Andy saying goodbye to his toys conjures up nostalgic guilt about growing up and leaving behind once cherished childhood toys. It's a cathartic scene that lets viewers know this is something others experience and everything will be okay, but it's still incredibly sad.
Toy Story 3 is the moment those fears finally become a reality. At long last, Woody's boy is all grown up and heading to college. And like any boy who has become a man, his newfound maturity means it's time for him to put away childish things – even if one of those things symbolically represents his old man.
At the end of Toy Story 3, Andy decides to give his toys to a little girl named Bonnie. He explains to Bonnie how much the toys mean to him and plays with them one last time before leaving for college. Woody also silently says goodbye as he watches Andy drive away for good.
The first is the toys' imprisonment at Sunnyside Daycare, a preschool where the franchise's protagonists are barbarically mistreated. The fact that the toys can't escape Sunnyside, and are kept there by an uncaring overseer (Lotso), is the first of Toy Story 3's major Holocaust parallels.
The main conflict in this story is going to turn out to be escaping from Sunnyside Daycare—but this is the event that incites that. Buzz and the other toys decide that, since Andy obviously doesn't want them anymore, they might as well jump in the “donate” box that's going to Sunnyside.
In Toy Story 3, Andy Davis (Morris), now 17 years old, is going to college. Woody (Hanks), Buzz Lightyear (Allen), and the other toys are accidentally donated to Sunnyside Daycare, a daycare center, by Andy's mother (Metcalf), and the toys must decide where their loyalties lie.
Toys are violently mistreated and destroyed by the children in the child care centre. They are kicked, shoved, thrown, ripped apart, broken and licked. One child takes the eye off a Potato head and sticks it up her nose.
Disney will release Pixar's Toy Story 5 on June 19, 2026, the studio announced Friday. Disney CEO Bob Iger first announced Toy Story 5 in February 2023, with the sequel an attempt to return to form for the franchise after the disappointing performance of the 2022 spinoff, Lightyear, which voice starred Chris Evans.
This took place in 1998, with Pixar co-founder Ed Catmull recounting the tale in his book Creativity, Inc. The story goes that an unnamed Pixar employee was doing some routine file clearance on internal servers when they accidentally entered a deletion command on Toy Story 2's root folder.
In Toy Story 3, the ending of the film's emotional tension arrives when Andy ultimately decides to part ways with his beloved toys. After their stressful journey to reunite with Andy, they share one final playtime session before being handed off into Bonnie's care.
In Toy Story 4, Woody made the decision to leave Bonnie for good. This decision completely destroyed the character growth Woody had exhibited since Toy Story's initial release. By abandoning his duty to Bonnie and subsequently his personal growth, Woody had unintentionally caused the downfall of his own happiness.
Thanks to a consistently funny script, the film is a blast to watch when it's not making your eyes well up, but either way the film will likely leave you crying.
In addition, "Toy Story 3" can also be an incredibly dark film at times - a bold move considering that this is a family film - but there's no need to worry because the fact is that it's all perfectly balanced out amazingly well with some very light-hearted humor, fast and furious action scenes, and stirring emotional ...
The story of how a Pixar employee accidentally deleted the entire Toy Story 2 film has resurfaced, as fans look forward to the franchise's spin-off movie Lightyear. In 1998, Pixar was getting ready to release Toy Story 2. The film was nearly complete and final edits were being made.
However, Lee Unkrich has confirmed that they are not the same character. There is also speculation that Bonnie Anderson from Toy Story 3 could be an older Boo due to having Sulley's colors and print decorating her bathroom and having a similar appearance.
Toy Story 5 will see the return of both Woody and Buzz Lightyear. leaving the page. has revealed that the sheriff and the space ranger will return for another movie. "We have another Toy Story, so Woody and Buzz are back," he told Variety.
It's thus not surprising that Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the gang will be returning to screens. There are a lot of question marks surrounding Toy Story 5, with the creative minds behind the project keeping the details locked down.
Premise. Director Andrew Stanton revealed that this would be the last Toy story as Woody will end up in a junkyard after being left at the playground of Bonnie's Middle School. The full events have not been concluded, but Stanton did confirm that Woody would be working with other scrapped toys and new friends to escape ...
The studio's CEO Bob Iger confirmed there would a new Toy Story sequel coming from Pixar, and recently announced it would be released in 2026. It will be the sixth feature-length Toy Story movie following 2022's Lightyear and 2019's Toy Story 4.
Tim Allen appeared on The Tonight Show and, during his interview, confirmed that Disney contacted him and Tom Hanks about reprising their iconic roles as Buzz and Woody for “Toy Story 5”. According to Allen, “one of the creators of the original series” is in charge of the new script.
Announced amid a slew of other major releases in February 2024, Disney has confirmed that their long-awaited Zootopia sequel will be arriving on November 26th, 2025.
The end of Toy Story 3 is like losing a loved one forever, while the end of Toy Story 4 is like saying goodbye to friends after graduation. Both conjure up deep emotions, some happy and some sad, but one is more permanent and heartbreaking.
It's not as overtly dark as other moments, but it is extremely emotionally charged. That's why Toy Story 3's ending beats Toy Story 4's, both feature sad farewells, but the former is more resonating and definitive.
