For Toy Story 3, the incinerator scene is the darkest scene ever made in any Pixar film.It is possible that Pixar staff was influenced by its appearance when designing the incinerators and their cranes Incinerators and their cranes look like a bit similar to Bagger 288 (a giant mining machine) built by German company Krupp.There is a large BNL logo on the hull of each incinerator but the 700-year-old machines are so dirty that it is difficult to detect.The incinerator and the crane are two separate machines that work together.The incinerator is never seen again throughout the rest of the film. Hamm and Slinky decide to get revenge on Lotso for leaving them to die however, Woody talks them out of it, saying it's not worth it. Potato Head thank the aliens for saving them.
As the aliens put their friends down safely, Buzz and Jessie are the only ones still holding hands. However, at the last minute, the Aliens, who had gone to a different part of the dump, save them with a giant crane. They then close their eyes and await their fate. Potato Head's hands and Rex's free hand. Woody looks at all of them holding hands and then joins them by grabbing Buzz and Slinky's free hands. Afterwards, Slinky grabs Hamm's hoof, and Hamm uses his free hoof to grab Rex's hand. Jessie then grabs one of Bullseye's hooves with her free hand. As they near their fiery demise, Buzz looks at Jessie and grabs her hand. However, instead of pushing the button to save them, he runs off and leaves them to die.
He climbs up the ladder and reaches the button. Lotso then spots a ladder leading to a stop button to stop the conveyor belt. Rex, Woody, and the rest of Andy's toys run for their lives. Woody says it's not daylight, but the light of an incinerator. The incinerator is a location at the Tri-County Landfill and part of the climax of Toy Story 3.Īfter escaping the shredders, Rex sees a light, thinking it's daylight. Woody witnessing the incinerator from afar. All of the incinerators and their cranes were standing still because they had ceased functioning long ago. The incinerators and their cranes were seen towering over the city buildings when WALL-E was heading home from work. Each incinerator has a separate crane unit that is able to slice down the trash towers (built by WALL-Es) into digestible sections for the incineration. They are city block-wide sized and move on big tank treads. Incinerators were used to get rid of the trash in "Operation Cleanup". They are seen briefly in the movie WALL-E. Andy will never be a kid again, and he'll never play with Woody again.Incinerators are colossal machines built by the Buy n Large corporation. When Woody says goodbye to Andy, he knows that is the end of their life together. And they aren't able to communicate with him like they do with each other, so there will be no sending letters. Even if Andy visits Bonnie's family on a trip home from college, he definitely won't be playing with the toys. It wouldn't be easy to stay in contact, but the toys could find a way if they want.īut after Toy Story 3, Woody and his friends will likely never see Andy again. They could also find ways to send letters to each other, like the letters they send between Bonnie's house and Sunnyside Daycare in a credit's scene of Toy Story 3. The return of Bo Peep in Toy Story 4 proves that another meeting between the toys is possible. The fair could end up near Bonnie or her family could go on another road trip. When Woody leaves his friends in Toy Story 4, the door is open for them to meet again someday. What ultimately makes the end of Toy Story 3 sadder than the end of Toy Story 4 is that the former leaves no way back. At the end of Toy Story 4, it's clear he's in a position he feels more comfortable with and will probably never have a real owner again because nobody will ever live up to Andy. Woody wasn't happy to leave Andy, even though he knew it was time, and unfortunately, he wasn't happy with Bonnie either. But while the ending of Toy Story 3 promises a new life for the toys, the ending of Toy Story 4 promises a better life. It would have been almost as bittersweet as what does happen since he would have lost Bo Peep again. He knew it would be better to stay with them and a child for at least a little while longer than to sit alone on a dorm room shelf and never be played with.Īt the end of Toy Story 4, Woody could have returned to Bonnie with the other toys and tried to adjust to that life. If he hadn't, he would have had to say goodbye to his friends, anyway. Though Woody ultimately chose to leave Andy, it was something that would have inevitably happened someday, he just made sure it happened on his terms. The latter was due to Andy growing up, something nobody could stop. Woody's choice to leave his old friends is more conscious than his choice to leave Andy. The Toy Story 4 ending has a more positive spin.