Toy characters who are either kept by Al McWhiggin at his office or on sale at the store he owns, Al's Toy Barn.
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Woody's Roundup gang
Al McWhiggin possesses a collection of merchandise themed after Woody's Roundup, a 1950s Western TV show, including dolls made after the show's characters. He put them in a vault in his apartment and intends to make a fortune by selling them to a Japanese museum. The only missing piece of this collection is Woody himself.
Jessie
- For her sheet, see Main Toy Characters.
Bullseye
- For his sheet, see Main Toy Characters.
Stinky Pete (Spoilers Unmarked!)
Stinky Pete / The Prospector
"How long will it last, Woody? Do you really think Andy is going to take you to college, or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up, and there's nothing you can do about it."
Voiced by: Kelsey Grammer Other voice actors
Appearances: Toy Story 2
Stinky Pete is a pull string prospector doll, and one of Woody's costars on Woody's Roundup. Woody meets the Prospector in Al's apartment, and he is still mint in the box. He wants to go to the museum in Japan, but when Woody and Jessie decide to return to Andy's room, he leaves his box for the first time and forces them to stay.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: His pick seems to rip through Woody's arm a bit too easily despite being a plastic toy.
- Actor Allusion: This is not the first time Kelsey Grammar has voiced a seemingly harmless comic relief character who turns out to be a completely evil bastard.
- Affably Evil: He does seem to have a genuine fondness for Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye and truly believes he is doing the right thing for them — it is just the fact that he is forcing his beliefs on them, which ultimately makes him something of a villain.
- Armor-Piercing Question: More like Armor Piercing Speech, but he does get Woody to reconsider (very briefly) the idea of going to Japan instead of back to Andy's.Prospector: How long will it last, Woody? Do you really think Andy's going to take you to college, or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up—and there's nothing you can do about it. It's your choice Woody; you can go back, or you can stay with us, and last forever. You'll be adored by children for generations!
- Ax-Crazy: Or rather, "Pickaxe-Crazy". When it becomes apparent the Roundup Gang do not want to go to Japan anymore, he actively tries to chop Woody to pieces with his pick.
- Batman Gambit: When it's revealed Woody is really Andy's toy, Prospector realizes the only way he can ensure everyone goes to the toy museum is to get Woody to doubt Andy really wants him around forever. He quickly starts pitting Woody and Jessie against each other, knowing full well her anxiety about going back into storage will keep her at odds with the cowboy. When Woody tries to grab his missing arm and run, Prospector wakes up Al and frames Jessie for it to keep things tense between them, allowing him to suggest to Woody that he should try to make amends with her after he gets fixed. That way, he'll hear her heart wrenching backstory and have second thoughts about returning home, allowing him to convince Woody that going to the museum is better. And it almost works too, had Woody not seen a boy on TV who looked just like Andy and realized he needed to be there for him.
- Blessed with Suck: Being mint-in-the-box means he's never had the opportunity to be played with. He's very aware of this.
- Big Bad Ensemble: One of the two main antagonists of Toy Story 2, alongside Al.
- Big "NO!": His response to Woody ordering his friends to put Pete off the course for the museum in Tokyo and into a random girl's pink backpack. He also has one earlier when Woody decided to return to Andy.
- Child Hater: He generally doesn't like human children, as he's never been played with or loved as a toy (no child wanted him). When he is ultimately defeated by Buzz and Andy's toys at the climax, he screams that he hates children and that they destroy toys. Ironically, the girl who picks up Pete seems thrilled to find him in her backpack intending to use him as a playmate for her Barbie doll. Supplemenetary material reveals Pete grew out of this and became comfortable with being played with by his new owner.
- Cool and Unusual Punishment: Woody and co. get rid of Pete by... stuffing him into the backpack of a little girl who likes to draw and paint on her toys.
- Cool Old Guy: Before revealing his darker side, at least.
- Depraved Dwarf: After years of not being owned by any human being, he turned into a bitter toy who ambitiously tries to make the other Woody's Roundup gang members in Al's collection forcibly join him in being inside a Japanese museum.
- Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life: His ultimate motivation. He views going to the museum as his last chance at some kind of fulfillment, after decades of never being bought or played with.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: In one of the outtakes from pre-2019 releases of Toy Story 2, he's seen talking to two identical Barbie dolls about trying to get them a role for Toy Story 3, before he realizes the camera is rolling.
