Buzz And Woody Team Up Again To Battle Big Tech In New ‘Toy Story 5’ Trailer

The new “Toy Story 5” trailer has the internet buzzing as the popular animated franchise will take on the growing problem of children having too much screen time.

As the teaser trailer, which was released in November, indicated, the villain this time around is a new tablet called “Lilypad,” which steals main character Bonnie’s attention as she forgoes playing for screen scrolling. This recognizable storyline is resonating with parents and justifying the idea of yet another “Toy Story” sequel.

The voice cast includes Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, and Joan Cusack, who return to their roles of Woody, Buzz, and Jessie. Greta Lee voices Lilypad.

The official synopsis says, “The toys are back and this time, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie and the rest of the gang’s jobs are challenged when they come face-to-face with Lilypad (voice of Greta Lee), a brand-new tablet device that arrives with her own disruptive ideas about what is best for their kid, Bonnie. Will playtime ever be the same?”

In the trailer, Jessie says to Lilypad, “Me and the toys have been working all summer to try and get Bonnie to make friends, but then YOU had to ruin it.” She decides to call Woody, who tells her, “Toys are for play but tech is for everything.” 

The full trailer was released on February 19. “Toy Story 5” hits theaters June 19. 

“I’m generally opposed to milking these franchises dry until they’re nothing but a shriveled husk, but if this movie is going to villainize iPads and scold parents who use screens to babysit their kids then I wholly support it. This may be the only ‘part 5’ movie that has ever had a valid reason to exist,” Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh wrote in response to the trailer.

“Finally, a movie calling out the iPad baby epidemic,” another X user agreed. “It’s about time we admit that parking a kid in front of a screen 24/7 isn’t parenting, it’s just surrendering. Woody and Buzz are basically fighting for the soul of childhood at this point.”

“Facts, if Part 5 is finally calling out iPad parenting and the screen babysitter culture, I’m in. Make Hollywood preach something useful for once,” another person agreed.