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Lee Unkrich reveals some rejected Toy Story titles that were kicked around!
Ahoy, squirts! Quint here. I’m a big fan of getting inside glimpses at the filmmaking process, which is why I have that daily behind the scenes column and why I obsessed over Fangoria, Cinefantastique and making of books as a kid.
So, while this isn’t hard breaking news, I found it really fascinating when Pixar’s Lee Unkrich casually dropped a bunch of rejected Toy Story titles via his Twitter page today. Toy Story was the working title of the movie, always intended to be a place holder for the real title.
The entire studio was asked for ideas on the title and over 200 potential titles were submitted. Some of them are really nice, some of them funny, some rotten (or “bottom of the barrel” as Unkrich said), but all are fascinating if you’re a Pixar fan or a fan of little trivia tidbits like I am.
Here’s a list of some of the titles that Unkrich dropped.
The New Toy
Made In Taiwan
Moving Buddies
To Infinity and Beyond
Wind-Up Heroes
The Cowboy & The Spaceman
Spurs & Rockets
Bring Me The Arm of Buzz Lightyear
Toyz in the Hood
Each Sold Separately
Wings & Pullstrings
Some Assembly Required
The Favorite
I quite like Wings & Pullstrings, To Infinity and Beyond and Some Assembly Required, although that one sounds a bit too much like Batteries Not Included. None of them are better than simple old Toy Story, but I figured from one geek to another I’d share this little bit of fun I spotted in my Twitter feed. What do you think?
-Eric Vespe
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Sorry, that was a foul one.
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I reckon
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Sounds like a pretty good Western.
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Aug 23, 2011 7:49:25 PM CDT
Mattel-star Galac-toy-ca (I win, that's two puns, beeatches)
by xevioso5
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Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
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HOW ARE THESE TALKING TO ME.
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That was from an old comic strip.
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by yelsaeb
Sounds like a pretty good Western.
Cowboys & Aliens sucked dude -
... Like A-Team... Okay I'm done.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:02:26 PM CDT
You get old and no one loves you anymore. Let's go kill ourselves.
by smokingrobot
Christ, these movies are depressing for movies about toys.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:08:26 PM CDT
I like Each Sold Separately and The Cowboy and The Spaceman
by bobo_vision
Apparently....Batteries Not Included was taken.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:10:36 PM CDT
Remember that Barry Levinson film, Toys, starring Robin Williams
by bobo_vision
What a flaming pile of shit that was.
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Too soon?
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Okay....no.
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No? Alright.
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Aug 23, 2011 9:24:51 PM CDT
For the love of all that is good and holy, do NOT make a fourth Toy Story movie
by nasty in the pasty
I *love* these characters, but the third ended in the most perfect way imaginable, and I'd hate to see a stinky Cars 2-style cash-in on that goodwill. Make all the TS shorts you want, but do NOT fuckin' make another movie.
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Cash only.
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"Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia".
Heh heh... imagine THAT kind of Toy Story movie! -
Bad Toys II
Oldtoy
Y Toy Mamá También -
Seriously, the kid was having to use a piggy bank and his sister's Little Beau Peep doll as filler!
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yes, with the three exclamation marks. I win.
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either sexual joke or casey affleck as a murdering toy
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Buzz Lightyear was Buzz Lighttouch and was a vibrator. You could hear the woman moaning "To Infinity... And Beyond!" and I think Woody was in dominatrix (dominator?) bondage attire yelling at Buzz "You're a horny woman's plaything!" I miss the 90s.
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Yeah that's what I got you wanna make something of it?
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Aug 24, 2011 12:06:28 AM CDT
Titles are the Only Original Concepts That Pixar Creates
by dennis_moore
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I got nothin'
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Got to be a joke made by Unkrich
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Aug 24, 2011 5:34:40 AM CDT
The last one adhered to the 3rd movie weakness curse...
by lennon-shot-first
...That can so often occur. It was a tired movie with none of the charm of the first and none of the excitement and energy of the second, and the 3D (yet again) was utterly pointless and added nothing to the movie except annoying blur and dull colour tone. That was the movie that made me decide to never see another 3D movie if I have a choice of the 2D version.
