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''Toy Story 2'' is a 1999 American animated
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produced by
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. It is the second film in the ''Toy Story'' franchise and was directed by
John Lasseter John Alan Lasseter ( ; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and animator. He was previously the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, a ...
from a screenplay by
Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and the upcoming ''Toy Story 5 ...
, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin, and Chris Webb.
Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
,
Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Gl ...
,
Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep (film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Enter Laughing ...
,
Jim Varney James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won an Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous televis ...
,
Wallace Shawn Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in '' The Princess Bride'' (1987), Mr. Hall in '' Clueless'' (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in '' Young Sheldo ...
,
John Ratzenberger John Dezso Ratzenberger (born April 6, 1947)About John
from Ratzenberger's official website
is an Americ ...
,
Annie Potts Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for '' Corvette Summer'' (1978) and won a Genie Award for '' Heartaches'' (1981), before appearing in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Pretty ...
,
R. Lee Ermey Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine drill instructor. He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film ''Full Met ...
, John Morris,
Laurie Metcalf Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades throughout a career spanning more than four d ...
and
Jeff Pidgeon Jeff Pidgeon is an American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist and voice actor at Pixar. Early life Influenced by Charles M. Schulz's comic strip ''Peanuts'', Jeff Pidgeon dreamed of becoming a newspaper cartoonist. He studied and gradu ...
reprise their roles from the first film. In the film, Woody is stolen by a greedy toy collector, prompting
Buzz Lightyear Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the The Walt Disney Company, Disney–Pixar Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise. He is a superhero action figure from an Story within a story, in-universe media franchise. Buzz is recognizab ...
and his friends to save him, but Woody is then tempted by the idea of immortality in a museum. Disney initially envisioned ''Toy Story 2'' as a
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sequel. The film began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on ''
A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' (stylized in all lowercase) is a 1998 American animated comedy film directed by John Lasseter from a screenplay written by Andrew Stanton, Donald McEnery, and Bob Shaw, and a story conceived by Lasseter, Stanton, and Joe Ran ...
'' (1998). When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to a theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped 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'' debuted on November 24, 1999 and was a box office success, grossing $511 million against a $90 million budget. It received widespread acclaim from critics, with a ratingon the website
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, similar to its predecessor. It is considered by critics to be one of the few sequel films superior to the original and is frequently featured on lists of the greatest animated films ever made. ''Toy Story 2'' would go on to become the third-highest-grossing film of 1999. Among its accolades, the film won Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy at the
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. Two further sequels have been released: ''
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'' (2010) and ''
Toy Story 4 ''Toy Story 4'' is a 2019 American animated comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It is the fourth installment in Pixar's ''Toy Story'' series and the sequel to ''Toy Story 3'' (2010). It was dire ...
'' (2019).


Plot

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have become co-leaders of Andy Davis's toys. Andy plans to take Woody to Cowboy Camp, but accidentally rips his arm. Andy's mother places Woody on a shelf, and Woody begins to fear that Andy will discard him. The following day, Woody finds Wheezy, a penguin toy with a broken squeaker, who has also been shelved. After saving Wheezy from being sold at a
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, Woody is found and stolen by a greedy toy collector. Buzz fails to foil the theft, but finds clues identifying the collector as Al McWhiggin, the owner of the Al's Toy Barn store. Buzz, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, and Hamm set out to rescue Woody. At Al's apartment, Woody discovers that he was designed after the protagonist of ''Woody's Roundup'', a popular 1950s children's
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series, and meets his co-star character dolls: Jessie the Cowgirl, Bullseye the Horse, and Stinky Pete the Prospector. While delighted to meet them, Woody realizes that Al plans to sell the entire ''Woody's Roundup'' collection to a museum in
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. Woody announces that he has to return home to Andy, dismaying the gang, because the museum will not accept the collection without him, and they will go back into storage. After Woody's arm is repaired the next day, Woody learns that Jessie was abandoned by her owner, Emily, when she grew up. Convinced that Andy might do the same to him, Woody decides to go to the museum. Meanwhile, Buzz's group reaches Al's Toy Barn and searches for Woody. Buzz encounters a Utility Belt Buzz toy; assuming he is a real space ranger going AWOL, Utility Belt Buzz imprisons Andy's Buzz. Utility Belt Buzz later meets Andy's other toys and, assuming they are on a mission to defeat his arch-nemesis, Emperor Zurg, accompanies them to Al's apartment. Andy's Buzz escapes and follows the gang, inadvertently releasing a toy Zurg who follows Buzz to destroy him. Both Buzzes and the rest of the search party arrive at the apartment, but Woody initially refuses to go home with them. Shortly after the search party leaves, Woody reconsiders and invites the ''Woody's Roundup'' toys to join him and become Andy's toys. While a hesitant Jessie and an enthusiastic Bullseye accept Woody's offer, Pete refuses and blocks the others from leaving; having never been played with, he is adamant about going to the museum. Al returns to the apartment and takes the ''Woody's Roundup'' collection to the airport. On the elevator ride down, Utility Belt Buzz fights Zurg eventually being knocked off by Rex. The two end up reconciling after Buzz learns Zurg is his father while Andy's Buzz and the other toys pursue Al's suitcase into the airport. Following a prolonged pursuit through the airport's baggage sorting system—during which Pete re-opens the tear in Woody's arm—the other toys subdue Pete and place him in a girl's backpack; she takes Pete with her. They save Bullseye, but Jessie is loaded onto the plane. Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye work together to save her just as the plane takes off. The toys then return home to Andy's house. Andy returns from Cowboy Camp that night, plays with Jessie and Bullseye, and repairs Woody and Wheezy the following morning. Al mourns the loss of the lucrative deal with the toy museum on television. Woody tells Buzz that he no longer fears Andy losing interest in him.


