History WesternAnimation / Toystory

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->''"To infinity... and beyond!"''
-->--'''[[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear]]'''

[[TropeMaker The]] ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' of computer animation (and therefore an extraordinarily influential part of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation), ''Toy Story'' is a renowned 1995 film from Creator/{{Pixar}} about [[LivingToys toys that come to life]] when their owners aren't around. It is the first installment of the [[Franchise/ToyStory titular franchise]] and it has spawned three successful sequels, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 one in 1999]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 another in 2010]] and a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory4 third in 2019]].

''Toy Story'' introduces us to a group of {{toys}} belonging to a boy named Andy. Their unofficial leader is Andy's favorite toy, Sheriff Woody Pride, an old cowboy doll with a pull-string vocalizer. Woody receives some competition when Andy gets a new toy for his birthday, "[[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]", who 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 "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident 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.

In 2009, ''Toy Story'' was re-released alongside ''Toy Story 2'' as a double feature in stereoscopic [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDMovie Disney Digital 3-D]], with the two films completely re-rendered to match the level of detail of ''Toy Story 3'' (the UK had to wait until January 2010 for ''Toy Story 2'' to come out in 3D).

[[AndTheAdventureContinues The characters make further appearances]] in a series of shorts titled ''Toy Story Toons''. The first installment, "Hawaiian Vacation", played at the beginning of ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Cars}} Cars 2]]''. The second, "Small Fry", was shown before ''Film/TheMuppets'' (and shown in some countries with ''WesternAnimation/{{Brave}}''). The third, ''Partysaurus Rex'', was shown before the 3D re-release of ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''. A fourth in the form of a HalloweenSpecial, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryOfTerror'', aired on ABC on October 16th, 2013. On December 2, 2014, ABC aired Pixar's first true ChristmasSpecial, ''WesternAnimation/ToyStoryThatTimeForgot'', which featured the characters lost in a very 1980s play set of dinosaur warriors.

'''All character tropes must be moved to the proper [[Characters/ToyStory character page]]'''.

