The Toy Story franchise became part of the LGBTQ community with the spin-off film Lightyear. The movie introduced a lesbian couple, with one of the women being a friend of Buzz’s. Now Buzz Lightyear himself is being branded a LGBTQ ally for the performance given by an actor during a Disney parade.
As you can see below, TikTok user BrittBrattCattt recorded the event for social media. An actor in a Buzz Lightyear costume participated in a Walt Disney World Resort park parade. During his performance, however, he uses a Pride flag from an onlooker and further begins to dance.
It’s a moment that had the audience hyped up and now social media is feeling the same way. The video of the performance, which was uploaded with Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way,” already has more than 670,000 likes as of this writing. Here’s the clip:
@brittbrattcattt Buzz is an ALLY (now canon) #disney #waltdisneyworld #hollywoodstudios #toystory #buzzlightyear #pride #pridemonth #ally ♬ Born This Way – Lady Gaga
LGBTQ fans were quite supportive of the video as well, with many of them telling the Buzz Lightyear actor to “WERK” as they performed. Here are some of the comments shared:
“tim allen is somewhere screaming right now! I LOVE IT!”
“SLAY BUZZ”
“I mean, I knew when they showed that tea party scene. Miss Nisbet 😂😂”
“YAS MRS NESBITT WERK”
“THAT WAS DONE SO FLAWLESSLY”
“YESSSSS HE SO SLAY FOR THAT”
The video comes not long after the announcement was made that original Buzz Lightyear actor Tim Allen would be returning for Toy Story 5. He’ll be joined by fellow co-star Tom Hanks, known for providing the voice of Woody, and it’s expected that various other fan-favorite characters will also return. Toy Story 5 will also mark Allen’s return to the role after Chris Evans voiced a different version of the character in Lightyear.
Stay tuned to ScreenGeek for any additional Disney and Buzz Lightyear news as we have it.