On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 384 reviews, with an average rating of 8. Woody's concerns are confirmed when Bonnie is shown to have a hard time making friends with her fellow classmates. Woody goes to rescue her, but Bo tells him not to worry and that part of a toy's life is to be given away. Despite having trouble soliciting help to escape, Buzz eventually convinces Ducky and Bunny to help him break free. In fact, Bonnie seems to far prefer playing with all her other toys and continually leaves Woody in the closet, which makes him miss Andy more and more.

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Using her enforcers, the Bensons, Gabby Gabby unveils her plan to acquire Woody's voice box in an attempt to replace her own and, hopefully, finally be adopted by a child. According to Variety, Lasseter kept work on the sequel a secret, even from the studio presidents Jim Morris and Ed Catmull, until Stanton had finished a treatment. Woody insists on continuing to try and inadvertently insults Bo by saying loyality is something a lost toy wouldn't understand. Seizing the initiative, Woody places items on Bonnie's table during class to get her attention, which she uses to create a new toy; Forky, a white spork made with pipe cleaner and googly eyes. Lasseter has stated the film is a love story between Woody and Bo Peep, and picks up where Toy Story 3 left.Woody has always been confident about his place in the world and that his priority is taking care of his kid, whether that is Andy or Bonnie. Forky, originally made to be a disposable utensil and not to be a toy, proceeds to break down in confusion following his introduction to the other toys at Bonnie's house, requiring them to restrain him from throwing himself out. The film was positively reviewed, with critics praising its story, humor, emotion, animation, and vocal performances.

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Lasseter himself reiterated this point at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, saying: " I am very excited to be directing again. Toy Story 3 ended Woody and Buzz's story with Andy so perfectly that for a long time, we never even talked about doing another Toy Story movie. On The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Hanks said that Toy Story 4 would be the final installment in the franchise, but Nielsen disclosed a possibility of a fifth film, as Pixar was not ruling out that possibility.Potato Head for the sequel, but passed away due to kidney failure on April 6, 2017, [24] and was unable to record dialogue for the film as the script was still being written around the time of his death. In February 2019, Tim Allen expressed interest in doing another film as he "did not see any reason why they would not do it".

The script was going to be written by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack; however, they later left the project because of "philosophical differences" with Pixar.Potato Head, through unused audio recordings from the first three films, the video games and other media forms, similar to Doc Hudson and Rusty in Cars 3. Desperate to feel useful, Woody hides in Bonnie's backpack as she heads to her kindergarten orientation as he worries she will not adapt to school. When Woody meets up with Bo years later, Bo originally went into great detail about what happened to her after she left Andy's house in a flashback. The film is described as a "new chapter in the lives of Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the Toy Story gang.

Though Gabby Gabby tries to get adopted by Harmony, the voice box actually ends up disturbing Harmony and preventing Gabby Gabby from being adopted. It marks the first Toy Story sequel without the participation of Jodi Benson, as well as the first film in the franchise without the participation of R. As they walk, Woody tells Forky all about his life with Andy and how great it is to be a toy (and especially a favorite toy), finally persuading Forky to accept his new role in Bonnie's life. Later in the film, the toys are introduced by Woody to Forky, a spork that has been made into a toy, and embark on a road trip adventure. Forky welcomes the newcomer the same way he himself was welcomed a year before, though Knifey would rather be trash.But when Andrew, Pete, Lee and I came up with this new idea, I just could not stop thinking about it. Temporarily abandoning the journey to look for Bo, the two toys meet Gabby Gabby, a seemingly polite doll insisting on escorting them to Bo Peep rather than merely giving directions. Nine years before the main plot (three years after Toy Story 2 and seven years before Toy Story 3), RC is seen going uncontrollably down a storm drain.