Voice cast

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Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
as Woody, a cowboy doll and the leader of Andy's toys. He is stolen by greedy toy store owner Al McWhiggin, who plans to sell him to a toy museum abroad. While trapped in Al's penthouse, Woody meets the other members of the ''Roundup'' gang (Jessie, Bullseye, and Stinky Pete). *
Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Gl ...
as
Buzz Lightyear Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the The Walt Disney Company, Disney–Pixar Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise. He is a superhero action figure from an Story within a story, in-universe media franchise. Buzz is recognizab ...
, a Space Ranger action figure and Woody's best friend, he leads a group of Andy's toys on a mission to save Woody. Allen also voices Ultra Buzz Lightyear, a next generation Buzz Lightyear action figure with a utility belt who at the end reconciles with his father Zurg. *
Joan Cusack Joan Mary Cusack ( ; born October 11, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. She received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in the comedy-drama '' Working Girl'' (1988) and the romantic comedy '' In ...
as Jessie, a cowgirl doll and member of the ''Roundup'' gang. She has a sad life after being abandoned by her owner Emily.
Mary Kay Bergman Mary Kay Bergman (June 5, 1961 – November 11, 1999), also briefly credited as Shannen Cassidy, was an American voice actress and voice-over teacher. She was the official voice of the Disney character Snow White from 1989 to 1999 and the lead fem ...
provided the vocals for Jessie's yodeling. *
Kelsey Grammer Allen Kelsey Grammer (born February 21, 1955) is an American actor and producer. He gained fame for his role as the psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane on the NBC sitcom ''Cheers'' (1984–1993) and its spin-off ''Frasier'' (1993–2004, and again F ...
as Stinky Pete, an elderly
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doll and member of the ''Roundup'' gang. When Woody meets him, he is still in his original box. He is eager to be sold to the museum and tries to stop Woody from going back to Andy. *
Don Rickles Donald Jay Rickles (May 8, 1926 – April 6, 2017) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was known primarily for his insult comedy. His film roles include ''Run Silent, Run Deep (film), Run Silent, Run Deep'' (1958), ''Enter Laughing ...
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Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head is an American toy produced by Hasbro since 1952. It consists of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach; typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat, nose, mustache, pipe (1952–1987), pants (19 ...
, a grouchy and grumpy
Mr. Potato Head Mr. Potato Head is an American toy produced by Hasbro since 1952. It consists of a plastic model of a potato "head" to which a variety of plastic parts can attach; typically ears, eyes, shoes, hat, nose, mustache, pipe (1952–1987), pants (19 ...
who is married to Mrs. Potato Head. He joins Buzz on the mission to rescue Woody. *
Jim Varney James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won an Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and numerous televis ...
as Slinky Dog, a
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toy who joins the rescue mission. *
Wallace Shawn Wallace Michael Shawn (born November 12, 1943) is an American actor, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter. He is known for playing Vizzini in '' The Princess Bride'' (1987), Mr. Hall in '' Clueless'' (1995), Dr. John Sturgis in '' Young Sheldo ...
as Rex, a neurotic
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toy who enjoys playing a Buzz Lightyear video game. He accompanies Buzz, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky and Hamm on the rescue mission as well as defeating Zurg along the way. *
