Toy Story 2 (1999)
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For the scene where Woody looks at the merchandise from "Woody's Roundup", mock-ups of the toys were shown to Tom Hanks in the recording booth. Hanks' spontaneous reactions to the toys were recorded and used for Woody's dialogue.
There was some discussion with regard to the song "When She Loved Me" and its place in the film. Randy Newman expressed concern over whether or not young children would be able to sit through the three-minute ballad while both Tim Allen and Tom Hanks admitted to being moved to tears by the scene featuring the song.
The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer.
While driving around Al's Toy Barn, the gang drives down the Buzz Lightyear aisle. Tour Guide Barbie tells them "Back in 1995 short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand". This is an in-joke and a fact: When the original Toy Story (1995) was released, toy sellers did not think the movie would be a hit and they indeed did not order enough dolls to keep up with demand. The joke is also a self-deprecating dig at Mattel Toys, which denied use of the Barbie character in the first film, thinking it would be a flop.
When working on the film, someone entered a code called rm *, which, when entered, deletes everything on the computer as quickly as possible. Because of this, the creators of the movie lost ninety percent of the film. The animators tried to get the back-up animation, but it wasn't working. Fortunately, supervising technical director Galyn Susman had recently had a child, so she took a copy of the movie home with her so she could work from home. They covered the extra copy in blankets and drove it back to the studio, and were able to recover most of the film.
When Hamm is flipping through the channels looking for the Al's Toy Barn commercial, all the other stations show clips from shorts and commercials Pixar produced through the years including Luxo Jr. (1986), Red's Dream (1987), Tin Toy (1988), and Knick Knack (1989). There is also a logo for the NeXT computer developed by Pixar's then CEO, Steve Jobs, as well as a few clips of some of Pixar's television commercials they did, and a brief image of Pixar's old logo.
In the scene with Rex in the car in Al's Toy Barn holding the How to Defeat Zurg book, there is one frame where a clear glimpse of the bottom corner of the book is seen. As a lighthearted jab at Canadians, the cover price is shown as $4.95 and $50.00 in Canada. It should be about $6.95. In the waiting area for the new "Toy Story Mania!" ride at Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida, there is a large replica of the book's cover that also reflects this joke.
When Jessie first meets Woody (Tom Hanks), she exclaims, "Sweet mother of Abraham Lincoln!" Abraham Lincoln's mother was Nancy Hanks, a blood relative of Tom Hanks. Tom Hanks is a direct descendant of an uncle of Nancy Hanks.
One of the items in Al's Toy Barn behind Rex, before he and Mr. Potato Head board Barbie's car, is a pink teddy bear, which previously appeared as one of the silent toys on the shelf top, during the staff meeting in Toy Story (1995) (that actually served as the basis for Lotso in Toy Story 3 (2010)).
Early drafts of the original "Toy Story (1995)" had a Barbie doll in the role that became Little Bo Peep, but Mattel refused to license the character to Disney. The huge popularity of the movie (and boost in sales for Mr. Potato Head and other featured toys) led them to agree to have Tour Guide Barbie included in this film. Naturally, Mattel released Tour Guide Barbie as an exclusive doll, as a tie-in with the film.
Many of the ideas that were not used in Toy Story (1995) appear in this film: the yard sale, and Woody's nightmare.
When the toys are playing cards during Woody's nightmare after he's been shelved, all the cards are the ace of spades, which represents death in fortune telling.
When Al hangs up the phone with the Japanese investor, he says "Don't touch my mustache." This refers to an English mnemonic for the Japanese phrase meaning "You're welcome": "Dou itashimashite."
The canyon at the beginning of the movie that Buzz is flying through was originally an earlier version of Ant Island from A Bug's Life (1998). The floating rocks had been an accident, but John Lasseter liked the effect, so it was used in the final film.
One of the inspirations for this sequel was when John Lasseter was traveling with his wife and kids. When they stepped off their flight into an airport, Lasseter saw a little boy holding a Woody doll and showing it to his dad. Lasseter immediately knew that his characters are not just his but everyone else's. When he sees the movie, Lasseter always thinks of the little boy.
Many people think the "Woody's Roundup" sequence was filmed with real puppets. But really they took the same CG models and made small changes to make them look like puppets. Then they animated the puppet versions of the characters in a CG black-and-white set. Then they used this technique called the kinescope effect, which adds scratches, hairs, and pieces of grain to the image to make it look old.
Tom Hanks stated in an interview that he and Tim Allen sat down together and watched the "Jessie's song" sequence, and that both of them simultaneously broke down in tears.
