Woody has been Pixar's flagship cowboy since the original Toy Story premiered in 1995, with Tom Hanks voicing the character across four feature films. Short clips of his expressive laugh began circulating on meme pages and soundboards in the late 2010s, where editors favored it as a kinder alternative to harsher laugh tracks like the baby laughing meme. Its enduring appeal comes from instant recognition: even viewers who have not seen the films recently know Woody's voice, so the laugh works as shorthand for genuine amusement in edits, reaction videos and gaming highlights years after the movies' release.