The carpet design used in Sid's House is the same design used in the Hotel featured in "The Shining".

The toolbox in Sid's room is labelled "Binford". That is the name of the tool company on Tim Allen (the voice of Buzz)'s show, Home Improvement.

There are many books behind Woody when he is giving his speech and some of them are Pixar short films such as Red's Dream, Knick Knack, and Tin Toy. The Tin Toy book even has director John Lasseter's last name on it.

After the "Hey Hamm, I'm Picasso" gag, Mr. Potato Head says to a toy hockey puck, "What are you looking at, you hockey puck?" As an insult comic, Don Rickles (who voices Potato Head) was famous for calling people a "hockey puck" in his routines.

This was the first completely computer-generated feature film.

Andy's number plate is also featured on a box under the caravan in A Bug's Life.

The sound the globe makes when rolling towards Buzz is the exact same noise as the boulder from Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.