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{{quote|''[[Catch Phrase|"To Infinity...]] [[Beyond the Impossible|and Beyond!"]]''|'''[[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Buzz Lightyear]]'''}}
 
A trilogy of computer-animated [[Film|filmsfilm]]s from [[Pixar]] about [[Living Toys|toys that come to life]] when their owners aren't around.
 
'''''[[Toy Story]]''''' introduces us to the [[Toys]] belonging to a boy named Andy. Their unofficial leader is Andy's favorite toy, Woody, an old cowboy doll with a string. Woody gets some competition when Andy gets a new toy for his birthday, "[[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]". Buzz is new, cool, and just as dynamic a personality as Woody, though he thinks he's really a soldier of Star Command rather than a toy. His undoubted leadership qualities (and up-to-date modernity) arouse jealousy in Woody; when Buzz is accidentally lost, the other toys think Woody masterminded the disappearance. Hijinks ensue, and Woody and Buzz have a final confrontation that forces both of them to join forces to keep the toy "family" together...
 
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...until '''''[[Toy Story 2]]''''', which takes place a year or two later. Woody is accidentally damaged during one of Andy's play times, which causes him no end of concern about becoming an unwanted "broken toy." Later, Woody gets stolen at a yard sale by greedy toy collector [[Villainous Glutton|Al]], so Buzz leads a group of Andy's toys to go rescue him. Meanwhile, Woody finds out he's a piece of merchandise from [[Show Within a Show|an old kids' show]] called ''Woody's Roundup'' after meeting three other tie-in dolls based on his sidekicks on the show. Woody discovers that they're all going to be sold to a toy museum in Japan, and he has to decide whether to go back to Andy -- who will eventually outgrow him -- or go to the museum and [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|last forever, but never be loved]].
 
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'''''[[Toy Story 3]]''''' takes place about 11 years after the second [[Film]]; Andy (now a teenager) heads to college, and the plot follows the adventures of Andy's childhood toys as they are accidentally donated to a daycare center for a new generation of kids to enjoy, much to the toys' dismay.
 
The first film is notable for being the first fully computer-generated feature film. The second film is notable for being [[Pixar]]'s first [[Sequel]], and one of the rare [[Sequel|sequelssequel]]s that's had as much critical acclaim as the original film, as well as spawning a [[Spin-Off]] television series, ''[[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]''. The third film is notable for garnering Pixar's highest-grossing opening weekend in the company's history (becoming the highest-grossing animated film '''ever''' while managing to become the first animated film to ever make ''a '''billion''' dollars'' in combined domestic and foreign box office revenue) and becoming the third animated feature to receive a nomination for Best Picture at the [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]].
 
All three ''Toy Story'' films are Pixar's highest-rated films on movie review site [[Rotten Tomatoes]] (the first two have perfect 100% ratings, while the third movie's is a nearly-perfect 99%). All three films regularly sit atop (or near the top of) the [[IMDb|Internet Movie Database]]'s list of Top 50 animated films -- and they're all usually on the site's Top 250 Movies list.
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== Series wide ==
* [[Adult Fear]]: Underneath the wackiness the theme of abandonment by the ones you love in the later installments of the series can really hit home hard to children and grown-ups alike.
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Justified, since the toys are actually small enough to fit. Happens [[Once an Episode|Once A Movie]]: Legs and Ducky walk through the vents of Sid's house in the first one, Buzz #2 and the rescue team travel through the vents (and elevator shaft) of [[Villainous Glutton|Al's]] apartment building in the second one, and in the third movie Woody and [[Loyal Animal Companion|Slinky]] use the ventilation system to {{spoiler|get into the Sunnyside security room and incapacitate the [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey|cymbal monkey]].}}
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** In ''Toy Story 3'', {{spoiler|1=The aliens' obsession with The Claw from the first movie becomes a hilarious [[Brick Joke]]/[[Chekhov's Gun]]/[[Big Damn Heroes]]/[[Deus Ex Machina]] all in one.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|"The Claw chooses who will go and who will stay!"}}}}
* [[Collectible Cloney Babies]]: The franchise features this in several film:
** At Andy's birthday party in the first movie, he is gifted Buzz Lightyear-themed merchandise before his mother reveals Buzz as a surprise present. Buzz is apparently the hottest new toy of the year, much to Woody's chagrin.
** Pizza Planet offers [[Little Green Man]] plushies as prizes within a crane game. While most kids would collect them for the novelty, Sid wins one to offer his dog Scud a new toy. He battles the crane game -- and Woody unknowingly-- on seeing that "Buzz Lightyear" is in there as a bonus prize.
** In ''[[Toy Story 2]]'', Al of Al's Toy Barn steals Woody on seeing he is an intact Woody, hat and all, with one "flaw" that is fixable-- Woody's ripped arm. In his apartment, Jessie and Bullseye reveal that Woody used to be a tie-in toy for a show, along with them and Stinky Pete. Woody is the rarest owing to being the most popular and fragile.
** "[[Toy Story of Terror]]" reveals that a seedy hotel owner {{spoiler|uses his monitor lizard to steal toys from hotel rooms so that he can sell them on the Internet. Jessie manages to expose the scheme so that Bonnie and her mother can rescue Woody and the others. Her mother also calls the cops on the guy.}}
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: Makes up most of the plot. No, not the movie itself. Every situation that's ever happened in ''Toy Story'' many of the toy characters always assumed the worst, before finding out the real truth. Three hilarious examples include:
## Potato Head accusing Woody of murdering Buzz when he sees the broken arm. {{spoiler|Buzz was too depressed to get out of his [[Heroic BSOD]] to prove he was still alive.}}
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* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: A staple of the series. ''Toy Story'' nearly ends with Buzz and Woody left alone on the street with Andy's moving van driving away, ''Toy Story 2'' nearly ships Woody and Jessie ([[Shipping|not that kind]], though) to Japan, and ''Toy Story 3'' has them {{spoiler|facing the blazing eternity of [[Hellfire]] and burning alive}}. [[Randy Newman]] was right, the road ''is'' rough ahead.
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: No boy's toy collection would be complete without a [[Tyrannosaurus Rex]], though Rex is actually a bit of a coward, a goofball and a gamer geek. He's not too bright either. The third movie introduces Trixie, whose design seems to imply that they're from the same toyline.
** It appears that all the dinosaur toys in the series are from the same line, and are in turn based on... [https://web.archive.org/web/20100328130613/http://www.dinoriders.com/Toys/Toys%28Dinosaurs%29DR(Dinosaurs)DR.html Dino-Riders!?!]
* [[Expy]]: Sarge, voiced by [[R. Lee Ermey]], is [[Full Metal Jacket|Gunnery Sergeant Hartman]] in toy form.
* [[Fake Action Prologue]]: Both the second and the third movie.
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** The overall plot and tone of the series (especially the third film) has more than a glancing similarity to ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'' -- the first feature-length film Lasseter and Ranft worked on.
** The evil [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey|cymbal monkey]] ''had'' to have been at least partially inspired by ''[[Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]]''.
** The little binocular wind-up toy could be a reference to the same character appearing way back in the cute [[Disney]] documentary ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20111115101635/http://madnessmonster.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/toys-come-from-review/ Where The Toys Come From]''.
** Look quick at the books Andy packs away and you'll spot the title of [[A.I.: Artificial Intelligence|another sad movie about a nonhuman who loves his owner unconditionally and went to great lengths to find her again]].
** In the 2nd movie Mr. Potato Head takes off his hat and throws it at the door of [[Villainous Glutton|Al's]] apartment building to keep it from closing. Oddjob from ''[[Goldfinger]]'' couldn't have done it better.
** In the first film, perpetually-anxious Rex spouts "I just don't think I can take that kind of rejection!" then later "I don't like confrontation!", two lines from perpetually-anxious [[Back to the Future (film)|George McFly]].
** When Buzz (excuse me, "Mrs. Nesbitt") is having tea, he says he's "sucking down darjeeling with Marie Antoinette and her little sister." The dolls are both headless, so which is which doesn't matter so much, but this is (potentially) referencing both Marie Antoinette's fate of beheading and [[The Addams Family|Wednesday Addams's doll.]]
** Pizza Planet's entrance is guarded by old-school [[Battlestar Galactica Classic(1978 TV series)|Cylon centurions]]. [http://pixar.wikia.com/File:Pizzaplanetentrance.jpg Behold!]
** Buzz comes across the new line of Buzzes in the toy store, and notes the snazzy utility belt, saying "I'd like to get me one of those," echoing [[Tim Allen]]'s fixit man character in [[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]] (who often wore a toolbelt).
** In the second movie, Slinky-Dog says "I'm not a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is.", parodying the line "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." from ''[[Forrest Gump]]'', another movie that starred [[Tom Hanks]].
** At the end of the first film, Rex is more enthusiastic about Christmas, hoping that Andy will get another dinosaur - a herbivore so that he can be dominant. He doesn't, but in Toy Story 3 he meets Trixie, who belongs to Bonnie. Guess what? Triceratops are herbivores!
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* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Bo Peep was the only prominent female character in the first film. Although she had potential, she was under utilized. This was remedied with the exuberant [[Affirmative Action Girl]] Jessie in the second and third film, as well as Mrs. Potato Head and [[Badass|Barbie]].
* [[Stealth Pun]]: In ''Toy Story 2'', Woody has a nightmare about Andy throwing him away. In ''Toy Story 3'', Woody tells the other toys he needs to get to Andy's house, which is on Elm Street. [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Woody had a nightmare on Elm street]].
** There's another one from ''[[Toy Story (franchise)|Toy Story]]'' that elicits a "For [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Pete's]] sake, how did I miss that?" Woody is the leader of Andy's room -- in the first movie, we see that Slinky is (or used to be) the second-in-command. A cowboy... and a "long little doggy"...
* [[3D Movie]]: However, ''Toy Story 1'' and ''Toy Story 2'' weren't 3D until 2009.
* [[Time Skip]]: The first one skips five months after Woody and Buzz get back to Andy to the last scene on Christmas Day.
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*** And most noticeable is the skip between ''Toy Story 2'' and ''Toy Story 3'', which is about ten years.
* [[Timmy in a Well]]: RC in the first movie, [[Affirmative Action Girl|Jessie's]] critters in the second (although that one was more of a parody).
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]:
** Woody goes from a somewhat whiny, selfish wimp in the first movie to a breakout mastermind by the third movie.
*** Woody was already a breakout mastermind near the end of the first film. His epic planning doesn't really shine in the second movie, but I can say that [[Up to Eleven|every ounce of potential he had]] is reached in the third film.
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* [[Unusual Euphemism]]: A handful.
{{quote|'''Woody:''' Save your batteries! (Chill out!)
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' Son of a building block, it's Woody! (Presumably...[[Getting Crap Past the Radar|you know]].)
'''Lotso:''' F.A.O my Schwartz! (Reference to a toy company)
'''Woody:''' Pull my string, the party's today?}}
** Those are more [[Hold Your Hippogriffs]], though, aren't they?
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*** Averted with the baggage handling system. They aren't exaggerating. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj7OuqGCOw4 This] is a video of how real airport conveyors work.
 
 
== Tropes in the first ''Toy Story'' ==
* [[Abnormal Limb Rotation Range]]: Woody {{spoiler|to scare away Sid.}}
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The names of most of Sid's toys were only in shown in the script and the roll call at the end of the video game.
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Buzz definitely presents this for Woody.
* [[Banister Slide]]: Woody is sent on one by Andy near the beginning.
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: By Woody, as he uses Buzz's karate action to drive away Sid's toys (who they thought were cannibals at the time).
{{quote|"Sorry guys, but dinner's ''cancelled''!"}}
* [[Break the Haughty]]: Whilst Woody tends to not rub it in anyone's faces, he's top of the heap and knows it until Buzz shows up and threatens his position as Andy's favourite toy. Then he becomes increasingly jealous and insecure. See [[Always Someone Better]].
* [[Brick Joke]]: What Mr. Potato Head hopes Andy would get at his birthday.
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' [Praying] Mrs. Potato Head. Mrs. Potato Head. Mrs. Potato Head...! [Gets stared at] Hey, I can dream, can't I?}}
* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Your helmet does that... that woosh-thing!
* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Bo Peep, since Mattel didn't allow [[Pixar]] to use [[Barbie]] at the time.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Buzz's [[Heroic BSOD]] in Sid's room as Woody is attempting to engineer an escape leaves Woody without hard evidence that Buzz is alive. It doesn't help when Woody accidentally produces Buzz's severed arm. What could have been a simple escape without all the drama of the final action sequence is averted because the toys won't believe Woody and refuse to rescue him.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: After being burned by Sid's magnifying glass, Woody is able to {{spoiler|burn the fuse to the rocket with Buzz's helmet.}}
** Subverted immediately beforehand. The [[Red Herring|match in Woody's pocket]] had been ''blatantly'' set up for this exact purpose, but as soon as he lights it, it blows out.
** Also RC being [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|remote controlled]]. First used to knock off Buzz, then used to rescue him.
