Toy Story (1995)
Loosely inspired by the 1988 computer animated short film Tin Toy by Pixar.
Intro (“You’ve Got A Friend in Me”). One day, a group of living toys are preparing to move into a new house with their owner Andy, his sister Molly and their single mother. The toys become uneasy when Andy has his birthday party a week early. Sheriff Woody, Andy's favorite toy and their de facto leader, sends Sarge and his green army men to spy on the gift opening with a baby monitor. The other toys (which include Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex the tyrannosaur, Hamm the piggy bank, and Bo Peep the porcelain doll) are relieved when Andy receives nothing that could replace them. Andy then receives a last-minute surprise gift—a Buzz Lightyear action figure who believes he is an actual Space Ranger. Buzz impresses the other toys with his various features and becomes Andy's new favorite toy, making Woody jealous (“Strange Things”).
Two days before the move, Andy's family plans for a dinner at Pizza Planet, where Andy is allowed to bring along only one toy; to ensure Andy chooses him and not Buzz, Woody tries using the radio-controlled toy car RC to knock Buzz behind the desk, but accidentally knocks him out an open window instead. The other toys (except for Bo and Slinky, although Rex has second thoughts) believe Woody deliberately tried to kill Buzz, but Andy arrives and takes Woody before they can exact revenge. A furious Buzz stows away in the car, and confronts Woody when the car stops at a gas station Dinoco Station on the way to Pizza Planet. The two fight, fall out of the car, and are left behind.
After a further argument, the two hitch a ride on a Pizza Planet delivery truck and sneak into the arcade restaurant. Buzz mistakenly believes a claw crane full of Little Green Men to be a true rocket, and Woody climbs in after him. Andy's sadistic next-door neighbor Sid spots and captures the two and takes them to his house, where they encounter his Bull Terrier Scud and his much-abused "mutant" toys made from parts of other toys he has destroyed.
As Woody tries finding an escape route, Buzz is shocked by a TV commercial that reveals he is indeed a toy. He attempts to fly, but breaks his arm off and falls into despair (“I Will Go Sailing No More”). After Sid's toys fix Buzz, Sid returns and tapes Buzz to a rocket intending to blow him up, but a thunderstorm forces him to delay the launch until the next morning. Overnight, Woody helps Buzz realize that his purpose is making Andy happy, restoring Buzz's resolve. Sid takes Buzz out to launch him, but Woody rallies the mutant toys to frighten Sid into never harming toys again, freeing Buzz.
Woody and Buzz pursue Andy's moving truck, but Scud sees them and gives chase, biting Woody. Buzz fights off Scud, while Woody, freed, climbs into the truck and pushes RC out, using him to distract Scud and rescue Buzz. The other toys, thinking Woody is now trying to get rid of RC as well, toss Woody back into the street. Having escaped Scud, Buzz and Woody pursue the truck on RC, and the other toys spot them coming and realize their error. During the chase, RC's batteries run out, forcing Woody to ignite the rocket still strapped to Buzz. As they launch towards the truck, they become airborne, and Woody drops RC into the truck. Buzz opens his wings to sever the tape just before the rocket explodes; he and Woody glide over the truck and fall through the sunroof of Andy's car, landing safely beside Andy.
At Christmas, in the new house, Sarge and his men spy on the gift opening again while the other toys wait. Mr. Potato Head is delighted when Molly gets a Mrs. Potato Head, and Woody and Buzz jokingly ponder what gift could be "worse" than Buzz, only to nervously smile at each other when Andy gets a puppy.
TRIVIA
Visual Style
To make the computer animation appear more organic, the animators gave the world a sense of history by building scuffs and imperfections into the models and environments.
Easter Egg(s)
The Buzz Lightyear commercial that Buzz watches is from Al’s Toy Barn which is seen later in Toy Story 2.
In the car during the move, the song playing is “Hakuna Matata” from The Lion King.
Attraction(s)
Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (Magic Kingdom Disney World, Tokyo Disneyland, Disneyland, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland)
Alien Swirling Saucers (Hollywood Studios Disney World)
RC Racer (Shanghai Disneyland, Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland)
Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin (Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland, Shanghai Disneyland)
Slinky Dog Dash (Hollywood Studios Disney World)
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop (Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland)