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Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animated adventure comedy film which was produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by John Lasseter. Co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, the film is the first sequel to Toy Story and any Pixar film and the third movie made by Pixar. In the film, while Andy is away at Cowboy Camp, Woody is stolen by a greedy toy collector named Al McWhiggin, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to rescue him. However, Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting. The film returns many of the original characters from Toy Story, with their respective actors reprising their roles, and introduces several new characters, including Jessie, Bullseye, Barbie, Stinky Pete, Emperor Zurg, and Mrs. Potato Head, although Zurg and Mrs. Potato Head were only mentioned in the first Toy Story movie. Toy Story 2 is the last Toy Story film in which Jim Varney, who provides Slinky Dog's voice, appears before his death of lung cancer in 2000. 'Disney initially envisioned the film as a direct-to-video sequel and Toy Story 2 began production in a building separated from Pixar and was much smaller scale, with most of the main Pixar staff working on A Bug's Life'' (1998). When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. Lasseter and the story team re-developed the entire plot in one weekend. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months.' Despite production struggles, Toy Story 2'' opened in theaters November 24, 1999 to wildly successful box office numbers, eventually grossing over $497 million, and highly positive critical reviews. Toy Story 2 has been considered by critics and audiences alike to be one of few sequels that outshine the original, and it continues to be featured frequently on lists of the greatest animated films ever. In honor of its 10th anniversary, the film saw and a 3-D re-release in 2009 along with the original movie. The film's success led to the production of a second sequel, Toy Story 3, which was released in theaters on June 18, 2010. After the third film’s success, Toy Story 4 was released in theaters on June 21, 2019.

