Line #88 WMG/Lightyear


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6	[[folder:Pre-release theories]][[WMG:The movie will introduce {{Expy}}s of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.]]
7	* There will be a wealthy ActionGirl who has a BoyfriendBlockingDad who will be a stand-in for Princess Mira Nova.
8	** Alicia might be that ActionGirl at least.
9	* Buzz will have a ComicRelief robot sidekick that will act like XR.
10	** The Teaser Trailer did show Buzz having a robotic cat and is latter shown paired with a robot in what appears to be a swamp planet.
11	* A large but shy alien will run into Buzz who will join in the adventure and becomes Booster Sinclair Munchapper.
12	** Though it's said that one of the voices heard in the trailer is named Booster. But as of now it's unclear if it's meant to be a MythologyGag.
13	* The leader of Star Command will be very hesitant in trusting Buzz's abilities and he will be like Commander Nebula.
14	* A former ally of Buzz who was actually working for Emperor Zurg, just like Warp Darkmatter.
15	** Hopefully it isn't Alicia.
16	* As for the Little Green Men, they'll act like how they do in the Cartoon.
17	* Zurg will have his own versions of the Little Green Men, just like the Grubs.
18	* Zurg will have versions of the brain pods and hornets.
19	* If there is a sequel, the next film will introduce versions of other ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' villains such as [=XL=], [=NOS-4-A2=], and the Evil Buzz Lightyear.
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21	[[WMG:The film will open with the toys getting ready to watch the movie.]]
22	Much like ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'', the toys will get excited to watch the latest entry in the ''Buzz Lightyear'' franchise and have a scene together before the movie starts.
23	* And maybe at the end too, right after the in-universe [[TheStinger Stinger]].
24	** '''Jossed'''. On both counts.
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26	[[WMG:This version of Buzz will have a dead father.]]
27	In reference to the ''Franchise/StarWars'' ShoutOut in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''. Especially if he was [[YouKilledMyFather killed by Zurg]], directly or indirectly.
28	* Buzz briefly mistakes his older self for his father (a clear shoutout to the ''Toy Story 2'' gag), but it's never brought up again.
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30	[[WMG:Buzz will speak Spanish at one point]]
31	It could give credence as to why Buzz has a "Spanish mode" in ''Toy Story 3''.
32	* Either he's multilingual or has Latino heritage.
33	* Or the Spanish mode is because of the Spanish dub of the cartoon.
34	** '''Jossed'''.
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36	[[WMG:A reference will be made to ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'']]
37	Deleted scenes for the first ''Toy Story'' shows that Buzz is based on a character from a TV show, and then ''Star Command'' became that show. Maybe the cartoon will appear on a TV set as part of a FreezeFrameBonus, or some or one of the characters will make a background cameo.
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39	[[WMG:Zurg will be the BigBad.]]
40	* Or at the very least be teased in a potential cliffhanger or stinger as the villain of a possible sequel.
41	* I mean you can't have a movie about Buzz Lightyear without the greatest threat to the galactic alliance.
42	* He will say his catchphrase from Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, "Curse you Buzz Lightyear!".
43	**confirmed in the Official Trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwZs3H_UN3k]]
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45	[[WMG:The movie will result in a reboot of ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''.]]
46	Self explanatory
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48	[[WMG:The film will be revealed in TheStinger to be an in-universe [[ContinuityReboot franchise reboot]] of ''Buzz Lightyear of Star Command'']]
49	... written and directed by none other than a now-adult Andy, having graduated college and entered the film industry. For bonus points, we'll also get a teaser for his next project: a reboot of ''Woody's Roundup''.
50	* Chris Hemsworth will voice Woody from ''Woody's Roundup''.
51	** '''Jossed'''. The movie opens with explicit onscreen confirmation that this is ''the'' movie that got Andy hooked on Buzz Lightyear.
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53	[[WMG:Creator/TimAllen will get a minor voice cameo at one point.]]
54	* Probably voice Buzz's father, as a sort of passing-the-torch thing.
55	** '''Jossed'''.
56
57	[[WMG:The movie will be about Earth making first contact, and be involved in a galactic war.]]
58	Earth makes contact with the [[TheFederation Galactic Alliance]], leading to Buzz joining Star Command and comes into conflict with Emperor Zurg or whoever's the main villain.
59	* '''Jossed'''.
