This is a list of characters from Disney and Pixar's Toy Story franchise, which includes the animated feature films Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, and Lightyear, as well as the Toy Story Toons series and television specials Toy Story of Terror! and Toy Story That Time Forgot.
Main characters Woody
Sheriff Woody Pride (voiced by Tom Hanks in the films and Jim Hanks in other media) is a 1950s-style pull-string cowboy doll. He is Andy's favorite toy and serves as the leader of the toy group. Woody is highly attached to his hat and becomes alarmed when it goes missing in Toy Story 2. His rivalry with Buzz Lightyear forms the basis of the first film's plot, as he resents Buzz for becoming Andy's new favorite toy.
In Toy Story 2, a toy collector named Al steals Woody from a yard sale, prompting the other toys to mount a rescue mission to Al's Toy Barn. It is revealed that Woody was the star of a fictional 1950s puppet television series titled Woody's Roundup.
In Toy Story 3, Woody and the other toys are donated to a daycare center, prompting him to lead a race to return home before Andy leaves for college. After navigating the dangers of the daycare, the toys are passed on to a four-year-old girl named Bonnie.
In Toy Story 4, Woody travels with Bo Peep, helping lost toys find owners and assisting Forky. Since this means leaving Bonnie and the rest of the toys, Woody puts Jessie in charge (pinning his Sheriff badge on her), and names his best friend Buzz Lightyear as her second-in-command.
Woody appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Treats, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, and Lamp Life.
Buzz Lightyear
Buzz Lightyear (voiced by Tim Allen in the films, Patrick Warburton in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Pat Fraley in Toy Story Treats and video games, Mike MacRae in video games, Chris Evans in Lightyear, and Javier Fernández-Peña in Spanish mode) is a modern "Space Ranger" action figure. In the Toy Story films, he serves as Woody's second-in-command.
In the first film, Buzz initially believes he is a real Space Ranger and develops a rivalry with Woody. He later realizes that he is a toy, develops an existential crisis, which he overcomes, and ultimately forges an alliance with Woody.
In Toy Story 2, Buzz, together with Mr. Potato Head, Hamm, Rex, and Slinky, sets out to save Woody from Al. During the mission, he becomes stuck in the Buzz Lightyear aisle in Al's Toy Barn after being mistaken for another Buzz toy.
In Toy Story 3, Buzz and Jessie begin to develop a relationship, and he is particularly affectionate when switched to "Spanish mode". When Andy passes his toys to Bonnie, he describes Buzz as "the coolest toy ever".
Buzz Lightyear is also the protagonist of the 65-episode television series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (2000–2001), which portrays him as a real Space Ranger. The 2022 Pixar film Lightyear depicts his origin story and features other Buzz Lightyear toys. In Lightyear, Buzz is a Space Ranger in Star Command who becomes involved in a conflict with Emperor Zurg after experiencing time dilation while testing faster-than-light travel.
In Toy Story 5, Buzz is left in charge of Bonnie's room while Jessie tries to stay with Bonnie during a sleepover, but when Jessie and Bullseye are lost and returned to the wrong house, he and a newly returned Woody must lead the fight against Lilypad's tricks to dominate Bonnie's life.
Buzz Lightyear appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Toy Story Treats, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Pixar Popcorn, and Lightyear.
Jessie
Jessica Jane "Jessie" Pride (voiced by Joan Cusack) is a cowgirl rag doll who joins Woody's group in Toy Story 2.
In that film, Jessie is initially happy to see Woody, but is surprised to learn he still has an owner, Andy. She is hesitant to join Andy's toys due to her experience with her previous owner, Emily, who placed her in a charity box for donations after outgrowing her. After Woody decides to get back to Andy so that he can be there for Andy until he grows up, he asks Jessie and Bullseye to join him. Jessie initially feels uncertain but later agrees to become Andy's toy.
In Toy Story 3, Jessie initially believes that Andy has thrown her and the other toys away. During the film, she grows close to Buzz Lightyear, particularly when he is in Spanish mode, and at the end, they dance to the Spanish version of "You've Got a Friend in Me", and, in Toy Story 5, she kisses and marries Buzz.
Jessie is the main protagonist in the 2013 television special Toy Story of Terror!, in which she saves the other toys from a toy thief and seller at a roadside rest stop.
Jessie appears in Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, and Pixar Popcorn.
Bo Peep
Bo Peep (voiced by Annie Potts) is a porcelain figurine and Woody's romantic interest. Inspired by the nursery rhyme "Little Bo-Peep", she is a kindhearted shepherdess accompanied by three sheep named Billy, Goat, and Gruff.
In the first film, she and her sheep are detachable components of Molly's bedside lamp. In Andy's imaginative plays, Bo Peep is portrayed as the damsel-in-distress, gentle and ladylike.
