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To infinity and beyond! Join us as we count down our picks for the greatest moments from the beloved "Toy Story" franchise! Our list spans all four films, featuring iconic scenes like "Falling with Style," "When She Loved Me," "One Last Playtime," and more! Which "Toy Story" moment holds a special place in your heart? Let us know in the comments, partners!
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00:00I have been chosen. Farewell, my friends. I go on to a better place.
00:05Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're counting down our picks for the best scenes from the Toy Story animated films.
00:19Number 20. Woody and Buzz's First Meeting, Toy Story.
00:23Now let's all be polite and give whatever it is up there a nice, big, Andy's room welcome.
00:30Not every beautiful friendship starts on the right foot.
00:33After finding his spot seemingly supplanted by a new Space Ranger action figure,
00:37Woody is even more annoyed to find that Buzz doesn't know he's a toy.
00:40You see, the bed here is my spot.
00:42I need to repair my turbo boosters.
00:43Do people still use fossil fuels, or have you discovered crystallic fusion?
00:46Well, let's see. We got double A's.
00:49Watch yourself.
00:50Who goes there?
00:51Buzz's utter obliviousness makes for some great comedy,
00:54particularly once the other toys start treating him like the literal shiny new toy that he is.
00:58We're even treated to Buzz's infinitely quotable catchphrase,
01:01as he demonstrates his supposed ability to fly.
01:04To infinity and beyond!
01:11It may be falling with style, but it certainly makes an impression,
01:14just like this scene does on both us and the duo's initial rivalry,
01:18as well as Woody's jealousy.
01:19That wasn't flying!
01:20That was falling with style!
01:23Man, the dolls must really go for you!
01:25Can you teach me that?
01:27Golly, Bob, howdy!
01:29Oh, shut up!
01:30You know, in a couple of days, everything will be just the way it was.
01:33They'll see.
01:33Number 19.
01:35Cone Crossing.
01:36Toy Story 2.
01:37Hey, guys!
01:38Why did the toys cross the road?
01:41Not now, Ham.
01:42Oh, I love riddles!
01:43Why?
01:44To get to the chicken on the other side!
01:49With Woody seemingly captured,
01:51Buzz steps up to lead some of Andy's toys on a daring rescue mission.
01:54Their biggest obstacle is crossing a busy street in front of Al's toy barn,
01:58without being seen.
01:59Thankfully, some nearby traffic cones provide the perfect cover.
02:02Ready, set, go!
02:14Drop!
02:21However, what's convenient for them leads to problems for all the humans driving on the road.
02:26Each time they drop the cones, it leads to increasingly disastrous and hilarious traffic accidents.
02:36Drop!
02:44There's plenty of suspense throughout, particularly when Mr. Potato Head steps in gum.
02:48By the time they've made it across, the toys have left absolute chaos in their wake,
02:53to which they remain hilariously oblivious.
02:55Good job, troops.
02:56We're that much closer to Woody.
02:58Number 18, Hasta el infinito y mas ala, Toy Story 3.
03:04It's not working! Why is it not working? Where's the manual?
03:07Uh-uh! Here we go! There should be a little hole under the switch.
03:09Little hole.
03:10Got it!
03:10So reset your Buzz Lightyear.
03:12Insert paper clip.
03:13Rex, use your finger!
03:14Whoop!
03:16Okay, now what?
03:17Alright, let's see.
03:17In the third film, Buzz goes back to the basics,
03:20when the villains set him to demo mode.
03:22However, the attempt by Andy's toys to fix him also resets Buzz,
03:26but in Spanish, seeing classic Buzz behavior with a Latin twist is a treat whenever it's on screen.
03:32Practically every scene is a delight.
03:34We couldn't pick just one, from his suave behavior,
03:37to his brief attempts to woo Jesse with a passion to dance,
03:40and showing off his acrobatic skills.
03:42Muslayer al rescate!
03:50Abierto!
03:50Away to go, Buzz!
03:52Come on!
03:54Ugh!
03:57Spanish Buzz brings a ton of levity to one of the franchise's most tragic entries.
04:02Mi florecilla del desierto.
04:04Yo nunca habÃa visto la verdadera belleza hasta esta noche.
04:08Did you fix, Buzz?
04:10Er, sort of.
04:11Number 17, Forky's Existential Crisis, Toy Story 4.
04:16Come on, there you go.
04:19Come on, let's get you out of there.
04:21You got this.
04:23Good, good.
04:24Everyone, I want you to meet Forky!
04:28Golly, Bob has.
04:30Look how long his arms are.
04:32Trash?
04:33No, no.
04:35Toys.
04:36The franchise's fourth entry adds new lore to how toys become animated with Forky,
04:40a discarded spork with limbs, and a face that the toy's child, Bonnie, makes in class.
04:45Forky is initially convinced that he is still trash and not a toy,
04:48trying repeatedly to throw himself into garbage cans.
04:51I am not a toy.
04:52I'm a spork.
04:53Be quiet.
04:54I was made for soup, salad, maybe chili, and then the trash.
04:59I'm litter.
05:00Freedom!
05:02While the scene of Woody repeatedly trying to save Forky is comedic,
05:05there is a surprisingly deep and relatable element to the new toy struggle.
05:08None of us asked for existence, and while some of us believe that we're unworthy,
05:12we could all use a toy cowboy to tell us we're loved.
05:18Number 16.
05:20Woody Chooses Andy.
05:21Toy Story 2.
05:23It's me and you, boy.
05:25And as the years go by,
05:29our friendship will never die.
05:32After being taken by Al, Woody gradually comes around to the idea of being a museum piece,
05:36along with the other Woody's roundup toys.
05:38However, after seeing the TV version of him playing You've Got a Friend in Me,
05:42and seeing Andy's name on his boot again,
05:44Woody decides to leave with Buzz after all.
05:46Buzz!
05:47Wait!
05:48Wait!
05:48Woody, where are you going?
05:49You're right, Prospector.
05:50I can't stop Andy from growing up.
05:52But I wouldn't miss it for the world.
05:55He also convinces Jesse and Bullseye to come with him,
05:57touching on one of the franchise's central themes,
06:00that it's better to love and be loved, even if it ends.
06:03It's a moving scene, which makes the villain reveal that follows even more impactful.
06:07Prospector, this isn't fair!
06:08Fair?
06:09I'll tell you what's not fair.
06:12Spending a lifetime on a dime store shelf,
06:15watching every other toy be sold.
06:18Well, finally my waiting has paid off,
06:20and no hand-me-down cowboy doll is gonna mess it up for me now!
06:24Number 15.
06:25You are a toy.
06:27Toy Story.
06:28Toy?
06:29T-O-Y.
06:30Toy.
06:31Excuse me, I think the word you're searching for is Space Ranger.
06:35The word I'm searching for, I can't say, because there's preschool toys present.
06:40Buzz and Woody have many fun interactions throughout the first film,
06:43and this is one of the best.
06:44Stranded at a gas station after falling out of Andy's car,
06:47the duo bicker over their situation,
06:49with Woody panicking and becoming exasperated by Buzz's cluelessness over both their situation and that he's a toy.
06:56You are a toy!
06:59You weren't the real Buzz Lightyear!
07:01You're an action figure!
07:03You are a child's play thing!
07:07You are a sad, strange little man.
07:10And while Woody may be a sad, strange little man,
07:12he does come up with a crafty solution to trick Buzz into going where they need to,
07:16in order to reunite with Andy.
07:17The scene has a great back and forth,
07:19and a ton of quotable lines.
07:21I found a spaceship!
07:25It's a spaceship, Buzz!
07:29Come on, man, hurry up!
07:30I'm like, the pizzas are getting cold here!
07:33Hey, yeah, I'm cutting bull over, man.
07:34Yeah, yeah, which way?
07:36Now, you're sure this space freighter will return to its port of origin once it jettisons its food supply?
07:41Uh-huh.
07:42Number 14.
07:43An epic sci-fi.
07:44Toy Story 2.
07:45Opening with everyone's favorite Space Ranger,
07:47the sequel to Pixar's modern masterpiece beautifully draws us in with an interstellar setting,
07:52as Buzz makes a superhero-esque entrance onto the surface of a mysterious planet.
07:57Buzz Lightyear mission log.
07:59All signs point to this planet as the location of Zerg's fortress,
08:02but there seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere.
08:14After he encounters several unexpected dangers upon Touchdown,
08:17we soon discover that he is, in fact,
08:19in search of the evil Emperor Zerg's hidden fortress and power source,
08:23the latter being, of course, a double-A battery.
08:26Get it?
08:26To infinity and beyond!
08:41So, we meet again, Buzz Lightyear, for the last time!
08:46Once he confronts the villain several moments later,
08:48we see that Lightyear isn't exactly cut out to be labeled one of Star Command's finest.
08:52But don't worry, he's probably got a few lives remaining.
09:04Oh, no! No! No, no!