The box that Zurg comes out of, in Al's Toy Barn, has "Printed in Point Richmond" written on it. Pixar's offices were in Point Richmond in Richmond, California, when the movie was made.
The video game opening scenes feature several references to the Star Wars films: -The robotic scanning device that popped out of the rock face resembled the gatekeeper droid for Jabba the Hutt's palace in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). -Buzz's traveling through the tunnel in Zurg's fortress and it closing behind him upon entering, spiked wall trap aside, was taken from Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980). -Zurg's line of "So, we meet again, Buzz Lightyear, for the last time!" is a paraphrase of what Darth Vader said to Obi-Wan Kenobi shortly before dueling him in Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). This also occurred during the encounter with the Zurg toy in the elevator shaft of Al's apartment in the real world. This phrase is also spoken in Mel Brook's Spaceballs between Lord Helmet and Lonestar before their last battle.
The movie has several references to A Bug's Life (1998). In Andy's bedroom, Andy has a wall calendar that shows the ants from the film standing on a leaf. Mrs. Potato Head reads a "A Bug's Life" book when Mr. Potato Head shows up with the earring. Heimlich the caterpillar can be seen munching on leaves as Buzz karate chops his way through the bushes. (Buzz chops a branch, causing Heimlich to fall.) In Al's office, there is an abstracted version of a shot from "A Bug's Life." The shot was reputedly abstracted to prevent people from identifying the shot until they got the video version and looked hard at it. In the final scene of Jessie's flashback the tree in the background is the tree from "A Bug's Life". There are some "A Bug's Life" toys seen in the background in Al's Toy Barn. Among the objects in the background by Hamm in Al's car is the Chinese take-out box used in Gypsy and Manny's magic act. Flik and Heimlich appear in an "outtake" during the closing credits.
Despite a clear obsession with "Woody's Roundup", Al never actually says the name "Woody" or the names of the Roundup Gang at any point in the movie.
During the opening credits (when "WALT DISNEY PICTURES" is displayed), the Pixar trademark lamp (from Luxo Jr. (1986)) can be seen as a constellation of stars in the stars in the upper right corner of the screen. Andy's red lamp, which is a colored version of this, also reappears from the first film, as does Andy's Mickey Mouse "watch" clock.
Randy Newman designed the music of the film so that it was much more predominant when the toys are 'alive' compared to when they are not, or when the camera is not focusing on them.
The movies do not explicitly state the years in which they take place, which makes the Toy Story film timeline inexact. However, references within the films can date the first movie as taking place in 1995. This means that Andy, who is turning six in the first film, was born in 1989. Woody and Andy were friends from an early age, so Woody and Andy could have first met when Andy was a baby. Even then, however, Woody is a lot older than Andy. In Toy Story 2, Woody learns that he is a collectible toy based on the 1950s television show Woody's Roundup. Along with Jessie the Cowgirl, Bullseye the Horse, and Stinky Pete the Prospector, Woody is part of a limited edition set of toys that are rare enough to be sold to a Japanese museum. The black-and-white aesthetic always suggested the 50s, and this is confirmed in Toy Story 4 by Gabby Gabby. As a result, Woody would have lived thirty to forty years of his life before meeting Andy. When Al tries to buy Woody at the yard sale in Toy Story 2, Andy's mother apologizes and takes Woody back, saying that he is "an old family toy." Andy is only around eight years old in Toy Story 2, and as his mother identifies Woody as a family toy, rather than her son's toy, that seems to signal that Woody has been in the family's possession longer than Andy has been alive. In Toy Story 2, Woody remarks, "A record player! I haven't seen one of these in ages." It's unlikely that Andy would have had a record player in the 1990s, so this would indicate that Woody does have memories of his life before. It's likely that Woody was owned by one of Andy's parents when they were children. Some fan theories go deep into Andy's missing father, and hinge on the idea that Woody once belonged to him; because Andy associates Woody with his father, he is all the more attached to the toy.
The Life Magazine issue with Woody and Bullseye on the cover is dated January 12th, 1957, the birthday of John Lasseter. The caption reads "Doctors Say Americans Don't Eat Enough Fat."
Mary Kay Bergman, who provided Jessie's yodeling, committed suicide two days before the film premiered.
Because of such a tight schedule, the editors of the film would often work 36-48 hour shifts. Editorial Department Manager Lindsay Collins said that some times editors would burst into tears purely from exhaustion.
Originally Bullseye (Woody's horse) was going to talk, until it was decided that he should act like a giant, adorable puppy.
When the toys are planning the rescue of Woody, Etch-a-Sketch shows a map to Al's Toy Barn located at 1001 West Cutting Boulevard. This is the address of Pixar Animation Studios in Richmond, California.
