Woody is the main protagonist of the Toy Story franchise. He is a vintage cowboy doll that originally belonged to a boy named Andy Davis. As Andy's favorite since kindergarten, Woody served as the leader of Andy's toys, a position he upheld by looking out for each member of the group. When Andy entered adulthood and left for college, Woody was donated to a little girl named Bonnie Anderson. He remained with Bonnie for some time, before choosing to separate from Buzz and the rest of the group to become an owner-less toy devoted to helping lost toys find owners, alongside his partner and lover Bo Peep.
Background[]
Within the universe of the Toy Story films, Woody is a toy based on a character of the same name from a 1950s children's TV series called Woody's Roundup, as revealed in Toy Story 2.
Personality[]
Woody is loyal, smart, determined, and compassionate man. Woody would do anything for his nearest and dearest friends. He considers his friends to be together as a family. Woody is a strong character. Woody is seen to be brave and courageous, he is good at comforting his friends with care.
Woody is the most smartest and the kindest character in the series, since the plots and ploys that the main characters pull to achieve their own endeavors are more or less formulated by him. This indicates that he is smarter than he, himself acknowledges.
In Toy Story 2, When he meets Jessie, they instantly become close but get into a heated argument when Woody is determined to get home to Andy. Jessie accuses Woody of abandoning them and he instantly protests. Yet soon, Jessie had been through after her owner Emily grew up and realizes that Andy is growing up too and becomes afraid of what will happen.
When Buzz and the gang arrive to save Woody, Woody wants to leave with them but he wants to help Jessie, but Buzz insults Woody's fate and confronts him by saying being admired from afar by millions of kids doesn't compare to being loved by just one kid. Woody is into his senses and he'll be there for Andy until the very end.
It isn't a whole long time until Andy is about to depart for college in Toy Story 3, his dear owner leaves since he is so attached to Andy. After a misunderstanding that they've been thrown away and left on the curb, he and his friends end up in Sunnyside Daycare where they meet Lotso, Ken, and other bright faces. Still staying true to his promise to Andy, Woody decides to leave his friends for good because they didn't listen, they stubbornly decided to stay at the daycare to their happy future.
When Woody is then taken home by Bonnie and told of Sunnyside's real nature by her toys, he decides to help his friends. Yet, out of rage for mentioning Daisy, Lotso leaves the toys at the dump and abandons them in the incinerator to die, when Woody helped him avoid being killed by blades. Choosing to perish with his friends over getting back to Andy (since there is literally no way out), he holds Buzz and Slinky's hands and closes his eyes as they all accept their fate in flames. Luckily, the Pizza Planet aliens save them from a fiery death. As Andy departs for college, Woody sees how his owner's family are able to accept his departure, despite their feelings, and realizes he must do the same. He hastily suggests that they are passed on to Bonnie for a better life. As Andy drives down the road, Woody sadly whispers, "So long, partner.", accepting it's time to move on. But he is glad he's still with his friends and is ready for a new life with Bonnie and her toys too.
In Toy Story 4, he helps Forky know that he is a toy and Forky is shown to realize that he is a toy.
Physical appearance[]
Woody is a doll and fair-skinned in plastic. He has brown eyes, hair-painted in brown that is attached to plastic hands, a pointy nose, rosy cheeks, thin brown eyebrows, a yellow shirt with red square outlines, a couple of white buttons vertically on his chest and each matching cufflink on both his cuffs, cowboy boots made from brown plastic with both each couple outlined cacti on both sides and a black handwriting reading "ANDY" on his right boot sole, spurs made from gold plastic on both sides of his boots, a holster made from brown plastic with a gold brooch with a red center on it, a white vest with black cow spots all over, a red bandanna, blue jeans, a belt made from brown plastic with a buckle that has a bull design on it made from gold plastic, a cowboy hat made from brown hand-stitched, polyvinyl plastic with a triangle-shaped brim, star-shaped badge made from gold plastic with small spheres on each tip and a word "SHERIFF" on the center, and a pull string on his back with a white hoop attached to it. Woody is 15.18 inches tall without his hat, and 15.93 inches tall with his hat on.
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