!!''Toy Story'' provides examples of:
* ActionFigureSpeech: Buzz briefly does this when disguised as a burger box to sneak into Pizza Planet.
* AllCGICartoon: The very first feature film to be done entirely in CGI.
* AllThereInTheScript: The names of most of Sid's toys were only shown in the script, the novelization of the movie, and the EnemyRollCall at the end of the video game.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: 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.
* AmusingInjuries: Woody suffers from them in the trunk of the Pizza Planet truck, when a bowling ball drops on his head and when Buzz accidentally drops the toolbox on him. Averted when Buzz breaks off his arm.
* AnswerCut: While the toys are trying to rescue Buzz after he gets knocked out the window, Rex asks, “Where could he be?” Cut to the gas station later that night, where both Buzz and Woody eventually end up.
* ArgumentOfContradictions: Woody and Buzz have one early on over whether or not Buzz can fly. It ends when Woody challenges Buzz to prove that he can, resulting in the famous "falling with style" sequence.
-->'''Buzz: ''Can!'''''
* AnArmAndALeg: Buzz's attempt to fly out Sid's window results in a long fall and the loss of his left arm. Woody ends up [[HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation using the arm to try and convince Andy's toys that Buzz is OK]], before Sid's toys reattach it.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Woody tries to rescue Buzz from Sid's toys, he's startled to find out that they simply fixed Buzz. Baffled, Woody ponders out loud why they would rescue Buzz when they saw them cannibalizing two other toys the other night--just as the mutant toys step aside to reveal that they ''fixed'' the toys in question.
* ArtisticLicenseBiology: If you pay attention to Scud's teeth (Sid's dog) they're all pointed like a shark or a predatory dinosaur, instead of the varying shapes of real dog teeth. This may just be a stylization to make him look fiercer, but he overall looks off from the largely realistic-aiming look of the movie, especially his eyes. This is very understandable as he's among the first computer animated animals. Compare him to Andy's dog in ''Toy Story 2 and 3'' and especially the [[SugarWiki/VisualEffectsOfAwesome infamous cat]] in ''Toy Story 4,'' and you'll see and be amazed just how utterly far this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTPKGVrFtQU technology has improved in such a short time.]]
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: For being "not a flying toy," Buzz Lightyear does seem to break the laws of physics:
** The various features of the Buzz Lightyear action figure itself can't all fit in one toy, which is one reason why it hasn't been fully {{Defictionalized}}. The Disney store version comes close, but lacks the glow-in-the-dark paint and only the front half of the helmet can retract.
** The shape and length of Buzz's wings would not enable an object of his and Woody's combined mass to glide except under highly improbable wind conditions.
** The claw machine at Pizza Planet has an unusually strong grip. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnMKCHqXLow Real claw machines tend to have weak grips of randomized strength]] so that players are likely to pay for multiple uses.
* BanisterSlide: Woody is sent on one by Andy near the beginning.
* BigBrotherBully: Sid to Hannah, mainly by taking her toys away and performing "operations" on them. Hannah gets her own back on him at the end when he reacts with terror towards her new doll, thinking it will come to life after seeing the other toys do the same.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Woody saves Buzz from the rocket launch by speaking through his voice box when Sid is about to light the fuse.
** When it looks like Woody is about to be mauled by Scud, Buzz saves Woody by jumping onto Scud's head and snapping Scud's eyelids.
* BigNo: Buzz does one when he saves Woody from Scud, when Woody thinks he's about to die and tells Buzz to take care of Andy for him.
* BigShutUp: Woody to Buzz when the two are left stranded at the gas station and Buzz only continues to speak into his wrist communicator.
* BigWhat:
** Woody screams this when Buzz accuses him of endangering the universe.
-->'''Buzz:''' Because of ''you'' the security of the entire universe is in jeopardy!\\
'''Woody:''' WHAT?! What are you talking about?!
** During the staff meeting, a textual one flashes across Mr. Spell's screen when Woody lets slip that Andy's birthday party has been moved to that day.
* BigYes:
** Sid is introduced [[EstablishingCharacterMoment with one of these]] and a [[{{EvilLaugh}} loud cackle]].
** Sid does a quieter one when he gets the idea to blow up Buzz with the rocket.
** Woody when he remembers the match in his holster Sid put there, and that he can use it to light the rocket to get him and Buzz back to Andy. [[MomentKiller The match blows out when a car drives past]].
* BlackComedy: The [[LosingYourHead headless]] Marie Antoinette doll, considering [[OffWithHerHead what happened]] with real-life Marie Antoinette.
* BlameGame: When Woody and Buzz get stranded at a gas station. Woody angrily blames Buzz for attacking him and knocking them out the car. Buzz snaps back Woody started the fight by knocking ''him'' out of Andy's window. Woody snarls ''he'' started that by hogging Andy and the other toy's approval from him. Buzz retaliates Woody endangered something far more important; the fate of the entire galaxy....and things sort of deteriorate from there.
* BondOneLiner: By Woody, as he uses Buzz's karate action to drive away Sid's toys (who they think are cannibals at the time).
-->'''Woody:''' Sorry guys, but dinner's ''cancelled''!
* BorrowedCatchphrase:
** During the "falling with style" climax, Woody cries "To infinity, and beyond!"
** Sid shouts "To infinity and beyond!" when he runs out of his room with Buzz to blow him up.
* BreakTheHaughty: 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 AlwaysSomeoneBetter.
* BrickJoke:
** What Mr. Potato Head hopes Andy would get at his birthday.
-->'''Mr. Potato Head:''' ''[praying]'' Mrs. Potato Head. Mrs. Potato Head. Mrs. Potato Head...! ''[gets stared at]'' Hey, I can dream, can't I?
** The payoff comes at Christmas Time, where Molly gets a Mrs. Potato Head, who appears in the following movies.
* BSODSong: Music/RandyNewman's "I Will Go Sailing No More" has Buzz gripping with the realization that he's a toy.
* BuffySpeak: Not too surprising, since Creator/JossWhedon was one of the writers and given [[Series/BuffytheVampireSlayer some of his other work...]]
-->'''Woody:''' Your helmet does that... that whoosh-thing!
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: Buzz fully believes he is actually [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger of Star Command]], crash-landed and needing to get home to save the galaxy from a superweapon, until his TomatoInTheMirror moment when he sees a commercial for himself.
* CaptainErsatz: Bo Peep, since Creator/{{Mattel}} didn't allow Creator/{{Pixar}} to use Franchise/{{Barbie}} at the time, since they didn't think the movie would get much exposure, among other reasons. The company quickly reversed their decision after seeing the success of the first movie, which is why Barbie is featured significantly more than Bo Peep in the rest of the series.
** Also the Combat Carl, as initially it was going to be a G.I. Joe that got blown up by Sid in his introductory scene, but when Creator/{{Hasbro}} refused to let Creator/{{Pixar}} use G.I. Joe in the film, it was changed.
* CassandraTruth: Buzz's HeroicBSOD 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 blow Woody off and refuse to rescue him.
* CentralTheme: The destructiveness of [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy and insecurity]], and ThePowerOfFriendship.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Seeing as Potato Head is slightly more of a jerk in this movie than in later installments. He gets better after a HeroicBSOD by the Little Green Men. The presence of Mrs. Potato Head in later movies probably also mellowed him out.
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Buzz's wings. Used first by Buzz to try and prove he can fly, then when he tries and fails to fly in Sid's house (resulting in a broken arm), and finally used in the climax to separate himself and Woody from the rocket before it blows up, and seconds later when "falling with style".
* ChekhovsGun:
** After being burned by Sid's magnifying glass, Woody is able to light the fuse on the rocket with Buzz's helmet.
** Subverted immediately beforehand. The [[RedHerring match in Woody's pocket]] had been ''blatantly'' set up for this exact purpose, but as soon as he lights it, a car passes directly over Woody and Buzz and the match blows out.
** The rocket itself.
** Not flying, but [[EleventhHourSuperpower "falling with style"]].
** Sid's toolbox. It's first seen when Sid operates on Hannah's Janie doll, and Sid later unknowingly traps Woody under the milk crate by placing the toolbox on top.
** Andy writing his name on Buzz's foot. Buzz shows it to Rex and Slinky, and later, Woody attempts to snap Buzz out of his HeroicBSOD by telling him how much he means to Andy. Buzz looks at his foot and sees Andy's name, causing him to realise Woody is right.
* ChekhovsGunman: RC. Woody use of him to knock Buzz behind the dresser winds up leading to Buzz falling out the window, and then later on, RC becomes a major factor in the climax (as Woody uses him to save Buzz, and then both use him to catch back up to the moving van).
* ChekhovsSkill: Woody's head spins when he is punched by Buzz. He uses this technique to scare Sid.
* ChewingTheScenery: The distraught Buzz' HeroicBSOD after discovering he is indeed a toy, where he has somehow become drunk on imaginary tea and hysterically rants about his fate:
-->'''Buzz:''' Don't you GET IT? You see the hat!? I am MRS. NESBITT! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Woody takes on this role a bit to Buzz when they get lost, especially in the gas station and at Pizza Planet.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: In the first movie, Sid is stopped from torturing Woody when his mother announces his Pop-Tarts are ready. Sometimes, when the film is aired on television, her entire line is silenced.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: 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."
* CompanyCrossReferences: Andy has several books in his room that have the titles of several WesternAnimation/PixarShorts on them, such as "Red's Dream", "Tin Toy", and "Knick Knack".
* ContainerCling: Woody does this to avoid being tied to a rocket by Sid.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Sid just happened to be at Pizza Planet where Woody and Buzz were trying to find Andy. It also happened that he decided to try the Claw Machine when Woody and Buzz accidentally ended up in it.
