The voice of the Evil Emperor Zurg is none other than Director/Screenwriter of Disney's Pixar films Andrew Stanton who is always given a voice part in every computer animated movie.
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The voice of the Evil Emperor Zurg is none other than Director/Screenwriter of Disney's Pixar films Andrew Stanton who is always given a voice part in every computer animated movie.
When we first meet Mrs. Potato Head, if you pause the movie, you can see that she's reading "A Bug's Life".
When Jesse sings the song "When somebody loved me", she and Emily are shown swinging in a tree. This is the same tree as in "A Bug's Life".
When Hamm's flicking through the TV Channels The Pixar Film Tin Toy can be seen on one of the channels.
Along with the bouncing ball from Tin Lamp short, The Al's Toy Barn ad also features the grey teddy bear from the original Toy Story (in the beginning when Woody is doing a sound check, there is a shot where the bear is waving high on a shelf).
Tour Guide Barbie's comment about short sighted toy retailers not producing enough Buzz Lightyears in 1995 is a dig at real life toy producers who underestimated the popularity of the first movie.
The toy cleaner who comes to repair Woody is the chess player in the preview show on A Bug's Life - in this film he opens a drawer containing chess pieces.
When you see the stars in the opening sequence you can make out a group of stars in the shape of the Pixar lamp.
On the Al's Toy Barn TV ad, when all the specials are shown from out of the egg, you see the exact same ball as in the hopping lamp film at the beginning.
On the original version, when Buzz says "We have a friend in need", the American flag is shown in the background. But due to the world situation, it was changed to a spinning globe when shown overseas.
At the beginning of the film, when Buzz is battling his way into Zurg's fortress, he has to jump onto several floating discs to get to the (battery) power source. He jumps onto five discs before they collapse under him; each plays a note, the first five notes of the theme from "2001: A Space Odyssey".
The dust in the scene where Woody meets Wheezy set a record for number of particles animated for a movie by computer.
On the ground of the planted area the toys walk through before they cross the highway is a rusty tin can. This can was the bug bar in A Bug's Life.
The exact same "EGGMAN MOVERS" truck used at the end of the first movie can be seen on the road the toys try to cross.
Just after Buzz, Potato Head, and the others enter Al's Toy Barn (before they get hold of a car or split up), if you look in the background, you can see a rack of toys from "A Bug's Life".
When Hamm is flipping through the channels, you can see a portion of 'Luxo Jr', a short film from Pixar, featuring the Pixar Lamp.
More tributes and references to Star Wars: at the beginning of the movie the sound of the laser gun in Buzz's arm is the sound of a Star Wars blaster.
One of the biggest in jokes is for Linux users - note the penguin at the end (ie. the Linux logo, complete with red bow tie), singing "you've got a friend in me", in a computer generated film....
In the scene where Potato Head is driving the toy car down the aisles of the Toy Barn (after Buzz and the gang split up) and Rex suddenly places the Buzz Lightyear strategy guide in front of his face, if you pause you can see the price for the guide: $15.00 U.S., $50.00 CAN. A little joke on the money exchange between the two countries.
When Buzz first sees Zurg's Power source at the start of the movie, the sound effect used is the same as the black spherical droid in Star Wars that goes to interrogate Princess Leia.
When Etch copies the map off the TV and Buzz points to "Al's Toy Barn" and says "That's where I need to go.", the address listed beside "Al's Toy Barn" is also Pixar's address in California.
At practically at the end of the movie when Bo Peep is admiring Woody's fixed arm, if you look in the picture on the calendar in the background it is one of the early pictures of A Bug's Life (shows A Bug's Life type ants carrying food across a leaf).
In the beginning of the movie when Buzz is on the moon land looking for Zurg the moon land background is Ant Island from A Bug's Life only in a different colour.
Sid's sister Hannah can be seen in the airport when the toys go across the floor in a pet cage. She is with her back to the camera playing with another kid in a black chair.
For us Brits: The baggage handler that says "There's a couple more bags coming from the Terminal" is children's TV presenter Andi Peters.
Before the toys cross the street to the toy barn (just before the accident), when they are in the bushes getting ready to cross, you can see Heimlich - the caterpillar from "A Bug's Life" - in the background, eating a leaf.
This film was the first sequel for both Tom Hanks and Tim Allen.
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