He labels Woody as a piece of plastic made to be thrown away and coaxes the toys to go back to the Caterpillar Room to avoid the approaching garbage truck and join Lotso's family again.

Toy Story is a 1995 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The first installment in the Toy Story franchise, it was the first entirely computer-animated feature film, as well as the first feature film from Pixar.

On the surface, Woody's arc is built with the intention of making us laugh and cry. Look deeper, however, and you'll find a character that symbolizes the growth that we all experience. He's the embodiment of our own development, and acts as a lens through which we can see our own growth.

Woody was inspired by a Casper the Friendly Ghost doll that Lasseter had when he was a kid and the puppets from the children's television show Howdy Doody.

Woody Pride Woody's actual full name is "Woody Pride", and has been since the earliest days of developing the original Toy Story.

Woody (Tom Hanks), a good-hearted cowboy doll who belongs to a young boy named Andy (John Morris), sees his position as Andy's favorite toy jeopardized when his parents buy him a Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) action figure. Even worse, the arrogant Buzz thinks he's a real spaceman on a mission to return to his home planet. When Andy's family moves to a new house, Woody and Buzz must escape the clutches of maladjusted neighbor Sid Phillips (Erik von Detten) and reunite with their boy.Toy Story / Film synopsis

Toy Story is widely credited with influencing the regular production across other major studios of computer-animated films. As the highest-grossing film released in 1995, it demonstrated that computer-animated films could be lucrative.

He's brave, like a cowboy should be. And kind, and smart. But the thing that makes Woody special, is he'll never give up on you… ever.

Bo Peep Bo Peep to Woody Bo Peep is a supporting character in the Disney•Pixar Toy Story franchise. She is a porcelain shepherdess figurine and Sheriff Woody's longtime girlfriend. Bo Peep and her sheep were originally adornments of Molly Davis's bedside lamp, but were eventually donated at some point in time.

Bo Peep is a fictional character appearing in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story franchise. The character is primarily voiced by Annie Potts. She appears in the first two films as a supporting character, portrayed as a love interest to the protagonist, Woody.

Toy Story may have been about the radical acceptance that accompanies friendship, but it's also about how quickly you can feel lost when you think you're navigating the world all by yourself.

Growing Up- Pretty much the main theme in this entire franchise. Each movie explains that the toys are suffering the pains of losing their owners as they watch them grow up and there is often times nothing they can do to replicate their happiness. Friendship! Buzz and Woody becomes friends in the first m...

Toy Story may have been about the radical acceptance that accompanies friendship, but it's also about how quickly you can feel lost when you think you're navigating the world all by yourself.

Woody is a loyal toy who has been Andy's favorite toy since kindergarten. Woody is a smart, determined, and passionate man, and would do anything for his nearest and dearest friends. He considers his friends as family and he tries his best to keep them together at all times.

Following a successful rescue operation, Buzz thanks Woody as they shake hands, and their friendship is born. The two toys then work together to reunite with Andy, and by the end of the film, they become the best of friends.

Case in point: “Consider the new Disney animated feature, John Lasseter's Toy Story, which is, incidentally, the first full-length film created wholly by computer and, not at all incidentally - by design, in fact - the year's most inventive comedy,” Richard Corliss wrote in his Nov. 27 review for TIME that year.