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The list of winners of the 92nd Academy Awards was released, "Toy Story" as an antique IP, the series came to the fourth part is still not old, and won the honor of "Best Animated Feature Film" at this year's Oscars.
● Toy Story 4 poster
From the release of the first work in 1995 to the fourth in 2019, the "Toy Story" series has gone through 24 years, accompanying generations of childhood.
The toy characters are classics, not only in reality, but also in the form of "antique toys" – the age series that are accidentally exposed. How much do you know about the following character archetypes?
● Energetic toy friends
Buzz Lightyear itself is a space mounted police, based on the "second man to land on the moon" closely related to space, the American astronaut Buzz Aldrin.
Buzz Lightyear, who had always thought of himself as a true Space Mounted Policeman, tried to fly toward the window, the leap of faith, and into space. This is also like the astronaut Aldrin, who has a space dream and has the momentum to explore.
● Buzz Lightyear and Buzz Aldrin
The 90-year-old Aldrin, a fighter pilot in his youth, joined NASA after retiring and embarked on a journey to the moon.
Although history records Armstrong as the "first man to land on the moon," Aldrin also has a "first" record of being "the first man to return to Earth from an alien planet." Disobedient to old age, he also explored the North Pole and the South Pole at an old age, playing diving and riding whale sharks in the Galapagos Islands, the most turbulent undercurrent in the world.
● Buzz Aldrin explores the South Pole
● Buzz Aldrin scuba diving touch whale sharks
Woody is a cowboy and Andy's favorite toy. Its image is derived from the American "Puppet Theater" in the 50s, and the puppet howdy doody in it is the prototype of Woody.
The show was the first children's television program to be televised nationwide, along with comics, dolls, and other spin-offs.
Woody and the puppet howdy doody
● Old photos of the puppet theater
Woody plays the image of a loyal and brave toy big brother in the movie, in fact, Woody's original character setting is a bad person. Woody was originally a puppet, but the puppet was often used in horror movies and didn't fit well in the atmosphere of Andy's house, so Woody became a cowboy doll.
Although Woody has become a cowboy, he is still a bad character who often bullies other toys. Fortunately, after the audition, it was found that this effect was very poor, so Woody was reset to the image of a cowboy sheriff with a sense of justice.
● Woody and the Shepherd
The shepherd girl has a relationship with Woody, and her character is born out of an old nursery rhyme "little bo-peep". The lyrics of the nursery rhyme are to the effect that:
A little girl named bo-peep dozed off and lost the lamb; she dreamed of the cry of the lamb when she was dozing, and woke up to find that the lambs were gone; she made up her mind to find the lambs, but when she found them, her tails were gone; and finally she had to find the tail of the lamb and sew it back into the sheep's butt.
● The shepherd girl is based on the nursery rhyme "little bo-peep"
Unlike the confused little girl in the ancient nursery rhyme, the shepherd girl in "Toy Story 4" has gone through countless twists and turns, her personality has become strong and independent, and when she has the opportunity to return to her child's home, she resolutely chooses a path to break through the world.
● An independent and confident shepherd girl
Instead, the "villain" Gaby doll in the fourth part is very eager to have a home. In order to win the favor of the little girl who often comes to the "love at first sight" antique shop, it will stop at nothing to seize the sounding device in Woody's body.
The plot of the Gaby doll adds a horror like "The Conjuring" to the plot, making people wonder if its prototype is derived from Annabelle? In fact, the Gaby doll is not so scary, it is based on a doll chatty cathy produced in the 60s of the last century.
● Gaby doll with chatty cathy, annabelle in the lower right corner
The Gaby doll restores the freckles on the face of the chatty cathy doll, and also restores the exposed mouth expression. Just pull the pull ring on the doll's back and it will randomly "say" 18 phrases. In the movie, the Gaby doll says at least 6 classic phrases. (Statement with a red line)
In addition, in the movie, the Gaby doll imitates the little girl in the antique shop drinking tea gracefully, in fact, it pays tribute to the picture of chatty cathy that began to appear in television commercials in 1960.