60
61	[[WMG:If Emperor Zurg does appear in the film or potential sequel, he will be voiced by different actor than Andrew Stanton or Creator/WayneKnight]]
62	Since Chris Evans will be voicing the original Buzz Lightyear, it's likely they will get a different actor to voice the original Emperor Zurg than Andrew Stanton who voices the toy and Creator/WayneKnight who voices the cartoon character.
63	* Maybe by another MCU actor.
64	** What about Creator/HugoWeaving?
65	* Confirmed to be a new actor, but not one from the [=MCU=]. Creator/JamesBrolin, father of Creator/JoshBrolin ([[{{Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse}} Thanos]] and [[{{Film/Deadpool2}} Cable]], respectively), is playing Zurg
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67	[[WMG:The entire movie will just be a delusion from a Buzz Lightyear action figure.]]
68	Well someone had to say it.
69
70	[[WMG:The movie is actually a prequel to the first ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' movie]]
71	According to Angus [=MacLane=], the idea of a Buzz Lightyear movie came about when he's wondering about what kind of movie that Andy watched that made him want a Buzz Lightyear action figure. So my theory is at the end of Lightyear movie or a post-credit scene, we sees a young Andy Davis watching the Lightyear movie along with his mom and after the movie ends, he begs her of getting him a Buzz Lightyear action figure, thus setting up the event of the first WesternAnimation/ToyStory1 movie.
72	** Jossed by WordOfGod in an [[https://ew.com/movies/chris-evans-pixar-lightyear-trailer/ interview]].
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74	[[WMG:Star Command has just invented FasterThanLightTravel.]]
75	The ship we see Buzz launch in at the teaser's beginning has the designation XL-01, implying that its the first of its kind, most likely Star Command's FTL prototype. But how has Star Command been traveling to other star systems you ask, the slow way of course, the SpheroidDropship that appears throughout the teaser looks a lot like the Torchship Lewis and Clark from Creator/RobertAHeinlein's book Literature/TimeForTheStars, where the Lewis and Clark travels to multiple star systems over decades due to not moving faster than light. This leads up to another WMG.
76	* Pretty much confirmed by the trailer.
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78	[[WMG:Zurg will be Buzz Lightyear's father like in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2''.]]
79	Buzz's Father was a member of Star Command, and left when Buzz was a young kid on the Torchship mentioned above to go on an expedition to another star-system, but do to FTL not being invented yet, the journey takes decades. When the SpheroidDropship returns after a couple of decades, the now adult Buzz will learn that for some reason or another, his father was left behind, assumed dead by the crew. But the Father didn't die, and something happens out there that drives him to madness, becoming Zurg.
80	* Also, it could be argued that Buzz's Father got DrunkWithPower and wanted more of it, turning into Zurg in the process.
81	** '''Jossed'''. Zurg is an older Buzz from an alternate future.
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83	[[WMG:Pizza Planet will make an appearance.]]
84	If it's a movie-within-a-movie, it would be a ProductPlacement.
85	* Plus, it's a Pixar tradition to have the pizza planet truck hidden somewhere within the movie.
86	* The toys they are selling will be ''Woody's Roundup'' toys.
87	* ''Jossed''.
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89	[[WMG:The ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand'' cartoon is still canon (sort of).]]
90	Not only they made toys and merchandises of the real life Buzz Lightyear, but they also created an animated TV series. The cartoon is a Flanderization of Buzz and Emperor Zurg for a younger audience.
91	* '''Confirmed''' via WordOfGod.
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93	[[WMG:Zurg will be a ''WellIntentionedExtremist''.]]
94	Their version of Zurg won't be the comic relief villain you see in the cartoon show. He will be a tragic character who wants to conquer the universe for the "greater good".
95	* Confirmed. Zurg is Buzz from an alternate future, still obsessed with completing his mission.
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97	[[WMG: Buzz Lightyear will have [[TimeTravel traveled into the future]] in the movie]]
98	there's an actual theory that if someone were travel fast enough around our sun, they'd be able to travel through time, and plus we can tell that Buzz's mission in the trailer is to fly around the sun for some reason! We can infer that Buzz must've traveled too far into the future and now must deal with [[BigBad Zurg or another villain]].
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100	[[WMG: Sox will have a Disney Death at some point]]
101	* Does the part halfway through the movie where Mo nearly breaks him count?
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103	[[WMG: TheStinger will feature feature an appearance by Andy.]]
