According to Pixar producers, the character was provisionally named Lunar Larry, but it sounded 'too wacky'. Chris Evans voiced this version of the character in the 2022 spin-off film Lightyear, presented as an in-universe film the characters in Toy Story would watch (as previously depicted in the opening scene of The Adventure Begins) exploring their origin story, with James Brolin additionally voicing an elderly, nihilistic version of Buzz from an alternate future, known as Zurg (a separate character from Emperor Zurg).īuzz Lightyear's name was in honor of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon.

The fictional character, Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger, on which the toy Buzz is based, also appears in the 2000 direct-to-video film ' Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins' and its subsequent spin-off television series, ' Buzz Lightyear of Star Command.' In these productions, he is voiced by Tim Allen and Patrick Warburton, respectively. In Toy Story (1995), unlike most other toys, Buzz initially believes himself to be the 'real' Buzz Lightyear and comes to terms with actually being just a toy in Toy Story 2 (1999), Buzz encounters other Buzz Lightyear action figures from the toyline who similarly believe themselves to be 'real' including one of the character's in-universe archenemy and father: Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 3 (2010), set ten years later, Buzz explores a romance with cowgirl figure Jessie, while he uncovers his Spanish mode while in Toy Story 4 (2019), Buzz finds his inner voice and bids farewell to Woody, who leaves to be with Bo Peep. Notably, Woody serves as the main protagonist throughout the four films in the series, while Buzz remains an important character. Buzz Lightyear is a recurring character in all of the Toy Story franchise's animated films, including spin-offs.

In the Disney/Pixar Toy Story franchise, Buzz wears a green, purple, and white space suit.

He is a superhero toy action figure based on the in-universe media franchise consisting of a blockbuster feature film and animated series, Space Ranger. Larry Lightyear / Emperor Zurg (father in-universe backstory)īuzz Lightyear is one of the main characters in Disney/ Pixar's Toy Story franchise, voiced by Tim Allen.

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