- I just wanna talk. - Yeah, with my voice box!Toy Story 4 · 2019 — Chapter 16 of 22 · 1'57" · B1
Gabby Takes Woody's Voice Box, Explained: reach for the sky
A confrontation turns into a snatch-and-run: someone wants Woody's voice box, and his pull-string catchphrases play as the fight unfolds. “Somebody's poisoned the water hole” lands oddly in the middle of it all, and the escape nearly fails for a simple reason — “Wait! We don't have Forky!”
What happens
Woody's voice box is stolen in an ambush, and as he tries to talk his way out, his pull-string lines fire off one by one. Friends rush in, they grab Woody and Forky, and Duke drives the getaway. Only after they are away does someone realize they left Forky behind.
Listen for
voice boxpossereach for the skyget out of here
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Phrase of the scene
reach for the sky
put your hands up
伍迪举手扮西部警长，冲对手喊出这句经典台词，把抢声盒的场面硬是演成了一出戏。
The robber told everyone to reach for the sky.
Also in this scene
- voice box
the device that makes a voice, or the larynx
- posse
a group of friends or followers
- get out of here
to take someone away from a place
Everything marked in this scene
21 notes across 25 lines
the device that makes a voice, or the larynx
- I just wanna talk. - Yeah, with my voice box!wanna as a reduction
- I just wanna talk. - Yeah, with my voice box!weak form
- I just wanna talk. - Yeah, with my voice box!You're my favorite deputy.possessive with favorite
You're my favorite deputy.- I'd like to join your posse. - (DRAGON YOWLING)- I'd like to join your posse. - (DRAGON YOWLING)would like to
- I'd like to join your posse. - (DRAGON YOWLING)- I'd like to join your posse. - (DRAGON YOWLING)put your hands up
- (GASPING) - Reach for the sky!liaison
- (GASPING) - Reach for the sky!Drop it.- We've gotta go! - Wait!elision
- We've gotta go! - Wait!Grab on!to take someone away from a place
Duke, get us out of here!Duke, get us out of here!Oui!don't have for present absence
Wait! We don't have Forky!Is everyone okay?Gabby Takes Woody's Voice Box, explained
What's really going on
This is a chase built on panic and near-misses, and the comedy comes from the gap between the danger and the noise. Woody's own recorded catchphrases keep interrupting the struggle — “Somebody's poisoned the water hole,” “Reach for the sky” — which is both funny and faintly sad: the toy who always had a line for every situation is being emptied out as the box that speaks for him is taken. The rescue itself is chaotic, and the plot turns on a throwaway mistake, the shout of “Wait! We don't have Forky!” The scene keeps the stakes real while refusing to let anyone stay serious for long.
Theme
FriendshipWoody's friends rush in to rescue him and Forky, and the group's escape depends on everyone grabbing on together.
CourageWoody walks into danger alone to buy time, then keeps fighting even after losing the voice box that defines him.
Listen for
- just wanna talk — weak form
- Reach for the sky — liaison
- gotta go — elision
Somebody's poisoned the water hole.One of Woody's pull-string lines, heard at a moment when it no longer matches anything. Its cheerful cowboy logic makes the theft feel sadder.
Wait! We don't have Forky!A sudden reversal: the escape has worked, but it was pointless because they left the very thing they came for.
- I just wanna talk. - Yeah, with my voice box!The thief's fake politeness, answered with the blunt truth that taking something is not the same as talking.
- I'd like to join your posse. - (DRAGON YOWLING)Woody's friendly cowboy line meets a roar, a joke about how far off his script is from the real situation.
Questions about this scene
Who takes Woody's voice box?
Gabby Gabby, the antique doll, has him brought in so she can have a working voice of her own. Woody is lured in and the box is removed during the struggle.
Why does Woody's voice box matter?
It holds his pull-string catchphrases, which are part of who he has always been. Losing it leaves him unable to speak with the voice everyone knows.
Why do they go back after escaping?
Because the escape has left Forky behind. Someone shouts 'Wait! We don't have Forky!', turning a clean getaway into a problem the group has to fix.
What does 'reach for the sky' mean?
It's an old Western line meaning 'put your hands up.' Woody uses it as part of his cowboy act, and it plays over the scene as a joke about the standoff.
Toy Story 4 · 22 chapters
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Up next · Chapter 17cling toWoody Refuses to Abandon Forky
Chapter 1done forWoody Rescues the Lost Toy
Chapter 2go to a good homeBo Peep Is Given Away
Chapter 3sound like a broken recordWoody Worries About Bonnie
Chapter 4go on a road tripBonnie Makes Forky at Kindergarten
Chapter 5trust me on thisWoody Introduces Forky to the Toys
Chapter 6throw yourself awayWoody Keeps Forky Out of the Trash
Chapter 7like it or notWoody Teaches Forky He's a Toy
Chapter 8wouldn't that be somethingGabby Gabby Meets Woody
Chapter 9cut one's lossesWoody Reunites With Bo Peep
Chapter 10gotten over himA Toy's Name on His Feet
Chapter 11join the clubDucky and Bunny Attack Buzz
Chapter 12follow my leadDucky and Bunny Get a Kid
Chapter 13stay out of my wayBo Peep Breaks Into the Antique Store
Chapter 14the only one that canDuke Caboom Joins the Mission
Chapter 15sell yourself shortBo Peep Explains the Lost Toy Life
Watching · Chapter 16reach for the skyGabby Takes Woody's Voice Box
Chapter 17cling toWoody Refuses to Abandon Forky
Chapter 18right out of the boxGabby Gabby Begs Woody
Chapter 19come trueHarmony Leaves Gabby Behind
Chapter 20sit on a shelfWoody Talks Gabby Off the Shelf
Chapter 21Got a visual onGabby Helps a Lost Girl
Chapter 22happy trailsWoody Says Goodbye to BuzzChapter 16 of 22 · about 16 min to go