Tim Allen called Buzz Lightyear and Jessie’s kiss in Toy Story 5 “creepy,” and he said the scene made him picture how his daughters would react. The moment comes at the end of the film, after Buzz confesses his feelings for Jessie, and Allen later said he came around to it.
Us Weekly and Tim Allen
Allen told Us Weekly, “[It was] creepy!” and added, “When I’m doing [“Toy Story”], I’m literally an 8-year-old kid.” He said the Buzz Lightyear part of the scene pulled him into that same headspace: “Oh God, oh no, I’m doing that?!”
He also said, “I remember when I first read it, I said, ‘Are you going to show this?’” That reaction matters because Allen is not just judging the scene as a viewer; he is the voice behind Buzz Lightyear, which makes his discomfort part performance note, part parent’s instinct.
Watching it with Katherine and Elizabeth
Allen said his reaction turned sharper when he thought about watching the movie with Katherine and Elizabeth. “Every time there’s a kissing scene, everybody gets really quiet in the room,” he said, adding, “Especially when [Elizabeth was] a little younger.”
He later tied that family response directly to the Buzz and Jessie moment: “And that is exactly how I responded [to Buzz kissing Jessie].” He also compared the sequence to Woody’s bald spot and said, “You kind of move them out of the animated thing, and it gets into some larger dramatic questions.”
Buzz and Jessie in Disney
Allen said he eventually came around to the scene because “I loved [it] because it affects everybody in the room.” He said the reaction in the theater splits the audience the same way: adults feel the awkward pause, while kids say, “Eew!”
That is the useful read on the moment: Toy Story 5 is using Buzz and Jessie’s relationship as a payoff, not a throwaway gag. Bonnie even holds a pretend wedding for them, so the kiss is not isolated; it sits inside a bigger turn for the pair that Allen says lands because it makes the room react instead of just the characters.
