Toy Story

Trivia: While Buzz is riding RC chasing after the moving truck, when Scud runs into the intersection causing the car pile-up, we see the building "Virtual Realty" the real estate company that sold Andy's house, and the bowling alley "Luxo Lanes" named after "Luxo, Jr" the first short film produced by Pixar in 1986. In the car pile-up, a blue car's license plate is "RES1536" which is also the Pizza Planet truck's license plate number, and the number's taken from Toy Story‍'‍s film resolution - 1536 x 922, the RES stands for resolution. Also, on the teal car's tire it reads "Tigger Paw" named after Disney's Tigger, and a play on the brand Uniroyal Tiger Paw tires.

Super Grover

Trivia: The sound the globe makes when rolling towards Buzz is the exact same noise as the boulder that rolls toward Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark. (00:27:10)

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Trivia: In Andy's room, when Buzz Lightyear tries to prove to everyone that he can fly, he bounces off the ball (red star/blue stripe) from Pixar's first film, Luxo Jr.

Super Grover

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Trivia: There's a hidden Mickey on the 'MEGADORK' poster in Sid's room - the Mickey tattoo on the musician's arm.

Super Grover

Trivia: The moving company, "Eggman Movers", is named after art director Ralph Eggleston. (01:08:30)

Trivia: One of the books on Andy's bookshelf is "Smyrl, Smyrl, Twist and Twirl". This is a reference to Eliot Smryl on the modeling team.

Trivia: Original drafts of Toy Story had Woody as a mean, cold-hearted toy. However, that changed when the animators realised that audiences needed to be able to sympathize with Woody.

Trivia: A life-size replica of Andy's room, from the perspective of his toys, was created in Madrid.

Phaneron

Trivia: While Buzz and Woody are at the gas station, after Buzz tells Woody of Emperor Zurg's secret weapon being built, when Buzz says, "Farewell" to Woody, Buzz raises his hand and does something similar to the Vulcan salute from Star Trek.

Super Grover

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Revealing mistake: When Woody falls out of the closet wrapped in the string lights he hears Buzz's voice, and in the next shot as Woody sneaks up to Hannah's room we see Sid's open door and doorway, which looks perfectly normal. However, after Woody rescues Buzz from Hannah's tea party they both stop in the hallway, and there's another shot of Sid's open door and doorway, only this time it's not normal to say the least. Five of the six hasps, bolts, and locks that should be (and normally are) screwed into and attached to the inside of Sid's door (one hasp mechanism, third one down from the top, is attached to the door's frame) are now actually kind of floating there in mid-air right beside the doorway, as if there's an invisible door there. Weird that Pixar artists deliberately did this, but it's bizarrely funny to see.

Super Grover

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Question: Pixar movies have always shown to have adult themes. Was Buzz drunk during the Mrs. Nesbit scene?

Answer: There wasn't anything for him to get drunk on. He was just wallowing in self pity and frankly, his world had just fallen apart, so it's understandable that he'd act a little loopy as a reaction.

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Answer: He was simply depressed. You can tell because he snaps out of it as soon as Woody hits him.

Answer: He was apparently drunk on Darjeeling tea - Woody takes the teapot away, saying he's had enough.

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