In the TS world, of course everyone’s favorite characters are alive. Can Buzz (and to that extent, Robot, Mr Spell, etc) live (as in be alive) without their batteries in them? -Omar
Good question.
I always found it weird that when RC’s batteries “run-out” he stops moving, even though he is a “toy” in the Toy Story universe (that is, he is “alive” when humans aren’t around) as opposed to a non-toy like the wooden car at the start of Toy Story 2 which apparently wasn’t a “toy”.
Maybe battery-powered toys in the Toy Story universe do need their batteries to stay “alive”. In TS3 when they were[spoil] talking about going to the attic, I’m pretty sure Buzz or Woody mentioned that they had a supply of batteries (which indicates that there was a need for batteries). And Lotso’s gang were gambling with batteries (as well as Monopoly money) which indicates that they had “value” to the toys.[/spoil]
I’ll guess, that Buzz cannot “live” without his batteries for some reason.
EDIT- Just added some spoiler tags to minor spoilers.
-lizardgirl
In one of Shark’s scary stories, he concludes with the line “… and when they found him, his batteries were dead!” So I think it does have importance, but it might also depend on if the child won’t play with a toy with dead batteries.
Yeah, the Toy Story Treats, I remember that one.
I actually removed my Buzz’s batteries so I could keep him in bed without him shouting in the middle of the night when I roll over on him -Omar
Ha. Similarly, I have a Stitch pillow that has a lasergun sound effect when you press a certain part. I kept activating it so I removed it from my bed (it was only decorative anyway). The cat once stepped on it and it scared the life out of the cat too.
I think there is a certain amount of contradiction in the Toy Story world about this matter. Agent 86 points out a few good examples about how toys like Buzz seem to need batteries to be alive, but then RC does contradict this by still being alive (just tired and unable to move) when his batteries run out. I think as a whole the toys that use batteries do seem to need them to be alive, but there are some exceptions to this rule.
But doesn’t RC completely stop at one point?, you never see any signs that he’s a live after that really that I can remember…nothing that would contradict it. The only thing that doesn’t make sense is that if the batteries are serving as Buzz, RC’s, Mr Spell’s, etc life source, what is everyone else running on?
Hmm, good point, YouUnculturedSwine- it seems to be one set of rules for one type of toys, and another set of rules for another type. What about toys that need to be wound up? They don’t seem to need an outside energy source in the same way that battery powered toys do (and by an outside energy source, I mean a human winding them up, just to clarify.)
i never really thought buzz would stop working when his batterys are dead…it seem more like his features (lights, sounds, anything that needs battery power) would stop working …and if you take away buzz’s electronics, he is just plastic (or a action figure)…and many of the toy story characters are just plastic (hamm, mr.potato head)
as for rc, he needs battery power to run because he was design to run on batterys…similar to a car. otherwise he can’t move his wheels.
I find RC confusing. It seems that he died after his batteries ran out, even though he could run on his own. But when running on his own, would his batteries get depleted? Wouldn’t make sense for Andy to keep changing RC’s batteries so often. Also, Andy had Hot Wheels cars that can run on their own without any electronics.
I suppose so, and for th eother electronic toys also as he mentions something about changing batteries whilst Andy and Woody are away at the start at of the second one doesn’t he if my memory serves me correct?
I doubt that the lives of the battery operated toys depend on always having them; remember that even after RC’s batteries run out, he’s still able to move his eyes and make a small happy-type motion when Woody lights the rocket. Based on that, I would think that they can still live, just not use their battery-powered features.
In one of the Toy Story easter eggs, the shark was telling some kind of story, and their reference to a toy getting killed was them having their batteries taken out (or something like that).