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(#7) Woody Started Out as a Jerk
Keith Sawyer wrote a book called Zig Zag: The Surprising Path to Creativity. In it he details the path from early drafts of Toy Story to the finished film. He says that in the beginning "[it] had almost nothing in common with the movie that we know and love."
For example, Woody was a completely different and mean-spirited character. "An early scene, had him abusing Slinky Dog, and another had him pushing Buzz out the window."
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(#6) The Trilogy Has a (Practically) Perfect Rotten Tomatoes Score
Toy Story and Toy Story 2 have perfect 100% scores, while Toy Story 3 has an almost perfect 99%.
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(#3) Toy Story 2 References a Real Life Toy Story Problem
Remember the scene in Al's Toy Barn when they drive down the Buzz Lightyear aisle? Tour Guide Barbie announces, "Back in 1995 short-sighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand."
That was true. When Toy Story was released, back in 1995, short-sighted toy sellers didn't think the movie would do well and didn't order enough supply to meet the demand.
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(#20) Mattel Didn't Let Pixar Use Barbie in the First Film
Mattel manufactures and owns the licensing rights to Barbie. Apparently they thought the first computer animated feature ever wouldn't do well, so they refused to let the filmmakers include her. Of course after it made all the money they leapt at the opportunity for a sequel. Then, they even included Ken in Toy Story 3!
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(#9) Joss Whedon Reinvented Buzz and Wrote One of the Most Iconic Lines
In the book Joss Whedon: The Biography, film executive Amy Pascale credits Joss Whedon with fixing Toy Story as a whole, saying:
"Joss worked closely with Pixar’s team as everyone got their heads around the idea of Toy Story as a buddy picture. Buzz Lightyear had always been conceived as a Dudley Do-Right: dim-witted but cheerful and self-aware. Joss helped them re-envision the character as an action figure who isn’t aware that he’s a toy, and who therefore takes his job as an Intergalactic Space Ranger quite seriously. It was a huge epiphany that turned the whole movie around and created the chemistry in Toy Story."
He also wrote John Lasseter's favorite line in Pixar history, “You’re a sad, strange little man, and you have my pity.”
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(#10) Toy Story Saved a Toy (Company) in Real Life
Prior to Toy Story's release, Etch A Sketch was almost out of business. After allowing the character Etch be used in the movie, they saw a whopping 20% rise in sales, saving the company.
Source: Reddit
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