Plot
'''The film begins with scenes of Buzz Lightyear on an adventure in outer space, which ends with him being destroyed by the Evil Emperor Zurg, but it turns out to be a video game Rex has been playing. He is upset about losing at the game, mostly because of his small arms. In 1997, some time two years after the events of the first film, Andy (now eight-years old) is preparing to leave for Cowboy Camp with Woody.''' Unfortunately, during his playtime (five minutes before departure), Andy accidentally rips Woody's arm, and is unable to take him to camp. After being placed on the shelf, Woody watches Andy leave without him. The next morning, after having a nightmare of Andy coming home from camp early and throwing him into a trash can because of his torn arm, he finds another broken toy, Wheezy the Penguin, and begins to fear he'll soon be thrown away. When Wheezy is set out for a yard sale, Woody manages to rescue him, but ends up in the yard sale himself. He is seen by Al, an obsessive, greedy toy collector and proprietor of Al's Toy Barn. He tries to buy Woody from Andy's mother, but she refuses to sell him. After failing to negotiate a sale, Al creates a distraction and steals Woody, prompting Buzz to take action. He slides down the gutter into the yard sale and sees Al getting into his car after packing Woody in the trunk. Buzz manages to get to the car as Al is driving away, but by the time he opens the trunk, Buzz loses his grip from the car and Al escapes. '''However, a clue is presented to Buzz as the car speeds away: a feather from Al's trunk lands in front of him. Buzz informs the bad news to the toys, who try to investigate the culprit. However, Buzz is trying to type the license plate number that he briefly saw on Al's car to track it and whoever he was, and the rest of the toys, including Etch A Sketch, were having problems doing an identity portrait of Al. When Mr. Potato Head gets fed up with Buzz trying to investigate the number with Mr. Spell and irritably tells the others to "leave Buzz to play with his toy," the word "toy" causes Buzz to decipher what the license plate said: "Al's Toy Barn" and consequently order Etch to draw the man in the chicken suit. They later had to try and locate an Al's Toy Barn commercial to trace a map to the shop. Buzz then heads out to Al's Toy Barn with Rex, Potato Head, Hamm, and Slinky Dog to rescue Woody.''' Meanwhile, Woody is taken to Al's apartment, where he is greeted by a yodeling cowgirl named Jessie, an affectionate horse named Bullseye, and Stinky Pete the Prospector, an unsold toy still in its original box. They reveal to Woody that he is a vintage Sheriff Woody collectible doll and the star of a forgotten children's TV show, Woody's Roundup. Along the way, Woody discovers that his show has been cancelled due to the launch of SPUTNIK and children finding more interest in space than the Wild West. Now that Al has a Woody doll, he has a complete collection and intends to sell the toys to a museum in Japan, but Woody refuses to go as he doesn't want to abandon Andy. Later, Al arrives and accidentally rips off Woody's torn arm completely, making Woody attempt to recover his arm and then return to Andy which he fails. Al then gets a repairman who fixes Woody (and overpaints the name "Andy" on his boot). After that, a suddenly depressed Jessie tearfully tells Woody of how she once had an owner that loved her, but eventually outgrew and abandoned Jessie at a charity toy drive. The Prospector warns Woody that he faces the same fate as Andy grows up. Woody decides to stay with the "Roundup Gang" to go to the museum, now believing that all toys eventually get discarded by their owners. '''At the same moment, Buzz and his friends search for Al at Al's Toy Barn. After Buzz orders his friends to split and look for Al. He discovers an aisle full of newer Buzz Lightyears and gets in a scuffle with a new Buzz Lightyear, who, like the real Buzz in the first movie, does not realize he is a toy. The real Buzz then ends up being tied up and repackaged in a box and set on the shelf for sell by the Deluded Buzz who then sets off with the other toys for Al's apartment, genuinely believing that he is attempting to rescue a hostage from his arch-enemy, Emperor Zurg.''' The original Buzz frees himself and follows them to the apartment, but he accidentally frees an Emperor Zurg toy, who follows to destroy him while exiting the store. When the toys reach the apartment, Woody tells them he does not want to be rescued and intends to go with his new friends to Japan. After the original Buzz arrives, in an ironic reversal of a scene from the first movie, he reminds Woody, "You're a child's plaything. You... are... a toy!". He also said that the reason he came to save Woody was that Buzz believed in him. Woody (figuratively and literally) turns his back on Buzz, telling him that he intends to go to the museum with his Roundup gang and that Buzz has wasted his time coming over to the rescue. Disappointed that they came a long way for nothing, Buzz's group leaves without Woody, but not before Buzz says a rather upset farewell to Woody, warning him that he will end up spending the rest of his life watching kids from behind the glass and never being loved again, and leaves him to contemplate his decision. '''However, Woody soon has a change of heart, realizing that Buzz is right, and, after calling Buzz and the group back, invites the "Roundup Gang" to come home to Andy with him. Jessie and Bullseye agree, but the Prospector escapes from his box and locks them in the room, desperately wanting to go to the museum, since he was never sold, he will not have Woody mess it up for him. Al returns and packs the Roundup Gang, and the rest of the toys give chase but are interrupted by the sudden appearance of the Emperor Zurg toy. The second Buzz battles him, and in a showdown mimicking a similar scene from The Empire Strikes Back, Zurg reveals himself to be Buzz's father, shortly before his defeat at Rex's hands. The other toys resume the rescue mission and find an unattended vehicle (a Pizza Planet delivery truck) and drive it to the airport, along with three Aliens. The second Buzz remains behind with Zurg, playing father and son games and the original Buzz bids farewell.''' After arriving at the airport, Buzz and his group free Woody and Bullseye from the suitcase. The Prospector has other plans, though, and he re-tears Woody's arm, even though it still works. However, Buzz and his group come to Woody's rescue and stick the Prospector in a little girl's backpack so he can "learn the true meaning of playtime". The Prospector is terrified to learn that the little girl likes to draw on all of her toys. Woody then concludes, "Happy trails, Prospector." Jessie, however, finds herself in trouble and remains trapped in the suitcase. Woody and Buzz ride Bullseye to rescue her from being taken to the museum on her own. '''Woody manages to find Jessie inside the plane, but just when they're about to escape, the door closes, and the plane heads for the runway. Woody finds another way out of the plane through a small hatch that leads down to the landing gear wheel, and as they are doing so, he slips on tar, but Jessie catches him. When the plane is on the main runway, Woody knows that time is running out. In true "Woody's Roundup" style, he uses his pull string to swing him and Jessie down to safety on Bullseye's back - just seconds before the plane takes off. Their mission accomplished, the toys now make their way home.''' Just then, Andy returns home from Cowboy Camp. Seeing Jessie, Bullseye and the Squeeze Toy Aliens, he decides to add them to his toy collection. However, Buzz becomes a bit smitten with Jessie. Woody's ripped arm is repaired by Andy himself. The events of the airplane's cargo hold have a terrible (and hilarious) consequence for Al. After Hamm fails at the Buzz Lightyear video game, he flips through the channels and sees Al in an Al's Toy Barn commercial, crying since he lost the Roundup gang and the money he was going to get for the delivery, which is why in the commercial he is selling everything for as Al says in the chicken suit, "For a Buck, Buck, Buck". While Al is crying over his loss of money, Hamm says a somewhat humorous remark about Al and his scheme ("Well, I guess crime doesn't pay."). Mrs. Potato Head adopts the aliens to Mr. Potato Head's dismay, while a fixed Wheezy sings a Frank Sinatra-style version of "You've Got a Friend in Me" as Buzz asks Woody if he is still worried about Andy giving him up. Woody replies that he isn't worried about Andy discarding him anymore and that when it is all over, he will have old Buzz Lightyear to keep him company, for "infinity and beyond".