104	By the end of the movie, it will be revealed that Andy would be watching the movie in a theater with his mom. As they leave, Andy would later notice a Buzz Lightyear action figure on display, and he would ask his mom if he can have one. His mom would think about it, and sometime later, she would purchase the toy from a store (possibly Al's Toy Barn), before wrapping it up to prepare for Andy's then-upcoming birthday party.
105	* '''Jossed'''.
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107	[[WMG: Buzz's spaceship uses antimatter as fuel.]]
108	In the trailer, Buzz is given a jar with two materials of different colours inside. He mixes them, there's a white flash, and whatever is created by this reaction is inserted into the ship.
109	As scientists predict, if antimatter reacts with matter, there's a flash and an insanely powerful explosion. My WMG is that in the Lightyear universe, researchers somehow managed to contain the aforementioned explosion in the form of a crystal and slowly harness its power to enable FasterThanLightTravel. That's some heavy ArtisticLicensePhysics, but then again, the film does not seem to be super-hard SF.
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111	[[WMG: Sox's ability to emit white noise [[ChekhovsSkill will be in some way important to the plot]]]]
112	My guess is that it'll act like a BrownNote of sorts for the evil-looking robots (or maybe even Zurg himself!), messing with their circuitry. Alternatively, it'll scare off the alien plant life that pesters humans in the "Perimeter".
113	* '''Jossed'''.
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115	[[WMG: Zurg will have a few comedic moments in Lightyear]]
116	The reason why I say this is because even the comedic relief [[BewareTheSillyOnes had moments of being an absolutely terrifying villain in the cartoon movie and show]] so it would make sense for this Zurg to also have comedic moments as well
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118	[[WMG: In the Toy Story universe, Lightyear is a live action movie]]
119	Part of the premise of this movie is that it’s a movie from the Toy Story universe, meaning a movie that the characters from Toy Story might have sat down and watched. Since everyone from that universe is a CG character, if you were to film a movie with real actors in costumes and makeup, it would look to us like a computer animated movie. So I think, in the Toy Story universe, Lightyear wasn’t animated. It was shot with real actors who live in that universe.
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121	[[WMG:Zurg will be a CompleteMonster and/or KnightOfCerebus]] In the series, he can be quite campy and comedic in nature, as he tends to do several antics such as videotaping Buzz's speeches for his own amusement or keeping a Troll doll collection. However in this film, Zurg will likely be more evil and serious then his Toy Story 2 and Star Command counterparts.
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123	[[WMG:The stranded Space Rangers are part of an recon force sent into Zurg’s territory]]
124	Tying in with the in-universe backstory for the Buzz Lightyear toyline from Toy Story 1, they learned that Zurg was developing a planet-destroying superweapon and that it would be operational in less than a year. However on their way back they became stranded on an uncharted planet with no means of contacting Star Command. With time running out, the Rangers gathered whatever resources they could to build the XL-01 and send Buzz out to alert Star Command about Zurg’s superweapon and bring them home.
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126	[[WMG:Zurg will be revealed to be someone close to Buzz]]
127	If not his father, as mentioned above, then one of his fellow rangers.
128	* Closer than you think: he ''is'' Buzz.
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130	[[WMG:Buzz's catchphrase was of his father.]]
131	In a moment equivalent to Aunt May's death in ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'', Buzz's father gets killed by Zurg (so that's how Buzz says in ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory2'' that Zurg killed his father) and passes away, but not before telling Buzz that he will always love him, so Buzz asks him "To infinity?" and his dad will respond in his dying breath "And beyond!".
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133	[[WMG:Commander Burnside is a HiddenVillain.]]
134	Judging by how he says "Lightyear!" in the official trailer, Commander Burnside could very well be actually evil and/or turn out to be a traitor. Maybe he is working with/for Zurg or he is actually Zurg! That, or he is just an strict commander angry that Buzz isn't following orders.
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136	[[WMG:Mira Nova will be Space Ranger Hawthorne's girlfriend]]
137	It has been confirmed that the Space Ranger Hawthorne will have a same sex kiss scene. What if her girlfriend is Mira Nova from ''WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand''?
138	* '''Jossed'''.
139
140	[[WMG:The film will reveal the origins of each one (or most) of Buzz's lines in the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films.]]
141	In the ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films, each time any of the buttons the toy Buzz has is pressed, Buzz says something. This movie could reveal the origin of each line, or at least some, in some scenes, for example:
142	* While exploring an unknown planet or while flying through an unknown galaxy, Buzz will say "This is a secret mission in uncharted space" through his intercom.
