History WesternAnimation / ToyStory3

* EverythingMakesAMushroom: In the prologue, Evil Doctor Porkchop drops a bomb from his airship of little red monkeys who form a mushroom cloud on detonation.

* EverythingMakesAMushroom: The "Death By Monkeys" bomb set off by "Evil Dr. Porkchop" in Andy's playtime imagination in the beginning.

* AnachronismStew: The opening scene. There's Woody and Jessie, the cowboy and cowgirl, chasing Potato Head on a 19th century style steam train. Then a pink sports car turns up, then spaceman Buzz Lightyear and later Slinky Dog is some sort of high-tech forcefield dog contraption. Hamm has a pig-shaped spaceship, with a cockpit filled with computers, lights and a teleporter and a WaveMotionGun in the snout. Finally, there's Rex, the ''dinosaur''. Justified in that this is all a story made up by a six year old (and, incidentally, a retelling of the first two movies' opening sequences blended together) and the ludicrous nature of it is clearly powered by his sense of RuleOfCool.

** After the climax, when the group of toys want to get back to Andy's place, Rex concludes "We'll never get there in time". Then the camera pans over to a shot of the garbage truck.

* BetweenMyLegs: In the Western prologue when Woody confronts the Potato Heads (as One Eyed Bart and One Eyed Betty, respectively), the camera is focused on his legs as he steps into view.

* BigBrotherInstinct: At the end of the movie Andy gives all of his toys to Bonnie, with the prompting of Woody writing her address on a sticky note which he put on top the box of toys initially meant for the attic. When Bonnie is initially scared of the strange older boy approaching her, Andy kneels down at her eye level to introduce himself and describe all of his toys to Bonnie. The scene ends with Andy and Bonnie playing with all of their toys in Bonnie's front yard before Andy drives off to college. Also with his own sister. After some light back-and-forth bickering, when Andy sees Molly having trouble with a heavy box he helps her out at once, dropping the trash bag the toys are in.

** Two more during the actual story : The monkey's mic activates by pressing a square red button. Later, the incinerator's emergency kill switch, as is the case in real life.

*** Buzz's dialogue after Woody and the others attempt to reset him is the exact same as his dialogue when he first came out of his box... except in Spanish. Also, he aims his laser right at the center of Woody's forehead... which is exactly what he did upon meeting Woody for the first time in the first movie. You can also see that the sticker that represents the radio he has on his wrist is no longer there, because Buzz himself peeled it off in the first movie.

** Bonnie can be seen playing with The Monkey during the first scene showing her in the day care.

* CuteGiant: Lotso and Big Baby are each considerably larger than the most of the other toys in the movie.

* DangerouslyGarishEnvironment: Downplayed for the daycare known as [[NonIndicativeName Sunnyside]]. Its door has a rainbow painted on it and the walls are decorated with brightly-coloured decorations, as is typical of a daycare, but it's not as brightly-coloured as many examples of the trope. Also, the daycare is not a bad place for the workers or the kids, only to the LivingToys and even that's only the case for the "Caterpillar Room", which houses the younger kids who [[AndCallHimGeorge play with them in rough ways]].

* LoveRedeems: Played with for Buzz: Buzz rejoins the team because of being physically reset by Rex. However, Ken's love for Barbie was key to getting the instruction manual. Buzz did eventually get back to his regular self through his love for Jessie: the television hit Buzz, giving him reverse amnesia, because he was more worried about Jessie's safety than his own.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: We don't get to see how Woody, Buzz and Jessie would have escaped the monkeys and defeated Evil Dr. Porkchop during Andy's imagination sequence at the beginning of the movie, since his mom interrupts him before it can play out on-screen. The only hint given is that Buzz would have used Woody's badge to deflect his laser into Dr. Porkchop's ship.

** Woody on the conveyor belt at the dump when he realises it's not daylight at the end of it. It's the incinerator.

* OscarBait: Pixar has decided to aim for a Best Picture nom, which includes running an ad campaign that pays {{homage}}s to previous winners e.g. Lotso as ''Film/TheGodfather'' and Woody as ''Film/ForrestGump''. Which, in the [[Creator/TomHanks latter case]], is a HUGE case of ActorAllusion.

** The CymbalBangingMonkey, is based off of the Creator/StephenKing story "The Monkey".

* VillainousBreakdown: Lotso is cheerfully calm until Woody mentions Daisy, Lotso's previous owner. After that, he slowly becomes less charming and more furious, to the point where he rants that children and toys are incapable of loving each other, until he goes too far and pushes Big Baby's BerserkButton.

* FaceDeathWithDignity:
** Not literal death, but the green army men have accepted that Andy has grown up and they'll never be played with again. They've calmly accepted this and leave Andy's house before they're presumably thrown away.
** Literal death does come into play when Andy's toys [[HoldingHands hold hands]] when they're approaching the furnace of the recycling factory.

* BearHug: Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear keeps up his namesake by doing this to several toys. It's all a part of an act.
* BearsAreBadNews: Lotso Bear [[SealedEvilInATeddyBear plays this straight]] by being the BigBad of the story, keeping an iron fist on the daycare toys and not being above letting Woody and the gang perish out of spite. Which averts BearyFriendly, so don't let his appearance or name fool you.

* ColdBloodedTorture: Lotso's cronies do this offscreen to the Chatter Telephone, as Woody and the others find out when they are stopped by Lotso at the dumpster during their escape.
--> '''Chatter Telephone:''' I'm sorry, cowboy. They broke me.

* IWantGrandkids: Keeping with the toys-as-parents metaphor, Woody is initially optimistic about waiting in the attic until "someday, if we're lucky, Andy may have kids of his own."
* IfICantHaveYou: Woody says this almost word-for-word as a ShutUpHannibal:
-->'''Lotso:''' She replaced us!\\
'''Woody:''' [[NoYou She replaced]] ''[[NoYou you]]''! And if you couldn't have her, then no one could!
* IfYouDieICallYourStuff: When the toys see Molly throw Barbie in the donation box, Hamm says he gets her Corvette.

* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Lotso gets trapped under a golf bag and is about to be shredded in the dump, Woody immediately goes to [[SaveTheVillain save him]] despite everything the bear's done to him and his friends.

* RedHerring: When Andy goes to deliver the toys to Bonnie, there are a few close-up shots of the box Andy is taking to college with him. Initially, this suggests that Woody is hiding inside and is watching his friends from afar before he leaves with Andy. Later on, it's shown that Woody snuck into the box with the rest of Andy's toys so he can be given away to Bonnie.

* SomethingWeForgot: [[DoubleSubversion Double Subverted]] in the climax. When Woody, Buzz and the gang are tossed into the dump, Barbie gets left behind. The toys are nearly roasted in the furnace of the dump and are saved by the Green-Alien Men at the last possible second, then return home and donate themselves to Bonnie. Throughout all of this, none of the toys notice that Barbie is no longer with them until they receive a post-card from Barbie in Sunnyside, where [[IChooseToStay where she decided to stay.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By accidentally leaving Lotso behind and replacing him with an identical bear, Daisy and her parents caused Lotso to undergo a StartOfDarkness. This in turn allowed him to take over Sunnyside and rule over it like a tyrannical dictator, resulting in a lot of suffering and broken toys.

* AccentAdaptation: Given the very clear nature of Spanish Buzz's flamenco dance moves and musical cues, the Spanish dubs of the film keep him Spanish but handle the situation slightly differently. the Latin Spanish version gives him a slightly more pronounced Spanish accent while the European Spanish version gives him a very thick Andalusian accent, of the "huge lisp" variety (like the one that [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Puss in Boots]] has).

* WhipItGood; In the intro, Woody is shown to be quite adept with a whip.

* CassandraTruth: Woody spends the first half of the movie continually trying to convince the rest of the toys that Andy was meaning to store them in the attic. However, the circumstances that played out from their P.O.V. really does make it seem like he no longer cared about them and was throwing them away. Thus nobody, not even Buzz, is willing to believe him. It isn't until Mrs. Potato Head sees Andy fretting over the misunderstanding through her missing eye that they finally realize Woody was right.

