Andy will never be a kid again, and he'll never play with Woody again. When Woody says goodbye to Andy, he knows that is the end of their life together. And they aren't able to communicate with him like they do with each other, so there will be no sending letters. Even if Andy visits Bonnie's family on a trip home from college, he definitely won't be playing with the toys. The Incinerator scene from Toy Story 3 set to the theme song from Dead Island.
It wouldn't be easy to stay in contact, but the toys could find a way if they want.īut after Toy Story 3, Woody and his friends will likely never see Andy again. They could also find ways to send letters to each other, like the letters they send between Bonnie's house and Sunnyside Daycare in a credit's scene of Toy Story 3. The return of Bo Peep in Toy Story 4 proves that another meeting between the toys is possible. The fair could end up near Bonnie or her family could go on another road trip. When Woody leaves his friends in Toy Story 4, the door is open for them to meet again someday. What ultimately makes the end of Toy Story 3 sadder than the end of Toy Story 4 is that the former leaves no way back. At the end of Toy Story 4, it's clear he's in a position he feels more comfortable with and will probably never have a real owner again because nobody will ever live up to Andy. Woody wasn't happy to leave Andy, even though he knew it was time, and unfortunately, he wasn't happy with Bonnie either. But while the ending of Toy Story 3 promises a new life for the toys, the ending of Toy Story 4 promises a better life. It would have been almost as bittersweet as what does happen since he would have lost Bo Peep again. He knew it would be better to stay with them and a child for at least a little while longer than to sit alone on a dorm room shelf and never be played with.Īt the end of Toy Story 4, Woody could have returned to Bonnie with the other toys and tried to adjust to that life. If he hadn't, he would have had to say goodbye to his friends, anyway. Though Woody ultimately chose to leave Andy, it was something that would have inevitably happened someday, he just made sure it happened on his terms.
The latter was due to Andy growing up, something nobody could stop. Woody's choice to leave his old friends is more conscious than his choice to leave Andy. The Toy Story 4 ending has a more positive spin.