Passes the Bechdel test

Toy Story 3

Name: Toy Story 3
Released: 2010

2010. Directed by Lee Unkrich, written by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.

The Bechdel test

Bechdel score

3 / 3

Passes

Yes 1. At least two women
18 women characters. 8 of them speak.
Yes 2. Who talk to each other
In 6 scenes out of 133.
Yes 3. About something besides a man
In those scenes, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.

Second opinion

Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.

The film

Woody, Buzz and the whole gang are back. As their owner Andy prepares to depart for college, his loyal toys find themselves in daycare where untamed tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice. So, it's all for one and one for all as they join Barbie's counterpart Ken, a thespian hedgehog named Mr. Pricklepants and a pink, strawberry-scented teddy bear called Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear to plan their great escape.

Released: 18 Jun 2010
Genres: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Rated: G
IMDb: 8.3 / 10
Metascore: 92 / 100
Awards: Won 2 Oscars. 64 wins & 96 nominations total
Elsewhere: View on IMDb

Starring, by lines spoken

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

Woody 195 lines, man
Buzz 98 lines, man
Jessie 86 lines, woman
Lotso 83 lines, man
Ken 70 lines, man
Rex 61 lines, man
Mr. Potato Head 60 lines, man
Hamm 57 lines, man
Mrs. Potato Head 47 lines, woman
Andy 46 lines, man

Full cast, 59 people

Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
Joan Cusack as Jessie (voice)
Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)
John Ratzenberger as Hamm (voice)
Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
Blake Clark as Slinky Dog (voice)
Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens (voice)
Ned Beatty as Lotso (voice)
Michael Keaton as Ken (voice)
Jodi Benson as Barbie (voice)
John Morris as Andy (voice)
Emily Ricks as Bonnie (voice)
Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
Kristen Schaal as Trixie (voice)
Jeff Garlin as Buttercup (voice)
Bonnie Hunt as Dolly (voice)
Whoopi Goldberg as Stretch (voice)
Jack Angel as Chunk (voice)
John Cygan as Twitch (voice)
Jan Rabson as Sparks (voice)
Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom (voice)
Lori Alan as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
Bea Miller as Molly (voice)
R. Lee Ermey as Sarge (voice)
Teddy Newton as Chatter Telephone (voice)
Richard Kind as Bookworm (voice)
Bud Luckey as Chuckles (voice)
Javier Fernández-Peña as Spanish Buzz (voice)
Charlie Bright as Young Andy / Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Amber Kroner as Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Brianna Maiwand as Pea-in-a-Pod (voice)
Erik von Detten as Sid (voice)
Jack Willis as Frog (voice)
Woody Smith as Big Baby (voice)
Carlos Alazraqui as Additional Voices (voice)
Teresa Ganzel as Additional Voices (voice)
Jess Harnell as Additional Voices (voice)
Danny Mann as Additional Voices (voice)
Mickie McGowan as Additional Voices (voice)
Laraine Newman as Additional Voices (voice)
Colleen O'Shaughnessey as Additional Voices (voice)
Bob Peterson as Additional Voices (voice)
Jerome Ranft as Additional Voices (voice)
Lee Unkrich as Additional Voices (voice)
Colette Whitaker as Additional Voices (voice)
Constantino Bravos as Children (voice)
Taiana Huff as Children (voice)
Adam Joshua Jastrow as Children (voice)
Leo Jergovic as Children (voice)
Theodore F. Kayser as Children (voice)
Gia Michailidis as Children (voice)
Nikolas Michailidis as Children (voice)
Aramé Scott as Children (voice)
Hannah Unkrich as Children (voice) (archive sound)
Sherry Lynn as (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Ward as (voice) (uncredited)
Frank Welker as Bullseye / Buster / The Monkey / Pigeon (voice) (uncredited)

Who talks, scene by scene

Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.

Women

Men

Scene 1 Scene 133

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Show the numbers

Scenes	Women's lines	Men's lines
1 to 3	4	18
4 to 6	4	11
7 to 9	3	2
10 to 12	0	2
13 to 15	26	83
16 to 18	14	39
19 to 21	8	28
22 to 24	8	5
25 to 27	10	52
28 to 30	13	46
31 to 33	20	27
34 to 36	9	12
37 to 39	13	28
40 to 42	7	32
43 to 45	2	29
46 to 48	29	34
49 to 51	6	20
52 to 54	0	4
55 to 57	0	11
58 to 60	6	15
61 to 63	0	0
64 to 66	0	19
67 to 69	0	1
70 to 72	0	1
73 to 75	0	1
76 to 78	7	25
79 to 81	0	12
82 to 84	4	8
85 to 87	4	4
88 to 90	3	10
91 to 93	2	5
94 to 96	0	0
97 to 99	6	7
100 to 102	0	2
103 to 105	10	51
106 to 108	9	64
109 to 111	6	13
112 to 114	0	3
115 to 117	1	3
118 to 120	6	27
121 to 123	3	13
124 to 126	6	13
127 to 129	11	23
130 to 132	10	19
133 to 133	2	2

The evidence

Straight from the script
Counted from the script and the credits

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Exhibit A: the passing scenes

The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.

MOLLY: Then, yes, I’ll miss you. JESSIE: I can’t breathe!

MRS. POTATO HEAD: It’s all right, Barbie. You’ll be okay! BARBIE: Well... Molly and I have been growing apart for years, it’s just... I can’t believe she would throw me away!

JESSIE: Yeee-hawww..!!! MRS. POTATO HEAD: It’s a miracle!

MRS. POTATO HEAD: Goodbye...! BARBIE: Will I see you again?

JESSIE: How many ya reckon are out there?! MRS. POTATO HEAD: Oh, they sound so sweet!

Exhibit B: every 100 lines

Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 25 are women's.

272 lines from women, 824 from men.

Women
Men

Exhibit C: who's in it

18 women and 33 men in the cast. 8 women and 29 men from it get lines.

Characters

With lines

Women
Men

Exhibit D: who gets heard

The first woman speaks at line 8 of 1,119. The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 43 lines.

Every line of dialogue, first to last

First line by a woman
Longest stretch with no woman speaking

Words spoken

Women speak 21% of the words (1,591), men 79% (5,932). Women have 25% of the lines, so their lines run shorter than men's.

Exhibit E: 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

126

Exhibit F: behind the camera

4 of the 14 people in these jobs are women. Across the whole crew, 19% of the people whose gender is listed are women.

Directed by: Lee Unkrich (man)
Written by: Michael Arndt (man)
Story by: John Lasseter (man), Lee Unkrich (man), Andrew Stanton (man)
Produced by: Darla K. Anderson (woman)
Shot by: Jeremy Lasky (man)
Edited by: Ken Schretzmann (man)
Music by: Randy Newman (man)
Production design by: Bob Pauley (man)
Cast by: Natalie Lyon (woman), Mickie McGowan (woman), Holly Dorff (woman), Kevin Reher (man)