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Toy Story is an American media franchise created by Pixar and owned by The Walt Disney Company. It consists of four films: Toy Story (1995), Toy Story 2 (1999), Toy Story 3 (2010), Toy Story 4 (2019), and Toy Story 5 (2026). The first picture was the first computer-animated film in history.

References to Toy Story in the Simpsons[edit]

Episodes[edit]

Season	Episode number	Episode name	Reference
17	364	"The Italian Bob"	Lisa mentions that Tim Allen voices Buzz Lightyear.
20	434	"In the Name of the Grandfather"	The judge looks a lot like Mr. Potato Head. Also, Homer says he admires Mr. Potato Head.
21	454	"The Color Yellow"	Ralph draws a picture, featuring Elmo, Buzz Lightyear and himself with balloons, saying that dreams are where Elmo and Buzz Lightyear had a party.
22	475	"Flaming Moe"	At school, Bart is playing with a Buzz Spaceyear toy - a parody of a character from the Toy Story film series by Pixar. He hits it with a hammer and demands it come to life.
478	"Angry Dad: The Movie"	Condiments is a parody of Toy Story and is created by Mixar, a parody of Pixar. Timmy is a parody of Andy, a bottle of ketchup is a parody of Woody, a peanut butter jar is a parody of Hamm and a horseradish bottle is a parody of Bullseye.
Mr. Carrot Head is a parody of Mr. Potato Head. In this same scene, Randy Newman sings "You've Got an Enemy", a parody of "You've Got a Friend in Me" from Toy Story.
480	"A Midsummer's Nice Dreams"	A Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear from Toy Story 3 is seen in Eleanor Abernathy's house and later in 742 Evergreen Terrace.
23	490	"Replaceable You"	Slinky Dog from Toy Story and its sequels is seen on Bart's desk.
506	"The Spy Who Learned Me"	When Homer tries to make Stradivarius Cain re-appear, one of the imaginary friends that appears is Mr. Potato Head.
28	598	"Friends and Family"	Using VR, Smithers changes the heads of Maggie, Bart and Lisa to Mr. Potato Head.
32	688	"Treehouse of Horror XXXI"	"Toy Gory" is a parody of Toy Story. A Mr. Potato Head also appears in the segment. The songs "You Put a Dent in Me" and "This Is the End of Bart" are a parody of "You've Got a Friend in Me" from the film.
34	737	"When Nelson Met Lisa"	Buzz Light Roast is a reference to Buzz Lightyear. Its slogan is "To jittery and beyond", a reference to Buzz's slogan "To infinity and beyond."
36	783	"The Flandshees of Innersimpson"	One of the famous duos that Homer and Ned hallucinate themselves as is Buzz Lightyear and Sheriff Woody.
790	"Estranger Things"	Sarah McLachlan sings "A Mother's Heartbreak", a parody of her song "When She Loved Me" from Toy Story 2. The Itchy and Scratchy dolls also come to life.

Specials[edit]

Picture	Special name	Reference
	Everybody Smile	Marge is dressed as Bo Peep.
	Plusaversary	Buzz Lightyear is seen arm wrestling The Mandalorian whilst Sheriff Woody, Jessie, and Hamm watch.

Common Cast and Crew[edit]

Cast[edit]

