Toy Story 4 · 2019 — Chapter 11 of 22 · 2'08" · B2

Ducky and Bunny Attack Buzz, Explained: join the club

Buzz is pinned to a carnival prize wall, where Ducky and Bunny treat him as a cheater out to steal their spot. The comedy is nonstop sci-fi parody — “In the vacuum of space, they cannot hear you scream!” — and Buzz takes a beating before Bo Peep helps him escape toward the antique store.

What happens

Stuck on the wall at a carnival prize booth, Buzz is mocked by Ducky and Bunny, who are convinced he is scheming to cheat the system and land a kid. They hammer him with parody sci-fi lines and physical comedy while he tries to escape. Bo Peep arrives in her skunk cart and the group sets off for the antique store.

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join the clubto infinity and my footnot a mind readerlet go of someone

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Phrase of the scene

join the club

I'm in the same situation

巴斯说自己也想有个孩子,架上的玩具用这句回他,表示「大家都这样,你不是唯一」,既嘲讽又拉他入伙。

You're exhausted? Join the club, we all are.

Also in this scene

  • to infinity and my foot

    a spoof of "to infinity and beyond"

  • not a mind reader

    I can't know what you're thinking

  • let go of someone

    release your grip on me

Everything marked in this scene

43 notes across 61 lines

Phrase · B1show upIf you think you can just show up and take our top prize spot...
Phrase · B2take someone's spotIf you think you can just show up and take our top prize spot...
Grammar · B1If you think you can just show up

conditional clause with if

If you think you can just show up and take our top prize spot...
Phrase · B2dead wrong- you're wrong! - Dead wrong!
Phrase · C1cheat the systemCheat the system and get with a kid? Yeah, we know.
Phrase · C1shower someone with somethingA child to shower you with unconditional love?
Phrase · B2join the club

I'm in the same situation

- Join the club, pal. - Yeah, join the club!
Slang · A2pal- Join the club, pal. - Yeah, join the club!
Phrase · B1help someone do somethingCome on, help me get outta here.
Soundget outta here

liaison

Come on, help me get outta here.
Phrase · B1can't reach someoneI can't reach him. Help me out here, come on.
Phrase · B2not a mind reader

I can't know what you're thinking

Oh, sorry, Ducky. I'm not a mind reader, you know.
Phrase · B2what's not to understandWhat's not to understand, hmm?
Phrase · B1make someone say itYou gonna make me say it?
Grammar · B1make me say it

causative make + bare infinitive

You gonna make me say it?
Phrase · A2without someone's helpWith these tiny legs, I cannot reach without your help.
Phrase · B1work on doing somethingYou need to work on paying attention
Grammar · B1work on paying attention

work on + gerund

You need to work on paying attention
Phrase · B1listening skills- and your listening skills. - (SQUEAKS)
Phrase · B2how you like thatHow you like that, cheater? Huh?
Slang · B1cheaterHow you like that, cheater? Huh?
Soundinfinity and my foot

liaison

Oh, to infinity and my foot! Boom!
Phrase · B2in a galaxy far, far awayIn a galaxy far, far away, you got kicked in the head!
Phrase · B2get kicked in the headIn a galaxy far, far away, you got kicked in the head!
Phrase · B1get out of somewhereHow do I get out of here?
Phrase · B2conserve somethingClosing helmet to conserve oxygen.
Phrase · B2hear someone screamIn the vacuum of space, they cannot hear you scream!
Grammar · B1hear you scream

verbs of perception + bare infinitive

In the vacuum of space, they cannot hear you scream!
Phrase · B1let go of someone

release your grip on me

Let go of me!
Soundgo of me

liaison

Let go of me!
Phrase · B1get off someoneGet off of me!
Phrase · B1what something feels likeOoh! So, that's what gravity feel like.
Grammar · B1what gravity feel like

what-clause as complement

Ooh! So, that's what gravity feel like.
Phrase · A2where you goingHey, where you going?
Phrase · B1get over hereYou better get over here, spaceman!
Phrase · B1get awayBunny, what are you doing? He's getting away, let's go!
Phrase · A2here we comeAntique store, here we come!
Phrase · B1be bad at doing somethingWhy are you so bad at driving?
Soundbad at driving

flap

Why are you so bad at driving?
Phrase · A2thanks for somethingThanks for the landing.
Phrase · B1happens all the timeHappens all the time.
Phrase · A2more funThis will be more fun.
Phrase · B1get someone to somewhereLet's get you to that store!

Ducky and Bunny Attack Buzz, explained

What's really going on

The scene works by treating a silly toy dispute as a war. Ducky and Bunny have turned the prize wall into territory worth defending, and they read Buzz's every move as strategy: “Cheat the system and get with a kid? Yeah, we know.” Their mock violence is a running joke about the franchise itself — Buzz's noble catchphrases get reused as punchlines, from “to infinity and my foot” to a Star Wars parody about being kicked in the head. Under the slapstick, the scene sets up the plot: Bo Peep's rescue and the trip to the antique store. It also quietly shows how differently the toys see the same wall: to Buzz a way out, to the pair a home at stake.

Theme

Dark humorA toy beatdown is played for laughs, with sci-fi catchphrases turned into punchlines about being thrown and kicked.
FriendshipBo Peep shows up to rescue Buzz and bring him along, turning a rivalry into the start of the larger journey.

Listen for

  • get outta here — liaison
  • infinity and my foot — liaison
  • go of me — liaison
  • bad at driving — flap
In the vacuum of space, they cannot hear you scream!

A riff on a famous sci-fi tagline, used here as a joke while Buzz is thrown around a prize wall.

Oh, to infinity and my foot! Boom!

Buzz's 'to infinity and beyond' gets rewritten as a threat, turning his own catchphrase into the punchline.

Cheat the system and get with a kid? Yeah, we know.

Ducky and Bunny decide they have Buzz figured out: he is a schemer trying to game the prize wall for a child.

In a galaxy far, far away, you got kicked in the head!

A Star Wars-style send-up delivered as a boast, mocking Buzz after they rough him up.

Questions about this scene

Why do Ducky and Bunny attack Buzz?

They think he has jumped onto their prize wall to steal the top spot and cheat his way to a kid, so they gang up on him instead of listening.

Why is Buzz on the prize wall?

He is at the carnival trying to reach Bo Peep and get back to Bonnie, and he gets stuck among the hanging toys at the booth.

What is the running joke in this scene?

Buzz's heroic catchphrases are turned into parody punchlines: 'to infinity and my foot,' a space-horror line about no one hearing you scream, and a Star Wars-style jab about being kicked in the head.

What does 'cheat the system' mean here?

It means to exploit the rules for an unfair advantage. Ducky and Bunny accuse Buzz of trying to game the prize booth so a child will take him home.

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