Woody/Relationships

The relationships of Woody throughout the Toy Story series.

Buzz Lightyear
At the beginning of Toy Story, Woody and Buzz were originally rivals with Woody showing jealousy towards Buzz for apparently being replaced as Andy's favorite toy and Buzz thinking himself to be a real space ranger. Their misunderstanding of each other eventually leads them to being separated from Andy, captured by Sid, and subsequently taken to his house. When Buzz finally finds out that he is a toy, he becomes too depressed to help Woody, but Woody gives him words of encouragement and Buzz comes to terms with what he truly is. After Buzz is taken outside to be blown up by Sid, Woody pleads with the Mutant Toys residing in Sid's room to help him rescue Buzz. Following a successful rescue operation, Buzz thanks Woody as the two shake hands, initiating their friendship. The two toys then work together to reunite with Andy, and by the end of the film, they become the best of friends.

In Toy Story 2, after Woody is kidnapped, Buzz goes out on a rescue mission to bring him back home. When Buzz catches up with Woody, Buzz urges Woody to head back home, but Woody declines, instead choosing to stay with his group as he has become convinced that Andy will eventually give him away, a decision that upsets Buzz to the point he leaves Woody to contemplate his decision. However, Woody shortly comes to his senses and calls to Buzz to inform that he is going home with him, to Buzz's relief. After returning home following a successful rescue mission, the two toys agree to be there for each other even after Andy outgrows them.

In Toy Story 3, the two have a falling out when Buzz declares that he and the other toys, believing that a now college-bound Andy does not want them anymore, are going to Sunnyside after being mistakenly thrown out by Andy's mother, which Woody has witnessed. When Woody declares his intention to leave Sunnyside to go back to Andy, Buzz offers him a handshake, which Woody refuses, upset that his friends have seemingly given up on their owner. After Buzz is reset into Spanish mode, Woody convinces Buzz that the toys are "amigos" to get him to rejoin their side. When Buzz is restored back to normal, Woody, as with the other toys, is joyous that he has returned. After the toys are dumped into the incinerator at Tri-County Landfill, Buzz and Woody take hands and glance at each other for apparently one last time before the toys are rescued by the Squeeze Toy Aliens controlling a giant claw. Once the toys return home, Buzz and Woody shake hands, unable to admit that the two best friends are separating ways after all they had been through. However, Woody leaves the note for Andy telling him to donate the toys to Bonnie, and after they are handed down to her, Buzz comforts Woody as they accept that their lives with Andy is complete and begin their new lives under Bonnie's care.

Jessie
Woody first meets Jessie after he is kidnapped by Al McWhiggin and taken to his penthouse. Jessie is joyous that the addition of Woody will make the Roundup Gang, which the two are part of, a complete set to be sold to a museum in Tokyo, Japan, but when Woody declares his intention to return to Andy, Jessie becomes resentful towards him. At one point, Woody, whose arm has ripped off completely, accuses Jessie for sabotaging his escape, and the two get into a brief fight that is broken up by Stinky Pete the Prospector. After Woody's arm is reattached, Jessie sarcastically allows him to leave, but Stinky Pete insists him to make amends with her. From talking with Jessie, Woody then learns that she once had an owner who grew up and gave her away, a backstory that makes him decide to stay with the group, which brightens Jessie's mood. Later, when Woody has a change of heart, he begs Jessie and Bullseye to come with him to Andy's, but Jessie is uncertain whether or not Andy will accept her. It is after Jessie becomes trapped in a plane bound for Japan when she finally decides to go home with Woody upon learning that Andy has a little sister.

In Toy Story 3, the two have a falling out when Woody tries to convince Jessie and the other toys that Andy's mother has mistakenly thrown them away as Andy, who is preparing to leave for college, intends to put them into the attic, but the other toys don't listen to him and instead choose to be donated to Sunnyside. During Woody's absence, Jessie learns from Mrs. Potato Head through her missing eye that Andy is looking for his toys, a realization that makes Jessie and the other toys feel guilty for not listening to Woody in the first place. When Lots-o'-Huggin' Bear, head toy and warden of Sunnyside, tosses Woody's hat that he had left behind in front of the toys, Jessie becomes increasingly guilty, feeling the worse has befallen Woody. After Woody returns to Sunnyside to rescue his friends, Jessie, as with the other toys, is overjoyed and relieved to see Woody alive and well and apologizes for leaving Andy. Remembering that Andy is leaving for college, Jessie and the toys agree to help Woody get back to Andy and then work together to escape Sunnyside. After escaping the incinerator at Tri-County Landfill, Jessie reminds Woody that they are Andy's toys and that their job is to be there for him. Once back home, Woody asks Jessie if she will be okay in the attic, to which Jessie assures him that she will. However, Woody leaves the note for Andy telling him to donate the toys to Bonnie, and after they are handed down to her, Jessie quickly adapts to her new life with Bonnie thanks to Woody's actions.

Woody and Jessie share a sibling-like relationship. The two are shown to have pretty heated arguments from time to time, but they deeply care for each other nonetheless.