When the toys are crossing the street, Slinky Dog says, "I'm not a smart dog, but I know what roadkill is." This is a reference to a quote from the title character in the movie "Forrest Gump (1994)," who says, "I'm not a smart man, but I know what love is." Both Forrest Gump and Sheriff Woody are played by Tom Hanks.
During development of the film, the crew suggested that Al would fix Woody when he got damaged, as he would be a toy repairman himself. But as they continued to develop the character, they thought Al wouldn't have the ability to fix him, so they decided to use Geri from Geri's Game instead.
Directly after Rex lands back in the car in Al's Toy Barn, Tour-Guide Barbie quotes "Remain seated please" then repeats it in Spanish. This is a reference to the safety spiel on the rides at Disneyland and Walt Disney World. (In the Spanish version of the movie, she repeats it in French.)
This was an especially trying film for Pixar as the film effectively had to be completely retooled but they could not get out of their release dates. Consequently what we see today was all done in the space of 9 months, an unheard of schedule for an animated film.
In the closing outtakes portion during the credits, Stinky Pete (voiced by Kelsey Grammer) dismisses the two Barbie dolls with the phrase "off you go then." This is a catchphrase of another famous Kelsey Grammer character, Dr. Frasier Crane from Cheers (1982), which Pixar legend John Ratzenberger has been famous for being in as well.
The shot of Andy's Buzz Lightyear climbing up the display only to encounter the new Buzz Lightyear standing tall resembles the one of Woody climbing up Andy's bed only to encounter the original Buzz standing tall in Toy Story (1995).
When the toys enter the airport inside the pet carrier, if one looks closely in the background, they can see a boy and a girl playing patty cake on the chairs. The boy then slugs the girl and then hides behind the seat.
Al's car is actually a concept automobile never put into production. It was made by Ford as the 1955 Ford Mystere. Al's version bares minimal changes to the body design, including the exterior and interior colors.
Bullseye was originally going to have a speaking voice by Martin Short, but John Lasseter decided to make him a non-speaking character since he thought it would be more appealing to audiences.
As the toys exit the apartment, Mr. Potato Head throws his hat like a frisbee to stop the closing doors, a reference to Oddjob's trademark hat-throwing technique in Goldfinger (1964).
The introduction of Jessie largely came about at the insistence of John Lasseter's wife, Nancy, who wanted the film to feature a positive female character with a bit more substance than Bo Peep.
Al the toy collector is partially based on Pixar animator and storyboard artist Matthew Luhn's father Mark, who is a toy store owner and collector. A group of animators shadowed Mark Luhn for days to study his mannerisms and learn about toy collection. They also took references from his shop "Jeffrey's Toys", located in San Francisco.
Jessie was honored with the Patsy Montana Entertainer Award from the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame.
The car that Buzz and Hamm drive to find Woody is a Gyoza (a pun on Toyota). A gyoza is a type of Asian dumpling.
Such was the intensity of the work leading up to the film's release, many of the animators suffered from carpal tunnel syndrome and other repetitive strain injuries.
Emperor Zurg was voiced by the story writer for the movie, Andrew Stanton, in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, he is voiced by Wayne Knight who plays Al McWhiggin, the toy store owner in this movie.
As the credits roll at the movie's end, they are accompanied by some 'outtakes' from included scenes. The first of these, his predicament with the tape roll, is a reference to the famous Tom Hanks scene in "The Money Pit" when his character is stuck in the floor, producing his uncontrollable laughter.
The baggage handler at the airport who shouts "Hold it! There's a couple more bags coming from the terminal!" is the voice of UK television personality Andi Peters. When filming Andi Meets...: Toy Story 2 (1999), a documentary on the making of Toy Story 2 (1999), he was offered this one small line in the film by John Lasseter. The recording almost didn't happen because Andi Peters did not have a U.S. work permit, but was allowed to record the dialogue from a London studio, supervised by John Lasseter via satellite.
In Toy Story 2, Andy names Jessie "Bazooka Jane". But in Toy Story 3, when Andy introduces Bonnie to her, he calls her by her real name. It is not at all out of the question that over the intervening years he learned her true name, possibly even from his own mother, which would provide even further support for the "Andy's mother was Emily" fan-theory.
When Andy is heading off to cowboy camp, he's wearing a "Triple R Ranch" t-shirt. The Disney series The Adventures of Spin and Marty (1955), was also set at the Triple R Ranch.
Heimlich the Caterpillar from A Bug's Life (1998) is seen climbing a branch when Buzz chops through the leaves, in the outtakes he is seen talking with Flik the Ant then they both scream when Buzz chops through the leaves.
