Toontastic Fun Fact #15
Did You Know...?
BUZZ LIGHTYEAR, the coolest TOY ever (FACTS) is one of the main inspirations for Jean-Luc the Fox.
Toy Story is one of my main movie franchises, counting both Disney and movies in general, with Buzz Lightyear as the main reason why. Something about his go-getter attitude and commanding persona really stuck out to me as a kid. His efforts, along with the group dynamic, in Toy Story 2 (my personal favorite) is what really set in stone how I wanted to write Jean-Luc overall (Well, that and a little Cartoon Network show known as "Ed, Edd 'n' Eddy").
Granted, I do greatly dislike (in a polite term) how Buzz's character was portrayed in Toy Story 4. I feel like on top of a bunch of other problems/reservations I had with the film, Buzz felt the most shafted out of the group... and that's not even mentioning how blank and abandoned the rest of Andy's (and Bonnie's) Toys were in the film as well! When the shorts & specials based on Toy Story 3 were more accurate to the characters than the fourth official film of the series, you done goofed, Pixar.
With the new LIGHTYEAR movie coming soon, I might make a blog post talking about Buzz in a similar reverence I showed with my Donald Duck post. In the meantime, I wanted to share a little of where Jean-Luc's go-getter attitude (and slight delusions) originated from.
BE TOONTASTIC~!
Buzz Lightyear © Disney/PIXAR
Jean-Luc the Fox © Jean-Luc Ottey
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