With that said, I think I’m going to go get some tissues now.Īll four Toy Story films are currently available to stream on Disney+. They can survive having their limbs removed and being turned into mutated toys, like in Sid’s room but, once they face incineration, it’s game over. Initially, the toys just wanted to escape a daycare prison but were instead suddenly faced with their own mortality.Īfter all, as Lee Unkrich made clear, there’s seemingly no logical way a toy could be resurrected after being totally annihilated in a burning furnace. This is likely why the incinerator scene in Toy Story 3 is so shocking and emotional.
While the Toy Story saga touches on themes of loneliness, love, family, loyalty, and identity, it doesn’t deal with death too often. But perhaps they’re unaware of their own resistance to death? In the original Toy Story, the toys in Andy’s room believe Woody tried to kill Buzz when he falls out of the window. This scene is the darkest ever made in any Pixar film.What’s interesting is that even though toys have an incredible resilience to death, the toys themselves seem to think they could die from falling at great heights.In Toy Story 2, the Prospector says that the toys would be thrown and burned in some landfill.The Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Stranger Invasion" has Emperor Zurg requesting incinerators instead of a standard garbage smasher in a new base, as they would be far more difficult to escape from.Hamm and Slinky decide to get revenge on Lotso for leaving them to die however, Woody talks them out of it, saying it's not worth it. Potato Head thank the Aliens for saving them. As the aliens put their friends down safely, Buzz and Jessie are the only ones still holding hands. However, at the last minute, the Aliens, who had gone to a different part of the dump, save all the toys with a giant crane. The toys then close their eyes and await their fate. Woody looks at all his friends holding hands and then joins them by grabbing Buzz and Slinky's free hands. Afterwards, Slinky Dog grabs Hamm's hoof, and Hamm uses his free hoof to grab Rex's hand. Jessie then grabs one of Bullseye's hooves with her free hand. As the toys near their fiery demise, Buzz looks at Jessie and grabs her hand. However, instead of pushing the button to save Andy's toys, Lotso runs off and leaves them to die. Woody and Buzz Lightyear give a boost and he climbs up the ladder and reaches the button. Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear then spots a ladder leading to a stop button to stop the conveyor belt. Unfortunately, the uncontrollable kids do not. Woodys quick thinking saves the gang, but all but Woody end up being donated to a day-care center. Rex, Woody, and the other toys run for their lives. scene-stealing trio of Little Green Men BY AMY WILKINSON The mystic portal awaits So say the Little Green Men who. With their beloved Andy preparing to leave for college, Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie, and the rest of the toys find themselves headed for the attic but mistakenly wind up on the curb with the trash. Woody says it's not daylight, but the light of an incinerator, which appears to show an enormous fire in the center.
The Incinerator is a location at the Tri-County Landfill and part of the climax of Toy Story 3.Īfter escaping the shredders, Rex sees a light, thinking it's daylight. Woody witnessing the incinerator from afar.