35 Facts About Sheriff Woody

Sheriff Woody'sriff Woody Pride is a fictional, pull-string cowboy rag doll who appears in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story franchise.

Sheriff Woody was created by directors and writers John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter, and Joe Ranft.

Sheriff Woody was designed by Bud Luckey, and is based on John Lasseter's Casper pull-string doll he had as a kid, as well as the Howdy Doody puppets from the 1950s show.

Sheriff Woody is named after Sheriff Woody Strode, a character actor known for many roles in western films.

Sheriff Woody would be the main villain, abusing the other toys until they rallied against him.

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Katzenberg thought the original draft for Toy Story was bad and told Lasseter to redo it, making it more of an odd-couple buddy picture, where the characters Tinny and Sheriff Woody would be forced to bond with each other despite their different characteristics.

The Pixar team came back with a new script three months later, with the character of Sheriff Woody altered from being the tyrannical boss of Andy's toys to being their wise and caring leader.

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

Sheriff Woody stayed a ventriloquist's dummy with a pull-string, until his character designer, Bud Luckey, suggested that Sheriff Woody could be changed to a cowboy ventriloquist dummy.

Sheriff Woody is the favorite toy of his owner Andy Davis and is the leader of the toys in Andy's room.

Annoyed and jealous, Sheriff Woody tries to knock Buzz behind a desk, in hopes of retaining his status as Andy's favorite toy; Buzz instead falls out an open window and the other toys accuse Sheriff Woody of getting rid of Buzz on purpose.

Sheriff Woody is re-accepted among the other toys and forms a friendship with Buzz.

At Al's apartment, Sheriff Woody discovers his past and legacy as the star of a 1950s Western children's show titled Sheriff Woody's Roundup.

Sheriff Woody learns that he and the other Roundup toys are going to be shipped to Japan by Al to be displayed in a toy museum, which will only accept the collection if Sheriff Woody is in it.

However, Prospector prevents Sheriff Woody from leaving the apartment, ultimately leading to a confrontation at the airport, where the Prospector's plan is foiled.

At Bonnie's house, Sheriff Woody becomes friends with her toys, who are horrified that he came from Sunnyside and tell him about the true nature of the daycare.

The toys return to Andy's house, and Sheriff Woody arranges for the toys to be donated to Bonnie's house to enjoy life with a new owner.

Andy describes to Bonnie how he viewed his old toys and states that Sheriff Woody is his favorite toy because he is loyal and will never give up on anyone.

Sheriff Woody is constantly not being played with like before, unlike all the other toys.

Bo and Sheriff Woody get into an argument after their rescue plan fails, with Sheriff Woody telling Bo that loyalty is something a lost toy would not understand.

Sheriff Woody appears in the animated mock outtakes of A Bug's Life as the clapperboard holder.

Sheriff Woody, voiced by Jim Hanks, appears in a show called Toy Story Treats, as well as the Disney+ short Lamp Life.

Sheriff Woody received a new outfit, updated facial details, and the overall height and proportion of his character was edited.

Sheriff Woody appeared in the rock musical Toy Story: The Musical.

Sheriff Woody was originally portrayed by Geoffrey Tyler and was later portrayed by Patrick Pevehouse.

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Sheriff Woody has appeared in Disney on Ice: Mickey's Search Party and has been portrayed by Benji Toedte in Disney on Ice: Celebrate Memories.

Sheriff Woody appears in multiple Disney and Toy Story related-video games, including Disney Infinity, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, Kingdom Hearts III, and Lego The Incredibles.

Sheriff Woody appears in the Toy Story Comics, published from May to August 2012, by Marvel and Disney Publishing called Toy Story: Tales from the Toy Chest.

Sheriff Woody was featured in the Toy Story magazine, that was launched by Egmont in July 2010.

Sheriff Woody'sriff Woody was a role model for children, too, which could explain why he was front and center in the franchise.

Sheriff Woody has been widely praised by critics because of his personality, loyalty, and leadership.

Geoff Loftus of Forbes stated that Sheriff Woody, along with Buzz, is a great leader because even what to do, “they never stop thinking” and “never stop looking for the answer to a problem.

Katie Walsh of The Columbian praised Hanks vocal performance writing, "Tom Hanks as Sheriff Woody has always been one of the defining animation vocal performances.

Sheriff Woody has been ranked one of the best animated characters of all time.

Screen Rant ranked him the number one Pixar character saying, "While he [Sheriff Woody] has his fair share of good and bad moments, it's hard not to root for Sheriff Woody in his endeavors, which helps make him the greatest Pixar character of all time.