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Fan Theory: Rules of Toy Story

Some people may be wondering about the more intricate parts of the rules of Toy Story . Here's what I can gather. This is not canon, this is just what I can logically deduce. Please do not take this as official or as the actual rules of Toy Story . How do toys become sentient? How do they leave their delusions? In TS1, see only 1 fully-delusional toy: Buzz. In TS3, we only see one character experience Buzz's delusional state: Buzz, but only because he gets turned to Demo mode (that will become important). TS2 gives us plenty of material to learn about delusional toys: All of the new toys - Zurg, New Buzz, even Tour Guide Barbie - are completely "in character". We can assume that New Buzz and Zurg are still on Demo mode since they just got out of their boxes. With that fact and the fact that Buzz completely forgot about his Demo Mode time and his Spanish Mode time once he got set back to Play (TS3), we can assume that all toys that have a Demo mode are del...

The Magic School Bus Was Better Than I Thought

Recently re-watched "The Magic School Bus Gets Lost In Space". I'd forgotten how well they used the character of Janet to improve the storytelling. They establish character so well that by the end of 3 minutes, we already dislike Janet and want her to suffer. From there, Janet's character stays consistent until she has a moment so traumatic that it makes sense for her character to grow. Her personality causes the inciting incident as her arrogant need for proof drives even Ar nold to asking Ms. Frizzle for a not-so-normal field trip. Her personality causes a lot of conflict between her and the other students even before Ms. Frizzle left. Her personality leads to the other kids accidentally manipulating her into causing a lot of the conflict when they say other people might ask her for proof of her space exploration. That conflict builds a little at a time (because of Janet's personality) until we reach a climax that feels well-deserved because of the episode'...

"You Can't Catch Me"?

Why exactly did being a gingerbread man mean the townspeople couldn't catch him? Does superspeed just come with the territory of being a gingerbread man? If so, why didn't the townspeople get a second gingerbread man to catch the first?