* CoveredInKisses: Bo Peep does this to Woody at the end, courtesy of mistletoe ([[FridgeLogic though it isn't made apparent that Bo Peep has on lipstick until Woody is later seen with a face full of kiss marks, looking pretty pleased with himself]]. RuleOfFunny, of course).
* CreatorCameo: The Creator/PixarRegulars are the chorus of manly voices during the Buzz Lightyear commercial.
* CreepyDoll: [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Babyface]], a head of a baby doll that's missing its hair, an ''eye'', and is connected to a spider-like erector set.
* CueTheSun: Buzz's HeroicBSOD comes to an end as the rain stops and the sun starts shining through the window after he remembers the 'Andy' signature on his foot.
* CurbStompCushion: In the gas station fight, Buzz dominates the fight against Woody, but Woody does manage to knock Buzz to the ground and punch him three times in the head before Buzz closes his helmet on Woody's hand.
* DamnYouMuscleMemory: When a truck pulls into the gas station, Buzz dives out of the way and Woody reflexively goes back to being an inanimate object, leading to the truck's tire stopping just before he's run over.
* DarkIsEvil: Sid, as he's the main antagonist (despite being a VillainyFreeVillain) and wears a black skull shirt.
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold Sid's toys]]. They only do the bidding of their master, and look scary enough to be mistaken as evil toys.
* DarkestHour: Woody's friends (including Slinky) have turned on him after they see him holding Buzz's arm, and Buzz is taped to a rocket that will be lit by Sid the same day Andy is moving.
* DeadpanSnarker: Hamm and Mr. Potato Head, with nearly every line. Woody to Buzz in the first movie.
* DeathGlare:
** Woody has one on his face during YouExclamation moment towards Buzz in the gas station.
** Mr. Potato Head directs one at Woody after he sends Buzz out the window, while Etch draws a noose.
* DescriptionCut: 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, and not able to get up until she's walked away.
* DestinationDefenestration: Buzz falls out the window after Woody's scheme to go with Andy to Pizza Planet goes awry.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Twice, both from Woody's plans.
** Woody's plan to get Buzz stuck behind the table in Andy's room consists of knocking him down there with RC to make it look like an accident. What he didn't do is consider if RC would miss and hit the bulletin board behind him. When exactly that happens, his plan spirals wildly out of control and results in Buzz [[GoneHorriblyRIght out the window]] instead. And also, RC tattles on him.
** Woody lights the rocket strapped to Buzz as a last resort to get back to Andy and the realization that rockets explode hits him seconds before it goes off.
* DingDongDitchDistraction: Sid's toys do this in order for Woody to get ''out'' of Sid's house.
* DisasterDominoes: Woody's plan to knock Buzz behind the desk backfires, when RC hits the bulletin board instead, which in turn falls and knocks the globe rolling loose towards Buzz who runs out of the way, allowing it to strike the Luxo-style lamp, making it spin clockwise and finally smack Buzz off the window ledge.
* DisneyDeath: Downplayed with Buzz not once, but twice. The toys accuse Woody of being a murderer when Buzz is knocked out the window, although he can’t actually die because, well, [[PunctuatedForEmphasis HE! IS! A! TOY!!!!!]]. Later, after Buzz loses his arm trying to fly, Woody ends up exposing it to Andy’s toys, and their reaction is the same.
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted. Buzz is knocked out the window by the desk lamp and falls into the bushes, but he survives and catches up to Woody at the gas station.
* DisappearedDad: Andy and Molly live with their mother, but his father is neither present nor mentioned.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Buzz's jumping from the banister to see if he can fly looks an awful lot like a suicide attempt. He even says afterwards that he has been feeling "depressed."
* TheDogBitesBack: Sid's toys scare the tar out of him at the end of the film, though this was done to teach him not to mistreat his toys.
* DoubleEntendre: Bo Peep's line to Woody about "find[ing] someone else to watch the sheep tonight" can be taken another way, given Woody's giggly, awkward response.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Nearly all the things Woody and Buzz accuse the other of doing to each other (and setting off the plot in the process) were purely by accident. Buzz didn't mean to steal Woody's thunder, Woody didn't mean to knock Buzz out of the window outright, while Buzz didn't mean to get them stranded in his revenge attack. And Woody ''probably'' didn't mean to assist in Emperor Zurg's conquest by delaying Buzz's rendezvous with Star Command...
* DramaticThunder: Played with. Lightning strikes when Sid attaches Buzz to the rocket... only for the rain to delay the take-off.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: The Pizza Planet delivery man. ''Good GOD.''
* DrunkOnMilk: The tea party scene where Buzz is losing it. At first, he seems almost drunk on (imaginary) tea, and Woody even says, "[[LampshadeHanging I think you've had enough tea for today]]." [[note]]In fact, those were Creator/TimAllen's exact directions when he was recording his lines: "You're drunk on tea."[[/note]]
* EasilyCondemned: Most of the toys are quick to believe Woody would try to kill Buzz. Only Slinky stays loyal, only being convinced after the more plausible display of [[NotWhatItLooksLike Woody handling Buzz's discarded arm]].
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted after Woody sends Buzz out the window. For a moment, it seems like Buzz will forgive him...but then he starts to try to beat the crud out of him, thanks to ExactWords.
-->'''Buzz:''' I just want you to know that even though you tried to terminate me, revenge is not an idea we promote on my planet. [...] But we're not on my planet, ''are we?''
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: One for both Sid and Scud. Just the sound of Scud barking and Sid laughing loudly outside are enough to make all the toys worried, setting up how much of a menace towards toys the two are. It's pretty effective, considering the two haven't even appeared on-screen yet and you already know they're ''very'' bad news.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: The movie starts in the middle of Andy playing a game with his toys, before he wanders downstairs with Woody. Here, we see that Andy's mom has set things up for his birthday party, and sends Andy back to his room to grab Molly. Andy does so, leaving Woody on his bed. And as soon as they are both gone...
-->'''Woody''': ([[LivingToys blinks;]] glances at door; pops up; shocked) [[UnusualEuphemism Pull my string,]] the birthday party's ''today''?! (taps chin in contemplation; turns towards the room) Okay, everybody! Coast is clear!
-->(all of Andy's toys come to life)
* EurekaMoment: "Out the window! Buzz, you're a genius!" Also, when Woody realizes that the sunlight shining through Buzz's helmet is burning his hand, and he can use that to light the rocket.
** After Woody gets "Don't count on it" on the Magic 8-Ball, he throws it to his side... whereupon he hears it roll off and fall behind the dresser. Then Woody notices [=RC=] near Buzz...
* EvenTheDogIsAshamed: Literally. After Woody exposes Buzz's broken arm, the toys are convinced he murdered Buzz and leave the window. Slinky is the most heartbroken and closes the blinds, leaving Woody to his doom.
* EvilCounterpart: As mentioned before, Sid is the total opposite of Andy. Andy is a nice kid who plays with his toys "properly", while Sid destroys his.
* EvilLaugh: Sid is introduced with one of these and a BigYes, and when Woody points out Sid to Buzz through Lenny, he is laughing again.
* ExactlyWhatIAimedAt: Buzz glides himself straight over the moving van--to the car in front of it, where the open sunroof provides access to Andy.
-->'''Woody:''' Uh, Buzz? We missed the truck!\\
'''Buzz:''' We're not aiming for the truck!
* ExactWords: Woody asks Buzz to give him a hand to convince the other toys Buzz is alive and well. Buzz responds by [[VisualPun literally throwing an arm at him]].
** It seems at first like Buzz will forgive Woody for causing him to be knocked out the window because "revenge is not an idea we promote on [Buzz's] planet", only for Buzz to remind him that they're not ''on'' his planet. Are they? Cue an OhCrap from Woody.
* ExorcistHead: Buzz punches Woody during their fight and sets his head to spinning--as a toy, his neck is a simple swivel mount. Later Woody rotates his head 360 degrees to scare away Sid.
-->'''Woody:''' We toys can see ''everything...''
* ExpospeakGag: Usually courtesy of Buzz, such as while "repairing" his spaceship box.
-->'''Buzz:''' Unidirectional bonding strip...\\
'''Robot:''' Mr. Lightyear wants more tape!
* ExtremelyShortTimespan: Excluding the epilogue, the events are set over a period of four days.
* EyeAwaken: Done by Scud when he is disturbed awake by Woody’s voice box.
* EyeScream: Buzz snaps Scud's eyelids to make him let go of Woody in a BigDamnHeroes moment towards the end.
* FacePalm: Woody, after the other toys panic about the presents' sizes, and after meeting the Little Green Men.
-->'''Woody:''' This is ludicrous...
* FalseReassurance: Buzz gives one to Woody in the van.
-->'''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, well, that's good.\\
'''Buzz:''' [[PreAsskickingOneLiner But we're not on my planet, are we?]]\\
'''Woody:''' [[OhCrap ...No.]]
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The action figure Sid blows up during his introductory scene.
* FatalFireworks: Sid ties Buzz to a rocket with the intent of firing it and watching it and Buzz blow up. Woody later uses the rocket to catch up to the moving van, jumping off just before the explosion.
* FeedbackRule: Woody gets feedback when he starts the meeting, so he tells the speaker for the toy microphone to step back.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: Buzz Lightyear is introduced with the camera zooming back from a shocked Woody and panning up his feet as he stands heroically on Andy’s bed.
* {{Fingore}}: Woody deactivates Buzz's helmet during the fight scene, punching him three times. Buzz then slams his helmet shut on Woody's fingers before he can get any more in.
* FireForgedFriends: Woody starts out hating Buzz, who gets angry at him in turn after his DestinationDefenestration. Their efforts to get back to Andy's room seal their friendship.[[note]] This trope's title just caused a major FunnyAneurysmMoment in light of the third movie...[[/note]]
* FlappingCheeks: At the end, when Woody and Buzz Lightyear fly on a rocket to catch up to Andy's car, Woody's cheeks flap around from the wind in his face. Buzz isn't affected, because he's wearing a helmet.
* ForcedFriendlyFire: Woody uses Buzz Lightyear as a HumanShield to escape from Sid's room. To repel Sid's hideous toys, Woody presses a button on Buzz's back that activates Buzz's Karate-Chop Action. This works because Sid's toys are actually not hostile to Woody and Buzz.
-->'''Buzz:''' Hey, hey, hey! How're you doing that?
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Woody's early line to Rex of "Save your batteries!" sounds like a throwaway joke, but in the climax, Woody and Buzz end up stranded again after RC's batteries run out while trying to catch up to the moving truck.
*** Something similar happens with Woody's line of "Buzz, look! An alien!" The two later have to hide from Sid in a crowd of aliens in the crane game at Pizza Planet.
** The one moment during the army toy's recon mission at Andy's birthday, when a crushed soldier tries telling Sarge to leave without him (who refuses), sets up a key moment in the climax, when Woody decides against climbing into the van in order to help free Buzz from Sid's fence.
** When we first see Sid in the film, the idea of stopping Sid from torturing toys is brought up. This of course sets up Woody and the mutant toys coming alive in front of Sid later.
** The same scene as above sees Sid blowing up Combat Carl with a firecracker. Towards the end, Sid tries to blow up Buzz in a similar manner (this time with the rocket) and both Woody and Buzz come very close to being blown up by the same rocket when they use it to get back to Andy.
** When we first see Hannah in the film in the first scene in Sid's house, Sid asks her if his package has arrived yet. This package later turns out to be the rocket that plays a big role in the film's climax.
** The Buzz Lightyear toy commercial mentions [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Al's Toy Barn]].
** Sid sticks a match in Woody's holster with the line, "You and I can have a 'cookout' later, hehehe!" The match, however, is a RedHerring; it's immediately blown out when Woody tries to use it.
** In the Pizza Planet truck, Woody gets hit with a toolbox when the truck drives up a hill, and later gets trapped under the milk crate in Sid's room when Sid puts his toolbox on top of it, leaving him unable to escape until Buzz is inspired to help him.
** When Buzz and Woody meets, Buzz is pointing at Woody's with his laser, later Sid is using a magnifying glass to torment Woody in the exact same spot.
*** The above where Sid tortures Woody with the magnifying glass also foreshadows how Woody lights the rocket toward the end to get back to Andy.
** There are a few hints before the reveal that the Mutant Toys aren't evil; first, they don't even attempt to attack Woody when they first appear. Second, when they try to block Woody and Buzz from leaving Sid's room, they once again don't try to attack them, and it turns out they were trying to stop them from running headfirst into Scud the Bull Terrier, who was resting on the stairs just outside the doorway.
* ForgotICouldntSwim: A non-comedic version happens when Slinky Dog attempts to rescue Woody and Buzz by stretching himself onto the moving van ramp. Even if the batteries hadn't run out, it's unlikely he would have had much success.
* ForWantOfANail:
** While Woody dealing with Buzz taking his place and Andy and his mom preparing for the move are key parts of the story, the one thing that winds up driving most of the narrative is a Magic 8-Ball falling behind a dresser.
** Funnily enough, had Buzz not turned around, he wouldn't have been knocked out the window.
** Because of Woody adjusting [=RC=]'s wheels before sending him after Buzz, he is jostled awake and notices Woody holding the controller. [=RC=] ratting Woody out is what turned the toys against him.
** Woody and Buzz wouldn't have been left behind at the gas station had Andy not left the door of the van open.
** Sid is only in the film because according to Hamm, he was kicked out of summer camp early.
* FreezeFrameBonus:
** Look carefully at the box Andy's Mom removes from the closet during the party sequence and you see images of Buzz all over it. Guess what was inside the box.
** The DrivesLikeCrazy Pizza Planet truck driver has a "How's My Driving?" sticker on the truck's rear bumper.
** If you notice on the packaging box, the company that Sid bought "The Big One" rocket from is called Ill Eagle Fireworks.
* FriendshipSong: "You've Got a Friend in Me" is this for the film and its sequels.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent:
** When Woody announces that Andy's birthday party was taking place on that day and the other toys panic, [[BigWhat "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 TabletopGame/{{Battleship}} game, we see that Potato Head's board is nearly completely covered in white pegs--excepting only the areas where Hamm's ships are. Clearly someone isn't very good at Battleship...
** Many of the arcade games at Pizza Planet count. ''Combat Wombat'', anyone?
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Woody to Buzz--with Buzz's own ''[[AnArmAndALeg dismembered arm]]''. [[BlackHumor It's]] [[CrossesTheLineTwice hilarious.]]
* GoingNative: Buzz is an odd example, since he was technically a "native" all along, but he thinks of himself as an outsider who gets accepted into a new culture when Andy writes his name on Buzz's foot. And although "revenge is not an idea that we promote on my planet... we're not on my planet, are we?"
* GoneHorriblyRight: Woody wanted to knock Buzz off the desk so Andy would have to take him to Pizza Planet... and [[DestinationDefenestration boy did he ever]] knock Buzz off the desk.
* GoodAllAlong: The mutant toys. Woody and Buzz initially believe they are cannibals, but this stops after they reattach Buzz's severed arm to his body and that they repaired Janie and the pterodactyl by switching their heads back. Then they assist Woody in saving Buzz from the rocket and terrify Sid by revealing they are alive in front of him.
* GoodVsGood: Woody vs Buzz for most of it.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The destruction of Sid's Combat Carl isn't shown on-screen, being replaced by a shot of the toys looking at the commotion through Andy's window, but we do see pieces of it flying around after the explosion.
* GreenEyedMonster: Woody's FatalFlaw. He's not a villain, but his competition with Buzz to be Andy's top toy gets him in ''big trouble''.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: Again, the dismembered arm GetAHoldOfYourselfMan slap.
* HaHaHaNo:
** Woody to a toy shark when he does a lame impression of him after finding his hat.
--->'''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 at him.
--->'''Woody:''' Hahaha, that's very funny Buzz but ''[in an angry tone]'' THIS IS SERIOUS!!
* HeadInAVise: When Woody and Buzz first arrive at Sid's house, they witness Sid taking Hannah's Janie doll and putting her head through a vise, so that he can replace it with the head of a plastic pterodactyl. Considering that toys are living beings in this universe, it still counts.
* HellYesMoment: Woody has one at the gas station when Buzz drops into the van through the sun roof. It diminishes when he sees how angry Buzz is.
* HeroicBSOD:
** Buzz becomes despondent and uncaring of his fate after he learns that he actually is a toy.
** Woody himself goes through one when trying to snap Buzz out of his funk, admitting how jealous he is of Buzz and even saying [[DrivenToSuicide he, not Buzz, should be strapped to the rocket]].
* HesAFriend: Woody to Buzz when several [[MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold other toys]] appear.
* HoldingBothSidesOfTheConversation: After Buzz's HeroicBSOD, Woody attempts to convince the other toys that Buzz is fine by holding [[ItMakesSenseInContext Buzz's severed arm from behind a wall]] and imitating his voice.
* HollywoodGiftwrap: [[TheLancer Buzz Lightyear]] arrives in this.
* HopeSpot: When Buzz learns he really is a toy, he attempts to fly out through Sid's window. He jumps, and for one brief moment, against all odds, he might actually make it... only to then fall, breaking his arm off.
** The entire climax of the film, where Woody and Buzz chase after the moving van, is ''peppered'' with such moments. To summarize: the sequence starts with Buzz and Woody managing to catch up to the moving van on foot. By the end, after a long series of circumstances (involving Scud, traffic, Andy's toys attacking Woody, and difficulty with the moving van's ramp), Woody and Buzz are riding RC and are ''about'' to get back on with Slinky's help... when RC's batteries run out, leaving them in the middle of the road (as Slinky, the only thing keeping them attached the moving van, was unable to hold on any longer due to being pulled too taut). Then they realize they can light the rocket strapped to Buzz with the match Sid put in Woody's holster, but Woody has no sooner lit the match than a car passes close by and blows out the match, leaving them utterly stranded.
* IAmBecomingSong: "Strange Things (Are Happening to Me)," when it becomes obvious to Woody that he's being replaced by Buzz.
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Sort of. When Hamm and Potato Head are playing Battleship, Potato Head covers nearly the whole board in white pegs--missing Hamm's ships completely.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Virtual Realty, the real estate company that sold Andy's house.
* IndyEscape: When Woody tries to knock Buzz behind a cupboard with [=RC=], Buzz ends up running from a rolling globe before being knocked out the window instead. To add effect, Creator/{{Pixar}} and Creator/{{Disney}} used to the same soundtrack from ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
* IronicEcho: "This isn't flying! This is falling, with style!"
** Woody's usage of RC in the climax is the inverse of how he used him earlier in the film. Specifically, we go from Woody using RC to (unintentionally) knock Buzz out the window to Woody tossing RC out the moving van so he can save Buzz from Scud.
* ItWontTurnOff: Sid is disturbed when Woody begins talking even though his drawstring is not pulled out, although let's be honest, if a talking toy managed to start talking without it being activated, you'd probably assume it was busted too. Now if that toy [[ParanoiaFuel starts talking directly to you and addresses you with your]] ''[[ParanoiaFuel full name]]'', wouldn't you freak out just a little?
* IWillOnlySlowYouDown:
** The wounded soldier to his Sergeant, leading to the [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind inevitable response]].
** Buzz says something similar to Woody when his rocket gets stuck in the fence. Woody doesn't leave him behind either.
* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Parodied as Sid attempts to make Woody reveal the location of [[Franchise/StarWars the rebel base]]. Buzz congratulates him for not talking.
* {{Jerkass}}: Sid Phillips, Mr. Potato Head and initially Woody with Buzz. Hamm at times as well.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Mr. Potato Head, who's never really respected Woody for whatever reason, brings up a good point about getting rid of fellow toys you fear will dethrone you as your owner's favorite toy, as you might as well get rid of every other toy in the room as well.