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, a
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and member of the rescue team. *
Annie Potts Anne Hampton Potts (born October 28, 1952) is an American actress. She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for '' Corvette Summer'' (1978) and won a Genie Award for '' Heartaches'' (1981), before appearing in ''Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Pretty ...
as Bo Peep, a sweet-natured porcelain figure who is a casual love interest of Woody's. *
Estelle Harris Estelle Harris (; April 22, 1928 – April 2, 2022) was an American actress and comedian, known for her exaggeratedly shrill, grating voice. She was best known for her role as Estelle Costanza on ''Seinfeld''. Her other roles included the voice ...
as Mrs. Potato Head, a Mrs. Potato Head who is married to Mr. Potato Head. * John Morris as Andy Davis, a young boy who is the owner of Woody and his friends. He is away at "Cowboy Camp" almost the entire film. *
Wayne Knight Wayne Elliot Knight (born August 7, 1955) is an American actor. In television, he played recurring roles such as Newman on the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld'' (1992–1998) and Officer Don Orville on the NBC sitcom ''3rd Rock from the Sun'' (1996� ...
as Al McWhiggin, an avaricious toy collector and owner of Al's Toy Barn. He kidnaps Woody and plans to sell him and the rest of the ''Woody's Roundup'' merchandise to a toy museum abroad. *
Laurie Metcalf Laura Elizabeth "Laurie" Metcalf (born June 16, 1955) is an American actress and comedian. Known for her complex and versatile roles across the stage and screen, she has received various accolades throughout a career spanning more than four d ...
as Andy's mother *
R. Lee Ermey Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and United States Marine Corps, U.S. Marine drill instructor. He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery sergeant, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film ''Full Met ...
as Sarge, an army man who acts as the general to Andy's room. *
Joe Ranft Joseph Henry Ranft (March 13, 1960 – August 16, 2005) was an American animator, screenwriter, and voice actor. He worked for Pixar Animation Studios and Disney at Walt Disney Animation Studios and Disney Television Animation. His younger broth ...
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Wheezy Wesley Tyler Glass (born October 26, 1992), known professionally as Wheezy, is an American record producer and songwriter. Recognized by his producer tag "Wheezy Outta Here!" (uttered by frequent collaborator Future), he has been credited on com ...
, a penguin toy with a broken squeaker. Woody finds him neglected on a high shelf and later rescues him from a yard sale. *
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, a
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doll who meets Woody's friends in Al's Toy Barn and helps them find Al's office. For the first ''Toy Story'', Pixar had asked
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to allow the use of this doll to play Woody's girlfriend, which was not approved. After the success of the first film, Mattel asked that she be included in the second film. *
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as the
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, an elderly man hired by Al to clean and repair Woody. *
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, a trio of green alien toys of the sort Buzz encountered in the original ''
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''. During the rescue mission, Mr. Potato Head saves their lives, and later they are adopted by him and his wife. *
Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and the upcoming ''Toy Story 5 ...
as
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: Buzz's arch-nemesis who is unaware he himself is a toy. He follows Buzz to Al's apartment and then fights and reconciles with his son Utility Belt Buzz.


