No, literally she ''made'' a new friend!" -- and unzips the backpack to reveal Forky. [[spoiler:Jessie repeats this gag almost word for word when she comes back home from first grade to reveal Bonnie has made Karen Beverly]].
214	** Woody refers to his conscience as his "inner voice"; Buzz takes that to mean the literal toy voice boxes housed inside them, and continually confers with his pre-programmed catchphrases whenever he needs guidance.
215	** Forky refers to himself as "trash", which is technically correct as he was built from scraps that Woody did indeed find in a trash bin.
216	* LogoJoke: One at the beginning and at the end as TheStinger, both involving the Pixar logo:
217	** At the start, rain starts falling over the Pixar logo and a flash of lightning blacks out the shot. Another flash transitions to a MatchCut of the Luxo lamp to a reflection of the moon in a puddle of water on a stormy night, segueing into the film proper.
218	** At the end, [[spoiler:Duke takes the place of the Luxo lamp, and bounces his motorcycle on the I in PIXAR. [[BrickJoke Combat Carl Jr. comes in on the side, still waiting for his high five,]] [[ThrowTheDogABone which Duke happily reciprocates.]]]]
219	* LoopholeAbuse: Bo and Woody make a stop at the pinball machine to find Duke. Bo, who is still mad at Woody over the loss of her sheep, makes a point of telling him to not say a word. When she takes too long mingling with the other toys in the machine, Woody gets impatient and tugs his pullstring:
220	-->'''Voice box:''' ''[as Woody pointedly stares at Bo]'' We gotta get this wagon train a-movin'!\
221	'''Bo:''' ...agreed. [-[[LampshadeHanging Cheater.]]-]
222	* LowClearance: Invoked. While being chased by the Bensons, Bo pulls out a drawer from a cabinet that the Bensons then run into.
223	* MangledCatchPhrase: In the Teaser Trailer Reaction video, Ducky and Bunny can't say "To Infinity, and Beyond!" right. When Buzz tells them the true phrase, they mock it.
224	* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: When Bonnie and her mother enter the "Second Chance" Antique store, she has her backpack; when they leave, she no longer has it: hence they have to return for it later.
225	* MeaningfulName: The "Second Chance" Antique store, where much of the movie is set. Not only does it fit the store's basic function of selling old items to be reused, but many of the characters in the story and in the store get second chances to do what they love.
226	* MessianicArchetype: By the end of the film, Woody has fully evolved into this. [[spoiler:Despite being abandoned to the closet by Bonnie, he -- alone of the toys -- risks loss or confiscation to help her through day one of kindergarten. His actions result in Forky's creation. He then spends much of the film trying to keep Forky from destroying himself. When he realizes that Gabby Gabby wants exactly the same relationship with a child that he had with Andy, he willingly sacrifices his voice box despite the fact that Gabby did her best to take it by force. When he realizes that Jessie, subtly, is to Bonnie what he was to Andy, he sacrifices his sheriff's badge.]] Even his BittersweetEnding with Bo has him focused on uniting other toys with other "Andys" and "Bonnies."
227	* MobileShrubbery: Woody moves around in the classroom underneath a breadbox.
228	* MoodWhiplash:
229	** [[spoiler:Given Gabby's entire plotline in the movie was about finding a new owner in Harmony, seeing her being ''dismissively'' tossed aside is one of the most painful scenes to watch.]]
230	** The climax of the film is a rollercoaster of emotions. There's the heartwarming conclusion to [[spoiler:Gabby's arc, as she finally finds love from a little girl at the park]], which is immediately followed by the outrageously funny scene where the toys mess with Bonnie's trailer and cause her father to be pulled over by the police, then concludes with the BittersweetEnding where [[spoiler:Woody decides to leave his friends to stay with Bo Peep]].
231	*** Likewise, [[spoiler:when everyone is seeing Woody off, Forky shows up as well... except Forky was supposed to be keeping the door to the RV locked. Cue the RV starting up and pulling out.]]
232	* MovingAwayEnding: The film ends with Woody leaving Buzz and the whole gang to start his new life with Bo.
233	* MythologyGag:
234	** Tinny from ''WesternAnimation/TinToy'' makes an appearance at Second Chance Antiques. This winds up bordering on MeetYourEarlyInstallmentWeirdness due to ''WesternAnimation/TinToy'' being the inspiration for ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1''.
235	** In both the Antique shop and the official poster, one can observe a painting of ''Art/DogsPlayingPoker'' in the background, with the dogs in question being [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Dug, Alpha, and Charles Muntz's dogs]]. Muntz himself is also playing with them in the painting.
