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"We're Not Aiming for the Truck" is a memorable quote uttered by the character Buzz Lightyear in the 1995 computer-generated animated film Toy Story. Online, people have edited the scene to feature different objects that the characters crash into. In many cases, footage from Toy Story is edited with footage from the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Origin

On November 22nd, 1995, the film Toy Story was released in the United States.^[1] At the end of the film, the character Buzz Lightyear flies himself and Woody (voiced by Tim Allen and Tom Hanks, respectively) in hopes of catching up to their friends (clip below). When they fly over the moving truck that contains their friends, Woody says, "We missed the truck." Buzz responds, "We're not aiming for the truck."

On June 30th, 2014, YouTuber Custerd Crems edited the video so that instead of landing in the car, it appeared that Woody and Buzz crashed into the World Trade Center. Within five years, the post received more than 9.4 million views.

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Later that year, YouTuber ғibbi posted a video remix of the scene containing various other memes and references (shown below, left). The post received more than 174,000 views in five years.

The following year, on August 29th, 2015, YouTuber David Raynor posted a reaction video in which they show their mother the original video. The post received more than 131,000 views in four years (shown below, right).

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