<P> Woody made a cameo in the outtakes of Pixar's 1998 film A Bug's Life as a crew member, clapping the upside - down clapperboard . Then he appeared in the Andy's room sequence of Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins where he was voiced by Jim Hanks (Tom Hanks' Brother), and the Andy's room intro of the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command television series as a cameo . Later, he appeared in the end credit epilogue of Pixar's 2006 movie Cars as a toy station wagon, along with Buzz and Hamm . He also appeared in the theatrical shorts, Hawaiian Vacation (released with the 2011 Pixar film Cars 2), Small Fry (released with The Muppets), and Partysaurus Rex (released with the 3D re-release of Pixar's 2003 film Finding Nemo). He also appears in Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot . Woody (voiced by Tom Hanks) has appeared and presented at the 68th, the 72nd, and 88th Academy Awards . Woody appeared in the 2017 Family Guy episode The Finer Strings in a cutaway gag set up by Stewie Griffin . The gag involves him walking in on Buzz and Bo Peep making out . Woody also appeared in the 2007 film Meet the Robinsons along with Jessie and Bullseye . He is slated to appear in the upcoming Kingdom Hearts III where Tom Hanks will reprise his role as Woody with Tim Allen as the voice of Buzz Lightyear . Woody and Buzz recently appeared as Pinatas in Pixar's newest movie Coco, along with Mike from the Monsters, Inc. series . </P> <P> Woody is a passionate guy who throws himself into every action . As soon as he has an instinctive thought like "I have to help them," or "I have to run away," he does it with 100 - percent commitment . You gotta love that about anybody . What's great is that I get credit for the way the character and the humor come off . I have kids that are now in college come up to me and say, "when you told that neighbor kid to play nice, that really meant a lot to me". </P> <P> Woody is an old - fashioned pull - string cowboy doll . The voice - box that is activated by the pull - string says many simple phrases such as "Reach for the sky!", "You're my favorite deputy!", "There's a snake in my boots!", and "Somebody's poisoned the waterhole!". As mentioned in Toy Story 2, his construction includes an "original hand - painted face, natural dyed - blanket stitched vest, and hand - stitched poly - vinyl hat ." Woody wears an empty gun holster at his belt . He is Andy's favorite toy since kindergarten, with a special spot on the bed, and is the leader of the toys in Andy's room . In Toy Story 2, it is revealed that he is based on the main character from a popular 1950s TV show, Woody's Roundup . When Al is bargaining with Andy's mom in an attempt to take Woody, Andy's mom declines Al's bargain, stating that Woody is "an old family toy ." Stinky Pete also directly refers to him as a "hand - me - down cowboy doll" later in the movie, and when Woody finds a record player in Al's apartment room, he states "I haven't seen one of these in ages!", again supporting that he has been around longer than Andy . In fact, when introducing the 2009 set of Toy Story collectibles, John Lasseter said "We always imagined he was a hand - me - down to Andy from his father ." He is voiced by Tom Hanks in the films and by his brother Jim Hanks on other occasions . </P> <P> In the three films, Woody makes two strong friendships with Buzz and Jessie . At first, when Buzz temporarily becomes Andy's favorite toy, Woody tries to push him off the dresser but accidentally knocks him out the window . When found and taken by neighborhood bully Sid, however, Woody and Buzz work together to escape . From this point on, he and Buzz are very close . As for fellow "Roundup Gang" member, cowgirl Jessie, though Woody and Jessie argue with each other sometimes, they are still very close friends . </P>

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