236	** Ducky and Bunny botching the famous "To infinity and beyond" CatchPhrase brings an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' to mind.
237	** During their road trip, Bonnie and her family pass by a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 Dinoco]] fuel station.
238	** Some of the prizes available at the carnival attraction where Ducky and Bunny live are tiny plastic versions of [[WesternAnimation/{{Coco}} Miguel's]] guitar.
239	** The sheep bring Bo a grape soda cap with a pin in it, better known as the [[WesternAnimation/{{Up}} Ellie Badge]].
240	** A stack of tapes at the antique store have the names of several Pixar shorts, including ''Wally B'', ''Knick Knack'' and ''Lifted''.
241	** There are various retro signs in the antique shop for things such as [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 Eggman Movers]] and [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Tripledent Gum]].
242	** Bo's radio-controlled skunk runs on [[WesternAnimation/WallE Buy n Large]] batteries.
243	** The ''WesternAnimation/ABugsLife'' themed calendar in Andy's room last seen in ''Toy Story 2'' makes a reappearance in the prologue, this time the image of the month being the big group shot of the circus bugs landing on Ant Island.
244	** The Pizza Planet Truck, first introduced in the first film and reappears as an Easter egg throughout all the Pixar films, appears as a tattoo on one of the carnies, making this the only ''Toy Story'' film where the truck doesn't physically appear.
245	** [[invoked]] The plot of the [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Circle 7]] version of ''Toy Story 3'' was about Buzz spontaneously malfunctioning. In this movie, due to Buzz repeatedly cycling through his voice box sayings (trying to figure out [[spoiler:how to stop the RV from leaving and get Bonnie to notice her missing backpack]]), Bonnie's parents assume he's acting up.
246	** During the credits, the carnival sets up shop at New Stanton, a reference to Pixar's Andrew Stanton.
247	** [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1 Boo]] is one of Bonnie's classmates and also appears at the carnival.
248	** The Barracuda that ate Nemo's mother and would-be siblings from ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo'' is seen as a stuffed fishing trophy mounted on the wall in The Second Chance antique shop.
249	* NeverTrustATrailer: A minor example, Ducky and Bunny are separate toys in the teaser trailer, and even in their official art on the poster. In the film itself they're joined at the hand the entire time.
250	* NobodyHereButUsStatues: Woody poses as though he's part of a phone when someone walks by.
251	* NoJustNoReaction: When Ducky and Bunny explain their plan to assault the old lady shopkeeper for the key to the china cabinet, Buzz's response is a flat, "Well, we're not doing ''that''."
252	* NoodleIncident: Whatever happened between Giggle [=McDimples=] and [[Franchise/MastersOfTheUniverse He-Man]]. She's not proud of it.
253	* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[IChooseToStay Woody stays with Bo Peep and the other lost toys]] [[PassingTheTorch and makes Jessie the new leader of Bonnie's toys]]]].
254	* NoTimeToExplain: When Buzz ponders what to do to find Woody, he asks his "inner voice" which tells him to get moving without explaining.
255	* OhCrap: After using the Slingshot ride to grant himself momentum to glide through the air, Buzz is shocked when another ride suddenly moves into his flight path. Cue him bonking off of it.
256	* OlderThanTheyLook: Discussed between Woody and Gabby in their first encounter: Woody admits he was made in the 1950s, which Gabby (cheerfully) remarks was when she was made too.
257	* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There was another Ducky in the franchise previously - [[https://static.magiquiz.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/resized-ToyStory_131Pyxurz.jpg the Pez-on-a-baby-doll-body mutant toy]] that was assembled by Sid Phillips in the [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 first film]].
258	* OperationBlank: The opening scene shows the toys engage in a rescue mission called "Operation Pull-Toy" to save RC Car.
259	* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The closing scene pans up to the night sky above the carnival.
260	* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler:At the end of the film, Woody passes his sheriff's badge to Jessie, tasking her with helping Buzz lead the toys now that he's leaving. This is after he witnessed Bonnie give her his badge at the start of the film.]]
261	* PetTheDog: A rather trivial example but during the "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" montage, there's a scene with Bonnie playing with Woody along with Forky, implying that she does still find Woody worth playing with. That and she did bring Woody along on the road trip.
262	* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: [[spoiler:Roughly three quarters through the film, after failing to rescue Forky a second time, Woody and Bo Peep have a falling out over the former's reckless actions, with the latter walking out on him along with Buzz.]]
