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The toys living at the Sunnyside Daycare child care facility.


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    Barbie 

Barbie

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"Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from threat of force!"

Voiced by: Jodi Benson Other voice actors 

Film Appearances: Toy Story 3 | Toy Story 4

Other Appearances: Toy Story Toons

A "Great Shape Barbie" doll manufactured by Mattel. She was one of Molly's toys, until she was donated to Sunnyside Daycare. Once there, she is swept off her feet by Ken, who hadn't realized Barbies existed.


  • Action Girl: Ken learns the hard way that she is actually competent.
  • Ascended Extra: Barbie dolls first appeared in Toy Story 2, and while we saw a lot of them, they were all minor characters and mostly just used for a few gags. Toy Story 3 introduces this particular Barbie as a member of the main gang, and gives her a good deal of character development.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Do not threaten her friends if you know what's good for you.
  • Cool and Unusual Punishment: Subjects Ken to this to force him to tell her what Lotso did to Buzz and how to fix him: she destroys his clothes in front of him until he talks.
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: She may seem like a ditz, but she will fight for her friends, and even Ken can't put her down.
  • Demoted to Extra: Following a prominent role in the third film, she only appears briefly without dialogue in the fourth film’s prologue, and doesn’t appear in the main narrative.
  • Dumb Blonde: Appears as this at first, but says two lines to Lotso that subvert the trope.
  • Femme Fatale Spy: She did love Ken before realizing what was really going on at Sunnyside and then rejected him. She played this role well enough to push him into a Heel–Face Turn, and they end the movie Happily Married.
  • Genius Ditz: Quite the expert on politics.
  • Genki Girl: Usually cheerful and energetic.
  • Happily Married: To Ken after they make up.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She has blonde hair and is generally a sweet toy.
  • Hidden Depths: When Lotso confronts her and the other toys during their escape, she busts out a surprisingly eloquent argument against authoritarianism. Justified, as the many roles and jobs Barbie has had over the decades include Presidential candidate, German Chancellor, UNICEF diplomat and UN Ambassador for World Peace.
    "Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from threat of force!"
  • Jack of All Trades: As to be expected from a character whose model has held down basically every type of job imaginable, she's decent at just about everything she does.
  • The Leader: As of the end of Toy Story 3, she and Ken now share this role after Lotso was thrown out from Sunnyside Daycare.
  • Love at First Sight: For Ken. Again, justified by their being from the same toy line.
  • Nice Girl: Barbie is optimistic, simple, kind, and energetic.
  • Official Couple: With Ken.
  • Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Ken.
  • Smarter Than You Look: Basic political philosophy out of nowhere.
  • Team Mom: To the toys of Sunnyside in the epilogue.
  • Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Jessie's Tomboy in Toy Story 3.
  • Tomboyish Ponytail: Both inverted and averted. She has it but she is a Girly Girl with a Tomboy Streak. See above.
  • Took a Level in Badass: In Toy Story 3, when she gets Ken to spill the beans on Lotso's secrets, by ripping his valuable outfits.
  • Undying Loyalty: To her friends. When she sees them being imprisoned by Lotso and Ken, she doesn't even hesitate to break up with Ken and join them in the prison boxes. She later plays an instrumental role in fixing Buzz, interrogating Ken about what Lotso's cronies did to him and retrieving the instruction manual while disguised.

    Ken 

Ken

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"I'm not a girl's toy! I'm not!"

Voiced by: Michael Keaton Other voice actors 

Film Appearances: Toy Story 3

Other Appearances: Toy Story Toons

An "Animal Lovin' Ken" doll made by Mattel. He lives in his Dreamhouse at Sunnyside Daycare. When Andy's toys end up at the daycare, he and Barbie fall instantly in love.


