Toy Story 3 2010

As Andy Davis (voice: John Morris) stands poised on the cusp of collegiate independence at the tender age of 17, his childhood companions are suddenly beset by existential dread. The toys that have shared a lifetime of adventures and laughter with Andy can’t help but wonder if their time is rapidly expiring. Will they be relegated to the dustbin of history or, better yet, find a new lease on life?

The diminutive green Army Men - Sarge (voice: R. Lee Ermey) and his two paratrooper cohorts - take matters into their own hands, fearfully launching themselves out the window in a desperate bid for survival. Their parachutes billow forth, carrying them off to uncertain destinations.

As the remaining toys ponder their own mortality, Woody (voice: Tom Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (voice: Tim Allen), Jessie (voice: Joan Cusack), Bullseye (voice: Frank Welker), Mr. Potato Head (voice: Don Rickles), Mrs. Potato Head (voice: Estelle Harris), three extraterrestrial squeakers from Pizza Planet, Slinky Dog (voice: Blake Clark), Rex (voice: Wallace Shawn), and Hamm the Piggy Bank (voice: John Ratzenberger) are consumed by the same morbid thoughts. Some believe that Sarge’s dire prophecy is all too real - they’ll soon be discarded like so many outgrown toys.

However, Woody’s optimism refuses to waver. He’s convinced that Andy wouldn’t abandon them so callously, instead envisioning a future where they’re lovingly stored in the attic, waiting for the day when Andy will recreate the magic of his childhood with his own children.

The toys’ makeshift staff meeting is abruptly interrupted by Andy’s sudden return to his room, accompanied by his mother (voice: Laurie Metcalf). As the clock ticks down to Andy’s departure from home, he and his sister Molly (voice: Bea Miller) are tasked with tidying up their respective spaces. The mother instructs them to dispose of unwanted items, store extra treasures in the attic, or donate them to Sunnyside Daycare.

As the sisters set about their task, the toys watch in horror as Molly carelessly tosses her beloved Barbie doll (voice: Jodi Benson) into the donation box, accompanied by a smattering of other playthings. The implications are stark - these cherished companions may soon find themselves parted from Andy’s side forever, leaving only memories to cherish.

As Andy’s nostalgia-fueled cleaning ritual reaches its climax, he hesitates before consigning Woody and Buzz to their respective fates: a box labeled “College” for Woody, and an uncertain future in the black trash bag that seems to swallow them whole. The toys inside the toy box are oblivious to the impending doom, but Woody’s anxiety turns to relief as Andy opens the attic door, only to have his plans foiled once again when he helps Molly relocate the donations box downstairs. The brief delay proves catastrophic, as Andy’s mom swoops in and snatches the trash bag containing the toys, mistakenly believing it to be littering. As she takes them away, Woody gazes down the street in horror as the garbage truck lumbers towards its destination.

In a desperate bid for freedom, Woody leaps from the window, sliding down a pipe onto the front lawn just in time to witness his friends being crushed beneath the wheels of the garbage truck. A glimmer of hope appears when he spots a recycling bin making its way towards the garage. Following it, he’s relieved to find that his companions have escaped, but their euphoria is short-lived as they realize Andy must have intended to discard them after all.

As Woody attempts to reason with his friends, Jessie notices the box marked “Sunnyside Daycare” and proposes they take refuge there. The others are enthusiastic, except for Woody, who insists on returning to Andy’s room immediately. His protests fall on deaf ears as the toy box is whisked away in the family mini-van, bound for its new home.

Upon arrival at Sunnyside, Andy’s mom delivers the toys to the Butterfly Room, where they peek through the handle-hole to behold a group of children reveling in playtime. As the recess bell rings and the kids depart, the toys make their escape from the box, only to encounter a warm welcome from an assortment of friendly playthings. Their merriment is soon interrupted by Lotso, a strawberry-scented bear with an endearingly charming demeanor (voiced by Ned Beatty), who invites them on a tour of Sunnyside’s wonders. Along the way, Ken (voiced by Michael Keaton) develops a crush on Barbie, and she finds herself equally smitten.

As Lotso enthusiastically shares his vision with Andy’s toys, they embark on a journey to explore the wonders of Sunnyside Daycare. With an endless supply of children coming and going, Lotso assures them that their days of loneliness are behind them. The toys eagerly follow Lotso into the Caterpillar Room, where they experience their first playtime at the daycare. Meanwhile, Ken and Barbie have struck up a strong connection, with Barbie gladly joining Ken and Lotso in the Butterfly Room.