263	* PopTheTires: Jessie does this to Bonnie's family's RV as a stalling tactic.
264	* ProductionForeshadowing: One of the stands at the carnival is for the "Dragon Zone", and has a picture of Blaze the dragon from ''WesternAnimation/{{Onward}}'' on its banner.
265	* ReactiveContinuousScream: How does Woody learn about Bo's broken arm? He accidentally pulls it off, causing both of them to scream in fear... only for it to turn out that [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Bo was just screwing with Woody]].
266	* RefugeInAudacity: Part of the climax sees the toys in the RV making it turn around and go back to the fairground. This is accomplished by having Trixie pretend to be the GPS's voice and directing Bonnie's dad do a U-turn, followed by the other toys ''screwing with the pedals and wires'' to the point where '''a cop pulls up alongside them'''. Then, to buy some more time, they have Forky keep locking the door so Bonnie's dad can't get back inside.
267	* {{Retcon}}:
268	** Buzz's foot now has ''Bonnie'' written on it instead of ''Andy''. Rex established that Andy wrote his name on Buzz's foot in permanent ink in the first film, so there's no way that Bonnie would've replaced Andy's name with hers.
269	** Buzz's phrase ''There's a secret mission in uncharted space, let's go." has been re-recorded, likely because Pixar either lost the original recording from the first film or decided to update it.
270	* RiddleForTheAges:
271	** Not even the toys ''themselves'' find out how a makeshift item can become a living toy.
272	** [[spoiler:After Woody leaves, it is left ambiguous how Bonnie will react when she realizes Woody is missing.]]
273	* RuleOfThree: Bunny and Ducky propose three plans to get the keys, culminating in a third where they wait all night to ambush the old woman in her sleep in her own home.
274	* RunningGag:
275	** Forky constantly trying to throw himself away because he considers himself trash.
276	** Woody spends a good chunk of the movie pointing out to everyone how important Forky is to Bonnie.
277	** Buzz being unsure on what to do, consulting his voice box, and the resulting phrase [[ContrivedCoincidence coincidentally leading him exactly where he needs to go]].
278	* SeriesFauxnale: despite serving as an epilogue to the trilogy and a conclusion to Woody's story, a fifth film is in development.
279	* ShoutOut:
280	** When hiding in the antique shop, at one point, Woody holds up a phone just like the Mickey Mouse phones made in TheNineties.
281	** Bo's three-headed sheep are named Billy, Goat, and Gruff, most likely after the fairy tale ''The Three Billy Goats Gruff''.
282	** There are numerous references to ''Film/TheShining'':
283	*** When Woody and Forky first meet Gabby Gabby and Benson, "Midnight With the Stars and You" plays on a record.
284	*** The street number for the antique shop owner's home being 237.
285	*** A toy like the man in the bear suit appears in the Lost Toy Bar.
286	*** The typewriter that Woody gets his foot stuck in is similar to Jack's typewriter.
287	** One of the many odd background objects found in the antique store is a mold of former Pixar CEO Ed Catmull's hand, after his 1972 short film ''[[https://youtu.be/wdedV81UQ5k A Computer Animated Hand]]'', considered to be the world's first computer-animated film. It's most visible near the end when [[spoiler:Harmony finds Gabby with her new voice box]].
288	** Ducky and Bunny refer to a pair of plush frogs as "[[Film/TheMuppetMovie Rainbow Connection]]" and "Jeremiah" (after the line "Jeremiah was a bullfrog" from the Three Dog Night song "Joy to the World") and ask them if they're ready for [[Literature/TheWindInTheWillows "a wild ride"]]
289	** "Hi, I'm Gabby Gabby, and [[Recap/TheTwilightZone1959S5E6LivingDoll I love you]]".
290	** One of Buzz's voice box lines is [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey "open the pod bay doors"]].
291	** Among the toys inside the arcade are original 1977 figures of [[Franchise/StarWars Obi-Wan Kenobi & Ponda Baba]]. Ben even accidentally knocks off Ponda's right arm again.
292	** Near the end, [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]] can be seen on a marquee atop one of the carnival games.
293	* SmellySkunk: Bo has an RC car disguised as a skunk to travel in public, as people scatter at the sight of it.
294	* SpeakInUnison: Having just been reunited, there is an awkward scene where Bo and Woody ask and reply with the same lines simultaneously:
295	-->'''Woody:''' So, which kid is yours? / '''Bo:''' Which one is yours?\
296	'''Woody:''' None / '''Bo:''' No one.\
297	'''Woody:''' Wait, you're a lost toy? / '''Bo:''' You're a lost toy?\
298	'''Woody:''' That's awful. / '''Bo:''' That's great!
