The Bensons

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Partners in Crime
Full Names	Bensons
Alias	Dummies The Bensons Benson
Origin	Toy Story 4
Occupations	Ventriloquist dummies Gabby Gabby's henchmen (formerly)
Powers/Skills	Intimidation Sewing
Hobbies	Serving Gabby Gabby. Surveilling the antiques shop.
Goals	Accomplish Gabby Gabby's orders (failed). Retrieve Woody's voice box (formerly; failed). Help Woody and his friends return to Bonnie (succeeded).
Crimes	Kidnapping
Type of Villains	Honorable Enforcers

“	The dummies are, by far, some of the creepiest characters we’ve ever created. Our animators really leaned into the truth in materials for how our ventriloquist dummies move. Dummies’ bodies are soft with no structure, so our dummies’ arms just dangle and their legs bend backwards. Throw in their fixed expressions with their wide eyes and big hinged jaws and they’re nightmare material—in the best way possible.	„
	~ Producer Mark Nielsen on Benson's creation

The Bensons are the secondary antagonists of Pixar's 21st feature-length animated film Toy Story 4. They are a group of ventriloquist dummies that reside in the antiques shop. They are commanded by Gabby Gabby.

They were voiced by Steve Purcell, who also voiced The Cleric in Toy Story: That Time Forgot.

Biographies

At some point in the past, Gabby Gabby befriended the Bensons and with their help took control of the Second Chance antique shop.

During the events of the film, Woody and Forky are spotted by a Benson while they were searching the store for Bo Peep. Gabby Gabby introduces the Benson to them and ordered him to lift the toys into her stroller after she noticed Woody's pull-string. More Bensons soon appeared when Gabby made known her intention to take Woody's voice box for herself and gave chase when Woody and Forky tried to escape. One of the Bensons managed grab Forky before a girl named Harmony entered the shop and took Woody to a nearby playground, leaving Forky held captive by the Bensons.

Appearance

The Bensons all look the same. They wear black suits with black bowties and black shoes. However, one of them does wear a red bowtie instead.

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Trivia

• It's possible that the reason for which the Bensons can't talk is because they are ventriloquist dummies and thus can only talk if a ventriloquist uses them to speak "through" them, aside that there are other toys in the Toy Story universe which can't talk despite not being ventriloquist dummies.
  • Despite this, they can briefly be heard making a grunting sound during parts in the film. Also, they can apparently communicate to Gabby Gabby by whispering in her ear, which might explain how she was able to befriend them.
• The idea of a ventriloquist dummy character was inspired by the original concept of Woody, who was originally designed to be a dummy before being changed to a pull-string cowboy doll by the suggestion of the late Bud Luckey.
• They give a striking resemblance to Slappy from the Goosebumps books and related adaptations. Unlike Slappy, who is downright evil, The Bensons, despite their appearances, were not evil and redeemed themselves.

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