Bookworm is a minor antagonist in Disney•Pixar's 2010 animated film Toy Story 3. He is a green worm with glasses and a built-in sturdy flashlight. He is a genius who loves reading books. He is one of Lotso's former minions.
Role in the film[]
Bookworm is an intelligent worm toy with a built-in flashlight.
He keeps a "library" of sorts in a closet at Sunnyside Daycare which holds instruction manuals for many different toys, including Buzz Lightyear. He gives Lotso a manual to reset Buzz, allowing Lotso to make Buzz one of his cohorts (as well as returning Buzz to when he thought he was a real space ranger in the first Toy Story movie).
Later, after Woody returns to rescue his friends and bring them back to Andy'shouse, Bookworm is seen again and against his plea to wait until morning, handing "Spacesuit Ken" (unaware that it's really Barbie in disguise) a Buzz Lightyear manual, when Barbie leaves, Bookworm notices that she is wearing pink high heels, but he doesn't care and leaves.
After Lotso is expelled from Sunnyside thanks to Andy's toys, Bookworm is shown have reformed like all the other Sunnyside toys who had previously served Lotso. During the film credits, Bookworm is seen happily using his flashlight to illuminate a disco ball when a dance party is being held in the Butterfly Room.
Trivia[]
Bookworm's glasses are somewhat similar to Mr. Skipperdoo's.
Lotso gives Bookworm a somewhat disapproving glance when the latter tosses Buzz Lightyear's manual at his feet. This may imply that Lotso dislikes Bookworm in particular.
All of Lotso's gang members worked with him either because he promised to keep them in the Butterfly Room or because he threatened to banish them to the Caterpillar Room, but they otherwise did not agree with his beliefs. Lotso's dislike of Bookworm may hence indicate that the latter was the most hesitant to cooperate.
Bookworm's reaction to noticing Barbie's high heels could either mean he was annoyed at Ken's fashion sense or that he saw through her disguise but did not care enough to inform Lotso.
Bookworm is the only member of Lotso's gang who doesn't meet Woody.
He is also the only Richard Kind Pixar character who originated from a Pixar sequel, as Kind's next Pixar role" Bing Bong, originated from Inside Out.
Gallery[]
Concept art of Bookworm moving
Concept art of the many faces of Bookworm
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