** A trailer implied that the telephone toy was one of the baddies, when really he was helping Woody, and doesn't get much screentime. And the whole Andy's toy fantasy at the beginning of the flick looked like it would be the climax of the flick.

* KnightOfCerebus: Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear, who is anything ''but'' what his name implies and represents the first truly evil villain in a ''Toy Story'' film. Sid, [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation depending on your view]], was an ObliviouslyEvil kid who is implied to be growing up in a broken home and wasn't aware that the toys he tortured were sentient. Stinky Pete was a WellIntentionedExtremist. Al... Well, he was a greedy jerk, but calling him ''evil'' outright is a stretch. Zurg was a buffoonish HarmlessVillain who never posed any genuine threat. But Lotso is [[VileVillainSaccharineShow pure evil]] with no redeeming traits or excuse for his actions.

* RealMenWearPink: Lotso is a dark magenta teddy bear who runs Sunnyside with an iron fist, and the clothing-obsessed CampStraight Ken is one of the toughest guards.

*** FreezeFrameBonus: Andy's board has a postcard from Carl and Ellie of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''; his posters feature the Omnidroid of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''; fish from ''Finding Nemo'' are seen in stickers on his wall and in paintings at the daycare; Sunnyside has toy versions of ''Nemo'''s Mister Ray and some of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' (non-anthropomorphic Snot Rod on Andy's calendar (August) and [[EarlyBirdCameo Finn Mcmissile]] from ''Cars 2'' on a poster, also, when the children burst into the room for the first time, one of them is wearing a "95" shirt). Buzz Lightyear is powered by batteries from [[WesternAnimation/WallE Buy n Large]]. [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Atta's name]] appears on the wall in Sunnyside.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Woody tries to convince the other toys that Andy indeed wanted to move them to the attic and not in the garbage truck. They don't believe him until much later, when Ms. Potato Head uses her SpyEye to reveal the truth.

'''[[TheOtherDarrin Slinky]]:''' No!\\

* LowCountGag: Used when we see that Andy's immediate toy family are all the toys he has left.

* AccentAdaptation: Given the very clear nature of Spanish Buzz's flamenco dance moves and musical cues, the Spanish dubs of the film keep him Spanish but handle the situation slightly differently. the Latin Spanish version gives him a slightly more pronounced Spanish accent while the European Spanish version gives him a very thick Andalusian accent, of the "huge lisp" variety (Like the one the [[WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}} Puss in Boots]] has)

* GreatEscape: The entire plot, though it ends up in a ThwartedEscape. The movie (not counting the credits) is about 90 minutes long. The escape scene itself takes up ''30 minutes''. One of the posters for the movie included the tag line, "The Break-Out Comedy of the Year". In Italy, its subtitle is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "The Great Escape".]]

* TemptingFate: Woody in the [[ConveyorBeltODoom trash collectors]]: "We will be okay if we stick together." Cue Slinky Dog being pulled to the ceiling by the magnet.

** When Lotso rants that the toys are just "trash designed to be thrown away", that's when Big Baby, having enough with Lotso's bullying, throws him into the dumpster while the cowardly bear pathetically calls for help.

*** FreezeFrameBonus: Andy's board has a postcard from Carl and Ellie of ''WesternAnimation/{{Up}}''; his posters feature the Omnidroid of ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles''; fish from ''Finding Nemo'' are seen in stickers on his wall and in paintings at the daycare; Sunnyside has toy versions of ''Nemo'''s Mister Ray and some of the characters from ''WesternAnimation/{{Cars}}'' (non-anthropomorphic Snot Rod on Andy's calendar (August) and [[EarlyBirdCameo Finn Mcmissile]] from ''Cars 2'' on a poster, also, when the children burst into the room for the first time, one of the them is wearing a "95" shirt). Buzz Lightyear is powered by batteries from [[WesternAnimation/WallE Buy n Large]]. [[WesternAnimation/ABugsLife Atta's name]] appears on the wall in Sunnyside.

