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| “ | I didn't throw you away, your kid did! Ain't one kid ever love a toy really! Chew on THAT when you're at the DUMP! | „ |
| ~ Lotso to Andy's Toys. |
| “ | This is what happens when you DUMMIES try to think! WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!! | „ |
| ~ Lotso's villainous breakdown as he reveals his true nature and beliefs on life as a toy to his former minions. |
| “ | WHERE'S YOUR KID NOW, SHERIFF?!?! | „ |
| ~ Lotso's last words and most infamous quote as he leaves Andy's toys to die in the incinerator. |
Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, most commonly known as Lotso for short, is the main antagonist of Pixar's 11th full-length animated feature film Toy Story 3, the third installment in the Toy Story film series.
Lotso is a large pink sentient strawberry-scented teddy bear who was accidentally lost and replaced by his owner Daisy and rules Sunnyside Daycare with an iron fist with the aid of his minions; Ken, Big Baby, Stretch, Sparks, Chunk, Twitch, the Bookworm and the Monkey. Lotso rigged the system so that other toys would be misstated by the Daycare's younger children while he and his minions were better treated by the older children and kept toys imprisoned to ensure no one could break out of his jail at all. Ultimately, Lotso's reign of terror entirely ended when Andy's Toys arrived.
He was voiced by the late Ned Beatty, who also played Otis in the classic Superman film series, Charles Meachum in Shooter and Tortoise John in Rango.
Toy Story 3's Description
"Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear is a jumbo, extra-soft teddy bear with a pink and white plush body and a velvety purple nose. This lovable bear stands fuzzy heads and shoulders above other teddy bears because he smells like sweet strawberries! With a smile that will light up your child's face and a belly just asking to be hugged, Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear is sure to become a bedtime necessity. Stain-resistant. Spot clean plush surface with a damp cloth."
Personality
| “ | Mr. Pricklepants: Sunnyside is a place of ruin and despair, ruled by an evil bear who smells of strawberries. Woody: Lotso? Buttercup: The guy may seem plush and huggable on the outside, but inside, he's a monster. |
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| ~ Mr. Pricklepants and Buttercup telling Woody about Lotso's true nature |
At first, Lotso seemed like a very caring, compassionate, friendly, polite, and benevolent teddy bear, welcoming Woody and the gang with open arms, giving them a tour, and telling the toys that different kids at the daycare center would continue to play with them for many years to come and that they would never get rejected. However, this was only a ruse as his true self is actually a very tyrannical, cruel, unfriendly, selfish, sadistic, manipulative, and brutal control freak who regularly abused his position, despised children and toys alike, and ruled Sunnyside as a prison camp out of usurpation.
Lotso often imprisoned new toys in the Caterpillar Room so that he could test their ability to endure the misuse of the reckless and destructive young children there until the broken toys are thrown away and sent to the dump to their deaths, with no remorse for it. This nature was because according to Chuckles, Lotso was originally a good and gentle bear, a friend of both Chuckles and Big Baby. He loved their owner Daisy as much as she loved him and his former friends, as they did everything together.
However, when Daisy forgot them and replaced Lotso with another teddy bear, he felt betrayed and heartbroken. The grief and huge anger drove Lotso to develop an extremely harsh expression of cynicism and a very negative philosophy about being a toy, believing that they were nothing special and destined to just get thrown out in the trash. This is somewhat accurate considering the fact that toys tend to be given away and sometimes even discarded by their owners when they outgrow them. Lotso even deemed love as a complete illusion, and while he played up his affable image as the ruler of Sunnyside, he developed near fatalist tendencies as he stated that all toys were ultimately made to just be thrown away and there was no salvation for them. So whether Lotso gave any toys the privilege of being in the Butterfly Room or not didn't matter. In other words, Lotso lets his abandonment issues get the better of him, as he strives to make everyone else feel equally as hopeless because of it.
Lotso develops and show deep distrust against human owners which will only cause him so much cruel hatred and often thinking on humans are meant to be unlovable and upon that committed crimes filled with deep hate.