Foreshadowing
Stinky Pete's words foreshadow various things that happen in the next film. His last words, "Children destroy toys. You'll be ruined, forgotten, spending eternity rotting in some landfill" happen to almost come true because the young children at Sunnyside Daycare do nearly destroy the toys and the toys are thrown into a landfill (from which they escape) at the end of Toy Story 3. However, it could be noted that Stinky Pete didn't think Andy would take Woody to college, but it is shown in Toy Story 3 that he planned to. '''Stinky Pete also says, "Do you think Andy will take you to college?" In Toy Story 3, Andy does intend to bring Woody to college, before finding him in the box of toys he donates to Bonnie.' In a blooper that was removed in the June 2019 re-release, Stinky Pete asks Barbie dolls to have a role in "Toy Story 3", later on, a Barbie doll does appear in Toy Story 3.''

Voice Cast

 * Tom Hanks: Woody
 * Tim Allen: Captain Buzz Lightyear/Utility Belt Buzz
 * Annie Potts: Bo Peep
 * Don Rickles: Mr. Potato Head
 * Wallace Shawn: Rex
 * Jim Varney: Slinky Dog
 * John Ratzenberger: Hamm
 * John Morris: Andy Davis
 * Laurie Metcalf: Ms. Davis
 * R. Lee Ermey: Sarge
 * Jeff Pidgeon: Aliens

Voice Cast Introduced

 * Wayne Knight: Al McWhiggin
 * Estelle Harris: Mrs. Potato Head
 * Joan Cusack: Jessie
 * Kelsey Grammer: Stinky Pete
 * Joe Ranft: Wheezy (speaking voice), Heimlich
 * Dave Foley: Flik
 * Robert Goulet: Wheezy (singing voice)
 * Jodi Benson: Tour Guide Barbie/Amy's Barbie doll
 * Andrew Stanton: The Evil-Emperor Zurg
 * Jonathan Harris: Geri The Cleaner

