💗🎃Gracie Mack🎃💗

Happy Pride! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

Well well well, look who picked up a little something at @tractorsupply while getting some feed for Bullseye?

Jessie wants to get in on Buzz’s mini bucket collection. 😂

Dug out the Bride and Groom shirts I made us for our rehearsal night two years ago! I also made everyone in our party shirts with the other toys. Dude, Pricklepants as the Officiant, Mandafesting at my finest. 🙌🏻

A lot of things.  Even though they come from different toy lines, their interests are similar.  They have a shared sense of adventure, for one.  In Toy Story 2, sure he’s instantly attracted to her, but he’s completely GONE once he sees her ride the Hot Wheels track just like he had in the past.  And with Toy Story 3, once Buzz has been through the whole Spanish Mode thing, I’ve always liked to think that dancing became another interest they share together.  

Forky:"Woody, who that red haired woman?"

Woody:"Oh i told you her, can you say her name?"

Jessie:"Yeah, say my name. Is Jessie, Jess-ie."

Forky:"Je-Jes-e?"

Jessie:"Yeah?"

Forky:"Jess-ie, Jess-aun-t....Jess Auntie! Auntie!"

Jessie:"Wha-what?"

Forky:"Auntie!" *Hugs her.*

Woody:*Tries not to laugh.*

Buzz:"Awww Auntie Jessie, how adorable."

Jessie:"I guess so...Uncle Buzz."😏

I’ve been seeing some comments online that Buzz and Jessie were completely forgotten in Toy Story 4, so I thought I’d clear things up a bit.  While they weren’t in the spotlight this time, they weren’t neglected, either.  

From the start in the present-day, Buzz is kneeling in front of Jessie, helping her through her panic attack in the cramped closet (before Woody walks between them, of course):

Buzz is one of the first to smile at her when she’s excited about the road trip (besides Slinky and Rex, who are right next to her):

Then they look at each other, worried about Woody, after Buzz says “We’re here for you, buddy” (“we” as in him and Jessie):

They share a worried look again, when Woody is chasing after Forky:

Throughout the movie, they’re always near each other, when they have a choice about it.  Here’s just one example (out of chronological order with the others), which also happens to be right after she’s helped him up through the window:

And whenever they flop down in toy mode, TWICE it’s with her head on his shoulder.  The first time, it’s after they’ve been discussing the spoon they gave to Bonnie, rather parent-like:

The second time, at the end, it’s even more pronounced, with his arm behind her, and Forky on his lap (kind of like a family grouping, front and center).  She sits down first here, so he’s extending his arm intentionally, and then you can see her lean into it, putting her head on his shoulder:

Going a little out of chronological order again (the previous photo comes after this), when the toys gather on top of the RV, Buzz takes her hand to help her down onto the awning.  He doesn’t help any of the other toys in that scene, and Jessie can jump that distance no trouble, so it’s obviously a gesture of love more than true assistance.  And when you think about it, he sends her ahead first, to see Woody and Bo, probably not knowing if there will be time for him to say goodbye as well:

Finally, at the very end, as they’re driving away, Jessie rests her hand on Buzz’s shoulder.  They couldn’t hold hands, because their hands are below the window ledge and wouldn’t be visible.  So instead, when you see Buzz looking out at Woody and Bo in the distance, and saying his “To infinity…” line, her hand is on his shoulder, for comfort and support.  To me, the fact that this gesture is in such a pivotal shot is a reminder that while Buzz just said goodbye to his best friend, he’ll still be okay, because he has Jessie, just like Woody has Bo now:  

There could be even more I’ve missed - it’s not until blu-ray that you really catch everything in a Pixar movie.  Should there have been more Buzz and Jessie moments?  From a fangirl perspective, of course.  That was the one thing I was disappointed about when I first saw it.  But then I watched it again… and caught all the little things I hadn’t noticed before.  They ARE there, showing us that they’re still very much together, even if they’re not the focus this time around.  Love isn’t always displayed just as kisses and cuddling; it’s in supporting each other during what was a very stressful time-crunch situation for both of them, each having to step up and take charge to try and get Woody and Forky back while they still could.  Not exactly a situation ripe for romance. 

I think what we have to remember, too, is that Buzz and Jessie had their love story in Toy Story 3, along with Toy Story of Terror being full of sweet moments between them (even the Toons had their share).  Toy Story 3 spoiled us, badly.  Toy Story 4 was Woody and Bo’s turn to have their love story.  Sure, they could have put in more Buzz and Jessie, but that would have drawn attention away from Woody and Bo, when there was already a LOT of story to tell in a relatively short amount of time.