However, Woody’s concerns about Sunnyside’s seemingly perfect facade prompt him to share his reservations with Buzz Lightyear. Woody implores Buzz to return with him to Andy’s room, but Buzz refuses, opting instead to stick by Woody’s side. Realizing he won’t be accompanied, Woody decides to make a covert exit from Sunnyside, leaving behind his hat in the chaos of departure. A little girl named Bonnie (voiced by Emily Ricks Hahn) stumbles upon Woody and takes him home with her, unaware of the toy’s distressing predicament.

Back at the Caterpillar Room, recess comes to a close, and the toys are thrust into their first playtime…only to find themselves surrounded by rowdy toddlers, each one as rambunctious as they are unpredictable. The toys are tossed about, smothered in poster paint, and generally subjected to the unbridled energy of their new young companions. As the daycare closes, the toys begin to suspect that there’s been a grave misunderstanding – they should be residing in the Butterfly Room, not the Caterpillar Room.

Buzz manages to slip free from the chaos and sets out to confront Lotso, but his attention is soon diverted by Ken and a group of toys sneaking into a vending machine. Buzz follows suit, only to find himself caught by Big Baby, a sleepy-eyed doll with an uncanny ability to detect mischief. Ken and the others lead Buzz to the daycare’s library, where they bind him with an unyielding grip.

Just as all hope seems lost, Lotso appears on the scene, demanding that the toys release Buzz from his predicament. Grateful for Lotso’s intervention, Buzz requests that he be transferred to join the inhabitants of the Butterfly Room. However, Lotso is only willing to consider this option if Buzz agrees to join the group – when Buzz refuses, Lotso orders him held down and retrieves a Buzz Lightyear instruction manual from the library. Utilizing the manual, the group sets Buzz to “demo” mode, restoring his deluded space ranger persona to its former glory.

As the toys’ worst fears materialize, Lotso and his cohorts, including demo-Buzz, return to the Caterpillar Room, where they’re met with a scene of chaos. Buzz, now fully under Lotso’s control, proceeds to subdue his former friends, imprisoning them in makeshift cages that resemble maximum-security cells. With an air of superiority, Lotso outlines the rules of Sunnyside Daycare: all newcomers must first endure the Caterpillar Room, where they’re forced to coexist with the most unruly and uncontrollable toddlers. If they manage to survive this initial ordeal, they’ll be deemed worthy of promotion to the Butterfly Room, where life will supposedly become easier.

To drive home his point about the consequences of disobedience, Lotso orders Big Baby to take Mr. Potato Head on a trip to the playground, where he’s unceremoniously stuffed into “the Box” - a sandbox designed to resemble an eerie, toy-sized prison cell. Meanwhile, Lotso produces Woody’s hat, leaving the toys to wonder what befell their beloved friend and leader. Barbie, disillusioned by Ken’s deception, refuses to comply with Lotso’s regime, only to find herself imprisoned alongside her former friends.

As the day wears on at Sunnyside, Woody finds himself caught up in Bonnie’s imaginative playtime, rediscovering the joys of being part of a vibrant, creative world. However, his excitement is tempered by a deep longing to return to Andy and the life they shared together. When night falls, Bonnie’s toys aid Woody in accessing their owner’s computer, revealing that Andy’s house is mere minutes away. With gratitude, Woody thanks his new friends and imparts a crucial piece of advice: if Bonnie ever outgrows them, they should seek refuge at Sunnyside. But the mention of Lotso’s name sends shivers down the toys’ spines.

As the toys settle in for the night, Chuckles (voice: Bud Luckey) begins to spin a yarn that would change everything. It seems that Lotso, once Daisy’s favorite toy, was part of a trio of beloved playthings alongside Big Baby and Chuckles themselves. Daisy adored Lotso above all others, but fate had other plans. The three toys were accidentally left behind at a rest stop, only to eventually make their way back to Daisy’s house. However, upon returning home, they discovered that Lotso had been replaced - an event that would forever alter the course of his twisted existence.

Enraged by this perceived betrayal, Lotso convinced himself and Big Baby that they too had been replaced, despite Chuckles’ secret retention of a token that proved otherwise: Daisy’s heart-shaped necklace, which read “I belong to Daisy.” This poignant relic serves as a haunting reminder of the toys’ own vulnerability in the face of abandonment.

As the trio of toys navigated through various environments, they stumbled upon Sunnyside, where Lotso had established a ruthless regime. The teddy bear-turned-villain had devised a system where new arrivals were mercilessly subjected to the tender mercies of the rambunctious toddlers in the Caterpillar Room, with few survivors. Chuckles’ fate was a stark reminder of the perils that lay ahead, but Bonnie’s kindness ultimately led to his repair. Woody, fueled by concern for his friends’ well-being, made the courageous decision to infiltrate Sunnyside and stage a daring rescue.

