Timeline for Why was Woody unaware of his toy backstory when Buzz knew his?
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| Jul 20, 2022 at 6:12 | comment | added | jdero | To support this comment many years later after Toy Story 4's production, it's canon that Woody remarks, I paraphrase his response when asked how old he is: "I don't know, the 50s?" indicating woody is likely a hand-me-down toy, easily several decades older | |
| Sep 8, 2016 at 22:32 | vote | accept | Thunderforge | ||
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| Sep 8, 2016 at 22:32 | comment | added | Thunderforge | @SQB A counter to that is that the unsold toys in Al's Toy Barn in the second movie didn't have owners, yet new their back stories (e.g. Utility Belt Buzz, Zerg). So I don't think that Andy knowing stuff is relevant to what Woody knows. I find PeregrineRook's explanation of packaging more compelling, since it still fits with the unsold toys. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 18:03 | comment | added | Peregrine Rook | And maybe toys know their back story only if it's included in their packaging. And maybe Woody is so old that he was sold loose (not in a box), and his story was commonly known (because there were only a few TV channels back then) and not included in his merchandising. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 9:21 | comment | added | SQB | I'd like to speculate even further and say that the only back story the toys know, is the back story Andy knows. He knows the back story of the toys he got new, so they know their back story. But he got Woody second-hand, without knowing his back story — so Woody doesn't know either. | |
| Dec 1, 2015 at 8:04 | history | answered | System Down | CC BY-SA 3.0 |