--->'''Mr. Potato Head:''' What if Andy starts playing with ''me'' more, Woody, huh? You gonna knock me out of the window, too?
** Mr. Potato is quick to point out Woody can't relate to the other toy's fears of being replaced due to being Andy's favourite. As smug as he is about it, [[IWarnedYou he was proved correct]] when Woody himself got usurped and he became incredibly insecure.
** Woody is constantly doing this to Buzz when he tries to point out that he's a toy.
* KidsAreCruel: Inverted with Sid. He tortures toys in the most vicious ways, though he has no way of knowing that the toys are actually sentient. Played straight in his relationship with Hannah, however.
* KillItWithFire: Discussed: after Sid finds Woody in the backyard right as he's about to blow up Buzz, he shrugs it off and tosses Woody onto the grill, planning on having "[[DeadlyEuphemism a cook-out]]" with him later.
* LanternJawOfJustice: [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear]] sports one [[{{Troperiffic}} quite intentionally]].
* LaserGuidedKarma:
** Mr. Potato Head, being, debatably, the film's ''other'' antagonist, gets his pieces sent flying towards the end. He's OK (unfortunately).
** Sid bullies his little sister by stealing her toys from her and mutilating them--so after his confrontation with the living toys, when he comes across his sister with a doll and reacts with terror towards it, she gleefully takes the opportunity to settle scores.
** Buzz uses the exact same words Woody used on him to try and snap him out of his fantasy.
* LaughingMad: Buzz has an episode of this as "Mrs. Nesbitt" before getting a BrightSlap from Woody.
* LeapOfFaith: When Buzz jumps off the banister in Sid's house, believing that he can fly.
* LightIsGood: Buzz is mostly white and is the film's deuteragonist.
** Andy's house is white and he treats his toys well.
* LivingToy: The movie is centered around these, and they (predictably) provide the trope's page image. Type 1 version.
* TheLoad: Despite being ProperlyParanoid and trying to protect Woody a few times, Buzz is this to Woody when they get lost. He gets them stranded at the gas station when he knocks them out of the van, he indirectly gets them captured by Sid when he jumps into the crane game, he accidentally breaks his own arm off in denial that he is a toy, and [[HeroicBSOD is too depressed afterwards]] to reveal to the other toys that he is still alive. He's also a literal one to Woody when Sid is on his way upstairs with the rocket, which gets strapped to Buzz instead of Woody when Sid steps on his laser button. This is only averted after Woody tells Buzz that being a toy isn't as bad as Buzz is making it out to be because of the happiness he can bring Andy. Only then does Buzz do anything that really benefits himself and Woody, such as by getting him out of the milk crate (which Woody was unable to move due to [[ChekhovsGun the heavy toolbox]] on top of it), saving him from Scud, and coming up with the idea to light the rocket to get them back to Andy.
* LookBehindYou: Woody's "Buzz, look! An alien!" joke right before Sid's introduction.
* LordErrorProne: Buzz Lightyear probably counts.
* LostInTransmission: The baby monitor the toys are using to keep tabs on the birthday party cuts out just before Andy opens Buzz Lightyear's box. Rex shakes the nightstand in frustration, knocking the monitor over before they can get the signal back.
-->'''Rex:''' [[SeriousBusiness IT'S A WHAT?!? WHAT IS IT?!?]]
* MadArtist: Sid has, shall we say an [[KidsAreCruel "interesting"]] way of playing with his toys.
* MagicAIsMagicA: 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.
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: A non-lethal example, combined with MistakenForMurderer. Woody tries to knock Buzz behind the desk, making him "accidentally" misplaced just long enough for Andy to take Woody to Pizza Planet instead. But by [[GoneHorriblyRight real accident]], he knocks Buzz out the window, and the other toys assume is was a straightforward example of this trope.
* {{Masquerade}}: One of the more famous ones in fiction. Toys are sentient and only pretend to be lifeless when somebody can view them. Becomes a BrokenMasquerade when Woody teaches Sid a lesson:
-->''"We toys can see EVERYTHING. [suddenly jumps into life] '''So play nice.'''"''
* MatryoshkaObject: 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.
* MeaningfulEcho: The reconnaissance mission that Woody sends the toy soldiers on during Andy's party at the beginning, with the toys nervous about what Andy could receive, is repeated at the end on Christmas (Woody mentions this during the earlier scene - "Every Christmas and birthday we go through this"), only this time, the toys are excited instead of nervous.
* MistakenForMurderer: Andy's toys believe that Woody murdered Buzz after he falls out the open window.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The results of Sid's "experimentations" with his toys.
* MoodWhiplash: In the span of a few seconds, Woody goes from laughing at [[LookBehindYou a joke he made at Buzz's expense]] to worried when he hears Scud barking and Sid laughing outside.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: PlayedForLaughs; Sid puts on airs of being a doctor attempting a "[[ExpospeakGag double bypass brain transplant]]" when creating another Franken-toy from his sister's doll (by replacing the doll's head with a pterodactyl's).
-->'''Buzz:''' I don't believe that man's ever been to medical school...
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** The other toys soon realise their mistake after they finally see Buzz is okay (after throwing Woody out of the moving truck, no less).
--->'''Rex:''' Great. Now I have guilt.
** 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.
* MyLittlePanzer: As cool of a toy Buzz Lightyear is, he has a few features that would probably be considered unsafe for young children; His spring-loaded wings are strong enough to cut through duct tape, his retractable helmet also opens and closes very quickly, and his laser has a mode where it functions as a ''real'' laser pointer: something that is not recommended for children to play with since they can severely damage someone's eyes if they look directly into it or shine it at someone.
* MythologyGag: Downplayed: prior to picking Buzz, Sid's first choice of toy to strap to the rocket is Woody. Early in production of the film, that ''was'' the plan.
* NecktieLeash: A variant with Bo Peep using her shepherd's crook to draw Woody closer to her.
* NeverMyFault: Woody and Buzz go through a [[BlameGame lengthy "You started it" argument]] after Buzz attacking him leaves them stranded at a gas station. This escalates to Buzz accusing Woody of [[ItMakesSenseInContext endangering the entire universe]].
-->'''Woody:''' I'm lost! Andy is ''gone''! They're gonna move from the house in two days and it's all your fault!!!\\
'''Buzz:''' My fa-- My fault?!? If you hadn't knocked me out of the window in the first place--\\
'''Woody:''' ''[fumes indignantly]'' Oh yeah? Well if ''you'' hadn't shown up in your stupid little cardboard spaceship and taken away everything that was important to me--\\
'''Buzz:''' Don't talk to ''me'' about importance!
* NeverTrustATrailer:
** The first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pqDJZ0a9c4 theatrical trailer]] has a clip of Buzz asking Woody "You're mocking me, aren't you?" while he's pushing a tool box off a shelf and onto Woody. In the trailer's context, given the use of prior clips, it seems as if Buzz is getting revenge. In the final movie, however, Buzz is just trying to help Woody escape, and doesn't know Woody managed to get himself out and continues pushing the tool box, and Buzz actually says "Almost...there." The line that is used in the trailer is actually from much earlier on in the film, right around the introduction of Sid. Talk about taking things way out of context.
** The second trailer has Sarge calling out Woody for ditching Buzz and pointing out "A good soldier never leaves a man behind!" This makes it seem Woody voluntarily went after Buzz under pressure from the fellow toys. This is all out of context with the actual film, where Sarge is really insulting Woody for ditching Buzz before Woody shuts him up, and Andy just takes Woody with him to Pizza Planet and Buzz follows him by hitching a ride in Andy's van. Sarge's line in the trailer is actually spoken earlier on, when he is helping a fallen comrade while preparing to get information on Andy's birthday presents.
** A TV spot has Buzz saying "I changed my laser from stun to kill" and Woody replying "Oh great, now we can blink them to death" edited into the scene where they are riding on RC and being chased by Sid's dog. In the film, however, these lines are actually said after Buzz and Woody encounter Sid's toys.
** Another TV spot goes out of its way to proclaim [[BlatantLies the movie was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation]], even though Disney's only involvement was co-financing and releasing the film. This one is probably justified in that they were going for brand name recognition. Pixar hadn't quite made a name for themselves yet (this of course, being the film that ultimately put them on the map).
* NightmareFace: Sid holding the magnifying glass in front of his mouth after using it to burn a dot on Woody's forehead. The braces on his teeth don't exactly help.
* NoFlowInCGI: It's telling how early in the history of CGI this film was made that there aren't any loose fabrics at all, Scud looks as plasticine as the toys (even [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 two movies, one sequel, and four years]] later, Pixar was able to make [[spoiler:Andy's dog]] look more realistic), and the only character wearing a dress is the toy porcelain doll Bo Peep, and even then it has a rather rigid bell-shaped skirt on it. Also, Hannah's outfit, which looked more blatantly feminine in the storyboards, had to be redesigned for the modeling stage because of this.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Done by the plastic toy soldiers near the start of the film, and later by Woody and Buzz to each other when they're attempting to catch up to Andy.
* NoodleIncident:
** The way Andy's mother reacts upon stepping on one of the Army men implies that this is not the first time she had walked in on one of their birthday/Christmas recon missions.
** Implied by Hamm when the toys hear Sid in his yard.
--->'''Rex:''' I thought he was at summer camp!\\
'''Hamm:''' They must've kicked him out early this year.
* NotInFrontOfTheKid:
-->'''Woody:''' The word I'm searching for, I can't say, because there's preschool toys present.
* NotQuiteFlight: Buzz's gliding is the former TropeNamer.
-->'''Woody:''' That wasn't flying! That was--falling with style!
* NumberTwo: Slinky is implied to be this to Woody before Buzz Lightyear becomes leader of the toys.
* ObliviouslyEvil: Sid to the toys.
* OhCrap: Quite a few of them. Woody in particular is prone to them.
