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A Toy Story Character Was Inspired By A Creepy Twilight Zone Episode

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Pixar's Toy Story 4 villain Gabby Gabby gets her creepy inspiration from a classic Twilight Zone episode
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  • Gabby Gabby, the antique talking doll villain in Toy Story 4, was directly inspired by the vintage ventriloquist's dummy from the classic Twilight Zone episode 'The Living Doll'
  • According to Toy Story 4 director Josh Cooley, the team specifically wanted to channel the same unsettling, haunting vibe of that iconic Twilight Zone episode when designing Gabby Gabby and her backstory
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Josh Cooley, Toy Story 4, The Twilight Zone
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