Lightyear Makes Toy Story 2's Buzz/Zurg Storyline Weirder
Warning: Contains SPOILERS for Lightyear!
Pixar makes Toy Story 2's Buzz and Zurg storylines weirder thanks to Lightyear. The fifth film in the Toy Story universe stars Chris Evans as Buzz Lightyear in an in-universe movie that Andy saw in 1995. It was Lightyear that inspired the massively popular Buzz Lightyear action figure that Andy then received for his birthday in the first film. That was just the beginning of Buzz Lightyear's story in the franchise, but Pixar's standalone movie for the space ranger complicates what comes before.
The entirety of Lightyear is disconnected from the actual story that unfolds over the four Toy Story movies, but the film's story does shed light on the property that inspired the popular toy. This includes showing Buzz Lightyear's first battle with Zurg, the iconic purple-suited villain that was introduced in Toy Story 2. Zurg came to life and fought two different versions of Buzz in the sequel. This included Zurg fighting Utility Belt Buzz and the revelation that Zurg is Buzz Lightyear's father, but now Lightyear makes this exchange a lot weirder thanks to its major Zurg twist.
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Zurg is very much the villain of Lightyear, but it is not until the third act of the movie that it is revealed that Zurg is actually an alternate version of Buzz Lightyear who is much older and took an evil turn. As effective of a twist as this is for the movie, it does not line up with Toy Story 2's Buzz and Zurg storylines. Toys in the Toy Story franchise are at least somewhat aware of their programming and pasts. The Buzz Lightyear toys have similar mannerisms and catchphrases to the one in Lightyear that they are based on. This should mean that Buzz Lightyear toys
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