** Buzz when he sees [=RC=] being sent towards him by Woody, shortly before being knocked out the window.
** Woody when the bulletin board teeters and he realizes his plan to knock Buzz under the desk is about to spiral entirely out of control.
** Woody has one when he realises he is about to get his comeuppance from Buzz for trying to knock him off.
** Woody in the back of the Pizza Planet truck when the toolbox slides towards him.
** Woody when he hears Sid's voice behind him at Pizza Planet. Then again when the claw grabs Buzz in the crane game.
** Hannah when she realises Sid is going to destroy her Janie doll.
** Woody when the mutant toys first appear. He has wide eyes, shakes in fear, and has inability to form coherent speech.
** Buzz when he jumps off the banister in Sid's house and realizes that no, he can't fly.
** Woody when he accidentally reveals Buzz's broken arm in front of Andy's toys.
** Sid when he hears ''his own name'' spoken by Woody. And then when the mutant toys come to life in front of him.
** Buzz and then Woody when they see Scud coming up behind them while on the moving truck.
** Scud gets a brief one during the chase scene when a car looks like it's about to hit him.
** Woody after lighting the rocket, and [[RememberedTooLate realizing that the rocket will]] ''[[RememberedTooLate explode]]''.
** Potato Head near the end in the moving truck right before RC crashes into him.
* OhCrapSmile: Woody and Buzz at the end when they hear Andy's next present is a puppy.
* OffscreenVillainDarkMatter: Sid is able to get his hands on materials that should be ''illegal'' for him to be in possession of, such as buying a powerful mini-rocket.
* ParentalBonus:
** Mr. Potato Head accuses TheHero Woody of having "[[UnusualEuphemism laser envy]]."
** At the beginning of the film when Slinky is talking about how Woody never steered them wrong before, Mr. Potato Head takes off his mouth and pats it against his rear in a sarcastic manner.
** When we see the entire ensemble of Sid's mutant toys, one of them is a tiny fishing rod with two doll legs attached to the spool. For those at home still guessing, the word we're looking for is "hooker".
* PedalToTheMetalShot: When the Pizza Planet truck moves.
* PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: Two examples occur in Woody's songs, first he declares in "You've Got a Friend in Me" that no one will ever love Andy like he does, and then in "Strange Things" he laments that he still loves Andy but the boy has replaced him with Buzz.
* PlotDrivenBreakdown: The RC car has enough pep to keep up with full-size cars on the street while carrying both Woody and Buzz, until they try to make a final push to catch up with the moving van. That's when his batteries finally die. However, considering that Woody was running him at full "Turbo" speed for a ''long'' time to keep up with the truck, it's at least somewhat justified that he would quickly run out of power.
* PoesLaw: The filmmakers intended the scene with the toy soldiers making their way to the lookout point to be funny, since it was a typical war scene played straight with toys instead of humans. When it was shown to test audiences they took it just as seriously as the real thing.
* PrecisionFStrike: A tiger-like toy ring calls Shakes the Rattle "the best damn rattle I ever worked with" in a deleted scene.
* ProfileViewGag: The toys are watching the kids attending Andy's birthday party, and see one kid with what appears to be a small, cube-shaped present. But then the kid turns to the side, revealing that the present is really long.
* ProperlyParanoid: Buzz, curiously enough.
** When they head to Pizza Planet in a pizza truck, Buzz explains to Woody that they should use seat belts for their own safety. Woody suffers the consequences when he doesn't.
** After Woody tries to escape Sid's room through the open door, Buzz warns him that they don't know what's waiting for them outside. Woody ends up nearly being mauled by Scud.
* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: Sid is seen by many viewers, including [[http://kotaku.com/5501908/is-the-best-way-to-play-games-the-subversive-way Will Wright]], [[WebVideo/JeepersMedia Mike Mozart]], and 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, 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 the mutant toys have doll legs and heads, shows that the pterodactyl thing was not an isolated incident[[note]]only did that particular thing because Hannah didn't know if Sid's package came yet when he asked[[/note]]). And a little boy playing with explosives ''unsupervised'' is pretty questionable, considering the rockets he was using are not even legal in some states.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis:
** Mr. Potato Head complaining about Molly: "Ages three. And. Up!" Coupled with PunctuatedPounding when he slams his hat on his head on the word "up".
** Woody reminding Buzz: "YOU! ARE! A! TOYYYYYY!!!"
** Hannah's response to Sid's "What do you mean you don't know?" (referring to if his package had arrived in the mail yet) "I. Don't. ''Know.''"
** Buzz when Woody gets him out of Hannah's tea party: "I! AM MRS.! NESBITT!"
* RaceAgainstTheClock: Twofold.
** Sid straps Buzz to a big fireworks rocket and Woody and the mutant toys device a plan to save him before Sid makes him explode.
** Woody and Buzz find themselves in one when Buzz sees the moving van coming at the Davis family's home.
* RaidersOfTheLostParody: The film does a ShoutOut to the boulder scene with Buzz being chased by a rolling globe that gets knocked loose, not long before he falls out the window. They used the sound effect of the boulder rolling from the original film.
* RealityEnsues:
** Painfully enforced during "I Will Go Sailing No More": Buzz jumping from the railing and crashing down onto the floor. After all, as said in the commercial moments earlier:
--->NOT A FLYING TOY
** Getting Scud locked out of the house was really only a temporary solution; while he was not in the house, he was still ''outside''.
** Remote controlled cars still need batteries.
* RedAlert: Called by the Sergeant during the birthday party in response to the surprise present in the closet.
* RedShirt: Sid's Combat Carl, which gets blown up in Sid's introductory scene.
* RefugeInAudacity: How does Woody save Buzz from Sid? Simple: ''[[BrokenMasquerade completely bust the masquerade in front of him]]'' and outright ''threaten him'' to [[ScareEmStraight scare him straight]]!
* RememberedTooLate: After Woody gets the rocket lit, he and Buzz are ecstatic that they can now catch up with the moving truck... only for Woody to remember seconds before takeoff that ''rockets '''explode'''''.
* RodandReelRepurposed: One of the toys in Sid's house is composed of a toy rod and reel with a pair of fashion doll's legs attached. Woody calls her Legs, and she acts as a winch to lower Ducky to a point where he can [[WeNeedADistraction ring the doorbell]].
* SayMyName: Potato Head and Hamm, then Woody, yell Buzz's name when Buzz is knocked out the window.
** Woody's anguished yell of "SLINKY!" after Slinky closes the blinds on him.
** Buzz yells Woody's name while riding [=RC=] and about to crash into Woody from behind.
* ScareEmStraight: Woody and Sid's toys come alive to provide InUniverse NightmareFuel 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' being alive, although the outcome implies that he'll just write it all off as temporary insanity.
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Woody, when Buzz startles him after saying hello, and before Scud bites his leg.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: It seems to be an unwritten rule that the toys will not walk and talk (other than what their normal toy operation allows) when there are any humans present. Even [[TheLancer Buzz Lightyear]] adheres to the rule, even throughout the time that he believes that he's the ''[[CannotTellFictionFromReality real]]'' [[CaptainSpaceDefenderofEarth Buzz Lightyear]] (although this can probably be {{Justified|Trope}} if you consider that he probably went with good old fashioned herd mentality by imitating the "natives" in order to continue surviving in a hostile environment; notably, after being lost at the Dinoco gas station with Woody where there are no humans nearby, when the tractor trailer pulls in, Buzz actually dives out of the way rather than freeze where he is like Woody does). To save Buzz from Sid, however, Woody decides that it's time to break a few rules.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Subverted when Woody jumps out of Sid’s backpack and tries to escape his ''terrifying'' room only to find the door locked.
* SecurityCling: Upon first seeing the mutated toys in Sid's room, Woody ''climbs on top of Buzz'' and clings to his helmet in a panic.
* ShoutOut: A lot of them:
** Luxo Sr. from WesternAnimation/LuxoJr, but painted red and inanimate.
** Buzz's breathing inside the helmet closely resembles Darth Vader's breathing.
** The shark's "Look, I'm Woody! Howdy howdy howdy!" brings to mind a cartoon of a cowboy-eating vulture from ''ComicStrip/TheFarSide''.
** The globe (that was knocked loose by the bulletin board) rolling towards Buzz who runs away from it, serves an a homage to the rolling boulder scene from Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk. The sound effects of the darts shooting and the rolling boulder were added in the scene.
** Buzz telling Woody that he knows the information of Zurg's new weapon to annihilate an entire planet references the Death Star from ''Franchise/StarWars''.
** Buzz does a [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan salute]] whilst bidding farewell to Woody after an argument underneath the gas truck.
** Woody saying [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "There's no place like home"]] whilst attempting to escape Sid's house.
** The carpet design in the hallway of Sid's house is closely based off the carpet design from Film/TheShining.
* SkeletonMotif: Sid, the closest thing to a "villain" in the movie, wears a skull T-shirt.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Very idealistic with sympathetic characters that are relatable and complex, tons of heart, a great story, and many timeless characters learning how to choose comradery over pride. However, the original ''Black Friday Reel'' of this film that was made before the film we know and love is EXTREMELY cynical and mean-spirited.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The series' main cast includes a young boy's toy collection, with predictably male-oriented rather than girls' toys. Bo Peep is the only female in the cast, a domestic woman and SatelliteLoveInterest with no part in the main action (and she seems to belong to Andy's sister's part of their shared room). ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory3'' even out the gender inequality, though not by much. Even though ''Toy Story 3'' has many more female characters than the other two, it should be worth mentioning that [[spoiler:Andy got rid of Bo Peep]].
* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Sid uses a magnifying glass to burn Woody's forehead while "interrogating" him. This is actually a ChekhovsGun, as Woody ends up using Buzz's helmet to light the fuse of the rocket Buzz is strapped to.
* SpellingForEmphasis: When Woody refers to Buzz as "Andy's new toy", Buzz says, "Toy?", and Woody says, "T-O-Y, toy!". Downplayed in the Spanish dubs where Woody's line is translated as "Ju, gue, te, ¡juguete!", using syllables instead of letters.
* SpotTheThread: Before it's properly revealed that the toys are alive, if you pay attention during the "You've Got a Friend in Me" number, Woody's face changes briefly at points (like, for example, when Andy spins the recliner). The uninformed may assume this is just an animation goof, but then Woody is left alone...
* StockScream: When Buzz is knocked out of the window it's definitely the Wilhelm Scream that he makes.
* StrappedToABomb:
** Sid duct-tapes Buzz Lightyear to a model rocket and plans to launch him (the rocket will explode when it reaches its maximum height). Luckily, Woody saves him from this horrible fate, but later uses the rocket (with Buzz still attached to it) as part of a cunning plan.
** Sid's introduction has him blowing up a Combat Carl (a CaptainErsatz Franchise/GIJoe) with a firecracker.
* StripPoker: [[ThoseTwoGuys Hamm and Mr. Potato Head]] are apparently playing strip TabletopGame/{{Battleship}} (Battlestrip?).
* SuckECheeses: Averted. Pizza Planet is a ''really'' cool place, to the point that a lot of fans wish it were real[[note]][[{{Defictionalization}} There was, in fact, a counter service Pizza Planet]] at Disney's Hollywood Studios for almost a couple of decades, but it was nowhere near the scope of the film[[/note]].
* SurvivalMantra: Woody has a bit of a freakout in Sid's room.
-->'''Woody:''' There's no place like home! Theresnoplacelikehome!
* TakeCareOfTheKids: When Woody is grabbed by Sid's dog Scud, he tells Buzz to "take care of Andy for me." Buzz [[NoOneGetsLeftBehind rescues him instead]].
* TakeMyHand: [[LoyalAnimalCompanion Slinky Dog]] to Woody as he's trying to pull him into the truck.
* {{Technobabble}}: When Sid talks about a "double-bypass brain transplant."
-->'''Buzz:''' I don't believe that man's ever been to medical school.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: After their EscalatingWar leaves them stranded, and with Andy moving home shortly, Buzz and Woody resentfully have to work together to get back in time.
* TemptingFate:
** Woody, mocking Buzz. "'It's safer in the cockpit than the cargo bay'... WhatAnIdiot." And no points for guessing who was right.
** "Oh, now, Buzz. What can Andy possibly get that is worse than you?" [[YouJustHadToSayIt Cue the sound of a puppy barking,]] and Woody and Buzz's [[OhCrapSmile "Oh Crap" Smiles]], both clearly remembering the last time they had dealt with a dog.
* ThatMakesMeFeelAngry: Rex's reaction when the toys realize Woody is innocent.
-->'''Rex:''' [[SarcasmMode Great!]] [[JerkassRealization Now I have guilt!]]
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Mr. Potato Head, after Woody accidentally knocks Buzz out a window.
-->'''Woody:''' Wait a minute, You don't think I even meant to knock Buzz out the window, do you? Potato Head?\\
'''Mr. Potato Head:''' That's ''Mr.'' Potato Head to you, you backstabbing murderer!
* ThirdActMisunderstanding: Woody tries to get through to his friends across the window from Sid's house, but his broken ruse with Buzz's detached arm causes them to think he murdered him.
* ThisIsNoTimeToPanic: "This is the ''perfect'' time to panic!"
* ThoseTwoGuys: [[TheSpeechless Snake]] and Robot. Also Potato Head and Hamm.
* TomatoInTheMirror: Buzz Lightyear [[WrongGenreSavvy genuinely believes himself to be the real space hero]], and that he only crash landed in Andy's room. He realizes that he's just a toy when he sees a ''Buzz Lightyear'' commercial on the TV, which sends him into a HeroicBSOD for a while. This proves that Woody was right about him all along.
* TranquilFury: Buzz is exhibiting this when he catches up to Woody at the gas station after being knocked out the window. When he lands in front of Woody, he just stands there with an angry stare on his face and doesn't raise his voice, making Woody uneasy at first and then giving him an OhCrap before knocking himself and Woody out of the van.
* UncleSamWantsYou: The Buzz Lightyear poster reading "I want you to join Space Rangers".
* UnderTheMistletoe: Woody and Bo at the end. The mistletoe is held by her sheep.
* VaderBreath: Buzz's breathing when he first appears on the bed, [[POVCam when the camera adopts his point-of-view from inside his helmet.]]
* VillainsOutShopping: Sid, while in the middle of torturing Woody.
-->'''Sid:''' Where are your rebel friends now? [[EvilLaugh Ha Ha Ha!]]\\
'''Sid's Mom:''' ''[from off-screen]'' Sid! Your Pop-Tarts are ready!\\
'''Sid:''' All right!
* VillainyFreeVillain: 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...
* VisualInnuendo: When Mr. Potato Head makes a pessimistic statement about Woody not being worried about the move due to being Andy's Favorite Toy since Kindergarten, Slinky defends Woody, to which Mr. Potato Head quietly replies by removing his mouth and tapping his backside with it.[[note]]He's calling him an ass-kisser. Ironically, when Buzz introduces himself, Mr. Potato Head becomes the biggest ass-kissing (figuratively speaking, of course) fan of him, totally buying into his [[WrongGenreSavvy delusional mannerisms]].[[/note]]
* VisualPun:
** As follows:
--->'''Woody:''' Buzz, can you get over here and give me a hand?\\
''[Buzz, without a word, tosses his severed arm up to Woody and goes back to angsting.]''\\
'''Woody:''' Hahaha, that's very funny Buzz but ''[gets angry]'' THIS IS SERIOUS!!
** [[http://cdn3.whatculture.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/hooker.png The fishing pole toy that sports a hook and a pair of sexy lady legs]] is a ''hooker''.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Woody and Buzz are minor examples by the end, being toys from rival genres who had just become FireForgedFriends. This is shown most clearly at the very end when Buzz isn't worried about being replaced because science fiction action figures are still in, and Woody isn't worried because he doesn't believe Andy could get a bigger threat to his authority over the toys than his new space-age friend.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Rex gets this after he sees Woody waving Buzz's dismembered arm--a rare example in which it makes sense, seeing as Rex didn't have anything to vomit up.
* WainscotSociety: The toys appear to have a fairly well-developed society of sorts, which only operates when humans aren't looking--but they necessarily also take a keen interest in human activities, although they can't easily interact actively with humans.
* WeHaveWaysOfMakingYouTalk: Sid quotes the line verbatim when he tortures Woody with a magnifying glass (thankfully, without attempting a German accent).
* WhamLine:
** Both in-universe and out, [[EstablishingCharacterMoment Scud barking, followed by Sid screaming "YES!" and evily laughing]] is what firmly introduces the main antagonists into the film.
--->'''Slinky''': (gasp of fear; hides under bed)
--->'''Woody''': ''[[OhCrap Uh oh...]]''
--->'''Slinky''': (from under bed) ''[[KnightOfCerebus It's Sid!]]''
** In-Universe: Buzz gets a written one after he sees a commercial of himself on the TV and takes a closer look under his gauntlet flap and sees the following words:
--->[[TomatoInTheMirror Made in Taiwan]]
*** It happens a little earlier for Buzz, actually: while in the den, Buzz sees the TV issue out a message to Buzz Lightyear from Star Command. Right before he can respond:
---->'''[[ToyCommercial Kid on TV]]'''[[ToyCommercial : Buzz Lightyear responding, read you loud and clear!]]
** In-Universe, right as Sid is about to chuck Woody away, having written him off (due to him repeatedly spewing off lines from his voice-box) as being busted:
--->'''Woody''': (via the voicebox) ''Who you callin' "busted", buster?''
--->'''Sid''': (quiet whimper; looks at Woody)
--->'''Woody''': (via the voicebox) ''That's right.'' (Sid spins Woody around; his pull-string isn't moving) ''I'm talking to you, '''[[INeverToldYouMyName Sid Phillips]]'''.''
* WhamShot: Happens when Woody sees the mutant toys converging on Buzz, and when he fights his way through them, he sees Buzz's broken arm has been reattached to him.
* WhatDoesThisButtonDo: Rex asks this about one of the buttons on [[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear's]] suit.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** All of the toys call out Woody for trying to get rid of Buzz just because the former is worried he won't be Andy's favorite toy anymore (barring Slinky and Bo Peep who believe Woody's objections. Technically Rex believes Woody too, but sides against him under pressure from the other toys). Mr. Potato Head ''especially'' gets pissed at Woody for throwing Buzz out of the window, accident or not, and even accuses Woody of doing the same to any other toy that might become Andy's new favorite.
** Buzz himself vents this violently when he finds Woody, though when the fight gets them stranded at the gas station, Woody is left equally pissed and switches it back on him. Buzz fires back he started it with the above attack, and lectures him over the potential danger he'd caused the universe by rendering him without communication to Star Command. This in his universe would likely be a legit admonishing, here however:
-->'''Woody:''' ''*exasperated*'' YOU! ARE! A! TOOOOYYYYYYY!!!
* WhatYouAreInTheDark:
** During his attempt at getting Buzz out of his TomatoSurprise funk by trying to get him to realize he's a cool toy, Woody winds up baring his soul to Buzz, revealing his deep seated insecurities due to comparing himself to Buzz, even going so far as to admit ''he'' should be strapped to the rocket. Woody then turns his back to Buzz, and glumly states he should leave Sid's room while he can. He turns around, and Buzz is gone... because he's currently in the process of freeing Woody from the milkcrate.
** Andy's mom is moments away from pulling out of the driveway, and Woody and Buzz are booking it to the van. While Woody manages to reach the bumper, Buzz gets stuck on the fence due to the rocket strapped to him. He tries telling Woody to go without him... and it takes Woody a few seconds to rush back to Buzz to pop him free.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The other toys to Woody towards the end.
* WorkInfoTitle: ''Toy'' '''''Story'''''. Also present in the sequels and spin-offs.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Woody to Buzz after the latter's HeroicBSOD: "Why would Andy want you? Look at you! You're a Buzz Lightyear! Any other toy would give up its moving parts just to ''be'' you!"
* YouExclamation: Woody has a ''furious'' one while making a bee line towards Buzz, after their fight resulted in them getting stranded at the gas station with seemingly no way of getting back to Andy before they move house.

