Pixar initially named the famous space ranger from Toy Story Lunar Larry before mercifully realizing that sounded like a discount exterminator rather than an elite intergalactic hero.

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Pixar initially named the famous space ranger from Toy Story Lunar Larry before mercifully realizing that sounded like a discount exterminator rather than an elite intergalactic hero. The multibillion-dollar franchise that defined the childhood of every breathing millennial almost featured a main character with a name that genuinely implies he drives a rusted van and smells heavily of cheap domestic beer and bowling alley nachos. They thankfully pivoted to honoring astronaut Buzz Aldrin, saving countless parents from having to purchase plastic action figures of a guy named Larry for Christmas. It is a fantastic reminder that the impeccably polished Disney marketing machine frequently starts out with the most aggressively terrible ideas imaginable, heavily proving that even the brightest creative minds in animation are just one bad brainstorming session away from absolute commercial disaster