Andy's calendar has a picture from A Bug's Life (1998).
The valley that Buzz flies through during the opening sequence was going to be a river in a A Bug's Life (1998) but was abandoned as the rocks are floating where the river should be.
The Rock 'Em Sock 'Em robots found in Al's office at Al's Toy Barn were voiced by the film's director John Lasseter and co-director Lee Unkrich respectively, as had previously been the case with the bugs at the bug zapper in the previous film, A Bug's Life (1998).
At the airport, Rex says 'we can't park here, it's a white zone!' an oblique reference to Airplane! (1980) where two married Tannoy announcers have a public spat about parking restrictions.
When the toys arrive at the building where Al lives, across from Al's Toy Barn, it shows the elevator's highest point is the 23rd floor. If you look closely you'll notice that there is no 13th floor. Many hotels, apartment high rises, and skyscrapers do not have a 13th floor due to superstition. The elevator in the film goes from the 12th floor to the 14th floor. Therefore Al's apartment being on the 23rd floor, is actually only 22 floors up.
When Jessie fights Woody after he accuses her for turning on the TV, Jessie's position (pinning Woody on the ground, foot on his back, pulling his arms back) is the same as Buzz's when he fights Woody underneath Andy's car at the gas station in Toy Story.
Despite often being called Stinky Pete, he is actually only referred to by that name twice in the entire film, and only by Woody, who does so to insult him. Throughout the rest of the film, however, he's actually called Prospector, and is even credited by that name in the credits.
During the Al's Toy Barn commercial, one of the images of items on sale, also seen in the corner of the lobby when Al is about to leave with the toys in his bag, is the ball Buzz bounced off of in the original Toy Story, a trademark of Pixar's originally from Luxo Jr. (1986).
The main theme from A Bug's Life (1998) can be heard when Al is in the elevator, and while New Buzz is fighting Zurg.
The enormous amount of Sheriff Woody merchandise is a reference to the massive amount of Howdy Doody items of the day. The catalogue of Howdy Doody merchandise was an impressive 24 pages long.
Zurg's weapon has 11 intensity levels which is probably a reference to This Is Spinal Tap (1984): In the movie the band supposedly has a Marshal amplifier that goes up to 11, too.
According to a Disney Adventures Magazine, the reason why Al was obsessed with toys is because his parents never allowed him to play with such toys as a kid.
In the airport, an announcement is made for Lasset Air, Flight A113. That's two references in one: to director John Lasseter, and to room 113 at Cal Arts College, famous for its alumni, including many Pixar animators. A113 is also Andy's mom's license plate number.
The (curiously non sentient) toy car Jessie uses as a skateboard is a 1960s style red station wagon. This is nearly identical to the car Emily's parents use to drop Jessie off at the donation bin. That was a red 1960s style wagon with fake wood paneling.
Most the sounds in the beginning sequence (the video game sequence) are Star Wars sound effects: Darth Vader breathing X-Wing blasters Blasters AT-AT steps Lightsabers
Jessie seems to be scared of going inside cases. In Toy Story of Terror!, it is revealed she has claustrophobia, a fear of which she gets over in the short.
Betty White, Doris Roberts, Marcia Wallace, Carol Burnett, Cloris Leachman, and Florence Henderson were all considered for Mrs. Potato Head before Estelle Harris was cast, though White and Burnett would both later appear in Toy Story 4 (2019), where they would voice Bitey White and Chairol Burnett respectively.
When the toys enter the airport, the announcement "Passenger Leon Krich" can be heard from the P.A., a pun on co-director Lee Unkrich. The subtitles for the above announcement reads "Passenger Twitch, passenger Leon Twitch."
Jessie is the only female toy in Andy's room who solely belongs to Andy, while the other female toys belong to Molly.
Just like in the first Toy Story (1995), when Buzz is trying to save Woody by climbing onto Al's car, he loses his grip and falls off, and then looks at the back of the car, and above the license plate it says "Nov" on the left side, and "99" on the right side. This is a subtle nod to the film's release eventual release date in November 1999.
Buckets of toy soldiers like the one in Andy's room are seen when Hamm Slinky Mr. Potato Head and Rex bump into them while driving in the car in Al's Toy Barn.
Al's last name is revealed on the nameplate on his office desk. Additionally, when he is done taking pictures, he answers his cell phone, and Mr. Konishi can be heard saying his full name.
During the yard sale, the box that Mrs. Davis puts Woody in shows that Steve Jobs is on the one dollar bill.
Consistent with Al's love for cheese puffs, not only does Al fall asleep eating cheese puffs, but there is a cheese puff in his hand bag shown when he steals Woody.