Production
'Toy Story 2'' wasn't originally intended for release in theaters. Disney asked Pixar to make a direct-to-video sequel for the original Toy Story with a 60 minute running time, to be released in the fall of 1998. When Disney executives saw how impressive the in-work imagery for the sequel was, they decided to create a theatrical movie, and the plot was reworked to be more epic and cinematic in scope. The duration of the movie was extended to just over 90 minutes. Immediately after the release of A Bug's Life and less than a year before scheduled release of Toy Story 2, Pixar decided that the plot was too predictable, the humor fell flat, and the film overall could not be released in theaters in its current state. Pixar decided to redo the film after redeveloping the plotline, and to start over with voice acting and animation. Disney did not think this was the right decision, but allowed Pixar to attempt to redo the movie. In a bid to save Toy Story 2, the Pixar employees spent the next 9 months working shifts exceeding 10 hours, 6 days per week desperately scrambling to complete the production on time. Edwin Catmull, president of Pixar, later disclosed that a full 30% of Pixar's staff at all levels of the hierarchy suffered some sort of repetitive stress injury during the final 9 months of production. The film ultimately was finished on time and was released in theaters to record-breaking box office performance and universal critical acclaim, making it one of the few movie sequels in the history of cinema to match or exceed the original film in quality. John Lasseter and Edwin Catmull announced to the Pixar team that although they were extremely proud of the crew's performance and dedication, they would never make a movie that way again, and would leave plenty of time between the beginning of production and release in the future. The crews received a few weeks to recover from the hectic nightmare before starting on Pixar's next feature, a Pete Docter film that would become Monsters, Inc.' Pixar and Disney had a five-film co-production deal and Pixar felt that with its change in status, Toy Story 2'' should count as one of the pictures in the deal. Disney, however, felt that since the production of Toy Story 2 was negotiated outside of the five-picture deal, it should not count. This issue became a particularly sore spot for Pixar, leading to a falling out between Pixar CEO Steve Jobs and Disney CEO Michael Eisner, concluding in Pixar's 2004 announcement that it would not extend its deal with Disney and would instead seek other distribution partners. With Eisner's departure and Pixar's ultimate purchase by Disney, however, these problems have been overcome. An original storyline for the film can be read here.

Box Office Results
Toy Story 2 made over $245.9 million in its initial US theatrical run according to Box Office Mojo, far surpassing the original, and in fact, every other animated movie to that date except for The Lion King, though both were later eclipsed by another Pixar film, Finding Nemo. Worldwide, Toy Story 2 grossed $485 million.

Reviews
The film was received with critical acclaim, with fans and critics claiming that it is just as good as if not better then the first film. Rotten Tomatoes reported 100% of critics gave it positive reviews and is one of the most critically praised films on the site. '''During its release, John Lasseter received a letter from animation legend and hero Chuck Jones, praising the film, animation and the character of Jessie. Lasseter has had the letter framed on his wall ever since.'''

Trailers
One Pixar tradition is to create trailers for their films that do not contain footage from the released film. In one trailer, released theatrically with Doug's 1st Movie, the green alien toys come up to a center with the claw coming down. First the claw was carrying down Toy Story with the aliens doing their trademark "Oooh." Second the claw brings down a "2" and with the aliens turning around and looking at the audience and saying, "Two." Then Woody appears and is swiftly disappointed when Buzz shows up as well. He expresses his annoyance that Buzz is in the sequel. Buzz replies, "Excuse me, pull-string boy, what would Toy Story 2 be without Buzz Lightyear?" "A good movie," counters Woody.

Attached Short Film
Theatrical and video releases of this film include Luxo, Jr., Pixar's first short film released in 1986.

Toy Story 3
Eleven years later, Toy Story 3 was released June 18, 2010. Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Don Rickles, Estelle Harris, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, R. Lee Ermey and Jeff Pidgeon reprise their roles of Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Hamm, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head, Andy, Andy's Mom, Sarge and the Aliens. Jim Varney died shortly after the release of Toy Story 2 so the role of Slinky Dog went to Blake Clark. Bo Peep, Wheezy, and Zurg made silent cameos in the film. The sequel features Andy all grown and prepared to head for college and his remaining toys - Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Rex, Hamm, The Potato Heads, The Aliens, Slinky, and Bullseye - mistakenly being donated to a daycare center and then racing to get home before Andy leaves.

