Passes the Bechdel test
Toy Story 4
2019. Directed by Josh Cooley, written by John Lasseter and Andrew Stanton and Josh Cooley.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
19 women characters. 21 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 13 scenes out of 40. -
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.
The film
Woody, Buzz Lightyear and the rest of the gang embark on a road trip with Bonnie and a new toy named Forky. The adventurous journey turns into an unexpected reunion as Woody's slight detour leads him to his long-lost friend Bo Peep. As Woody and Bo discuss the old days, they soon start to realize that they're two worlds apart when it comes to what they want from life as a toy.
- Released
- 21 Jun 2019
- Genres
- Animation, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- G
- IMDb
- 7.6 / 10
- Metascore
- 84 / 100
- Awards
- Won 1 Oscar. 62 wins & 65 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Woody 233 lines, man
- Bo 155 lines, woman
- Forky 86 lines, man
- Buzz 73 lines, man
- Gabby Gabby 62 lines, woman
- Duke Caboom 44 lines, man
- Giggle Mcdimples 39 lines, woman
- Ducky 38 lines, man
- Bonnie 33 lines, woman
- Bunny 28 lines, man
Full cast, 42 people
- Tom Hanks as Woody (voice)
- Tim Allen as Buzz Lightyear (voice)
- Annie Potts as Bo Peep (voice)
- Tony Hale as Forky (voice)
- Keegan-Michael Key as Ducky (voice)
- Madeleine McGraw as Bonnie (voice)
- Christina Hendricks as Gabby Gabby (voice)
- Jordan Peele as Bunny (voice)
- Keanu Reeves as Duke Caboom (voice)
- Ally Maki as Giggle McDimples (voice)
- Jay Hernandez as Bonnie’s Dad (voice)
- Lori Alan as Bonnie's Mom (voice)
- Joan Cusack as Jessie (voice)
- Bonnie Hunt as Dolly (voice)
- Kristen Schaal as Trixie (voice)
- Emily Davis as Billy / Goat / Gruff (voice)
- Wallace Shawn as Rex (voice)
- John Ratzenberger as Hamm (voice)
- Blake Clark as Slinky Dog (voice)
- June Squibb as Margaret the Store Owner (voice)
- Carl Weathers as Combat Carl (voice)
- Lila Sage Bromley as Harmony (voice)
- Don Rickles as Mr. Potato Head (voice)
- Jeff Garlin as Buttercup (voice)
- Maliah Bargas-Good as Lost Girl (voice)
- Jack McGraw as Young Andy (voice)
- Juliana Hansen as Miss Wendy (voice)
- Estelle Harris as Mrs. Potato Head (voice)
- Laurie Metcalf as Andy's Mom (voice)
- Steve Purcell as The Dummies (voice)
- Mel Brooks as Melephant Brooks (voice)
- Alan Oppenheimer as Old Timer (voice)
- Carol Burnett as Chairol Burnett (voice)
- Betty White as Bitey White (voice)
- Carl Reiner as Carl Reineroceros (voice)
- Bill Hader as Axel the Carnie (voice)
- Patricia Arquette as Harmony’s Mom (voice)
- Timothy Dalton as Mr. Pricklepants (voice)
- Flea as Caboom TV Announcer (voice)
- Melissa Villaseñor as Karen Beverly (voice)
- Jeff Pidgeon as Aliens (voice)
- John Morris as Teenage Andy (voice)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 1 scene, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 3% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 40
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 1 | 47 | 64 |
| 2 to 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 3 to 3 | 10 | 0 |
| 4 to 4 | 8 | 3 |
| 5 to 5 | 11 | 29 |
| 6 to 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 to 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 to 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 to 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 to 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 to 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 to 12 | 0 | 49 |
| 13 to 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 to 14 | 22 | 27 |
| 15 to 15 | 12 | 12 |
| 16 to 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 to 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 to 18 | 39 | 36 |
| 19 to 19 | 15 | 13 |
| 20 to 20 | 0 | 23 |
| 21 to 21 | 26 | 7 |
| 22 to 22 | 7 | 28 |
| 23 to 23 | 14 | 7 |
| 24 to 24 | 25 | 40 |
| 25 to 25 | 40 | 48 |
| 26 to 26 | 25 | 29 |
| 27 to 27 | 11 | 33 |
| 28 to 28 | 10 | 6 |
| 29 to 29 | 11 | 17 |
| 30 to 30 | 13 | 6 |
| 31 to 31 | 23 | 27 |
| 32 to 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 33 to 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 to 34 | 9 | 10 |
| 35 to 35 | 6 | 12 |
| 36 to 36 | 6 | 2 |
| 37 to 37 | 20 | 31 |
| 38 to 38 | 2 | 9 |
| 39 to 39 | 1 | 6 |
| 40 to 40 | 8 | 7 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
Tap an exhibit to open it.
Exhibit A: the passing scenes
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
HARMONY: Grandma, look what I found. Can I take it to the park? MARGARET: Sure.
MARGARET: Oh it’s fine. Nobody buys the toys anyway. HARMONY: Thanks, Grandma! HARMONY: Mom, can we go to the carnival?
BO: You have a little girl? GIGGLE MCDIMPLES: No way.
GIGGLE MCDIMPLES: Whoa, steer clear of that weirdo. BO: If I were you, I’d cut my losses and go home.
GIGGLE MCDIMPLES: Molly? Bo, I didn’t know you had a kid. BO: Oh, it was a long time ago.
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 40 are women's.
428 lines from women, 637 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
19 women and 23 men in the cast. 21 women and 33 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
A woman speaks the first line.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 93 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 41% of the words (3,124), men 59% (4,555). Women have 40% of the lines, so their lines run longer 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
38
Two men
83
Exhibit F: behind the camera
3 of the 13 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 31% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Josh Cooley (man)
- Written by
- Stephany Folsom (woman), Andrew Stanton (man)
- Produced by
- Jonas Rivera (man), Mark Nielsen (man), Galyn Susman (woman)
- Shot by
- Patrick Lin (man), Jean-Claude Kalache (man)
- Edited by
- Axel Geddes (man)
- Music by
- Randy Newman (man)
- Production design by
- Bob Pauley (man)
- Cast by
- Natalie Lyon (woman), Kevin Reher (man)
The crew, department by department
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Sound
4 women, 12 men, 1 not listed
-
Production
5 women, 6 men, 2 not listed
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Writing
6 women, 6 men
-
Other crew
0 women, 4 men, 5 not listed
-
Art
1 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Visual Effects
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 1 men, 1 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 2 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 38 on average. Men: 53 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Madeleine McGraw 10, Ally Maki 32, Christina Hendricks 44, Annie Potts 66
Men
Jordan Peele 40, Tony Hale 48, Keegan-Michael Key 48, Keanu Reeves 54, Tom Hanks 62, Tim Allen 66
Exhibit H: the money
It made 6.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $175 million
- Box office
- $1.1 billion
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 40 scenes and 1,101 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
