The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care center instead of the attic right before Andy leaves for college, and it's up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and to return home.
When asked about the cameo of Totoro in Toy Story 3, John Lasseter said, "We do little homages in our films, and we thought it was a very appropriate homage to let [Miyazaki and his film company] Studio Ghibli know how much they mean to us." Hayao Miyazaki and John Lasseter have been longtime friends, and Pixar has helped with the localization of several of his films. John Lasseter is a self-professed fan of Hayao Miyazaki and all of his Studio Ghibli films. When Disney made a deal with Studio Ghibli to release a majority of their films in the U.S., Lasseter introduced all of the films and narrated a majority of the extra contents in the DVD releases.
Mr. Potato Head:
Ah, ha ha ha! Money, money, money!
Woody:
You've got a date with justice, One-Eyed Bart!
Mr. Potato Head:
Too bad, Sheriff! I'm a married man!
Woody:
One-Eyed Betty?
Jessie:
I think you dropped something, mister!
Mr. Potato Head:
Jessie?
Woody:
Give it up, Bart! You've reached the end of the line!
Mr. Potato Head:
I always ...
Jessie:
...
When "demo" Buzz escapes from under Rex and Hamm, and is running to get away from the toys, he opens his left arm to call out to Star Command, saying he is being held captive by his own prisoners. When Buzz thought he was the real Buzz Lightyear (in Toy Story (1995)), he always pressed the red button on the right side of his chest to call for Star Command.
At the very end of the credits, "Zu-Zu (Ken's theme)" plays as the Pixar logo finishes.
In the Spanish dubs, the subtitles for Buzz's Spanish mode are absent and the accent changes into a foreign accent from the other characters'. In the Latin Spanish dub, Spanish Buzz uses a heavier European Spanish dialect than in the original version and in the Castillian dub, he uses an Andalusian accent.
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