Jessie was originally going to be a cactus called Señorita Cactus, but it was decided later on that she would be a cowgirl.
The year "Woody's Roundup" was canceled was 1957, the same year the film's director John Lasseter was born.
"There's a snake in my boot!" is the only one of Woody's voice box messages heard throughout the film. He even discovers why it may be the case, when staring at the "Woody's Roundup" collection.
The second Pixar film to feature 'Jonathan Harris', after A Bug's Life (1998). It was also his last Pixar film before his death.
The only film out of the tetrology that does not have an opening montage of Andy playing with the toys with "You've Got A Friend in Me" playing in the background.
In a controversial decision, the film's latest 4K UHD/digital and Blu-ray re-releases for the home market quietly removed Stinky Pete's blooper during the end credits involving the twin Barbie dolls, in probable response to director John Lasseter's inappropriate behavior towards employees and subsequent retirement from Pixar Animation Studios during the #MeToo era. This blooper was last seen on home video on the 2015 Blu-ray. It is noticeably absent on the Disney + version as well.
The clock in Andy's room is an oversized Mickey Mouse watch. This is not a "hidden Mickey" as this was not a Disney film. Pixar was not acquired by Disney until several years later, at which time Disney added it's standard opening and modified the title sequence.
The copy of Life magazine dated January 12th, 1957 sets the date for the height of Woody's popularity on TV. Woody's Roundup is clearly based on Howdy Doody, which ran from 1947 through 1960, seeing its peak at about 1955, a year or so before Woody's Roundup peaked in its own universe. The magazine cover also refers to photos of of the first satellite, Sputnik. This is apparently from an alternate universe because the Russians kept Sputnik a secret and did not announce it until it had a successful launch on October 4, 1957. In the Toy Story universe the satellite was launched a year earlier than in the real universe. The actual Life magazine story about Sputnik was published on October 21, 1957.
At the airport, when Buzz and the gang pop out of the dog cage, we see a sticker that reads "LHR" on Slinky's face. LHR is the airport code for London Heathrow.
In the opening scene, when the little eye droid pops out and stares at Buzz, it is actually a reference to Jabba the Hutt's gatekeeper droid in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983).
Talk about doing a sequel to "Toy Story (1995)" began about a month before the original was released. Its box office success made this a definite.
The character of the Prospector (Stinky Pete), is based on Walter Huston's character, Howard, from the movie The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).
When the toys are getting ready to cross the road, you can see the Eggman Movers truck from Toy Story (1995) as it drives by. Additionally the truck with the large pipe on its flatbed shown later in this scene is the exact same model as it, right down to the same colour
An early version of Buster, named "Speck" by the toys, appeared in the Toy Story comic story Pup and Circumstance, printed in the November 30, 1996 issue of Disney Adventures. The character's name in the story was oddly not corrected when it was reprinted in the September 2005 issue.
Zurg spots a running Buzz Lightyear in his through-the-head targeting scope ("LOOK HERE"), with cross-hairs. This recalls an almost-identical feature on Marx's "Big Loo" giant toy robot of 1963, now a collector's item. And, like Zurg, Big Loo had a gun that shot plastic balls (albeit built into its left arm), eyes that glowed red and a just as impressive set of teeth.
The colours of the tiles in Al's Toy Barn are the same colours as the logo of the infamous search engine and company Google.
John Lasseter's last directorial effort until Cars (2006). However it is only the second Toy Story film directed by him before focusing on the Cars film series until giving up directing the third film and later exiting Pixar and Disney Animation in late 2018 as CEO to work for Paramount Pictures.
In the shot, just a few seconds before Buzz walks into the isle full of Buzz Lightyear toys in Al's Toy Barn, toys from A Bug's Life (1998) can be seen briefly in the background on a shelf.
In the scene where Buzz is giving the other toys a motivational speech, the background fades out to the US flag and national anthem, which then dissolves to the TV, displaying the same image. However, this version of the shot was only used on the North American release of the film. For worldwide release, the US flag was replaced by a spinning globe and fireworks, and the music replaced by an original score.
When Buzz is trying to think of what Al's license plate means, he spells "Lou's Thigh Burn" with Mr. Spell. This is actually a reference to Pixar worker Lou Romano.
- The fifth computer-animated film after Toy Story (1995), Cassiopeia (1996), Antz (1998), and A Bug's Life (1998) and the last one to be released in the 20th century./second millennium
- Just like The Matrix (1999), this is the final film in the quadrilogy released in the second millennium/20th century.
The supplemental disc of the 2000 Ultimate Toy Box Collection DVD release, the supplemental disc of the 2005 DVD release, and the Blu-ray release includes two deleted scenes:
- The original version of the scene where the toys cross the street. Originally, this was set in the suburbs of the town, but was later changed to a street in town.