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Genius.
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I still think The Kid With the Crappiest Toy Collection is the funniest...
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Aug 24, 2011 7:06:04 AM CDT
I always thought Ratatouille should have been called "Tiny Chef"
by ricarleite4
But that's me.
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Aug 24, 2011 7:13:46 AM CDT
Woody should be glad he wasn't taken to college. Andy was so obviously homosexual...
by ricarleite4
... he would eventually lube Woody and shove him up his ass.
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Actually, I like THE NEW TOY better than TOY STORY.
TOY STORY II = THE OLD TOY SALE
TOY STORY III = THE TOYS' NEW HOME.
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Aug 24, 2011 7:36:38 AM CDT
The Cowboy and the Spaceman: The lives of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
by asimovlives
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Aug 24, 2011 7:40:42 AM CDT
Dr Strangetoy or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Buzz Lightyear
by drtremendous
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Simple and to the point
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What happened to Sid?
He should have been in the 3rd one, still completely tramatized from the toys coming alive in the first movie. -
play with us! play with us! play with us! Sheesh, have some dignity guys.
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Aug 24, 2011 9:49:08 AM CDT
The Assassination of Sheriff Woody by the Coward Buzz Lightyear
by rosasaks
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Aug 24, 2011 9:56:43 AM CDT
There's a Snake in my Boot: The True Story of Woody and Buzz
by drtremendous
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No? Oh, okay then.
How about:
Soylent Green is Plastic
They Melt Plastic Horses, Don't They?
Toypocalypse Now!
or simply:
Toys Aren't People, So Let Them Fuckin' Burn
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Bad Toys Bad Toys...whatcha gonna do?...whatcha gonna do when Sid comes for you?
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Aug 24, 2011 10:35:11 AM CDT
About a Toy, The Last Toy Scout, The Toys From Brazil, Toy Meets World
by impossibledreamers
Okay, this is addictive.
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Aug 24, 2011 11:00:03 AM CDT
Toy Story and the Deathly Hallows: Part Infinity and Beyond
by rosasaks
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is for fags
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Part IV
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Aug 24, 2011 2:16:17 PM CDT
The Philadelphia Toy Story (Woody dies of AIDS, Hanks wins an Oscar)
by rosasaks
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Made in Taiwan - it will follow different characters as they journey to unlock the secret of their origins.. eventually leading them to a toy factory crushing, their spirits; until a familiar face from the original trilogy ninjas in and teaches them the value of what toys are here for. Can anyone dig?
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But it can't be ninjas because that's from Japan. Let it be Kung Fu dolls and we see how GI Joe learns the kung fu grip in the first place. Add in some sodomy and I'm with ya.
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all those outdated wooden toys are being replaced by computers
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Aug 24, 2011 9:06:37 PM CDT
FAO Schwarzkopf and the GPS Guided Flourescent Pink Toys of Focus Group, California
by sasquatch_with_a_swatch_watch
no need to wind, no points of articulation, your children need not suffer imagination-induced headaches attempting to play with these toys, they do it all themselves in a hypoallergenic environment safe from free radicals and pollens.
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Load 8 million DVDs onto a boat, and with Celine Dion slowly singing, they sink under the waves...
ahh. there. A whole new world. -
Raging Toy
Serious titles:
The New Toy in the Box
Adventures in Toyland -
your name is hilarious :D
great one -
That one actually works in the context of the first film. Woody knocks Buzz out the window and the other toys accuse him of murder.
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Aug 25, 2011 9:12:46 AM CDT
Raiders of the Lost Toy; Woody and the Temple of Toys; Buzz and the Toy Crusade
by ervfilmz
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With Stephen Dorff as both Buzz and Woody.
And hockey puck. -
They cut the scene where the dogs ate the old guy from UP, so the title didn't really work anymore.
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