Toy story

Toy Story follows a group of toys who come to life whenever humans are not present, focusing on Woody, a pull-string cowboy doll (Hanks), and Buzz Lightyear, an astronaut action figure (Allen). Toy Story's script was strongly influenced by the ideas of screenwriter Robert McKee. The script went through many changes before the final version. Lasseter decided Tinny was "too antiquated", and the character was changed to a military action figure, and then given a space theme. Tinny's name changed to Lunar Larry, then Tempus from Morph, and eventually Buzz Lightyear (after astronaut Buzz Aldrin). Lightyear's design was modeled on the suits worn by Apollo astronauts as well as G.I. Joe action figures. A second character, originally a ventriloquist's dummy, was changed to a stuffed cowboy doll with a pull-string, and named Woody for Western actor Woody Strode. The difference between the old and new toy led to a conflict between their personalities.

Toy Story 2 was re-released in a double feature with Toy Story in Disney Digital 3-D on October 2, 2009. The movie keeps most of the original characters and voices from the first movie; the film opens up with a Buzz Lightyear adventure, where Buzz is on a mission to infiltrate his arch enemy Emperor Zurg's fortress and to stop the evil emperor. Then there was the third release Toy Story 3 is a 2010 American 3D computer-animated film, and the third and currently final installment in the Toy Story series. The film opens with a Western style action sequence, with Woody, Jessie and Buzz plotted against Hamm, Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head and the Aliens. However, it is revealed that the sequence is only a visualization of Andy's imagination as a child, and the camera pulls back to play home videos of Andy when he was still a child.

Toy Story has received universal acclaim since its release in 1995, upon its release; Toy Story was the only Pixar film that was branded with only the Disney logo above its title despite the film's dual collaboration. However, after the complete acquisition of Pixar by the Walt Disney Company in 2006, the film along with the rest of the films produced by Pixar now feature the Disney·Pixar brand.