the two toys try to escape from sid's house before andy and his family move, encountering nightmarish hodge-podge toys of sid's creation as well as sid's vicious dog, scud. buzz sees a commercial for buzz lightyear action figures just like himself and realizes that woody was right about him being a toy. unable to face the truth, buzz tries to prove he is still a space ranger by attempting to fly out of the window, but falls and loses one of his arms. buzz becomes too depressed over the truth to participate in woody's escape plan which forces woody to try and get the other toys attention in andy's room by waving buzz's disconnected arm, but the other toys still distrust him for what happened to buzz and leave him behind. woody realizes that sid's mutant toys are friendly when they fix buzz's arm but is forced to hide when sid arrives, leaving buzz behind. sid prepares to destroy buzz by strapping him to a rocket, but is delayed by a thunderstorm and sleeps for the night. woody convinces buzz life is worth living even if he is not a space ranger because of the joy he can bring to andy, and helps buzz regain his spirit. cooperating with sid's mutant toys, woody stages a rescue for buzz and scares sid away by coming to life in front of him. however, the two miss andy's car as it drives away to his new house.