299	* StealthPun: Bo gets separated from her sheep during a battle, and they get taken away to Gabby's cabinet. [[NurseryRhyme Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep!]]
300	* TheStinger: In the Pixar logo after the credits, instead of Luxo Jr., Duke Caboom rides in on his motorcycle and bounces the letter "I" down with it. He receives a high-five from the Combat Carl Soldier who had missed out on one earlier in the film, at which point the logo instantly cuts to black (the clap sound substituting for the light clicking off).
301	* SwallowedWhole: Giggle gets swallowed by the cat... not for long though.
302	* SympathyForTheDevil: Despite his distrust of Gabby, [[spoiler:Woody hears her out when she reminds him of his time with Andy and tells him that the only thing she wants is a chance for her to experience something like that. This, along with her promise to let Forky go, is what convinces Woody to give up his voice box to her. Later, after she's been crushed by Harmony's rejection, he invites her to leave with them and find another child to love]].
303	* TeamSpirit: It takes the combined effort of the toys in the van to get the vehicle back to the carousel.
304	* ThematicSequelLogoChange: The film's logo is sometimes stylized to look like a lit fairground sign due to a fair taking place in the town where most of the film is set in.
305	* TrilogyCreep: ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' seemed to be the conclusion of the series, with the ending carrying a sense of finality, until this film was announced.
306	* UnresolvedSexualTension: Interactions between Bo and Woody feel awkward at times because of their unresolved feelings for one another.
307	* VehicularSabotage: The poor RV. First Jessie runs a nail into one of the tires to delay the family's departure. Later the toys play with the battery to keep the RV from leaving.
308	* WhamLine:
309	** [[spoiler:Gabby]] finally manages to get Harmony's attention, and it appears that she is going to want the doll but then says "Nah" and casually tosses [[spoiler:Gabby]] aside.
310	** When Woody shows apprehension about [[spoiler:leaving Bo at the end of the film]], Buzz decides to help by assuaging his concerns:
311	--->'''Buzz:''' She'll be okay. [[spoiler:...''Bonnie'' will be okay.]]
312	* WhamShot: When Woody freezes at the playground, a girl picks him up and starts playing with him... and we soon learn that she's holding Bo in her other hand.
313	* WhatWouldXDo: After Woody doesn't return to the group, the remaining toys ask what Woody would do in this situation. Hamm responds with this zinger:
314	-->'''Hamm:''' Jump out of a moving vehicle.
315	* WhiteAndGreyMorality: While Gabby Gabby can be deemed an antagonist, she is an AntiVillain who only wants to fix the fact she never had a child to call her own, [[spoiler:something that gets Woody's empathy, and by the end he helps her get the love she always wanted]].
316	* WhoIsDriving: A variation in the closing scene. Everyone says goodbye to Woody including Forky. Suddenly Buzz remembers that Forky was supposed to watch the doors. Cue the RV starting up because no one noticed the family return.
317	* TheWorldIsJustAwesome: The amazing view from Bo's secret lookout overseeing the fairground.
318	* YouDidntAsk: Early on, Woody is surprised that Bo Peep's sheep have names. After saying that she never told him they had names, Bo Peep says that he never asked.
319	* YouDontLookLikeYou:
320	** Pixar decided to use shiny, plastic toys as the main characters of their first animated movie because the technology to realistically render humans simply wasn't ready yet. This is stunningly apparent when they present the "Young Andy plays with his toys" flashback that opens the 2019 installment and you [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/andy_ts1vsts4.jpg compare Andy to his appearance]] back in the first ''Toy Story'' released in 1995.
321	** Bo looks obviously nothing like she did back in the first two films; it's especially noticeable in her face and hair.
322	* YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe: Said by Mr. Potato Head when Forky tells the toys to get the van back to the carousel.
323	* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: At first, it seems like the movie is heading towards a simple ending: [[spoiler:Gabby has gotten her voice box fixed, Woody has gotten Forky back, and the latter two are about to leave the antique store in Bonnie's backpack. But then Forky and Woody bear witness to Harmony getting ahold of Gabby... and after a few seconds, she disinterestedly tosses her to the side. Woody isn't done here yet.]]
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325	->''[[Music/TheBeachBoys ♫ God only knows what I'd be without you.. ♫]]''

Context WesternAnimation / ToyStory4