It seems clear that Disney wants to continue with the Toy Story franchise, and since it makes money there’s no reason for them to stop.
So if they ever do make Toy Story 6, which is most likely going to happen, it only makes sense for the story to center around Buzz right? I mean, 4 was Woody’s movie, 5 was Jessie’s movie, so 6 has to be Buzz’s movie.
The thing is, is that Buzz doesn’t have an emotional attachment that Pixar can latch on to like Woody and Jessie. Buzz didn’t have the attachment to Andy like Woody did and he didn’t have a former kid like Jessie did. so the story can’t rely on that when it comes to Buzz, because Buzz doesn’t have an emotional attachment.
And so, what can you do with Buzz as a character? since Toy Story 2, the franchise doesn’t know what to do with him. They keep forcing Buzz variants and they're all done for comedic relief.
Well i have an idea. It’s not a fully fleshed out idea so I'm not thinking about Woody or Jessie and how the other toys play in to this. So be advised that this doesn’t take them into consideration.
There’s been a consistent theme with Buzz‘s sense of self. In the first movie he didn’t know who he was. In the third movie he was factory reset. In the fourth movie they made him have a “conscious,” and with five his whole thing with Woody was proving he can be a leader without him(which makes no sense but whatever) but all in all Buzz‘s character has always been about who he is.
Theres also been a consistent Buzz Variant in the movies. each movie theres a new buzz to see. Excluding 3 but he was Spanish buzz so even then he wasn’t Buzz.
So in Toy Story 6 we explore that. He hasn’t been a Child’s favorite toy since that brief stint with Andy. And he’s not Bonnie’s favorite toy. So we can have Buzz start to really struggle with not fully bonding with the kids in that way. What is he doing wrong?
Andy got over him quickly and unlike woody, he was willing to give him away. And then with the way they write Bonnie’s character, her parents are the type to throw away toys rather than fix them and Bonnie wouldn’t care. and that’s not a bad things I hate how Bonnie keeps being villainized by some people.
So Bonnie or one of her parents break Buzz. They buy Bonnie a new and better buzz lightyear toy and they throw Buzz away.
And you know who’s the garbage man? That’s right we bring Sid back into the story. Sid who is the only human who has seen the toys move and speak. and why do I bring Sid back? Well I would love to expand on Sid as a character, but also remember how he was excited about the buzz lightyear doll in the first movie? And remember how he likes to be creative with his dolls, and theres that headcanon that he takes broken dolls and fixes them. Well he sees buzz lightyear and does just that. He fixes buzz.
But it’s not just that. There really needs to be a change in the status quo. Not only does Sid know the toys talk and move, we can see how that interaction would play out. Plus there really needs to be an expansion on the Buzz Lightyear franchise. So since Sid was seen as a big fan of buzz lightyear as a kid, have him still have interest In the franchise, so we get brand m new Buzz Lightyear characters. I’m still baffled there hasn't been a female buzz lightyear doll yet, or any more alien dolls.
And for the emotional core of them movie, let’s explore underprivileged children. there was also the headcanon that Sid didn’t have the best home life And we don’t really see he and Hannah have a lot of toys. So In exploring Sid, we push the idea that toys are important to those who don’t have a lot. and that he may not be the newest model but it doesn’t matter if he is, because a kid will love him either way.
Show how having toys can make the situation better than what it seems. it doesn’t fix all the problems but it allows the child to be a child
We don’t even need Sid to expand on the buzz lightyear franchise now that I think more about it. We can have Sid gift buzz to a kid who loves space rangers and Buzz Lightyear and couldn’t afford the toys. and in that new room we explore the buzz lightyear franchise.
i really do think that if we do get a story focused on Buzz, there needs to be a change with the way they do these movies mainly because Buzz isn’t fleshed out all that much. Andy can’t be used again because that’s Woody’s thing. Buzz doesn’t have an Emily. So they can’t rely on that for the emotional core or the story.. or they could but in the opposite way in that Buzz wants that. he wants what woody had with Andy.
again it’s not a fleshed out idea, but a buzz movie that changes the status quo and focuses on underprivileged kids would be really interesting