Buzz Lightyear is a character in Kingdom Hearts III.
Personality[]
Buzz is good friends with Woody, who helped him through his early delusional phase of believing he was the actual Buzz Lightyear character instead of a toy. He is also a voice of reason and reassurance among his friends; he tends to calm the normally nervous Rex by complimenting him on even accidental help he gives and makes simple tasks seem very important to give his friend confidence. Buzz is cautious and skeptical following the disappearance of his friends; he believes the best course of action is to wait around in Andy's Room until everyone comes back. His despair from being separated from Andy and the rest of their friends caused darkness to form in his heart. Despite their help repelling the Heartless, Buzz distrusts Sora, Donald, and Goofy initially, becoming a bit stern and more suspicious of them as Donald refuses to let Sora respond to Buzz's questions.
Buzz's skepticism borders on the ridiculous at times; despite seeing things that would normally be impossible in his original world, he refuses to believe that they have been taken to an alternate version of it. In fact, when Sora explains in detail what Young Xehanort meant by splitting the world in two, Buzz thinks Sora is suffering delusions like he first did and actually thinks he is the character from the game he is supposedly from. However, after seeing the Heartlesspossess toys, Buzz becomes more open-minded about unnatural occurrences. He also warms up to Sora, Donald and Goofy, apologizing for his behavior, though Sora assures that he understands that Buzz was just looking out for his friends.
Physical Appearance[]
Buzz Lightyear is a brawny electronic spaceman action figure. He has fair skin, blue eyes, an outline of a swirl on his chin (which gives Buzz a cleft chin), a purple head cap and collar, a clear plastic space helmet with purple buttons on both sides that open or close it. His green torso consists of a light blue sticker that has the words "SPACE RANGER" and the Star Command symbol, purple straps connected to it, three oval talk buttons - one blue, one green, and one red, a yellow nametag that says "LIGHTYEAR" above a red button that pops out purple plastic glider wings with red and white candy cane lining on the top of each, and green ends with red and green flashing lights. On his back, he has a white jetpack with a purple valve and green triangular accents and two black and yellow stickers - one says, "DANGER", and the other says "JET EXHAUST". His white arms have gray circular elbows and matching spheres on the end of his upper arms with black rings on it. His gloves have purple lines on his knuckles and fingertips and green squares on the back of each. His right arm has a red button on his upper arm with a yellow and black striped sticker that reads "LASER" and a red light on his right wrist. His left arm has a Space Ranger symbol sticker on his upper arm and a communicator sticker in his wrist communicator (the latter of which is later peeled off) and "MADE IN TAIWAN" engraved inside on his lid of the wrist communicator. A black bending with a thin green waist. His white spaceman pants have matching collars at the bottom and gray spheres behind his knees and hold his white shoes with green toe accents, purple soles, and black handwriting reading "ANDY" on his right shoe sole.
History[]
Along with his friends Woody, Rex, Hamm, the Little Green Men, and the Green Army Men, Buzz is taken away from his owner Andy and trapped in a replicated version of his world by Xehanort to experiment on the nature of their hearts. Buzz joins his fellow toys on Andy's bed, as they prepare to take on the intruders that have appeared in Andy's room. They plan to spring upon the intruders on Woody's count; however, Buzz stops his friends, as three new toys, Sora, Donald Duck and Goofy, have shown up.
The trio defeat the Heartless and introduce themselves. Buzz, suspicious of the newcomers, demands Sora tell him where he had fought the Heartless before. However, his interrogation is stopped by the others, who believe Sora, Donald, and Goofy to be Andy's newest toys. As they plan to search Galaxy Toys for Xehanort, Buzz initially refuses, arguing that they should stay and wait for Andy's return. He eventually acquiesces, and the toys join Sora.
At Galaxy Toys, Xehanort appears and summons Heartless to pilot the Gigas toys against Sora. Buzz assists in defeating them, but is concerned about the idea of the toys being possessed, and that his friends were forced to fight them. He again suggests returning to Andy's room, but upon learning that the Heartless kidnapped Rex, Hamm, and the Little Green Men, he agrees to continue further into Galaxy Toys.
Despite his misgivings, he continues to fight possessed toys through the toy store. He expresses his doubts to the rest, fearing that he may himself be possessed and forced to attack his friends. Once all of his friends are recovered, he decides it is time for them all to return home. However, before they can leave, Xehanort appears once more, summoning a Marionette to possess Buzz, whose heart had been weakened by fear and doubt. Buzz turns his laser on Woody and attacks. Though Goofy, Donald, and Rex try to stop him, he disappears into a Corridor of Darkness. Sora and the others track down another dark corridor in the toy store, finding Buzz inside trapped in a column of darkness. Xehanort muses on the darkness in Buzz's heart, but Woody responds by describing the love between the toys and Andy. His connection to Buzz breaks the darkness trapping him. The darkness takes the form of the King of Toys, but Buzz regains his senses and helps Sora defeat it. Though the toys remain trapped in the alternate world for the time being, they remain hopeful of seeing Andy again and do not regret the chance to meet Sora and his friends, who have become a part of their hearts.
Some time after Xehanort's defeat, Buzz is seen with the other toys in Andy's room as the door finally opens with Andy's return.
Abilities[]
- Buzz is a well-round fighter that specializes in attacking enemies from short to long distance. While in the alternate version of their world, Buzz is able to shoot Laser Beams from his wrist. His lasers deal little damage, but are his only reliable way to hit floating enemies at range. Buzz's basic attacks deal damage to a small area by slamming his arms on the ground, which can be useful in clearing weak enemies faster. His Spinning Lariat ability has him use his wings to attack by spinning around while moving to deal damage to enemies; though if he bumps into another ally, they will be stunned for a second.
Origin[]
Buzz Lightyear first appeared in 1995, in Pixar's first feature film Toy Story, voiced by Tim Allen, and has since appeared in its sequels, as well as several television specials, shorts, and related media. Mike MacRae served as Buzz's voice actor for all Disney-released video games involving the character, and reprised his role for Kingdom Hearts III.
In the 1995 film, Buzz Lightyear is the newest toy in the collection of a boy named Andy. He initially believes that he is the real Buzz Lightyear, a space ranger on a mission to defeat his nemesis, the evil Emperor Zurg, and repeatedly attempts to return to space. Woody, Andy's favorite toy, is jealous about the amount of time Andy now spends with Buzz and tried to hide him from Andy. In the process, he gets them both lost and in the possession of Sid, the toy-torturer who lives next door. In Sid's house, Buzz sees a commercial for the Buzz Lightyear action figure and finally realizes he is just a toy, sending him into a depression. With Woody's help, he regains his composure and the two of them escape back to Andy and become close friends.
Behind the scenes[]
During the development of Kingdom Hearts II, a model of Buzz was created with hopes that a Toy Story-based world would be created. As Square Enix was not able to introduce the idea of using him in the series at the time, the model went unused.[1]