09:07Oh, you almost had it.
09:08Number 13. Tea Party.
09:10Toy Story.
09:12Buzz! Hey! Buzz, are you okay?
09:14Gone!
09:16It's all gone.
09:17When Buzz does finally realize he's a toy,
09:20it breaks him.
09:21More on that later.
09:22The aftermath of his crisis is quite entertaining,
09:24as Sid's little sister, Hannah, finds him
09:26and plays with him in a most unorthodox way.
09:29Would you like some tea, Mrs. Nesbitt?
09:32Huh? Buzz!
09:33It's so nice you could join us on such late notice.
09:36Oh, no!
09:37What a lovely hat, Mrs. Nesbitt.
09:40Dubbed Mrs. Nesbitt,
09:41Buzz attends a play tea party with Hannah and her dolls,
09:44who happen to have lost their heads, we should mention.
09:46After Woody lures Hannah away,
09:49Buzz rambles in an intoxicated and increasingly unhinged manner about his new situation.
09:53While Woody does get him to calm down a bit,
09:55Buzz's continued rant gives Woody an idea on how to escape and return to Andy.
10:00Maybe those years of Academy training weren't wasted after all.
10:03Come on!
10:03Come on!
10:03This way!
10:04Years of Academy training wasted!
10:07Number 12.
10:08An Epic Western.
10:10Toy Story 3.
10:11One of the things that makes Toy Story 3 so great
10:13is the way it perfectly balances allusions to the previous films in the franchise,
10:17while also telling its own original narrative.
10:20You gotta dig with justice, one-eyed Bart.
10:23Too bad, Sheriff.
10:24I'm a married man.
10:25Hi-ya!
10:27Yeah!
10:28A classic example of this is the reuse of the movie parody opening,
10:31that you may or may not see in one of our other entries.
10:34I think you dropped something, mister.
10:36Jesse!
10:37Give it up, Bart!
10:38You've reached the end of the line!
10:39I always wanted to go out with a bang!
10:45Screenwriter Michael Arndt cleverly trades in the stars of The Final Frontier
10:49for The Sands of the Western Front,
10:51featuring the toys as familiar heroes and villains from familiar stories
10:54with even more familiar dialogue.
10:56I got your wings, bullseye!
10:58Yeah!
10:58This opening plucks all the nostalgic heartstrings of long-time fans,
11:02while also showing us the cinematic spectacle of Andy's imagination.
11:06Glad I could catch the train!
11:08Now let's catch some criminals!
11:10Go, Infinity!
11:12Let me out!
11:16Number 11.
11:18Buzz Skywalker vs. Darth Zurg
11:20Toy Story 2
11:21So, we meet again, Buzz Lightyear, for the last time!
11:26It's Zurg!
11:27The first Toy Story had no shortage of references to the pop culture giants that came before it,
11:32particularly a little story that took place in a certain galaxy far, far away.
11:36It was therefore all the more fitting that the Toy Story writers chose to reference that same space opera's own
11:41sequel in their sequel.
11:43After a brief confrontation atop an elevator shaft,
11:45the arch enemies have a near verbatim exchange that directly parallels another space hero and his half-machine father.
11:51He told me you killed him!
11:53No!
11:55I am your father!
11:57Similar to Anakin and Luke's relationship,
11:59the connection between this father and son is later redeemed,
12:01but in a much funnier way that doesn't involve Hayden Christensen's Force Ghost.
12:05Buzz Lightyear!
12:06I have won!
12:07I'll never give in!
12:08You killed my father!
12:10No, Buzz!
12:12I am your father!
12:14Aw, that's nice!
12:16Number 10.
12:17You've Got a Friend in Me
12:18Toy Story
12:19You're my favorite deputy!
12:22You've got a friend in me
12:26You've got a friend in me
12:28Come on, let's wrinkle up the cattle!
12:31Beginnings are important,
12:32and Toy Story's very first scene set the bar high.
12:35We see Andy playing with Woody,
12:37foiling a robbery perpetrated by Mr. Potato Head,
12:40uh, One-Eyed Bart,
12:41while also getting glimpses of his other toys.
12:44Then, as Randy Newman's iconic You've Got a Friend in Me plays,
12:47and he continues playing with Woody,
12:49taking him downstairs where preparations for his birthday party are underway.
12:53But none of them will ever love me the way I do,
12:58it's me and you, boy.
13:00The whole scene is a timeless example of childhood imagination,
13:03full of nostalgia for any kids who grew up with it,
13:06and also sets up the series' most iconic and recurring songs.
