A clip shared on X shows Tim Allen on Jimmy Fallon joking about Woody’s bald spot months before the Toy Story 5 trailer dropped. T
The clip is circulating widely, and fans treat it like foreshadowing, though major outlets have not independently verified that Fallon ran a full segment focused on the gag.
Anyone remember when Tim Allen leaked Woody’s bald spot in Toy Story 5 on Fallon months ago? 😅😅 pic.twitter.com/xlctWRVLzU
— Mark Ricci (@MovieManMark) February 20, 2026
The trailer makes the joke explicit. Bonnie gets a Lilypad smart table and the toys suddenly face irrelevance. Woody comes out of retirement and when he lifts his hat the light hits a bare patch on his head.
Trixie says, “Someone needs a brown marker.” Forky says, “She thinks you’re old because you’re bald, Woody.”
The moment lands as a small savage laugh that also signals the film’s theme of aging and obsolescence.
Fans reacted fast and funny across platforms. A sampling of real reactions shows the tone people chose.
On X one fan wrote, “Unless they fix Woody’s bald spot in the new Toy Story, I’m out.”
Another posted, “I will NOT be reminded how old I am.”
Reddit users loaded the comments with jokes and memes. A fan said, “Ah just a little paint and it’ll be better, I’d say to hold.” Another joked, “Sorry, we’re not allowed to talk about paint in this sub /s.”
Other commenters leaned into nostalgia. One said, “Me too, Woody,” and another recalled the fixer Geri from Toy Story 2, posting, “Call this man ASAP.”
Some turned the gag existential. A user confessed, “This cuts deep as I started watching Toy Story when I was really young, and now I’m 33, and my hair is balding just like that. Me too, Woody.”
Those reactions show why the joke works. It is cheap and mean, but also human.
Woody’s bald spot is a visual shorthand. It says the toys age with their owners and prompts the same mix of laughter and low-key panic many viewers feel when they notice their own gray hairs.
Beyond the memes, the bald-spot moment does real narrative work. The Lilypad stands for the tech boom kids live inside.
Woody and the gang must prove they still matter when screens and smart toys take center stage.
The joke about a brown marker is comic, but it points directly to a larger question: what does it mean to remain beloved when childhood itself changes?
The trailer pairs that domestic comedy with higher stakes. Bonnie’s new tech fuels the inciting conflict, but the trailer also teases tense moments and older themes the series has always handled well—family, loyalty, and how past choices reverberate.
Expect Toy Story 5 to balance silly beats like the bald spot with heartfelt scenes aimed at the generation who grew up with Woody and Buzz.
Toy Story 5 is currently scheduled to open on June 19, 2026 in theaters. Fans will no doubt keep sharing GIFs and edits until the film hits. If you want to catalogue the best reactions, look for the clips that splice the Trixie line with fan captions about aging. Those will be the ones that get shared for weeks.
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