Why Andy Never Sees The Toys Alive In Toy Story. While it's perhaps surprising that Andy never sees Woody or the other toys alive in Toy Story, the decision to withhold that reveal might actually be part of why the film struck such a chord with young viewers around the world.
[Toy Story] The Toys in Toy Story aren't actually alive, however they are the subconscious part of a child's imagination. So the Toys of Toy Story always have one golden rule around humans: They CANNOT know that the Toys are alive, except they've broken this rule when they had to escape Sid...
Sid is the only human character in the Toy Story series who knows toys are alive. According to Hamm and Rex, Sid was supposed to be attending summer camp before they moved in the first movie but was supposedly kicked out for his bad attitude.
Bonnie's growing detachment prevented Woody from feeling capable of providing her joy. Once Woody surmised that Bonnie didn't need him to be happy, Woody perceived that he could follow in Bo's footsteps and also find new meaning in life as a “Lost Toy”.
Woody is a cowboy doll (although the preferred term is "action figure"). As the toys' leader, and despite his fears to the contrary, he's always been Andy's favorite—no matter what new playthings enter the picture.
While Sid's toys in Toy Story are still technically alive, they aren't able to display their thoughts and feelings - which makes sense, as Sid still considers them creations, just not ones with personalities - unlike how most children characterize their toys.
Andy's dad never appears in any of the Toy Story films, and his absence is never addressed directly. Naturally, several theories have sprung up to explain that away, including some in which Andy's parents got divorced. One theory suggests that Andy's dad died prior to Toy Story 1, after a childhood battle with polio.
He plays with his toys as a surgeon, a military officer and an astronaut—which isn't far off from Andy playing with them as a cowboy or space ranger. The next time audiences see Sid in Toy Story 3, however, he is already working as a trash collector.
At the end of Toy Story 3, Woody, Buzz, Jessie, and the rest of the remaining Toy Story toys leave their previous long-time owner Andy, probably for good. He's eighteen now and going to college.
Toys feel no physical pain when injured. There are some inconsistencies to this however: most noticeably when Woody (in Toy Story 1) and Ducky (in Toy Story 4) have their fingers and toes crushed by Buzz's deplorable spacehelmet.
The second is the toys' trip to the incinerator – it's a morbid and deeply disturbing image, but it creates another parallel there between the plot of Toy Story 3 and the horrific real-life events of one of history's darkest periods.
Andy is one of the foundational characters of the Toy Story franchise, with his relationship with Woody, Buzz, and the rest of the gang being at the heart of the franchise's first three films. However, the events of Toy Story 3 required Andy to not appear in Toy Story 4, with his absence really being felt.
The Space Ranger's functionality was later revealed to be updated with a special Utility Belt in Toy Story 2. It's very possible the programming inside Buzz gave him the instinct to freeze around humans even though that same programming convinced him he wasn't a toy.
It's revealed in the animated series that Andy's mom's last name is Davis, but also Emily's last name isn't revealed. So, in theory, both Jessie's owner and Andy's mom are named Emily Davis. While what happened to Andy's dad remains a mystery, Andy's mom's name could have secretly been answered.
A fan theory suggests that Boo from Monsters, Inc. grows up to be Andy's mom in Toy Story, but there are flaws in this theory. Pete Docter, Chief Creative Officer of Pixar, debunked the theory and explained that the Easter eggs in Pixar films are not meant to impact the storylines of other films.
Toy Story's protagonist, Woody, belonged to Andy's father first (indeed, Andy's mom calls Woody “an old family toy”). Andy's father was also named Andy—Andy Sr. —and he wrote his name on Woody's boot. The reason Woody is such a rare toy is because he's the only Woody doll that was ever made—just a prototype.
Phillips is an alcoholic and abusive, which explains why there are empty beer cans surrounding his recliner, and why Scud left the room the minute he saw him sleeping.
Sid is a young, bratty, and somewhat disturbed 11-year-old skate punk with metal braces, whose idea of fun is terrorizing his little sister, Hannah, by taking her toys away and using them for scary experiments, like switching their heads or performing operations on them.
Sid does not appear in the second film, although he is mentioned once by Buzz during the toys' mission to rescue Woody from the toy collector Al McWhiggin.
Andy's favorite toy had always been Woody, an old-fashioned, pull-string cowboy doll. However, Woody struggled to adjust when Andy got a new space ranger action figure, Buzz Lightyear, who immediately began to overshadow him.
Woody is named after Woody Strode, a character actor known for many roles in western films. In August 2009, Toy Story 3 director, Lee Unkrich, stated in his Twitter feed that Woody's last name is Pride and has been since the making of the original movie.
Woody, who has struggled to accept the fact that his role in Andy's life as his toy was coming to an end throughout the movie, finally realizes that he was wrong about staying with Andy forever and that he too must let go of Andy and move on with his own existence as a toy, as he can't spend the rest of his life in ...