13:09While many scenes rose higher,
13:11this introduction is the very essence of Toy Story.
13:13You've got a friend in me
13:19Number 9
13:20Woody Stays With Bo
13:22Toy Story 4
13:23The finale of the series' fourth film
13:25sees Woody reluctant to leave Bo Peep again.
13:28He decides to stay with her,
13:29after Buzz assures him that Bonnie will be fine without him.
13:32Buzz, I...
13:33I...
13:35She'll be okay.
13:41Bonnie will be okay.
13:43He proceeds to bid farewell to the other toys one after another,
13:47in an emotional goodbye.
13:48In the first film,
13:49Woody feared becoming a lost toy,
13:51but now he's found a new calling helping other toys find kids of their own,
13:55along with the woman he loves.
13:56It's a fitting end for the character,
13:58at least until he comes back in Toy Story 5.
14:01Someone needs a brown marker.
14:03Halt!
14:04Who goes there?
14:05Whoa, whoa, whoa!
14:05I come in peace?
14:08It's been too long, cowboy.
14:10Number 8
14:10Sailing No More
14:12Toy Story
14:13Grownups in particular would do well to remember the sad scene,
14:16which perfectly captures the heartbreak of an excruciating epiphany.
14:19Now I know exactly who I am
14:24What I'm here for
14:26You are a toy
14:27You can't fly!
14:29Though we can't relate to Buzz's downgrade from superhero to toy,
14:32we can certainly sympathize with his sudden identity crisis,
14:35and the disheartening disappointment he's undergoing.
14:37Just as painful,
14:39is his last-ditch effort to prove that he's something much more,
14:42which leads him to meet the same fate as Icarus.
14:44Like a bird in the sky
14:46For the leads I could fly
14:49Why I'd fly!
14:52To infinity and beyond!
14:55Depressing though it is,
14:56at least it's followed up with this much more relatable comic relief moment.
15:00Tea?
15:00Yeah, sure.
15:01That's what the writers are referring to.
15:03Clearly I
15:07Will go sailing
15:12No more
15:15Number 7
15:15Woody is fixed
15:17Toy Story 2
15:18When it comes to oddly satisfying moments in animation,
15:21this one is definitely up there.
15:23While being held at Al's apartment,
15:24Woody is attended to by an elderly gentleman skilled in toy repair.
15:28The cowboy is posed and held in place like he's in a barber chair,
15:31with the expert using numerous tools to touch up, wear, and tear on Woody,
15:34and reattach his arm.
15:50Seeing the cleaner uses many little items and instruments is strangely gratifying.
15:55Even if Andy's name getting painted over is a bit of a blow,
15:57it's almost like we're getting a shave or a massage ourselves.
16:03He's for display only.
16:05You handle him too much, he's not gonna last.
16:08It's amazing! You're a genius! He's just like new!
16:11Also a little fun fact for Pixar fans out there,
16:13the cleaner is Jerry from the Pixar short Jerry's game.
16:16Ha!
16:18Who?
16:35If Disney ever decides to open his own restaurant division,
16:38it's a safe bet that one of their first ventures will be a fully equipped,
16:41out-of-this-world replica of Pizza Planet.
16:43While in pursuit of their owner, Andy,
16:45Woody successfully cons Buzz into thinking that the arcade is a spaceport,
16:49which soon plays as a disadvantage when Buzz boards a rocket-shaped claw machine.
16:53The claw!
16:58The claw is our master.
16:59The claw chooses who will go and who will stay.
17:02This is ludicrous.
17:03When he encounters a pool of peaceful squeaky toy aliens inside,
17:06the hope of returning home doesn't seem so lost.
17:09Enter the demented Sid, however,
17:11who, after successfully grabbing one of the aliens,
17:14goes for the Space Ranger action figure beneath it,
17:16taking a certain cowboy doll right along with him.
17:18Double prizes!
17:23Let's go home and play.
17:26Number 5.
17:27When She Loved Me.
17:28Toy Story 2.
17:30Andy's a real special kid.
17:33And to him, you're his buddy, his best friend.
17:35And when Andy plays with you, it's like,
17:38even though you're not moving,
17:40you feel like you're alive.
17:43Because that's how he sees you.
17:46How did you know that?
17:48Because Emily was just the same.
17:50Here's the moment that makes you cling on to your childhood toys like they're your own kids.
17:55Reminiscing about her original owner,
17:57Jessie allows audiences to stream through a collection of her memories with Emily,
18:00acting as its own short film within the movie.
