Fails the Bechdel test

Toy Story 2

Name: Toy Story 2
Released: 1999

1999. Directed by Ash Brannon and John Lasseter and Lee Unkrich, written by John Lasseter and Pete Docter and Ash Brannon.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

1 / 3

Fails

Yes 1. At least two women
16 women characters. 2 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

Not rated bechdeltest.com readers haven't rated this film.

The film

While Andy is away at cowboy camp Woody has been toynapped by Al McWiggin, a greedy collector and proprietor of "Al's Toy Barn". In this all-out rescue mission, Buzz and his friends Mr. Potato Head, Slinky Dog, Rex and Hamm spring into action to rescue Woody from winding up as a museum piece. They must find a way to save him before he gets sold in Japan forever and they'll never see him again.

Released: 24 Nov 1999
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: G
IMDb: 7.9 / 10
Metascore: 88 / 100
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. 21 wins & 27 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Woody 91 lines, man
Buzz 87 lines, man
Prospector 55 lines, man
Rex 39 lines, man
Hamm 32 lines, man
Al 30 lines, man
Potato Head 29 lines
Srta. Cactus 27 lines, man
Slinky 23 lines, man
Bullseye 21 lines, man

Full cast, 44 people

Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack as Jessie (voice)
Kelsey Grammer as Prospector (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)
Wayne Knight as Al McWhiggin (voice)
John Morris as Andy (voice)
Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom (voice)
Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
R. Lee Ermey as Sarge (voice)
Jodi Benson as Barbie (voice)
Jonathan Harris as The Cleaner (voice)
Joe Ranft as Wheezy (voice)
Andrew Stanton as Emperor Zurg (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens / Additional Voices (voice)
Jack Angel as Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Bergen as Additional Voices (voice)
Mary Kay Bergman as Additional Voices (voice)
Sheryl Bernstein as Additional Voices (voice)
Rodger Bumpass as Additional Voices (voice)
Corey Burton as Additional Voices (voice)
Rachel Davey as Additional Voices (voice)
Debi Derryberry as Additional Voices (voice)
Jessica Evans as Additional Voices (voice)
Bill Farmer as Additional Voices (voice)
Pat Fraley as Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell as Additional Voices (voice)
John Lasseter as Additional Voices (voice)
Nicolette Little as Additional Voices (voice)
Sherry Lynn as Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan as Additional Voices (voice)
Andi Peters as Additional Voices (voice)
Phil Proctor as Additional Voices (voice)
Jan Rabson as Additional Voices (voice)
Carly Schroeder as Additional Voices (voice)
Madylin Sweeten as Additional Voices (voice)
Hannah Unkrich as Additional Voices (voice)
Lee Unkrich as Additional Voices (voice)
Dave Foley as Flik the Ant (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Welker as Bullseye / Buster (voice) (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 2 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 15% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 65

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 2	4	45
3 to 4	0	2
5 to 6	0	0
7 to 8	0	0
9 to 10	4	5
11 to 12	6	23
13 to 14	0	2
15 to 16	0	41
17 to 18	0	45
19 to 20	0	40
21 to 22	0	0
23 to 24	0	14
25 to 26	0	22
27 to 28	0	86
29 to 30	0	21
31 to 32	0	14
33 to 34	0	1
35 to 36	0	5
37 to 38	0	0
39 to 40	0	3
41 to 42	0	3
43 to 44	0	7
45 to 46	0	7
47 to 48	0	4
49 to 50	0	12
51 to 52	0	4
53 to 54	0	18
55 to 56	0	11
57 to 58	0	0
59 to 60	0	1
61 to 62	1	11
63 to 64	0	0
65 to 65	2	7

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, 4 are women's.

17 lines from women, 454 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit B: who's in it

16 women and 28 men in the cast. 2 women and 19 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 27 of 552. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 437 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 4% of the words (230), men 96% (5,214).

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

5 of the 16 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 24% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: John Lasseter (man)
Written by: Andrew Stanton (man), Rita Hsiao (woman), Doug Chamberlin (man), Chris Webb (man)
Produced by: Karen Robert Jackson (gender not listed), Helene Plotkin (gender not listed)
Shot by: Sharon Calahan (woman)
Edited by: David Ian Salter (man), Lee Unkrich (man), Edie Ichioka (woman)
Music by: Randy Newman (man)
Production design by: William Cone (man), Jim Pearson (gender not listed)
Cast by: Mary Hidalgo (woman), Ruth Lambert (woman)