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Toy Story · 1995 — Chapter 5 of 6 · 6'41" · B1

Buzz Gets Chosen by the Claw, Explained: What's gotten into you

Woody and Buzz sneak into Pizza Planet, where a cult of toy aliens worships the vending claw. The surface joke is Buzz's sci-fi sincerity. Underneath, the trip is slipping out of Woody's control, and the claw is about to decide who gets taken to Sid's. "The claw chooses who will go and who will stay."

What happens

Stranded after leaving Andy's house, Woody and Buzz hitch a ride on the Pizza Planet truck. Inside the arcade, Buzz hails the aliens as fellow space travelers, but when they reach the rocket-shaped claw machine, the claw lifts Buzz and drops him into Sid's prize basket, dragging Woody along with him.

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Astro... turfHyperactive hyperdrivein chargejettison

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Phrase of the scene

Astro... turf

sounds like a space name; really a turf brand pun

Buzz 在 Pizza Planet 指着游乐设施说 And Astro... turf，把游乐场当成星际飞船。

The sign said Astro Turf, but he read it as a launch pad.

Also in this scene

  • Hyperactive hyperdrive

    literally a hyperdrive; the extra word puns on hyperactivity

  • in charge

    the one responsible or in command

  • jettison

    to throw something off, especially to lighten a vehicle

  • zealot

    a fanatic with extreme devotion to a cause

Everything marked in this scene

28 notes across 98 lines

Phrase · B2show one's faceI can't show my face in that room without Buzz.
Phrase · A2hurry upCome on, man, hurry up! Um, like, the pizzas are getting cold here!
Soundhurry up

liaison

Come on, man, hurry up! Um, like, the pizzas are getting cold here!
Phrase · B1find a way to do somethingAnd when we get there, we'll be able to find a way to transport you home.
Phrase · B1climb aboard-Well, then, let's climb aboard. -No, no, no, wait, Buzz! Buzz!
Soundclimb aboard

liaison

-Well, then, let's climb aboard. -No, no, no, wait, Buzz! Buzz!
Phrase · A2get in the backLet's get in the back. No one will see us there.
Phrase · C1restraining harnessesNegative. There are no restraining harnesses in the cargo area.
Slang · B2Negative

a radio-style no

Negative. There are no restraining harnesses in the cargo area.
Phrase · B1what an idiotIt's safer in the cockpit than the cargo bay. What an idiot.
Phrase · B2be heavily guardedNow, the entrance is heavily guarded. We need a way to get inside.
Phrase · B1watch where you're goingOw! Watch where you're going!
Soundwhere you're

liaison

Ow! Watch where you're going!
Phrase · B1when I say go-And the universe explodes! -Okay, Buzz, when I say go, we're gonna jump in the basket. Buzz!
Grammar · B1when I say go

time clause

-And the universe explodes! -Okay, Buzz, when I say go, we're gonna jump in the basket. Buzz!
Phrase · B1this cannot be happeningThis cannot be happening to me.
Grammar · B1cannot be happening

cannot for impossibility

This cannot be happening to me.
Soundcannot be

elision

This cannot be happening to me.
Phrase · C1an intergalactic emergencyThis is an intergalactic emergency.
Phrase · B1be in charge

the one responsible or in command

Who's in charge here?
Grammar · B2who will go and who will stay

embedded wh-clause

The claw chooses who will go and who will stay.
Slang · B2bozo

a fool; a mocking name

-This is ludicrous. (GASPS) -Hey, bozo, you got a brain in there?
Phrase · B2what's gotten into someoneWhat's gotten into you? I was...
Phrase · B2go to a better placeFarewell, my friends. I go on to a better place.
Phrase · A2no wayA Buzz Lightyear? No way!
Slang · A2No way

absolutely not; no chance

A Buzz Lightyear? No way!
Phrase · B1have something for someone-Hey, I got something for you, boy. -Freeze!
Phrase · A2ready, set, go-(GROWLS, PANTING) -Ready, set, now!

Buzz Gets Chosen by the Claw, explained

What's really going on

The Pizza Planet stop looks like a detour, but it decides the second act. Buzz spends the scene treating a delivery truck as a spaceship, and the aliens feed that belief back to him, chanting "The claw is our master" to a vending machine. Woody knows how fragile Buzz's fantasy is: "Once we go into Sid's house, we won't be coming out." That line turns the comedy cold. What felt like an adventure is really two lost toys moving toward a house where toys get destroyed, and Woody is now responsible for the friend he once resented.

Theme

SurvivalLost toys head toward Sid's house, where Woody warns they may not come out again.
FriendshipWoody follows Buzz onto the truck and across the arcade, staying with the rival he once envied.

What you'll learn

  • Use come in peace in the same situation
  • Hear show my face as pressure, not small talk
  • Catch who the line is aimed at

Listen for

  • hurry up — liaison
  • climb aboard — liaison
  • where you're — liaison
  • cannot be — elision
The claw chooses who will go and who will stay.

The aliens' chant about the arcade claw they worship, treating a random vending machine as a god that decides their fate.

Farewell, my friends. I go on to a better place.

One alien says goodbye as the claw lifts him, joking that being taken away means moving on to a better place.

Once we go into Sid's house, we won't be coming out.

Woody's grim warning: Sid destroys toys, so being carried into that house means never coming back.

This cannot be happening to me.

Buzz's disbelief as his space-ranger story collapses and real danger closes in around him.

The claw is our master.

The aliens' declaration of worship for the arcade claw, showing how completely they trust and obey it.

You guys don't get it, do you?

Woody's exasperation at the aliens, who treat the claw as a god instead of seeing an ordinary arcade machine.

Questions about this scene

Why does Buzz climb into the pizza truck?

He believes the delivery truck is a spaceship that will return to its port of origin. Woody plays along to keep him calm, but the plan backfires when the truck drives off with both of them on board.

Why does the claw grab Buzz instead of Woody?

Buzz is standing with the aliens when the claw descends, and his wings make him an easy target. Woody dodges, but Buzz is lifted out and dropped into Sid's prize basket.

What does "The claw chooses who will go and who will stay" mean?

It's the aliens' chant about the vending-machine claw they worship. To them the claw is a godlike force that randomly decides their fate, which is why it's funny when it actually picks Buzz.

Who are the little green men at Pizza Planet?

They're squeeze-toy aliens who worship the claw and repeat whatever they hear. Buzz greets them as a fellow space ranger, and moments later the claw scoops them into Sid's basket along with him.

Toy Story · 6 chapters

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Up next · Chapter 6Snap out of itWoody Rescues a Broken Buzz
Chapter 1the coast is clearToy Story Opening Western PlayChapter 2lying down on the jobToys Panic Over Andy's BirthdayChapter 3with my eyes closedBuzz Arrives in Andy's RoomChapter 4good riddanceWoody Accused of Pushing BuzzWatching · Chapter 5What's gotten into youBuzz Gets Chosen by the ClawChapter 6Snap out of itWoody Rescues a Broken Buzz
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