** Not flying, but [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower|"falling with style".]]
** The rocket itself.
* [[Comically Missing the Point]]: During the scene where Sid is decapitating his sister's doll, he is playing "doctor." During the "operation" Buzz says, "I don't believe that man's ever been to medical school."
* [[Covered in Kisses]]: Bo Peep does this to Woody at the end, courtesy of mistletoe ([[Fridge Logic|though it wasn't made apparent that Bo Peep had on lipstick until Woody was later seen with a face full of kiss marks, looking pretty pleased with himself]]. [[Rule of Funny]], I suppose).
* [[Creepy Doll]]: [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Babyface]]
* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Sid's toys]].
* [[Description Cut]]: After sending the army men out, Woody says, "Come on! They're not lying down on the job." Cut to the army men (one having been crushed), kicked off to the side by Andy's mom.
* [[Dramatic Thunder]]: Played with. Lightning strikes when Sid attach Buzz to the rocket... only for the rain to delay the take-off.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|Sid's toys]]. But they aren't [[Dark Is Not Evil|bad, though]].
* [[Even the Dog Is Ashamed]]: [[Loyal Animal Companion|Slinky]] when everyone thinks Woody killed and dismembered Buzz.
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: As mentioned before, Sid is the total opposite of Andy.
* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]]:
{{quote|'''Woody:''' Uh, Buzz? We missed the truck!
'''Buzz:''' We're not aiming for the truck! }}
* [[Exorcist Head]]
** [[Nightmare Face]]
* [[Face Palm]]: Woody, after the other toys panic about the presents' sizes, and after meeting the Little Green Men.
{{quote|''This is ludicrous...''}}
* [[False Reassurance]]: Buzz gives one to Woody in the van.
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' I just wanted to let you know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on our planet.
'''Woody:''' Oh, that's good.
'''Buzz:''' [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|But we're not on my planet, are we?]] }}
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Woody and Buzz <ref> This trope's title just caused a major [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] in light of the third movie...</ref>
* [[Funny Background Event]]: When Woody announces that Andy's birthday party was taking place on that day and the other toys panic, "WHAT????" scrolls across Mr. Spell's screen.
** Mr. Spell is good at this; His screen reads "HUBBA HUBBA" when the arrival of a Mrs. Potato Head is announced.
** When Mr. Potato Head and Hamm are drawn away from their Battleship game, we see that Potato Head's board is nearly completely covered in white pegs. Clearly someone isn't very good at Battleship...
* [[Genre Killer]]: Much of the creators chagrin, ''Toy Story'' was one of the movies that contributed to the idea that hand-drawn animation is dead -- not helped by subsequent box office dropoffs of many hand-drawn features near the end of [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]].
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Woody to Buzz -- with Buzz's own ''dismembered arm.'' [[Black Humor|It's]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|hilarious.]]
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: While Slink is trying to back up Woody at the staff meeting, Mr. Potato Head takes off his mouth and taps it against his backside. Mr. Spell even types out "ha ha ha" during this. It's unlikely that [[Parental Bonus|children would know the expression "kissing ass"]], but still.
** This troper remembers being four and getting the gneral idea.
** When Hamm and Mr. Pototo Head are playing Poker Battleship. Potato Head has to pay up with [[Strip Poker|body parts]], since he doesn't carry change like Hamm.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Woody wanted to knock Buzz off the desk so Andy would have to take him to Pizza Planet...and boy did he ever knock Buzz off the desk.
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: Again, the dismembered arm beatdown.
* [[Ha Ha Ha No]]: Woody to a toy shark when he does a lame impression of him after finding his hat.
{{quote|'''Woody''': *gasping for breath*...finally...hey, who's got my hat?
'''Shark (with Woody's hat)''': Look! I'm Woody. Howdy howdy howdy!
'''Woody (sarcastically)''': Aah-hah! Aah-haaa...GIMME THAT! (*snatches hat back*) }}
** Again with Woody after he tells Buzz to give him a hand, Buzz throws his dismembered arm to him.
{{quote|'''Woody''':Hahaha, that's very funny Buzz...(with annoyance)THIS IS SERIOUS!!}}
* [[Hand Signals]]: During the recon operation and when the [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|mutilated toys]] try to save Buzz.
* [[He's a Friend]]: Woody to Buzz when several [[Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold|other toys]] appear.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Buzz goes through a very, ''very'' humiliating one after he realizes he is a toy.
* [[Holding Both Sides of the Conversation]]: After Buzz's [[Heroic BSOD]], Woody attempts to convince the other toys that Buzz is fine by holding [[It Makes Sense in Context|Buzz's severed arm from behind a wall]] and imitating his voice.
* [[Hollywood Giftwrap]]: [[The Lancer|Buzz Lightyear]] arrives in this.
* [["I Am Becoming" Song]]: He is becoming, "Strange Things (Are Happening to Me)".
* [[I Will Only Slow You Down]]: The wounded soldier to his Sergeant.
** Leads to the [[No One Gets Left Behind|inevitable response]] from the wounded soldier's captain.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "This isn't flying! This is falling, with style!"
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Parodied as Sid attempts to make Woody reveal the location of [[Star Wars|the rebel base]]. Buzz congratulates him for not talking.
* [[Jerkass]]: Sid Phillips, Mr. Potato Head and initially Woody with Buzz.
* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Sid, of course -- he tortures toys in the most vicious way, he replaces the head of his sister's doll with a pterodactyl one and burns Woody's head with a magnifying glass.
** Of course, it should be acknowledged that Sid has no way of knowing ({{spoiler|untill the toys come to life and scare him at the end, of course}}) that the toys are actually sentient and that he thus really is inflicting pain on them, but the fact that he likes to ''pretend'' to torture people is still pretty creepy.
*** Even disregarding the possibility that toys can come to life, and acknowledging that it's every kid's prerogative to torture and mutilate their own toys, Sid is still a jerk for stealing and mutilating his sister's toys.
* [[Lantern Jaw of Justice]]: [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Buzz Lightyear]] sports one [[Troperiffic|quite intentionally]].
* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: Mr. Potato Head, being, debatably, the film's ''other'' antagonist, gets his when RC flies into the moving van and crashes into him, sending his pieces flying.
* [[Leap of Faith]]: When Buzz jumps off the banister in Sid's house, believing that he can fly.
* [[Lost in Transmission]]: [[Serious Business|"IT'S A WHAT?!? WHAT IS IT?!?"]]
* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]: Averted. "Buzz, you're flying!" "NOT A FLYING TOY". The closest we get to even a handwave as to how Buzz can suddenly glide with flawless dexterity and accuracy at the end is "falling with style". It's still an awesome ending, but they probably wouldn't have contradicted themselves so boldly if they'd known there'd be a trilogy.
* [[Matryoshka Object]]: One of the toys is a nesting egg, called a Troika doll. Its layers are (from biggest to smallest) bulldog, cat, duck, goldfish, and ladybug.
* [[The Minnesota Fats]]: Buzz is a modern, battery-powered, talking toy with pop-out wings, a "lightbulb that blinks", and a retractable helmet. Woody... has a drawstring-powered vocalizer. You can see why he'd feel a bit threatened by Buzz's presence at first.
* [[Necktie Leash]]: A variant with Bo Peep [[Fetish Fuel|using her shepherd's crook to draw Woody closer to her]].
* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Done by the plastic toy soldiers near the start of the film.
** Actually turns out to be epic foreshadowing for the second half of the film. After Woody and Buzz put their differences behind them and become [[Fire-Forged Friends]] the rest of the film is devoted to them getting back to Andy. Both have the opportunity to leave the other behind at various points, but they don't.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: The first film, among other popular toys promoted, dramatically boosted interest in generic old sets of plastic army men, a group of characters who only have one really notable scene early on (but it's a damn cool one).
** Plus the shark who briefly steals Woody's hat. "Howdy, howdy, howdy!"
** And the Little Green Men.
* [[Plot-Driven Breakdown]]: "The batteries! They're running out!" Besides, it's more satisfying to see Andy finding Buzz and Woody in his car while leaving his old neighborhood for good rather than in a box he unpacks when he reaches his new home.
* [[Plot Hole]]: Why does Buzz act like a toy (that is, go inert in the presence of humans) at Andy's before he knows he is a toy?
** At first, he probably only did it because everyone else did. He thought he was on a strange world, so doing something everyone else did was the smart thing to do. After that, he knew why he had to, and did so like everyone else.
* [[Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: Sid is seen by many viewers, including [http://kotaku.com/5501908/is-the-best-way-to-play-games-the-subversive-way Will Wright], [[Jeepers Media|Mike Mozart]], and even the creators, as a kid with a great imagination. (In fact, many of the things Sid does to his toys were inspired by things ''the creators'' used to do to theirs.) Some would argue that the only reason he is given the antagonist treatment is because the movie is from a toy's point of view, however, it should also be noted that he apparently wrecks ''all'' his sister's toys (the fact that the only dolls Hannah has left to play with are dismembered and/or decapitated, and that several of mutant toys have doll legs and heads shows that the pterodactyl thing was not an isolated incident) and a little boy playing with explosives ''unsupervised'' is pretty questionable, considering the rockets he was using are not even legal in some states.
* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: "YOU! ARE! A! TOYYYYYY!!!"
** Parodied in the [[Youtube Poop]] "Toys Gone Wild" -- the line in question is replaced with the [[Trope Namer]].
** Also, "I AM MRS. NESBITT!"
* [[Red Alert]]: Called by the [[Expy|Sergeant]] during the birthday party.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Scare'Em Straight]]: Woody and Sid's toys come alive to provide [[Nightmare Fuel]] for Sid before the climax, leading straight to his breakdown. This gives Sid the distinction of being the only human in the entire series to have witnessed the toys' anthropomorphic capacity. Although the outcome implies that he'll just write it all off as temporary insanity.
* [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]]: It seems to be an unwritten rule that the toys will not walk and talk (other than that their normal toy operation allows) when there are any humans present. Even [[The Lancer|Buzz Lightyear]] unconsciously adheres to the rule, even throughout the time that he believes that he's the [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|real Buzz Lightyear]]. To save Buzz from Sid, however, Woody decides that it's time to break a few rules.
* [[Security Cling]]: Woody to Buzz when facing the mutilated toys.
* [[Serious Business]]: The filmmakers intended the scene with the toy soldiers making their way to the lookout point to be funny, but when it was shown to test audiences they took it just as seriously as any real war movie.
* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Bo Peep is the only female toy. (Andy's mom and his sister Molly are also characters, but they're minor.) Justified by the fact that Andy is boy and boys tend to have male toys. She isn't even Andy's. Both her and Mrs. Potato Head were Molly's toys.
* [[Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass]]: Sid uses a magnifying glass to burn Woody's forehead while interrogating him.
* [[Stock Scream]]: When Buzz is knocked out of the window it's definitely the Wilhelm Scream that he makes.
* [[Suck E. Cheese's]]: Pizza Planet (though much cooler than most examples of the [[Trope]]).
* [[Survival Mantra]]: Woody.
{{quote|"There's no place like home!Theresnoplacelikehome!"}}
* [[Take Care of the Kids]]: When Woody is grabbed by Sid's dog Scud, he tells Buzz to "take care of Andy for me." Buzz [[No One Gets Left Behind|rescues him instead]].
* [[Take My Hand]]: [[Loyal Animal Companion|Slinky Dog]] to Woody as he's trying to pull him into the truck.
* [[Techno Babble]]: When Sid talks about a "double-bypass brain transplant."
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' [[Captain Obvious|I don't believe that man's ever been to medical school.]]}}
* [[Tempting Fate]]: "It's safer in the cockpit than the cargo area... [[What an Idiot!]]." And no points for guessing who was right.
* [[That Makes Me Feel Angry]]: Rex's reaction when the toys realize Woody is innocent at the end of the first movie:
{{quote|"Great! Now I have guilt!"}}
* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: Mr. Potato Head in the first movie after Woody accidentally knocked Buzz out a window.
* [[This Is No Time to Panic]]: "This is the ''perfect'' time to panic!"
* [[Those Two Guys]]: [[The Speechless|Snake]] and Robot.
* [[Vader Breath]]: Buzz's breathing when he first appears on the bed.
* [[Villains Out Shopping]]: Sid, while in the middle of torturing Woody.
{{quote|'''Sid:''' Where are your rebel friends now? [[Evil Laugh|Ha Ha Ha!]]
'''Sid's Mom:''' (from off-screen) Sid! Your Pop-Tarts are ready!
'''Sid:''' All right! }}
* [[Villainy-Free Villain]]: Sid mangles his sister's dolls but otherwise doesn't really do anything bad. How was he to know that his toys are alive and can feel pain?
** Though taking his sister's toys and mutilating them without her permission isn't particularly nice. Hanna doesn't ''want'' a tea party with headless ladies...
** His imagination seems to lean in a destructive and sadistic direction, such as torture and experimentation on live test subjects. In moderation this could be healthy imagination, but the degree we see from him is a bit disturbing.