143	* When trying to rescue someone, Buzz will say "Buzz Lightyear to the rescue!".
144	* If tries to contact the Star Command, Buzz will say "Buzz Lightyear to Star Command, come in Star Command".
145	* While checking for intelligent life in a planet, Buzz will state "There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere".
146	** Alternatively, he'll use the MemeticMutation usage of the line in a DeadpanSnarker way in response to someone making a stupid statement or decision.
147	* If faced with hostility by aliens, Buzz will calmly assure them "I am Buzz Lightyear, I come in peace".
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149	[[WMG:The Little Green Men will appear and the Claw will have a shady origin.]]
150	If the Little Green Men appear, it will be revealed that they are slaves to some alien (possibly Zurg) and that the Claw is a device that gets rid of slaveswho are no longer useful, or of a slave who deserves his freedom after all his hard work.
151	* '''Jossed'''.
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153	[[WMG: Possible Ideas for who Alicia Hawthorne’s Lesbian LoveInterest could be]]
154	Since the character has been confirmed to be Lesbian, some possible candidates might be Alicia’s LoveInterest.
155	* maybe another female space ranger.
156
157	[[WMG:That concept art of Zurg being a little alien will be canonized.]]
158	While making the first two ''Franchise/ToyStory'' films, there was concept art drawn which revealed that Zurg is in reality a little alien with a robot suit. Maybe his robotic form is just a disguise? If Zurg isn't a little alien, maybe he is a human, or at least something organic.
159	* '''Jossed''', at least in regards to being an alien. He is, however, organic, being Buzz himself from the future.
160
161	[[WMG: Zurg is a woman.]]
162	There will be a twist. Not only is Zurg a female human, but she will be revealed as Hawthrone. The people who made the toys assume he was an evil alien warlord, not realizing she was a traitorous human inside a suit.
163	* '''Jossed'''.
164
165	[[WMG: This is in the same universe as the Toy Story movies.]]
166	There is (or was) a real-life Buzz Lightyear in Andy's world. His universe not only has sentient toys, but aliens and killer robots as well.
167	* '''Jossed'''. Explicitly identified as a movie within a movie.
168
169	[[WMG: Buzz will “fall with style”]]
170	As a nod to the line from the first ''Toy Story'', possibly during the climax of it looks like Buzz might fall to his death, but that’s when he activates the wings on his suit and begins to fly.
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172	[[WMG: Zurg will try to manipulate Buzz in some or fashion]]
173	maybe he tries to make Buzz go into HeroicBSoD or try to get him to join him
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175	[[WMG: Zurg"s plan that is revealed in the book, but no reason is revealed]]
176	Zurg took Lightyear alive and his plan is to change the past, this clearly made Zurg a bit of a negative reflection of Buzz Lightyear.
177
178	[[WMG: The last scene will have Buzz crash-land on a desert planet, with a town visible off in the distance...]]
179	And the envoy greeting him will be local sheriff Woodrow Pride.
180	* '''Jossed'''.
181
182	[[WMG: If another Toy Story movie or spinoff is made, a Sox toy will be added to the cast]]
183	He'll basically become to Buzz what Bullseye is to Woody.
184
185	[[WMG:Woody may make a cameo.]]
186	Possibly on a movie poster somewhere and someone says the movie is terrible.
187	* '''Jossed'''.
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191	[[folder:Post-release theories]]
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193	[[WMG: Future Buzz defeated the real Zurg and turned him into a mech suit.]]
194	* Future Buzz is every bit as human as his present self, and as such could not survive in space with a deactivated robot suit, yet it comes back online in the post credits scene. Thus, it's possible that the original Zurg, who Buzz met in deep space, attacked Buzz(who was still heroic at that point), was beaten by him, and Buzz decided to use his resources to start looking more into time travel. And now, thanks to Future Buzz, Zurg exists in this timeline ''much'' earlier than he was supposed to.
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196	[[WMG: [[InUniverse Within the Toy Story Universe]], ''Lightyear'' was not a G or even PG-rated cartoon film released by Disney...]]
197	* It was released by Creator/{{Miramax}}, Creator/TouchstonePictures or Creator/HollywoodPictures as a hard R-rated live action movie.
198	** It wouldn't be the first R-rated movie franchise to have toy tie-in merchandise. We also have the likes of ''Film/Robocop1987'', ''Film/PoliceAcademy'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', and even ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'' as examples. This would explain Commander Hawthorn's same-sex marriage in a film allegedly released in TheNineties.
199	** If the movie was R-rated how did Andy watch it?
200	*** Same way most boys watched R-rated movies back in the day: Buy a ticket to something child-friendly, then sneak into the movie you ''really'' came to see.
201	*** With his parent(s) present, ready(or not) to shield his eyes during the "bad stuff." It was rated R, not X or NC-17.
202	*** Andy might have seen a cut of the flim ( thanks to ExecutiveMeddling ) with the LGBTQ stuff removed and reshot. the film we are watching is the original cut that was re-released.
203	*** Andy's dad could've rented the tape from Blockbusters and then carelessly and irresponsibly left it lying around the VCR. And Andy stumbled onto it while looking for a cartoon to watch.
204	*** This movie, in the unlikely event that it had been made in the 1990s, would not be R-rated and would definitely not be hard R. There were gay characters in comedies and Oscar bait in the 90s that had PG-13 ratings (My Best Friend's Wedding, Clueless, Mrs. Doubtfire, Philadelphia, and As Good as it Gets, although that one was originally rated R and got a PG-13 on appeal) and none of the violence in ''Lightyear'' is the kind that gets an R (for goodness' sake, this is a movie where no human dies onscreen and the mooks are robots). I strongly doubt that the MPAA of the 1990s would let a movie with gay characters get a G or PG, but R is an exaggeration. It would have been PG-13.
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206	[[WMG:Future Buzz/Zurg will become the leader of an anti-Star Command empire.]]
207	Zurg is working by himself in the film and has nothing more than a CoolStarship, but is referred to as ''Emperor'' Zurg in the ''Toy Story'' films, meaning he will presumably gain allies and territory in a sequel.
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209	[[WMG: The people behind the Buzz Lightyear toys only saw the trailers.]]
210	* In-universe, the toys were out in stores before the film's release. This would explain why there are no figures of Sox or any of the Hawthorns in Toy Story. The reason the toy Zurg behaves like a Saturday morning cartoon villain in Toy Story 2 because they based him off of the trailers alone.
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212	[[WMG: The real Emperor Zurg will appear in a possible spin off or sequel]]
213	Since Zurg in the movie was an alternate future version of Buzz, it's possible that the real Emperor Zurg will appear in a sequel.
214
215	[[WMG: Andy's mom is very accepting of the LGBTQ, even back in 1995]]
216	The same-sex kiss scene unintentionally adds more character to Andy's mom. Even after taking her son to see the movie, she buys him a Buzz Lightyear toy. Realistically, most 90s parents would freak out if they saw that scene with Hawthorne and her wife.
217
218	[[WMG:The world of ''Toy Story'' is an AlternateHistory]]
219	Specifically, one where LGBTQ+ people would have more acceptance earlier on, enough for a romance and kiss to occur and not raise eyebrows.
220	** The Filmmakers made a scene with a bigger, more prominent kiss as a CensorDecoy. After getting told to change ''that'', the smaller kiss [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar just sailed right past the radar]].
221	** Or the MPAA is more accepting of the LGBTQ+ community in this universe, provided they at least give a warning first.
222
223	[[WMG: The reason the robots kept saying Zurg]]
224	Future Buzz assumes the robots are saying Zurg because they can't pronounce Buzz. It's possible they're saying Zurg because they were programmed to by the real Emperor Zurg.
225
226	[[WMG: Toy Buzz will "meet" Lightyear's Buzz in Toy Story 5]]
227	Toy Buzz will end up in Hollywood (somehow) and eventually see the actor who portrayed him on the big screen. The Buzz actor will be in his 50s or 60s, possibly sporting a pot belly, resembling an aged Mr. Incredible.
228
229	[[WMG:The opening text is a lie, and this is not the movie Andy saw in 1995]]
230	Instead, it is a 2020s reimagining/reboot of a 1990s sci-fi franchise akin to Star Wars. The characterization of Zurg as an alternate future version of Buzz is completely different from the Darth Vader-esque parody established in the first two Toy Story movies. Even if you consider that the "real" Zurg might still be somewhere out there, Toy Story in 1995 has Buzz mention that Zurg has a planet-destroying superweapon like the Death Star, which is not featured in this movie (instead, the threat comes from the ethics of time travel and "erasing timelines").
231	** '''Jossed'''. According to WordOfGod, the toy Buzz is based off the in-universe cartoon Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.
232	*** What does that have to do with the idea this is a modern remake of a mid-Nineties original?
