Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Buzz means it literally. He has no idea he is a toy, and the line is the swagger of a hero who has never been told otherwise. 'Infinity and beyond' makes no mathematical sense, and that is the joke and the charm. Kids and grown-ups use it as an all-purpose cheer for dreaming bigger than the possible, usually with one arm thrust out.
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In context
Spoilers for Toy StoryShow the scene
Buzz Lightyear is the space-ranger toy who thinks he is the real thing, and in Toy Story (1995), the first full-length computer-animated feature, he says it early on as he shows the other toys how he flies. The Pixar fan wiki lists this as the first use. Tim Allen voices Buzz and John Lasseter directed. The phrase is Buzz's catchphrase through the whole series, taken up by Woody and Andy, and it gave its name to a book on the story of Pixar.
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- Pixar Wiki: To Infinity and BeyondCatchphrase historyReference checked
- Wikiquote: Toy StoryHeader and Buzz LightyearReference checked
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