In fact, Disney took a real chance on Pixar, a young unproven tech startup at the time. Indeed, the staff at Pixar knew computer technology but they had never created a full-length feature film. They decided to put the story first—to focus attention the characters, the plot, the action. So, sure, the computer animation of the first Toy Story movie looks really primitive today.
But pretty soon, you forget about that because the story still grabs you. In addition to the very relatable human story, both children and adults embraced the film right from the beginning because of the choices of the toys themselves. Some of these evoke a specific era; others have become classics, continually produced over decades for successive generations of kids.
We dug into our own collections to find some of the real toys that appear in Toy Story and reveal their true stories. Cheyenne game, THF During the s, cowboy movies and TV shows were huge. This was an era during which the West was greatly romanticized, something Walt Disney was on to when he created Frontierland at Disneyland in Cowboys, in particular, were revered as rough and tough, independent, honest, and hardworking characters—at the time considered laudable traits for young boys and girls to emulate.
At the end of the film, which takes place at Christmas, Woody and Buzz stage another reconnaissance mission to prepare for the new toy arrivals. As Woody wonders what gift may be worse than Buzz, Andy receives a puppy , to which Buzz and Woody share a worried smile. In Toy Story 2 , about a year after the first film, Woody, ready for an annual trip with Andy to a place called Cowboy Camp, struggles to find his trademark cowboy hat.
He sends everyone in search of it, and while everyone is searching, Bo Peep snags him with her cane again. She encourages him that everything will be all right, nearly kissing him before being interrupted by Rex struggling with her sheep, and moments later Slinky finds the hat.
After preparing for departure, Andy accidentally tears Woody's arm while playing with him and Buzz Lightyear before leaving for camp. To Woody's dismay, Andy leaves Woody on the shelf, despite Ms. Davis offering to fix him on the way. Woody, being unable to move his arm, begins to have recurring nightmares of becoming a disused toy which Andy says that he does not want to play with anymore and drops him into the pile of cards left on the floor by Rex, Mr.
Potato Head, and Rocky, which leads him into a trash can filled with severed hands, and they grab him by the neck while he's begging Andy not to do it, but he sadly says goodbye to Woody and closes the trash can lid, ignoring Woody's pleads.
Woody wakes to find that Wheezy , a penguin toy whose squeaker is broken, is being taken by Andy's mother to be sold at a yard sale.
Woody rescues Wheezy with the help of Andy's dog Buster , but he is accidentally left behind at the yard sale and subsequently located by Al McWhiggin , the owner of the toy store, Al's Toy Barn. He tries to offer, bribe, and bargain with Ms. Davis, but she refuses to sell the sheriff and stores him in the cash box. Irritated at her noncompliance, Al resorts to thievery, stealing Woody by causing a distraction with a skateboard, so with Ms.
Davis focused on the mess, Al is able to snatch Woody from right under her nose. He quickly hurries to his car, storing the bag holding Woody in the trunk, as Buzz tries to save his friend, but fails.
Woody is brought to Al's apartment, where he discovers that he is a toy based on Woody's Roundup , a TV show from the s. By acquiring him, Al now has a complete collection of the show's merchandise, which he plans to sell to a toy museum in Tokyo , Japan. Woody meets the toy versions of the show's co-stars: his sidekick Jessie , his horse Bullseye , and an old prospector named Stinky Pete also known as 'The Prospector' who is still apparently in mint condition in his original box.
The three are excited to be going to Japan, but knowing that he is still Andy's toy, Woody has doubts and intends to return home. When Al rips off his torn arm by accident, Woody tries to recover his arm and then escape the apartment, but without success as the TV turned on and woke up Al in the process. Seeing the remote next to her, Woody confronts Jessie. She is furious when Woody answers to her question that he's labeling her with "if the boot fits!
The next day, Woody's arm is repaired and he is given a fresh paint job by Geri , which he appreciates. He slowly warms up to the idea of going to Japan, particularly after learning that Jessie was once the favorite toy of a little girl named Emily , who gave her away after growing up and he is convinced by Stinky Pete that, if he returns to Andy, he will eventually be thrown away or left in storage when he grows up like with what happened to Jessie, whereas if he goes to Japan, he will be remembered and treasured forever.