* [[Visual Pun]]: As follows:
{{quote|'''Woody:''' Buzz, can you give me a hand?
<nowiki>*</nowiki>Buzz, without a word, tosses his arm up to Woody and goes back to angsting.*
'''Woody:'''... Ha ha... That's pretty funny... but -- but ''this is serious!'' }}
* [[Vomit Discretion Shot]]: In the first movie, Rex gets this after he sees Woody waving Buzz's dismembered arm.
** [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|REX!]] IS! A [[Fridge Logic|TOY!]]
*** He wasn't really vomiting, merely going through the motions as if he could, because the toys act like humans, even if they can't do everything humans can do.
**** It's Pixar, so who knows? Maybe he really WAS barfing!
* [[What Does This Button Do?]]: Rex asks this about one of the buttons on [[The Lancer|Buzz Lightyear's]] suit.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?|What Have We Done?]]: When the other toys realize Woody wasn't trying to kill Buzz or anyone else (after throwing him out of a moving truck). [[Loyal Animal Companion|Slinky Dog]] even says this word for word.
** Woody also goes through this a bit, when his plan to knock Buzz between the desk and the wall results in him knocking Buzz out of the window.
 
 
=== Tropes found in ''Toy Story 2'' ===
* [[Acting Unnatural]]: Woody tells Buster the dog to "Act casual" while Woody hangs on his collar to rescue Wheezy unseen by humans. Buster begins to strut leisurely, and Woody hisses, "Not that casual!"
* [[An Aesop]]: Al's half-crying on TV after his loss -- "I guess crime doesn't pay."
* [[Affirmative Action Girl]]: [[Genki Girl|Jessie]]. [[Tropes Are Not Bad|But she's still awesome]].
** Arguably, Mrs. Potato Head fits this [[Trope]] since she never actually ''appeared'' in the first film, and was only mentioned briefly at the very end.
* [[All Animals Are Dogs]]: Bullseye was originally going to have a voice, but John Lasseter decided to make him like a giant puppy-dog.
** RC may also (sort of) qualify.
* [[Animated Actors]]: The "[[Hilarious Outtakes]]" in the credits.
* [[Award Bait Song]]: "When She Loved Me", by [[Sarah McLachlan]].
* [[Ax Crazy]]: When Stinky Pete sees that Woody and his pals are going to ruin his trip to Japan, he literally breaks out the (pick)ax......
* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: Al, Zurg and {{spoiler|Stinky Pete}}.
* [[Big "Never!"]]: Woody, when ordered by Stinky Pete to get into the case bound for Japan when it's in the baggage conveyor area at the airport.
* [[Big No]]: [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Buzz]] after Zurg [[Luke, I Am Your Father|tells him he's Buzz's father]], and Zurg as he falls down the elevator shaft.
* [[Blinding Camera Flash]]: The toys use flashes to stop {{spoiler|Stinky Pete}} from hurting Woody.
* [[Boring Return Journey]]: After the climax, the next scene shows the toys back in Andy's room. Earlier, just crossing the street caused mayhem.
** Really? What about {{spoiler|[[Funny Background Event|the baggage train outside the neighbors' house]]}}? [[Fridge Brilliance|Given the episode]] [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|with the pizza truck...]]
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Zurg fires a LOT of little Nerf balls at Buzz 2.0 in the elevator shaft.
* [[Bowel-Breaking Bricks]]: Mr. Potato Head
* [[Brick Joke]]: At the end when you realize that {{spoiler|the events of the film all take place in the span of a few days while Andy was at cowboy camp.}}
* [[Call Back]]: Several:
** Buzz bringing up how the other toys tossed Woody out of the moving van.
** [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Impostor Buzz]] thinking he's suffocating when [[The Lancer|the real Buzz]] opens his helmet.
** Buzz climbing up to see the [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|new Buzz]] with the utility belt is the same way Woody came across Buzz in the first film.
** The hold [[Affirmative Action Girl|Jessie]] puts Woody in during their fight is the same one Buzz used when he and Woody fought under Andy's Mom's car.
** The "Buzz-Buzz-Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!" phrase is uttered again at one point during the 'battle' between Utility Belt Buzz and Zurg.
* [[Catapult Nightmare]]: Woody, after he wakes up from a nightmare where Andy throws him away.
* [[Ceiling Cling]]: Buzz hangs onto the underside of an elevator to reach [[Villainous Glutton|Al's]] apartment.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: Buzz and company thought that the green baggage they were after in the baggage conveyor area carried Woody, but all they find is a [[Red Herring|a camera set]]. A couple of scenes later, [[Big Damn Heroes|they catch up with Woody's near massacre at the hands of Stinky Pete]] with that camera set. Cue [[Blinded by the Light|a temporarily blinded Stinky Pete]].
* [[Closer Than They Appear]]: "Dinosaur overboard!"
* [[Clown Car Base]]: Mr. Potato Head's backside was turned into one in ''Toy Story 2'''s [[Hilarious Outtakes]].
* [[The Collector]]: [[Villainous Glutton|Al]].
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: Look twice and you'll recognize the toy restorer as the old man from ''Geri's Game''.
** He even has chess pieces in his toolkit.
* [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]]: The airport conveyor belts.
* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: The [[Hilarious Outtakes]].
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' You still worried?
'''Woody:''' About Andy? Nah. It'll be fun while it lasts.
'''Buzz:''' I'm proud of you, cowboy.
'''Woody:''' Besides, when it all ends, I'll have old [[The Lancer|Buzz Lightyear]] to keep me company. For infinity and beyond. }}
* [[Dance Party Ending]]: With Wheezy singing "You Got A Friend In Me".
* [[Deadly Disc]]: [[Captain Space, Defender of Earth!|Buzz Lightyear]] throws discs at [[Evil Overlord|Emperor Zurg]] during the [[Video Game]] opening sequence and the fight on top of the elevator.
* [[Dinky Drivers]]: Buzz's [[Badass Crew|team of toys]] commandeer a Pizza Planet truck to pursue [[The Collector|Al]] to the airport.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Stinky Pete in the credits with the [[Barbie|Barbies]].
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Subverted with [[Evil Overlord|Emperor Zurg]].
* [[Disproportionate Reward]]: "You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful!"
** They say it again in ''3''.
* [[Do I Really Sound Like That?]]: Buzz encounters another Buzz who believes himself to be the real Buzz.
{{quote|'''Buzz 2:''' All Rangers are to be in hypersleep until awoken by authorized personel!
'''Buzz 1:''' Tell me I wasn't this deluded. }}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Watching the film today, some of Stinky Pete's dialogue to Woody {{spoiler|before his reveal as a bad guy}}, and Woody's dialogue back, was very reminiscent of a counselor talking to a victim of domestic abuse. Doesn't help that Pete's [[Hey, It's That Voice!|being voiced by]] [[Frasier]].
{{quote|'''Pete:''' Was it because you're damaged? Hmm? Did this Andy ''break'' you?
'''Woody:''' Yeah, but -- no, no, no, no, no! It was -- it was an accident -- I mean--
'''Jessie:''' Sounds like he really ''loves'' you.
'''Woody:''' It's not like that, okay?! }}
** The way in which Geri (the cleaner) cleans up Woody is almost like Woody was at a high-class stylist.
* [[The Elevator From Ipanema]]: When Al is riding the elevator down to the lobby, the music playing is a "Ipanema"-style version of the main theme from ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]''.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: How Buzz figures out who took Woody.
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' Let's leave Buzz to his toys.
'''Buzz:''' Toy... toy... toy... Hold on! ''(Types 'Al's Toy Barn' into Mr. Spell)'' }}
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Invoked on the DVD Commentary.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Wheezy.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Zurg, after killing Buzz in the [[Fake-Out Opening]].
* [[Evil Overlord List]]: In the opening action sequence, Zurg obviously read the List and put in a fake "Source of Zurg's Power" battery (a hologram) in his lair to trap Buzz.
* [[Eye Scream]]: Even knowing Woody doesn't really feel anything, it's hard not to flinch when his eye is being cleaned.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Pete's hatred of "space toys" would count, though he does have a [[Freudian Excuse]].
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]: The beginning with Buzz Lightyear infiltrating Zurg's planet.
* [[Fake Static]]: Al uses this while talking to Mr. Kinoshi on his cell phone.
* [[Flat What]]: Probably a lot of viewers' reaction to "Buzz" getting blown up in the [[Fake-Out Opening]].
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: Zurg's Ion Blaster, particularly in the video game, shoots yellow-green "plasma". Zurg also fires green, ping-pong-like balls in his fight against Impostor Buzz at the elevator shaft in Al's apartment (probably supposed to represent [[Hard Light|plasma bullets]]). Buzz can usually [[Painfully-Slow Projectile|dodge these]] by jumping across the air, tumbling acrobatically, etc. Averted by Buzz's [[Hit Scan|laser]]. which instantly hits the target.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: A brief moment of this happens when Buzz uses an out-of-the-box, yet apparently non sentient or even alive [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]] in his attempt to catch out with the other toys as they leave Al's Toy Barn.
** Methinks that monkey held one big grudge...
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Rex believes that the Buzz Lightyear video game is using extortion to get him to read a strategy guide. Of course, he unwittingly defeats Emperor Zurg in person at the elevator shaft, and once he gets home, he declares, "I don't need to play; I ''lived'' it!"
* [[Hand or Object Underwear]]: Bullseye, after his saddle falls off.
* Hammerspace: From the [[Hilarious Outtakes]] mentioned below: "And a rubber ducky, and a PLASTIC STEAK, and a yo-yo!"
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Barbie, complete with the jaw drop.
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' [[Survival Mantra|I'm a married spud, I'm a married spud,]] [[Getting Crap Past the Radar|I'm a married spud...]]
'''Hamm:''' Then make room for the single fellas! }}
* [[He's a Friend]]: Woody to Andy's other toys when they arrive to rescue him.
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: Continuing from the popular gag from ''[[A Bug's Life|A Bugs Life]]'', ''Toy Story 2'' features bloopers as though these are real actors performing on set.
* [[Hit Scan]]: Buzz's laser. Unlike Zurg's [[Frickin' Laser Beams|Ion Blaster]], it hits its target instantly.
* Homage: When the toys are at a toy store and driving around in a toy car, Rex at some point falls off and starts running after them to catch up. Mr. Potato Head spots Rex in the side mirror with the text "Warning: Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" written. This is clearly a parody of a scene in the original Jurassic Park movie where the island visitors tries to escape a T-Rex in the same manner, mirror warning and all.
* [[I Owe You My Life]]: Mr. Potato Head acquires a trio of squeaky alien hangers-on in the second movie after he rescues them from falling out of a car. "You have saved our lives! We are eternally grateful!"
* [[Ironic Echo]]
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' (to Woody) [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!|You. Are. A TOY!]]}}
* [[Jerkass]]: Al and Stinky Pete.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Mr. Potato Head risking himself to save three of the Little Green Men (who he had just met!).
* [[Kitschy Local Commercial]]: The commercial for Al's Toy Barn.
* [[Licensed Game]]: A particularly notable aversion of [[The Problem with Licensed Games]], as it blends the "[[Wide Open Sandbox|sandbox]]-[[Platform Game|platformer]]" gameplays of ''[[Super Mario 64]]'' and ''[[Spyro the Dragon]]'', and then [[Better Than It Sounds|works surprisingly well]].
** The Gameboy Color version, on the other hand, suffers from horrible music, poorly-drawn graphics, and broken controls (although [[Your Mileage May Vary]]).
* [[Lord Error-Prone]]: The second Buzz Lightyear doll. Heck, Buzz himself probably counts in the first movie as well.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Parodied with Zurg and Buzz (the one they meet in the Toy Store) in the second one. They later play catch with Zurg's ball-shooter.
* [[Makeover Montage]]: Woody getting fixed up.
* [[Malevolent Architecture]]: Zurg's [[Elaborate Underground Base|underground]] [[Supervillain Lair|fortress]] is designed this way, of course. Firstly, there's a [[Spikes of Doom|spiked]] [[Advancing Wall of Doom|wall closing in on Buzz, really fast]], to the point where he needs to sprint and jump out the [[Indy Hat Roll|closing door]] at the other end of the corridor. And, of course, there's a really scary [[Bottomless Pit]] to deal with (but of course, there are [[Temporary Platform|temporarily floating platforms]] to jump on). However, the platforms suddenly fall off (with Buzz). Fortunately, he is reminded of his utility belt and suddenly presses a life-saving button to [[Bottomless Pit Rescue Service|suddenly fly]] back to the platform containing Zurg's [[Phlebotinum Battery|"source of energy".]]
* [[Motive Rant]]:
{{quote|'''Stinky 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 going to mess it up for me now!"}}
* [[Neck Lift]]: Emperor Zurg to the 2nd Buzz while they're on top of the elevator.
* [[Noodle Incident|Noodle Order]]: How Buzz gets Utility Belt!Buzz to do a [[Heel Face Turn]]:
{{quote|'''Buzz 2:''' Could somebody please explain what's going on!?