Bo Peep is given away before the events of Toy Story 3; Woody mentions that she has gone to a new owner. (Bo Peep appears briefly in the flashback video footages of Andy's Playtime in Toy Story 3)
She returns in Toy Story 4 in a more prominent role, as the film focuses on her relationship with Woody. In this film, her appearance and style are updated: she no longer wears a skirt, her frills are flattened, and she has a white bandage on her right arm and a purple bandage on her left hand to repair previous damage. Bo Peep also adopts a new philosophy regarding what it means to be a toy.
Bo Peep appears in the fifth film in a smaller role.
Bo Peep appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3 (home videos), Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, and Lamp Life.
Bullseye Bullseye (vocal effects and provided by Frank Welker in entire Toy Story franchise, and speaking voiced by Alan Cumming in Toy Story 5) is a toy horse. In the fictional television series Woody's Roundup, Bullseye is portrayed as Woody and Jessie's horse.
In Toy Story 2, Bullseye is happy to see Woody after a long time in storage. He dislikes conflict, hiding in a can when Jessie jumps on Woody, and shows distress when Woody considers abandoning the Roundup Gang to return to Andy. Bullseye's loyalty motivates Woody to convince the other Roundup toys to return with him. Unlike most other toys, Bullseye does not speak but communicates through body language and occasional horse-like sounds. He is depicted as brave, gentle, and sensitive.
Bullseye returns in Toy Story 3 as one of the remaining toys in Andy's room and has a small role in Toy Story 4.
Bullseye appears in Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Toons, and Pixar Popcorn.
At Disney California Adventure, Bullseye is featured in a carousel ride called Jessie's Critter Carousel.
Slinky Dog
Slinky Dog, commonly known as Slinky (voiced by Jim Varney in first two films until his death, and later by Blake Clark), is a Southern-accented toy dachshund with a metal Slinky for a body. His body parts are plastic with articulated limbs and feet, and his ears are made of worn vinyl, suggesting he predates many of Andy's other toys. The character is based on the Slinky Dog toy manufactured between the 1950s and the 1970s. For the film, Pixar artist Bud Luckey partially redesigned the character to make him more suitable for animation.
In the opening scenes of Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Andy refers to Slinky as One-Eyed Bart's "attack dog with a built-in force field" during playtime.
Slinky also appears in the short film Hawaiian Vacation, in which he acts as a hotel porter during Ken and Barbie's Hawaiian adventures, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex. He makes a silent appearance in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins.
Theme park attractions based on the character include Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin, which opened at several Disney theme parks beginning in 2010, and Slinky Dog Dash, a steel roller coaster that opened at Disney's Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in 2018.
Slinky Dog appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Toons, and Pixar Popcorn.
Rex
Rex (voiced by Wallace Shawn) is a large, green, plastic Tyrannosaurus rex toy characterized by his anxiety and self-doubt. He has an inferiority complex and frequently worries that he is not scary enough. In Toy Story, Rex fears that Andy will replace him with a more intimidating dinosaur, but he gains confidence after Buzz Lightyear offers him advice on how to roar more effectively.
Despite being a dinosaur, Rex dislikes confrontation and is portrayed as sensitive and easily distressed. He is also one of the largest toys in Andy's collection. In the opening scenes of Toy Story and Toy Story 3, Andy refers to Rex during playtime as Woody's "dinosaur who eats force field dogs". At the end of Toy Story 3, when giving his toys to Bonnie, Andy describes Rex as the "meanest, most terrifying dinosaur who ever lived".
In the video game adaptations, Rex is voiced by Earl Boen in Toy Story 2: Buzz Lightyear to the Rescue (1999) and Toy Story Racer (2001). He also makes a cameo appearance in an outtake from Monsters, Inc., in which he is seen waiting at a crosswalk with Mike and Sulley.
Rex appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Toy Story Treats, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, Forky Asks a Question, and Pixar Popcorn.
Hamm Hamm (voiced by John Ratzenberger) is a wisecracking, stylized plastic piggy bank with a cork in his belly. He is close friends with Mr. Potato Head; in Toy Story, the two are seen playing cards and later the board game Battleship, which Hamm consistently wins. Of all Andy's toys, Hamm is portrayed as having the most knowledge of the outside world and is often familiar with various gadgets and technologies.
In Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3, Andy imagines Hamm as a villain named "Evil Dr. Porkchop", who typically wears Mr. Potato Head's bowler hat. In the third film, the character is depicted with a large pig-shaped aircraft, which he uses during playtime to rescue One-Eyed Bart and One-Eyed Betty (the Potato Heads).
Hamm appears in Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Toy Story 5, Toy Story Treats, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, Toy Story Toons, Forky Asks a Question, and Pixar Popcorn.
He also makes a cameo appearance in the post-credits scene of Cars as part of a self-referential homage to Ratzenberger, who voices Mack in the film. In a 2010 television advertisement for the United States Postal Service promoting Toy Story 3, Hamm appears dressed as a postal worker while promoting Priority Mail. and Ratzenberger reprised the role in the 2019 video game Kingdom Hearts III.
Mr. Potato Head