50 Fun Facts About Buzz Lightyear

Who voices Buzz in the Toy Story films?

It was his first animated film; Lasseter liked his stand-up and wanted the character to be funny.

Buzz is named after which real astronaut?

The producers thought he had the coolest astronaut name; he was never paid for it.

What fee did the astronaut receive for Disney's use of his nickname?

In 2009 he admitted being exasperated but said you don't tangle with Disney's lawyers.

What kind of toy was Buzz's earliest ancestor, Tinny?

Lasseter decided a one-man band was outdated and switched him to an action figure.

Toy Story grew out of which 1988 Pixar short?

Its success prompted Disney to approach Pixar about computer-animated features.

Which of these was an early name for the character before he became Buzz?

He was then called Tempus and Morph, who wore a red space suit.

Which action figure was Lasseter's childhood favorite and an early model for the redesign?

The concept then drifted toward the space hero Major Matt Mason.

Why did Lasseter settle on lime green and purple for the space suit?

Lime green was his favorite color and purple was hers.

Which Space Patrol actor's look helped inspire the character?

He played Commander Buzz Corry in one of the first science-fiction series on American TV.

Which actor turned down Buzz and later called it the biggest regret of his career?

He went on to voice Mike Wazowski for Pixar in Monsters, Inc.

Lasseter's early screen test for Buzz used audio from which film?

The intended voice at that stage passed on the role.

What drew Lasseter to the actor who was finally cast as Buzz?

The honesty of his first reading pushed Pixar to make Buzz unaware he is a toy.

Who voiced Buzz in the 2000 2D animated TV series?

The series followed a direct-to-video origin film in which the Toy Story voice returned.

Who voiced Buzz in the 2022 film Lightyear?

It was his first voice-acting role; he lowered his tone to avoid a shameless impression.

Who voices Zurg in Lightyear?

The twist is that Zurg is an older Buzz from an alternate future.

Who voiced Buzz's Latin-lover alter ego in Toy Story 3?

He returned for the short Hawaiian Vacation.

Who voiced Buzz in The Simpsons short Plusaversary?

The short marked the second anniversary of Disney+.

What is Buzz's signature catchphrase?

A 2014 Radio Times poll ranked it the best film quote of all time.

Buzz insists he must rendezvous with which organisation to report Zurg's secret weapon?

He complains that Woody is delaying him.

Buzz readies for danger by switching his laser from stun to what?

The laser is really a blinking red light bulb on his wrist.

Gliding toward the moving van, Buzz says he is not flying but doing what?

It is the moment he accepts he is a toy and still saves the day.

What does Buzz see at Sid's house that reveals he is a toy?

In denial, he tries to fly and breaks his arm.

What is the name of Sid's dog, which Buzz fights off to rescue Woody?

Woody then uses RC to rescue Buzz in return.

Which greedy collector kidnaps Woody in Toy Story 2?

He plans to sell the Woody's Roundup toys to a museum in Japan.

The rival Buzz figure who 'arrests' Andy's Buzz in the toy store sports what accessory?

The other toys mistake him for Andy's Buzz for much of the film.

Which toy accidentally knocks Zurg down the elevator shaft in Toy Story 2?

Zurg had just announced he was Utility Belt Buzz's father.

Zurg telling a Buzz figure that he is his father mimics a scene from which film?

Lightyear flipped the joke by making Zurg an older Buzz.

On which Woody's Roundup toy does Buzz develop a crush?

By Toy Story 3 his Spanish mode makes no secret of the feeling.

Lotso's henchmen switch Buzz to which mode at Sunnyside?

His space ranger delusions from the first film come flooding back.

Trying to restore Buzz's memory, the toys accidentally reset him to which mode?

Director Lee Unkrich wanted a switch from his usual state and landed on a Latin lover.

From the Caterpillar Room, Buzz asks Lotso for a transfer to which room?

He refuses to join Lotso's gang, which triggers his reset.

What crushes Buzz in the garbage truck in Toy Story 3?

He wakes unharmed with his memories and personality restored.

Who rescues the toys from the incinerator in Toy Story 3?

They operate the claw, just as they worshipped it in the first film.

How does Andy describe Buzz when handing him to Bonnie?

Buzz then performs a rumba with Jessie to the Spanish 'You've Got a Friend in Me'.

Which conjoined carnival plushies does Buzz meet in Toy Story 4?

They think he has come to ruin their chances of being won by a child.

What guides Buzz's decisions throughout Toy Story 4?

He takes the phrase literally, pressing his own voice box for advice.

At the end of Toy Story 4, Buzz suggests Woody stay behind with whom?

Director Josh Cooley said Buzz had to be the one to give Woody permission.

In the 2000 TV series, which of Buzz's teammates is a princess?

Booster is a janitor and XR is a robot.

Who directed Lightyear?

He had been an animator on the first two Toy Story sequels.

What is the name of the talking robot cat in Lightyear?

The film is presented as Andy's favorite movie, the one his toy was based on.

Which Buzz-themed shooting ride opened in Magic Kingdom's Tomorrowland in 1998?

The other names are used at other Disney parks.

In which Pixar film does a Buzz figure appear in a dentist's waiting room?

Buzz and Woody later turn up as piñatas in Coco.

Which small Canadian company took the Toy Story toy licence in February 1995?

Mattel and Hasbro had passed, failing to foresee the film's success.

How many Buzz figures were made for Christmas 1996, against 200,000 Woodys?

The shortfall caused queues and emergency deliveries and was later joked about in Toy Story 2.

How long did a Buzz action figure spend aboard the International Space Station?

It flew up on Discovery in May 2008 and came home in September 2009.

Which Space Shuttle carried the Buzz figure to the ISS on mission STS-124?

The flight was part of NASA's Toys in Space program, which began in 1985.

Where was the ISS-flown Buzz figure donated in 2012?

Its return to Earth was celebrated with a Magic Kingdom parade led by Buzz Aldrin.

Which 2012 Justin Bieber song name-checks Buzz?

Beyoncé's 'Single Ladies' worked his catchphrase into a lyric four years earlier.

Which Disney executive decided in 1991 that the film should be a buddy picture?

Pixar then made the dummy the favorite toy and Tinny its rival.

In the film-within-a-film Lightyear, who is the commander Buzz admires?

The writers used the friendship to show Buzz what he was missing.