As for Lightyear, the new film isn’t exactly a spinoff of Toy Story but rather a meta-movie that tells the story of the real Buzz Lightyear, the one the toy is based on. Captain America himself ...

But something about Evans’ Buzzsplaining—and the inescapability of Hollywood’s idea-recycling—created a perfect meme format. “And just to be clear, this isn’t Buzz Lightyear the toy.

That means that all Buzz’s little quirks in the Toy Story movies — his mission logs, his costume, and his serious demeanor — would all theoretically come from this movie. While it was fun to ...