'''Buzz 1:''' ''(referring to Woody)'' Its alright, Space Ranger. It's a Code 546.
'''Buzz 2:''' ''*gasp*'' You mean it's a--?
'''Buzz 1:''' Yes.
'''Buzz 2:''' ''*gasp*'' And he's a--?!
'''Buzz 1:''' Ohhh yeah.
'''Buzz 2:''' ''(runs and kneels at Woody's feet)'' Your majesty! }}
* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: Happens at two situations:
** Impostor Buzz and company fall down from a fairly far height to the elevator. The fall was about 3 seconds, and in real life, the toys, light as they are, would probably have broken to pieces.
** Zurg falls down [[Disney Villain Death|the bottomless elevator shaft]] after being hit by Rex's tail. However, [[Not Quite Dead|he is seen with Impostor Buzz long afterward.]]
* [[Pac-Man Fever]]: Totally averted -- the game is quite on-par with the movie's graphics (despite running in an SNES!) and Rex doesn't even [[Button Mashing|mash buttons]]!
** Then again, since the movie came out in 1999, the choice of an SNES is still somewhat anachronistic. By then the Nintendo 64 was already in full swing. Though it could be argued that it seems to take place a short time after the original, which came out in 1995, back when the SNES was still the most popular system. So it's really [[Fridge Brilliance]].
*** Also, an N64 wouldn't have been a smart choice [[Licensed Game|for]] [[Time Paradox|various]] [[Merchandise-Driven|reasons.]]
* [[Pair the Spares]]: Buzz and Jessie at the end of the film.
* [[Plank Gag]]: Rex accidentally knocks Emperor Zurg off an elevator with his tail while shuddering in fear as Zurg is about to destroy the two Buzz Lightyears (one of them has a plastic belt around him).
* [[Prepare to Die]]: Zurg says this to Impostor Buzz.
* [[Record Scratch]]: Used when Pete tells Woody about the museum. [[Justified Trope|Granted, he was running on a record player at the time, his shock causing him to stop suddenly]].
* [[Red Alert]]: Called by the Sergeant during the yard sale.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Emperor Zurg.
* [[Redemption Quest]]: The presence of the non-Buzz toys on the mission to rescue Woody can be read as one of these, in light of the events of the first movie.
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' Come on, fellas! Did Woody give up when Sid had me strapped to the back of a rocket?
'''The Other Toys:''' ''[Glumly]'' No.
'''Buzz:''' And did Woody give up when you threw him out of the back of that moving van?
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' ''[Guilty]'' Oh, you had to bring ''that'' up.
'''Buzz:''' No, he didn't! We've got a friend in need! We will not rest until we're safe in Andy's room ! NOW LET'S MOVE OUT! }}
* [[Remember the New Guy?]]: When Woody meets Wheezy the Penguin from ''Toy Story 2'', his reaction is why he's up on the shelf with him instead of being away to get his squeaker fixed. [[Justified Trope]] in that either Andy or Molly may have gotten Wheezy either for Christmas or their birthdays between the first two movies, maybe even for the Christmas they were celebrating at the end of the first one. After all, Buster and Mrs. Potato Head were also Christmas gifts at the end of the first one...
* [[Road Trip Across the Street]]
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Buzz to the other toys while going after Woody in ''2''. It's so rousing that the Stars and Stripes [[Flag Drop|unfurls behind him]] ''out of nowhere''. (In the non-US version, the Stars and Stripes is replaced by a spinning globe and fireworks).
* [[Rummage Fail]]: While Potato Head reaches in to get his "angry eyes", he puts on the extra shoes.
* [[Rump Roast]]: In a "Woody's Roundup" episode, Prospector tries to put out a dynamite fuse by sitting on it, resulting in a [[Shout-Out]] to ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit?]]'': "My biscuits are burning!"
* [[Running Gag]]: "You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful."
** Potato Head [[The Chew Toy|constantly losing his parts]].
* [[Second Coming]]: Woody's welcome by Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete is almost treated as this with all the attendant Hero Worship elements attached to Woody, until he realizes that he's going to be joining them in a museum.
* [[Ship Tease]]: Arguably [[Relationship Writing Fumble|Woody and Jessie]] in the second movie.
** Yet she gets paired with Buzz at the end of the movie. Since, you know, Woody already has a girlfriend (Bo Peep).
* [[Something Else Also Rises]]: Buzz's wings after he sees Jessie opening the door with a full acrobatic routine.
** Parodied in the outtakes: Woody scribbled "This Space for Rent" on Buzz's wings at some point before the scene
* [[Show Within a Show]] (Type 3): ''Woody's Roundup''
* [[Spin-Off]]: [[Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]].
* [[Spot the Imposter]]: When the toys realize they have two Buzz Lightyears.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: The Barbies in ''Toy Story 2''.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: In Andy's play scenario, he has Hamm hold Bo Peep hostage and tells Woody he has a choice of either feeding to to a shark or death by monkeys. Woody then chooses Buzz Lightyear, who crashes into Hamm, giving Woody enough time to rescue Bo Peep.
* [[That Reminds Me of a Song]]: Wheezy, when he sings at the end.
* [[They Call Me Mister Tibbs]]: Mr. Potato Head saying, "Prepare to meet '''Mr. Angry Eyes'''!" [[Rummage Fail|Too bad he got his spare feet instead...]]
* [[Timmy in a Well]]: In a ''Woody's Roundup" episode, Jessie sends some animals to get Sheriff Woody. Woody easily interprets their chatter into a complex message.
* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]: [[Parental Bonus]] in the credits sequence.
* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: "Two words. ''Sput-nik''."
* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Did none of the drivers think that moving traffic cones were a little odd?
** [[Rule of Funny|Meh]].
* [[Up to Eleven]]: Zurg's Ion-Blaster.
* [[Use Your Head]]: Rex, to enter Al's apartment.
{{quote|'''Rex:''' But I don't wanna use my head!}}
* [[Utility Belt]]: I bet you could sure use one of those.
* [[Vanity License Plate]]: Al's license plate gives Buzz a clue to Woody's location.
* [[A Villain Named Zrg]]: The [[Troperiffic]] evil emperor Zurg.
* [[We Will Meet Again]]: Emperor Zurg says this to Buzz Lightyear.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: The Prospector certainly does.
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: After hearing the [[Mood Swinger|Prospector's]] backstory - which finds him sitting on a store shelf for years, watching every other toy get sold but him - you can't help but feel for him. And while he attempts some rather bad things near the end, his desire to find some form of love as a museum piece is understandable.
** [[Mood Swinger|Stinky Pete]] had good reasons to do what he did. Sure, he almost ripped [[The Hero|Woody]] into ribbons, but even then he wouldn't have killed him, since his goals depend on [[The Hero|Woody's]] survival.
* [[Woody's Finest Hour]]: [[Trope Namer]]
* [[You Answered Your Own Question]]: Rex: "How do you spell ''FBI''?"
 
 
== Tropes unique to ''Toy Story 3'' ==
* [[Accent Adaptation]]: Given the very clear nature of Buzz' Spanish dance moves, some of the Spanish-language dubs keep him Spanish, but give him a thick Andalusian accent, of the "huge lisp" variety (Like the one the [[Shrek|Puss in Boots]] has)
* [[Actionized Sequel]]: With this being number 3 in a trilogy fifteen years in the making, character introductions are almost moot point, with even more dramatic escape sequences taking place in comparison to its predecessors.
* [[Advertised Extra]]: Stretch the octopus is displayed prominently on the DVD cover, despite having about ten minutes of screen time.
* [[Affably Evil]]: Lotso. Very [[Southern Gentleman|affable]], very evil. He's agreeable enough when you're on his good side. Disagree with him, however, and he smirks as he ''has you set to Demo Mode'' or sends your best buddy to lock you up. As the movie progresses, his gentlemanly demeanour seems less [[Affably Evil]] and more [[Faux Affably Evil]].
{{quote|'''Lotso:''' You lost, little doggie?
'''Slinky:''' [[Oh Crap|Ah!]] }}
* [[And I Must Scream]]: The ultimate fate of Lotso.
** Though he's advised by his new pals to keep his mouth shut.
** This sums up the toys' treatment in the Caterpillar Room pretty well. Though in the ending, the old Butterfly Room toys decide to do this, but in shifts...
* [[And the Adventure Continues...]]: When Andy leaves his toys in the care of their new kid Bonnie.
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The opening scene. There's Woody and Jessie, the cowboy and cowgirl, chasing Potato Head on a 19th century style steam train. Then a pink sports car turns up, then spaceman Buzz Lightyear and later Slinky Dog is some sort of high tech forcefield dog contraption. Ham has a pig-shaped spaceship, with a cockpit filled with computers, lights and a teleporter and a [[Wave Motion Gun]] in the snout. Finally, there's Rex, the ''dinosaur''. Justified in that this is all a story made up by a six year old and the ludicrous nature of it is clearly powered by his sense of [[Rule of Cool]].
** This scene is a retelling of the first two movies' opening sequences blended together.
* [[Ass Shove]]: Done in the epilogue when Mr. Potato Head discovers the Peas-in-a-Pod popping out of his rear hatch.
{{quote|"I told you kids, stay out of my butt!"}}
* [[Badass Spaniard]]: Buzz, after he's switched to "Spanish mode".
* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: At the beginning, the toys want nothing more than to be played with again. When they get to Sunnyside, they get what they want. Boy ''howdy'', do they get it. And considering how disgruntled they were at the prospect of being stuck in the attic, by the end of the adventure attitudes seem to have changed somewhat in-between courtesy of Sunnyside {{spoiler|and the Dump}}:
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' You know all those bad things I said about the attic? ''I take it all back.''
'''Hamm:''' You ''said'' it. }}
* [[Bear Hug]]: From Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Lotso really should not have broken the name tag in front of Big Baby.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Lotso turns out to be the most vicious character in the film.
** Do ''not'' threaten Barbie's friends if you know what's good for you.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: At the end of the movie Andy gives all of his toys to Bonnie, with the prompting of Woody writing her address on a sticky note which he put on top the box of toys initially meant for the attic. When Bonnie is initially scared of the strange older boy approaching her, Andy kneels down at her eye level to introduce himself and describe all of his toys to Bonnie. The scene ends with Andy and Bonnie playing with all of their toys in Bonnie's front yard before Andy drives off to college.
** Also with his own sister. After some light back-and-forth bickering, when Andy sees Molly having trouble with a heavy box he helps her out at once.
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: "The ''claaaawww!''"
* [[Big No]]: Woody gets one when falling into the incinerator.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The ending appears to be this way. {{spoiler|The toys now have a new owner, but they have lost many of their friends to yard sales and donations, [[Tear Jerker|and will probably never see Andy again]].}}
* [[Blind Seer]]: Mrs. Potato Head is missing one of her eyes for most of the movie. However, whenever she covers up her one eye she can see plot-important events from her missing eye's location such as Andy getting upset with his mom for throwing the toys away, since he meant to put them in the attic instead, contrary to what all the toys sans Woody believe.
* [[Blowing a Raspberry]]: Big Baby does this to {{spoiler|Lotso.}}
* [[Bolero Effect]]: Used in the music of the {{spoiler|incinerator scene.}}
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Buzz, after Lotso forcibly switches him to "Demo" mode.
* [[Brick Joke]]: Sarge and the army men.
** "The CLAAAAAAAAW..." Basically, a [[Brick Joke]] that takes two movies and several ''years'' [[Up to Eleven|to set up and deliver on.]]
*** Especially awesome when you remember the line from the first movie, {{spoiler|"The claw chooses who will go and who will stay."}} They were right!
** The triceratops is one as well; at the end of the first movie, Rex was talking about how he would love for Andy to get an herbivore so he could play the dominant predator. Look who he ends up paling around with during the credits of the third movie?
* [[Call Back]]: God bless the poor soul who watched this movie before the first two. Some references to the previous films are quick and may not even make sense without that context. A partial list:
## To the first movie:
*** Many lines in the film's opening are taken directly from the original film's opening, including One-Eyed Bart, his "ha ha ha, money money money!" line, his "attack dog with built-in force field", and the opposing "dinosaur who eats force field dogs."
*** Andy looks over Woody and Buzz, picks them up, and chooses one. The framing echoes when he was putting toys into the chest during the "Strange Things" sequence. This time he chooses Woody for college.
*** Woody's "It doesn't matter how much we're played with, what matters is that we're here for Andy when he needs us." is invoked in the beginning.
*** Woody hosts a staff meeting and asks Slinky to gather everyone (only this time Slinky doesn't have ''nearly'' as many toys to gather).
*** The Army Men (or what's left of them) go on recon missions for the other toys, this time getting Andy's cell phone.
*** Trixie reminds us about how Rex wanted a plant-eating dinosaur to be one of Andy's presents.
*** A little girl (Bonnie instead of Sid's sister Hannah) inserts a main character (this time Woody instead of Buzz) into a tea party she's having with other toys.
