The distraught bear that smells of strawberries and innocent childhood dreams eventually finds his owner only to discover that he has been replaced with an identical but newer model. Then life happened and Lotso was left behind. Once upon a time Lotso was the favorite toy of a little girl named Daisy who loved him as much as it is possible for a girl to love a toy and vice versa. Toy Story 3 is the best, darkest, most philosophically and metaphorically rich entry in the Toy Story franchise, one of the greatest and most beloved in all of pop culture, not just animation, in no small part due to Beatty’s masterful performance as Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear (or just Lotso if you’re into the whole brevity thing). Several decades later, at the very end of an extraordinary career that saw him flourishing in everything from big-budget popcorn fare like Supermanto broodingly intense dramas like Network, All the President’s Men, and Mikey and Nicky, Beatty made an indelible impression as the voice of the head bad guy in a movie nearly as dark as Deliverance but pitched to more of a family audience: 2010’s Toy Story 3, which has the distinction of being one of only three animated films nominated for a Best Picture Oscar ( Up and Beauty and the Beast are the other two). Seeing a disco party taking place at the Butterfly Room through one of the security cameras, the Monkey, also enjoying the disco, puts on his star-shaped sunglasses and starts playing his clash cymbals gently, indicating that he has reformed as well.The prolific and distinguished film career of the late Ned Beatty, who died recently at 83, began unforgettably with his debut performance as a city slicker famously admonished to squeal like a pig during a boys trip gone awry alongside Jon Voigt, Ronny Cox, and Burt Reynolds in Deliverance, John Boorman’s classic 1973 exploration of survival. Lotso's later knowledge of Woody and his friends' escaping in the first place is not revealed, but it is likely that the Monkey has managed to free himself and alert Lotso, leading to Lotso beating up the Chatter Telephone for information on Woody's whereabouts.ĭuring the film credits, the Monkey has returned to his position of monitoring security cameras at night again after Sunnyside is revolutionized into a cool and groovy toy paradise by Barbie and Ken, Sunnyside's new leaders. Woody and Slinky then tie him up with the tape ( like a mummy ) and lock him in a filing cabinet. Woody tells Slinky to grab a nearby scotch tape, and the Monkey screeches in horror when he turns to see Slinky charging toward him. This then leads to a brief fight, in which the Monkey overpowers Woody by repeatedly banging his cymbals on Woody's face. However, before he can reach the door, Woody trips him over with the P.A.'s cord. The Monkey and Woody both get up, and the Monkey turns and hisses at the surprised Woody and scatters off to go tell Lotso. ![]() With Slinky grabbing hold of Woody and swinging him, Woody tries to put a plastic black bag over the Monkey's face, but the Monkey has already noticed them, and he quickly turns around and screeches at Woody, making him and Slinky fall on the Monkey due to getting startled. Woody and Slinky quietly go through the vent into the Monkey's office. Potato Head (who escaped from his cell and left a real potato in it) that he doesn't notice Slinky coming out of his cell in the Caterpillar Room through another camera. That night, the Monkey is busy focusing his eyes on one camera where Ken, Big Baby, and the reset Buzz have cornered Mr. When Woody returns to Sunnyside to rescue his imprisoned friends, the Chatter Telephone tells information about the Monkey to Woody and says that he'll have to get rid of the Monkey if he wants to escape. ![]() and screeches loudly into it while banging his cymbals together repeatedly, alerting Lotso and his other nighttime guard toys to capture that toy like a security alarm. Every time a toy tries to escape, the Monkey pushes a button that turns on the P.A. Davis goes to Sunnyside to donate the toys and meets Bonnie's mother, and Bonnie is extremely shy to talk to Andy's mom.ĭuring the times when Sunnyside is under Lotso's regime, the Monkey has worked under Lotso as a nighttime guard watching all the security cameras in his office. The Monkey is first seen being played by Bonnie Anderson when the much older Ms. He doesn't speak, but he does make screeching monkey noises. The Monkey is a cymbal-banging monkey toy at Sunnyside Daycare.
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