- Driven by Envy: Judging by his own Villainous Breakdown directly after his malicious revelation, it's easy to assume that he's jealous that the other members of the Roundup gang in Al's apartment have experienced toy ownership themselves, while he hasn't gotten any human owner himself in his entire life as a toy, (at least before his ironic defeat). This is what primarily drove him to forcefully make the rest of the gang itself join him in going to a Japanese museum.
- Earn Your Happy Ending: Ends up enjoying his status as being drawn on along with the other Barbies, giving him exactly what he wanted all along. At least according to
Word of God. - Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Woody and Jessie mostly just refer to him as "Prospector". Possibly due to the term "Stinky Pete" being somewhat insulting. Tellingly, the first time Woody does call him the latter is after Pete reveals his darker side.
- Evil Counterpart: To Woody. After the events of Toy Story 2, we can notice that both he and Woody have a lot in common. Even if you ignore the fact that they are both cowboy toys, they both like to pose as authority figures for their friends, and they both like to decide on them against their will. Sure, Stinky Pete was forcing the Roundup Gang to go to Japan against their wills, but in Toy Story 3, Woody acts in an incredibly similar way in that he too wanted to force his friends to leave Sunnyside. In many ways, it is their purpose that motivates them both to stick with their beliefs and stubbornness.
- Evil Old Folks: A bitter and spiteful old prospector who lives up to his name due to his vileness.
- Face–Heel Turn: Before learning that Woody doesn't intend to go to Japan, he isn't evil or even a jerk at all. In fact, he warmly welcomes and calms down Woody when he first arrives and tells him all about his past, why his show was cancelled, and that he has possibly more merchandise than Buzz's show. On top of that, save for turning on the TV to wake Al and stop Woody from getting his severed arm back and framing Jessie for it, he makes no harmful or abusive attempt to get Woody to stay, instead trying to reason with him and convince him it'll be better for him. But after his initial success with this is undone, he becomes a full fledged bad guy determined not to let Woody leave, even willing to chop him to pieces to get him to stay.Stinky Pete: (rips open Woody's arm with his pickaxe) Your choice, Woody. You can go to Japan together or in pieces. If he fixed you once, he can fix you again. Now get in the box!
- Facepalm: His reaction to the antics of his TV character.
- Fantastic Racism: He has a deep hatred towards space toys because they became more popular since Sputnik and the Space Age, putting cowboy toys and Woody's Roundup out of fashion. The idea that Woody is best friends with a space toy outright sickens him.Pete: It's too late, Woody! That silly Buzz Lightweight can't help you!
Woody: His name is Buzz Lightyear!
Pete: Whatever. I've always hated those upstart space toys. - Fat Bastard: Considerably heavier than Woody and Jessie, and he shows his true colors when he's had enough of Woody sabotaging his intentions to go to Japan.
- Fat Comic Relief: He's this on Woody's Roundup. In the intro, he has trouble finding his pick which is lodged in his backside. Then when he and Jessie are trapped in an abandoned mine, he tries to put out a dynamite fuse by sitting on it.Pete: YOW! My biscuits are burnin'!
- Fate Worse than Death: Subverted. His initial feelings on his fate: being given away to a little girl that paints on her toys. However, after the release of the film, interviews with the characters were released on the Toy Story 2 website. In his interview, Pete said that he actually came to like being drawn on and that he was happy. Judging from what Woody said to him before giving him away to the girl, this was the desired outcome of the fate to start with.
- Fat Idiot: Not so much him, but his television character. Toy Pete seems annoyed and embarrassed at his character's personality, and he's way different, as in cunning and calculating.
- Foil: To Sid's mutant toys. Like them, he is a toy owned by the man holding Woody against his will. However, their roles are inverted: Sid's toys seemed like creepy dangerous monsters, but turned out to be nice while he seems like a good guy, but turns out to be willing to force other toys into going along with what he wants.
- Foreshadowing:
- His comment on questioning if Woody thinks Andy will take him to college, and his warnings that toys will one day be destroyed by children, forgotten and thrown away, come into play in Toy Story 3.Pete: Idiots! Children destroy toys! You'll all be ruined! Forgotten! Spending eternity rotting in some landfill!
