Apple co-founder Steve Jobs acquires Pixar Animation Studios, boosting the development of computer-animated movies.
Toy Story, the first feature-length film completely animated by computer, is released and becomes a major success.
Toy Story receives Academy Award Special Achievement Award for its innovative computer animation and earns three other Oscar nominations.
Andy receives Woody, the cowboy doll, as his favorite toy.
Woody demonstrates leadership among the toys in Andy's room.
Andy gets a Buzz Lightyear action figure for his birthday, introducing a new 'space ranger' toy into the mix.
Woody becomes jealous of Buzz's popularity and tries to keep him from the attention of the other toys.
Woody accidentally knocks Buzz out of the window, leading to tension among the toys.
Both toys get lost outside Andy's house and must find their way back home.
Woody and Buzz narrowly escape from the toy-torturing neighbor Sid's house.
Buzz comes to terms with the fact he is not a real space ranger but a toy.
Woody and Buzz work together to return to Andy before he moves.
