Jessie (Toy Story)

Jessie
Toy Story character
Jessie in a promotional image of Toy Story 3
First appearance	Toy Story 2 (1999)
Created by	John Lasseter Pete Docter Ash Brannon Andrew Stanton
Voiced by	Joan Cusack (films, Toy Story Toons, Toy Story of Terror!, Toy Story That Time Forgot, video games, merchandise, attractions, yodeling voice Toy Story 3 onwards) Mary Kay Bergman (yodeling voice; Toy Story 2) Sarah McLachlan (singing voice) Kathryn Cressida (Disney Infinity series)
Information
Nickname(s)	Jessie the Yodeling Cowgirl Jess Bazooka Jane Princess of the Prairie Cowgirl
Species	Humanoid pull-string doll
Gender	Female
Occupation	Toy
Title	Cowgirl
Significant other(s)	Buzz Lightyear
Place of origin	Woody's Roundup

Jessie The Yodeling Cowgirl is a fictional character from the films Toy Story 2 and Toy Story 3. At Christmas in 1999, the Wall Street Journal called Jessie toys among the hottest of the season. In the movie, she is a very rare toy modeled after a character on the fictional television show Woody's Roundup, where the characters included Sheriff Woody, Jessie, Stinky Pete the Prospector and Bullseye, Woody's horse. Her hair is formed in a ponytail braid tied with a bow. Jessie the doll has a character very similar to the one portrayed on the television show. She is excitable, brave, and very athletic. The doll, however, carries a great deal of sadness, as she was abandoned by her original owner, which left her somewhat distrustful. Years of being in storage have made her somewhat withdrawn, and noticeably afraid of the dark, to the extent of hyperventilating whenever she is inside dark enclosed spaces, or even at just the thought of being abandoned.

But she longs to again be a source of joy to a child, and this wish comes true at the end of Toy Story 2 when Andy accepted her (and Bullseye) into his toy collection. In Toy Story 3, while she still displays signs of the fear of the dark, storage, and being abandoned in the beginning when she and the toys mistakenly believe that they are being thrown away by Andy, throughout the rest of the film, she appears to be more loyal, confident and helpful to others, in the process developing a romantic relationship with Buzz Lightyear.

She reappears in the short films Hawaiian Vacation (released with Cars 2) and Small Fry (released with The Muppets).