  • Adaptational Villainy: In the Barbie toyline, Ken is typically a Nice Guy and an Understanding Boyfriend to Barbie. In Toy Story 3, he's a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing who is willing to go along with Lotso's nefarious schemes. He gets better.
  • Anything but That!: When Barbie is subjecting him to Cool and Unusual Punishment by destroying his valuable clothes to force him to talk, he stubbornly refuses... until she picks up his nehru jacket. At which point he caves and tells her everything.
    Ken: Barbie! Not the nehru! NO!
  • Berserk Button: He is not a girl's toy! He is not! Nor is he a glorified accessory!
  • Butt-Monkey: The butt-end of a lot of jokes about being made for girls.
  • Camp Straight: From his frilly handwriting, to his many clothes, to his happiness when the army men parachute in the ending. Even dating Barbie doesn't help matters. He really can't help it. He is a girl's toy.
    "I'm not a girl's toy! I'm NOT!"
  • Conflicting Loyalty: Towards his duty to Lotso and his love for Barbie. He inevitably makes a Heel–Face Turn and chooses Barbie.
  • The Dandy: He is really, really concerned about fashion and clothes, and has a vast walk-in closet full of his favorite fancy outfits. He loves his clothes so much that Barbie manages to extort his cooperation against Lotso by tying him to a paddle ball and forcing him to watch her rip up his outfits one by one.
  • The Dragon: To Lotso, before his Heel–Face Turn.
  • Goofy Print Underwear: Ken wears boxers with little hearts on them.
  • Handwriting as Characterization: Ken writes in pink and dots his "I"s with hearts, which ties into him being In Touch with His Feminine Side.
  • Happily Married: To Barbie after they make up.
  • Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?: Played with his denial about being a girl's toy.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Chooses to ally with Woody's gang after Lotso threatened to have Barbie disposed of as well.
  • In Touch with His Feminine Side: Very effeminate, yet clearly one of the toughest henchmen in the movie. Turns out that clothing is his weak spot, though. Very strongly hinted that almost every character in the movie thinks of him that way, given that Bookworm just scoffed dismissively when he saw who he thought was Ken (actually a disguised Barbie) wearing high heels and that Woody mistook his handwriting as that of Barbie.
  • The Leader: Share this role with Barbie for every Sunnyside Daycare toy at the end of Toy Story 3, especially after his redemption.
  • Love at First Sight: For Barbie. In this case, it is justified because they are from the same toy line.
  • Love Redeems: Starts out as one of Lotso's henchmen trying to keep the gang imprisoned, but he changes sides after he falls in love with Barbie.
  • Narcissist: Ken is extremely proud of his looks and his clothes, to the point that Barbie manages to "make him talk" by ripping apart his beloved wardrobe piece by piece.
  • Official Couple: With Barbie.
  • Oh, Crap!: Barbie rips up a pair of Hawaiian surf trunks and a glitter tux, but Ken tries to play off like he is not that worried about them. Then Barbie finds the Nehru jacket...
    "Barbie! Not the Nehru!"
  • Older Than They Look: Not explicitly stated, but things such as his dialogue and some of his clothing implies that he is an older model. However, it might be a quirk, as Woody comes from the 1950's and his dialogue isn't nearly as dated.
  • Outdated Outfit: Much of Ken's clothing dates from the late 1950s to the early 1980s.
  • "The Reason You Suck" Speech: His full redemption includes lashing out against Lotso for having a very dictatorial rule amongst the toys within Sunnyside Daycare.
  • Real Men Wear Pink: The clothing-obsessed Camp Straight Ken is one of the toughest guards. He is played by Batman himself after all.
  • Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The sensitive guy to Sparks, Chunk, and Twitch's manly men in Lotso's gang.
  • Sickeningly Sweethearts: With Barbie.
  • Team Dad: To the toys of Sunnyside in the epilogue.
  • Totally Radical: Frequently says things like "cool" and "groovy".

    Chatter Telephone 

Chatter Telephone

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"I've been here for years."

Voiced by: Teddy Newton Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A rotary telephone pull toy produced by Fisher-Price. He can only talk through his receiver. He is the oldest toy in the Caterpillar Room, and takes pride that he has never been broken.


  • Chekhov's Gunman: Very early on in the movie, just as Andy's toys have been sent to Sunnyside, The Chatter Telephone is nudging Woody's leg. Woody doesn't take the hint, but it is obvious on the telephone's expressions and his glances towards Lotso that he is trying to warn Woody that Sunnyside is actually rotten to the core and controlled via an authoritarian dictatorship.
  • Cold-Blooded Torture: Brutally subjected to a Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique by Lotso's gang, and they beat him enough to make him squeal on Woody.
  • Expy: His gravelly voice, role and the way he meets with Woody in darkness to share pertinent information with him makes him one for Deep Throat.
  • Foreshadowing: When Lotso shows Woody and the others the Caterpillar Room, Chatter tugs into Woody to get his attention but stops when he notices Lotso is watching them. Hinting that he tried to warn Woody that neither Lotso or Sunnyside weren't as great as the teddy bear claimed they were.
  • He Who Must Not Be Seen: In the console version of the tie in video game, Chatter hides himself in an air vent to speak with Woody and is unseen. However, we can tell it is him because of his distinctive voice.
  • Hidden Depths: Who knew that a telephone toy with a sticker smile, would hide a really serious nature?
  • Knight in Sour Armour: He had been stuck at Sunnyside for years, but used his knowledge of the place to (try to) help the other toys escape.
  • Knowledge Broker: Gives Woody the information he needs to break out of Sunnyside.
  • Mysterious Informant: Chatter knows the ins and outs of Sunnyside, even knowing that the Cymbal-Banging Monkey is key to Lotso's iron-fisted grip on the daycare center, and proves to be an useful ally by helping the toys escape, even when Lotso's cronies brutally subjected him to a Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique to squeal on Woody.
  • The Old Convict: He has been at Sunnyside Daycare Center even before Lotso took over. To help Woody and his friends escape the daycare center, he describes the layout of the daycare center and warns Woody that the only way for a toy to escape is to neutralize the Cymbal Monkey minding the surveillance system.
  • Shell-Shocked Veteran: He is the oldest toy in the daycare and was there when Lotso took over.
  • Shout-Out: Chatter's voice and inflection are a dead ringer for Gill in Finding Nemo, who masterminded the escape from the tank.
  • Stepford Smiler: That sticker smile is really misleading.
  • The Stool Pigeon: Although fits more with the "Lacerated Larry", as he really did help the toys escape and proved to be an extremely useful ally.
  • Vocal Dissonance: He is a very cutesy looking toy, but he has a low, gravelly voice not unlike a long-time convict.

Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear's Gang

    Big Baby 

Big Baby

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"Mama!"

Voiced by: Woody Smith

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A huge baby doll with a broken eye, and pen tattoos. He was once owned by Daisy, but went with Lotso to Sunnyside after she lost them. He is the strongest member of Lotso's Gang.


  • Anti-Villain: He has the mind of a toddler, and only opposes the heroes or enforces Sunny Side's unfair system because of Lotso's orders.
  • Badass Adorable: He is a giant baby who's feared by the others, even getting back at Lotso after his constant abuse.
  • Big, Thin, Short Trio: When they were Daisy's toys, he was the Thin to Lotso's Big and Chuckles' Short.
  • Blowing a Raspberry: After pulling a Heel–Face Turn and throwing Lotso into the dumpster, he blows a raspberry at him.
  • Break the Cutie: Suffers this big time. Lotso takes him away from his owner and gets hit really hard when Lotso smashes his Tragic Keepsake and literally hits him hard in the stomach during his rant.
  • The Brute: Does Lotso's dirty and heavy work before his Heel–Face Turn.
  • Co-Dragons: With Ken to Lotso. Both pull a Heel–Face Turn in the end.
  • Creepy Doll: The broken eye just make him look unsettling. Possibly a Shout-Out to the baby in Tin Toy, who was also rather creepy due to the limitations of the technology at the time.
  • Cute Giant: He has the appearance and mannerisms of a small child, yet is significantly bigger than the protagonists.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: As soon as he has enough of Lotso's abuse, it becomes clear that Lotso is physically powerless against the much stronger toy as he is lifted and tossed into the dumpster. Even Woody marvels at how easily Lotso was defeated.
  • The Dog Bites Back: When he throws Lotso into the dumpster after Lotso breaks the name tag in front of him.
  • The Dreaded: Almost as much, if not more, than Lotso. Big Baby's apparent sole role in the daycare is to do Lotso's dirty work by physically wrangling any toy that gets too out of hand for Lotso's taste.
  • Dumb Muscle: He is Lotso's chief heavy, but has the mind of a child and only does what he's told until Lotso pushes him too far.
  • Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: He regards his previous owner Daisy as his mom. You really should not have broken that tag, Lotso...
  • Eye Scream: A minor example. During the flashback, it shows that being thrown out the Pizza Planet truck caused Big Baby's left eye to be broken and never fixed.
  • Gentle Giant: After being Happily Adopted by Barbie and Ken, Big Baby becomes much nicer and friendlier to the toys he towers above.
  • Happily Adopted: Barbie and Ken adopt him by the end of the film, and he seems much, much happier with them than he ever was with Lotso.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Does an epic one after having enough of Lotso's lies, abuse and nihilistic ideologies.
  • Love Redeems: Remembering his love for his previous owner Daisy and after Woody reveals that Lotso has been lying to him the whole time.
  • Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Pulls his Heel–Face Turn after having his Daisy tag broken by Lotso and being literally pushed around by him by throwing him in the dumpster.
  • Punch-Clock Villain: He is not really a villain at all, just a toddler who has been lied to and manipulated by Lotso to do his dirty work.
  • Tragic Keepsake: His old tag with Daisy's name on it. Chuckles kept it after Lotso threw it away and gave it to Woody, who in turn gave it back to Big Baby. This sparks the Heel Realization that Daisy, or "mama", did love the trio before an infuriated Lotso smashes it to bits with his cane. This makes him finally turn on Lotso.
  • Tragic Villain: So very, very tragic. Alongside Lotso and Chuckles, he used to belong to a loving little girl named Daisy, but she forgot them far from home. Once the toys returned to see Daisy had replaced Lotso, he got Big Baby to think that she'd abandoned them, so he followed Lotso to the daycare. Despite having a place where he is played with children again, Big Baby still clearly loves and misses Daisy.
  • The Voiceless: Mostly. He says stereotypically "baby" things like "Mama."
  • Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: He is the scariest villain in Toy Story — until he says this:
    (Looking at tag saying "My heart belongs to Daisy") *sob* Mama?

    Sparks 

Sparks

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Voiced by: Jan Rabson Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A tin robot that shoots out sparks when he rolls around.


  • The Brute: He and the others hold down Buzz at Lotso's demand, and is the one to unscrew Buzz's back.
  • Deadpan Snarker: After Chunk's remark about Buzz and knives (see above), Sparks remarks "Neither are you!"
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Like Twitch, he is appalled by Lotso hitting Big Baby and flinches noticeably when it happens.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Commits one with the rest of Lotso's henchmen towards the end.
  • Punch-Clock Villain
  • The Quiet One: Only has one line in the film when insulting Chunk's low intelligence.
    Chunk: He ain't the sharpest knife in the...place...where they keep the knives.
    Sparks: Neither are you, Chunk.

    Stretch 

Stretch

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Voiced by: Whoopi Goldberg Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A purple, glittery rubber octopus. She is a member of Lotso's Gang, and is seen gambling in the vending machine (beating the others, possibly thanks to all her tentacles). She helps reset Buzz, and later capture Andy's toys. At the climax of the film she blocks the other end of the garbage chute, blocking escape for Andy's toys. She looks ready to push them in the dumpster... until Woody reveals Lotso's past, and she and the others have a change of heart. In the closing credits montage, when a happier, Lotso-less Sunnyside is shown, Stretch is seen slipping Ken's note to Andy's toys into Bonnie's backpack.


  • Advertised Extra: She is displayed prominently on the DVD cover, despite having about ten minutes of screen time.
  • Combat Tentacles: She is an octopus that can fight with her tentacles.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: After seeing Lotso destroy Big Baby's name tag (one of the last mementos he has left of his previous owner Daisy), Stretch seems hesitant to push the toys in the dumpster under Lotso's orders compared to the first time he asked her to do it.
  • Funny Octopus: A stretchy, sparkly octopus toy voiced by Whoopi Goldberg. Not evil, seeing as she abandons Lotso with the others when they learn of his past and see him for what he is.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Commits one with the rest of Lotso's henchmen towards the end.
  • Purple Is Powerful: A purple octopus toy and one of the strongest of Lotso's minions.
  • The Smurfette Principle: Stretch is the only female member of Lotso's gang.
  • Tentacle Rope: Can use her tentacles to restrain toys.

    Chunk 

Chunk

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Voiced by: Jack Angel Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

An orange rock golem action figure. When the spike on his head is pushed, his face switches back and forth between friendly and fierce.


  • Ascended Extra: Gets to be a playable character in Disney Sorcerer's Arena.
  • The Brute: Along with Twitch.
  • Buffy Speak: "[Buzz] ain't the sharpest knife in the...place where they keep the knives."
  • Dumb Muscle: He can't even figure out what a drawer is called.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Shown to disapprove of Lotso's treachery and as shown in the end credits, he volunteers to be violently played with by kids in the Caterpillar Room to make up for working with Lotso.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Commits one with the rest of Lotso's henchmen towards the end.
  • Golem: His general appearance is that of an orange (plastic) humanoid rock monster.
  • Punch-Clock Villain
  • Shout-Out: Possibly to the Mayor of The Nightmare Before Christmas, with both characters exhibiting a literal "Happy" and "Sad/Angry" expression.
  • Two-Faced: In the picture, he has got his happy face. But when he gets unhappy, he pushes a button on his head, and it flips to an angry face with red eyes.

    Twitch 

Twitch

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Voiced by: John Cygan Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

An insectaloid warrior action figure who would not have been out of place in the original Masters of the Universe toy line.


    Bookworm 

Bookworm

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Voiced by: Richard Kind Other voice actors 

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A green worm with glasses and a bow-tie. He carries around a flashlight, and keeps a library of instruction manuals in one of Sunnyside's closets.


  • Evil Genius: He keeps a library of instruction manuals for Lotso to use to torture/brainwash other toys. The name "Bookworm" is kind of a giveaway.
  • Hey, Wait!: When Barbie masquerades as Ken (in his face-obscuring "Mission to Mars" spacesuit) to get back Buzz's instruction manual, the Bookworm notices her high heels as she turns away... then rolls his eyes and sighs at Ken's effeminate fashion sense.
  • Hidden Depths: Very subtly, but Lotso seems to disapprove of, if not outright dislike him. This can be seen after he tosses the Buzz Lightyear manual at him, Lotso gives him a somewhat disapproving glance. This may also imply that Bookworm did not enjoy being one of Lotso's gang and Lotso was aware of it. If that's the case, it is plausible that he knew it was Barbie in the space suit, he just didn't care enough to report it.
  • Literal Bookworm: Bookworm is a booklight in the shape of a bookworm. He is the keeper of a library of instruction manuals within Sunnyside Daycare and the one who gives Lotso and later Barbie the Buzz Lightyear instruction manual.
  • Small Role, Big Impact: He has only two appearances throughout the third movie, but he does end up contributing to some major events in the film, like making Buzz delusional again and inadvertently helping Andy’s toys escape the daycare.
  • Token Good Teammate: If the aforementioned Hidden Depths are to be believed.

    The Monkey 

The Monkey

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Voiced by: Lee Unkrich

Appearances: Toy Story 3

A Jolly Chimp toy that watches over all the monitors of Sunnyside daycare, shrieking into a microphone to warn the Big Bad of any escaping toys. He looks just like this. Yeah, he is pretty creepy.


  • Adapted Out: Most kids' books have Woody and Slinky get the key from a hook on a corkboard.
  • Big Brother Is Watching: He watches over all the security cameras for any attempted escapees.
  • Cool Shades: In the credits montage showing how much nicer and "groovier" Sunnyside is without Lotso, he puts some funky glasses on while playing with his cymbals. This either reduces his scariness level or it doesn't.
  • Cymbal-Banging Monkey: When night falls on Sunnyside Daycare, he sits at the front desk, watching all the surveillance screens. If a toy tries to escape, he turns on the center's P.A. system and screeches into it while banging his cymbals. Lotso and crew are on top of the poor toy in moments.
  • Early-Bird Cameo: Seen being with by Bonnie when Andy's toys are first brought to Sunnyside with no indication as to his importance until much later in the film.
  • Evil Genius: He has the eyes of an eagle, and on top of managing to figure out Woody was behind him despite being quiet, he manages to put up a fight by using the cymbals stuck to his hands as weapons.
  • The Guards Must Be Crazy: Subverted. Before Andy's toys came along, no one ever got past this guy.
  • Heel–Face Turn: Implied in the credits montage, where he is shown donning a set of Cool Shades and happily clanging his cymbals during the Sunnyside party.
  • Humiliation Conga: On top of being taken out by the newest toys in the daycare, he goes down when he is too distracted wailing on Woody to notice Slinky coming on him with tape. He is left tied up and struggling in a filing cabinet.
  • Hyper-Competent Sidekick: As the Chatter Phone points out, Lotso's hold on Sunnyside would not be nearly as absolute or difficult to escape if it weren't for this guy. Chatter's most important advice for Woody's jailbreak plan is thusly, "Git ridda dat monkey!"
  • Maniac Monkeys: Monitors Sunnyside Daycare to see if any of the prisoners are trying to escape.
  • Mission Control: Once he spots a toy trying to escape the daycare, he activates the intercom to warn Lotso and the other toys.
  • Slasher Smile: Does these a lot, including one at the end. Possibly averted in the case of the latter, making it a When He Smiles.
  • The Voiceless: Never says a word. His only method of communication is screeching like a maniac and banging his cymbals together.

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