- There's also some subtle hints towards his true nature. Notably, when Woody admits how he ended up at Al's in the first place, Prospector immediately assumes Andy is a bad owner and disregards Woody's attempts to explain the situation. Later, when Woody is about to leave, he suggests he make amends with Jessie first, knowing full well her tragic backstory. After that heartbreaking story, he personally stops by to chat with Woody, asking him if Andy's really going to keep him around.
- His comment on questioning if Woody thinks Andy will take him to college, and his warnings that toys will one day be destroyed by children, forgotten and thrown away, come into play in Toy Story 3.
- Frame-Up: After turning on the TV so that Al wakes up and prevents Woody from getting back his missing arm, he places the remote in front of Jessie's glass box so that Woody falsely believes Jessie did it. When he reveals his true colors, Woody figures it all out.Woody: Wait a minute, YOU turned on the TV last night! Not Jessie!
- Freudian Excuse: Spending his entire life on a store shelf, watching every other toy being bought and never being bought or played with himself has broken him. And now that he's finally been given a purpose in his life, being placed in a museum, he's willing to do whatever it takes to make sure it happens.Jessie: Prospector, this isn't fair!
Pete: FAIR?! I'll tell you what's not fair: spending a lifetime on a dime-store shelf watching every other toy be sold! Well, finally, my waiting has paid off! And no hand-me-down cowboy doll is gonna mess it up for me now! - Good Hair, Evil Hair: Has a full-but-not-ostentatious beard befitting the semi-mentor he becomes to Woody in the film. After his reveal as a Big Bad, it becomes a Beard of Evil.
- Green-Eyed Monster: "Spending a lifetime on a dime-store shelf, watching every other toy be sold" did absolutely no favors for the Prospector's mental health.
- Immortality Immorality: The form of immortality in question being featured as part of the toy museum's crown jewel. He will put the rest of the Roundup Gang and their friends through hell to get it.
- Immortality Seeker: Having never been played with, he wants to spend the rest of his life as an exhibit in the Konishi Toy Museum.
- Insecure Protagonist, Arrogant Antagonist: He's the arrogant antagonist to Woody's insecure protagonist in Toy Story 2. Even when Woody himself had made the decision to go to Japan with the rest of the Roundup Gang at Al's apartment, he actually still feels unsure on whether or not he'd be going back to his original owner Andy at first. Stinky Pete, on the other hand, enforces everyone in the gang to come along with him to that Japanese museum so that he'd find his own purpose in life after not being able to find any human owner to play with (at least, up until later).
- Jerkass: He's constantly antagonizing Buzz for being a space toy, and is still mean to Woody and the gang, even if they're cowboy toys as well.
- Jerkass Has a Point: His Breaking Speech to Woody about Andy eventually moving on from him holds true, as shown in the third film.
- Karma Houdini: The website reveals that Pete loves his new owner Amy and enjoys being painted on. However, this also means that he never really pays for his actions, meaning he got off scot-free. Subverted in that said, Woody's comment to him about teaching him "the true meaning of playtime" before he stuffs him in Amy's backpack seems to confirm this is what he had hoped would happen to Pete. What's more, what he did was never truly terrible, and being used to paint on against his will for a while is punishment enough.
- Kick the Dog: Him closing and locking the air vent after Woody says he wants to leave. Earlier on, the "how long will it last" speech seems reasonable enough, but going as far as to threaten to chop Woody into pieces so he wouldn't ruin his plan for them to be put into the toy museum is clearly unjustified.
- Manipulative Bastard: For all his fondness of the Roundup Gang, it does not mean he is not going to trick them at every opportunity so they can go along with his desires.
- Meaningful Name: Lampshaded by Woody:Woody: You really are a Stinky Pete aren't you?
- Mirror Character: Stinky Pete is essentially what Woody would be if he were more possessive and controlling than he usually is.
- Mood-Swinger: He acts like a grandfather figure to Woody and still remains a rather calm person while he sealed the air vent shut. However, when Jessie tells him it is not fair for him to trap them, he snaps.
- Motive Rant: Gives a passionate one when he is seen outside his box and reveals his darker side to the Roundup Gang. Triggered by Jessie exclaiming that stopping Woody from returning to his friends is not fair and in it, he proclaims that since he now finally has a purpose, he is not going to let Woody ruin it by being sentimental.
