Toy Story Theory Explains Real Reason Buzz Lightyear Freezes Around Humans

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Toy Story explores a world where toys come to life when humans aren’t watching, but there are some toys that aren’t aware they are, well, toys, as was the case of Buzz Lightyear. This has made way for many questions and theories on why Buzz still froze around humans, and a theory suggests this was part of his training as a space ranger. Back in 1995, Toy Story arrived to change the world of animation forever, and it introduced viewers to characters that went on to become part of pop culture, as are its leads Woody (Tom Hanks) and Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen).

Toy Story tells the story of Woody, a pull-string cowboy who is his owner’s (Andy, voiced by John Morris) favorite toy, and as such, he’s also the leader of the rest of the toys in that room, but it all changes when Andy gets a brand new toy on his birthday: Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger action figure. However, Buzz isn’t aware that he’s a toy and is convinced he's an actual space ranger, creating a lot of tension between him and Woody, and sending them on a dangerous adventure that changes their individual perspectives on friendship and life and also leads them to form a strong bond.

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Buzz’s idea of him being a real space ranger instead of a toy created a lot of frustration in Woody, and Buzz eventually accepted he’s a toy, though he did it the hard way (watching a TV commercial for his toy line). For the rest of the Toy Story franchise, Buzz is aware he’s a toy and embraces this nature, but there are still many questions around his story, mostly why, if he didn’t know he was a toy, he still froze when humans were around – and a theory tries to explain this through Buzz’s experience as a space ranger,