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We’re only looking at recasts for movies, though. That means video games or the TV series Buzz Lightyear of Star Command didn’t count, but that show’s feature length backdoor pilot, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins, did. Furthermore, if they were replaced for a short film, that too did not count.
10) Woody
For the most part, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins introduces new characters. However, a few familiar faces (and voices) show up, e.g. Wallace Shawn as Rex, R. Lee Ermey as Sarge, and Joe Ranft as Wheezy.
But there were two characters who returned with different actors. One of them was Woody himself, voiced here by Tom Hanks’ younger brother, Jim Hanks. Jim has also voiced the beloved protagonist in Toy Story Treats, Lamp Life, and any videogame in which Woody appears. Jim was also Tom’s body double on Forrest Gump and voiced the character in the 4D interactive Disney World and Disneyland attraction Toy Story Midway Mania!
9) Hamm
John Ratzenberger voiced Hamm in just about every single Toy Story project to date. That makes sense, because if there’s any Pixar mainstay voice actor, it’s Ratzenberger. In fact, he voiced a character in every Pixar movie up until Soul. Since then, he has come back for Inside Out 2 and will return in Toy Story 5, but otherwise has sat most of them out.
The Cheers icon voiced Hamm in all five mainline films, short films like Hawaiian Vacation and Partysaurus Rex, and the show Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. However, in The Adventure Begins, fellow Pixar mainstay Andrew Stanton temporarily took over the role.
8) Bonnie Anderson
When Andy gives little Bonnie Anderson his toy collection, it’s both one of cinema’s defining passing of the torch moments as well as one of cinema’s great trilogy conclusions. And, when Andy does so, Bonnie is four years old and voiced by Emily Hahn, who continued voicing the character in the Toy Story Toons Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, and Partysaurus Rex.
In Toy Story 4, Bonnie is about 6 years old and voiced by Madeleine McGraw, who has since had roles in The Black Phone and Black Phone 2. For the upcoming Toy Story 5, the now eight-year-old Bonnie will once again be recast, with Scarlett Spears (Young Glinda in Wicked: For Good) taking over the part.
7) Combat Carl
Combat Carl, at least Carl Weathers’ Combat Carl (there was a Caucasian one in the first movie, but he hardly received any focus), was a fairly late addition to the Toy Story family. He first debuted in Toy Story of Terror!, where Weathers voiced both Combat Carl and Combat Carl JR.
Then, six years after that 2013 TV special, Weathers came back for Toy Story 4. It ended up being his final film role, though he did continue to work after that point as Greef Karga on The Mandalorian, a role he inhabited until 2023. Now, Ernie Hudson will be taking over the role. Viewers have certainly familiarized themselves with Hudson’s work, be it his role as Winston Zeddemore in the Ghostbusters franchise or his roles on Oz, Grace and Frankie, and his scene-stealing roles in Congo and Miss Congeniality.
6) Mr. Pricklepants
James Bond veteran Timothy Dalton wasn’t the first name that popped into anyone’s minds when they thought of an adorable hedgehog toy, but he was perfect. Mr. Pricklepants first debuted in Toy Story 3 and Dalton continued to voice him in Hawaiian Vacation, Small Fry, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure, Partysaurus Rex, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, and Toy Story 4.
Robin Atkin Downes took over the role for the series of shorts Forky Asks a Question, which was released the same year as Toy Story 4. As for Toy Story 5, John Hopkins will be taking over the role. Hopkins recently had major roles on Masters of the Air and A Very Royal Scandal.
