Sheriff Woody

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Sheriff Woody



First appearance	Toy Story, 1995
Created by	Bud Luckey and John Lasseter
Voiced by	Tom Hanks
Background Information



Friends	Many Toys in Andy's room
Rivals	Sid, Buzz Lightyear (later a friend)

Sheriff Woody is a fictional character appearing in several films and cartoons by Disney and Pixar. His voice is provided by Tom Hanks.

According to the plot of the movies, he first appeared in the 1950's as a marionette and the star of the "Woody's Roundup" television show (loosely based upon Howdy Doody). Among the variety of Wild West themed merchandise inspired by the show was a loose-limbed doll with a pull-string on his back that played a recording of several of Woody's distinctive lines such as "You're my favorite deputy!", "There's a snake in my boot!", "Reach for the sky!" and "Somebody's poisoned the water hole!" Woody's popularity plummeted after the launch of the Soviet satellite Sputnik made children much more interested in space toys, causing the merchandise to become very rare and desirable to toy collectors.

Woody, owned by a boy named Andy, usually stays limp as an inanimate toy whenever people are watching, but talks and moves when around other toys, or the family dog -- and on occasion, dared to talk to people in various emergency situations. Woody's "girlfriend" is Bo Peep, and his formal rival Buzz Lightyear became his best friend. Cowgirl Jessie, his horse Bullseye, and prospector Stinky Pete are members of his "Roundup Gang" from the marionette show, and also have their counterparts as dolls.

See Buzz Lightyear for his part in the Buzz Lightyear stories.

Woody has appeared in: