Toy Story 2 Trivia

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Cameos, in-jokes, re-used animation and other trivia for Toy Story 2.

Contents 1 General 2 Cameos 3 Recycled animation 4 Miscellaneous

General

• The toy car that Jessie rides to help Buster is the same as her previous owner Emily's as seen in her flashback, sans the wood side paneling.
• When Rex was playing the Buzz Lightyear game, the game controller looked a lot like the controller that Nintendo made for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES). When Woody was on the shelf and looked at Andy when he was going to camp, a SNES was seen on top of the TV.

Cameos

• Early in the movie when everyone is looking for Woody's hat, Mr. Potato Head finds Mrs. Potato Head's ear. The scene cuts to Mrs. Potato Head reading a book version of A Bug's Life.
• The ball from Luxo, Jr. is shown in the Al's Toy Barn TV commercial. It can also be seen when Buzz Lightyear and the toys enter the toy store, and a container of those balls can be seen to the left of the door when exiting.
• As Hamm flips through the TV channels looking for the Al's Toy Barn commercial, frames from several Pixar projects go by including Tin Toy, Knick Knack, Red's Dream, Luxo, Jr., Pixar's Listerine commercial and their old logo from the 1980s.
• Flik and Heimlich from A Bug's Life can be seen close-up in one of the bloopers, returning the favor, after Woody made a cameo in A Bug's Life.
  • Heimlich can also be seen in the actual movie, when he is crawling on a branch just before Buzz Lightyear cuts through.
• The cleaner who comes in to clean up Woody is Geri from the short film Geri's Game. In one of his drawers, his chess pieces can be seen.

Recycled animation

• The tree in Jessie's flashback is the same as that from A Bug's Life.
• The canyon from A Bug's Life is re-used for Zurg's planet. Note: the floating rocks in the canyon were inserted by accident, but John Lasseter liked how it looked, so it was used in the final version of the film.

Miscellaneous

• The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer.
• First sequel for both Tom Hanks and Tim Allen
• During the bloopers reel in the end credits, a few characters mentioned the existence of Toy Story 3. It came true 11 years later after Toy Story 2.