Toy Story 4
It was announced on November 6, 2014 that Pixar was working on Toy Story 4, which was released in theaters on June 21, 2019. The film focuses on a new "toy" that Bonnie creates named Forky, and Woody helping him realize what being a toy is all about.

Characters

 * Woody
 * Captain Buzz Lightyear
 * Hamm
 * Bo Peep
 * Billy, Goat, and Gruff
 * Mr. Potato Head
 * Rex
 * Slinky Dog
 * RC Car
 * Sarge
 * Green Army Men
 * Lenny
 * Mr. Mike
 * Mr. Spell
 * Etch A Sketch
 * Barrel of Monkeys
 * Andy Davis
 * Molly Davis
 * Mrs. Davis
 * Little Green Men
 * Roly Poly Clown
 * Rocky Gibraltar
 * Snake
 * Shark
 * Geri (not named)
 * Robot (silent character)
 * Pink Teddy Bear (cameo)
 * Rubber Duck (cameo)
 * Tikes (cameo)
 * Troll (cameo)
 * Troikas (cameos)
 * Tinny (cameo)
 * Knick (cameo)
 * Dot (cameo)
 * Flik (outtakes)
 * Heimlich (outtakes)
 * Sid Phillips (mentioned)

Characters Introduced

 * Jessie
 * Bullseye
 * Mrs. Potato Head
 * Stinky Pete
 * Wheezy
 * The Evil-Emperor Zurg
 * Ultra Buzz Lightyear
 * Ultra Buzz Lightyear
 * Barbie
 * Buster
 * Al McWhiggin
 * Joe
 * Amy
 * Amy's Barbie Doll
 * Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots
 * Zurg Bots
 * Emily (flashback)
 * Little Red Car (cameo)
 * Crazy Critters (cameo)
 * Airline Rep (cameo)

Cast

 * Tom Hanks as Woody
 * Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear and Ultra Buzz Lightyear
 * Joan Cusack as Jessie
 * Kelsey Grammer as Stinky Pete the Prospector
 * Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head
 * Wallace Shawn as Rex
 * Jim Varney as Slinky Dog
 * John Ratzenberger as Hamm
 * Wayne Knight as Al McWhiggin
 * Annie Potts as Bo Peep
 * Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head
 * Frank Welker as Bullseye and Buster
 * John Morris as Andy Davis
 * R. Lee Ermey as Sarge
 * Joe Ranft as Wheezy (speaking voice) / Heimlich (outtakes)
 * Robert Goulet as Wheezy (singing voice)
 * Hannah Unkrich as Molly Davis
 * Jodi Benson as Barbie
 * Andrew Stanton as Emperor Zurg
 * Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom
 * Jonathan Harris as Geri
 * Jeff Pidgeon as Little Green Men
 * Mary Kay Bergman as Jessie (yodeling)
 * Andi Peters as Luggage Handler and Male Baggage handler 2
 * Corey Burton as Woody's Roundup Announcer
 * Lee Unkrich as Red Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot
 * John Lasseter as Blue Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robot
 * Jack Angel as Rocky Gibraltar, Shark
 * Bob Bergen as Green Army Man and Passenger #2
 * Nicolette Little as Little Girl at Yard Sale
 * Mickie McGowan as Mom at yard sale
 * Jeff Pidgeon as Mr Spell
 * Phil Proctor as Sign-off voice, Airline rep, Mr. Konishi
 * Jan Rabson as Japanese Businessman
 * Hannah Unkrich as Molly Davis
 * Jessica Evans as Woman #2
 * Debi Derryberry as Amy
 * Bill Farmer as Man #1
 * Pat Fraley as Toy Store Buzz Lightyears
 * Jess Harnell as Man #2
 * Sherry Lynn as Barbie Girl
 * Rodger Bumpass as Passenger #1
 * Madylin Sweeten as Woman #1
 * Dave Foley as Flik (outtakes)

Additional voices

 * Rachel Davey
 * Carly Schroeder -.