The Toy Story 2 DVD Mistake That Had Parents Complaining to Disney

When Toy Story 2 hit home video as part of its Ultimate Toy Box DVD set, something went seriously wrong with a batch of copies sent out to Costco. According to what I found, around a thousand of these DVD sets accidentally contained a scene from an entirely different movie, and it was not a family friendly clip.

This is the kind of mix up that matters to fans and parents alike, because it meant an innocent family movie night could suddenly turn into something no one was expecting.

Toy Story 2's Ultimate Toy Box DVD Accidentally Included an R-Rated Scene

While producing the Ultimate Toy Box DVD set for Toy Story 2, roughly a thousand copies that were sent to Costco ended up containing a scene from the R-rated film High Fidelity instead of the intended content. This was not some quiet, harmless clip either.

The Scene From High Fidelity Featured Repeated Use of the F-word

The scene that mistakenly played was one where the f-word is said several times. As I put it, "imagine you're watching Toy Story 2 with your kids for the first time and all of a sudden in the middle of a scene it cuts to a movie that is just yelling f-word." That is exactly the situation some families found themselves in, expecting Woody and Buzz and instead getting an unexpected burst of profanity from a completely different film.

Disney Called It a Content Error Affecting Less Than 1% of Sets

According to Disney, only about a thousand copies, which they said made up less than 1% of the total DVD sets produced, were affected by what the studio referred to as a "content error." Small percentage or not, it was enough to cause real problems once parents started noticing what their kids had actually been watching.

Costco Recalled the Entire DVD Set After Parent Complaints

Parents complained on behalf of their kids once they realized what had happened, and Disney was ultimately forced to respond. The company removed all of the affected sets from Costco and recalled the entire Ultimate Toy Box DVD release for anyone who had purchased it through that retailer.

Did you or anyone you know ever end up with one of these mixed up Toy Story 2 DVDs?