Lasseter attributes his design to the influence of Apollo astronauts, in particular, their clear helmets, skullcaps, communication devices, and white suits. Joe for the film and decided upon a spaceman figure. Regarding the design of Lightyear, Toy Story director John Lasseter said he wanted to create an action figure in the line of G.I. Aldrin did not receive any endorsement fees for the use of his nickname. A clip of this can be found on the Toy Story 10th Anniversary DVD. Aldrin acknowledged the tribute when he pulled a Buzz Lightyear toy out during a speech at NASA. According to Pixar producers, the character was provisionally named Lunar Larry, but it sounded "too wacky". Chris Evans voiced this version of the character in the 2022 spin-off film Lightyear, presented as an in-universe film the characters in Toy Story would watch (as previously depicted in the opening scene of The Adventure Begins) exploring their origin story, with James Brolin additionally voicing an elderly, nihilistic version of Buzz from an alternate future, known as Zurg (a separate character from Emperor Zurg).īuzz Lightyear's name was in honor of Apollo 11 astronaut Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, the second person to walk on the Moon.
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The in-universe Buzz Lightyear, Space Ranger fictional character whom the toy Buzz is based on also appears in the 2000 direct-to-video film Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, and subsequent spin-off television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, voiced respectively by Allen and Patrick Warburton. In Toy Story (1995), unlike most other toys, Buzz initially believes himself to be the "real" Buzz Lightyear, and comes to terms with actually being just a toy in Toy Story 2 (1999), Buzz encounters other Buzz Lightyear action figures from the toyline who similarly believe themselves to be "real", including one of the character's in-universe archenemy and father: Emperor Zurg in Toy Story 3 (2010), set ten years later, Buzz explores a romance with cowgirl figure Jessie, while his Spanish mode is also uncovered while in Toy Story 4 (2019), Buzz finds his inner voice and bids farewell to Woody, who leaves to be with Bo Peep. He is the only Toy Story character in all of the franchise's animated films, including spin-offs, although his friend Woody is the main protagonist in all of the four films of the series. He is a superhero toy action figure based on the in-universe media franchise consisting of a blockbuster feature film and animated series, a Space Ranger.
Larry Lightyear / Emperor Zurg (father in-universe backstory)īuzz Lightyear is one of the main characters in the Disney/ Pixar Toy Story franchise, in which he is mainly voiced by Tim Allen.
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