Lotso never ever gives the toys in The Caterpillar Room a slight chance of getting out and wanted them to suffer in terror of the children's rough play on them which would mean that Lotso is risking lives of all the toys in there (meaning that he is coming close to negligence) but didn't care if it is the case whereas he wants to protect himself out of cruel intent.
Lotso is shown to be power hungry when he cruelly enslaves his minions on his side and nobody else and lie to them out of his own conspiracy theory about owners causing fatal injuries on toys then again another hypocritical statement whereas in The Caterpillar Room, The toys died because of Lotso and his pure evil, criminal and wicked wrath of tyranny and also his murderous imprisonment he had given to all the toys he cruelly trapped in The Caterpillar Room over the past few years.
But the toys wanted to escape because they witnessed the injuries of their own kind and can feel their own death waiting to happen and therefore, the toys are now trapped inside Sunnyside Daycare and being tortured more the next day.
Lotso also really showed no mercy to toys that resisted, opposed, helped other toys escape, and did not follow his views, with examples being breaking Chuckles the Clown and Chatter Telephone, having Stretch push the toys into the dumpster, disowning Ken for not agreeing with his view that there were a hundred million Barbie dolls, and punching Big Baby violently with his mallet for being attached to their former owner again. By destroying Big Baby's old pendant, Lotso showed that he not only wanted to forget his own relationship with Daisy and pretend it never even existed, but he also wanted to destroy all of Big Baby's ties to Daisy and, by extension, all toys' ties to their owners. He plots to sabotage the existence of toykind upon his belief of their purpose so he spites against them all and humanity be becoming a huge threat.
However, despite his claims and great extremes to secure his power, Lotso is ultimately a big coward and hypocrite. When welcoming Andy's toys to Sunnyside, he is shown to be contradicting in his own statements concerning donations, claiming to Andy's toys that getting donated is the best thing that ever happened to them, and then saying that them getting donated by Andy was his loss and therefore, he cannot hurt them anymore, even though Lotso is intentionally hurting them by placing them in the Caterpillar Room. Eventually, when the toys try to escape Sunnyside, Big Baby, really having enough with Lotso's lies and abuse, throws him in the trash heap and Lotso begs him not to lock him inside and at the landfill. Despite seemingly showing thankful feelings toward Woody for saving him from the shredders, Lotso was still mad at Woody for mentioning Daisy and kept his belief that toys will just be abandoned by their owners and thrown out, as evidenced by his refusal to press an emergency stop button. This plan failed, and if Lotso saw them alive after being tied up to the front of a garbage truck and it drove past them, he most likely felt outraged at failing to kill Woody and his friends but knew he could no longer do anything about it due to his comeuppance. In addition, it would also seem Lotso learned the hard way that "one man's trash is another man's treasure".
Overall, Lotso has proven to be both irredeemably and unsympathetically evil. Despite his tragic backstory and any admiration that he may have had towards Daisy, Lotso shredded it all up by taking his hatred and rage on other toys that had no involvement with him getting replaced. Furthermore, Lotso refuses to accept the fact that he was the only one who was replaced as he insisted to let his former friends suffer with him, Lotso is also more than willing to let other toys unfairly suffer or get broken solely out of his hatred of Daisy.
Moreover, Lotso happily caused great harm to Woody and his friends. For instance, when Buzz at one point "respectfully request" a possible transfer to the Butterfly Room for him and his friends, Lotso had him reset by his minions when the latter kindly refused his offer upon hearing his pals couldn't be involved. It's possible he felt if he allowed Buzz's friends a room switch, every new toy would think they're free to do whatever they please & ignore Lotso's rules, so he didn't have much of a choice. Despite Woody even risking his life to save his own fur, Lotso would not hesitate to betray his own minions or throw away any shed of redemption all for the sake of power and sadism, and by extension, it turns his extremely horrendous treatment of the other toys into his way of angrily lashing out at everyone else with the disgusting mindset that if he cannot be happy, no one can. All this makes Lotso the worst, and by far, the most hated enemy of Woody and his friends.
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Other Appearances
Toy Story 3: The Video Game
Lotso reappeared in every version of the video game based on Toy Story 3.
Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 PC
In the story mode of the Wii, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 PC version, Lots-O appears in the Butterfly Room level. In the Toy Box mode, He appears in an area called "The Enchanted Glen" where he comments the pixies have turned townspeople into caterpillars.
PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable
He also can be seen in the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable version.
Nintendo DS
He even appeared in The Nintendo DS story mode which portrays the events of the film as they went on. Just like his own movie counterpart, Lotso pretends to be nice and caring at first only to reveal his true intentions to Andy's toys once Buzz asks him to be transferred from the Caterpillar Room along with his friends. A small but important change in the game is during his betrayal of Woody and the toys, instead of maliciously taunting Woody, he just runs away without even looking at him. Another one is how Woody reacted upon his discovery that Lotso did not want to help: instead of yelling in despair, he is visibly shocked and depressed for a moment, only to be interrupted by the incinerator which the cowboy and the other toys fortunately later escaped from.
Lotso's fate is the same as that of his film incarnation, he is found and kept by the garbageman and is last seen attached to the garbage truck with the other toys.
Disney Parks
Lotso makes meet-and-greet appearances at Disney's Hollywood Studios along with Woody, Buzz, and the other Toy Story characters and is part of the Toy Story Block Party Bash Parade (Now known as Pixar Pals Countdown to Fun.) and at Disney's California Adventure. Lotso is a very popular attraction at Hollywood Studios and California Adventure.
Quotes
| “ | Lotso: She replaced us. Come on! Chuckles: No! She only replaced you. Lotso: SHE REPLACED ALL OF US!!! Didn't she?!?! [Big Baby tries to see Daisy again, only for Lotso to intervene.] Lotso: [to Big Baby] She don't love you no more! NOW COME ON!!! |
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| ~ Lotso's chronologically first words as he forces Chuckles and Big Baby to leave Daisy behind, despite the fact he was the only one who got replaced |
| “ | Lotso: Well, hello there. I thought I heard new voices. Welcome to Sunnyside, folks. I'm Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, but please, call me Lotso. Buzz: Buzz Lightyear. We come in— Lotso: [hugs Buzz tightly] First thing you gotta know about me; I'm a hugger. [releases Buzz who gasps for air] Aw, look at you all, you've been through a lot today, haven't you? Mrs. Potato Head: Oh it's been horrible! Lotso: Well you're safe now. We're all cast-offs here. We've all been dumped, donated, yard saled, second-handed, and just plain thrown out, but just you wait. You'll be donated was the best thing that ever happened to ya. |
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| ~ Lotso welcoming Andy's toys to Sunnyside. |
| “ | Rex: Do toys here get played with every day? Lotso: All day long, five days a week. Jessie: But what happens when the kids grow up? Lotso: Well now, I'll tell ya. When the kids get old, new ones come in. When they get old, new ones replace them. You'll never be outgrown, or neglected, never abandoned or forgotten. No owners means… no heartbreak. Jessie: Yee-haw! Mrs. Potato Head: It's a miracle. Mr. Potato Head: And you wanted us to stay at Andy's! Woody: Because we're Andy's toys! Lotso: So you got donated by this… Andy, huh? Well, it's his loss, Sheriff. He can't hurt you no more. |
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| ~ Lotso makes a hypocritical statement about Andy hurting his toys, as Lotso himself would hurt them later on by sending them to the Caterpillar Room where he knows they will be tortured. |
| “ | Well thank you, Big Baby. Why don't you come meet our new friends? Poor Baby. We were thrown out together, me and him, abandoned by the same owner. | „ |
| ~ Lotso introducing Big Baby and mentioning how they both had the same owner, a possible foreshadowing at Lotso's backstory |
