Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Toy Story franchise created by Disney and Pixar mainly voiced by Tim Allen.
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Buzz Lightyear is a sentient toy action figure based on the in-universe film and television franchise Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, a "Space Ranger" superhero.
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Buzz Lightyear turned the role down, and after seeing the first film, he said that turning it down was “the biggest mistake of his career”.
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Buzz Lightyear quickly impresses the other toys with his skills, flashy accessories and wings, and soon becomes Andy's favorite toy.
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Buzz Lightyear further believes that his red light bulb "laser" is a deadly weapon, his wings are functional aircraft-grade steel, and that he cannot breathe with his helmet open.
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Buzz Lightyear sees a commercial on a TV in Sid's house which reveals he is a toy.
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Buzz Lightyear leads Mr Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, and Hamm on a daring rescue mission.
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Buzz Lightyear uses traffic cones to help the group avoid being crushed by cars.
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When Buzz Lightyear tries to touch the belt, the Utility Belt Buzz Lightyear comes to life; believing he is a real space ranger.
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Andy's Buzz Lightyear unsuccessfully tries to explain that he and Utility Belt Buzz Lightyear are both toys.
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Andy's Buzz Lightyear fails to get their attention and is forced to escape the box on his own.
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Buzz Lightyear pursues them out of the store and across the road to Al's apartment.
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Buzz Lightyear inadvertently frees an Evil Emperor Zurg action figure while doing so, and he pursues him with intent to destroy him.
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Andy's Buzz Lightyear rejoins the group, and convinces Woody, who had been worried about Andy growing up and had considered going to Japan, that it would be better to come home.
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Utility Belt Buzz Lightyear stays behind with a reformed Zurg, while Andy's Buzz Lightyear and the other toys steal a Pizza Planet truck and drive to the airport.
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Andy's Buzz Lightyear stands on a pizza box and operating the steering wheel.
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Buzz Lightyear, who was going to be put in the attic with most of Andy's other toys, decides the best thing the toys can do is to stay together at the daycare.
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Buzz Lightyear assigns them to the Caterpillar Room, where they are subjected to a very rough playtime by children far too young to play safely with toys like them.
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At the behest of the other toys, Buzz Lightyear goes to Lotso to request a transfer to the Butterfly Room.
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When Buzz Lightyear rejects Lotso's offer to join his gang, Lotso orders his henchmen to switch Buzz Lightyear to "demo" mode.
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Andy's toys subdue Buzz Lightyear attempting to restore his memories, but accidentally reset him to his "Spanish Mode", confusing many characters and resulting in many comedic character changes for the audience.
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Buzz Lightyear still believes he is a real space ranger and still does not have his memories.
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The Spanish Buzz Lightyear helps the toys escape Sunnyside; making no secret of his love for Jessie.
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Buzz Lightyear learns about the "inner voice", but mistakenly believes the term refers to his button-activated voice box and catchphrases.
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Buzz Lightyear spends much of the film using said voice box to guide him as to what he must do next.
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When Woody and Bonnie's new favorite toy, Forky, are separated from the group during an RV trip, Buzz Lightyear, guided by his "inner voice", pursues them into a carnival.
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Buzz Lightyear is captured by a vendor and put up with other toys as a potential prize at a game, where he encounters conjoined plushies Bunny and Ducky.
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Bunny and Ducky are initially antagonistic, as they believe Buzz Lightyear has come to lower their chances of ever being won and owned by a kid.
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Woody and Buzz Lightyear meet up at a carousel, and Buzz Lightyear notices that Woody is feeling heartbroken about having to part ways with Bo Peep again.
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Buzz Lightyear suggests that Woody stay behind to be with Bo, knowing that Bonnie will be okay even without him.
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Buzz Lightyear once had a friend and partner named Warp Darkmatter, however, he later joined Evil Emperor Zurg and became his primary agent.
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Buzz Lightyear seems to never take off the purple headwear that he has with his Space Ranger uniform.
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Buzz Lightyear was confirmed to be voiced by Chris Evans and the film was released on June 17, 2022.
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Buzz Lightyear, voiced by Pat Fraley, appears in the computer games Disney's Animated Storybook: Toy Story and Disney's Activity Center: Toy Story, both released in 1996.
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Buzz Lightyear appeared as a car in Pixar's 2006 movie, Cars, along with Woody and Hamm.
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Buzz Lightyear appeared in three episodes of Family Guy with the first two in both times in cutaway gags set up by Stewie Griffin.
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Woody and Buzz Lightyear appeared in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III as guest party members, where Buzz Lightyear gains the ability to use his laser.
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Buzz Lightyear is able to fly as his fictional counterpart without knowing during a Keyblade war crisis across dimensions.
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Buzz Lightyear is a meetable character at all of the Disney Parks and Resorts, located in Tomorrowland and in Toy Story Land.
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In October 2009 and 2010, to coincide with Toy Storys 3-D re-release and the release of Toy Story 3 respectively, Thinkway Toys released a replica Buzz Lightyear figure based on the figure in the Toy Story movies as part of their Toy Story Collection series of toys and Disney released their own version of a replica Buzz Lightyear figure.
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Buzz Lightyear himself was mentioned in the 2012 song "Boyfriend" by Canadian pop star Justin Bieber, for instance, in the lyric "I can be your Buzz Lightyear, fly across the globe.
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