Production


Development

A conversation about a
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to ''
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'' began around a month after the film's opening in December 1995. A few days after ''Toy Story''s release,
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was traveling with his family and found a young boy clutching a
Sheriff Woody Sheriff Woody Pride (or simply Woody) is a Character (arts), fictional Pullstring, pull-string cowboy doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story (franchise), ''Toy Story'' franchise. In the films, Woody is one of the main protagonist, pr ...
doll at an airport. Lasseter described how the boy's excitement to show it to his father touched him deeply. Lasseter realized that his character no longer belonged to him only, but rather it belonged to others, as well. The memory was a defining factor in the production of ''Toy Story 2'', with Lasseter moved to create a great film for that child and for everyone else who loved the characters.
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, Lasseter, and
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visited
Joe Roth Joseph Emanuel Roth (born June 13, 1948) is an American film executive, producer and director. He co-founded Morgan Creek Entertainment in 1988 and was chairman of 20th Century Fox (1989–1993), Caravan Pictures (1993–1994), and Walt Dis ...
, successor to recently ousted
Jeffrey Katzenberg Jeffrey Katzenberg ( ; born December 21, 1950) is an American media proprietor and film producer. He served as chairman of Walt Disney Studios (division), Walt Disney Studios from 1984 to 1994, a position in which he oversaw production and busin ...
as chairman of Walt Disney Studios, shortly afterward. Roth was pleased and embraced the idea of a sequel. Disney had recently begun making
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sequels to its successful features, and Roth wanted to handle the ''Toy Story'' sequel this way, as well. Prior releases, such as 1994's ''
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'' sequel, ''
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'', had returned an estimated $100million in profits. Initially, everything regarding ''Toy Story 2'' was uncertain: whether stars
Tom Hanks Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (born July 9, 1956) is an American actor and filmmaker. Known for both his comedic and dramatic roles, he is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide, and is regarded as an American cultural icon. Ha ...
and
Tim Allen Timothy Alan Dick (born June 13, 1953), known professionally as Tim Allen, is an American actor and comedian. He is known for playing Tim "The Toolman" Taylor on the ABC sitcom ''Home Improvement'' (1991–1999) for which he won a Golden Gl ...
would be available and affordable, what the story premise would be, and even whether the film would be computer-animated at
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or traditionally hand-drawn at
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. Lasseter regarded the project as a chance to groom new directing talent, as top choices were already immersed in other projects (
Andrew Stanton Andrew Ayers Stanton (born December 3, 1965) is an American filmmaker. He is best known as the director and co-writer of the Pixar animated films ''Finding Nemo'' (2003), ''WALL-E'' (2008), ''Finding Dory'' (2016), and the upcoming ''Toy Story 5 ...
as co-director of ''
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'' and
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as director of what would eventually become ''
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'').
Ash Brannon Ash Brannon (born October 31, 1969) is an American writer, director, visual artist, animator, and producer. He was a story artist and directing animator on ''Toy Story'' and co-director of ''Toy Story 2''. He also directed and co-wrote the Sony Pi ...
, a young animator who was previously animation director on ''Toy Story'', was selected by Lasseter to direct after admiring his work on the first film. Brannon, a
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graduate, joined the ''Toy Story'' team in 1993. Disney and Pixar officially announced the sequel in a press release on March 12, 1997.


Story

Lasseter's intention with a sequel was to respect the original ''Toy Story'' film and create that world again. The story originated with him wondering what a toy would find upsetting, how a toy would feel if it were not played with by a child or, worse, a child growing out of a toy. Brannon suggested the idea of a yard sale where the collector recognizes Woody as a rare artifact. The concept of Woody as a collectible set came from the draft story of ''A Tin Toy Christmas'', an original half-hour special pitched by Pixar to Disney in 1990. The obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggin, who had appeared in a draft of ''Toy Story'' but was later expunged, was inserted into the film. Lasseter claimed that Al was inspired by himself.''The Making of Toy Story 2'', Disc 2, ''Toy Story 2'' 2-Disc Special Edition DVD, 2005 Secondary characters in Woody's set were inspired by 1940s–1950s Western and puppet shows for children, such as ''
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'', ''
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''. The development of Jessie was kindled by Lasseter's wife Nancy, who pressed him to include a strong female character in the sequel with more substance than Bo Peep. The scope for the original ''Toy Story'' was basic and only extended over two residential homes, roadways, and a chain restaurant, whereas ''Toy Story 2'' has been described by Unkrich as something "all over the map". To ensure that the project was ready for theaters, Lasseter had to add around 12 minutes of material and strengthen what was already there. The extra material would be a challenge, as it could not be mere padding; it would have to feel as if it had always been there, an organic part of the film. With the scheduled delivery date less than a year away, Lasseter called Stanton, Docter,
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, and some Disney story people to his house for a weekend. There, he hosted what he called a "story summit", a crash exercise that would produce a finished story in just two days. Back at the office that Monday, Lasseter assembled the company in a screening room and pitched the revised version of ''Toy Story 2'' from exposition to resolution. Story elements were recycled from the original drafts of the first ''Toy Story'' film. The first film's original opening sequence featured a Buzz Lightyear cartoon playing on television, which evolved into the Buzz Lightyear video game that would be shown in the opening scene of ''Toy Story 2''. A deleted scene from ''Toy Story'', featuring Woody having a nightmare involving him being thrown into a trash can, was incorporated in a milder form for depicting Woody's fear of losing Andy. The idea of a squeak-toy penguin with a broken squeaker also resurfaced from an early version of ''Toy Story''.


