Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is reimagined as the 'real' human inspiration for the toy, but this is a new origin concept rather than an identity swap of an established character's race/gender.

• Buzz remains a white male human lead

Buzz is repeatedly humbled and shown to be wrong, with female characters (Izzy, Alisha) framed as more capable, but it's largely plot-driven rather than a 'men are the problem' message.

• Buzz's stubbornness causes the crew to be stranded
• Alisha Hawthorne leads the colony and is depicted as more grounded than Buzz
• Izzy succeeds where Buzz fails

A same-sex couple (Alisha and her wife) is shown with an on-screen kiss and a montage of their life together; it's a real, intentional inclusion but a supporting subplot.

• Alisha Hawthorne marries and kisses her wife on screen
• Montage of Alisha building a family with her partner

The crew is diverse but plausibly so for a futuristic sci-fi setting; nothing contradicts established lore.

• Multiethnic group of recruits and colonists

Themes of teamwork and accepting help are folded into the story without overt sermonizing.

• Buzz learns to rely on the team rather than go solo

Buzz's lone-wolf masculine heroism is gently critiqued as flawed, but it's framed as personal growth rather than an anti-masculinity message.

• Buzz's go-it-alone attitude repeatedly backfires

The film reinterprets the Toy Story mythology as an in-universe movie that inspired the Buzz toy, a creative liberty rather than an identity-driven rewrite.

• Framed as the film young Andy watched