- The Toys play something like "Godzilla" with Rex roaring and kicking some houses, the soldiers "evacuating" the other toys and Buzz fighting against Godzilla Rex. Because of Rex' clumsiness Woody is thrown out of the window and lands in a carton from the yard sale. This was changed and rewritten to the scene as seen in theaters because it was deemed too coincidental.
In the scene where the toys enter Al's Toy Barn, the viewer's perspective is from above and behind the toys, as they slowly walk into this dimly lit and cavernous (from the toy's point of view) area. The camera slowly pulls back into a much wider shot as the toys look around this huge place, in a scene very reminiscent of the final shot of "Raiders of the Lost Ark" when the workman wheels the crated Ark of the Covenant into a dimly lit, cavernous warehouse, to be hidden away forever.
In the globe scene in the worldwide version, Taiwan is the same color as China and the USSR still exists before it's dissolution in 1991.
In the opening video game scene where Buzz begins stepping onto the bridge, his steps/hops are timed to the opening notes of Also Spake Zarathustra, the theme to 2001:A Space Odyssey.
there's a gag where Buzz walks inside a pet carrier, which should be impossible, but the shot angle masks the physics of it. However later the carrier tumbles over revealing leg holes, so the filmmakers clearly thought it through
Toy Story (1995) is the first computer-animated film to become a franchise, and the only one released in the 20th century to do so. All the other fully CGI films that became a franchise were released in the 21st century.
Al wears the same glasses as Dennis Nedry from Jurassic Park (1993). Both characters were played by Wayne Knight.
Originally Al's Toy Barn was going to be located halfway across town. But the directors realized it would be impossible for Woody's friends to figure out how they would get all the way across town. So they decided they would put Al's Toy Barn right next door to Al's apartment building. That way it would be very confident.
When Barbie tells the other toys in the car to "remain seated please" she then says it in Spanish, "permanezcan sentados por favor" which is directed at the end of the Matterhorn ride at Disneyland in California. And is also heard at the end of the No Doubt album "Tragic Kingdom" since the band is from Anaheim where Disneyland is located.
The shot of Buzz climbing up the display only to encounter the new Buzz Lightyear with the Utility Belt at Al's Toy Barn standing tall is a direct resemblance to the one of Woody climbing up Andy's bed to encounter the original Buzz standing tall in the first Toy Story (1995).
Among the emblems on the "Woody's Roundup" plates in Al's apartment is a Virginia Tech logo. It is on the bottom right part of the Woody plate.
Woody's nightmare sets up how Woody is afraid of Andy outgrowing him, and fuelling his later decision to go to the museum with the Roundup Gang, despite initially wanting to return to Andy.
Stinky Pete actually ruined his own ambition on being an exhibit in Japan. In a desperate attempt to stop Woody from leaving he left his own box and screwed the bolts on the vent frame with his own pick ax. And it is implied he left his box the night he turned on the television too again to stop Woody. Because of this it means due to his recklessness he is no longer a collectors item because all museum bound exhibits must be in strict 100% condition. Even the tiniest opening of a container will cause the item to be deemed worthless. And even if Al got to Tokyo with all his stuff, the items would all have to be checked through and even just one item either damaged or missing will mean the collection couldn't be accepted which obviously explains why Al needed an emergency repair on Woody from Geri. It can be suggested Pete was so determined to get to Japan he didn't realise he destroyed his own dream by leaving his box.
In the first movie Woody rescues Buzz from being destroyed by Sid. In this film Buzz goes off to save Woody from Al.
When searching for Woody's hat, the Army Men pull out a small version of the car that the toys (Mr Potato Head, Hamm, Rex and Slinky) drove in Al's Toy Barn later in the film.
The music in the scene where Woody looks around the merchandise of Woody's Roundup in awe was reused in Cars in the scene where McQueen discovers Doc Hudson's past.
There has been a controversy regarding the film's release on 'The Ultimate Toy Box' DVD set. On the 1,000 copies of the set shipped through to Costco at the time of the set's release, the disc of the film had a manufacturing error where at one point during the film, it unexpectedly cuts to a scene from Disney's Touchstone Pictures' R-rated film, High Fidelity (2000) which has the word 'f**k' being said multiple times. This caused a number of complaints from both parents and the people who bought the set. As a result, Costco recalled these copies and replaced it with the fixed set. According to Technicolor (the manufacturing company of the set) they stated the reason for the glitch is due to a 'content error' and according to Disney themselves, less than 1% of the discs shipped out contained the glitch.