The next day, under the cover of darkness, Woody embarked on a perilous mission, sneaking above the ceiling tiles to navigate the labyrinthine daycare building. His journey led him to a hidden area within the Caterpillar Room, where he chanced upon a wise-cracking Fisher-Price Chatter Telephone (voice: Teddy Newton). The telephone’s ominous warnings served as a stark reminder of the daunting challenges that lay ahead: Lotso’s minions manning search lights on the playground, trucks patrolling the halls and playground, an imposing 8-foot-high cinderblock wall, and a mischievous monkey (voice: Frank Welker) monitoring the security cameras. The telephone also revealed the only other viable exit route – a treacherous garbage chute spanning the playground.

As the toddlers dispersed for recess, Woody reunited with his friends, who regaled him with tales of Buzz’s reset to demo mode. Determined to escape Sunnyside and return to Andy, Woody set his plan in motion. Later that evening, the group sprang into action: Mr. Potato Head created a diversion to get placed back in storage, this time serving as a means to gather intelligence on the outside world. Barbie pleaded with Ken, desperate to avoid imprisonment, and he ultimately released her. Donning one of Ken’s outfits as a disguise, Barbie infiltrated the daycare library to locate the instruction manual for Buzz.

Meanwhile, Woody and Slinky Dog slipped into the main security room, taking down the cymbal-clanging monkey with ease. Rex and Hamm ignited a ruckus to distract Buzz, allowing Jessie to make her escape. With Buzz trapped beneath a plastic tub, the toys had successfully navigated the treacherous landscape of Sunnyside, paving the way for their eventual return to Andy’s world.

As the toys regrouped to rescue their comrade Buzz Lightyear from his Spanish-speaking woes, a crucial miscalculation in the reset process led to unforeseen consequences. With time running out, the group decided to table the issue and instead set their sights on escaping the garbage chute. As they plummeted towards the dumpster’s depths, they found themselves face-to-face with Lotso, Ken, and their cohorts, including a broken chatter telephone.

Lotso presented the toys with an unappealing ultimatum: either succumb to the dumpster’s fate or return to the daycare center that had been ravaged by the villainous toy collector. Jessie and Barbie both expressed outrage at Lotso’s desecration of the daycare, while even Ken eventually turned against his former ally. The group’s eagerness to reunite with Andy, coupled with Woody’s determination, only served to further enrage Lotso.

In a moment of revelation, Woody recounted Daisy’s betrayal, producing the tag that Chuckles had been holding onto. This bombshell sparked a chain reaction, as Big Baby realized that he was merely a pawn in Daisy’s game of replacement. The toy collector’s condescending remarks only fueled Big Baby’s rage, and he ultimately turned on Lotso, tossing him into the dumpster.

As the toys scrambled to escape the dumpster’s lid, one of the Pizza Planet aliens found himself trapped with his feet stuck in the metal. Woody rushed to assist, but Lotso seized the opportunity to grab hold of the cowboy toy. The other toys leapt to their friends’ aid just as a dump truck arrived on the scene, emptying its contents into the collecting bin at the back.

Barbie and Ken watched in horror as their companions were swept away, leaving them behind. Meanwhile, inside the dumpster, Buzz Lightyear was struck by a TV set that had fallen onto him, restoring his proper programming. However, before the toys could rejoice in their newfound freedom, the truck arrived at the Tri-County landfill.

The group’s worst fears were realized when a bulldozer scooped up the three Pizza Planet aliens, whisking them away to an unknown fate. The remaining toys found themselves being shoveled onto a conveyor belt, destined for a large shredding machine. In a desperate bid to avoid their demise, they grasped metal objects that were being magnetized to an overhead track. Even Lotso, who had once been the embodiment of evil, was saved by Woody and Buzz’s quick thinking.

As the toys teetered on the brink of destruction, they found themselves facing yet another obstacle in their perilous journey back to Andy.

As they finally escape the conveyor belt of doom, the toys find themselves hurtling towards what appears to be a radiant dawn, only to realize it’s a precipice that plunges into an infernal abyss. With no chance of evading their fiery fate, the group frantically attempts to outrun their demise until Lotso spots an emergency stop switch. He signals for his cohorts to assist him, and with Herculean effort, they hoist him up to halt the machine’s merciless march towards destruction. However, as soon as Lotso reaches the button, he sneers at Woody (Tom Hanks), taunting “Where’s your kid now, Sheriff?” before making a break for it.

The toys’ desperate attempts to escape prove futile, and they tumble into the pit. As they struggle to climb out, it becomes clear that there is no respite from their predicament. With all hope extinguished, the toys join hands, resolved to face their impending doom together.

Just as the darkness seems absolute, a celestial blue light bursts forth above them, and a gargantuan claw descends, plucking the group from the jaws of despair. As they marvel at their rescuers, the enormous claw swings by the glass cabin of the machine, where the three Pizza Planet aliens (Jeff Garlin, etc.) are watching with an air of detachment. Once freed, the toys express their gratitude to their saviors and wonder what became of Lotso.

Unbeknownst to them, Lotso finds himself in the clutches of another garbage collector at the dump, who recalls having a Lots-a-Huggin’ Bear as a child. He binds Lotso to the grille of his trash truck and sets off for duty.

Meanwhile, Andy’s toys discover the garbage truck that services their neighborhood and manage to find their way back before Andy departs for college. After cleaning themselves up, they sneak back into the house, only to find Andy’s room stripped bare except for a few minimal possessions and two boxes: one labeled ‘College’ and the other ‘Attic.’

Woody’s companions pile into the ‘Attic’ box, bidding their farewells. As Andy (John Morris) and his mother approach, Woody slips into the ‘College’ box. As they enter Andy’s room, his mother is struck by the poignant reality that her son is leaving home. Andy reassures her that even though he’ll be physically distant, he will still cherish her.

Inspired by this revelation, Woody realizes that Andy can still care for him and the other toys – a testament to the enduring power of love, which never forgets those it truly loves. While Andy is distracted by his sister Molly (Emily Ruskuhn) and their family dog Buster, Woody seizes an opportunity, snatching a Post-It note and marker. He scribbles Bonnie’s street address on the sticky note and hops into the ‘Attic’ box, ready to embark on a new chapter in his life.

As Andy re-enters the room, he’s struck by a note on the ‘Attic’ box that has him convinced it was penned by his mom. With an insatiable curiosity, Andy sets off for the address listed, only to find himself standing before the front yard of Bonnie’s family home, where the young girl is busy conjuring up her own brand of whimsy.

As he steps out of his car with the box in tow, Bonnie freezes mid-play, her eyes locking onto Andy as she calls out for her mom. The maternal figure (voiced by Lori Alan) greets Andy, who explains that he’s brought some special toys to bestow upon Bonnie. With an air of nostalgia, Andy introduces each toy, regaling Bonnie with tales of their exploits, from Hamm’s penny-pinching antics to Buzz’s heroic posturing.

As the toys are revealed, Bonnie’s trepidation gradually gives way to a sense of wonder, her curiosity piqued by the sheer variety on display. When Woody finally makes his appearance, Andy is taken aback by Bonnie’s intimate familiarity with the toy cowboy, who seems to hold a special place in her heart.

Andy takes a moment to reminisce about his own experiences with Woody, revealing just how much the toy has been a part of his life. He confides in Bonnie that she can have Woody, as long as she promises to treat him and the other toys with the same care and devotion he’s shown them. With a quiet nod, Bonnie seals the deal, and Andy begins to engage her in an impromptu game, the two lost in their own world of imagination.

Meanwhile, the toys themselves are basking in the joy of one final playdate with their beloved owner. As Andy departs, Bonnie gathers her new and old companions on the porch, cradling Woody and Buzz in her arms as she waves goodbye to her departing friend. The gesture elicits a wistful smile from Andy, who whispers his gratitude before disappearing into the distance.

With Bonnie’s mom ushering her inside for lunch, the toys are left to their own devices, watching as Andy’s car recedes into the horizon. It’s then that Woody turns to his friends, offering reassurance that Andy did indeed care for them, and that they’re now in good hands with Bonnie. As he introduces them to their new playmates, Woody can’t help but smile at the prospect of many adventures to come.

As the seasons pass, the once-oppressed toys of Sunnyside Children’s Playroom begin to flourish under the enlightened leadership of (Ken) and (Barbie). The duo’s tireless efforts have successfully dismantled the draconian hierarchy that once governed their lives, replacing it with a system of equality and fair play. No longer are the toys relegated to a life of monotony in the Caterpillar Room; instead, they’re free to soar into the Butterfly Room, where creativity and imagination know no bounds. As a result, the atmosphere at Sunnyside is now one of joyous anticipation, with toys eagerly looking forward to their next adventure. Just as things are settling into this new era of harmony, a surprise arrival shakes things up: Sarge, the seasoned veteran, and his two paratroopers touch down on the scene. (Ken) and (Barbie), ever the gracious hosts, warmly welcome the newcomers, setting the stage for a thrilling chapter in the ongoing saga of Sunnyside’s toys.