Why and how are they alive? He doesn’t know either, but it’ll be alright. Like him, her first impulse is to return to the trash. Naturally, Forky is instantly smitten, his vision becoming blurry and sparkly as he looks as her. Behold: a plastic knife emerges from Bonnie’s bag, sporting a shock of blonde yarn hair and the same dazed expression Forky had worn when he’d first been introduced to the crew. This time it’s Jessie who has accompanied Bonnie to kindergarten, leaping out of her backpack with the news that Bonnie has literally made a new friend.
The key mid-credits scene, however, is the fourth one, which is a clever mirroring of the first scene in which Woody brings Forky home. It’s comforting to see Woody getting along so well given just how heartbreaking his decision to ultimately leave Bonnie and the rest of the familiar toys behind, and getting to see Ducky and Bunny’s fantasy of wreaking havoc upon humans grow to kaiju-sized levels. The first three mid-credits scenes finds Woody embracing his new life with Bo Peep, and teaming up with Ducky and Bunny to help the toys at the carnival find homes. A few of them are pure fun, but one has bigger connotations for the Toy Story-verse, and another is just a nice resolution to a point that’s been left hanging. The fourth film in the franchise tackles questions about the nature of existence and one’s greater purpose head-on, and though the story wraps up before the credits, the film has a handful of treats for viewers willing to stick around. If you need a little time to recover from the emotional roller coaster that is Toy Story 4 (and trust me, you will), stay in your seat once the credits start to roll. However, the lack of an appetizer, as it were, is made up for with a handful of mid-credits scenes and a post-credits stinger. Toy Story 4 is the first Pixar film in over two decades not to feature an animated short beforehand.Ī Bug’s Life, which hit theaters in 1998, was the first Pixar film to be paired with a short ( Geri’s Game), and the decision not to put a short in front of Toy Story 4 feels like a notable change given the icy reception of Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, which played in front of Coco, as well as Pixar’s new SparkShorts program, which gives new voices the tools they need to make mold-breaking films.