Fails the Bechdel test

Toy Story

Name: Toy Story
Released: 1995

1995. Directed by John Lasseter, written by John Lasseter and Pete Docter and Andrew Stanton.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
8 women characters. 5 of them speak.
No 2. Who talk to each other
Our parser found no scene where two women talk to each other.
No 3. About something besides a man
Not reached: the film fails an earlier rule.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 1 out of 3.

The film

A little boy named Andy loves to be in his room, playing with his toys, especially his doll named "Woody". But, what do the toys do when Andy is not with them, they come to life. Woody believes that his life (as a toy) is good. However, he must worry about Andy's family moving, and what Woody does not know is about Andy's birthday party. Woody does not realize that Andy's mother gave him an action figure known as Buzz Lightyear, who does not believe that he is a toy, and quickly becomes Andy's new favorite toy. Woody, who is now consumed with jealousy, tries to get rid of Buzz. Then, both Woody and Buzz are now lost. They must find a way to get back to Andy before he moves without them, but they will have to pass through a ruthless toy killer, Sid Phillips.

Released: 22 Nov 1995
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: G
IMDb: 8.3 / 10
Metascore: 96 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 3 Oscars. 29 wins & 24 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

Women
Men
Not in the cast list
Bigger name, more lines

Woody 287 lines, man
Buzz 145 lines, man
Sid 60 lines, man
Andy 58 lines, man
Mr. Potato Head 52 lines, man
Rex 52 lines, man
Slinky 34 lines, man
Hamm 33 lines, man
Mrs. Davis 30 lines, woman
Sfx 27 lines

Full cast, 37 people

Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Jim Varney as Slinky Dog (voice)
Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)
John Ratzenberger as Hamm (voice)
Annie Potts as Bo Peep (voice)
John Morris as Andy (voice)
Erik von Detten as Sid (voice)
Laurie Metcalf as Mrs. Davis (voice)
R. Lee Ermey as Sergeant (voice)
Sarah Rayne as Hannah (voice)
Penn Jillette as TV Announcer (voice)
Jack Angel as Shark / Rocky Gibraltar (voice)
Spencer Aste as Wounded Soldier (voice)
Greg Berg as Local Announcer (voice)
Lisa Bradley as Kid (voice)
Kendall Cunningham as Kid (voice)
Debi Derryberry as Aliens / Pizza Planet Announcer (voice)
Cody Dorkin as Kid (voice)
Bill Farmer as Monotone Announcer (voice)
Craig Good as Mission Control (voice)
Gregory Grudt as Kid (voice)
Danielle Judovits as Burned Rag Doll (voice)
Sam Lasseter as Kid (voice)
Brittany Levenbrown as Kid (voice)
Sherry Lynn as Mom (voice)
Scott McAfee as Kid (voice)
Mickie McGowan as Sid's Mom (voice)
Ryan O'Donohue as Kid (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens / Robot / Mr. Spell (voice)
Patrick Pinney as Pizza Delivery Guy / Angry Driver #2 (voice)
Phil Proctor as Pizza Planet Announcer / Pizza Planet Guard (voice)
Jan Rabson as Gas Station Attendant (voice)
Joe Ranft as Lenny the Binoculars (voice)
Andrew Stanton as Commercial Chorus (voice)
Shane Sweet as Kid (voice)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 7% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 102

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	0	20
4 to 6	7	83
7 to 9	2	1
10 to 12	0	4
13 to 15	1	16
16 to 18	1	4
19 to 21	0	11
22 to 24	4	88
25 to 27	4	61
28 to 30	10	46
31 to 33	3	39
34 to 36	0	9
37 to 39	1	25
40 to 42	0	19
43 to 45	8	14
46 to 48	7	26
49 to 51	1	28
52 to 54	3	20
55 to 57	6	21
58 to 60	1	15
61 to 63	3	19
64 to 66	4	48
67 to 69	0	37
70 to 72	0	5
73 to 75	0	1
76 to 78	0	1
79 to 81	4	2
82 to 84	0	30
85 to 87	1	16
88 to 90	0	14
91 to 93	2	16
94 to 96	0	15
97 to 99	4	12
100 to 102	2	17

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 9 are women's.

79 lines from women, 783 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

8 women and 25 men in the cast. 5 women and 22 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 25 of 923. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 58 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 8% of the words (514), men 92% (6,088). Women have 9% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit D: the test the other way

Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.

Conversations between two named characters

Two women

Two men

Exhibit E: behind the camera

2 of the 12 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: John Lasseter (man)
Written by: Alec Sokolow (man), Joel Cohen (man), Joss Whedon (man), Andrew Stanton (man)
Produced by: Ralph Guggenheim (man), Bonnie Arnold (woman)
Edited by: Lee Unkrich (man), Robert Gordon (man)
Music by: Randy Newman (man)
Cast by: Mike Fenton (man), Janet Hirshenson (woman)