Originally New Buzz was going to take the lifeless body of the Zurg toy off by saying he had to go bury his father. But the directors found it too morbid so they replaced it New Buzz and Zurg playing catch as an homage to Field of Dreams (1989).
The inspiration for the fictional show Woody's Roundup appears to be based on the 1960s TV puppet western Four Feather Falls (1960). When that series ended the series creator Gerry Anderson moved on to sci-fi puppet series Supercar (1961) and Fireball XL5 (1962), the later series being a space adventure series that was made after the space race craze, paralleling the fact that Woody's Roundup was canceled after the popularity of space programs after the launch of sputnik.
Joan Cusack's brother, John Cusack and Kelsey Grammer worked together on another animated feature Anastasia exactly two years earlier as best friends Dimitri and Vladimir respectively.
When Woody goes out to retrieve his arm while Al is sleeping, he must be careful not to step on the cheese puffs, or else he will wake Al. This mirrors a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark when Indiana Jones, while inside a temple in South America to retrieve a Golden Idol, must not step on the sinking stone, which will trigger a trap by having a dart shot at him.
A poster for the film plus one for the animated Jungle Book are seen in the film Meet the Robinsons.
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
Toy Story 1 and Toy Story 2 are the only Toy Story movies that the same director (John Lasseter) Directed
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 America's Greatest Music in the Movies for the song "When She Loved Me."
Originally this film was planned to be a direct to video sequel. Back in 1995 when the first Toy Story came out that was the way that sequels to theatrical animated movies were made and thought of. But while everyone at Pixar started developing the story they felt it should be shown on the big screen. So in the fall of 1997 they had a film screening and showed it to the executives at Disney and they loved very much the film was upgraded to be a theatrical sequel.
Although it is no secret that Zurg's character was created as an affectionate parody of Darth Vader from Star Wars, his design is believed to have been inspired by that of Berg Katse (also known as Zoltar) from the anime series known as Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (temporarily known in the west as Battle of the Planets), since both characters dress in purple outfits and wear identical looking black and red capes with collars. It is also worth mentioning that Zurg's name even rhymes with Berg, and that Berg Katse's alternate name in the Battle of the Planets dub, Zoltar, begins with the letter Z, just like Zurg.
Stinky Pete mentions that the astronauts went up with Sputnik. However, the original Sputnik actually didn't contain passengers, due to being the size of a beach ball.
The car Jessie uses to let Buster out resembles a Chevy Nomad, the same car Tim Taylor had in Home Improvement. This could be a possible nod to the show like the Binford box in Toy Story
In the final scene, where Jessie slides down the ramp on a toy car to open the door for Buster, Buzz deploys his wings to emphasize his excitement. The flashing red and green lights on his wingtips are somewhat accurate to navigation lights on real airplanes, where the left wing has a red light and the right wing has a green light. However, the lights alternate instead of flashing simultaneously, as they would in real life.
Though never mentioned in the films, Woody's full name is Woody Pride. His name was inspired by real-life actor and football player Woody Strode.
Despite being released 4 years after the original film, this film is only set approximately 1 year later.
One of the books in Andy's room is titled "Castle Cagliostro, by H.M." This is a reference to Hayao Miyazaki's anime film Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), which was a source of inspiration for many Pixar staff.
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The cleaner who fixes Woody for Al is Geri, from the Oscar-winning Pixar short Geri's Game (1997); some of the chess pieces he played with in the short are in one of the drawers of his case. Geri was based on renowned makeup artist Stuart Freeborn.
When Woody first sees the "Woody's Finest Hour" tape, it's stopped in the middle of a cliffhanger, with Stinky Pete saying "Woody's Roundup" was canceled before airing the conclusion. This is the very same tape Woody plays for the others when they come to rescue him, except he didn't pause it. After Buzz delivers his Armor-Piercing Question and leaves, the conclusion to "Woody's Finest Hour" can be heard: Woody made it across the gorge and saved the others. He is faintly heard asking if everyone is OK and Jessie is heard exclaiming in relief, "Sheriff Woody! I knew you'd make it!" Woody on TV is then more clearly heard telling wise words to the children and then sings "You've Got a Friend in Me". In other words, by revealing that Stinky Pete lied, his villainy was hinted at before it was shown.
The scene where Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye are chasing the baggage tractor to save Jessie resembles a typical western film scene where the hero chases a train on horseback. In fact, the first trailer after the tractor is open-topped, to give it the appearance of the tender of a steam locomotive.
