While Toy Story 4 kept Buzz’s perceptions from going out of sorts, he now believes his voice box of Space Ranger catchphrases to be likened to a conscience or “inner voice”. Toy Story 3 saw the original Buzz’s memories wiped back to their original factory setting, making him delusional once again and eventually translated to Spanish mode. This new Buzz takes over the mission to find Woody with militaristic leadership under the impression he is a prisoner of the Evil Emperor Zurg. Almost immediately, he is ambushed and supplanted by a newer edition Buzz Lightyear toy that still believes himself a real Space Ranger.
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In Toy Story 2, which opens with a full Buzz Lightyear video game sequence, Buzz leads a daring rescue mission to save Woody after being stolen from the family’s yard sale. In the sequels that followed, however, Buzz's starry-eyed imagination was implemented again and again solely as a means to an end. These delusions of grandeur worked in service to the story and served as the crux of Buzz’s character arc as they heightened the competitive conflict between him and Woody and later enabled him to have an identity crisis that led to him learning the true value of being a child's toy and being Woody’s friend. Fresh out of the box, Buzz doesn’t know he’s a toy and believes himself to be the genuine Space Ranger that he was modeled after, constantly trying to reach Star Command and navigating the world of Andy’s neighborhood as if it were an alien planet. In the 1995 original, Buzz was designed to be the most state-of-the-art, must-have coolest toy based on a popular superhero astronaut Andy enjoyed, contrasting with the hand-stitched antique western doll who saw Buzz’s presence as a threat to his “favorite toy” status. Alongside Tom Hanks' Americana rag doll Sheriff Woody, easily the most popular and iconic toy to come out of Andy's room was the high-tech action figure, Buzz Lightyear, played by Tim Allen.
Pixar’s debut film Toy Story debuted 26 years ago and introduced global audiences not only to the medium of CGI feature animation, but to some of the most beloved characters ever associated with the Disney name.