| “ | Lotso: Ken? What's going on here? Why is this toy tied up? Ken: Uh, he—he got out, Lotso. Lotso: Got out? [walks to Buzz] Oh, no, no, no, no, no! This isn't how we treat our guests. F-A-Oh, my Schwarz. [unties Buzz's wrists] There you go. I'm so sorry about this. Buzz: Lotso, there's been a mistake. Lotso: A mistake? Buzz: [unties his ankles] The children in the Caterpillar Room are not age-appropriate for me and my friends. [faces Lotso] We respectfully request a transfer to the Butterfly Room. Lotso: Well, request granted! Ken: But Lotso! Lotso: Hush now, Kenneth! [pats Buzz on the back] This toy has shown initiative, leadership. Why I'd say, we found ourselves a keeper. You hear that? We got… [holds up Buzz's hand] …a keeper! [Everyone except Ken cheers.] Lotso: We're calling you up to the big leagues, son! From now on, you'll have anything you want! Buzz: Excellent! I'll go get my friends. Lotso: Whoa, Whoa. Hold on there, Boss. Those caterpillar kids need someone to play with. Buzz: But my friends don't belong there. Lotso: Oh, none of us do, I agree, which is why, for the good of our community, we ask the newer toys, the stronger ones, to take on the hardships the rest of us can't bear anymore. Buzz: Well, I—I guess that makes sense. But I can't accept. We're a family. We stay together. Lotso: Family man, huh? I understand. [looks at Big Baby] Put him back in the timeout chair! [Big Baby picks Buzz up and carries him back to the time-out chair] Buzz: What are you... Unhand me! Lotso: Bring in the Bookworm. [Ken whistles.] Bookworm: Ah! Here it is! It was filed under "Lightyear". Lotso: Let's see here. "Accessories", "maintenance", oh! Here we go! "Remove screws to access the battery compartment." Buzz: What are you doing!? [Chunk grabs hold of Buzz] Stop! Let go of me! Ow! [Sparks unscrews Buzz] Lotso: "To return your Buzz Lightyear action figure to its original factory settings…" [Twitch opens Buzz’s battery compartment] Buzz: No! Lotso: "…slide the switch from "PLAY" to "DEMO"." Buzz: Stop! No! No!! NOOO!!! [Twitch moves the switch from “Play” to “Demo” |
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| ~ Lotso revealing his true colors. |
| “ | Lotso: Hey, there. How are you doing this fine evening? Jessie:: Thank goodness! Have you seen Buzz? Mrs. Potato Head: There's been a mistake! We have to go. Lotso: Go? Why you just got here. And in the nick of time too. We were running low on volunteers for the little ones. They just love new toys now, don't they? Mr. Potato Head: Loved? We've chewed, kicked, drooled on. Mrs. Potato Head: Just look at my pocketbook! Lotso: Well, here's the thing, sweet potato. You ain't leaving Sunnyside. Mrs. Potato Head: SWEET POTATO?! Who do you think you're talking to?! I have over 30 accessories and I deserve more respect-- Lotso: [removes her mouth] Ah, that's better. Mr. Potato Head: Hey! No one takes my wife's mouth, except me. Give it back, you furry air fresher!) (*grabs his wife's mouth*) Jessie: Come on guys. We're going home. [walks away] Lotso: Whoa, there, Missy. You're not going anywhere. Jessie: Oh, yeah? And who's gonna stop us? [Buzz appears in front of her.] Rex: Buzz! You're back! [runs towards Buzz before the space ranger goes into a karate pose] Buzz? [Buzz kicks Rex] Jessie: Hey! [Buzz lunges towards Andy's toys] Hamm: Look out! [Buzz begins beating up his own friends as Lotso watches with malicious satisfaction] Hamm: What are you, nuts? Slinky: [tries to run before Buzz has him by the tail] Buzz! Buzz: [grabs two of the Little Green Men by their heads and spins them around, then stands on top of Andy's toys] Prisoners disabled, Commander Lotso! Jessie: Buzz! What are you doing? Buzz: Silence, minions of Zurg! You're in the custody of the Galactic Alliance! Rex: Zurg? Mr. Potato Head: Galactic Alliance? Hamm: Oh boy! Lotso: Good work, Lightyear! Now lock 'em up! Buzz: Yes, sir! |
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| ~ Lotso and Demo Mode Buzz capturing Andy's toys. |
| “ | Lotso: Lightyear, explain our overnight accommodations. Buzz: Sir, yes, sir! Prisoners sleep in their cells. Any prisoner caught outside their cells spends the night in the box. Roll call at dusk and dawn. Any prisoner misses roll call spends the night in the box. Prisoners do NOT speak unless spoken to. Any prisoner talks back spends the night-- Jessie: In the box! We get it. (Buzz is about to confront Jessie until Lotso stops him) Lotso: At ease, soldier. They're neutralized. But remember, they'll say anything to make you doubt yourself. Buzz: Don't worry, Commander. Any doubt I had got pounded out of me at the academy. |
