our favorite Pixar film from our childhood that was later turned into a
trilogy that followed us into adulthood is being expanded Toy Story 4 is one of
the most anticipated Pixar films in the studio's history according to Tim Allen
and Tom Hanks it's also one of the most emotional Pixar films of all time so
emotional that you might not be able to finish it and that's quite the statement
considering the emotional track record the studio has with films like
inside-out Coco up and wall-e not to mention Toy Story 3 that
incinerator scene left us all shook but the hype has a lot of people speculating
what is Toy Story 4 going to be about there are a lot of theories out there
and today we're going to go ahead and take a look at some of the darker ones
darker ones that might actually be true howdy partner I'm Kyle with wicked binge
and these are five dark Toy Story 4 fan theories but before we begin if you're
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theory one shutting down although very little is known about Toy Story fours
plot at the moment considering all we've really had access to is a couple of
short teaser trailers there's one thing we know for certain the ending is going
to be incredibly emotional Tim Allen who voices Buzz Lightyear said
the last scene of that movie was I couldn't even get through it and I
thought there was pages after it I read it and I had to turn around from the
looking at it in studio he said this is it was so emotional
additionally Tom Hanks who plays woody also made the point saying when I
realized what they were going for I realized oh this is a moment in history
what is this big emotional ending they're talking about Pixar has never
been afraid of heartbreaking writing but it seems like they're going to take it
to another level with Toy Story 4 reddit user kore LaVon has a theory those who
have watched Toy Story movies know that the toys never reveal that they are
alive to humans well except for Sid which we'll get back to in a minute this
theory suggests that the film's main villain whoever it is intends to reveal
him or herself to their owner Woody and Buzz desperately try to convince them
otherwise knowing that it will freak them out and destroy the relationship
but the villain does it anyway as expected the owner freaks out and tells
their parents eventually the world finds out and there's chaos everywhere
toy store is shut down and toys are kept away from kids so it's up to Woody Buzz
and friends to get things back to normal they eventually determine the best
course of action is to shut themselves off for good in the last scene they shut
themselves down and revert to regular toys is this dark yeah
really dark is it plausible I don't know on one hand we already know that toys
are totally capable of revealing themselves to people as we saw it happen
to Sid in the original film so play nice so it's definitely not impossible but as
far as shutting themselves down I guess that's up in the air considering a lot
of toys don't actually have a power supply maybe it's something the toys are
able to do still and the power supply is more metaphorical who knows that said
this is an incredibly dark ending possibility but we have seen darkness in
the past from Toy Story again after the furnace scene anything is possible
theory number two the power of imagination so this one isn't actually
dark but it does segue into a dark one after this so roll with me throughout
the Toy Story trilogy there was never a reason to question if the toys had
always been alive or if there was something in the universe that brought
them to life however one of the new characters introduced in the teaser
trailers has people speculating for key a character that seems to be made out of
a spork so I'm not sure why we call him for key was likely created by Bonnie
maybe as a preschool assignment essentially a handmade toy that you
obviously can't buy from a store in the trailer he comes off as nervous and
quirky and says that he doesn't belong here that he isn't a toy but if this is
the case how exactly did forky come to life
the theory suggests that toys come to life if a child plays with them and
pretends that they are alive a child's imagination is the reason toys are alive
this is a pretty solid theory considering it seems like an appropriate
theme to put into a family film and we've also seen similar characters
throughout the history of animation and film that have followed this sort of
trope that there's a sort of magic that comes from our imagination
if you dig into this a little deeper we start to see some evidence in the
previous films for example Reddit user Mizen abeam points out in Toy Story 2
there's a scene in which hundreds of Buzz Lightyear's are together in a store
aisle every Buzz Lightyear is in their box and not alive however one Buzz
Lightyear is not in the package but in a glass display the display isn't locked
so at some point children could have played with buzz while visiting the
store which brought him to life I have a laser and I will use the same can be
said about the Barbies in packaging versus the Barbies that have been opened
and placed in the vacation display so in Toy Story 4 if Bonnie created 4 key and
began playing with him according to this theory her imagination would bring him
to life because he has no fictional backstory like the other toys he's
filled with anxiety and panic leaving Woody and Buzz to help transition him
into life and toy hood yeah toy hood let's go with that word
theory number 3 the dark side of imagination oK we've broken down the
sunshine and rainbows the power of a child's imagination and all that good
stuff but what if all that is true if so some very dark doors open up if a
child's imagination can create toy life out of anything they play with there
must be some moral dilemma that comes along with it after all for KI surely
isn't the first time a child has brought a homemade toy or a non toy to life are
you telling me that every crummy arts and crafts project is worthy of life
what kind of existence is that and let's not forget that ham isn't a toy he's
just a piggy bank so this sort of magic also works on things that aren't
traditional toys and in this day and age in which kids just play video games for
the most part what happens when a kid plays fortnight or a mobile game does
the computer come to life does the iPhone come to life what exactly is the
limitation what happens in the rare occasion in which a little kid plays
with some random household appliance like let's say I don't know a toaster or
a desk lamp or a radio or a blanket or a vacuum wait a minute
maybe that explains the Brave Little Toaster and let's
real that movie was super dark I'm pretty sure the air-conditioner killed
itself
and keep your tinfoil hats on for a minute because I'm not done for that
matter what about Syd Syd essentially had a torture chamber filled with hacked
apart toys what happens when he breaks two toys and reassembles them together
does it create a new consciousness it would make SIDS room across between
Frankenstein's lab and one of the saw sequels surely if one has the ability to
create life then there must be some ethical dilemmas involved right or maybe
we're just overthinking yeah probably them genies all better now
theory number for the carnival toys as of right now Toy Story fours IMDB plot
summary states when a new toy called for key joins woody in the gang a road trip
alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy
presumably somewhere on this road trip the gang finds themselves at a carnival
we see this in the teaser trailer in which two carnival stuffed animals ducky
and bunny voiced by keegan-michael key and Jordan Peele deliver some banter to
infinity and your mom given all the detail throughout the series when it
comes to humanizing toys specifically giving toys their own purpose meaning
and having them struggle with abandonment it would make sense that
these carnival toys have their own different emotional backstory that only
carnival toys have if you think about what carnival game toys are and always
have been they're essentially toys that don't have much value to children
they're usually made poorly and are forgotten about rather quickly
they're never comparable to a favorite toy like a Buzz Lightyear given that Toy
Story films are never shallow in what they explore we may get an emotional
backstory from these toys not unlike Jesse's or an existential crisis not
unlike the one that buzz went through in the first movie theory number 5 Andy's
dad one of the questions many toy story fans have asked over the last couple
decades is where is Andy's dad it's that important to the plot but still remains
one of the questions that pops up regularly online some reddit users have
speculated that because Woody is a vintage toy and has likely been around
for a long time he was originally owned by Andy's father and passed on to Andy
the implication being that his dad passed away early on however with the
theme of a road trip present for Toy Story 4 some are wondering if it's
possible that Andy's dad didn't die but just left his family with woody and the
gang stumbling onto a carnival it's possible that woody finds Andy's dad
once again after abandoning his family but like other theories this one is
pretty dark maybe too much for a family movie but as we've pointed out Pixar has
not shied away from darkness in the past what do you think so do you think that
any of these theories are possible or do you just think we're nuts or do you have
any dark theories of your own let us know in the comments section below
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