Animation

As the story approached the production stage in early 1997, it was unclear whether Pixar would produce the film, as the entire team of 300 was busy working on ''
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'' for a
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release. The Interactive Products Group, with a staff of 95, had its own animators, art department, and engineers. Under intense time pressure, they had put out two successful
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titles the previous year – '' Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story'' and ''The Toy Story Activity Center''. Between the two products, the group had created as much original animation as there was in ''Toy Story'' itself.
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decided to shut down the computer games operation, and the staff became the initial core of the ''Toy Story 2'' production team. Before the switch from direct-to-video to feature film, the ''Toy Story 2'' crew had been on its own, placed in a new building that was well-separated from the rest of the company by railroad tracks. "We were just the small film and we were off playing in our sandbox," co-producer Karen Jackson said. Lasseter looked closely at every shot that had already been animated and called for tweaks throughout. The film reused digital elements from ''Toy Story'' but, true to the company's "prevailing culture of perfectionism, ..it reused less of ''Toy Story'' than might be expected". Character models received major upgrades internally and shaders went through revisions to bring about subtle improvements. The team freely borrowed models from other productions, such as Geri from Pixar's 1997 short ''
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'', who became the Cleaner in ''Toy Story 2''. Supervising animator Glenn McQueen inspired the animators to do spectacular work in the short amount of time given, assigning different shots to suit each animators' strengths. While producing ''Toy Story'', the crew was careful in creating new locations, working within the available technology of the time. By the time of production on ''Toy Story 2'', technology had advanced to the point of allowing more complicated camera shots than were possible in the first film. In making the sequel, the team at Pixar did not want to stray too far from the first film's look, but the company had developed new software since the first feature's completion. To achieve the dust visible after Woody is placed on top of a shelf, the crew was faced with the challenge of animating dust — an arduous task. After much experimentation, a tiny particle of dust was animated and the computer distributed that image throughout the entire shelf. Over two million dust particles are in place on the shelf in the completed film.


Troubled production

Disney became unhappy with the pace of work on the film and demanded in June 1997 that Guggenheim be replaced as producer; Pixar complied, resulting in associate producers Karen Jackson and Helene Plotkin being promoted to co-producers. In November 1997, Roth and Peter Schneider, the head of
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, viewed the film's story reels, featuring some finished animation, in a screening room at Pixar. They were impressed with the quality of work and became interested in releasing ''Toy Story 2'' in theaters. In addition to the unexpected artistic caliber, there were other reasons that made the case for a theatrical release more compelling. The economics of a direct-to-video Pixar release were lackluster due to the higher salaries of the crew. After negotiations, Jobs and Roth agreed that the split of costs and profits for ''Toy Story 2'' would follow the model of a newly created five-film deal, but ''Toy Story 2'' would not count as one of the five films. Disney had bargained in the contract for five original features, not sequels, thus assuring five sets of new characters for its theme parks and merchandise. Jobs gathered the crew and announced the change in plans for the film on February 5, 1998. The work done on the film to date was nearly lost in 1998 when one of the animators, while routinely clearing some files, accidentally entered the deletion command code /bin/ rm -r -f * on the root folder of the ''Toy Story 2'' assets on Pixar's internal servers. Associate technical director Oren Jacob was one of the first to notice as character models disappeared from their works in progress. They shut down the file servers, but had already lost 90% of the work from the last two years. Additionally, it was discovered that the backups had not been functioning for approximately a month. The film was saved when technical director Galyn Susman, who had been working remotely to care for her newborn child, revealed that she had a backup copy of the film on her home computer. The Pixar team was able to recover nearly all of the lost assets save for a few recent days of work, allowing the film to proceed. Many of the creative staff at Pixar were unhappy with how the sequel was progressing. Upon returning from the European promotional tour of ''A Bug's Life'', Lasseter watched the development reels and agreed that it was not working. Pixar met with Disney, informing them that the film would need to be reworked. Disney disagreed, and noted that Pixar did not have enough time to remake the film before its established release date. Pixar decided that they simply could not allow the film to be released in its existing state and asked Lasseter to take over the production. Lasseter agreed, recruiting the first film's creative team, including Stanton and Docter, to redevelop the story and taking over as director from Brannon, who would remain on the project as co-director alongside
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, who was also fresh from ''A Bug's Life'', having served as supervising editor. To meet Disney's deadline, Pixar had to complete the entire film in nine months. Unkrich, concerned with the dwindling amount of time remaining, asked Jobs whether the release date could be pushed back. Jobs explained that there was no choice, presumably in reference to the film's licensees and marketing partners, who were getting toys and promotions ready. Brannon focused on development, story, and animation; Lasseter was in charge of art, modeling, and lighting; Unkrich oversaw editorial,
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, and layout. The three met daily to discuss their progress with each other, as they wanted to ensure they were all progressing in the same direction, which caused the boundaries of their responsibilities to overlap. As was common with Pixar features, the production became difficult as delivery dates loomed and hours inevitably became longer. Still, ''Toy Story 2'', with its highly compressed production schedule, was especially trying. While hard work and long hours were common to the team by that point—especially so to Lasseter—running flat-out on ''Toy Story 2'' for month after month began to take a toll. The overwork spun out into
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for some animators, and
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(RSI) for others. Catmull would later disclose that "a full third of the staff" ended up with some form of RSI by the time the film was finished. Pixar did not encourage long hours, and, in fact, set limits on how many hours employees could work by approving or disapproving overtime. Employees' self-imposed compulsions to excel often trumped any other constraints, and were especially common among younger employees. In one instance, an animator had forgotten to drop his child off at daycare one morning and, in a mental haze, forgot the baby in the back seat of his car in the parking lot. "Although quick action by rescue workers headed off the worst, the incident became a horrible indicator that some on the crew were working too hard," wrote David Price in his 2008 book ''The Pixar Touch''.


