Toy Story

If Buzz and Woody are both merch toys, why was one convinced he really was the character from the show, while the other didn't have any knowledge about the show and never conflated himself with the character?

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Maybe Woody was like that?

Did we see him getting bought? Maybe every toy thinks that and it's only hand me downs from bigger siblings that carry on teaching toys to be toys.

But Woody was clearly puzzled by Buzz's delusions and was surprised to find out he was part of a franchise himself.

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Maybe Buzz was more aware of his show because of the more blatant media tie-ins during the era he was made while Woody was from a different time and from a cancelled tv show making him unfamiliar?

All new toys from bigger manufacturers are programmed that way to help avoid a toy story 4 scenario

Woody’s gotta be at least a few decades old by the time the first movie starts. Maybe he simply doesn’t remember that far back to his younger days, the way a lot of people don’t remember their infancy.

We know Jessie can remember back a few decades, but she spent a lot of time in between then and the present in storage just dwelling on her memories, while Woody seems to have been active for most of his existence.

He was set to Demo mode.

Also apparently all space toys are supposed to be like that.

This also raises the question of are there any other Woody's around? The franchise was pretty popular so I would imagine Woody's Roundup was mass produced.

my headcanon is that the toys' "life" is projected onto them by their owner.

Andy knew who Buzz Lightyear was and all the lore of the character. He thought Woody was just a generic cowboy character.

Also why the new-in-box prospector in Toy Story 2 had no personality imbued by the TV show -- his only owner was a soulless collector.

truth be told, isn't the whole "toys coming to life when you're away" thing something that kids imagine?

I couldn't really bring myself to watch Toy Story 3 or 4...

The Woody toy is stupidly rare for some reason. That's why Al had to steal Andy's.

True but the idea that there is an Sheriff Woody akin to Space Ranger Buzz sounds amazing.

Why would the Woody doll be rare though? You'd the main character of the show would be the highest in demand, therefore produced in larger quantities than the other characters.

If nobody is selling theirs, then it becomes rare even if there are thousands left around.

Many first appearance comics demand high prices even if they had original runs in the millions of issues.

Buzz didn't know he had a show. He just thought that his made up backstory was real. Woody may have thought that he was THE Sheriff Woody originally but by the time he is with Andy he has accepted that he is a toy.

are the puppets used in the show alive?

Part of the Mike Mozart prequel theory is that the Cowboy Crunchies Cereal company that was sponsoring Woody’s Roundup decided that the Woody doll would be more profitable to them if he were part of an exclusive promotional offer that could only be obtained by mailing in box tops. So production was always going to be limited and delayed, but then it was also cut off early with the sudden cancelation of the show and rebranding of the cereal in anticipation of the space craze after Sputnik, making the Woody doll incredibly rare. Some people think this theory still doesn’t make a lot of sense, but apparently stuff like it has happened in toy history before, so it’s not entirely out of the realm of possibility.

Pixar has since come out and officially said that the Mozart theory is not canon, but they also haven’t released anything in canon that directly contradicts it, so it’s still a fun theory for now.

Maybe it's because Woody's franchise is dead?

Probably

Were merch driven shows that much of a thing in the 50s?
The most something like Howdy Doody only ever got was comics

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Actually, have we seen Adult toys come to life? Like one of those expensive model kits or sex dolls?

>Weebshitter being retarded
Neck yourself

They probably work on the same level, I can imagine a gunplay being fully functional in this universe.
The big question here is, is ANY form of physical artistic expression alive is the TS universe? Garden gnomes were said to be alive despite not really being toys, Bo Beep isn't actually a toy she's a porcelain figure.

Are statues alive? Are novelty lamps appliances alive like lamps or clocks? How does this apply to actual machinery?

These are all questions left unanswered

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Kill yourself weebshit

>Resorts to name calling instead of answering a legitimate question
Suck my ass prick

If you bought an adult doll, could it fall in love with you?

Only with a mother’s love and hope you find a nice girl someday.

Buzz didn't figure it out until he saw an ad for himself on TV, and even then he still tried to fly. Woody probably figured it out when he saw the TV show back in the day, and it's explicitly pointed out in 2 that he doesn't remember that time anyway.

Go back to a scum

Woody probably lost his box somewhere along the way and didn't really have any memories of his origins as a result.

Being the most popular character would most likely mean that most Woody figures are missing parts or are otherwise in bad condition since they were the most played with.

It wasn't just finding Woody that got Al excited but that he still had the hat as well. It's been a while since I watched the film but I think he checks the voicebox as well so that's another plus.

>Woody and the other toys recognize that Andy plays with them
>in all the time Andy plays with Buzz before he and Woody go out the window, Buzz never gets it
Maybe he thinks his interaction with Andy is part of his mission? I dunno, it seems like it's one of those things you're just not supposed to think too hard about.

>Were merch driven shows that much of a thing in the 50s?
It wasn't really that common. The Woody's Roundup craze in the movie is a direct reference to the real Davy Crockett craze of 1954-55.

>toy story lore
ah, the content I crave for.