![]() ![]() Price’s The Pixar Touch, in the film’s original script, Barbie was supposed to be a badass akin to Terminator 2’s Sarah Connor ( Linda Hamilton). “The key to Barbie's success, went Mattel's argument, is that her owners can project onto her any personality they like," says the Post. In a Washington Post story of the time, director John Lasseter is credited with having said that the company did not like the idea of giving Barbie a specific persona. That’s because, originally, Mattel declined to allow its star doll to make an appearance in the franchise. When the first Toy Storymovie hit theaters, in 1995, it featured a total of zero mentions of Ken, Barbie, or any other Mattel toy. However, we almost didn’t get this happy ending.Īs a matter of fact, we almost didn’t even get Barbie and Ken’s unfortunate beginning. It’s a much fairer system than Lotso’s dictatorial regime. With Big Baby’s help, instate a new order in the facility: now, all toys spend part of the time with the little kids, and part with the older ones. The two stay together at the Sunnyside Daycare. ![]() Barbie, however, was never one of Andy’s toys, and neither was Ken. Toy Story 3 ends with Andy donating all his old toys to Bonnie ( Emily Ricks Hahn), including Woody. It’s by far one of the best scenes in the film and one that is perfect for any Barbie lovers out there who just can’t wait for Gerwig’s movie to come out. She makes it all the way to the groovy collection’s Nehru jacket before he cracks. Inside Ken’s Dream House, she ties him to a paddle ball racket and threatens to rip up his rarest and most valuable pieces of clothing. In a scene that half shouldn’t be in a movie like Toy Story 3, Barbie deceives and then tortures Ken into giving her the necessary information to bring Buzz back to normal. Every single moment he shares with Barbie is a true delight. Ken’s entire personality in the film, from his would-be-mean demeanor to his impeccable fashion sense, is one of the funniest and funniest things in Toy Story 3, on par with Buzz’s courtship of Jessie ( Joan Cusack). It’s actually heartwarming to witness his transformation into one of the good guys. It’s the classic tale of a villain redeemed by love that we all love so much. ![]() But with the help of Woody and the gang - especially Barbie - he becomes capable of making the right choices. His problem is that he’s just too weak and afraid to stand up against Lotso. We’re not kidding: he’s frequently berated by his fellow evil minions for being a girl's toy. Though he has a high status in the Sunnyside hierarchy, he’s not exactly respected out of sheer misogyny. The problem is the other toys don’t exactly listen to him. ![]() He tries to convince the others to bring Buzz to play with the older children at the Butterfly Room, and does anything to protect his true love, Barbie. He’s presented as a reluctant member of Lotso’s gang, trying to save the life of at least some of the newcomers from their terrible fate at the Caterpillar Room. But if Big Baby is Lotso’s right-hand man, then his left-hand is Ken - and, in the end, Ken is the real star of the show. In his reign of terror, Lotso is aided by the babbling Big Baby, another one of Daisy’s former toys. He’s the perfect foe to Woody, a toy that can’t accept that his child has grown up. He’s a cuddly pink Teddy bear with a cane, for crying out loud! He was turned cruel by being abandoned by his child, a young girl named Daisy. When push comes to shove, he’s even okay with getting his fellow toys incinerated just so they don’t challenge Sunnyside’s status quo. Potato Head’s ( Estelle Harris) mouth in order to silence her. He has no qualms about setting Buzz’s settings from Play to Demo in order to brainwash him or stealing Mrs. New toys get sent to the little children’s room, where playtime is a lot rougher and more violent than they were used to at home.Īs far as children’s movies go, Lotso is indeed a terrifying villain. That, of course, includes the newcomers, who didn’t yet have the time to impress him. Initially kind and receptive, Lotso in fact rules the place with an iron fist, ensuring privileges for those that stay on his right side and a real living hell for those who don’t. At the daycare, the gang is greeted by a Teddy bear named Lotso ( Ned Beatty), who acts as a leader to the local toys. The promise of being loved by children again is just too much for them.īut little do Buzz and the others know that they’ll soon regret choosing to stay at Sunnyside. He tries to convince his fellow playthings to leave Sunnyside with him, but to no avail. The only one that wants to return home is Woody, who Andy was about to take to college before everything went wrong. After all, they will be played with every day instead of being locked away in a trunk. Most of the toys see this move as an improvement. ![]()
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