Toy Story story
Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated buddy comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The feature film directorial debut of John Lasseter, it was the first entirely computer- animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar. The screenplay was written by Joss Whedon, Andrew Stanton, Joel Cohen, and Alec Sokolow from a story by Lasseter, Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft. The film features music by Randy Newman, and was executive-produced by Steve Jobs and Edwin Catmull. It features the voices of Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Wallace Shawn, John Ratzenberger, Jim Varney, Annie Potts, R. Lee Ermey, John Morris, Laurie Metcalf, and Erik von Detten.
14 total · 1 choice · 7 major · 6 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| there is strength in unity | choice | the toys prevailed when they united, at Andy's house, then Sid's house, then in the moving van |
| a common enemy unites | major | when faced with a shared enemy, Sid, Buzz and Woody had to unite despite being enemies |
| coping with being washed up | major | Woody felt like he was old and obsolete next to Buzz |
| friendship | major | Buzz and Woody |
| human childhood | major | we saw stereotypical childhood games and activities for two different boys: Andy and Sid |
| male bonding | major | through perils and shared adventure, Woody and Buzz went from enmity to comradery |
| male-male rivalry | major | Woody vs. Buzz |
| putting differences aside | major | Woody and Buzz had to bury the hatchet in order to work together to get home to Andy |
| brother and sister | minor | Sid and his sister |
| lesson in humility | minor | Sid was apparently scared straight from his toy-torturing ways |