
In Toy Story 4, when Bonnie finds herself all alone during kindergarten orientation, Woody just has to help - even if it means digging through a trash can to retrieve a few art supplies for his kid.
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It’s such a critical relationship in the series and, in Toy Story 4, we take it to an even deeper level.”

They trust each other, understand each other and support each other. And that builds over the years and through the films. It starts off a little rocky in the first film, but a friendship is born.

Says producer Mark Nielsen, “The relationship between Woody and Buzz is core to the Toy Story films. Toy Story is rooted in that key friendship. “He wants to be supportive and help him out, but his efforts land him in the hands of a carny and placed into a game booth as a prize.” “Buzz sees that Woody needs to make a change,” adds director Josh Cooley. “Loyalty is fundamental to Buzz and this story takes loyalty to a new level.” “Buzz wants Woody to do the right thing - but sometimes doing the right thing is really, really hard to do,” says Allen. According to Allen, the new story takes their unlikely bond even further. Woody and Buzz’s friendship has come a long way. “The way he approached it made it feel real. “The way Tim leaned into this idea of Buzz listening to his inner voice was really funny,” says Rivera. To him, it’s like a Magic 8-Ball every time he hits a button.” For the rest of us, those buttons are just a toy mechanism with recorded phrases. Says producer Jonas Rivera, “ Toy Story 4 is an internal story in a lot of ways, often asking, ‘What is your gut telling you?’ So, we thought we could play Buzz’s buttons that way. Buzz would do anything to support his pull-string buddy, but when his efforts land him in a carnival game booth as an inadvertent prize, he turns to his inner voice for guidance. As Woody and Bo realize they’re worlds apart when it comes to life as a toy, they soon come to find that’s the least of their worries.”īuzz Lightyear is loyal not only to his owner, but to the friends he’s made along the way - especially his once-rival Woody, who’s like a brother to the ace Space Ranger these days. After years of being on her own, Bo’s adventurous spirit and life on the road belie her delicate porcelain exterior. But when Bonnie takes the whole gang on her family’s road trip excursion, Woody ends up on an unexpected detour that includes a reunion with his long-lost friend Bo Peep (voice of Annie Potts). So when Bonnie’s beloved new craft-project-turned-toy, Forky (voice of Tony Hale), declares himself as ‘trash’ and not a toy, Woody takes it upon himself to show Forky why he should embrace being a toy.

Here’s how the film is described by the studio: “Woody has always been confident about his place in the world, and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that’s Andy or Bonnie. The questions of what that would be like became the beginning of an entertaining story worth exploring.” Woody now being in a new room, with new toys and a new kid, was something we have never seen before. Just like in life, every ending is a new beginning. Turns out it was only the end of Woody’s story with Andy. Admits director Josh Cooley, “Like most people, I assumed that Toy Story 3 was the end of the story.