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| ~ Lotso has Buzz give Andy's toys camp rules. |
| “ | Lotso: Listen up, folks. We got a way of doing things here at Sunnyside. If you start at the bottom, pay your dues, life here can become a dream come true! But if you break our rules, step out of line, try to check out early, well, you're just hurting yourselves. [throws Woody's hat] Jessie: [gasps] Woody! What did you do to him?! Lotso: You all get a good night's rest. You got a full day of playtime tomorrow. (laughs evilly) |
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| ~ Lotso's speech. |
| “ | Lotso: Rise and shine, campers! Buzz: Commander Lotso! Sir! All quiet, nothing to report. Lotso: Excellent, Lightyear. Come on. We need ya back at Star Command. |
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| ~ Lotso retrieving Buzz |
| “ | Ya'll get ready. You've got a play date with destiny! | „ |
| ~ Lotso before leaving Jessie and her friends. |
| “ | Lotso: What are ya'll doing? Running back to your kid? He don't want you no more. Woody: That's a lie! Lotso: Is it? Tell me this, Sheriff. If your kid loves you so much, why is he leaving? You think you're special, cowboy? You're a piece of plastic! You were made to be thrown away! [hears a garbage truck in the distance] Speak of the devil. [sees truck in the distance] Now, we need toys in our Caterpillar Room, and you need to avoid that truck. Why don't you come on back, join our family again? Jessie: This isn't a family! It's a prison! You're a liar and a bully, and I'd rather rot in this dumpster than join any family of yours! Barbie: Jessie's right! Authority should derive from the consent of the governed, not from the threat of force! Lotso: If that's what you want. [bangs on the dumpster as Ken appears] Ken: Barbie! [to Lotso] Wait! Don't do this, Lotso! Lotso: She's a Barbie doll, Ken. There's a hundred million just like her. Ken: Not to me, there's not. Lotso: Fine! Then why don't you join her?! [picks Ken up and throws him out to Andy's toys] Barbie: [hugs Ken] Oh, Ken! Ken: Everyone, listen! Sunnyside could be cool and groovy if we treated each other fair. It's Lotso! He's made us into a pyramid, and he put himself on top! Lotso: Anyone concur with Ken? [looks at Woody and his friends] I didn't throw you away! Your kid did! Ain't one kid ever love a toy really! Chew on that when you're at the dump! Woody: Wait! What about Daisy? Lotso: I don't know what you're talking about. Woody: Daisy? You used to do everything with her? Lotso: Yeah, then she threw us out. Woody: No. She lost you! Lotso: She replaced us! Woody: She replaced YOU! And if you couldn't have her, then no one could! You lied to Big Baby, and you've been lying ever since! [holds up Big Baby's pendant] Lotso: Where'd you get that? Woody: She loved you, Lotso. Lotso: She never loved me! Woody: …As much as any kid ever loved a toy. [Woody throws the pendant at the toys, and Big Baby picks it up] Big Baby: Mama… Lotso: [grabs the pendant] WHAT?! You want your mommy back?! She never loved you! DON'T BE SUCH A BABY! [Lotso smashes the pendant with his cane. Big Baby cries] Lotso: Push 'em in! ALL OF THEM!! [Stretch reluctantly starts to push Woody and the gang towards the dumpster] Lotso: This is what happens when you DUMMIES try to think! [Lotso angrily assaults and abuses Big Baby in the belly with his cane. Twitch and Sparks gasp in shock much to their horror] Lotso: WE'RE ALL JUST TRASH!!! WAITING TO BE THROWN AWAY!!! THAT'S ALL A TOY IS!!! [Suddenly, Big Baby hoists Lotso up] Lotso: HEY! STOP IT! PUT ME DOWN, YOU IDIOT! [Big Baby tosses the wicked bear into the dumpster] Lotso: No, no! Wait a minute! Big Baby, WAIT! [Big Baby slams the lid in Lotso's face] Rex: He's gone! Mr. Potato Head: Holy cow! |
