Toy Story 3 - Beat Sheet

Opening Image – most of the characters from previous Tory Story movies are introduced, they’re in one of many adventures played and created by Andy, it’s revealed that it’s an older video of Andy playing with his toys

Theme Stated – Andy is going to college and Woody wants himself and all of the toys to be there with him

Set Up – Andy isn’t as interested in playing with his toys, he has grown up and ready to move on to college, his boxes are ready to leave and the toys want to make sure they make it into the things he takes with him to college

Catalyst – Andy’s toys are put into a trash bag that his mom mistakes for trash, so she takes it outside then Woody goes to save the mix-up before the garbage truck makes it

Debate – the toys are convinced that Andy doesn’t want them anymore, however Woody is still insisting that Andy does care and that they should be there for him, the toys decide that they go to Sunnyside instead for a better life

Break into two – they arrive at Sunnyside daycare and at first glance everything looks great, they meet new toys who seem nice, Woody is still convinced that he would be needed by Andy

B story – while the toys are at Sunnyside with the younger kids in the daycare, Woody escapes to return to Andy

Fun and games – Bonnie, this little girl, finds Woody and takes him home, while at Sunnyside, the toys realize their daycare isn’t as fun as they thought it would be, Buzz wants to talk to Lotso to talk to them about changing their age group, however he learns that the group of toys that welcomed them in are not good toys and Buzz gets reprogrammed by Lotso

Midpoint – the toys are locked up and controlled by the bad Sunnyside toys, Woody goes to rescue his friends at Sunnyside

Bad guys close in – lotso’s toys patrol the daycare during the night, but the toys have a plan to escape and everyone is working together in their own tasks

All is lost – all the toys make it to the garbage chute, but at the last second lotso appears to stop them from escaping, the baby throws lotso into the bin and woody is grabbed by the foot by lotso. All of the toys get thrown into the bin after trying to save woody

Dark night of the soul – all of the toys were so close to escaping but they all somehow find their doom in the garbage bin, plus they’re all stuck in there with lotso, they all fall into the pit where the trash goes to burn in the fire and they all brace each other and are ready

Break into three – a giant claw saves the group of toys from being burned (and of course it’s the little aliens), the toys are saved, lotso is taken away by a driver

Finale – the toys make their way to Andy’s by getting on a garbarge truck that’s on the way to Andy’s house, they make it into the house and into the box set for attic while Woody plans to go into the box for college. Woody writes Bonnie’s address for the box that’s supposed to go to the attic and Andy goes to drop the toys off

Final image – Andy shows Bonnie all of the toys to her and they play together and with andy one last time