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Toy Story 2

Toy Story 2 is a 1999 American animated adventure comedy film directed by John Lasseter and written by Andrew Stanton, Rita Hsiao, Doug Chamberlin and Chris Webb. Produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures, it is the sequel to Toy Story (1995) and the second installment in Pixar's Toy Story franchise.

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Woody and Buzz Lightyear, having become best friends, are now the co-leaders of Andy's toys. Andy plans to take Woody to Cowboy Camp, but accidentally rips his arm during a brief playtime. Andy's mother places Woody on a shelf, causing Woody to begin fearing that Andy will soon discard him. Woody finds Wheezy, a penguin toy with a broken squeaker, who has also been shelved. After saving Wheezy from being sold at a yard sale, Woody is found and stolen by a greedy toy collector. Buzz fails to foil the theft, but finds clues identifying the thief as Al McWhiggin, the owner of the "Al's Toy Barn" store.
At Al's apartment, Woody discovers that he was designed as the main protagonist of Woody's Roundup, a popular 1950s children's Western series, where he meets the toy versions of his character co-stars: Jessie the Cowgirl, Bullseye the Horse, and Stinky Pete the Prospector. While delighted to meet them, Stinky Pete informs Woody that Al plans to sell the entire Woody's Roundup collection to a toy museum in Tokyo. Woody desperately wants to return home to Andy, dismaying the group because the museum will not accept the collection without him, which will lead them back into storage. After Woody's arm is repaired the next day, he learns that Jessie was once loved by her owner Emily, until she outgrew and donated her away. Convinced that Andy might do the same to him, Woody decides to go to the museum.
Buzz, Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex, and Hamm venture out to Al's Toy Barn to rescue Woody. Separated from the gang, Buzz encounters "Ultra Buzz Lightyear", a Buzz variant toy with a utility belt who assumes he is a real space ranger. Ultra Buzz captures and imprisons Andy's Buzz. Ultra Buzz meets the gang, and accompanies them to Al's apartment, assuming they are on a mission to defeat his arch-nemesis, Emperor Zurg. Andy's Buzz escapes and follows them, inadvertently releasing a toy Zurg who follows Buzz to destroy him. Both Buzzes and the rest of the search party arrive at the apartment, meeting Woody and the Roundup toys.
Experiencing a conflict of choices, Woody refuses to go home to stay with the Roundup toys. Shortly after the search party leaves, Woody has a change of heart, inviting Jessie, Bullseye and Stinky Pete to join him and become Andy's toys. While a hesitant Jessie and an enthusiastic Bullseye accept Woody's offer, Pete refuses and blocks them from leaving, as he is adamant about going to the museum. Al returns to the apartment and takes the Woody's Roundup collection to the airport. On the elevator ride down, Zurg appears and fights the toys until he is knocked off the elevator by Rex. They learn that Zurg is Buzz's father, and Ultra Buzz stays behind to reconcile with Zurg. Andy's Buzz and the other toys pursue Al to the airport by driving a Pizza Planet truck, accompanied by three toy aliens from the restaurant.
Buzz and the rest of Andy's toys pursue the baggage through the airport's baggage handling system to recover Woody, Jessie and Bullseye. Stinky Pete knocks Buzz and retaliates against Woody by ripping his arm again. Buzz and the others work together to subdue Pete with camera flashes, placing him in the backpack of a young girl, who takes him away with her. Bullseye is saved, but Jessie is loaded onto a baggage tractor and taken to the plane. Woody, Buzz, and Bullseye race to rescue her before the plane takes off. The toys return to Andy's house. Andy returns from Cowboy Camp that night, and finds all of the toys on his bed, ready to be played with. The next morning, Woody's arm and Wheezy's broken squeaker are repaired, and Jessie and Bullseye find the comfort of their new home. Al mourns the loss of the lucrative deal with the toy museum on a television advertisement, and leaves in despair, much to the toys' amusement. As the toys celebrate, Woody tells Buzz that he no longer fears Andy losing interest in him, promising to keep each other company for "infinity and beyond".
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