- My Little Panzer: His pickaxe appears to be real wood and metal, strong enough to be used as a screwdriver and sharp enough to slice through fabric. Not that it really matters since no child played with him anyway.
- The Napoleon: He's not only the shortest of the Woody's Roundup gang in Al's collection, but is also the most innately stubborn among them.
- Nice Character, Mean Actor: Is an otherwise goofy character on TV, but the toy version of the character is rather bitter and unpleasant. That being said, he still has an affable demeanor to him; he was just driven out of insanity to instantly realize the value of toy ownership.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: After he revealed his true colors in front of the other members of the Roundup Gang at Al's apartment, he abruptly motivated Jessie into experiencing toy ownership again when she slowly starts to accept Woody's offer to her and Bullseye about officially becoming Andy's toys.
- Non-Action Big Bad: He never even leaves his box until about 3/4 of the way through the movie. Justified since he's a toy, and for his plan to work he can't wander outside his box too often. Once he is out of the box, however, he becomes a far more active threat and isn't afraid to use his fists or his pickaxe.
- Obfuscating Disability: For most of the movie, he appears to be a mint-condition doll who can't leave his box under any circumstances. This turns out be a lie when he leaves to rescrew the vent cover shut - it's then that Woody realizes Pete was the one who turned on the TV during his last escape attempt, not Jessie, confirming he was capable of leaving his box at any time.
- Other Me Annoys Me: He can't help but react to seeing his television counterpart — whose entire part in the intro is "losing" the pickaxe embedded in his butt — with quiet, long-suffering exasperation. Given that Pete was implied to be the most unpopular character on the show and sold few toys, it's not a surprise that he's embittered over his intended role as the comic relief, since it contributed to his long, lonely years on that shelf.
- Older Than They Look: He and the Roundup Gang are merchandise for a television show that aired before Sputnik was launched. After that, the show was cancelled and they probably stopped making the merchandise. That means that Woody, Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete could be at least forty-nine years old as of the third movie.
- Pet the Dog: Even as he is talking Jessie into coming to the Tokyo museum with him, he does genuinely feel some sympathy for her troubles; he even convinced Woody to talk things out with Jessie after Woody's arm gets fixed.
- Plucky Comic Relief: His character on the show. Which he finds embarrassing.
- The Scrappy: In-universe. It is pretty clear that Stinky Pete is the least popular of the Woody's Roundup characters, considering how easy it was for Al to find a mint-in-box Stinky Pete doll and how long he spent unsold. Stinky Pete himself even seems to dislike his character, judging by his reaction to him in the show's intro. No doubt this likely contributed to his descent.
- Smarter Than You Look: He is portrayed as a complete idiot in his TV show, but he is actually a lot more intelligent than he is portrayed as.
- Soft-Spoken Sadist: Not exactly a sadist, but he is still very soft-spoken once he reveals his darker side."I tried reasoning with you, Woody, but you keep forcing me to take extreme measures.""Look, we have an eternity to spend together in the museum. Let's not start off by pointing fingers, shall we?"
- Stout Strength: Implied since he punched out Buzz Lightyear and sent Woody flying across the room.
- Token Evil Teammate: Of the Woody's Roundup gang within Al McWhiggin's collection, especially after he revealed his true colors to the other members.
- Too Dumb to Live: His TV incarnation lit a dynamite fuse thinking it was a candle. The real Prospector is not nearly that stupid.
- Tragic Villain: All his actions were unjust because, for years, no one bought him, which broke him, and now that he has a purpose in life (being displayed in the Konishi Toy Museum), he's willing to do anything to fulfill it.
- Treacherous Advisor: Tries to convince Woody to let Andy go, since Woody can't stop Andy from growing up, and Woody will inevitably be thrown away at some point. This line of thinking even temporarily causes Woody to agree, until Buzz counters that watching kids from behind glass isn't really living. Upon seeing Woody change his mind again, Stinky Pete pulls a Face–Heel Turn and tries to actively sabotage Woody's attempts to leave.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Or toy, in this case. While the original Woody's Roundup Stinky Pete was an idiot, it's implied that this incarnation of him is much more kindhearted than his more intelligent and modern incarnation shown in the movie.
- Vile Villain, Laughable Lackey: While he and Al McWhiggin share the same role of being the antagonists of Toy Story 2, Stinky Pete himself is proven to be far more threatening, especially towards the toys, since Al's just humorously desparate about becoming richer after he stole Woody from the Davis family's home while Andy's away from being at Cowboy Camp.
- Villain Has a Point: A point that brilliantly foreshadows the conflict of the third movie: "How long will it last, Woody? Do you really think Andy is going to take you to college, or on his honeymoon? Andy's growing up, and there's nothing you can do about it." While he was clearly saying this with the motive to manipulate Woody into giving up on Andy, the fact remains that children obviously do outgrow their toys. Even Woody can't disagree that his days with Andy are numbered (but refutes that the time left doesn't matter).Woody: You're right, Prospector. I can't stop Andy from growing up. But I wouldn't miss it for the world!
- Villainous Breakdown: "'Fair'?! I'll tell you what's not fair: Spending a lifetime on a dime-store shelf watching every other toy be sold! Well, finally my waiting has paid off, and no hand-me-down cowboy doll is gonna mess it up for me now!"
- Vocal Dissonance: He is the only Woody's Roundup character whose voice is different in real life than on the show; his show version has a goofy high-pitched voice, while in real life, he has a lower, mellow-sounding voice. This is the first clue that he isn't who he seems.
- Walking Spoiler: All that is explained above and below about the Prospector will tell you that there's more to him than one meets the eye.
- Wise Old Folk Façade: He gently encourages Woody (who becomes part of a collector's exhibition and is conflicted whether to join or return) to choose the exhibit, while appearing to be sympathetic and insightful to his plight. When it becomes obvious he can't convince Woody however, he drops the compassionate facade and attempts with increased viciousness to physically sabotage his and the other toys attempts to leave (and thus ruin Stinky Pete's future as a preserved attraction).
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Was one of those toys "spending a lifetime on a dime store shelf, watching every other toy be sold." This agonizing experience caused him to become bitter and willing to manipulate or outright force his "friends" Woody, Jessie, and Bullseye into going along with what he wants, whether they like it or not. Ironically, when he winds up being taken home at last by a little girl who defaces all her toys by drawing on them, he considers this the worst fate imaginable. However, according to the producers, it was stated that he accepted that fate and thus, averts the worst fate imaginable.
Al's Toy Barn store
Zurg
Emperor Zurg
"So, we meet again, Buzz Lightyear, for the last time!"
Voiced by: Andrew Stanton Other voice actors
Appearances: Toy Story 2 | Toy Story 3
Emperor Zurg is the archenemy of the Galactic Alliance and Buzz Lightyear in the latter's franchise. His action figure has a light-up mouth and eyes, and a spring loaded gun that shoots little yellow balls. He is first seen in the Buzz Lightyear video game that Rex is trying to beat. When the toys go to Al's Toy Barn, Buzz accidentally knocks over a Zurg action figure's box and the toy breaks free. Said toy believes he is the real Zurg, and plans to destroy Buzz. The toys later encounter him in Al's building's elevator shaft, and he gets in a fight with Utility Belt Buzz. He reveals he is Buzz's father, but is knocked down by Rex's tail, and is last seen playing catch with Utility Belt Buzz.
- Affably Evil: Despite the fact that he wants to destroy his son, he ends up spending time with him as a father.
- All There in the Manual: The reason why Zurg (who also believed he was real) reformed and decided to form a possibly real bond between a father and a son. After he fell down the elevator shaft, he was reset to normal mode.
- Anti-Villain: Type 4. He never really does anything evil and he's hardly an antagonist. Plus he's not meant to be taken seriously as a villain.
- Arch-Enemy: To Buzz Lightyear, of course. It says so on his toy box. And because the franchise's toyline seems to have a problem with delusions of grandeur, the toy Zurg believes the toy Buzz Lightyear is his archenemy. He particularly targets the Utility Belt Buzz since he also believes himself to be the real Buzz Lightyear. The two eventually becomes friends once Zurg claims to be Utility Belt Buzz's father and then got a personality reset after falling off the elevator.
- Badass Cape: Look at his picture.
- BFG: His ion blaster, which his character in Show Within a Show can shoot Slow Lasers from it, while the toy version of him shoots Weaponized Balls instead.
- Big Bad: In the Buzz Lightyear franchise at least, as Buzz describes him as his Arch-Enemy, being sworn to protect the galaxy from Zurg's threat.
- Big Bad Ensemble: For a part of Toy Story 2, as he's a threat to the team rescuing Woody, but not the biggest one.
- Bottomless Magazines: He shoots a lot of nerf balls from his ion gun.
- Breakout Character: He's deceptively popular despite his small role in the movies. The PS3 version of the Toy Story 3 game has an ad campaign based mostly around him being a playable character, he's featured as a central antagonist in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, as well as being the main antagonist of Lightyear.
- Breakout Villain: Zurg goes from a comparatively minor Plot-Irrelevant Villain in Toy Story 2 to the Big Bad of the spinoff series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and of the film that inspired the toy, Lightyear.
- The Cameo: A Zurg action figure (whether it's the one from Toy Story 2 or another is not specified) is seen being welcomed by Barbie, Ken and the others at Sunnyside Daycare in the credits for Toy Story 3. He's also seen very briefly during the dance number, where he's doing the robot.
- Captain Ersatz: Of both Darth Vader and the Emperor. Interestingly, he can be considered as the Darth Vader to Utility Belt Buzz's Luke Skywalker.
- Card-Carrying Villain: Played for Laughs. He's just a toy, but he embraces the whole "evil" thing very seriously.
- The Comically Serious: He plays the Evil Overlord role as seriously as a toy can. Naturally, hilarity ensues when he encounters Buzz Lightyear.
- Day Dream Believer: Much like newbrand Buzzs, he's convinced of being the real Emperor Zurg and that his mission is to destroy Buzz Lightyear. This raises interesting questions about what goes on in this franchise's assembly lines.
- Defeat Means Friendship: Apparently he finally accepted Buzz as his son after being defeated, as he later spends quality time with him. Getting knocked down an elevator shaft certainly helps with that.
- Defictionalization: In-Universe, per Lightyear director Angus MacLane's comments, both he and Buzz were designed after their appearance in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the non-canon interpretation to the trilogy of Lightyear films.
- The Dreaded: Buzz speaks of his evils with the clear implication he's rightly feared throughout the galaxy—at least within the Buzz Lightyear franchise. When a toy Zurg shows up in Andy's Toy's path, Rex and Utility Belt Buzz react with panic at his arrival. Even Andy's Buzz has a brief Oh, Crap! reaction when he first shows up.
- Disney Villain Death: Subverted. While he gets knocked away by Rex's tail and falls down the elevator shaft, he is shortly afterwards seen spending some quality time with Utility Belt Buzz.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He doesn't appear to hate his son all that much. He does get along with him later in the movie.
- Evil Laugh: A very convincing one.
- Evil Sounds Deep: He's the central Big Bad of the Buzz Lightyear franchise, and has a booming bass voice to go along with it.
- Expy: He's an Affectionate Parody of Darth Vader, complete with Badass Cape, a mouth meant to evoke Vader's breathing apparatus, and a deep voice who pulls a Luke, I Am Your Father on Buzz. The first movie even mentions he has a weapon capable of annihilating entire planets.
- The Ghost: He is mentioned a few times in the first movie, but doesn't appear until Toy Story 2.
- Giant Space Flea from Nowhere: Andy's toys (minus Rex) are clearly bewildered when he randomly shows up in the middle of their completely unrelated rescue of Woody. Once they get over their initial confusion, they almost completely ignore him in favor of rescuing Woody from Al and Stinky Pete.
- Heel–Face Turn: He's shown playing catch with Utility Belt Buzz. Also a case of Pet the Dog.
- Incoming Ham: His first words in Toy Story 2, not counting the video game version."AAAARG! DESTROY BUZZ LIGHTYEAR!"
- Large Ham: Even more hammy in the spinoff series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
- Little Green Man in a Can: Not in the actual movies and animated TV series, but in the concept art where he's really just a small alien in robotic armor. While this appears to be scrapped in the film's final cut, it's been lampshaded when Zurg, in 2, sees Buzz running via his "Zurg Vision", as if implying that there's actually another alien toy inside him seeing Buzz, instead of Zurg himself seeing Buzz.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Parodied with him and Utility Belt Buzz. They later play catch with Zurg's ball-shooter. Interestingly, this doesn't seem to be true in either incarnation of the In-Universe Buzz Lightyear source material; Buzz Lightyear of Star Command established that Zurg was lying when he said that, while Lightyear establishes him as a version of Buzz from an alternate future.
- Made of Iron: He survives a fall down an elevator shaft with nothing to show for it but a dent on his helmet, a slightly bent cape, and a broken "tooth" in his mouth.
- Mean Character, Nice Actor: Quite possibly if the All There in the Manual above is true. He is actually evil because he always thinks that he is the real Zurg, much like the toy version of Buzz Lightyear constantly thinking that he is the real Buzz and not a toy.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: He somehow made it across the busy highway from Al's Toy Barn to his apartment building apparently without being seen (though he may have hid under a traffic cone like Andy's toys did). He also somehow correctly guessed that Buzz would be on the top floor of the apartment building, without the knowledge that the other toys had.
- Plot-Irrelevant Villain: He doesn't really contribute to the film's plot beyond an action scene with Utility Belt Buzz, which the main characters, sans Rex, opt to ignore while they focus on rescuing Woody.
- Put on a Bus: He and Utility Belt Buzz decide to leave Andy's toys so they can catch up on some father-son bonding. Outside of a brief cameo in Toy Story 3 and a mini-meal version of him appearing in Small Fry, he's been completely absent from the main series, with no mention in Toy Story 4 at all. Lightyear features the original iteration that inspired the toy as the main antagonist.
- Unknown Rival: To Andy's Buzz, who doesn't notice Zurg chasing him from Al's Toy Barn across the street to his apartment. Even when he catches up to him, Buzz only reacts with mild surprise and a few raised eyebrows before focusing on saving Woody. It hardly matters though as Utility Belt Buzz is more than happy to engage him in battle. Rex is also arguably one to him, considering that he spent most of the movie trying to figure out how to defeat Zurg (specifically the video game Zurg, but Rex seems to consider them to be the same). During the elevator fight he largely ignores Rex to focus on Utility Belt Buzz, only to get defeated accidentally by him.
- Unseen No More: He is only mentioned by Buzz in the first movie, but appears in Toy Story 2, and is the main antagonist of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command and Lightyear.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: He has absolutely no reaction to seeing two Buzz Lightyears that he believes to be the real deal.
- A Villain Named "Z__rg": Arguably the Trope Codifier, his name is Zurg.
- Villain Respect: To Buzz, though it's most likely because they're father and son.
Utility Belt Buzz
Buzz Lightyear with Utility Belt
"Will somebody please explain what's going on!?"
Voiced by: Tim Allen Other voice actors
Appearances: Toy Story 2
A Buzz Lightyear wearing the new Utility Belt, which makes Andy's Buzz envious. He is first encountered in a display at Al's Toy Barn. He believes he is the real Buzz Lightyear (not unlike Andy's Buzz during the first movie), and that Andy's Buzz is a traitorous imposter, trapping him in a box. He then goes with the rescue party and helps them find Woody, by climbing through an elevator shaft. Andy's Buzz then breaks free and catches up to them, making it clear who's who. Utility Belt Buzz eventually fights the Emperor Zurg action figure, and is horrified to learn that Zurg is really his father. He is last seen playing a friendly game of catch with his dad.
- Adaptational Name Change: He's called "Buzz Lightyear Buggy" in the game.
- Adaptational Villainy: In the video game, he is a Boss that tries to kill Buzz and doesn't join the group.
- Big "NO!": When he finds out the truth about his father.
- Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: Just like Buzz in the first film. Unlike Andy's Buzz, he doesn't seem to exactly come out of it by the movie's end, as Andy's Buzz gets him onboard by telling him Woody is royalty and he still believes Zurg is his father.
- Heel–Face Turn: He was never evil, just a misguided antagonist, but he still fully joins the group once Buzz convinces him.
- Here We Go Again!: Another Buzz who believes he's the real deal.
- Hero Antagonist: He causes trouble for Buzz, but he's just as good of a person as our Buzz, and he's just responding to a perceived threat. This Buzz still leads the group all the way to Al's apartment and nearly succeeded in rescuing Woody, and is able to be convinced that our Buzz isn't a threat and joins the group briefly.
- I Choose to Stay: He leaves the group after connecting with Zurg as his father, and is left behind.
- I Hate Past Me: A variant with mixes of Other Me Annoys Me. He behaves exactly the same way that Andy's Buzz used to behave... much to the irritation of Andy's Buzz, who now fully understands Woody's initial exasperation towards him...Andy's Buzz: "Tell me I wasn't this deluded."
- Identical Twin ID Tag: To differentiate him from Andy's Buzz, this Buzz wears a blue Utility Belt, keeps his helmet on at all times, still has his wrist communicator sticker and doesn't have Andy's name written on his foot.
- Large Ham: He's brilliantly over the top, as he's unaware that he's a toy.
- Lord Error-Prone: He is convinced he's a real space ranger. His zany ideas get more and more troublesome, until he decides to drop him and the others down the elevator so he can "fly" instead. Even after the elevator saves them, the toys have no patience left for him.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Is told this by Zurg on the elevator. Their relationship is later Played for Laughs after the group gets out of the penthouse, as Utility Belt Buzz stays behind to play catch with him like a father and son.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: He's such an over-the-top character that it sells how serious the situation is when even he is dead quiet when Woody coldly refuses to return home with the others, and especially when he's shown to be sad over it.
- Replacement Flat Character: Like the first Buzz, he has no idea he is a toy. This serves to remind Andy's Buzz how annoying and stuck up he'd acted right out of the box. "Tell me I wasn't this deluded..." However, though he doesn't go through the same Character Development the original Buzz had in the first film, he does end up making peace with his father and acting more friendly towards Buzz and the others. He's even shown trying to help the others get Woody back when Stinky Pete locks the grate.
- Sixth Ranger: Briefly. Once Buzz is able to make peace with him, this Buzz becomes a loyal ally to him and Woody (believing him to be some sort of king), and looks set to join the toys on their journey home until Zurg attacks. He still takes point in battling Zurg while the others try to catch up to Al, but leaves the party once they make to leave the penthouse.
- Spot the Imposter: A special variety since he's convinced the other Buzz is an imposter to him, and is not aware that he is mistaken for the other in the rescue party. While the rescue party don't figure it out themselves, they do find this Buzz acting odd. The other Buzz eventually clears up all the confusion by popping the imposter's helmet open, and showing everyone else Andy's name on his foot.
- Too Dumb to Live: Due to believing he's a toy who can fly, he makes reckless decisions during the journey such as choosing to let go of his suction cups on the wall. If the elevator hadn't been right under them, everyone would've presumably been broken and killed from the fall.
- Utility Belt: The main visual difference between him and Andy's Buzz is his blue utility belt. It comes with a retractable cable, magnetic grips for scaling walls but does not have anti-gravity servos (not that he knows that).
- Weaponized Car: In the video game, he appears as a boss where he drives in a buggy with a rocket-launcher attached.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: He and his father disappear from the plot after the toys leave Al's penthouse, since they had no further connections nor interest in the rest of the movie's plot.
- You Killed My Father: A direct Shout-Out to The Empire Strikes Back as Buzz confronts Zurg on the elevator.
Tour Guide Barbie
Tour Guide Barbie
Voiced by: Jodi Benson Other voice actors
Appearances: Toy Story 2
A Barbie doll that shows Andy's toys around Al's Toy Barn.
- Dumb Blonde: Justifiably subverted — she's an expert on the area she's giving tours of. Comes with the territory of being, well, a tour guide.
- Genki Girl: Nothing seems to phase her.
- Head-Turning Beauty: Upon seeing her, Mr. Potato Head immediately begins chanting that he is a "married spud", while Hamm tells him to step aside for the single fellas.
- Perpetual Smiler: Her gleaming smile never falters, not even once. In the Animated Outtakes, she finally stops smiling, complaining about how her face hurts from all of it.
Rock'em Sock'em Robots
Rock'em Sock'em Robots
Voiced by: John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich Other voice actors
Appearances: Toy Story 2
A pair of boxing robots that live on the desk in Al's office. When they are asked for directions, they end up fighting angrily.
- Creator Cameo: They're voiced by two leading Pixar personalities who directed the film.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Slinky politely asks them if they have seen Woody, they proceed to start arguing with each other over which one of them Slinky was asking, then get into a fist fight. They only seem to be this with each other though as the blue robot at least was shown to be quite cordial to Slinky before the red one spoke up.
- Spear Carrier: They only appear in a single scene where Slinky asks the two if they've seen Woody only for them to fight each other after a dispute.