*** When {{spoiler|Bonnie}} hugs Woody and the toys after playing with them after the imaginary spaceship, Buttercup winking at Woody is a callback in the first movie when Andy picks up Woody and Buzz when they land in the car.
*** The garbageman with headphones? Sid, all grown up.
*** The truck Lotso, Big Baby, and Chuckles ride on the back of is the Pizza Planet delivery truck.
*** Buzz's dialogue after Woody and the others attempt to reset him is the exact same as his dialogue when he first came out of his box... except in Spanish. Also, he aims his laser right at the center of Woody's forehead... which is exactly what he did upon meeting Woody for the first time in the first movie. You can also see that the sticker that represents the radio he has on his wrist is no longer there, because Buzz himself peeled it off in the first movie.
*** One scene during Andy and Bonnie's playtime is Andy carrying Woody on his shoulders, which he did at the start of the title sequence for the first movie.
*** The last shot we see at the end of the film is a bright blue sky with clouds, the exact same as Andy's wallpaper which [[Book Ends|introduced]] ''Toy Story''.
*** The wing section of the Buzz Lightyear manual ends with "NOT A FLYING TOY", a warning flashed in a Buzz Lightyear toy commercial that caused Buzz's [[Heroic BSOD]].
*** The last toy Woody holds hands with during the Incinerator Scene is not Buzz, but Slinky, Woody's friend before Buzz showed up.
*** "THE CLAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWW!" was originally mentioned by the aliens in the first movie.
## To the second movie:
*** Evil Doctor Porkchop and Death by Monkeys in the opening.
*** Jessie commenting, "It's Emily all over again!"
*** Jessie yodels multiple times and calls for animals, which is mildly confusing without knowing those were her character traits on [[Show Within a Show|Show Within the Movie]] ''Woody's Roundup''.
*** Woody tries to ride Buster to yet another rescue mission, but Buster has gotten too old and chubby to do this anymore.
*** Woody attempts to slide down the drainpipe in order to save the rest of the toys. [[Boring Failure Hero|He fails]]. [[Epic Fail|Epically]].
*** While Woody and Buzz are looking at a young picture of Andy, Woody comments that they'll be together "[[Ironic Echo|For infinity and beyond]]".
*** [[Ironic Echo|"You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful,"]] and the Little Green Men being the adopted children of the Potato Heads.
*** Hamm claims dibs on Barbie's Corvette car when she's thrown into the Sunnyside box. He enjoyed driving the car around the aisles of Al's Toy Barn.
*** Using Slinky as a bungee cord: When the toys reach Andy's house again, they climb to the roof of the garage, which leads to his bedroom window. The camera angle is the exact same as when the toys leave to rescue Woody in ''Toy Story 2''.
*** Zurg was referenced in the first movie, but you wouldn't recognize him in his cameo unless you saw ''Toy Story 2''.
*** Don't forget Jessie's panic attacks at the thought of going into storage, again.
*** A tiny one: Golf clubs are instrumental in the rescue of a toy in both films. With varied results.
*** A [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]] in the Buzz Lightyear instruction manual. The Accessories section mentions that the Buzz Lightyear Utility Belt is "coming soon!". The other Buzz from the second film had a utility belt.
*** If you look carefully at Woody's right arm, it's got red stitching different from the left along the shoulder, which is where Andy sewed his arm back on.
## To both films:
*** A very good portion of the film's soundtrack is itself a [[Leitmotif]] throwback to each of the films. The opening sequence, for example, uses Buzz's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykzud8VYlo4 theme] from ''Toy Story'' (Buzz's arrival uses a version of Buzz's theme<ref>from when he was "falling with style" in Andy's room near the beginning</ref> and the climactic soundtrack from ''Toy Story''.), while scenes like where Woody is found alive by his friends are from Andy's return home in 2 [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlR3NEvneSI\], and when the toys [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLeoe2Dl_Ek finally arrive home.]
*** Woody mentions that several toys from the previous two films (such as Etch and Bo Peep) have been given away in the time between ''2'' and ''3''. (The mentioning of Bo, in particular, appears to mildly dishearten Woody, due to the romantic relationship they shared in the previous two films).
*** The looping orange racetrack Buzz used to "fall with style" in the original and Jessie used to help Buster in the sequel is mentioned to be stored in the attic.
*** Lotso's backstory. Him getting lost on a trip out and having to make his way back home to the owner he is intensely loyal to: That's the plot of the first movie right there. Him being replaced and his [[If I Can't Have You]]: Hey, Woody, remember when you pushed Buzz out the window? His philosophy that all toys are destined to be treated as garbage: Remember when Woody was more willing to go to a museum than to Andy because he was afraid he'd be thrown out eventually? Lotso is [[Future Me Scares Me|Woody from a bad future.]]
## [http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/06/18/toy-story-3-easter-eggs/ Other Pixar films]:
*** The quick series of shots over which Chatter Telephone narrates all the obstacles the toys will face in their escape from Sunnyside recalls a similar sequence detailing the plan to escape the fish tank in ''[[Finding Nemo]]'' (both are ''[[Mission Impossible]]'' parodies and visual shout-outs to the films of David Fincher).
*** Big Baby resembles the creepy baby who fell victim to the Uncanny Valley in the [[Pixar Shorts]] ''Tin Toy''. In that short, a number of toys hide from said child. The same toys are also shown hiding from the toddlers of the Caterpillar Room before the kids return from recess.
*** [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Andy's board has a postcard from Carl and Ellie of ''[[Up]]''; his posters feature the Omnidroid of ''[[The Incredibles]]''; fish from ''Finding Nemo'' are seen in stickers on his wall and in paintings at the daycare; Sunnyside has toy versions of ''Nemo'''s Mister Ray and some of the characters from ''[[Cars]]'' (non-anthropomorphic Snot Rod on Andy's calendar (August) and Finn Mcmissile from ''Cars 2'' on a poster, also, when the children burst into the room for the first time, one of the them is wearing a "95" shirt). Buzz Lightyear is powered by batteries from [[WALL-E|Buy-N-Large]].
*** The locomotive at the start of the movie is also numbered "95"; these are references to when the first ''Toy Story'' came out.
*** There's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FiCJUDrfB0&feature=watch_response a little girl] in the Butterfly Room who looks suspiciously like an older version of Boo from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]''.
**** Note that she is playing with a purple and blue kitty.
* [[The Cameo]]: A doll of Studio Ghibli's own [[My Neighbor Totoro|Totoro]] is a minor character in the film, and the first ''Toy Story'' character to also be a character from another movie. And yes, he still has his trademark Totoro grin.
* [[Camp Straight]]: Ken. From his frilly handwriting, to his many clothes, to his happiness when [[It's Raining Men|the army men parachute in the ending]]. Even dating Barbie doesn't help matters.
** He really can't help it. He's a male character but a ''girls' toy.'' Made for and marketed to girls.
*** "I'm not a girl's toy! [[Insistent Terminology|I'm NOT!]]"
*** "You're not a toy! You're an accessory! You're a purse with legs."
* [[Captivity Harmonica]]: Hamm plays one.
** It's also worth noting that Lotso's theme is played with a harmonica.
* [[Casting Gag]]: [[Hilarious in Hindsight|In Hindsight.]] Pixar didn't realize that they actually casted the voice of the Spanish Buzz toy for Spanish Buzz until after the fact.
* [[Celibate Hero]]: Woody in this movie as {{spoiler|Bo Peep is said to be one of the many characters that were either sold off at a garage sale, thrown in the trash, or donated between the second movie and this one}}.
* [[Character Development]]: Mrs. Potato Head. She went from a background character in the second movie to having a crucial role in the plot by having the ability to see through a missing eye.
* [[The Character Died with Him]]: Everyone voiced by [[Pixar Regulars|Joe Ranft]].
** Averted with Slinky Dog and Jim Varney though, likely because as Woody's sidekick, Slink was too crucial a character to just phase out.
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Bonnie}} becomes a [[Chekhov's Gunman]], and eventually a {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Boomerang]].}}
** Bonnie can be seen playing with {{spoiler|The Monkey}} during the first scene showing her in the day care.
*** Heck, a second viewing of the film sees all the major characters in the first daycare scene, before they're active. Try to spot them!
** There's also {{spoiler|Mrs. Potato Head's lost eye, which proves to Andy's toys that he really didn't throw them away}}.
* [[Children Are Innocent]]: Bonnie -- unlike the Caterpillar Room children at the daycare who harshly play with or deface their toys, she lovingly plays with and cares for her toys similar to how Andy did when he was younger.
** The older children at the daycare are the same way.
* [[Classically-Trained Extra]]: Mr. Pricklepants, played by none other than [[Timothy Dalton]].
*** Bonnie's other toys asked Woody if he was classically trained, in regards to his "performance."
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: Blue is safe (Andy's room, the Butterfly Room, the conveyor belt off switch), red is unsafe (Caterpillar Room, Lotso, incinerator), and sickly green-yellow is corrupted (the vending machine "gambling parlor", the daycare dumpster). Bonnie's color is bright "happy" green.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Barbie's way of interrogating Ken is by ripping each of his sets of clothes until he speaks.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: A beautifully subtle one -- Woody still has the red stitches on his right arm from Andy's fixing him at the end of ''Toy Story 2''.
** Buzz is also still missing his arm readout sticker, which he peeled off during his nervous breakdown in the first movie.
* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: The incinerator is obviously really hot but the plastic toys remain unmelted. Considering how terrifying the scene was already, this is for the best.
* [[Conveyor Belt O' Doom]]: And '''HOW'''!
* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: Sunnyside Daycare seems like a bright, colorful heaven where there are always children to lovingly play with the toys, but actually it's a brutal dictatorship ruled by Lotso the bear. Most of the daycare's toys get subjected to rough playtimes with the toddlers rather than the loving playtimes with the older children, and any defiant toys get imprisoned in cubbies, forced to stay the night in the sandbox, interrogated, brainwashed, or thrown into the daycare's dumpster to go to the landfill.
** Also possibly a case of [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]; Lotso is revealed to be a genuinely monstrous villain, but once he's gone the daycare centre becomes a genuinely sweet place {{spoiler|under Ken and Barbie.}}
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Big Baby.
* [[Cute Giant]]: Lotso and Big Baby are each considerably larger than the protagonists.
* [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]]: When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits at the front desk, watching all the surveillance screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.
** May be a [[Shout-Out]] to a [[Stephen King]]'s The Monkey, or [[Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]], the infamous film featured on ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' partially based upon it (a 1984 horror film called ''The Devil's Gift'' blatantly plagiarized King's short story was edited into [[Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders]]). The monkey looks ''just'' like the design from the cover of Skeleton Crew, the collection that contains it.
* [[Dark Reprise]]: Of 'You've Got a Friend In Me' at the beginning of the film. Just to clarify, the song ends at the line 'Our friendship will never die!' The background music stops, and we just hear 'never die' echo over and over.
* [[Dance Party Ending]]: Stay for the credits. Set to a Spanish version of "You Got A Friend In Me." The choreography was done by [[Dancing With the Stars]] contestants.
* [[Dance of Romance]]: When Buzz is in [[Latin Lover|Spanish mode]], he makes the move on Jessie with a dance. And they do it again in his normal form in the credits.
* [[The Dandy]]: Ken
* [[Den of Iniquity]]: A humorous example with the 'bad' toys hanging around in a vending machine, betting with Monopoly money and triple A batteries. They use a "Speak-And-Say" toy instead of a roulette table.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: THE CLAAAAAW! A literal example, as the DVD commentary points out.
* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: Since it's considered a [[Deus Ex Machina]] in both ''Toy Story 1'' and ''2'', the Pizza Planet Truck could definitely be considered this in ''Toy Story 3'', since it is responsible for transporting Lotso to Sunnyside.
* [[Dialogue Reversal]]: "You have saved our lives. We are eternally grateful."
* [[Creator Cameo|Director Cameo]]: The Jack-in-the-Box who yells "new toys!" is voiced by director Lee Unkrich.
* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: Big Baby to Lotso.
* [[The Dragon]]: Big Baby. [[Heel Face Turn|Heel Face Turns]] in the end.
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: A great number of the toys have been sold, broken or lost in the time period between 2 and 3 making for a [[Darker and Edgier]] feel. Especially saddening is the absence of Bo Peep, Woody's love interest- when she is mentioned, Woody looks utterly miserable.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: Happens to "Spanish Buzz" once he sees Jessie.
** It seems Buzz is naturally attracted to Jessie, as indicated by Brainwashed Buzz's claim that he is "immune to your... bewitching good looks."
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Barbie appears to be this at first, but later says two lines to Lotso that totally avert it.
{{quote|'''Barbie:''' Authority should derive from the [[wikipedia:Consent of the governed|consent of the governed]], not from threat of force!
''(Hamm and Potato Head shrug in confusion)'' }}
** Well, she ''was'' President once...
** Don't forget she single-handedly subdued Ken, [[Just for Pun|tore]] a confession out of him, then got the Buzz Lightyear instruction manual from Bookworm all via improvisation.
*** Barbie is very much a [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] in this movie.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Bonnie's toys (minus Totoro and Chuckles) appeared in the [[Disney Theme Parks|Toy Story Midway Mania]] ride at least a month before the movie premiered.
* [[Eureka Moment]]: When the toys are in the trash bag, Mr. Potato Head says "What's the point?" Buzz sees Rex's tail poking the bag and says "Point... point... point!" and realizes they can use Rex's tail to puncture the bag.
* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Big Baby regards his previous owner Daisy as his mom. You really shouldn't have broken that tag, Lotso...
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Buzz and Jessie. Well, everybody can see Buzz likes her. He even admits it twice. Too bad he is in demo and Spanish mode at the times.
* [[Everyone Owns a Mac]]: There's an iMac at Bonnie's house. Andy owns a laptop that looks like a Titanium iBook. And his sister has an iPod nano.
** Well, Steve had shares in Disney, so...
*** Pixar even points it out that he was an important reason the original Toy Story could even get out.
* [[Everything Makes a Mushroom]]: The "Death By Monkeys" bomb set off by "Evil Dr. Porkchop" in Andy's playtime imagination in the beginning.
* [[Everything's Better with Monkeys]]: Hilariously subverted with the cameo of the barrel monkeys in the opening, horrifyingly subverted with the monkey toy from Sunnyside.
* [[Everything's Better with Sparkles]]: Barbie and Ken, of course, and also Stretch the octopus.
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Lotso Bear [[Sealed Evil in a Teddy Bear|plays this straight]].
* [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|Everything Sounds Sexier in Spanish]]
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: Lotso cannot fathom Ken's loyalty to Barbie or Woody and Buzz's loyalty to their friends {{spoiler|after the latter declined Lotso's offer to join the Butterfly Room without his friends.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Lotso's resentment over being replaced and his extremely possessive feelings toward his owner (if he can't have her, no one can), mirror Woody's character arc in the first movie. Like Woody, he also becomes a leader of a "family" of toys, only kept in line through threats and bullying instead of friendship and love. Whereas Woody decides he wants what's best for Andy, Lotso has grown to hate children for their constant destruction and abandonment of toys. Like Woody, he also faced the prospect of being replaced (Lotso with a replacement Lotso, Woody with Buzz), but where Woody eventually found an accord with Buzz, Lotso sank into bitterness and maliciously took his rejection out on the world around him.
* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: Andy's toys. Sure, [[Deus Ex Machina|they get out of it,]] but... come on, it counts.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: ''[[Brainwashed and Crazy|Demo]]'' Buzz. He gets better.
* [[Face Palm]]: Andy
* [[The Farmer and the Viper]]: For a moment, it looked like saving Lotso would pay off. [[Moral Event Horizon|No such luck]].
* [[Fake-Out Opening]]
* [[Fate Worse Than Death]]: Lotso ends up crucified to the front of a dumpster truck working the landfill, implying he will be stuck that way for the rest of his existence. Even if he frees himself, he's still in that landfill with no way of getting back to 'his' daycare.
** Subverted when it comes to Chunk and the other Sunnyside toys. At first, it seems that the villain's toadies are condemned to rough-and-disgusting playtime with the toddlers as karmic justice; instead, Chunk simply tags out when he's had enough and another toy willingly leaps into the fray.
* [[First Girl Wins]]: The first toy we see Andy playing with at the start of the first film was Woody. {{spoiler|Guess which toy is the only one Andy decides he's going to take to college with him.}}
** Subverted at the end {{spoiler|when Andy sees how much Bonnie loves Woody, he lets her keep him.}}
* [[Five-Bad Band]]:
** [[Big Bad]]: Lotso.
** [[The Dragon]]: Big Baby. Ken may also count.
** [[The Brute]]: Twitch, Chunk, Sparks, and Stretch.
** [[The Evil Genius]]: The Monkey and Bookworm.
** [[The Dark Chick]]: Ken. May also be [[Co-Dragons]] with Big Baby.
** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Demo-mode Buzz.
* [[555]]: Andy's cell phone number is 555-0112, written on Buzz's wrist for use in "Operation: Playtime".
* [[Foreshadowing]]: When we first see Lotso, he's riding in the back of a toy dump truck -- and he's seen doing this several more times in the film. Lotso later causes the toys to get trapped inside a dump truck during the climax. His ultimate fate is to be tied to the ''front'' of a dump truck for the rest of his days.
** Buzz says to one of the toys "Buzz Lightyear at your service" as a greeting. [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Guess what happens later?]]
** "Death by monkeys?"
** In the playtime scene, Buzz, Woody and Jessie being trapped and closing their eyes for the inevitable end.
** [[Law of Conservation of Detail|Stinky Pete had warned and raved that if they continued on with Andy, the toys might end up at the landfill...]] [[Prophecies Are Always Right|Like that'll ever happen!]]
** At the poker night, the veteran toys predict the new toys (Andy's) are headed for the "landfill," and are "toddler fodder." Obviously, the former proved correct, and you could interpret the latter as the toys eventually joining Bonnie.
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: The usual A113 reference is on the license plate of Andy's mom's car, a [[Continuity Nod]] from the first movie. For others, see [[Call Back]].
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Lotso was lost and replaced by his original owner. When Lotso discovered this, it made him believe that he hadn't been special to her and that the love between him and her hadn't been real. Thus (in his mind), ''all'' the love between kids and their toys isn't real. To him love is for suckers because for toys it eventually leads to abandonment and being thrown away.
* [[Furry Confusion]]: Buttercup talks and Bullseye doesn't? Lee Unkrich acknowledged this [http://twitter.com/leeunkrich/status/16934244788 on his Twitter account], saying "[[Classic Disney Shorts|Goofy]] can talk, but Pluto cannot. [[Shrug of God|Discuss]]."
** Simple: Pluto and Bullseye are directly based on real animals (a horse and a dog). Buttercup and Goofy are a mythological creature and an anthro respectively.
*** Or maybe toys' ability to speak depends on if they could on their show. Bullseye couldn't talk on Woody's Roundup, so his toy can't talk. Buttercup, however, had no show, allowing him to talk. This would explain Totoro's silence as well.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Aside from her various awesomeness, Barbie gives a rather verbose and sophisticated critique of dictatorships, which weirds everyone else out. People might be forgetting that there's been a few ''President'' Barbie dolls over the years, so of course she'd know political science topics.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]:
** [[Refuge in Audacity|Pixar sure is ballsy:]]
{{quote|'''Hamm:''' ''(to Rex, while in cell, to distract [[Brainwashed and Crazy|Buzz]])'' Hey! What're you doing?! ''(covers his [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|cork]])'' Keep your hands off my stuff!
'''Rex:''' [[Prison Rape|Ohhhh, come over here, Porky!]] }}
*** Particularly disturbing, considering it might be a sly reference to [[Deliverance|another movie with Ned Beatty...]]
** After being thrown in the box:
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' It was cold and dark! Nothing but sand and a couple of Lincoln Logs.
'''Hamm:''' Ehh, I don't think those were Lincoln Logs.. }}
** When Woody meets Bonnie's toys:
{{quote|'''Dolly:''' ''(after Woody tells her his name)'' You ''sure'' you wanna stick with that?}}
** Barbie says ''this'' to Ken:
{{quote|Nice '''as'''cot.}}
** "Have fun at college, Woody!" "Yeah, but not ''too much'' fun!"
** Apparently Chatter Telephone was tortured.
** "[[Have I Mentioned That I Am Heterosexual Today|I'm not a girls' toy! I'm not!]]"
* [[A God Am I]]: In the first movie the aliens all worshiped the claw. By the third movie, they control the claw. And have become their own god, which is only fitting. See [[Deus Ex Machina]] below.
* [[Golem]]: Chunk.
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Ken wears boxers with little hearts on them.
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: "What the heck?"
* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]: Buzz, after a partially failed reset attempt puts him into Spanish mode.
* [[Gray Rain of Depression]]: The moment Lotso discovers Daisy has replaced him it starts to rain.
* [[Great Escape]]: The entire plot.
** The movie (not counting the credits) is about 90 minutes long. The escape scene itself takes up ''30 minutes''.
** One of the posters for the movie included the tag line, "The Break-Out Comedy of the Year".
** In Italy, its subtitle is [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|"The Great Escape".]]
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Spanish-mode Buzz, after seeing Jessie hug Woody, becomes pretty jealous of him, and tries (successfully) to one-up him later.
** Immediately followed by a great aversion. Having been so thoroughly upstaged, Woody cheers on his buddy's awesome stunt, showing [[Character Development|just how far he's come]] from the jealously insecure toy of the first movie.
* [[Gretzky Has the Ball]]: I don't care how many spaces you have, that is not how you play roulette. Players bet against the house, not each other.
** Who says they're playing roulette?
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Taken to the '''extreme''' with Lotso, although he hides it behind a pleasant facade.
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]/[[Talking Your Way Out]]: Barbie and Ken prove the need for the [[Evil Overlord List]]'s warning to never have captives of one sex guarded by members of the opposite sex.
** That rule and this trope are averted by Demo Mode Buzz, who, though placed in charge of guarding Jessie, refuses to listen to her pleas of "Buzz, we're your friends" and tells her that he will not be swayed by her "bewitching good looks."
** Then again, Demo Mode Buzz does fall for Hamm and Rex's "let's stage a fight so we can distract the guard" ploy, so maybe he isn't the sharpest knife in the... [[Buffy-Speak|place where... they keep the knives.]]
* [[Happily Married]]: Barbie and Ken after they make up to each other and Lotso is gone from the Daycare. They become the new rulers of a much happier Sunnyside Daycare since Barbie [[Genius Ditz|objects to dictatorships and prefers democracy]] and Ken believes [[Totally Radical|"everyone is groovy."]] They even adopt Big Baby as their "child"!
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Lotso gives one in the middle of a [[Villainous Breakdown]]. It comes with a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]].
* [[Held Gaze]]: One happens between Buzz and Woody after Woody is climbing back up through the trash and sees the others holding each other to give one another strength. Buzz meets his eyes and then extends his hand and then they hold the scene for a moment before Woody reaches out to grasp Buzz's hand and join the others.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]/[[Love Redeems]]: Ken. And Big Baby.
** Lotso subverts it; while he pleads for help and plays nice while the heat is on, at the decisive moment [[Dirty Coward|he abandons his saviors and escapes]].
** In a very, very abstract sense, the Claw. In the first film, since it was Sid who was controlling it, the Claw seemed much more menacing as it brought both Woody and Buzz to the danger zone, being Sid's House. However, in ''Toy Story 3'' since it's the aliens who are controlling it, it actually saves the toys from danger, being the incinerator.
* [[She's All Grown Up|He Is All Grown Up]]: Andy
** Also in his cameo, Sid.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: "What do you mean, ''escape''?"
* [[Hey, Wait!]]: When [[Barbie]] masquerades as [[The Dandy|Ken]] (in his face-obscuring "Mission to Mars" spacesuit) to get back Buzz's instruction manual, the Bookworm notices her high heels as she turns away... then rolls his eyes and sighs at "[[Camp Straight|Ken's]]" effeminate fashion sense.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: [[Barbie]], she has them. Yes, [http://frankwarner.typepad.com/free_frank_warner/2010/06/toy-story-3-barbies-words-on-the-consent-of-the-governed.html this] [[Barbie]].
* [[Hold Me]]: Done wordlessly as the toys all slowly fall toward certain doom. In the face of annihilation, they don't scream or shout, they just hold each other.
* [[Hope Spot]]: The toys are on the [[Conveyor Belt of Doom]], when Rex spots a light in the tunnel.
{{quote|'''Woody:''' ''"[[Light Is Not Good|I don't think that's daylight]]..."''}}
** And it all goes downhill from here.
* [[Hot Mom]]: Andy's mom, who even though it's almost a decade later looks better than she did in the previous two movies!
* [[Humans Are Cthulhu]]: The kids on Caterpillar Room. Or did everyone miss one of them trying to swallow Buzz, while the others treated the rest just like the [[Eldritch Abomination]]s in Lovecraft's stories treat humanity?! The only thing needed to turn ''Toy Story 3'' into Lovecraft-Kids Version was them [[Go Mad From the Revelation|going mad from the revelation]]. Cue to {{spoiler|Lotso resetting Buzz to his first film persona and making him his puppet.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Chunk's remark that Buzz "ain't the sharpest knife in the... [[Buffy-Speak|place where... they keep the knives.]]"
** One of the other toys immediately calls him out on this. "Neither are you."
** Taken [[Up to Eleven]] when Hamm is playing Lotso's Theme while he's in jail with the others, when Buzz tells him to be quiet.
* [[If I Can't Have You]]: Woody says this almost word-for-word as a [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] to Lotso:
{{quote|'''Lotso:''' She replaced us!
'''Woody:''' She replaced ''you''! And if you couldn't have her, no one could! }}
* [[Implicit Prison]]: Sunnyside Daycare, in that toys donated there are locked up, required to stay, and security is tight to deter inmates from escaping.
