20 Things You Somehow Missed In Toy Story

13. That Dark Marie Antoinette Joke

Toy Story Hamm Mr Potato Head
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Here's an hilarious - and grim! - gag you'll kick yourself for glossing over all these years.

When Buzz has his psychotic break and adopts his new tea-sipping moniker "Mrs. Nesbitt," he tells Woody, "One minute you're defending the whole galaxy, and suddenly you find yourself suckin' down Darjeeling with Marie Antoinette and her little sister."

Given that Buzz is having tea with one of Sid's sister's dolls which has had its head removed by Sid, this is evidently a nod to the fact that Queen of France Marie Antoinette was herself executed via beheading.

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