Music

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, who composed and conducted music for the original ''
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'' film, returned to score the sequel. He wrote two original songs – "
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", performed by
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, and "Woody's Roundup", performed by Riders in the Sky – besides composing the score. The song from ''Toy Story'', "
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" was also reused. It was sung at two different points during the film by
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as Woody and
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, the singing voice of Wheezy. The score released by
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on November 9, 1999. The track "When She Loved Me", which was considered to be among the saddest sequences in both Disney and Pixar films, and the saddest film songs ever written, received acclaim for McLachlan's singing and Newman's compositions. The song was nominated at the Academy Awards in 2000 for
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, though the award went to
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for "
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" from another Disney animated film, ''
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''.


Release


Theatrical

Pixar showed the completed film at
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on November 12, 1999, in recognition of the school's ties with Lasseter and more than 40 other alumni who worked on the film. The students were captivated. The film held its official premiere the next day at the
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in Los Angelesthe same venue as ''Toy Story''and was released across the United States on November 24, 1999. The film's initial theatrical and video releases include ''
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'', Pixar's first short film released in 1986, starring Pixar's titular mascot. Before ''Luxo Jr.'', a disclaimer appears reading: "In 1986 Pixar Animation Studios produced their first film. This is why we have a hopping lamp in our logo". On December 25, 1999, within a month of the film's theatrical release, a
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reel was added to the film's mid-credits, which features the characters, Flik and Heimlich, from ''
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''.


Re-releases

In 2009, both ''Toy Story'' and ''Toy Story 2'' were converted to 3D for a two-week limited theatrical re-release, which was extended due to its success. Lasseter said, "The ''Toy Story'' films and characters will always hold a very special place in our hearts and we're so excited to be bringing this landmark film back for audiences to enjoy in a whole new way, thanks to the latest in 3-D technology. With ''Toy Story 3'' shaping up to be another great adventure for Buzz, Woody and the gang from Andy's room, we thought it would be great to let audiences experience the first two films all over again and in a brand new way". Translating the films into 3-D involved revisiting the original computer data and virtually placing a second camera into each scene, creating left-eye and right-eye views needed to achieve the perception of depth. Unique to computer animation, Lasseter referred to this process as "digital archaeology". The lead stereographer Bob Whitehill oversaw this process and sought to achieve an effect that impacted the film's emotional storytelling. It took four months to resurrect the old data and get it in working order. Then, adding 3-D to each of the films took six months per film. The double feature opened in 1,745 theaters on October 2, 2009, and made $12.5 million in its opening weekend, finishing in third place at the box office behind ''
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'' and ''
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''. The features closed on November 5, 2009, with a worldwide gross of $32.3 million. Unlike other countries, the UK and Argentina received the films in 3-D as separate releases. ''Toy Story 2'' was released January 22, 2010, in the UK, and February 18, 2010, in Argentina.


