Daily Dialogue — March 14, 2017

Buzz: [lands on the bed after his lucky acrobatic maneuver] Can! 
Rex: [the toys applaud and whistle] Whoooa! Oh wow, you flew magnificently! 
Bo Peep: I’ve found my moving buddy! 
Buzz: [proudly] Thank… th-thank you all, thank you! 
Woody: That wasn’t flying! That was… falling with style!

— Toy Story (1995), screenplay by Joss Whedon and Andrew Stanton and Joel Cohen & Alec Sokolow, story by John Lasseter & Pete Docter & Andrew Stanton & Joe Ranft

The Daily Dialogue theme this week: Jealousy, suggested by Shannon Corbeil.

Trivia: This was the first animated film in Oscar history to be nominated for a Best Screenplay Academy Award — Adapted or Original.

Dialogue On Dialogue: As soon as Buzz arrives on the scene, Woody gets jealous. His envy shrouding a deeper truth: Fear that he could be replaced as Andy’s favorite toy. Later in the story, Woody confesses this insecurity to Buzz, part of their bonding as a team.