● Quotes from chatty cathy dolls
● Chatty cathy doll advertisement
The puppet bodyguard next to The Gaby doll is even more of a strange existence.
The puppet bodyguard is based on the belly whisperer in the 1945 horror film Dead Night.
● Puppet bodyguards
● Dead Night Whisperer
The new character, Jazz Jazz, is an action figure performing motorcycle stunts with the iconic maple leaf painted on the uniform. The prototype of the Dashing Jazz is Canadian stunt motorcyclist Evel Knievel, once known as the "world's number one flyer".
Evier Knewell died of illness on 30 November 2007 at the age of 69. Although the dashing jazz is funny in the play, its flying car adventure at a critical time is actually a sincere tribute to the "number one flying man".
● Dashing jazz
● Ével Knivel
The main scene of Toy Story 4 is traveling, so the toys in the room have a lower appearance rate, but there are still many classic characters.
For example, Mr. Egghead, a somewhat neurotic character, is almost an oval face, and his limbs and facial features are often "lost".
● Mr. Egghead
Mr. Egghead is called "Potato Head", which is an old predecessor of the toy industry. It was born in 1949 and was the first toy ever advertised on television.
The toys started out without a body, only facial features, limbs, and other accessories, and the game was to insert these parts into real potatoes or other vegetables. But because parents complained about wasting food and accessories that were too sharp, in 1964 the toy giant company Hasbro added a potato "body" to it.
● Mr. Potato Head
Spring dogs often exist as "tool dogs" and play an important role in the film. The spring dog is a combination of dachshund and toy slinky, and is the most archety of the toys in "Toy Story".
In 1943, naval engineer Rechard t. James invented a toy that could use gravity and momentum to make a walk down the stairs, slinky, and later developed a series of slinky-based toys, slinky dog is one of them.
This toy is so cheap and popular that even children with poor family environments can afford to play, so it is no wonder that it was selected for the "Toy of the Century" list by the American Toy Association.
● Spring dogs
● Spring toy slinky dog
Born in 1959, barbie always has a 16-year-old face and is the most popular toy for girls in the world. Barbie's boyfriend is from the male version of Barbie Ken( ken) produced in 1988.
It is worth mentioning here that Barbie was originally Woody's girlfriend, but was opposed by Barbie doll manufacturer Mattel, on the grounds that "Barbie does not want Barbie to have a specific personality and influence the girl who buys her to replace her into her role", so the shepherd girl replaces Barbie as Woody's girlfriend.
● Animated stills, male and female barbie dolls
● Male and female barbie dolls
The last toy to be introduced is the most inconspicuous, but it is the creative source of the entire Toy Story.
When shepherd girl takes Woody into the interior of the game console, many characters from classic films appear. At the door, this old tin soldier with drums and accordion tin soldier tinny is from the 1988 Pixar animated short film Tin Iron Soldier.
● Tin Soldier Tiny in Toy Story 4
● Tin Soldier Tin from the Pixar animated short film "Tin Iron Soldier"
When Pixar Animation Studios was founded in 1986, it mainly helped Jobs sell computers, and animation was a side business. If it weren't for the expensive hardware and software that couldn't be sold later, Pixar wouldn't have signed Disney in 1991 for a $26 million investment, and the animation project wouldn't have officially started.
Pixar set its sights on animation, and in the early '90s, Toy Story was born. The first work in the series grossed $360 million worldwide, becoming the top box office in the United States in 1995, and now the fourth work is not only a high box office, but also won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature Film, which is a strong return.
● Fly into the universe, the vastness
"Toy Story" carries the public's childhood memories, and the reputation of the four series of works has remained excellent, and the classic is still a classic. I hope that "Toy Story" can continue to carry unlimited imagination, continue the classic, and create another masterpiece. As Buzz Lightyear's mantra goes: "Fly into the universe, vast and vast!" ”
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