Home media

''Toy Story 2'' was released on both
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and
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and as a DVD two-pack with ''Toy Story'' on October 17, 2000. That same day, an "Ultimate Toy Box" set was released containing the first and second films and a third disc of bonus materials. The standard DVD release allowed the viewer to select the version of the film either in widescreen (1.77:1 aspect ratio) or fullscreen (family-friendly 1.33:1 aspect ratio without
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). A sneak peek of ''
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'' was also attached to these releases, which were all
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certified. The standard VHS, DVD, DVD two-pack, and the "Ultimate Toy Box" sets returned to the
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on May 1, 2003. It was re-released as a Special Edition 2-disc DVD on December 26, 2005. Both editions returned to the
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on January 31, 2009. A brief controversy involving the Ultimate Toy Box edition took place in which around 1,000 copies of the box set that were shipped to
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stores had a pressing error which caused a scene from the 2000 R-rated film ''
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'' to play in the middle of the film. The scene in question, which featured the use of the word "
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" multiple times, prompted a number of complaints from consumers, causing Costco to eventually recall the defective units from shelves and later go on to replace them. The defect was caused by a "content mix" error according to
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, which manufactured the discs, and only affected the U.T.B. Box set copies of ''Toy Story 2'' which were included with the two-pack were not affected by the manufacturing error. According to
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, less than 1% of the discs shipped were printed with the glitch. ''Toy Story 2'' was available for the first time on
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in a Special Edition Combo Pack released on March 23, 2010, along with the first film. On November 1, 2011, the first three ''Toy Story'' films were re-released, each as a DVD/Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/Digital Copy combo pack (four discs each for the first two films, and five for the third film). The film was released on
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on June 4, 2019.


Deleted outtake

For the 2019 home media, the
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reissue, and the 2024 UK theatrical cinema re-release at
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, Disney removed a scene from the film's mid-credit outtakes that featured Stinky Pete flirting with a pair of Barbie dolls and discussing a role in ''Toy Story 3''. Media outlets inferred the outtake to be a reference to the
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practice and attributed the change to being a result of the
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, which included director John Lasseter stepping down from Pixar the previous year following allegations of sexual misconduct towards employees at the studio.
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, voice of Stinky Pete, later explained his and Lasseter's intention behind the outtake, that being " ..the Barbies might be in his trailer, talking about how he'd like to get them some work, but he's actually trying to hit on them." When told Disney was removing it due to the Me Too movement, he asked, "But why? Because, what, they're guilty of it?", then added in an interview, "But they cut it out anyway. It was fairly harmless. It just was, 'Oh, yeah, that never happened in Hollywood'...Well, all right..."


Reception


Box office

''Toy Story 2'' was as successful as the first ''Toy Story'' film commercially. It became 1999's highest-grossing animated film, earning $245.9million in the United States and Canada and $511.3million worldwidebeating both Pixar's previous releases by a significant margin. It became the third-highest-grossing animated film of all time (behind ''
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'' and ''
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''). ''Toy Story 2'' opened over the
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Day weekend at No. 1 ahead of ''
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'', ''
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'' and '' Sleepy Hollow'', collecting a three-day tally of $57.4 million from 3,236 theaters, averaging $17,734 per theater over three days, as well as making $80.1 million since its Wednesday launch and staying at the top for the next two weekends. At the time of the film's release, it had the third-highest opening weekend of all time, behind '' The Lost World: Jurassic Park'' and ''
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''. It also broke the studio record for having the best single-day gross, surpassing ''
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''. When the film opened, ''Toy Story 2'' earned $9.5 million during its first day, breaking ''
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''s record to have the highest Thanksgiving opening day. On its third day of release, the film made $22.6 million, becoming the highest Friday gross at that time, beating ''The Lost World: Jurassic Park''. For two years, it would hold this record until May 2001 when ''
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'' opened with $23.4 million. The film also had the largest opening weekend for an animated film before being surpassed by ''
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'' that year. Moreover, ''Toy Story 2'' was ranked as the third-highest five-day Wednesday gross of any film, trailing only behind ''The Phantom Menace'' and ''
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''. The film even had the highest five-day Thanksgiving opening weekend, beating out ''
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''. In 2013, '' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire'' and '' Frozen'' both surpassed ''Toy Story 2'' to have the largest Thanksgiving weekend debut. For its second weekend, the film had earned $27.7 million, making it the fourth-highest December weekend gross, after ''
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''s opening weekend gross and ''
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''s opening weekend and second weekend grosses respectively. By
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, it had made more than $200million in the U.S. alone, and it eventually became 1999's third highest-grossing film after ''The Phantom Menace'' and ''
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'', while also far surpassing the original.
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estimates that the film sold over 47.8million tickets in the United States and Canada. The film set a three-day weekend record in the United Kingdom, grossing £7.7 million and beating ''The Phantom Menace''. In 2001, that record would be surpassed by ''
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''. It spent seven weeks there at number one. In Japan, ''Toy Story 2'' earned $3.8 million in its opening weekend to not only become the country's highest-grossing American animated film, but also the second largest opening weekend in the territory, behind ''
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''. Around this time, the film surpassed ''
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'' to become the seventeenth-highest domestic grosser. Following in biggest grosses are Italy ($6.9million), France and the Maghreb region ($24.7million), Germany ($12.9million), and Spain ($11.7million).


