5. Bo Peep Toy Story 3
Ok, ok, ok. So she doesnt actually die, per se. Please dont have a pop at me in the comments just because Ive put her in here. But from a franchise perspective, she might as well be dead. A befitting her status as the main characters love interest, shes a major part of proceedings throughout the original Toy Story and has a substantial role in the second. Yet come the third, shes been lost as Andy got older, and all we get is one sad line and miserable look from Woody as he informs the watching audience that Bo, a character we knew and identified with, has just straight-up gone. Of course, this disappearance has a point its showing how cruel life has been for the toys, highlighting that not only have they been abandoned by the boy who once loved them, but have been subjected to various clear-outs and yard sales. I get that, and I can totally get on board with that, it just seems a shame that we dont see her at all, even in a flashback. Now, you may be arguing that Im demanding too much from my films, and youre probably right. But this was the love interest of one of the new icons in Disney, so it seems strange that they would just gloss over an important part of his history for the sake of making a throwaway point. Again, perhaps Im being too demanding, but surely they could have done something more with her death, as to make the same point in an even more compelling fashion? I dont think it wouldve been out of place in the narrative to do such a thing, yet we were never given proper closure on Bo.