An early version of Lotso can be seen in the first film when Woody says, "Everybody hear me? Up on the shelf, can you hear me? Great!" and can be seen in the second film at Al's Toy Barn. Lotso was originally going to be in the first film, but the technology to make the fur right had yet to exist for the first and second films, so he was saved for the third film. Lotso is eventually found by a garbage man, who recalls that he once had a Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear as a kid, and straps Lotso to the grille of a garbage truck with three other toys before driving away. Woody talks Hamm and Slinky out of seeking revenge against Lotso, knowing that the dump is the right place for Lotso of his selfishness. As the toys resign themselves to their fate, the Squeeze Toy Aliens save them by grabbing them from the rubble with a giant crane claw. However, rather than pushing the button, he leaves them to their deaths, as he still believes that all toys are meant to be trash waiting to be destroyed and forgotten. As they are about to reach the incinerator, Lotso sees an emergency stop button, and with Woody and Buzz's help, manages to reach it. Finding Lotso stuck under a large golf bag, Woody and Buzz rescue him and escape the shredder, only to find they have ended up on another belt leading to an incinerator. Seeking revenge, Lotso pulls Woody in with him, forcing Woody's friends to follow them to the landfill.Īt the landfill, the toys end up on a conveyor belt leading to a shredder. Outraged by this act of treachery, Big Baby turns against Lotso and throws him into the dumpster. Woody throws out Big Baby's "Daisy" name-tag, causing Big Baby to regain his memory of Daisy, but Lotso destroys it and reveals his true feelings about toys: that they are trash waiting to be thrown away, destroyed, and forgotten.
Woody brings up the subject of Daisy, leading into an argument between him and the stuffed bear. Lotso corners them and gives a last offer for them to stay at Sunnyside just as a garbage truck comes along. Andy's toys work on their plan to escape the daycare center. When Woody returns, he works on a plan to turn Buzz back to himself, but they reset to Spanish. Lotso manipulates Buzz into imprisoning the rest of the Andy's toys with the help of the minions. Lotso then orders his henchmen to switch to Buzz's demo mode. Buzz understands what Lotso meant, but respectfully refuses, saying that he and the rest of Andy's toys stay together as a family. Thinking of Buzz to be useful to him, Lotso grants it only to him, stating that the kids going to the Caterpillar Room really need some toys to play with.
Meanwhile, Lotso's minions catch Buzz outside of the Caterpillar Room and restrain him in the library where Lotso comes in, having learned that Buzz is actually requesting a transfer of himself and the rest of Andy's toys to the Butterfly Room. Big Baby took on the role of Lotso's enforcer while Chuckles was found by Bonnie and is taken home. Later, Lotso discovered the Sunnyside Daycare Center and turned it into an internment camp for toys. Lotso became embittered, convinced Big Baby and Chuckles that they had been replaced, and they leave Daisy's home. Lotso led his two friends on a long trek back to Daisy's house, only to discover that Daisy had gotten another Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear.
When she fell asleep, her parents put her into the car and drove away, accidentally leaving the toys behind. One day, Daisy and her family had a picnic in the countryside. During their time with Daisy, Lotso was considered a kind-hearted friend to both Chuckles and Big Baby. Lotso became Daisy's favorite toy when she unwrapped him on Christmas. At Bonnie's house, Woody realizes from Chuckles that he, along with Lotso and Big Baby, were once owned and loved by a girl named Daisy. In Toy Story 3, he welcomes Andy's toys to Sunnyside and assigns them to the Caterpillar Room, where they are roughly played with by the youngest children. He is the main antagonist of Toy Story 3. He initially acts like a kind-hearted and wise caretaker, but is later revealed to be more of a ruthless warden, although his backstory makes him more of a tragic villain. Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear ( Lotso for short), voiced by Ned Beatty is a plush, purple teddy bear with a big plum nose, a sweet strawberry scent and a southern accent, who uses a wooden toy mallet as a cane and is the leader of the toys at the Sunnyside Daycare Center.