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: Andy and Bonnie
* [[Ironic Hell]]: "Face it, we're just trash", Lotso says at one point -- and his ultimate fate is to spend his remaining days tied to the grill of a garbage truck.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|It Is Pronounced Yid-NAY]].
* [[It's All Junk]]: Arguably, Andy putting his toys in the attic.
* [[I Want Grandkids]]: Keeping with the toys-as-parents metaphor, Woody is initially optimistic about waiting in the attic until "someday, if we're lucky, Andy may have kids of his own."
* [[Jerkass]]: Lotso.
* [[Jump Scare]]: Woody causes a particularly traumatizing one when he tries to swing over behind the monkey.
** It may seem like the monkey's [[Oh Crap]] moment.
** Regardless, given ''everything else'' that happens in the movie, this is the one scene where you're bound to hear the kids in the audience start crying.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Ken and the rest of Lotso's gang (arguably all of the toys in the butterfly room). Sure, they most likely did it out of fear, but the cold-honest truth is that they still tricked new toys into going into the caterpillar room, knowing full well that they would be trapped there and get broken. The only reason Ken makes a [[Heel Face Turn]] is because of Barbie. He probably would have continued to not care if it hadn't been for her presence, yet he's the one who becomes in charge when Lotso is gone. [[Flat What|What]].
** The only butterfly room toy who had a good excuse for getting away with what he did was Big Baby. He was lied to by Lotso and honestly didn't really realize how bad the things he was doing were (being a baby and all).
** Stretch is probably the most glaring example. Ken and Big Baby wind up helping the heroes in the end. Chunk and Twitch are shown getting some karma, being batted around in the Caterpillar room. In the case of the Monkey, it's not clear how intelligent he is as he doesn't speak. And also, he actually got some kind of punishment when Woody and Slinky taped him and locked in the cabinet. Stretch, though? The octopus seems to have no problem shoving the toys to their doom on Lotso's orders -- and in the end, she's seen hanging out in the Butterfly room, seemingly friends with all the other toys!
*** [[The Phantom Menace|Speech does not signify intelligence]].
*** To be fair, look at the toy's faces during Woody's [[Shut UP, Hannibal]] speech. They seemed to genuinely believe in what Lotso was telling them about abandonment until someone set them straight.
*** And Stretch looked very uncomfortable when she had to push the toys. Plus if you pay attention, you can see her cringe at Lotso's actions before any of the other minions. And she and Chunk helped the toys get across the dumpster after their [[Heel Face Turn]].
**** [[Loads and Loads of Characters|What about Sparks the robot? He was the one who unscrewed Buzz's battery cap so they could brainwash him.]]
* [[Kick the Dog]]: [[Even Evil Has Standards|Lotso's henchmen are shocked when he shoves Big Baby in the stomach during his]] [[Motive Rant]].
* [[Kubrick Stare]]: In the commentary, Lee Unkrich describes using this expression for Buzz while in [[Brainwashed and Crazy|demo mode]] to indicate that this particular trip to Delusion-ville would have a darker turn.
* [[Latin Lover]]: Buzz Lightyear's Spanish mode.
** Which is kind of funny for Spanish-speakers because he's speaking it with a heavy Spanish (i.e. from Spain) accent.
*** In the Spanish (from Spain) dubbing, he speaks with a heavy Andalusian accent.
* [[Light Is Not Good]]: Oh look, a light at the end of the tunnel at the dumping site. Oh, wait, it's [[Hellfire]]!
* [[Living Emotional Crutch]] Daisy might have been this to [[Big Bad|Lotso]], seeing how [[If I Can't Have You|badly]] [[Love Makes You Evil|he]] [[Disproportionate Retribution|handled]] being replaced by her.
* [[The Load]]: One could interpret the LGMs in this role, as they pretty much exist either as superlatives or hindrances to the toys escaping from Sunnyside. From almost alerting [[The Dragon|Big Baby]] to getting stuck in the dumpster and (indirectly) causing the toys to get sent to the dump, they're neglected characters until they become [[Big Damn Heroes]] in their [[Moment of Awesome (Sugar Wiki)|Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: A poster for TS3 as well as the ''Toy Story'' website (character profiles) shows this.
* [[Lost in Translation]]: Nice asssss...cot.
* [[Love At First Sight]]: Ken and Barbie, Spanish Buzz with regard to Jessie.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: Lotso's backstory.
* [[Love Redeems]]: Played with for Buzz, Buzz rejoins the team because of being physically reset by Rex. However, Kens love for Barbia was key to getting the instruction manual. Buzz did eventually get back to his regular self through his love for Jessie, the television hit Buzz, giving him reverse amnesia, because he was more worried about Jessie's safety than his own.
* [[Madden Into Misanthropy]]: Lotso.
* [[Manly Tears]]: You must have a heart of steel NOT to cry leaving the movie theater.
* [[Mata Hari]]: Barbie
* [[Melancholy Moon]]: Both Big Baby and Chuckles gaze sadly at the moon. Fitting considering they both lost the same owner.
* [[The Mentor]]: Dolly of Bonnie's toys.
* [[Missing Trailer Scene]]: Compared to the Oct. 2009 trailer, a few lines were re-spoken in the final film, and Spanish Buzz doesn't spin around and jump immediately after pressing a button to make his voice box say a line. A few shots were done in different angles as well.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Perhaps the first ''Toy Story 3'' trailer uses this. It starts out sentimental, the middle is semi-serious, and then it ends [[Rule of Funny|with humor]].
** In a trailer, how a very heartfelt scene where Andy is praising [[The Hero|Woody]] is suddenly cut short with [[The Hero|Woody]] hearing a threatening voice from a telephone.
** In the movie, the toys have joined hands, accepting that they are about to die a terrible, painful death, burning (or melting?) alive in a fiery pit of- ahahahaha, THE CLAW! WOOOO!
** This scene really takes the cake for [[Mood Whiplash|this trope]]: Any time where a scene from Bonnie's playtime is interspersed from scenes with the daycare. Examples: The Toys being utterly destroyed while Woody is having a nice tea time with Bonnie; Bonnie asleep and Woody looks up Andy's address while Buzz is being brutally [[Deprogram|deprogrammed]] by Lotso. Jeez, are we supposed to be heartfelt or seriously freaked out?
** Happens unintentionally when Woody meets Chuckles. The mood was serious and sombre (Woody finding out his friends are living in a nightmare), and then the audience saw this morose little clown sitting on the windowsill and everybody cracked up.
** The ending is kind of like this. It's very much a [[Bittersweet Ending]], followed by a breather in the thankfully very cheerful closing credits.
* [[Motive Rant]]: [[Big Bad|Lotso]] gets one just before he throws the toys into the dumpster.
* [[Murder by Cremation]]
* [[Musical Nod]]: During the scene leading up to the incinerator, one of the themes from ''[[Monsters, Inc.]]'' is heard.
* [[Musical Spoiler]]: ''And as the years go by / [[Ironic Echo|Our friendship will never die...]]''
** Although at the point where that line is emphasized (The end of the prologue) it seems more like a tragic irony, contrasting youthful idealism with the onset of adulthood, one of the film's main themes.
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Most of the trailers and TV spots heavily imply that Buzz gets broken while trying to escape from hitting a window or wall too hard. Never happened. That was a shot of him getting used as a hammer on a wooden hammer-peg playset thrown WAY out of context.
** A trailer implied that the telephone toy was one of the baddies. And the whole Andy's toy fantasy at the beginning of the flick looked like it would be the climax of the flick.
** One of the trailers, in fact, shows Buzz '''attacking''' the bridge followed by Woody and the train falling into the canyon. Coupled with Rex emerging from the ground and Woody being pursued by plastic monkeys (both present in most trailers), it totally looks like Woody's having a nightmare where every other toy is trying to kill him.
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Lotso comes off as a bit of one when saying how toys "are all just trash" in his [[Motive Rant]].
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Again, hello, '''''[[Cymbal-Banging Monkey|MONKEY.]]'''''
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Ninja Pirate Train Robber]]: Mrs. Potato Head
* [[Non-Ironic Clown]]: Chuckles the clown doll, who shared the same former owner as Lotso Bear and Big Baby, turns out to be the only one of the three toys not to turn villainous from the incident of being accidentally abandoned by their former owner. In a flashback he even tries to console Lotso Bear, but Lotso bear ignores him and [[Start of Darkness|turns]] [[Face Heel Turn|evil]]. In the present, Chuckles is a [[Stoic Woobie]] despite being one of Bonnie's beloved toys. But by the end credits, he [[Defrosting Ice Queen|begins to smile again.]]
* [[Non-Standard Character Design]]: The toys have a lot of variety in their looks, but Ken and Barbie are noticably less cartoonish than most of them.
* [[Not So Different]]: Lotso's devotion to Daisy and his determination to get himself, Big Baby, and Chuckles back to her (as revealed in the flashback) is certainly reminiscent of Woody's love for Andy and his determination to get back home in all three movies. Additionally, Lotso at the beginning comes off as a benevolent ruler of Sunnyside much in the way that Woody basically is the leader of all of Andy's toys. Lotso basically is Woody gone bad. Not stated directly in the movie but Lee Unkrich points this out in the DVD commentary.
* [[The Old Convict]]: Chatter Telephone has been at Sunnyside Daycare Center even before Lotso Bear took it over. To help Woody and his friends escape the daycare center, Chatter Telephone detailedly describes the layout of the daycare center and warns Woody that the only way for a toy to escape is to neutralize the Cymbal Monkey's surveillance system.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Slinky Dog, who was voiced by the late Jim "Ernest" Varney in the first two films, is voiced by Blake Clark (a friend of his, who was also Shawn's father in ''[[Boy Meets World]]'') in ''Toy Story 3'' due to [[Author Existence Failure]].
** In the game, Buzz and Woody are both voiced by Jim Hanks and Stephen Stanton, respectively. Wheezy and Stinky Pete also makes an appearance, but are instead voiced by [[Charlie Adler]] and James Patrick Stuart, although the former is also due to [[Author Existence Failure]].
* [[Oscar Bait]]: Pixar has decided to aim for a Best Picture nom, which includes running an ad campaign that make [[Homage|homages]] to previous winners e.g. Lotso as [[The Godfather]] and Woody as [[Forrest Gump]].
* [[Our Hero Is Dead]]: Woody loses his hat during his escape, which is taken to the trapped toys as a threat. Jessie and Bullseye have a split-second tear-jerking moment.
* [[Outdated Outfit]]: Ken has a roomfull of them, dating from the late 50s to the early 80s.
* [[Palantir Ploy]]: Let's just say [[Smallville|Lex Luthor]] should have hired whoever installed Sunnyside Daycare's surveillance system.
* [[Pan-Up-To-The-Sky Ending]]: An epic storybook ending, really.
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: It takes a TV falling on top of Buzz to get him returned to his normal self.
** Also counts as [[Easy Amnesia]].
* [[Perspective Reversal]]: Earlier on, Woody and Buzz try to encourage the rest of the toys to get ready to go into the attic. Towards the end of the movie, Woody is more skeptical of the attic idea, while the rest of the toys are more open to it; though Buzz's attitude seems relatively unchanged. {{spoiler|Of course, as things turn out, none of them end up in the attic anyway.}}
* [[The Power of Love]]: The scene where as seen above where [[Latin Lover|Spanish]] [[Badass Spaniard|Buzz]] was saving Jessie from the garbage, and gets hit with the tv and comes back to being normal Buzz by Jessie pulling him to the side of the truck crying in his [[Please Don't Leave Me|chest]].
* [[Prison Episode]]: ''Toy Story 3'' itself, or at least a significant portion of it, arguably counts what with {{spoiler|Sunnyside}} being portrayed as essentially a prison. Bonus points for the [[Cerebus Syndrome|shock]] [[Darker and Edgier|value]] of having a prison episode in a G-rated [[Pixar]] series.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Lotso's minions are mainly following his orders because they're scared of him. Once Lotso is deposed from Sunnyside, they perform a mass [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Punishment Box]]: the sandbox at Sunnyside. Modeled after the box in ''[[Cool Hand Luke]]''.
* [[Put on a Bus]]: It's established that Bo Peep, Wheezy, Lenny, RC, and many of Andy's other childhood toys have been sold or given away. This is an interesting variation of the trope in that it would be very hard for any of them to ever come back.
* [[Record Needle Scratch]]: Ken and Barbie are just meeting each other. "Dream Weaver" is playing, and then Lotso comes in ''[insert scratch]'' and says "Come on, Ken. Recess don't last forever."
* [[Reset Button]]: Woody and the gang make it back to Andy's house with no toy left behind.
** Played figuratively ''and'' literally with Buzz Lightyear, even though it's a falling television rather than his reset button that restores his memory.
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: Spanish Buzz briefly viewed ''Woody'' as this when he sees Jessie hugging him.
* [[Sad Clown]]: Literally, Chuckles.