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| ~ Lotso revealing his true nature to his minions as Woody angrily stands up to Lotso, argues with him about Daisy, correctly tells him about how he punishes toys for his own benefit, and finally makes Lotso lose his temper and have his breakdown before being thrown out by Big Baby. |
| “ | HELP! HELP ME! I'M STUCK! HELP! PLEASE! HELP! | „ |
| ~ Lotso while being rescued from the shredder by Woody and Buzz before he and the other toys see the incinerator. |
| “ | Thank you, Sheriff. | „ |
| ~ Lotso thanking Woody for rescuing him from the shredder. |
| “ | Lotso: Sheriff! The button! Help me! Woody: Come on! [Woody and the others run back to Lotso by the ladder, and Woody and Buzz give him a boost.] Woody: Go! Go! Hit the button! [Lotso climbs the ladder while Woody and his friends are taken closer to the incinerator.] Woody: Hurry! [Lotso reaches the top.] Woody: Just push it! Push it! Buzz: Push it! Lotso: Where's your kid now, SHERIFF?! Woody: No... NO! Buzz: LOTSO! |
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| ~ Lotso's last words as he leaves Woody and his friends to die. |
Trivia
- In a viral marketing campaign, Pixar posted two commercials, for a "real" Lotso teddy bear manufactured in 1983 (perhaps even before), on YouTube. One was a typical American toy commercial from the '80s, and the other was done in Japanese. Both feature the "Toy Story Collection" version of Lotso and are included on the bonus disc of the Toy Story 3 blu-ray.
- The truck Lotso ends up on reads "KRUMM". This is the same word that was seen on Al McWhiggin's suitcase in Toy Story 2.
- Lotso is the representative for Toy Story 3 in the 10-disc Ultimate Toy Box Trilogy set containing blu-ray, DVD, and digital copies of Toy Story 3 and the previous two films.
- In the Toy Story 3 book with Woody's POV of the film, Lotso has more lines when he confronts Andy's toys at the dumpster.
- The film tie-in book The Art of Toy Story 3 includes these interesting facts about Lotso's development.
- He was originally conceived as a teddy bear from the early 80s Care Bears toy line. This idea was not dropped until after the storyboard was completed and can be seen in the final version.
- The animators also admitted that they increased Lotso's cruelty in the final version of the film in order to ensure that people understood that he deserved what happened in the end, as the test screenings had some kids still sympathizing with him after his backstory was revealed.
- The film's director, Lee Unkrich says that he got the inspiration for Lotso's backstory when his niece left her favorite toy — a doll named "Peggy" — at a Burger King restaurant, and had replaced her with a new doll named Peggy. He wondered what the old Peggy would think if she came back and discovered there was a new Peggy.
- In addition, Unkrich also mentioned the reason for Lotso's defeat. He refused to send him through the shredder or the incinerator because it seems sadistic. But at least he definitely deserved being stuck to the front grille of the garbage truck & that he'll turn into decomposition all his life while he maintains being stuck.
- Lotso made a cameo appearance in Up. He was spotted next to Dee's bed when Carl Fredricksen's house flies past her window outside.
- His thick Southern accent, initially soft-spoken demeanor, and many of his iron fist policies as "Warden"—including throwing uncooperative prisoners into "the box"—are clear references to "The Captain", Strother Martin's character from Cool Hand Luke (as well as Lotso's voice actor, Ned Beatty's previous character, Sheriff J.C. Conners, from White Lightning).
- According to the official movie magazine for Toy Story 3, Lotso was originally created for A Tin Toy Christmas (which later became Toy Story).
- Lotso also appeared in every version of the Toy Story 3 video game. He appears in the Sunnyside level of the Wii, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC versions with Ned Beatty reprising the role. He is also seen in the enchanted glen in their toy box. In these versions of the game, his fate is not revealed or seen. He has a silent appearance in the PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable versions, and his fate is not revealed or seen here either. He also has a silent appearance in the Nintendo DS version. In that version, his fate is revealed and seen.
