Andy's toys and their unwilling companion, Lotso, eventually end up in a landfill's conveyor belt in "Toy Story 3." Though they narrowly escape the belt's garbage shredders, an even worse fate awaits them in the form of an incinerator. Woody and Buzz help Lotso reach the conveyor belt's emergency stop button, but the duplicitous bear betrays them, despite having been saved from the shredders by the two toys earlier. As they inch ever closer to incinerator fire, Jessie turns to Buzz, who's gotten the gang out of many jams before, yet Buzz, unable to conjure a plan, takes her by the hand, admitting defeat. Jessie, though heartbroken, understands and grabs one of Bullseye's hooves, prompting all of Andy's toys to take one another's hands in support as they fearfully approach what seems like a fiery fate below.
It's by far Buzz's most crushing moment in the entire franchise, as it's the first time the usually optimistic and resourceful hero has ever fully lost hope. Simultaneously, it conveys just how much he cares about his friends, as he holds their hands, so they don't feel like they have to face the incinerator alone. The scene culminates in a beautiful callback to the previous "Toy Story" movies, as the three Squeeze Toy Aliens Mr. Potato Head saves in "Toy Story 2" rescue the gang with a giant version of "The Claw." As the rescued toys get their bearings, Buzz and Jessie realize they're still holding hands. Neither of them seems to really mind.