He is later confronted by Buzz and the other toys, who try to take him home, but Woody initially turns his back on them, both literally and figuratively. However, before Buzz leaves, he asks Woody if he really wants to "watch kids from behind glass and never be loved again". From this, and watching an episode of Woody's Roundup where he sang You've Got a Friend in Me , he realizes going to the museum means spending all eternity in a glass prison devoid of any playtime whatsoever and comes to his senses.
He then invites the other toys from Woody's Roundup to come along, but is denied freedom by the disgruntled Prospector, who is determined to go to Japan in the process, it's revealed he turned on the TV and framed Jessie. Woody and the rest of the collection are packed up for shipping overseas and taken to the Tri-County Airport.
Woody gets into a spat with the Prospector in the baggage handling area, during which the old rip in his arm is reopened on purpose by Stinky Pete to force Woody into getting back in the suitcase but this time, his arm still can move, because it's just a little rip.
Woody is eventually able to defeat the Prospector with help from the other toys by tossing him into a girl's backpack sentencing him to an unfortunate fate of being doodled on by its owner, much to his grief. While Bullseye is rescued, Jessie is loaded into the plane's cargo hold, forcing Woody to slip on board and extract her from the cargo hold just before the plane takes off.
Woody and the others happily return home, using one of the airport baggage trucks to do so, where his arm is once again repaired Andy's fix is somewhat lopsided, but Woody takes this as a badge of pride , and Jessie and Bullseye are made members of Andy's toys.
Woody and Buzz now accept the fact that Andy will eventually grow up, but even after he does, they will still be there for each other.
In Toy Story 3 , Andy is now 17 years old and preparing to leave home for college. By this time, Woody is one of the very few toys remaining in Andy's possession, as a majority have either been sold or lost over the years.
Fearing abandonment is on the horizon, Woody holds a meeting with the other remaining toys to discuss their future. According to Woody, they will more than likely be stored in the attic, where, despite no longer being used, will still be in Andy's possession, which is most important.
As expected, Andy places his toys in a garbage bag to be stored in the attic, but Mrs. Davis mistakes it for trash and leaves them on the street just as a garbage truck arrives. Woody saves the toys, but Mr. Potato Head and Jessie are furious at the event, believing Andy no longer wants them. Against Woody's wishes, the toys donate themselves to Sunnyside Daycare, where the leader of the facility— Lotso —promises that they'll be loved and played with for the rest of eternity.
Woody refuses to abandon Andy and tries to return home, only to be taken by a little girl named Bonnie. At Bonnie's house, Woody gets acquainted with her toys - Mr. Pricklepants , Dolly , Buttercup , Trixie , Peas-in-a-Pod , and Chuckles the Clown - and learns that Lotso is actually a tyrant that abuses the toys of Sunnyside after being abandoned by his owner, Daisy.
Woody returns to Sunnyside to save his friends, but Lotso and his cronies corner them. Woody calls Lotso out on his tyranny and manages to turn his henchmen against him, who dispose of Lotso in a garbage bin. While trying to escape, Lotso drags Woody into the trash with him, prompting the other toys to run to his rescue. They are all taken to the city dump, where Lotso nearly meets his demise.
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Related Stories. The entire Toy Story franchise is about the journey of one toy, Woody the cowboy. We watch Woody grow and learn over the course of four films. He learns a great deal over the course of these movies, but as far as we can tell, he never learns he has a last name. Woody's full name is actually Woody Pride.
This piece of information was revealed a few years back by Lee Unkrich , director of Toy Story 3. Apparently Woody's full name was created back when the first movie was being developed. Considering that Woody's sidekick Buzz Lightyear has a last name, it may be that as the two characters were being developed they were both given full names.
In the end it was decided that Woody would just be Woody and the last name wouldn't be used. As mentioned, Pixar movies often go through major changes from their original concepts, and Toy Story was no exception. The concept for the film was a previously created Pixar short film called Tin Toy which starred a tin one-man-band toy named Tinny.
Tinny was originally going to be one of the two main characters of the film. The other was going to be a ventriloquist dummy named Woody.
This version of Woody was much more of a traditional bad guy, because ventriloquist dummies are naturally terrifying. As the story began to evolve, however, Woody's character became less evil and more simply a toy who was afraid of being replaced. As the character changed, the dummy design no longer worked and Woody evolved into the cowboy we know.
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