- Lotso's voice actor, Ned Beatty later voiced Tortoise John in Nickelodeon's Rango, which was released a year after Toy Story 3. Coincidentally, both films won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
- Lotso appears in three of the LEGO Toy Story 3 sets.
- Lotso's voice actor, Ned Beatty, died the same year as Jack Angel who voiced Lotso's minion, Chunk.
- Test audiences who sympathized with Lotso for his backstory wanted him to push the button in the incinerator scene to redeem himself.
- However, according to the DVD commentary, director Lee Unkrich explained that the filmmakers decided to drop Lotso's chance for redemption in order to make the audience who had gotten to know Andy's toys over the past fifteen years in three movies care about the characters even more as they went to the fire when it looked like the end for them before the Squeeze Toy Aliens rescued them with the claw.
- Another reason is that they did not want Lotso to get off so easy, so they just increased his cruelty to ensure to the audience that he deserved what he got in the end (being strapped to the grille of a garbage truck).
- An advertisement for a Lotso bear appears in Tokyo in Cars 2.
- In the Disney Cruise Line show Villains Tonight, hosted by Hades from the Disney film Hercules, Hades is looking for villains to call, when he mentioned Lotso. However, he doesn't call Lotso as he "always brings that baby with him".
- Lotso appeared on stage during the D23 Expo 2015 for Toy Story 4, but he didn't appear nor was mentioned in the finished film.
- Lotso acts as a darker reflection of the following characters below:
- Woody: Both leader toys were in charge among toys at their home locations (Woody, Andy's House, and later Bonnie's house; Lotso, Daisy's house, and later Sunnyside). They are favorite personal toys of their owners and both ended up replaced from their owners by other favorite toys. However Woody never gave up on Andy while Lotso gave up on Daisy. Coincidentally, Lotso's villainous behavior was very similar to Woody's original rendition in Toy Story, specifically his characterization in the Black Friday reel. Also by coincidence, both characters also ended up tonally changed for their respective final versions due to unexpected events during a test screening (Woody was originally an immense jerk and lacked compassion, but was toned down after the Black Friday reel nearly shut down production of the first Toy Story movie; likewise, Lotso had his cruelty amplified after test audiences sympathized with him and wanted him to push the button to show that he deserved his punishment). Despite having jealousy, Woody makes Buzz his best friend over all his allies and still kept his pure heroism, while Lotso purely corrupts to his villainy and became a malevolent tyrant while Woody is a benevolent leader. If Woody never moved on with his life for the better and if he ever went to college with Andy thus he'll subvert his heroism even just after carelessly abandoning his friends behind at Sunnyside, then he would've ended up like Lotso.
- Buzz Lightyear: Both toys had warped mindsets that lost sight of reality and arrogantly conflict with how others perceive them as (Buzz initially thought that he was a legitimate existential space ranger hero; Lotso has a cataclysmic belief that toy ownership in general is futile). They had also proudly love their false beliefs despite from actuality and hates it when they are viewed as ownable toys. Buzz just wants to be a real hero while Lotso cares to sadistically sustain himself in spite against toykind. They are both pure characters, as well; Buzz is a pure good hero who is incorruptible and Lotso is a pure evil who is irredeemable. However once Buzz knew what he really is, he fell into depression after that. But fortunately he was later risen up again with the help of Woody, thus making him fully accept the reality of what he truly is. Meanwhile, Lotso purely refuses to acknowledge that he isn't actually right about his own harsh ideology in regards to toys because he likes to use his arrogant belief to spite against toykind and humanity. If Buzz never learned to properly recognize the truth and his actuality, then he would've ended up like Lotso.
- Jessie: They are both designed to be cute and loveable characters, and have child owners who used to truly love each them from their pasts. Lotso's backstory is also similar to Jessie's own backstory: Jessie herself was abandoned by her first owner Emily, while Lotso got replaced by another Lotso for Daisy (after she accidentally left her original Lotso, Big Baby and Chuckles). As a result, both these toys were heartbroken and spent years without an owner. However Lotso's own past purely corrupted him, to the point where it turned him into a horrifying malevolent tyrant, while Jessie still kept her moral values firmly despite when she's greatly depressed. Lotso is a perfect example of what Jessie could have become if she let her previous heartbreak get the best of her.
