The Claw

Item from Toy Story by Pixar / Disney

The mechanical crane inside the Pizza Planet claw machine — worshipped as a deity by the aliens, and vindicated when a construction-site version of it saved the entire cast from the incinerator.

Also known as: The Claw, The Claaaw

What They Know

• Worshipped by the Pizza Planet aliens as a divine selector — 'The Claw chooses who will go and who will stay'
• An arcade crane game designed with a weak grip — the odds of winning are deliberately low
• The construction-site crane at the Tri-County Landfill functioned as the ultimate Claw, fulfilling the aliens' theology by saving the entire group from the incinerator
• The theological joke became the franchise's most emotionally satisfying payoff — four films of 'The Claw' jokes culminating in actual salvation

Connections

• worshipped_by — aliens
• located_at — pizza_planet

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