Viewers who were children when Toy Story and Toy Story 2 came out were adults around the same age as Andy for Toy Story 3.
Toy Story 3 was released at the perfect time. There’s no more sheriff and space ranger-we’re either following Woody’s path now, or Buzz’s and beyond. Both endings are emotional, but the Toy Story 3 ending packs more punch, partially because it's more relatable. (Because if an eventual Toy Story 5 does immediately bring Woody back together with Bonnie’s room, then everything is meaningless and we all deserve to be incinerated in a landfill anyway.) The business of moviemaking should tell us that this may not be the end of Toy Story, but it should be the end of what we know Toy Story movies to look like. The disruption of his departure doesn’t just demand a question of whether a fifth film could be made (of course!) or should be made (of course not!), but begs us to consider whether the shape of any hypothetical sequel would be fundamentally accepted or rejected by audiences were it to either not have a Woody or not have an Everyone Else. But what Bonnie’s toys won’t have is Woody. In the Toy Story series, Andy lives with his little sister, Molly, and their mom. He is the owner of many of the main toys (such as Woody and Buzz) in the films until the end of Toy Story 3 where he gave them to Bonnie Anderson. Audiences will likely return to Bonnie’s room before we know it, with holiday specials and shorts sure to be on the horizon (especially now that Forky is a bona fide star). Andy Davis is a major character in the Toy Story movies. It will have its conscience, its rescue missions, its occasional bouts of existential panic about a plaything’s purpose. Bonnie’s room will of course still have a leader. Yet without Woody, the Toy Story ensemble loses not only its narrative anchor, but also the thematic tether we’ve come to identify with the franchise (at least in its feature films). (And FYI, for those curious, the post-credits scene is just funny froth: Duke Caboom wheels around the Pixar logo and returns a long-awaited high five to Combat Carl.) Like its predecessor, Toy Story 4 strives to show that there will be no lack of life in Bonnie’s room, whether we see that future or not. Toy Story 4 tries to make good on that core promise that the fun will go on: The declaration of Sheriff Jessie is an exciting one, and even the silly mid-credits scene, in which Forky meets a female-encoded plastic knife who is just as confused about her existence as he once was, shows us that there is comedic territory to traverse. It reiterated a foundational tenet of the franchise: As long as these toys are together, there is an adventure to be had (and Pixar’s sundry post-2010 shorts, like Hawaiian Vacation and Toy Story of Terror!, have only further cemented this). Toy Story is one of the most popular film franchises by the Pixar studio.The franchise started 25 years ago in 1995 and it still remains one of the most loved among people of all age groups. Toy Story 3’s ending was a devastating if perfect goodbye that closed the door on Andy, but at least kept this makeshift toy family intact as they transitioned together toward a promising future with Bonnie.
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