Warning! This post contains spoilers for Carry-On and Toy Story 2.

Netflix's popular new thriller starring Jason Bateman, Carry-On's villain, the Traveler. The thriller takes place almost entirely within the airport, with Bateman's Traveler forcing Ethan to allow a suspicious package through security by threatening to kill Ethan's pregnant girlfriend, Ethan's friends, and eventually Ethan himself.

While this may not sound all that similar to the children's Disney movie starring Woody and Buzz Lightyear, Carry-On and Toy Story 2 shockingly share many commonalities. On the surface, they are linked because each movie includes a major arc involving luggage in an airport, but the similarities run much deeper. Based on their plots and their key characters, Toy Story 2 and Carry-On are actually quite similar, even as their stakes and their target demographics are worlds apart.

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The Movies' Connections Go Beyond The Airport Setting

Woody meeting Jessie and Bullseye, and all three appearing surprised, in Toy Story 2

In Toy Story 2, the toys must rescue Woody from Al, a man who stole Woody from Andy's house to sell him to a toy museum in Japan. While being painted, sewn up, and prepped for travel at Al's house, Woody also meets Jessie, Bullseye, and the Prospector (or "Stinky Pete"). What Woody doesn't know is that the Prospector is willing to go to any lengths to make sure the four toys end up on that flight, even knowing that Woody wants to get back to Andy and the other toys.

This comes to a head in the final showdown, during which Jessie and Woody must escape off a plane as it is taxiing on the runway after fighting with the Prospector to free themselves from the luggage. Although this is not exactly the same as Carry-On's Traveler intending to release a deadly gas and kill everyone on a flight, both movies have a dramatic conclusion on the airplane itself, with Carry-On's ending being particularly gruesome. In fact, as Riley Utley of Yahoo Entertainment explains in detail, there are a number of connections between these two stories.

Among the biggest similarities are a sequence in which characters drive on sidewalks to arrive at the airport, accidental suitcase mix-ups, and tension built specifically around takeoff. Utley also highlights that the specific locations that are heavily featured in each movie overlap, particularly when it comes to conveyor belts and the cargo areas of the planes. If these connections weren't enough, the main villains in each movie are also surprisingly similar.

Al dressed as a chicken and looking sad in Toy Story 2

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Even Jason Bateman's Carry-On Character Has A Lot In Common With Toy Story 2's Villain

Arguably, Al is the main villain of Toy Story 2, as he kidnaps Woody and plans to sell him and the other three toys for a major profit. However, Al doesn't really know what he's doing. He has no idea that toys are alive, so, while his theft of Woody was immoral and his business practices are a bit below board, it's really the Prospector who is Toy Story 2's true villain. Despite knowing full well that Woody is going against his will, Prospector tries a number of tricks to shore up his future at the toy museum.

Obviously, Carry-On's Traveler is much more insidious, as he's willing to kill innocents for a job, but the characters' personalities are actually quite similar. Both are cold, self-serving, and condescending, and both believe their actions are justified. Even their names, Prospector and Traveler, share some similarity. While the two movies of course have some pretty major differences, shockingly, Carry-On and Toy Story 2 do have more in common than one might expect.

Source: Yahoo Entertainment