Toy Story has been around to witness the passing of several generations of toys. The franchise’s latest endeavor thrusts Woody and company into the tech age. Woody, Buzz, and the gang are on high alert when a new threat makes its way to playtime: electronics. If that’s not enough to have you quaking in your boots, there’s another detail from the trailer that fans just can’t stop talking about. Once you see it, you can’t unsee it. I’m talking about Woody’s bald spot. Evidently, being around for 30 years is starting to wear on the friendly cowboy. Tom Hanks hilariously sums up why Woody is going bald in Toy Story 5.
I don’t know what’s scarier: aging or iPad kids. When the official trailer for Toy Story 5 dropped earlier this year, people couldn’t help but notice the shiny patch on Woody’s head. I mean, how can you not? The trailer makes it pretty obvious. Tom Hanks, who famously voices the lovable toy, explains Woody’s sudden baldness.
“He has been played with to excess,” he said in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. “You put a rubber hat on top of a rubber head again and again and again and again, something’s gonna chafe. So, yeah, he does have… let’s say a worn area on the back of his head.”
Hanks isn’t wrong. Realistically, when a toy has been around for as long as Woody has, it’s bound to show some wear and tear. It’s a double entendre. The joke pokes fun at aging and going bald, but it’s also an accurate representation of what happens to toys over time. Another wholesome thing to think about is that the people who grew up with Toy Story have also aged since the first movie. Some of them might even be rocking the same hair that Woody is.
Toy Story 5 introduces kids’ obsession with technology. When a new toy named Lilypad rolls into town, Jessie is afraid she’s losing Bonnie to the addictive device. The toys must stand together to take down the tech toy and win back Bonnie. Toy Story 5 hits theaters this summer.