* WorldOfHam: The FakeOutOpening. Imagine lines like "Well, I brought My [[EverythingsBetterwithDinosaurs DINOSAUR]], WHO EATS [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot FORCE FIELD DOGS!]]" and "[[InsistentTerminology That's MR.]] [[CardCarryingVillain Evil Dr. Pork Chop]] to you!" taken perfectly seriously.

** Woody when the CymbolBangingMonkey abruptly turns and screams at him. The monkey itself gets one a few seconds later when Slinky's about to trap him with tape.

** The monkey when Slinky's about to trap him with tape.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Sunnyside. First it looks like paradise. The toys are all friendly, there are always lots of kids to play with them so that none of the toys ever get outgrown, and there's a repair ward that keeps the playthings in tip-top shape. However, their dark secret is that, in order to stay in the older kids' playroom, the ruling toys regularly sacrifice new toys to the toddler's playroom, where too-young children bash and beat toys until they are destroyed and thrown out.

*** The movie begins with the toys complaining that the now-teenaged Andy no longer plays with them.
*** Lotso, Chuckles, and Big Baby had a happy life with their owner Daisy, until one day they were accidentally left behind by her parents on a road trip. They managed to make it back to her house, but by the time they got there, they saw that Daisy's parents had gotten her a new Lotso. In the present day, Chuckles and Big Baby are straight examples of the trope, but Lotso subverts it; his rage at being abandoned turns him into an evil dictator who rules over Sunnyside Daycare with an iron paw, having slid all the way from tragic into purely [[VengefulAbandonedToy vengeful]].

** Ken's CampStraight behaviour is a joke about how he's a girl's toy, but it's played as a straight guy who's sick of being called gay, and it sounds like it happens a lot.

* DramaticThunder: When Lotso, Chuckles and Big Baby first arrive at Sunnyside during a rainy night, the facility's logo flashes up when a lightning strikes and thunder rolls.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: Or in Spanish. Buzz' Spanish mode makes his invitation to Jessie to join him on his universe-saving exploits sound much more appealing to her.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Once they get to the day care center, the toys DO get to be played with again. By very... very... "[[DestructiveSavior special]]" children.

* GratuitousSpanish: After Buzz's reset button is hit, he turns into a flamenco dancing version of his Space Ranger Persona. [[HilarityEnsues ¡Buzz Lightyear al rescate!]]

* LeftHanging: Bo Peep is briefly mentioned in the beginning as one of the toys who has since been sold off, and Woody's reaction indicates that he's still very saddened by her absence. However, it doesn't get brought up again or resolved through the rest of the movie. This would [[SequelHook eventually pave the way]] for a [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory4 fourth film]] centered on Woody and Bo's reunion.

** Twice when the aliens save the toys from the incenerator; they first say "the claaaaaw" in unison, originally played for humor in the first movie but now the catalyst for the toys barely making it out, and shortly after Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head thank them by saying "You saved our lives! And we are eternally grateful," a line also originally PlayedForLaughs in the second movie.

* OscarBait: Pixar has decided to aim for a Best Picture nom, which includes running an ad campaign that make {{homage}}s to previous winners e.g. Lotso as ''Film/TheGodfather'' and Woody as ''Film/ForrestGump''. Which, in the [[Creator/TomHanks latter case]], is a HUGE case of ActorAllusion.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Sunnyside. First it looks like paradise. The toys are all friendly, there are always lots of kids to play with them so that none of the toys ever get outgrown, and there's a repair ward that keeps the playthings in tiptop shape. However, their dark secret is that, in order to stay in the older kids' playroom, the ruling toys regularly sacrifice new toys to the toddler's playroom, where too-young children bash and beat toys until they are destroyed and thrown out.

* WeNeedADistraction: During the break-out, Mr. Potato Head fakes an escape to distracts Buzz and the CymbalBangingMonkey, so that Woody and Slinky Dog can slip out unnoticed.

** Shortly afterwards, Lotso has Woody and Buzz help him up a step to climb a latter to shut off the shaft and save them all. He finally reaches the top, just as the others are dangerously close to falling in. Then he begins frowning as Woody and Buzz frantically beg him to push the button, and then sneers. "Where's your kid ''now'', Sheriff?!" And he runs off. The toys have been betrayed and are dumped into the fiery hell.