Buster

Buster
Series information
Appearance	Toy Story (Heard and mentioned) Toy Story 2 Toy Story 3
Portrayed by	Frank Welker (uncredited, barking sounds)

"Young Andy: "Ooh, what is it? What is it?"
(A dog is heard barking)
Young Andy: "Wow! A puppy!""

—Young Andy, receiving a baby Buster as a Christmas present

Buster is Andy's pet dachshund in the Toy Story series.

Toy Story

In the first film, a young Andy receives Buster as a puppy for his Christmas present at the end.

Toy Story 2

In the second film, Buster makes his first full appearance as a brown miniature dachshund. He is able to understand the toys when they talk to him and is shown to be friends with Woody.

He is first shown as he bursts into Andy's room to find Woody and sets a new record of 13.5 seconds, as shown on Mr. Spell and remarked by Hamm. When Andy's mother takes Wheezy with a broken squeaker, out to be sold at a yard sale, Woody whistles to Buster, and he takes him out to the yard sale, where Woody climbs into a box to dig out Wheezy and bring him back to Andy's room. Unfortunately for Woody, Buster makes jumps over a toy while heading back to Andy's room, causing Woody to fall -- which leads to the events of the movie.

At the end of the film, Buster is shown alongside Slinky, who understands that Buster wants to get out of the room, and Jessie performs a stunt with a Hot Wheels car and track to reach the doorknob to let Buster out.

He is last seen when Woody sees Andy, Molly, and their mother go out for another family outing.

Toy Story 3

Old Buster in Toy Story 3.

In the third film, Buster makes his final appearance. He is now very old, mixed brown and a little gray, a little fat, and a teensy bit weak.

Woody whistles for him again for help getting downstairs to rescue his friends from getting thrown away, but Buster is way too old and falls asleep on Woody, then he turns Buster around for air. Buster is still loyal to Woody.

Buster is last seen being with Andy when he departs for college, telling Buster to keep Molly away from his stuff.

Trivia

• An early version of Buster, named Speck by the toys, appeared in the Toy Story comic story "Pup and Circumstance," printed in the November 30, 1996 issue of Disney Adventures. The character's name in the story was not updated when it was reprinted in 2005.

• In Toy Story 2, Buster's ears are longer than his older self in Toy Story 3. The reason for this was probably to make Buster look more close to an appearance of a real wiener dog.
• Dachshunds are believed to have a lifespan of around 12 years, so Buster would be considered quite old, being around 11 to 11.5 years old by Toy Story 3.