What is Buzz Lightyear's iconic catchphrase?

Buzz Lightyear’s iconic catchphrase is “To infinity and beyond!”

The line is Buzz’s signature rallying cry throughout the Toy Story franchise. Buzz is a Space Ranger action figure who initially believes he is a real intergalactic hero, so the phrase captures his confidence, ambition, and comic certainty that he can accomplish impossible missions.

In the original Toy Story (1995), the phrase also works as a joke: infinity has no mathematical endpoint, so technically nothing can go beyond it. That contradiction fits Buzz’s early self-image, because he speaks like a heroic space officer while failing to understand that he is a toy. Over time, the line becomes more sincere as Buzz learns humility and develops a genuine friendship with Woody.

Tim Allen delivers the phrase for Buzz in the Toy Story films. Chris Evans says it in Lightyear (2022), a separate film about the fictional space hero who inspired the toy. The wording is often shortened in casual speech, but the canonical version includes both “infinity” and “beyond.”