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: In the opening with Sheriff Woody and One-Eyed Bart (Mr. Potato Head.) One-Eyed Bart sets off some dynamite. "It's me or the kiddies, sheriff. Take your pick."
* [[Save the Villain]]: Yeah, it doesn't go over too well.
** Still deserves a Moment of Awesome, since both Woody and Buzz risk their lives in the process.
* [[Scary Librarian]]: Bookworm
* [[Scenery Gorn]]: The dump, the conveyor belt and finally the incinerator.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: The last three Army Men (including Sarge) leave Andy's room in a hurry, knowing their fate will inevitably be the garbage.
* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: The Little Green Men being taken out (and apparently killed) early in the dump sequence. When they return, they [[Big Damn Heroes|save the day]] and things get much lighter and fluffier.
** Also done with Barbie, when Ken keeps her from joining the others on the garbage truck.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Bonnie has a [[My Neighbor Totoro|Totoro doll]].
** Bonnie's Dolly, with her dark purple bob, hair barrettes, and yellow dress, looks strikingly similar to [[Coraline (animation)|Coraline]]. Not to mention, whenever Bonnie plays with Dolly, Dolly is always the "witch"; a possible reference to the [[Wicked Witch|Other Mother]]??
*** And Dolly has buttons on her dress.
*** Bonnie's lamp looks similar to Coraline's as well, with its constant slow spinning, and shining stars all over the place. Even the color matches.
*** Really? Dolly always reminded me more of Sally from [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]]. She's a misfit ragdoll, wearing an obviously badly made outfit made from mismatched parts, but she still has a very sweet heart. Plus, if buttons on her dress=Coraline, then more than half of Dolly's name is a [[Shout-Out]] to Sally.
*** It's possible she's based directly on the old Dolly Dress-up toy (hence the buttons, ect.) She may even be a handmade version.
*** She could just as easily be Molly Coddle from ''[[Bump in the Night]]''. There are similarities to quite a few characters there -- take your pick...
** Bonnie wearing a tutu at the end, might be a shout out to the original Brave Little Toaster where the appliances are adopted by a Ballerina at the end of the story.
** The bee on Bonnie's backpack is Wally B. from the ''very'' first Pixar short, "The Adventures of Andre and Wally B."
** The scene where brainwashed and re-programmed Buzz is bossing around all the toys being held captive at Sunnyside Daycare is a clear reference to [[Cool Hand Luke]]. The film has a scene where any infraction (losing a spoon, wearing dirty pants, messing up laundry cycle) is punished with "A night in the box." The toys meet the same fate, except in this case "the box" is filled with sand. Befitting for a [[Great Escape]] movie.
** Ken mentions macho rival [[G.I. Joe]].
** Mr. Potato Head's temporary cucumber body may be a reference to Family Guy's Mr. Zucchini Head.
*** Or, far more likely, one of the cast of [[Veggie Tales]].
** When Big Baby threw Lotso into the dumpster was anyone else reminded of [[Return of the Jedi|Darth Vader killing Palpatine]]?
*** Was anyone ''not''?
*** Big Baby might also be a shout out to the baby from "Tin Toy"... scary movements and all!
** Woody being dragged into the dumpster by Lotso is a shout-out to Hudson's death in ''[[Aliens]]''.
*** "[[Lord of the Rings|Fly, you fools!]]"
** Much of the film takes its inspiration from ''[[The Brave Little Toaster]]'', which had many future Pixar employees working on it, including John Lasseter, Joe Ranft, and others. It even had the usual A113 moniker in it.
** '''Mr. Potato Head:''' [[Scooby Doo|"And I would've gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for]] [[You Meddling Kids|you meddling toys!"]]
** The departure of the soldiers resembles how the baby spiders left at the end of ''[[Charlotte's Web]]''.
** The [[Cymbal-Banging Monkey]], is based off of the [[Stephen King]] story "The Monkey".
*** And remember to believe in magic... [[Mystery Science Theater 3000|or he'll kill you]]...
** Barbie and Ken's outfits during the dance sequence at the end is a reference to [[Saturday Night Fever]].
** Lotso Huggin' Bear himself is a [[Shout-Out]]. Between the name, nature, appearance, and the Viral Commercial for the toy, he's obviously meant to be one of the [[Care Bears]] gone horribly, horribly wrong.
*** And he's paraphrasing a quote from ''[[The Bridge on the River Kwai]]''.
*** In the "Art Of Toy Story 3" book he's ''clearly'' a Care Bear, baby face and eyelashes and all, which makes his grim, rain-soaked [[Start of Darkness]] look more disturbing.
** A tower with a klieg that searches the playground. [[The Lord of the Rings|Doesn't ring a bell]].
** Rex being overwhelmed by the flood of monkeys in the intro is reminiscent of a background event in the [[The Lord of the Rings|Battle of Pelennor Fields]], where the Dead Men overwhelm and devour an Oliphaunt.
** '''''[[Mission Impossible]]!'''''
** This may just be reading WAAAAAAAY too much into the scene, but one of the scenes with '''Ken''' wearing a white gi, similar to a certain [[Street Fighter|someone...]]
** In the opening scene, when Woody and Mrs. Potato Head are fighting atop a moving train, Woody lands with his heels over the edge of the end of the train, tries to regain his balance but falls backwards, and then lands safely on his horse ridden by his female friend. Replace "train" with "truck", "horse" with "car" and "Mrs. Potato Head" with "Agent", and you get what happened to Morpheus in The Matrix Reloaded.
** Woody reveals that Andy lives at 234 [[A Nightmare on Elm Street|Elm Street]]. No wonder Sid was a psycho...
* [[Shown Their Work]]: ''All'' of Ken's outfits are actual outfits released for the doll over the years.
** For the record, Ken himself isn't based on the infamous [[Ho Yay|Earring Magic Ken]]. He's an [[Unfortunate Implications|Animal-Loving]] Ken...
** Buzz and Jessie's paso doble over the end credits was choreographed by ''[[Dancing With the Stars]]'' veterans Tony Dovolani and Cheryl Burke.
* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Bonnie. Her toys and later Andy are pretty much the only people she opens up to.''
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Woody gives Lotso pointing out how he's motivated partially by selfishness.
* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: Ken and Barbie ("I..." "...love..." "...you!" "See? That time ''I'' said love!")
* [[Silence, You Fool]]: Demo Mode Buzz says this to Jessie when he captured the toys.
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: The Squeeze Toy Aliens. For all their times yelling "Ooohh!!!" and "The Claw" it turns out they are actually fairly intelligent. Not only can they learn how to operate heavy machinery within a matter of minutes, find and locate a small group of toys within an entire trash compound, but they actually do know that the "Claw" has to be manually controlled and is not self-choosing.
** Also Barbie -- political philosophy out of nowhere!
*** Well, [http://www.trojanhorseantiques.com/President2000Barbie.jpg not completely out of nowhere...]
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: After the toys are locked in jail, the [[Captivity Harmonica|harmonica in the background]] turns out to be Hamm playing.
* [[Split Personality]]: Buzz's [[Latin Lover|"Spanish]] [[Badass Spaniard|Mode"]], activated by pressing a reset button hidden in his back [[Never Trust a Trailer|for more than five seconds]], could be an example of this.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: Chuckles the Clown's flashback segment outlines exactly why Lotso turns out to be the cruel despot of Sunnyside.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: MR. PITA head anyone?
** The preschooler believed to be [[Monsters, Inc.|Boo]] is playing with a blue "Kitty."
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Lotso bear turns out to be Type C, as he is the film's villain.
** Chatter Telephone. His "mouth" sticker is in a constant smile, despite the fact that he is shown to be a very depressed toy.
*** '''That's''' what was so different about him in that scene! Part of what the toys did to make him talk was ripping off his mouth sticker!
* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: Chatter Telephone is of the Lacerated Larry type: he truly did want Andy's toys to escape. Lotso and his mob just ruthlessly beat the information out of him.
* [[Suddenly Shouting]]: "He was putting you IN THE ATTIC!"
* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Brainwashed Buzz is immune to Jessie's "bewitching good looks."
* [[Team Mom|Team]] [[Team Dad|Parents]]: [[Barbie]] and Ken to the toys of Sunnyside in the epilogue.
* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Subverted by Buttercup, who by all appearances should be female, but Jeff Garlin's voice is about as masculine as you can get.
* [[Third Is 3D]]
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: A nonverbal instance of this, started when the toys in the Caterpillar Room hide when recess ends, but cemented when Buzz flips his helmet up as the kids burst into the room.
* [[This Is No Time to Panic]]: Could also be seen as a [[Call Back]] to the first film.
{{quote|'''Buzz:''' Hold on. This is no time to be hysterical.
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' This is the perfect time to be hysterical.
'''Rex:''' ''(hysterically)'' Should we be HYSTERICAL?!?
'''[[The Other Darrin|Slinky]]:''' No!
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' Yes!
'''Buzz:''' Maybe! But not right now! }}
* [[Three Amigos]]: Woody, Jessie and Buzz in young Andy's playtime imagination.
{{quote|'''Spanish Buzz:''' ¿Que vá alli? ¿AMIGOS? ¿O ENEMIGOS?
'''Woody:''' Uh, Amigos! We're all amigos! }}
* [[Time Skip]]: Essentially. None of the movies are sequential but Andy is still a boy in ''Toy Story 2'' (maybe an early "tween", but that's it) and a young man about to depart for college in the third. Meant to reflect the long distance of time between ''3'' and its predecessors.
* [[Together in Death]]: Expected in-universe but narrowly averted.
** "The most important thing is that we stick together. No matter what happens, we stick together."
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: The [[LG Ms]] are dumped in a landfill and the first thing they do is run towards what looks like the claw. Immediately they get swept up with the garbage. {{spoiler|Then subverted when they turn up later in the incinerator scene, none the worse for wear}}.
* [[Town with a Dark Secret]]: Sunnyside is a Daycare Center with a Dark Secret (the Caterpillar room).
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: If {{spoiler|Buzz's Spanish mode}} really ''was'' supposed to be a comedic twist, it was sure spoiled well ahead of time in ''many'' of the previews.
** One TV spot even showed a clip of the epilogue, loosely spoiling {{spoiler|the fact that the toys (or at least Buzz and Jessie) don't die in the incinerator}}. That scene of {{spoiler|their brief dance together during the escape sequence}}, instead, likely would've worked just fine.
* [[Translated Cover Version]]: The movie ends with the Gipsy Kings performing a Spanish-language cover of "You've Got a Friend in Me".
* [[True Companions]]: If the scene in the incinerator where Andy's toys hold hands to be together in their final moments isn't a great demonstration of this, then what is?
** Earlier in the film Buzz refuses to [[We Can Rule Together|join Lotso]] and the older toys in the more pleasant Butterfly Room if the rest of his friends can't join him... though, less heartwarmingly, Lotso and the other toys just [[Take a Third Option|pop open Buzz's battery case and reset him]] instead.
*** Buzz even says that he and the rest of Andy's toys are "a family."
** And at the end of the film Woody decides not to go to college with Andy; he decides to join his friends with Bonnie as their new owner instead.
* [[Underside Ride]]
* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: Lotso.
* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid|Used to Be a Sweet Toy]]: Lotso, according to Chuckles.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Lotso is cheerfully calm until Woody mentions {{spoiler|Daisy, Lotso's previous owner}}. After that, he slowly becomes less charming and more furious until he goes too far and pushes {{spoiler|Big Baby}}'s [[Berserk Button]].
* [[Viral Marketing]]: There was a [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6dZtNYGlLM Lotso toy] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5ZwkcHCVkE in the 80s]?
*** For more viral effectiveness on the marketing's part, take a look at the videos of the English commercial's uploader.
** Not to mention [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXqfS5l27ug the] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBJ57Q5AhQY three] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Kzub7YXQM ads] they made aimed at college-age kids.
** ''Ken's Dating Tips!''
* [[The Voiceless]]: Totoro can make growls and roaring sounds in his original appearance, but he's completely silent in this movie.
* [[We Can Rule Together]]: To Buzz and, to a lesser extent, [[Barbie]].
** To their credit, the bad guys make an effort to be [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing|as nice as possible while doing this]]. You don't even realize that Lotso is a villain until Buzz rejects his offer.
* [[Wham! Line]]: When Slink reveals that {{spoiler|all the other toys are gone.}}
** Two more in rapid succession: [[Oh Crap|"I don't think that's daylight..."]] and {{spoiler|"Where's your kid now, Sheriff?!"}}
*** Earlier: {{spoiler|"Ah, a family man, I understand. Put him back in the timeout chair."}}.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Woody in the intro.
* [[Wimp Fight]]: Between Hamm and Rex during the escape plan. Understandable since only one of them actually has arms.
* [[Women Prefer Strong Men]]: Played for laughs [[media:prefermuscle_2893.jpg|when Mrs. Potato head meets Twitch]].
* [[You Wouldn't Believe Me If I Told You]]: When Mr. Potato Head walks up to the group with a cucumber for a body.
{{quote|'''Mr. Potato Head:''' You would not believe what I've been through tonight!}}
 
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