--- description: "Can toys die? Are toys born? When do they become sentient?" title: This 'Toy Story' Honest Trailer Brings Up So Many Existential Questions image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Honest Trailer for _Toy Story_ Brings Up Several Existential Questions You Never Knew You Had by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2015 9:32 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 16, 2015 9:32 PM CUT _Toy Story 4_ may not come out until 2017, but that didn’t stop[ Screen Junkies ](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOpcACMWblDls9Z6GERVi1A "undefined")from giving the original _Toy Story_ film the “honest trailer” treatment. “Get ready for the classic children’s film,” the voice-over begins, “that’s all about jealousy, broken dreams, and the existential dread that you will one day outlive your purpose and be replaced by someone newer and better. You know, classic Pixar stuff!” The trailer points out some stuff about the movie most of us have probably failed to acknowledge, like the fact that Woody is really “a neurotic, mean, egotistical control freak.” And how “when the much cooler toy Buzz Lightyear appears, he’ll attempt to murder him in a jealous rage.” Plus, a few existential questions _Toy Story_ brings up: “Can toys die? Are toys born? When do they become sentient? Can they have kids? Do all toys initially have the same mental and philosophical breakdown as Buzz? Does Andy’s mom realize it’s super illegal to have a baby ride in the front seat?” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/"},"headline":"This Honest Trailer for Toy Story Brings Up Several Existential Questions You Never Knew You Had","datePublished":"2015-06-16T21:32:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:21:11.253Z","description":"\"Can toys die? Are toys born? When do they become sentient?\"","url":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/","keywords":["Newsfeed","movies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/","name":"This Honest Trailer for Toy Story Brings Up Several Existential Questions You Never Knew You Had"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"The 10 Greatest Movies of the Millennium (Thus Far)","description":"TIME movie critic, Richard Corliss lists his top films of the millennium (Thus Far). For the full, list go to time.com/entertainment","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/S3M25t5U/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2012-05-17T00:06:49.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/S3M25t5U.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/","duration":"PT4M16S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3923508/toy-story-honest-trailer/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```