-->''"You are a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity."''

-->[[TomatoInTheMirror Made in Taiwan]]

* WhamLine: In-Universe: Buzz gets a written one after he sees a commercial of himself on the TV and takes a closer look under his gauntlet flap and sees the following words:

** Buzz telling Woody that he knows the information of Zurg's new weapon to annihilate an entire planet references the Death Star from Film/StarWars.

** Woody's attempt at getting Buzz out of his TomatoSurprise funk by trying to get him to realize he's a cool toy, Woody winds up baring his soul to Buzz, revealing his deep seated insecurities due to comparing himself to Buzz, even going so far as to admit ''he'' should be strapped to the rocket. Woody then turns his back to Buzz, and glumly states he should leave Sid's room while he can. He turns around, and Buzz is gone... because he's currently in the process of freeing Woody from the milkcrate.

** Something similar happens with Woody's line of "Buzz, look! An alien!" The two later have to hide from Sid in a crowd of aliens in the crane game at Pizza Planet.

** Sid sticks a match in Woody's holster with the line, "You and I can have a "cookout" later, hehehe!" The match, however, is a RedHerring; it's immediately blown out when Woody tries to use it.

* ScareEmStraight: Woody and Sid's toys come alive to provide [[index]]NightmareFuel 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' being alive, although the outcome implies that he'll just write it all off as temporary insanity.

* SpellingForEmphasis: When Woody refers to Buzz as "Andy's new toy", Buzz says, "Toy?", and Woody says, "T-O-Y, toy!". Downplayed in the Mexican Spanish dub where Woody's line is translated as "Ju, gue, te, ¡juguete!", using syllables instead of letters.

* SpellingForEmphasis: When Woody refers to Buzz as "Andy's new toy", Buzz says, "Toy?", and Woody says, "T-O-Y, toy!".

''Toy Story'' introduces us to a group of {{toys}} belonging to a boy named Andy. Their unofficial leader is Andy's favorite toy, Woody, an old cowboy doll with a pull-string vocalizer. Woody receives some competition when Andy gets a new toy for his birthday, "[[CaptainSpaceDefenderOfEarth Buzz Lightyear of Star Command]]", who 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 "[[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident 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.

* ScareEmStraight: Woody and Sid's toys come alive to provide NightmareFuel 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.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The series' main cast includes a young boy's toy collection, with predictably male-oriented rather than girls' toys. Bo Peep is the only female in the cast, a domestic woman and SatelliteLoveInterest with no part in the main action (and she seems to belong to Andy's sister's part of their shared room). ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 3]]'' even out the gender inequality, though not by much. Even though ''Toy Story 3'' has many more female characters than the other two, it should be worth mentioning that [[spoiler:Andy got rid of Bo Peep]].
* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Sid uses a magnifying glass to burn Woody's forehead while "interrogating" him. This is actually a CheckhovsGun, as Woody ends up using Buzz's helmet to light the fuse of the rocket Buzz is strapped to.

* SolarPoweredMagnifyingGlass: Sid uses a magnifying glass to burn Woody's forehead while interrogating him.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: Woody and Buzz find themselves in one when they're stuck at Sid's home with Andy's family moving away forever from the district the next day.

* PlotDrivenBreakdown: The RC car has enough pep to keep up with full-size cars on the street while carrying both Woody and Buzz, until they try to make a final push to catch up with the moving van. That's when his batteries finally die.

** Another TV spot goes out of its way to proclaim [[BlatantLies the movie was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation]], even though Disney's only involvement was co-financing and releasing the film. This one is probably justified in that they were going for brand name recognition. Pixar hadn't quite a name for themselves yet (this of course, being the film that ultimately put them on the map).

* LivingToy: The movie is centered around these. Type 1 version.

** The entire climax of the film, where Woody and Buzz chase after the moving van, is ''peppered'' with such moments. To summarize: the sequence starts with Buzz and Woody managing to catch up to the moving van on foot. By the end, after a long series of circumstances (involving Scud, traffic, Andy's toys attacking Woody, and difficulty with the moving van's ramp), Woody and Buzz are riding RC and are ''about'' to get back on with Slinky's help... when RC's batteries run out, leaving them in the middle of the road (as Slinky, the only thing keeping them attached the moving van, was unable to hold on any longer due to being pulled too taut).

* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Seeing as Potato Head is slightly more of a jerk in this movie than in later installments. He gets better after a HeroicBSOD by the little green men.

** At the beginning of the film when Slinky is talking about how Woody never steered them wrong before, Mr. Potato Head takes off his mouth and pats it against his rear in a sarcastic manner. In case [[DontExplainTheJoke you don't get it]], he's indicating that Slinky is ass-kissing Woody. Could also double as a DoubleEntendre since he could also be saying "kiss my ass".

-->'''Woody:''' C'mon, we're friends, right? Potato Head?\\

** Remote controlled cars still need batteries. Once they run out, the car is dead in the water.

[[TropeMaker The]] ''Disney/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs'' of computer animation (and therefore an extraordinarily influential part of UsefulNotes/TheRenaissanceAgeOfAnimation), ''Toy Story'' is a renowned 1995 film from Creator/{{Pixar}} about [[LivingToys toys that come to life]] when their owners aren't around. It is the first installment of the [[Franchise/ToyStory titular film series]] and it has spawned three successful sequels, [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 one in 1999]], [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 another in 2010]] and a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory4 third in 2019]].