8 Times Pixar Got Really Fucking Dark

2) Woody And Co. Almost Get Melted To Death In Toy Story 3

The Toy Story franchise is probably still Pixar’s most popular (there’s a reason there’s a fourth film on the way), despite the fact that the Pixar brain trust are consistently trying to scare/upset younger viewers away from it. After the horror of Sid in the first movie and the pain of Jessie’s abandonment in the second, the third instalment is the most difficult to watch Toy Story of all.

First of all you have the sheer misery of Woody and the gang being dumped on the curb for destruction, followed by their relocation to Sunnyside daycare, a kind of Great Escape-style POW camp for toys run by evil cuddly overlord Lots-O’-Huggin’ Bear.

Then comes the most horrifying moment, as heroes we’ve grown to love over 15 years face incineration in a giant trash-destroying furnace. As the gang hold hands in solidarity, all you can do is cast your mind back to 1995, and try remember the better times when the toys weren’t all facing termination.