

Meanwhile, Buzz searches for Woody but gets lost at a fairground and becomes a carnival game prize. Bo agrees to help Woody save Forky and get back to Bonnie.

At a playground, Woody is reunited with Bo Peep and her sheep Billy, Goat and Gruff, who now live as "lost" toys that are not dedicated to one child. While Woody is able to escape, Gabby captures Forky. Inside, he and Forky encounter a talking doll named Gabby Gabby, who desires Woody's voice box to replace her broken one. Near the RV park where Bonnie's family is staying, Woody spots Bo Peep's lamp in an antique store window and goes in, hoping to find her. After Woody explains how important he is to Bonnie, Forky decides to accompany Woody and return to her. When Bonnie's family goes on a road trip, Forky jumps out of the RV window and Woody pursues him. As Forky becomes Bonnie's favourite toy, Woody takes it upon himself to prevent Forky from throwing himself away. Forky comes to life in Bonnie's backpack and begins to experience an existential crisis, thinking he is garbage rather than a toy and wishing to remain in a trash can. Bonnie uses these to create a bipedal spork with googly eyes, whom she dubs "Forky". After a classmate takes away Bonnie's arts and crafts supplies, Woody covertly recovers the materials and various pieces of garbage from the trash, including a plastic spork. On the day of Bonnie's kindergarten orientation, Woody worries over her and sneaks into her backpack. While the toys are grateful to have a new child, Woody struggles to adapt to an environment where he is not the favourite as he was with Andy, apparent when Bonnie takes Woody's sheriff badge and puts it on Jessie instead, not even bothering to give him a role during her playtime. Years later, a teenage Andy donates them to Bonnie, a younger child, before he goes off to college. Just as they finish the rescue, Woody watches as Bo is donated to a new owner and considers going with her, but ultimately decides to remain with Andy. Nine years earlier, following the events of Toy Story 2, Bo Peep and Woody attempt to rescue RC, Andy's remote-controlled car, from a rainstorm.
