The Film: Toy Story (1995)

The Moment: The sort of audacious, iconic idea rarely seen outside of classic Disney and other, more risk-taking ‘toon houses, we see Buzz Lightyear lose an arm after trying to fly, bringing down the horrible realisation that he really, truly is just a toy.

It’s capped by a perfect moment of surreal comedy as Woody slaps a little sense back into him – with Buzz’s own amputated limb.

In Their Own Words: “Woody slaps Buzz with his own hand,” chuckles Andrew Stanton, “which is inspired from Commando. We heard about this story about the movie where Arnold gets hidden in this shed with this whole army is going to attack him.

"The character cuts off this bad guy’s arm with a machete and Arnold asked the director, ‘How about in the next scene I pick up the guy’s arm and smash him with his own fist?’ And the director said, ‘I think that’s going a little too far…’ But we said, ‘We can do that!’