- Stinky Pete: Both villains seemed to be benevolent and affable at first, but were eventually revealed to be cruel & deceptive determinators in the end. This is mainly because of a sense of feeling rejected or unloved in jealousy since their backstories, which was clearly seen in both Pixar villains. Coincidentally, the music that played during Lotso's defeat was the same music heard during Stinky Pete's defeat. However, while Stinky Pete has a tragic backstory and a few redeeming qualities (he was affably a kind friend to Jessie and Bullseye during their time in storage at Al's apartment), Lotso is far more despicable as he simply wants other toys to get hurt and tries to get Woody and his friends killed in the incinerator despite they freed him from the golf bag. Lotso is an example of the kind of toy that Stinky Pete could've become if he allowed his past to consume him with the belief that all toys have no purpose but to be thrown away (especially given that he has eventually found an actual human child who now owns him).
- Bo Peep: Both became lost toys after they were left behind by their original owners (Molly Davis for Bo; Daisy for Lotso). They also felt hesitant about knowing the essence of toy ownership again after their respective previous experiences with such. However, Bo was able to change her mind about that, further supported by her will to later help other toys in the carnival find their human owners, whereas Lotso refuses to do the same thing out of his own egocentric mindset. Lotso demonstrates the type of toy Bo would've become if she had fully forgotten about the overall value of toy ownership as a whole, even if she's voluntarily ownerless herself as of now.
- Gabby Gabby: Both were ownerless toys at the beginning of their respective debut appearances, and had henchmen who worked for them. They also took management of different locations (Sunnyside Daycare for Lotso; Second Chance Antiques store for Gabby). However, unlike Gabby, who is actually genuinely affable (since she was particularly kind to her henchmen and even her captives, has moved on with life after being rejected by Harmony, and can be easily sympathized with), Lotso only feigned kindness for his own interests (as he treated not only his prisoners that visit Sunnyside, but also his henchmen, with disrespect by making a fake affable demeanor, never accepted the fact that he was replaced by Daisy with another copy of himself because she actually loved him under implication, and annihilated any sympathy with everything he's done). Lotso is an example of what Gabby would've become if she didn't move on with her life nor accepted the fact that Harmony rejected her, and instead allowed it to consume her with anger and violence.
- The truck that drove Lotso to Sunnyside was a Pizza Planet truck, which has appeared in almost every Pixar movie.
- In the Read-Along version of Toy Story 3, Lotso's final scene on the garbage truck is omitted, leaving it unknown if he was retrieved by the garbage man or if he escaped from the dump successfully.
- Lotso is so far the only main antagonist in the film series whose fate didn't have any redeeming aspect.
- Sid Phillips not only gave up his childhood habit of tormenting toys, but has later lived in a more well-adjusted life as a garbage man in his adulthood.
- Al McWhiggin reluctantly made Al's Toy Barn a dollar-store business as of now after the entirety of the Roundup Gang went out of his green baggage.
- Stinky Pete was finally given a child owner named Amy and is implied to have enjoyed playing with her based on some online interviews.
- Gabby Gabby has decided to let go of Harmony in her mind, thus avoiding corruption upon rejection, and be willingly owned by a sad lost girl for comfort.
- Lotso is currently the only main antagonist in the film franchise to not be directly human-based (both Sid Phillips and Al McWhiggin are literal humans themselves; both Stinky Pete and Gabby Gabby are toys who were modeled after humans; Zurg was a humanoid, revealing himself as a future-timeline human counterpart of Buzz Lightyear in Lightyear).
- Lotso is so far the only main antagonist to never instantly damage Woody in any way, whether intentional or not (as he prefers being pragmatic), although he did left Andy's toys to be incinerated at one point.
External Links
- Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear on the Pure Evil Wiki
- Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear on the Disney Wiki
- Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear on the Pixar Wiki
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