233	** A lie, or MetaphoricallyTrue?
234	*** The funny thing is, Maclane's tweets about BLOSC make sense, but they contradict the content of his film, which specifically says the toy was "from" "this" movie.
235
236	[[WMG: Whoever built Zurg and the Zyclops had good intentions]]
237	The human (or alien) who built Zurg and the robots was planning to use them to defend his planet against evil threats. Unfortunately he or she died before they could get the chance to use them.
238
239	[[WMG:Future Buzz has become Emperor Zurg after his defeat.]]
240	* After Buzz defeated Zurg, otherwise known as his alternate counterpart, by blowing up the crystal and him along with it, it's possible that the resulting explosion could've fused Future Buzz to the whole Zurg mech suit itself, thus not only being the birth of the true Evil Emperor Zurg, but destroying the old Buzz in the process.
241	[[WMG: Evil Emperor Zurg — [[Series/DoctorWho the original, you might say]] — ''was'' Buzz's father.]]
242	A brilliant engineer and computer scientist, [[DisappearedDad he abandoned Buzz]], when he was young, to go out into space. This influenced Buzz's decision to become a Space Ranger — partially, to find him. But he never did (space is big, it turns out). At least, not Hero!Buzz. See, Papa Lightyear feared death so much, [[BrainUploading he uploaded his brain]] to his own robot suit. As the centuries passed, he formed his own Evil Empire. Eventually, Zurg!Buzz stumbled upon him in Sector Z, almost as if by cruel fate. He deactivated the suit's AI and made it into his own. But the explosion — which killed Zurg!Buzz — reactivated the AI, reawakening the original, Evil Emperor Zurg. Buzz's own father.
243
244	[[WMG: the now reawakened Zurg will begin his start to becoming Emperor Zurg]]
245	* now that Zurg!Buzz is presumably dead, the suit will go become the Emperor Zurg we've come to know
246
247	[[WMG:We did actually see the real Zurg and that is the suit.]]
248	* Old Buzz claimed that he found the ship along with the suit and robots inside but what if it was more than a ship; it's a prison. When Old Buzz went in and took the suit, he did not realize that the suit contains an A.I. or the "soul" of the real Emperor Zurg. Ever since then Zurg became TheCorrupter to Old Buzz causing him to become the villain we know in the film.
249
250	[[WMG:Andy’s Buzz toy wasn’t from the first Lightyear movie, but the sequel, which stars Buzz Lightyear Junior.]]
251	* Think about it, this solves the canon/continuity issues, especially as they relate to the whole “I am your father” thing. Since Zurg is really just Buzz Senior, he IS Buzz Junior’s father, from a certain point of view. It also explains why the Zurg toy boxes say “Evil Emperor Zurg” on them, even though the movie we saw had no evil empire in it. The empire, and planet killer weapon, comes later. So the Buzz and Zurg toy’s weren’t wrong about their own story, they were just referencing further developments. Too bad Zurg/Evil Buzz eventually knocks Good Buzz off.
252	** Andy of course plays with his space ranger toy oblivious to which version it represents, but the toys? They know!
253
254	[[WMG:The movie takes place in an alternate universe]]
255	My theory here is that this movie is set in the {{alternate universe}} from {{WesternAnimation/Buzz Lightyear of Star Command}} and is actually meant as the {{backstory}} of the Evil Buzz Lightyear, whose technology was stolen from the real Zurg who is going to be defeated by Buzz in an {{eviler than thou}} moment resulting in Zurg being the {{burger fool}} at Cosmo’s Cosmic Diner and that’s the reason this movie is {{darker and edgier}} than the original Buzz Lightyear cartoon.
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257	[[WMG:This is a remake of Star Command]]
258	This doesn’t necessarily contradict the former as {{Film/SpiderMan No Way Home}} exists but my theory is that {{in-universe}} Lightyear is a live-action remake of {{WesternAnimation/Buzz Lightyear of Star Command}}:The Adventure Begins. Think about it, Pixar’s characters don’t regard themselves as cartoons or Computer Generated Images but as actual real life people meaning that we would call CGI they would call live-action. Also, there are aspects of the film that are clearly modelled after the original (Buzz’s mission reports, his reluctance to work with rookies, the fact that he’s a cat person) and thanks to Star Command the writers are {{armed with canon}} to have Zurg not be Buzz’s father. I know this theory ignores the opening scrawl written but aside from that it works perfectly. (Okay, so it’s a stretch but I’m saying it anyway.)
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