18:03This well-structured tale is beautifully synchronized with Randy Newman's Oscar-nominated song,
18:08a signature Newman tune that is at once simple and fitting,
18:11and which features the vocal talents of Sarah McLachlan.
18:21As with all stories, this too has to end,
18:24and it just has to do so with a conclusion that's guaranteed to make all of us sob our eyes
18:29out.
18:29When She Loved Me.
18:38Number 4.
18:39Claw Ex Machina.
18:40Toy Story 3.
18:41Taking place during the film's third act,
18:43just moments after their half-successful escape from Sunnyside Daycare,
18:47this scene sees Andy's toys unavoidably pushed onto the incinerator belt at a garbage dump.
18:53Hang on!
18:58After rescuing the story's main antagonist from the shredding midway point,
19:01Lotso Bear, surprise, surprise, refuses to return the favor,
19:05leaving Woody and friends to slowly descend into the inferno.
19:08Just push it! Push it!
19:10Push it! Push it!
19:12Where's your kid now, sheriff?
19:15No!
19:18No!
19:28After the friends lock hands on what they accept as their final moments,
19:31a sudden floodlight flashes from above, dropping an unrecognizable silhouette over our doomed toy
19:37friends. But soon, the toys are lifted away from the blaze, as it's made apparent that none other
19:42than The Claw, controlled by the Potato Head's adopted alien children, has come to save the day.
19:57Number 3. Play Nice. Toy Story.
20:01For the sky.
20:04Huh?
20:05This town ain't big enough for the two of us.
20:09What?
20:10Looks can be deceiving. This is something Woody learns the hard way when he and Buzz first encounter
20:14Sid's mutilated toys. Then again, how would you react if you saw these... playthings?
20:21All right, back! Back, you cannibals!
20:27He is still alive, and you're not gonna get up, you monster!
20:31Don't sweat it!
20:33Upon learning that these poor plastic souls are actually good guys, Woody enlists every
20:37last one of them for perhaps the best part rescue, part sabotage mission ever seen in a
20:42kids film. After escaping into the backyard from Sid's stupid dog, the toys skedaddle to
20:46their new positions, and play possum, waiting for Woody's unmistakable go-ahead signal. The
20:51toys' zombies shuffle towards their disturbed owner, and the comeuppance is beautifully finished,
20:56with a witty play on words from the would-be-possessed cowboy doll.
20:59We toys can see everything.
21:03We toys can see everything. So play nice.
21:10Number 2. One Last Playtime. Toy Story 3.
21:15Hey!
21:22Hey, Mom. So, you really think I should donate these?
21:27Toy Story 3 was nominated for several Oscars, including Best Adapted Screenplay. If any moment
21:33sealed that deal, it was the ending.
21:35I have some toys here.
21:37Ooh, you hear that, Bonnie?
21:39So you're Bonnie?
21:42I'm Andy.
21:44Someone told me you're really good with toys.
21:48Catching Bonnie during playtime in her front yard, Andy gives each of his toy heroes a proper
21:52introduction, as he hands them down to her. Though initially hesitant, he eventually passes
21:57on Woody, but not before having a final hurrah with Bonnie's help. Acknowledging how real
22:01they were to him, Andy shows his toys a final bit of gratitude before driving off. This chapter
22:06of the toys' lives is closed by some simple, yet beautiful words.
22:10But the thing that makes Woody special is he'll never give up on you. Ever. He'll be there
22:19for you, no matter what. You think you can take care of him for me?
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22:54Number 1. Falling with Style. Toy Story.
23:03Desperate to catch up with their owner's moving van, Woody foolishly lights up a rocket strapped
23:07onto Buzz's back, courtesy of Cid, which seems like a good idea, until…
23:12No! This is the part where we blow up!
23:15Not today!
23:24After the pair is blasted down the road and into the sky, Buzz activates his wings to free them from
23:29the explosion, leaving the buddies on the flight of their life. Making this moment even more special
23:33is Buzz's callback to earlier in the film, and to a line originally exclaimed by Woody in
23:38objection to Buzz's status as a real space ranger.
23:42Hey, Buzz! You're flying!
23:45This isn't flying, this is falling with style!
23:49It discreetly showcases Buzz's joyful acceptance of his standing as a toy,
23:53leading Woody to fully embrace his new friend, with a borrowed line of his own.
23:57To infinity and beyond!
24:01Is there an exceptional Toy Story moment we forgot? Share your picks in the comments, partners!
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