Who Deleted The Original Toy Story?

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Sep 15, 2026
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In 1998, at the bustling Pixar headquarters, the team was hard at work on Toy Story 2.
Amidst the flurry of activity, an animator accidentally ran a deletion command on the
film's assets folder on Pixar's internal servers. With just four keystrokes, files began to vanish.
Woody's iconic cowboy outfit disappeared. Then, one by one, characters started pulling a Houdini.
Buzz Lightyear, Mr. Potato Head, Rex, all vanished faster than a slice of pizza at a
In a panic, they yanked the computer's plug. But not before nearly 90% of the movie had
been sucked into the digital void. They turned to their backup system,
only to find it hadn't been updated since last month.
Just when all hope seemed lost, Galen Sussman, the supervising technical director,
emerged as an unexpected savior. She had been working from home frequently due to her newborn
baby and had an almost complete backup of the movie on her home computer.
A team from Pixar, moving with the precision of a bomb disposal unit,
transported her computer back to the studio, swaddled in blankets and pillows like a precious
artifact. Upon its arrival, they found it contained a nearly up-to-date backup of the movie.
The film was saved, Sussman was hailed a hero, and there was much rejoicing.
Despite their miraculous recovery, the filmmakers looked at the movie and said,
Nah, we can do better. So they decided to remake it.
