For viewers who have known the pair since 1999, it answers a small question Pixar had managed to leave untouched for more than two decades. There are worse problems for a friendship to have than an unexplained origin story.
The deleted material also gives Jessie’s history a little more room to breathe. Toy Story 2 established that she had once belonged to a girl named Emily before eventually becoming part of Al’s collection, where she was kept alongside Bullseye and Stinky Pete as pieces of Woody’s Roundup memorabilia.
Why the Jessie and Bullseye flashback was left out
The first-meeting sequence was never completed as a fully animated scene and ultimately did not appear in the theatrical version of Toy Story 5. Its release instead gives viewers a glimpse of an idea Pixar explored while developing Jessie’s story.
It is not the only piece of discarded Jessie material to emerge around the home release. Another deleted sequence revealed separately in August explored a reunion between Jessie and an older Emily, her former owner, before that storyline was also removed from the finished movie.
Together, the scenes show how extensively the filmmakers considered revisiting Jessie’s past even though much of that material remained outside the final cut.
The Bullseye flashback is one of five deleted scenes included among the digital-release extras, alongside additional behind-the-scenes material.
Toy Story 5 returns home after a huge theatrical run
The bonus material arrives after Toy Story 5 became one of 2026’s biggest theatrical releases. The film opened in US cinemas on June 19 and has since crossed $1 billion at the worldwide box office.
As of mid-August, PEOPLE described it as the third highest-grossing movie released worldwide in 2026. The ranking has shifted during a particularly busy summer as newer blockbusters have continued adding to their totals.
The fifth film once again brings together Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Jessie and the rest of Bonnie’s toys, this time confronting them with a rather modern rival: Lilypad, a tablet that threatens the traditional playtime world in which the characters have always existed.
That premise pushed a franchise built around children eventually outgrowing their toys into slightly different territory. The toys are no longer competing only with age, cupboards and charity boxes. They now have a screen to worry about.
When Toy Story 5 arrives on digital and Blu-ray
Toy Story 5 becomes available digitally on August 18, with the home release including the deleted Jessie and Bullseye sequence among its extras.
The physical editions follow on September 22, when the film is scheduled to arrive on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD.
For a franchise that has spent decades examining what happens to toys before, during and after their time with children, the deleted flashback adds one more piece to that history. Jessie and Bullseye may have entered the films as an already established pair, but viewers can now see the beginnings of the friendship Pixar once considered putting on screen.
