Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American computer-animatedcomedy adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Lee Unkrich and Ash Brannon, it is the sequel to the 1995 filmToy Story.
Woody is stolen by a toy collector, prompting Buzz Lightyear and his friends to vow to rescue him. However, Woody finds the idea of immortality in a museum tempting. Many of the original characters and voices from Toy Storyreturned for this sequel, and several new characters, including Jessie (voiced by Joan Cusack), Barbie (voiced byJodi Benson), and Mrs. Potato Head (voiced by Estelle Harris), were introduced.A few years after the events in Toy Story, Woody prepares to go to cowboy camp with Andy, but his right arm is accidentally ripped. Andy decides to leave him behind, and his mother puts him on a shelf. The next day, Woody discovers that the penguin toy Wheezy has been shelved for months due to a broken squeaker. When Andy's mother puts Wheezy in a yard sale, Woody rescues him, but is stolen by a toy collector. Buzz Lightyear and the other toys recognize the thief from a commercial as Al McWhiggin, the greedy owner of a toy shop called Al's Toy Barn. Buzz, Hamm, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, and Rexset out to rescue Woody.
In Al's apartment, Woody learns that he is a valuable collectable based on a 1950s TV show calledWoody's Roundup and is set to be sold to a toy museum in Tokyo. The other toys from the show—Jessie, Woody's horse Bullseye, and Stinky Pete—are excited to go, but Woody wants to return home because he is still Andy's toy. Jessie is upset because the museum is only interested in the collection if Woody is in it. Without him, they will be returned to storage. When Woody's arm falls off, his attempt to retrieve it and escape is foiled. The next morning, Woody's arm is fixed, and he learns that Jessie was once the beloved toy of a child named Emily, who eventually outgrew her and gave her away. Stinky Pete warns him that the same fate awaits him when Andy grows up, whereas he will last forever in the museum. This convinces Woody, who now believes that all toys eventually get discarded by their owners, to stay.Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is a standardplatform game controlled from a third-person perspective. The player controls the protagonist, Buzz Lightyear in a three-dimensional world categorized by levels based on the movie that include Andy's house, Al's Toy Barn, Al's penthouse and the airport at the end of the movie. The game also features many of the original characters such as Hamm, Rex, Slinkyand Mr. Potato Head as NPCs that give Buzz Lightyeardifferent tasks to complete. Upon completing these tasks you are rewarded with a Pizza Planet token that allows you to progress to more difficult levels.
Most of the enemies in the game are not seen in the movie (excluding some bosses) and are placed throughout the levels anywhere and everywhere. Some enemies have different abilities than others which include jumping, flying, firing projectiles, and blocking. Most enemies, if not all, do damage to you on contact (with the exception of Buzz's spinning attack). Note that the enemies health is not displayed (unless it's a boss) which makes defeating some enemies frustrating.
Buzz Lightyear is equipped with a few different attacks and powers to defeat enemies and progress through levels and the challenges they bring. Buzz has a basic laser attack that fires a single projectile from his arm that damages the enemy. This attack can be charged up by holding the attack button to deal greater damage. Buzz also has a spinning attack that hits enemies with his pop-out wings and can also be used to deflect some enemy projectiles. Similar to the laser attack, the spin attack can be charged to spin for a longer duration, although the charged spin attack leaves Buzz vulnerable by being stunned momentarily after the spinning. This move will be needed in later levels, as some enemies and bosses do not take damage from the laser. Another one of Buzz's abilities is jumping and double-jumping. Note that it's best to time the double-jump properly in some cases to achieve the maximum advantage of the double-jump. It's possible to improperly execute a double-jump thus making some obstacles tougher than what they should be or downright impossible.
In the first level of every zone, Mr. Potato Head will appear with one of his body parts missing. If you find that body part, he will reward you with a power-up that is permanently unlocked and can be used in other levels that have that power-up available. These power-ups can help Buzz progress through the game in different ways by making some obstacles, tasks and challenges easier or possible. The power-ups are the Cosmic Shield that protects you from damage and hazardous materials, the Disc Launcher that helps defeat tough enemies in hard-to-reach places, the Rocket Boots that make Buzz move really fast to complete daunting tasks, the Grappling Hook to reach high places and lastly the Hover Boots that make Buzz float for a few moments to reach high places.
Meanwhile, Buzz and the other toys reach Al's Toy Barn. While searching the store for Woody, Buzz is imprisoned in a cardboard box by another Buzz Lightyear action figure with a utility belt, who thinks he is a real space ranger. The new Buzz joins the other toys, who mistake him as their Buzz and, after discovering Al's plan, they make their way to his apartment. The real Buzz escapes and pursues them. After the toys find Woody, the real Buzz rejoins them and proves that he is Andy's Buzz, but Woody refuses to return home. Buzz reminds Woody of "a toy's true purpose" and warns him that in the museum, he will never be played with by a child again. After seeing a boy play on the TV, Woody changes his mind and asks the Roundup toys to come with him. However, Stinky Pete prevents their escape because he wants to go to Japan, as he was unsold to children.
Al arrives and takes the Roundup toys with him, forcing Andy's toys to follow him while the new Buzz chooses to remain behind. Accompanied by three toy Aliens, they steal a Pizza Planet delivery truck and follow Al to an airport, where they enter the baggage handling system and free Woody. Stinky Pete rips Woody's right arm again and tries to mutilate him, but is stuffed into a little girl's Barbie backpack by Andy's toys. They free Bullseye, but Jessie ends up on the plane bound for Japan. Assisted by Buzz and Bullseye, Woody frees Jessie and the toys find their way home.Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue is a platform game based on (the) Pixar's computer animated movie Toy Story 2 and is the sequel to the first game. It was released for the Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, and Windows 95/98/ME PC in 1999 and 2000.
Andy returns home from the camp, accepts Jessie, Bullseye, and the Aliens as his new toys, thinking his mother bought them, and repairs Woody's torn arm. The toys learn from a commercial that Al's business has suffered due to failing to sell the Roundup toys. Woody tells Buzz that he is not worried about Andy discarding him because, when he does, they will always have each other for company. Meanwhile, Wheezy has been fixed and ends the film with a Sinatra-style version of "You've Got a Friend in Me".
Disney initially envisioned the film as a direct-to-video sequel. Toy Story 2 began production in a building separated from Pixar, on a small scale, as most of the main Pixar staff were busy working on A Bug's Life (1998). When story reels proved promising, Disney upgraded the film to theatrical release, but Pixar was unhappy with the film's quality. Lasseter and the story team redeveloped the entire plot in one weekend. Although most Pixar features take years to develop, the established release date could not be moved and the production schedule for Toy Story 2 was compressed into nine months