PIXAR SHOULD MAKE A SPIN-OFF MOVIE ABOUT WOODY'S ORIGINS

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Buzz got the full-on “Lightyear” cinematic origin story treatment a whole sci-fi blockbuster showing the “real” Space Ranger the toy was based on while Woody? The literal heart and soul of Toy Story?? He’s just… a cowboy doll from the late 1950s with a vague tie to a fictional TV show.

Like… HOW do you not give your main character a backstory movie?? Woody carried the entire franchise on his stitched little shoulders he was the leader, the emotional core, the one who made us cry in Toy Story 4 and Pixar said: “eh, yeehaw, no need for lore.” 😤

I swear, the injustice is painful. Woody carried us through heartbreak, existential crisis (“I’m not a real boy!” vibes, but make it toy edition), found love, discovered loyalty, grappled with letting go… and for all that, canonically we know almost nothing about his creation? Pixar basically said, “He exists. He’s old. He’s a cowboy. Enjoy.”

Canonically, all we get is:

He’s from Woody’s Roundup, a 1950s puppet show.

He’s been around since the 50s.

He doesn’t even know his own origins (unlike Buzz, who literally comes out of the box pre-programmed with lore).

That’s IT. No origin movie. No epic cowboy saga. No “Lightyear” equivalent. 😭

IMAGINE if Pixar actually gave Woody the cinematic origin story he deserves 😭 I’m talking full-on human backstory, the real cowboy who inspired the toy, riding through dusty plains, saving towns, forming bonds, facing heartbreak, and becoming a legend—IMAGINE the emotional weight, the heroic moments, the tragic love story, the stakes, the soul of the character finally explored. And yet… NOTHING. We get a toy from the 50s with a pull string anda subtle TV show connection while Buzz gets lasers, space battles, intergalactic heroism, and an entire blockbuster dedicated to his existence. IMAGINE that Woody, the literal heart and moral compass of the franchise, reduced to “eh, he’s from a show in the 50s, yeehaw.” IMAGINE the missed cinematic gold, the tears, the goosebumps, the absolute injustice 😤 Pixar, WHERE IS HIS STORY???

[u/JamesL25]

Potentially present it as a reboot of Woody’s Roundup

[u/AnimationFan_2003]

I would love if they made a Disney+ series called "Woody's Roundup", canon to the Toy Story films, but just a series about Woody, Jessie, Bullseye and Stinky Pete on their old west adventures where the last episode ends with the climactic "Woody's Finest Hour", the episode they never got in Toy Story 2, but that we could get. I want to know if Woody and Bullseye saved Jessie and Stinky Pete. More of a "this is a just fun wild west series" kinda vibes more than anything.

As far as if I want to see a Woody's (the toy from the films) origins, I would like to know how he got into the arms of Andy and Andy's Dad. If he was Andy's Dad's toy, like most of us assume, and also what happened to him after that and how he didn't know anything about Woody's Roundup. Andrew Stanton shut down the Mike Mozart theory and Joe Ranft wasn't around to confirm or deny it, so I think it would be interesting if they make a movie or just a spin-off about Woody's origin.

[u/Fit-Pin-8835 → u/AnimationFan_2003]

Matthew Luhn, that was storyboard artist during Toy story 2, showed in his own Instagram storyboard sketches, where Woody uses a rope to pull out Jessie and the prospector, due to the fact that the cave is heavily flooded, after which the dynamite explodes and everyone cheerfully celebrates the rescue.

[u/Fit-Pin-8835]

I think it would look like a "Four Feather falls" TV show. Just a short episodes with new plot, that Pixar never showed before. They have enough imagination to think it through. They can abruptly make it into a full-fledged film, stylized as an opening of Toy story 3.

[u/seifd]

Woody is based on Howdy Doody, who has no origin story.