Name	Role in Toy Story	Role on The Simpsons
Mel Brooks	Voiced Melephant Brooks in Toy Story 4 and the short television series Forky Asks a Question.	Voiced himself in the season 6 episode "Homer vs. Patty and Selma".
Robin Atkin Downes	Voiced Mr. Pricklepants in Forky Asks a Question.	Voiced several British men in "The 7 Beer Itch".
R. Lee Ermey	Voiced Sarge in the movies and videogames.	Voiced Leslie Hapablap in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" and "Waiting for Duffman".
Flea	Voiced the Caboom TV Announcer in Toy Story 4.	Voiced himself in "Krusty Gets Kancelled".
Kelsey Grammer	Voiced Stinky Pete the Prospector in Toy Story 2.	Voice of Sideshow Bob.
Robert Goulet	Voiced Wheezy with his singing voice in Toy Story 2.	Voiced himself in "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)".
Bill Hader	Voiced Axel the Carnie in Toy Story 4.	Voiced Slava in the season 24 episode "The Fabulous Faker Boy", and Manacek in the season 29 episode "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't".
Tom Hanks	Voiced Sheriff Woody in the movies, the two holiday specials, and the three Toy Story Toons episodes.	Voiced himself in the film The Simpsons Movie.
Penn Jillette	Voiced the TV Announcer in Toy Story.	Voiced himself in "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" and "The Great Simpsina".
Michael Keaton	Voiced Ken in Toy Story 3 and one Toy Story Toons short.	Voiced Jack Crowley in "Pokey Mom" and Hal Julian in "Treehouse of Horror XXXVI".
Keegan-Michael Key	Voiced Ducky in Toy Story 4.	Voiced Jazzy James in "The Great Phatsby: Part One" and "The Great Phatsby: Part Two".
Richard Kind	Voiced the Bookworm in Toy Story 3.	Voiced A Christmas Ornament for Christmas director in the season 32 episode "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas".
Dawnn Lewis	Voiced a delivery lady in Toy Story of Terror!.	Has voiced many different characters in many episodes.
Jane Lynch	Voiced Neptuna in the Toy Story Toons episode "Small Fry".	Voiced Roz Davis in "Replaceable You" and Jeanie in "'Tis the 30th Season".
Ken Marino	Voiced Pocketeer in the Halloween television special Toy Story of Terror!.	Voiced Dean Belichick in the season 35 episode "Do the Wrong Thing".
Kate McKinnon	Voiced a Pez Cat in the Halloween television special Toy Story of Terror!.	Voiced Hettie in "Gal of Constant Sorrow".
John Ratzenberger	Voiced Hamm in the movies and shorts.	Voiced Cliff Clavin, his character from Cheers, in "Fear of Flying" and the Pixar version of Homer in "Treehouse of Horror XXV".
Kristen Schaal	Voiced Trixie in the movies and shorts.	Voiced Taffy in the season 22 episode "Homer Scissorhands" and also reprised her role as Louise Belcher in the couch gag of the season 30 episode "My Way or the Highway to Heaven".
Wallace Shawn	Voiced Rex in the movies and shorts.	Voiced Wallace the Hernia in the season 30 episode "I Want You (She's So Heavy)".
Stephen Tobolowsky	Voiced Ron the Hotel Manager in the Halloween television special Toy Story of Terror!.	Voiced Merle in "Aunt Misbehavin'".
Jim Varney	Voiced Slinky Dog in Toy Story and Toy Story 2.	Voiced Cooder in the season 9 episode "Bart Carny".
Betty White	Voiced Bitey White in Toy Story 4 and the short television series Forky Asks a Question.	Voiced herself in the season 11 episode "Missionary: Impossible" and the season 18 episode "Homerazzi".

Crew[edit]

Name	Role in Toy Story	Role on The Simpsons
Michael Giacchino	Composed the music for Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, and Lightyear.	Composed additional music for the Medal of Homer level for The Simpsons Game and composed the song "World's Worst Internet Troll" for the season 32 episode "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?".
Henry Jackman	Composed the music for Small Fry.	Composed additional music for The Simpsons Movie and for the album The Simpsons Movie: The Music.
Rashida Jones	Co-wrote the story of Toy Story 4.	Voiced Portia in "The Changing of the Guardian".
Mark Mothersbaugh	Composed the music for Hawaiian Vacation.	Composed the song "Whip It" from the season 8 episode "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" and composed for "Around the World in 80 Bites" in The Simpsons Game.
Randy Newman	Composed the music for the four films.	Wrote the song "I Love to See You Smile", which was covered on the album The Simpsons Sing the Blues.

External links[edit]

Toy Story at Wikipedia

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