Stretch is a shiny, glittery purple rubber octopus toy who appears as a supporting antagonist in Disney•Pixar's 2010 animated feature film Toy Story 3. She was one of Lotso's henchmen at Sunnyside Daycare, but in the end, she redeems herself.
"Stretch is a fun-loving under-the-sea octopus friend that shines in glittery purple. Kids can count her eight rubbery legs and dozens of sticky suckers that are sure to stand up to rough-and-tumble play and extreme stretching. Toss her high on the wall and watch her climb her way down! Clean in mild soap solution to remove dust and lint."
Personality[]
Stretch appears to be the most cheerful member of Sunnyside Daycare. She likes to gamble and play cards with her buddies. Her best friends are Twitch, Chunk, and Sparks. As with her cohorts, she is eventually convinced of Lotso's evil by Woody and Ken. In the credits, she welcomes new toys that arrive at Sunnyside.
Stretch is a purple rubbery octopus toy at Sunnyside Daycare. She has sticky suction cups on her eight tentacles and glitter all over her body. She also works at the repair spa in the Butterfly Room, giving massages to toys.
When Andy's toys first arrive at Sunnyside, Stretch shakes hands with Hamm, Slinky, and Barbie. She starts out as one of Lotso's minions, helping with the capture of Andy's toys with her tentacles (at one point, Jessie attempts to escape, but Stretch catches her and throws her in one of the cells). Later, she and her cohorts catch Woody and his friends trying to escape Sunnyside via the garbage chute, and prepares to push them into the dumpster should they not admit defeat. However, when Woody and Lotso have a heated argument about Daisy, Lotso's former owner, Stretch is seen to visibly cringe at Lotso's true demeanor being revealed. After Lotso crushes Big Baby's pendant, he angrily orders Stretch to push Woody and his friends into the dumpster, which Stretch is now reluctant to do. Eventually, Lotso is thrown into the dumpster by Big Baby, and Stretch is petrified and shocked at what has happened. She then quickly leaves the area, letting Andy's toys escape and leaving Lotso to his fate in the dumpster.
During the closing credits, she is seen happily greeting a bunch of new toys that are donated to Sunnyside in a box that includes a Zurg action figure and uses her tentacles to lift them out of the box and lower them safely onto the floor. She is also seen hanging out at a "beach party" in the sandbox and later at a disco party in the Butterfly Room. The next day, after Bonnie places her backpack in the rack, Stretch sneaks out from behind a lunchbox above Bonnie's backpack to place a letter from Ken to Woody, Buzz, and the toys living at Bonnie's house into the backpack to let them know that Sunnyside has become a happier place for everyone.
Other appearances[]
In the comic series, Stretch and her best friends have many adventures in the Sunnyside Daycare, and they frequently use the Vending Machine as their clubhouse. In the story "Simply...Tentacular", she displays strength greater than Chunk's. She is distressed that the other toys mistake her for a boy, but Barbie provides her with several garments to cheer her up. In the story "Let's Stretch!", Chunk regards her as the daycare's most fun-loving toy. She makes other toys laugh by tickling them. In the story "Sunnyside Dance Contest", she visits Bonnie's house to hide from the dance contest due to her lack of dancing talent until Hamm teaches her. In other stories, she is very helpful and considerate towards toys in distress.
When Stretch was first revealed, some fans mistook the character for being a male because her design didn't make it exactly clear what gender the toy was, but the official website confirms her as female.
This makes her the first ever female toy in the franchise to be on the antagonistic position. One-Eyed Betty doesn't count because she's only imaginary and not real.
Stretch's voice actress Whoopi Goldberg retrieved the Woody and Buzz toys that John Lasseter left behind when the first Toy Story movie won the special achievement award at the 1996 Oscars.
In The Making of Toy Story 3, behind-the-scenes footages showed that Stretch originally said the line, "What do you expect from a girl's toy?" to Ken. In the final film, Chunk says this line instead.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Hamm, Slinky, and Barbie each shake hands with Stretch after they arrive at Sunnyside
"I won!"
Ken: "Well, Stretch takes the round." Stretch: "You lost! (laughs)"
"Aw, Mr. Softy over here."
"Where do you think you're going?"
An angry Stretch goes down the garbage chute to push the toys into the dumpster
A reformed Stretch uses her tentacles to safely take the new toys that were donated to Sunnyside out of the box
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