Affirmative Action Girl: This installment gives Mrs.Affectionate Gesture to the Head: Bonnie's mother gently strokes her daughter's hair before she steps up to Andy to accept his toys.
Advertised Extra: Stretch the octopus is displayed prominently on the DVD cover, despite having about ten minutes of screen time.
Toy Story 3 would be released almost eleven years after the second film, and fifteen years following the original. Disney attempted to produce a third Toy Story film with an in-house studio as opposed to Pixar, note The plot would have involved a recall of Buzz Lightyear toys but it all worked out after Disney's acquisition of Pixar. The film was known for a staggering amount of time spent in Development Hell during the 2000s, and for a time, it looked like this film would never materialize. It is in this film that the Myth Arc of the series - which concerns the life of a toy - comes to a close, and the characters accept that their time as Andy's toys has come to an end, but it also paves the way for their future. Andy-now almost 18-is getting ready for college, and the plot follows the adventures of Andy's childhood toys as they're accidentally donated to a preschool/daycare center for a new generation of kids to enjoy, much to the toys' dismay. Toy Story 3 is the 2010 sequel to Toy Story 2.