In the original story for the direct-to-video sequel, the "Woody's Roundup" toys that Woody met at Al's apartment included Bullseye (who had a voice and could talk), the Prospector (who was not named), and Senorita Cactus, a Mexican dancer doll. The Prospector and Senorita Cactus were snobbish "collector's item" characters, who treated Woody with disdain because he had been previously owned by a child and played with. The ending of the film featured a car chase, with Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys stealing Al's car to escape, and Al pursuing them in the "Pizza Planet" truck (instead of the other way around, as in the finished film). When production of the sequel was returned to Pixar, John Lasseter and the other Pixar animators reworked the story, adding Jesse the Cowgirl, and expanding certain sequences (i.e. the visit to Al's Toy Barn) to give it more heart and humor.
Buzz telling Woody, "You. Are. A toy!" in Al's apartment is a reference to the first film when Woody tells this to Buzz at the refuelling station when he thinks that he is a real space ranger. The producers originally had Tim Allen mimic Tom Hanks' delivery of the line (YOU! ARE! A! TOY!!!) so as to exactly mirror the original scene, but realized it was too dramatic in this context.
When Buzz leaves the newer Buzz with Emperor Zurg (before he and the other toys head the airport to rescue Woody), he parts by making a Vulcan salute (from Star Trek), similar to what he did towards Woody in the first film, before the Pizza Planet Truck arrived at the Dinoco Gas Station.
When Woody and Jessie are exiting out of the airplane, originally it was going to be Jessie who slips and Woody saves her, However Joan Cusack (who voices Jessie) suggested to the director and writers that Jessie should save Woody so that way it would show the courage and strength of her character. John Lasseter and everyone else liked it so much the idea was approved.
The truck with the giant cylinder on it (that almost squishes Mr. Potato Head) has the words "Kartoffel Pfannkuch" written on the side, this is German for "Potato Pancake."
When the Pizza Planet truck hits some cones, and a bunch of stuff in the truck falls on Hamm, if you look closely around in the pile of stuff, than you will see the famous Chinese takeout box that is also seen in A Bug's Life (1998), Monsters Inc. (2001), Ratatouille (2007), Inside Out (2015), Incredibles 2 (2018), and Toy Story 4 (2019).
Stinky Pete predicted some of the events of Toy Story 3. In an outtake from Toy Story 2, Stinky Pete was talking to the Barbie twins about getting them a part in Toy Story 3. Since this was non-canon, it turns out it wasn't real, as only one Barbie appeared in the third film. Before Buzz, Woody and the gang stuffed him into Amy's backpack, he said that the toys would end up in a landfill, and they did. In Toy Story 2, Prospector asked Woody if he thought that Andy was going to take him to college or on his honeymoon, as it was unlikely an adult would do so. While in Toy Story 3, his prediction on that turned out to be true, with Andy ultimately handing Woody and his other toys (including Jessie and Bullseye) over to a girl named Bonnie Anderson. However, it should be noted that Andy was indeed initially planning on taking Woody with him to college, therefore defying the Prospector's expectations. He said "Children destroy toys!", foreshadowing the rough play scene in the Caterpillar Room in Sunnyside Daycare.
In the Pizza Planet Truck Chase scene, in front of the truck is a car, and that car's license plate is HDNCTY. This is a reference to what was Pixar's next film, Monsters, Inc. (2001). In that film there was a cafe in Monstropolis called the "Hidden City Cafe".
Stinky Pete is the first Pixar villain who isn't revealed to be a bad at first. In other words, when Stinky Pete is first introduced, his alignment is shown to be good at first, but he would later reveal his true colors by showing that he is the secondary antagonist of the film.
Stinky Pete is the real main antagonist of the second film, Al is the Bigger Bad as he was the one who came with the plot to sell the Roundup toys to Japan, to which Stinky Pete tagged along. It's also possible that he was the one who sold Buzz to Andy's mom as a birthday present in the first film, as his store was known for selling Buzz Lightyear action figures in the Tri-County Area.
Even though he is Woody's horse near the end of the movie, Bullseye seems to be more attached to Jessie. Whenever Bullseye is around, she usually has an arm around him. Other times during dramatic situations, he hides behind her, or Jessie holds him close.
On top of the elevator Zurg tells the fake Buzz he is his father. While this is a parody of Empire Strikes Back where Vader tells Luke Skywalker the same thing this also foreshadows the fate of Star Wars when George Lucas sold all rights to Disney and from 2015 on wards all future Star Wars films and spin offs are produced by Disney instead of 20th Century Fox.
Zurg falling down the elevator shaft crying out "NO!" mirrors a similar scene from Masters of the Universe (1987) which Skeletor (Frank Langella) cries out "NO!" as he falls into a bottomless pit. Masters of the Universe (1987) is based on the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe toy franchise from Mattel.