Critical response

Reviewers judged ''Toy Story 2'' as a sequel that equaled or even surpassed the original in terms of quality. ''
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'' proclaimed: On
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website
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, the film has an approval rating of based on reviews, with an average rating of . The site's critical consensus reads, "The rare sequel that arguably improves on its predecessor, ''Toy Story 2'' uses inventive storytelling, gorgeous animation, and a talented cast to deliver another rich moviegoing experience for all ages." As of March 2024, it is the highest rated animated film on the site and the second best rated film overall, after ''
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''. On
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, the film has a score of 88 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
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reported that audiences had given the film a rare average grade of "A+" on an A+ to F scale, making it the first ever computer-animated film to receive this grade.
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of the ''
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'' gave the film three and a half stars out of four and said in his print review "I forgot something about toys a long time ago, and ''Toy Story 2'' reminded me".
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of the ''
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'' said "''Toy Story 2'' may not have the most original title, but everything else about it is, well, mint in the box".
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of ''
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'' said "In the realm of sequels, ''Toy Story 2'' is to ''Toy Story'' what ''
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'' was to its predecessor, a richer, more satisfying film in every respect".
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of ''
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'' said "It's a great, IQ-flattering entertainment both wonderful and wise". Upon seeing the film, animator
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(director of the ''
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'' shorts) wrote a letter to Lasseter, calling the film "wonderful" and "beautifully animated", and telling Lasseter he was "advancing the cause of classic animation in a new and effective way." Lasseter, a personal admirer of Jones, has the letter framed in his house.


Accolades

''Toy Story 2'' received several recognitions, including seven
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, but none of them were previous nominations. The first went to
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for Outstanding Achievement in an Animated Theatrical Feature. The Outstanding Individual Achievement for Directing in an Animated Feature Production award was given to
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,
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and
Ash Brannon Ash Brannon (born October 31, 1969) is an American writer, director, visual artist, animator, and producer. He was a story artist and directing animator on ''Toy Story'' and co-director of ''Toy Story 2''. He also directed and co-wrote the Sony Pi ...
.
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won an Annie Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Music in an Animated Feature Production.
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won the Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production, while
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for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Male Performer in an animated feature Production. The last Annie was received by John Lasseter,
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, Ash Brannon,
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, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb for Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Feature Production. The film itself also won many awards, including the
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for Favorite Family Film (Internet Only), the Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Film, the Bogey Award, and a
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. Along with his other awards, Randy Newman and his song "
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" won a
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. A
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was given for Outstanding Youth DVD, and a
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for Best Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media, and one for Best Original Song "When She Loved Me".
The film is recognized by
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in these lists: * 2003: AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains: **
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– Nominated Hero * 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: ** "
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" – Nominated * 2008:
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: ** Nominated Animated Film


Video game

'' Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue'', a video game for the PC,
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,
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and
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, was released in November 1999. The game featured original cast voices and clips from the film as introductions to levels. Once earned, these clips could be viewed at the player's discretion. Another
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was released for the
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.


Sequel

The sequel, titled ''Toy Story 3'', was released on June 18, 2010. In the film, Andy's toys are accidentally donated to a day-care center as he prepares to leave for college.


See also

*
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, a film review aggregator website * List of animated films considered the best


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